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STATUTES AT LARGE

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

FROM

AUGUST, 1893, TO MARCH, 1895,

AND

RECENT TREATIES, CONVENTIONS, AND EXECUTIVE PROCLAMATIONS,

EDITED, PRINTED, AND PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF

CONGRESS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

VOL. XXVIII.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1895.

 iii LIST of the PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. OF CONGRESS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME. Acts of the Fifty-third Congress of the United States. California Midwinter Exposition. 1 Deficiency appropriations. 2 District of Columbia, health office. 2 Eleventh Census. 3 Oklahoma, homestead commutations. 3 Revenue cutter, New England coast. 4 Sioux Reservation, settlers. 4 Repeal of silver purchases. 4 United States courts, Idaho. 5 South Dakota judicial district. 5 Revenue cutter, Great Lakes. 6 Mining assessments. 6 Army, detail to colleges. 7 Chinese exclusion. 7 Prize Winners’ Exposition. 8 Indian Territory court fees. 9 Session employees, Congress. 10 iv Capitol corner stone centennial. 10 Mileage, Senators and Members. 11 Cherokee Outlet town sites. 11 Capitol centennial, holiday. 11 Capitol centennial, decorations. 11 Document building, Senate. 12 Chickamanga Park. 12 Pere Marquette, statue. 12 Cherokee Outlet, election. 13 World’s Fair, acknowledgments. 13 Removing derelicts. 13 Columbian Museum, Chicago, Ill. 13 Cannon for Grand Army Encampment. 14 Model battle ship “Illinois.” 14 Forfeited land grants. 15 Deficiency appropriations. 15 Deficiency appropriations. 16 District of Columbia, North Capitol street. 20 Oklahoma court. 20 Postmasters bonds. 21 District of Columbia, alleys, square 751. 21 Right of way, Hot Springs, Ark. 21 Right of way, Indian and Oklahoma Territories. 22 Public lands; registers and receivers. 26 v Aransas Pass, Tex., Harbor. 26 Butler Flats, Massachusetts, light-house. 37 Right of way, Indian Territory. 27 Dam, Kansas River. 27 Boiler plates, inspection. 28 Postal accounts, receipts. 28 Bridges, Bœuf River, Louisiana. 29 Bridge, Tennessee River, 29 Arizona, land grant. 30 Postal service, money orders, etc. 30 Supplies, Executive Departments. 33 Fort Cummings Reservation, lands. 34 Bridges, Neches and Sabine rivers. 35 Federal elections. 36 Right of way, Umatilla Reservation, Oreg. 37 Iowa Reservation, Oklahoma, settlers. 37 Salt Lake City, debt. 38 Dam, Mississippi River. 38 Right of way, Fort Riley, Kans. 38 Wreck of “Kearsarge.” 39 Bridge, Arkansas River. 39 Port of delivery, Bonners Ferry, Idaho. 40 Potomac River, District of Columbia, fishing. 40 Smithsonian Institution, 41 Deficiency appropriations. 41 Sullivans Island, South Carolina, life-saving station. 43 “Oneida.” 43 District of Columbia, water, etc., connections. 44 Bridge, East River, New York. 44 Bridge, Missouri River. 44 vi Bridge, Missouri River. 45 Bridge, Missouri River. 45 Treasurer’s accounts. 47 Property returns. 47 Bridge, Monongahela River. 47 Bridges, Calcasieu and Sabine rivers. 48 Bridges, Caddo Lake and Cross Bayou. 50 Fur seals, Pacific Ocean. 52 Bridge, Sulphur River. 55 Bridge, Tennessee River. 57 Bridge, Monongahela River. 57 Deficiency appropriations. 58 Bridge, Little River. 62 Fur seals, Pacific Ocean. 64 Bridge, Saint Louis River. 64 United States courts, Michigan. 67 Bridge, Saint Louis River. 68 Public lands, Oklahoma. 71 Bridge, Niobrara River. 72 Bridge, Monongahela River. 72 New York port limits. 73 Yellowstone Park, protection, etc. 73 District of Columbia, liquor sales. 75 Public lands, patent, in Ohio. 76 Bridge, Mississippi River. 76 District of Columbia, street-car tickets. 78 Bridge, Missouri River. 78 vii Bridge, Sulphur River. 78 Bridge, Missouri River. 80 Pemaquia Point, Me., boundary, 82 Collisions at sea. 82 Episcopal Cathedral, District of Columbia. 83 Public Printer, advances. 84 Confederated Otoe and Missouria Indians, lands. 84 Public lands, scrip locations. 84 Fur seals, Pacific Ocean. 85 Entry of steamships. 85 Warm Springs Reservation, Oreg. 86 Right of way, Indian Territory. 86 Right of way, Grand Ronde Reservation, Oreg. 87 Inwood, Mich., cemetery. 88 Bridge, Monongahela River. 88 Bridge, Hudson River. 89 Bridge, Calumet River. 90 Dam, Missouri River. 91 Bridges, Fort Laramie Reservation, Wyo. 91 Bridge, Delaware River. 92 Dearborn, Mich, land grant. 93 Bridge, Mississippi River. 93 Deficiency appropriations. 93 District of Columbia, alley, square 622. 94 Mississippi, lands for university. 94 viii Hot Springs, Ark., Barry Hospital. 95 Right of way, Indian reservations, Nebraska. 95 Public holiday, Labor Day. 96 Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias. 96 Bridge, Mississippi River. 97 Right of way, Lime Point, Cal. 98 Assistant paymasters, Navy. 99 United States courts, Vermont. 99 Right of way, Leech Lake Reservation, Minn. 100 North Dakota, land grant. 100 Gas main, Mississippi River. 101 Bridge, Columbia River. 101 Electrical units. 101 Criminal procedure, Minnesota. 102 Condemned gun carriages. 103 Michigan, flags. 103 Consular Regulations. 103 Bridge, South Canadian River. 103 Appropriations, postal service. 104 Utah, admission as a State, 107 Right of way, Indian reservations, Minnesota. 112 Appropriations, pensions. 113 Mining claims, assessments. 114 Coconino County, Ariz., bonds. 114 United States courts, Mississippi. 114 Circuit judge, eighth circuit, 115 Bridge, Monongahela River. 116 United States courts. Florida. 117 Painting, “Love and Life.” 117 Utah University. 117 ix Right of way, Yakima Reservation, Wash. 118 Bridge, Mississippi River. 119 Bridge, Missouri River. 120 Oregon donation claims. 122 Public lands, final proof. 123 Appropriations, Navy. 123 Appropriations, diplomatic and consular. 141 Appropriations, Military Academy. 151 Soldiers’ homes, documents. 159 Castine, Me., lands. 159 Saint Augustine, church. 160 Court of appeals, District of Columbia, clerk. 160 Appropriations, legislative, executive, and Judicial. 162 Newport, Ky., lands. 211 Mates, Navy. 212 Condemned cannon. 212 Appropriations, fortifications. 212 Army, enlistments. 215 “Goldsworthy.” 216 “Astoria.” 217 District of Columbia, Metropolitan street railroad. 217 “Oceano.” 219 “Future City.” 219 Naval militia, loan of vessels. 219 District of Columbia, Graceland Cemetery. 220 United States courts, Nebraska. 221 Bridge, Missouri River 221 Montana, land grants. 222 Immediate transportation, Rockport, Conn, 222 Yellowstone Park. 222 Virginias indemnity. 223 X Arizona funding act. 224 Interstate Fair, Tacoma, Wash. 224 Life-Saving Service. 225 Bridge, South Canadian River. 225 Louisville, Ky., old custom-house. 226 Desert-land entries. 226 Fog signal, Kewaunee, Wis. 227 Light-ship, Boston. 227 Public lands, irregular entries. 227 Bridge, Saint Louis River. 228 Life-Saving Service. 229 Arkansas, lands, etc. 229 Right of tray, Indian Territory. 229 District of Columbia, alley, square 493. 232 Barratry. 233 Appropriations, Army. 233 Bridges, Hiwassee, Tennessee, and Clinch, rivers. 243 Appropriations, District of Columbia. 243 Marine, Corps, Port Royal. S. C. 262 Hot Springs, Ark., leases. 263 Condemned cannon. 263 Territories, railroad stations. 263 Oklahoma City, land grant. 264 Appropriations, Department of Agriculture. 264 Hot Springs, Ark., lands. 274 United States courts. 274 Nebraska, survey. 275 Road, El Paso to Fort Bliss, Tex. 275 District of Columbia, water mains. 275 xi District of Columbia, alley, square 185. 276 Public Lands, Omaha Reservation. 276 Port of entry. Oakland, Cal. 277 “S. Oteri.” 277 District of Columbia., bonds. 277 Bonds of contractors. 278 State taxation of notes. 278 Bonds from security companies. 279 Bridge, Chattahoochee River. 280 Lights, fishing vessels. 281 Bridge, Perdido River. 282 District of Columbia, assessing real estate. 282 Public lands, surveying contracts. 285 Revenue cutter, San Francisco. 286 Appropriations, Indian Department. 286 Appropriations, rivers and harbors. 338 Consular bills of health. 372 Appropriations, sundry civil expenses. 372 Public lands, surveys. 423 Deficiencies appropriations. 424 District of Columbia, deputy coroner. 488 Bridge, Columbia River, Washington. 488 Immediate transportation, Ocala. Fla. 488 Right of way, Indian reservations, Minnesota. 489 Bridge, Coutentnea Creek, North Carolina. 489 Life-saving station, Rocky Point, N. Y. 491 Public lands, opening abandoned, reservations. 491 Chicago, Ill., pier. 491 Volunteer Soldiers’ Home, use of funds. 492 xii District of Columbia, electric railway. 492 District of Columbia, Mount Vernon Railway. 494 Pensions, oaths before postmasters. 499 Bridges, Bayou Des Glaises and Atchafalaya River, Louisiana. 499 District of Columbia, streets. 501 District of Columbia, subdivisions. 501 Right of way, etc., Choctaw Coal and Railway Company. 502 Georgia, courts. 504 Right of way, Indian, reservations, Minnesota. 504 Right of way, Indian Territory. 505 Public building, Little Rock, Ark. 506 Bridge, St. Croix River. 506 Omaha Reservation school. 507 “Skudesnaes.” 508 Appropriations, internal revenue, Venezuela arbitration. 508 Tariff, etc. 509 Bridge, Biloxi Bay, Miss. 571 Bridge, Osage River. 571 Bridge, Missouri River. 573 Appropriations, Chinese exclusion. 575 World’s Fair, diplomas. 575 Congressional employees, December salaries, 1803 576 Settlers, Indian reservation, Minn. 576 Public Grounds, D. C., use of. 576 Employees, Ford’s Theater disaster. 577 Grazing Mexican border. 577 xiii Library of Congress, facilities to District judges. 577 Fire escapes, Printing Office, etc. 578 Antwerp International Exposition. 578 Report, Capitol centennial, 578 Smithsonian Institution, regents. 579 Chicago, Ill., court rooms. 579 Cherokee Nation fund. 579 Ely Moore and Daniel Woodson. 580 International arbitration, history. 580 Appropriation, Chinese exclusion. 581 Agricultural Report, 1893. 581 Capitol Centennial tablet. 581 Library of Congress, extra clerks. 582 Mississippi River, examinations. 582 Payment for vessels, Treasury. 582 Army and Navy Union badge. 583 Iowa, regimental flag. 583 Congressional employees, May, 1894, salaries. 583 Senate inquiries and investigations. 583 Gettysburg, Pa., battlefield, land. 584 Baltimore, Md., court-house. 584 Annual appropriations extended. 585 Superior and Duluth harbors. 586 Volunteer Soldiers’ Home, managers. 586 Navy-yard, mechanics, etc. 586 International Geodetic Association. 587 xiv Annual appropriations extended. 587 Women and children’s work and wages, investigation. 587 Observatory circle, D. C. 588 Arizona, Indian, prisoners. 589 Machinery and labor investigation. 590 Annual appropriations extended. 590 Maryland and Washington Railway, D. C. 590 Health Department, D. C. 591 United States courts, Meridian. Miss. 591 Saginaw, Mich., land. 591 Massachusetts, regimental flags. 591 Congressional employees. August, 1894. 592 W. F. Niedringhaus. 592 Arlington Reservation, Mount Vernon Railway. 593 Public lands, bounty warrants, etc. 594 Chickamauga and Chattanooga Park. 595 Remission of flows on vessels. 595 Bridge, Mississippi River. 595 Deficiencies appropriation, printing. 596 Deficiencies appropriations. 596 Bridge, Contentnea Creek. 596 Shiloh Park. 597 Public lands, entries. 599 Yuma, Colo., land title. 599 Potomac Flats suit, District of Columbia. 599 Portland Exposition. 600 Bridge, Missouri River. 601 XV Printing and binding. 601 Registry, etc., of vessels. 624 “Claribel” and “Athos.” 625 “Empress.” 626 Galveston Tex., light-house. 626 “Linda” and “Archer.” 626 Appropriations, Military Academy. 627 Bridge, Little River. 634 Homestead settlers, burnt districts. 634 Venezuela awards. 635 Public lands, right of way. 635 Registry of vessels. 636 Kennebec River, Me., lights, etc. 636 Deficiencies appropriations. 636 Condemned cannon, Chicago, Ill. 639 Navy, oaths. 639 Bridges, Fourche la Fevre and Petit Jean rivers. 640 Public lands, allotments to Indians. 641 Bridges, Galveston Bay, Buffalo Bayou, and Clear Creek, Texas. 641 North Dakota judicial district. 642 “James H. Hamlen.” 643 Circuit Judge, seventh circuit. 643 Charlotte, N. C., park. 643 Interstate commerce, mileage, tickets. 643 Bridge, South Canadian River. 644 Asylum lot, Mississippi. 645 Great, Lakes, rules to prevent collisions. 645 District of Columbia, relief of poor. 650 Georgetown, D. C., abolished. 650 xvi Gettysburg Park. 651 Right of way, Sioux Indian Reservation. 653 Public lands, Ark., camp grounds. 654 Appropriations, Army. 654 Naval Academy cadets. 663 District of Columbia, settlement of claims. 664 Public building, Chicago, Ill. 664 Abandoned military reservations. 664 Circuit judge, ninth circuit. 665 Right of way, Arizona. 665 Injunctions, circuit court of appeals. 666 Shipping crews, coastwise trade. 667 Bridge, Newark Bay. 668 District of Columbia, justices of the peace. 668 Postmasters, Oklahoma. 671 Navigation rules, harbors, etc. 672 City Point, Mass., life-saving station. 672 Mint, Denver, Colo. 673 Public lands granted Mississippi. 673 Public building, Paterson, N. J. 673 Public building, South Omaha, Nebr. 674 Public building, Brockton, Mass. 675 Public building, Pottsville, Pa, 675 Public building, Newport, Ky. 676 Public building, Cumberland, Md. 676 Southern Ute Indians, allotment. 677 Winnebago Indians, Minnesota, 679 Condemned cannon, Des Moines, Iowa, 679 xvii Collisions at sea, rules postponed. 680 Navy, courts-martial, etc. 680 Bridge, Missouri River. 681 District of Columbia, Metropolitan Street Railway. 682 Public lands, Northern Pacific grants. 683 District of Columbia, use of dead bodies. 686 Public lands, isolated tracts. 687 District of Columbia, adopting children. 687 Bridge, Yellowstone River. 688 Navy, courts-martial. 689 District of Columbia, surveyor. 689 Steamboat inspection, boilers. 690 Appropriations, postal service. 691 District of Columbia, women as school trustees. 693 Indian Territory, Judicial districts, etc. 693 Steam, vessels, inspectors of hulls and boilers. 699 Public lands, California. 700 District of Columbia, Rock Creek Railway. 700 Bridge, Back Bay, Miss. 701 Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala. 701 Public building, Chicago, Ill. 701 Bridge, Monongahela River. 702 Appropriations, pensions. 703 Appropriations, fortifications. 704 Bridge, Tennessee River. 708 District of Columbia, milk regulations. 709 Bridge, Saint Louis River. 711 District of Columbia, Maryland and Washington Railway. 713 District of Columbia, Marlboro Electric Railway. 717 xviii District of Columbia, Capital Railway. 721 Appropriations, Department of Agriculture. 727 Bridge, Monongahela River. 738 Bridge, Illinois River. 739 District of Columbia, harbor regulations. 740 Tonnage of vessels. 741 Territories, court commissioners. 744 Right of way, Indian Territory. 744 Appropriations, District of Columbia. 744 Appropriations, legislative, executive, and judicial. 764 District of Columbia, snow, etc., regulations. 899 District of Columbia, sealer of weights and measures. 811 Judgment liens, United States courts. 813 Removal of charges of desertion. 814 Public lands, naval reserves, Ala. and Miss. 814 American University, trustees. 814 Public lands, grant to Mississippi. 815 Appropriations, diplomatic and consular. 815 Appropriations, naval service. 825 Appropriations, deficiencies. 843 Appropriations, Indian Department. 876 Appropriations, sundry civil expenses. 910 Losses by shipwreck, etc., Navy. 962 Lotteries, suppression of. 963 Female help, District of Columbia. 964 Pensions, accrued. 964 Copyrights. 965 Salaries, court officials, Indian Territory. 966 xix Congressional employees. December, 1894, salaries. 967 Ohio canals. 967 Obsolete cannon. 967 Contract laborers, Atlanta Exposition. 967 Everett Harbor, Wash. 968 Army, Lieutenant-General revived. 968 Decisions, public lands and pensions. 969 Kalamazoo River, Mich., survey. 969 Appropriation to remove ice, Potomac River, D. C. 969 Missouri militia. 970 Regimental flags, Michigan. 970 Saint Joseph Harbor, Mich. 970 Red Cliff Indian Reservation, Wis. 970 British Guiana-Venezuela boundary. 971 Income-tax returns. 971 Condemned cannon to Grand Army posts. 971 Condemned cannon, Oregon. 972 Smithsonian Institution, Regents. 972 Condemned cannon, Vermont. 972 Mexico, Free Zone. 973 Statue, Dr. Samuel D. Gross. 973 Condemned cannon, Grand Army encampment. 973 Monongahela River, Pennsylvania. 973 Indian Territory court. 974 West Virginia, direct taxes. 974 xx United States courts, digest of officials. 975 Mora claim. 975 Documents to members of Congress. 975 xxi LIST of the PRIVATE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME. Acts of the Fifty-third Congress of the United States. W. W Rollins. 979 Mormon Church, Utah. 980 David B. Gottwals. 981 Martha A. Dealy and Mary Younkin. 981 John W. Wacker, alias Walker. 982 Andrew Franklin, alias McKee. 982 Hannah Lyons. 982 John R. Brooke. 982 Dwight Hall. 983 Louis L. Williams. 983 Mary O. Augusta. 983 F. W. Dickins. 984 George W. Barnes. 984 Elizabeth Townsend. 984 Lennes A. Jackson. 985 Courtney Ann Claiborne. 985 Fannie M. Morman, 986 A. P. H. Stewart. 986 John W. Pullman. 986 Wesley Montgomery. 987 Francis M. Tomlin. 987 Edward Morrison and Nellie Morrison. 987 Wetmore and Brother. 988 Thomas Rhys Smith. 988 xxii Lucy Brown. 988 Dennis Murphy, sureties. 989 Wells Johnson. 989 Samuel Collins. 989 Charles Iverson Graves. 989 Asaph Hall. 989 William J. Cornell and Joseph M. Cornell. 990 Joseph G. Utter. 990 John E. Johnson. 990 John. G. Walker and J. Rufus Tryon. 990 C. H. Davis. 991 John B. Martigny and William H. Jansen. 991 Earnest C. Emerson. 991 Mary Brown. 992 John M. Rice, 992 John S. Bradford, sureties. 992 Caleb Huse. 992 “Maggie E. Wells,” wreck of. 992 Napoleon J. T. Dana. 993 George S. Greene. 993 Third New York Infantry. 994 Alfred Phipps. 994 Wheelock Simmons. 994 Dunbar R. Ransom. 995 Andrew Gray. 995 Charles T. Russell. 996 Oliver O’Brien. 996 Frances Corse. 996 Mary E. Trickey. 997 Margaret English. 997 Eliza K. Starr. 997 Harriet T. Vosburgh. 997 Washington Hislop. 997 Celestia P. Hartt. 998 Benjamin F. Poteet. 998 William Hendershott. 998 Andrew L. Grugett. 998 James L. Townsend. 999 Young Men’s Christian Association, D. C. 999 Cyrus Payne. 999 American Transportation Company. 1000 Charles B. Stivers. 1000 Robert Travila. 1001 Mrs. E. S. Luke, 1001 John A. Jack. 1001 Eliza B. Peirce. 1001 xxiii Patrick Kelleher. 1002 Susie Conway. 1002 George P. Cosby. 1002 George H. Jewett. 1002 Otis Smith. 1002 John Stockwell. 1003 Mary P. Broughton. 1003 John Scott. 1003 Lucinda C. Wheeler. 1003 Ed. M. Ives. 1004 Henry James. 1004 James Lane. 1004 George L. Frymire. 1004 Ambrose Giseburt. 1005 Joel A. Walters. 1005 Julia Bews. 1005 Thankful Robbins. 1005 Mary Trimble. 1006 Sarah Oddy. 1006 Mary Ann Donoghue. 1006 A. F. Neely. 1006 Harriet R. Tate. 1006 Walter S. McLeod. 1007 H. Nebeker. 1007 Benjamin Alford. 1007 Louis Pelham. 1008 Amanda J. Lane. 1008 “Henry R. Titton” owners and crew. 1008 James Fay. 1009 Rebecea H. Chambers. 1009 James E. North. 1009 John T. Heard. 1009 James William Abert. 1010 Nettie. N. Seaver. 1010 Elizabeth Voss. 1010 Eliza Holmes. 1011 Warren Alonzo Alden. 1011 Maria Hall. 1012 Andrew J. Curtis and Mary E. Curtis. 1012 Marlin Parks. 1012 B. D. Greene. 1012 Henry C. Field. 1013 Henry W. Lee. 1013 Johanna Gleason. 1013 Jesse Davenport. 1013 Hannah Welch. 1014 John Maholm. 1014 Druzilla J. Rigg. 1014 Margaret A. Woods. 1014 Mary A. Menefee. 1015 Adaline J. Props. 1015 Pauline J. Smith. 1015 Eastern. Baud Cherokee Indians. 1015 George C. Tanner. 1015 C. P. Gooch. 1916 xxiv Hughes Brothers and Bangs, duplicate check. 1016 S. E. Hallford. 1016 Anson Mills. 1017 Oliver Otis Howard. 1017 Thomas R. Proctor. 1017 T. O. Selfridge, Jr. 1018 Ray W. Jones. 1018 W. D. Mack. 1018 Elizabeth Voss, error corrected. 1019 Mary Martin. 1021 Emma A. Ripley. 1021 B. F. Berry. 1021 James C. Booth. 1022 Ann Bradford. 1022 Dollie E. Vedder. 1022 Alexander P. Magaan. 1023 Mary Palmer Banks. 1023 Jacob Grosclose. 1023 William. H. H. Cook, 1023 H. Hathaway and Company. 1024 Oliver P. Coshow. 1024 Moses W. Carpenter. 1025 Willis Manasco. 1025 Mary Lerans. 1025 James McConnell. 1026 Orsemus B. Boyd. 1026 Mrs. Victor Thunot. 1026 William H. and George Bobinger. 1027 Nettie N. Seaver. 1027 Michael Scanlon. 1027 Julius L. Briggs. 1028 Edward J. Butler. 1028 Katharine Todd Crittenden. 1028 Grace Roberts. 1028 Martha A. Geer. 1028 Marcus D. Box. 1029 John J. Patman. 1029 G. O. Greiner. 1029 Margaret Smith. 1029 xxv Piekens T. Reynolds. 1030 Mary Finnerty. 1030 Rosanna Cobb. 1030 Nancy Cabrilla Anderson. 1030 Sarah M. Brown. 1030 Harriet Clayton. 1031 William T. Holman. 1031 Maria Davis. 1031 Julia E. Lock. 1031 Josephine P. Kelton. 1032 Elizabeth Ellery. 1032 George Whittaker. 1032 Ozias Morgan, sureties. 1032 Abraham D. Prince. 1033 Elizabeth Brower. 1033 Louisa M. Sippell, 1033 Julia Weeks. 1033 Mary L. Clark. 1033 William Armstrong. 1034 Samuel F. Tenant. 1034 Mary R. Williams. 1034 Pauline M. Pooler. 1034 Marrilla Parsons. 1034 Sarah E. Roebuck. 1035 Richard R. Knight. 1035 Caroline E. Wessells. 1035 Charles A. Edwards. 1035 Dennis McIntyre. 1035 First State Bank, Mound City, Ill. 1036 Evalyn N. Van Vliet. 1036 New Mexico Mounted Volunteers. 1036 Matheir S. Priest. 1037 Witherby and Gaffney. 1037 James Phelan. 1037 William W. Buckley. 1038 Glenmore Distilling Company. 1038 Jonathan Kirkwood. 1038 Martha Custis Carter. 1038 Washington College, Va. 1039 Maria T. Karge. 1039 Ida C. Martin. 1039 Marian C. Gurney. 1039 Mary Tassin. 1040 John and Sarah Griffin. 1040 Presbyterian Church, Bethel Springs, Tenn. 1040 Bridget Devine. 1040 Ellen Carney. 1940 John B. Leach. 1041 Jane Webster. 1041 William Albin. 1041 David H. Sexton. 1041 Joseph R. Brooks. 1042 Mary E. Hamilton. 1042 xxvi Albert Munson. 1042 Susannah Kepford. 1042 Joseph W. Snyder. 1042 Elizabeth L. Markham. 1043 Saloma Mangold. 1043 Josephine Foote Fairfax. 1043 Harrison C. Hobart. 1043 Julius H. Stahel. 1043 James Jones. 1044 Alexander M. Laughlin. 1044 Mary A. L. Eastman. 1044 John A. McClernand. 1044 Charity Ann Smith. 1044 Jesse C. Pinney. 1044 Thorwald Olsen. 1045 Mary Button. 1045 James Berry Duckett. 1045 Angus V. Wilson. 1046 Alexander Williamson. 1046 Hosea Brown. 1046 Alice K. Potter. 1046 Fred Kormann. 1046 Thomas M. Chill. 1047 Charles F. Holly. 1047 Eugenia B. Sweeny. 1047 James Curran. 1047 S. B. Luce, decoration. 1048 Dennis W. Mullan. 1048 Peter Hagan. 1048 F. D. Rockenbach. 1049 Edward Wheeler. 1049 xxvii LIST of the TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME. 1053 1064 1067 1071 1078 1183 1187 1194 1200 1202 xxviii 1205 1210 1213 xxix LIST of the PROCLAMATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME. 1219 1219 1220 1222 1222 1240 1243 1244 1245 1248 1249 1250 1250 1257 1258 1258 1259
53 53 1 1893 PUBLIC LAWS
of the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
passed by
THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
1893–1895. (xxxi)

PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FIFTY-THIRD 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 August, 1893, and was adjourned without day on Friday, the third day of November, 1893. Grover Cleveland, President; Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice-President, and President of the Senate; Isham G. Harris, President pro tempore of the Senate; Charles F. Crisp was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on the seventh day of August, 1893. Chapter 1: In aid of the California Midwinter International Exposition. Chapter 1 28 Stat. 1 1893-09-01 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public

CHAP. 1.—
An Act In aid of the California Midwinter International Exposition.

September 1, 1893

. Whereas there will be held in the city and county of San Francisco,

Preamble.

 State of California, from and after .January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, an exposition to be known as the California Midwinter International Exposition, in which foreign nations and foreign exhibitors have been invited and have agreed to participate: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That all articles which shall

California Midwinter International Exposition.

Articles for, to be admitted duty free.

 be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition, upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, and all articles which have been imported from foreign countries and which are now on exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, upon which there is a tariff or customs duty, and

Removal of exhibits at Chicago Fair.

 which have been heretofore admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, be removed to the city of San Francisco, in the State of California, for the sole purpose of exhibition at said California Midwinter International Exposition.
Sec. 2. That it shall be lawful at any time dining such exposition to

Sales.

 sell for delivery at the close of the exposition any of the goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the exposition buildings or on its grounds, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of the import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such articles when

Proviso.

 sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws

Payment of duties.

 in force at the date of the importation: and all penalties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced against such articles and against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal thereof.
Sec. 3. That all of the provisions of public resolution numbered

Foreign laborers permitted.

 thirty, entitled “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,” approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 27, p.402.

 ninety-two, are hereby extended to and made applicable to said California Midwinter International Exposition to the same extent as if said California Midwinter International Exposition was therein specifically named.
Approved, September 1, 1893.
(1) Chapter 2: To provide for certain urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes. Chapter 2 28 Stat. 2 1893-09-07 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public 2FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 2, 3. 1893.

CHAP. 2.—
An Act To provide for certain urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes.

September 7, 1893

. 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-four, namely: treasury department.

Treasury Department.

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, two hundred thousand dollars.

Expenses of National currency: For distinctive paper, express

National currency expenses.

charges, and other expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars.

 senate.

Senate.

 That any unexpended balance of the appropriation made in the Legislative,

Pages.

 Executive and Judicial Appropriation Act, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, approved July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for compensation of session employees of the

Vol 27, p. 185.

Senate, be, and the same is hereby, made available to pay the pages of the Senate who served from the first to the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, inclusive. war department.

War Department.

 Old Ford’s Theatre Building: For repairs to the Old Ford’s

Old Ford’s Theatre.

 Theatre Building, six thousand dollars: Provided, That said repairs shall

Proviso.

Repairs, etc.

 be made under the direction of the Chief of Engineers of the Army, and that the building shall not be occupied by clerks until it shall have been examined and pronounced safe by a board of officers to be convened by the Secretary of War. house of representatives.

House of Representatives.

 To enable the Clerk of the House to pay to Members and Delegates

Clerks to Representatives.

 the amount which they certify they have paid or agreed to pay for clerk hire necessarily employed by them in the discharge of their official and representative duties, as provided in the joint resolution approved

Vol. 27, p.757.

March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, seventy five thousand dollars.
Approved, September 7, 1893.
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CHAP. 3.—
An Act To provide for clerical assistance in the Health Department of the District of Columbia.

October 2, 1893

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

District of Columbia.
That of the additional emergency fund of twenty-one thousand dollars provided for in the District

Additional clerks, Health Department.

Vol. 27, p. 549.

of Columbia appropriation act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to use, during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, not exceeding two thousand dollars for the employment of clerks in the Health Department, at rates of compensation not exceeding one hundred dollars per month each while actually employed.
Approved, October 2, 1893.
Chapter 4: To extend the time for completing the work of the Eleventh Census, and for other purposes. Chapter 4 28 Stat. 3 1893-10-03 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 4, 5. 1893. 3

CHAP. 4.—
An Act To extend the time for completing the work of the Eleventh Census, and for other purposes.

October 3, 1893

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

Eleventh Census.

Time for completing extended to June 30, 1894

.

Vol. 27, p. 658.

That the time provided in the act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for prior years, and for other purposes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 25, p. 760.

ninety-three, for closing the work of the Eleventh Census, under the provisions of the act of March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled “An act to provide for taking the Eleventh and subsequent Censuses,” and of any subsequent act relating to the Eleventh Census, be and the same is hereby extended from the thirty-first

Post, pp. 60, 857

 day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to and including the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

That the President of the United States may, in his discretion,

Commissioner of Labor may be made Superintendent.

authorize and direct the Commissioner of Labor to perform the duties of Superintendent of Census under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior until the work of closing the Eleventh Census is completed, at such additional compensation, payable from the appropriations

Compensation.

 for compiling the results of the Eleventh Census, as the Secretary of the Interior may determine not exceeding one-half of the compensation now fixed by law for the Superintendent of Census.

Approved, October 3, 1893.
Chapter 5: Granting settlers on certain lands in Oklahoma Territory the right to commute their homestead entries, and for other purposes. Chapter 5 28 Stat. 3 1893-10-20 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public

CHAP. 5.—
An Act Granting settlers on certain lands in Oklahoma Territory the right to commute their homestead entries, and for other purposes.

October 20, 1893

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

Public lands.

Homestead settlers in Oklahoma granted extension of time to make first payment.
That the homestead settlers on the Absentee Shawnee, Pottawatomie, and Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian lands, in Oklahoma Territory be, and they are hereby, granted an extension of one year within which to make the first payment provided for in section sixteen of the act of Congress approved March third,

Vol. 26, p. 1026.

Post, p. 60, 857.

 eighteen 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,” and such payment may be made at any time within three years from the date of the entry of such lands.
Sec. 2. That any person entitled by law to take a homestead in said

Patent may be issued in one year on payment of full price.

 Territory of Oklahoma who has already located and filed upon, or who shall hereafter locate and file upon a homestead within any of the lands in the Absentee Shawnee, Pottawatomie, and Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian lands and the Public Land Strip in Oklahoma Territory, and who has complied with all the laws relating to such homestead settlement, may receive a patent therefor at the expiration of twelve months from the date of locating upon such homestead, upon payment to the United States of one dollar and fifty cents per acre for the land embodied in such homestead: Provided, That homestead settlers

Proviso.

Beaver County, Oklahoma, settlers.

 in the Public Land Strip now Beaver County, Oklahoma, may receive such patent upon the payment to the United States of the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.
Sec. 3. That all acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
Approved, October 20, 1893.
Chapter 6: Providing for the construction of a steam revenue cutter for the New England coast. Chapter 6 28 Stat. 4 1893-10-31 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public 4FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 6–8. 1893.

CHAP. 6.—
An Act Providing for the construction of a steam revenue cutter for the New England coast.

October 31, 1893

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

Revenue cutter for New England coast.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to have constructed a steam revenue cutter of the first class for service on the New England coast,

Cost.

at a cost not exceeding one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.
Approved, October 31, 1893.
Chapter 7: To amend section six of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act to repeal timber culture laws, and for other purposes.” Chapter 7 28 Stat. 4 1893-11-01 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public

CHAP. 7.—
An Act To amend section six of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act to repeal timber culture laws, and for other purposes.”

November 1, 1893

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

Public lands.

Vol. 26, p. 1098.
That section six of an act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An act to repeal timber culture laws, and for other purposes,” is hereby

R. S. Sec. 2301, p. 421.

amended by adding in line eleven, section twenty-three hundred and one, after the words South Dakota, “and in the State of Nebraska,” so as to read as follows:

“And the provisions of this section shall apply to lands on the ceded

Payments in advance by homestead settlers on Sioux Reservation.

Vol. 25, p. 888.

portion of the Sioux Reservation, by act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, in South Dakota and in the State of Nebraska, but shall not relieve said settlers from any payments now required by law.”

Sec. 2. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
Approved, November 1, 1893.
Chapter 8: To repeal a part of an act approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of Treasury notes thereon, and for other purposes.” Chapter 8 28 Stat. 4 1893-11-01 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public

CHAP. 8.—
An Act To repeal a part of an act approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of Treasury notes thereon, and for other purposes.”

November 1, 1893

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

Silver net.

Direction to purchase silver repealed.

Vol. 26, p. 289.
That so much of the act approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and issue of Treasury notes thereon, and for other purposes,” as directs the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase from time to time silver bullion to the aggregate amount of four million five hundred thousand ounces, or so much thereof as may be offered in each month at the market price thereof, not exceeding one dollar for three hundred and seventy-one and twenty-five one-hundredths grains of pure silver, and to issue in payment for such purchases Treasury notes of the United States, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. And it is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to continue the use of both

Gold and silver to be used as standard money.

gold and silver as standard money, and to coin both gold and silver into money of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, such equality to be secured through international agreement, or by such safeguards of legislation as will insure the maintenance of the parity in value of the

Purity to be maintained.

coins of the two metals, and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets and in the payment of debts. And it is hereby further declared that the efforts of the Government should be steadily

System of bimetallism.

directed to the establishment of such a safe system of bimetallism as will maintain at all times the equal power of every dollar coined or issued by the United States, in the markets and in the payment of debts.
Approved, November 1, 1893.
Chapter 9: To amend an act entitled “An act to provide the times and places for holding terms of United States courts in the States of Idaho and Wyoming,” approved July five, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Chapter 9 28 Stat. 5 1893-11-03 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. 1. CHS. 9, 111. 1893.5

CHAP. 9.—
An Act To amend an act entitled “An act to provide the times and places for holding terms of United States courts in the States of Idaho and Wyoming,” approved July five, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

November 3, 1893

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

Idaho judicial district.

Vol. 27, p. 73.
That section six of the act entitled “An act to provide the times and places for holding terms of the United States courts in the States of Idaho and Wyoming,” approved July five, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 6. That the terms of the district court for the district of the

Terms of court.

Moscow.

 State of Idaho shall be held at the town of Moscow, beginning on the second Monday in May and the second Monday in October in each year; at Boise City, beginning on the first Monday in April and the

Boise City.

Black foot.

 first Monday in December; at the city of Blackfoot, beginning on the first Monday in March, and the second Monday in September in each year; and the provision of statute now existing for the holding of said

Vol. 26, p. 217.

 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 are hereby transferred to, and shall be made return able 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, November 3, 1893.
Chapter 10: To provide for the time and place of holding the terms of the United States circuit and district courts in the State of South Dakota. Chapter 10 28 Stat. 5 1893-11-03 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public

CHAP. 10.—
An Act To provide for the time and place of holding the terms of the United States circuit and district courts in the State of South Dakota.

November 3, 1893

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

South Dakota judicial district.
That the State of South Dakota shall constitute one judicial district.
Sec. 2. That for the purpose of holding terms of the district court

Divisions for district court.

 said district shall be divided into four divisions, to be known as the southern, northern, central, and western divisions. The counties of

Southern division.

 Clay, Union, Yankton, Turner, Lincoln, Bonhomme, Charles Mix, Douglas, Hutchinson, Brule, Aurora, Davison, Hanson, McCook, Minnehaha, Moody, Lake, Sanborn, Lyman, Miner, Gregory, Todd, Beadle and Kingsbury, Crow Creek and Lower Brule, and the Yankton Indian Reservation shall constitute the southern division, the court for which

Court at Sioux Falls.

Northern division.

 shall be held at the city of Sioux Falls. The counties of Brookings, Hamlin, Deuel, Grant, Roberts, Codington, Clark, Day, Marshall, Spink, Brown, McPherson, Edmunds, Campbell, Walworth, and the Sisseton and Wahpton Reservation shall constitute the northern division, the court for which shall be held at the city of Aberdeen. The counties of

Court at Aberdeen.

Central division.

 Potter, Sully, Faulk, Hand, Hyde, Hughes, Buffalo, Jerauld, Stanley, Nowlin, and that portion of the counties of Pratt, Jackson, and Sterling not included in any Indian Reservation, and the Standing Rock, and Cheyenne Indian Reservations shall constitute the central division, the court for which shall be held at the city of Pierre. All that portion of the

Court at Pierre.

Western division.

 State of South Dakota lying west of the central and southern divisions, and in addition thereto the Rosebud and Red Cloud Indian reservations, shall constitute the western division, the court for which shall be held

Court at Deadwood

 at the city of Deadwood.
Sec. 3. That hereafter the terms of the circuit and district courts of

Terms.

 the United States in and for the State of South Dakota shall be as follows: At Sioux Falls on the first Tuesday

Sioux Falls.

Pierre.

Deadwood.

Aberdeen.

 in April and the third Tues day in October; at Pierre on the first Tuesday in March and October; at Deadwood on the first Tuesday in February and September, and at Aberdeen the first Tuesday of May and the third Tuesday of November.
6FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 10–12. 1893.
Sec. 4. That the provisions of statute now existing for the holding

Repeal of existing laws.

Vol. 26, p. 14.

Transferor pending causes.

 of said courts on any day contrary to the provisions of this act are 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 have been passed.
Sec. 5. That all civil suits not of a local nature must be brought in

Jurisdiction.

 the division of the district where the defendant or defendants reside; but if there are two or more defendants residing in different divisions the action may be brought in either of the divisions in which a defendant resides.
Sec. 6. That cases taken on appeal or writ of error from the district

Appeals.

 court shall be returnable to the circuit court held in that judicial subdivision from which the appeal was taken. When the circuit court and district court are held, as provided in this act, at the same time and

Juries.

place, one grand and petit jury only shall be summoned and serve in both said courts, and all grand and petit juries for the circuit and district courts shall be drawn by the clerk of the circuit court and all grand and petit jurors summoned for service in each division shall be residents of such division.
Sec. 7. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are

Repeal.

 hereby repealed.
Approved, November 3, 1893.
Chapter 11: Providing for the construction of a steam revenue cutter for service on the Great Lakes. Chapter 11 28 Stat. 6 1893-11-03 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public

CHAP. 11.—
An Act Providing for the construction of a steam revenue cutter for service on the Great Lakes.

November 3, 1893

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

Revenue cutter for Great Lakes.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to have constructed a steam

Proviso.

Cost.

revenue cutter of the first, class for service on the Great Lakes: Provided, That the cost of said construction shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.
Approved, November 3, 1893.
Chapter 12: To amend section numbered twenty-three hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to mining claims. Chapter 12 28 Stat. 6 1893-11-03 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public

CHAP. 12.—
An Act To amend section numbered twenty-three hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to mining claims.

November 3, 1893

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

Mining claims.

That the provisions of section numbered twenty-three hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes

R. S., sec. 2324, p. 426.

of the United States, which require that on each claim located after the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and until patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars’ worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year, be suspended for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three so that no mining claim which has been regularly located and recorded

Annual assessment not required in 1893.

Post, p. 114.

Proviso.

Notice by claimant.

as required by the local laws and mining regulations shall be subject to forfeiture for nonperformance of the annual assessment for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three: Provided, That the claimant or claimants of any mining location, in order to secure the benefits of this act shall cause to be recorded in the office where the location notice or certificate is filed on or before December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, a notice that he or they, in good faith intend to hold

Not applicable to South Dakota.

and work said claim: Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the State of South Dakota.

This act shall take effect from and after its passage.
Approved, November 3, 1893.
Chapter 13: To increase the number of officers of the Army to be detailed to colleges. Chapter 13 28 Stat. 7 1893-11-03 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I, Chs. 13, 14. 1893.7

CHAP. 13.—
An Act To increase the number of officers of the Army to be detailed to colleges.

November 3, 1893

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

Army.
That section twelve

R. S. sec. 1225, p. 216, amended.

 hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes, concerning details of officers of the Army and Navy to educational institutions, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to permit the President to detail under the

Detail of officers to colleges increased.

 provisions of said act not to exceed one hundred officers of the Army of the United States; and no officer shall be thus detailed who has not had five years service in the Army and no detail to such duty shall

Service.

Duration.

Retired officers.

Post, p. 235.

Maximum.

 extend for more than four years and officers on the retired list of the Army may upon their own application be detailed to such duty and when so detailed shall receive the full pay of their rank; and the maximum number of officers of the Army and Navy to be detailed at any one time under the provisions of the act approved January thirteenth,

Vol. 26, p. 716.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-one, amending section twelve hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes as amended by an act approved September twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, is hereby

Vol. 25, p.491.

 increased to one hundred and ten.
Approved, November 3, 1893.
Chapter 14: To amend an act entitled “An act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States,” approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Chapter 14 28 Stat. 7 1893-11-03 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public

CHAP. 14.—
An Act To amend an act entitled “An act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States,” approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

November 3, 1893

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

Chinese exclusion.
That Section six of an act entitled “An act to prohibit the corning of Chinese persons into the United States,” approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
“Sec. 6. And it shall be the duty of all Chinese laborers within the

Vol. 27, p. 25.

 limits of the United States who were entitled to remain in the United States before the passage of the act to which this is an amendment to apply to the collector of internal revenue of their respective districts within six months after the passage of this act for a certificate of residence; and any Chinese laborer within the limits of the United States

Arrest, etc., on failure to obtain certificate.

 who shall neglect, fail, or refuse to comply with the provisions of this act and the act to which this is an amendment, or who, after the expiration of said six months, 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 order that

Trial.

 he be deported from the United States, as provided in this act and in the act to which this is an amendment, unless he shall establish clearly to the satisfaction of said judge that by reason of accident, sickness, or other unavoidable cause be has been unable to procure his certificate, and to the satisfaction of said United States judge, and by at least one

Proof.

 credible witness other than Chinese, that he was a resident of the United States on the fifth of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-two; 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 that said Chinaman had procured a certificate which has been lost or

Lost certificates.

 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 laborer,

Certificates for persons not laborers.

 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

Proceedings under former act discontinued.

 same without charge; and that no proceedings for a violation of the Certificate of residence to be obtained by laborers in six months. 8FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 14, 15. 1893. provisions of said section six of said act of May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as originally enacted, shall hereafter be instituted, and that all proceedings for said violation now lending are hereby

Proviso.

Certificates not to issue to Chinese convicted of felony.

discontinued”: Provided, That no Chinese person heretofore convicted in any court of the States or Territories or of the United States of a felony shall be permitted to register under the provisions of this act; but all such persons who are now subject to deportation for failure or refusal to comply with the act to which this is an amendment shall be deported from the United States as in said act and in this act provided, upon any appropriate proceedings now tending or which may be hereafter instituted.
Sec. 2.

The words “laborer” or “laborers,” wherever used in this

“Laborers” defined.

act, or in the act to which this is an amendment, shall be construed to mean both skilled and unskilled manual laborers, including Chinese employed in mining, fishing, huckstering, peddling, laundrymen, or those engaged in taking, drying, or otherwise preserving shell or other fish for home consumption or exportation.

The term “merchant,” as employed herein and in the acts of which

“Merchants” defined.

this is amendatory, shall have the following meaning and none other: A merchant is a person engaged in buying and selling merchandise, at a fixed place of business, which business is conducted in his name, and who during the time he claims to be engaged as a merchant, does not engage in the performance of any manual labor, except such as is necessary in the conduct of his business as such merchant.

Where an application is made by a Chinaman for entrance into the

Proof as to merchants, seeking to land.

United States on the ground that he was formerly engaged in this country as a merchant, he shall establish by the testimony of two credible witnesses other than Chinese the fact that he conducted such business as hereinbefore defined for at least one year before his departure from the United States, and that during such year he was not engaged in the performance of any manual labor, except such as was necessary in the conduct of his business as such merchant, and in default of such proof shall be refused landing.

Such order of deportation shall be executed by the United States

Deportation.

Marshal of the district within which such order is made, and he shall execute the same with all convenient dispatch; and pending the execution of such order such Chinese person shall remain in the custody of the United States Marshal, and shall not be admitted to bail.

The certificate herein provided for shall contain the photograph of

Photograph of certificate holders.

the applicant, together with his name local residence and occupation, and a copy of such certificate, with a duplicate of such photograph attached, shall be filed in the office of the United States Collector of Internal Revenue of the district in which such Chinaman makes application.

Such photographs in duplicate shall be furnished by each applicant

Duplicates.

in such form as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Approved, November 3, 1893.
Chapter 15: In aid of the World’s Fair Prize Winners’ Exposition to be held at New York City. Chapter 15 28 Stat. 8 1893-11-03 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public

CHAP. 15.—
An Act In aid of the World’s Fair Prize Winners’ Exposition to be held at New York City.

November 3, 1893

. Whereas, there will be held in the city of New York,

Preamble.

 State of New York, from and after November twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to January fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, an exposition, to be known as the World’s Fair Prize Winners’ Exposition, in which foreign nations and foreign exhibitors have been invited and have agreed to participate: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,

World’s Fair Prize Winners’ Exposition.
That all articles which shall be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. CHS. 15, 16. 1893.9 said exposition, upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall

Articles for exhibit admitted duty free.

 be admitted tree of payment of duty, customs fees or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, and all articles which have been imported from foreign countries and which

Articles at World’s Fair.

 are now on exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, upon which there is a tariff or customs duty, and which have been heretofore admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees or charges, may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury,

Regulations.

 be removed to the city of New York, in the State of New York, for the sole purpose of exhibition at said World’s Fair Prize Winners’ Exposition.
Sec. 2. That it shall be lawful, at any time during such exposition,

Sales.

 to sell for delivery, at the close of the exposition, any of the goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the exposition buildings or on its grounds, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of the import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such articles,

Proviso.

Payment, of duty.

 when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United States, shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of the importation; and all penalties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced against such articles and against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal thereof.
Sec. 3. That all of the provisions of public resolution numbered

Foreign laborers permitted.

Vol. 27, p. 402.

thirty, entitled “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”, approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, are hereby extended to and made applicable to said World’s Fair Prize Winners’ Exposition to the same extent as if said World’s Fair Prize Winners’ Exposition was therein specifically named, Provided, No liability shall be incurred by the Government of the United States.
Approved, November 3, 1893.
Chapter 16: To regulate the fees of the clerk of the United States Court for the Indian Territory. Chapter 16 28 Stat. 9 1893-11-03 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public

CHAP. 16.—
An Act To regulate the fees of the clerk of the United States Court for the Indian Territory.

November 3, 1893

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

Indian Territory.

Fees permitted clerk of United States court.
That in all cases where the clerk of the United States court for the Indian Territory is authorized or required to perform duties other than those performed by the clerks of the district and circuit courts of the United States he shall be entitled to receive and retain for his own use and benefit such fees as may be allowed by law for such services.
Approved, November 3, 1893.

RESOLUTIONS.

 No. 1: Making available appropriations for the payment of Session employees of the House and Semite during the first session of the Fifty-third Congress. Public Resolution 1 28 Stat. 10 1893-08-17 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public [No. 1.]
Joint Resolution Making available appropriations for the payment of Session employees of the House and Semite during the first session of the Fifty-third Congress.

August 17, 1893

. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Session employees, Senate and House.
That the appropriations made in the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriations Act for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, for compensation of session employees of the Senate and House of Representatives, be, and the same

Appropriations made available for first session, 53d Congress.

Vol. 27, p. 675.

are hereby, made available from and including the seventh day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-three until the close of the first session of the Fifty-third Congress; and persons employed under said appropriations shall be paid from the date of their actual employment, without regard to the date of their respective oaths of office, and at the rates per diem or per month as provided in said act.
Approved, August 17, 1893.
No. 2: Providing for the appropriate commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the laying of the Corner Stone of the Capitol of the United States, September Eighteenth, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-three. Public Resolution 2 28 Stat. 10 1893-08-17 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public [No. 2.]
Joint Resolution Providing for the appropriate commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the laying of the Corner Stone of the Capitol of the United States, September Eighteenth, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-three.

August 17, 1893

. Whereas, The One Hundredth Anniversary of the laying of the Corner

Preamble.

 Stone of the United States Capitol by President George Washington, September Eighteenth, One Thousand Seven and Ninety-three, is an occasion of national interest becoming the cognizance of Congress, and Whereas, a committee of citizens of the United States, of which Lawrence Gardner, of the District of Columbia, has been elected Chairman, have been appointed to make suitable and appropriate arrangements to duly commemorate the important event and for the maintenance of order and decorum in the proceedings and for guarding the Capitol and its grounds from injury,

Therefore, be it

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,

Capitol centennial.

Use of capital buildings and grounds permitted for.

That the use of the Capitol grounds for the ceremonies attending the One Hundredth Anniversary of the laying of the Corner Stone of the Capitol for and during the Eighteenth of September, On Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-three, including processions, literary and musical exercises, and the suitable decoration of the grounds, the Capitol building and its approaches shall be permitted, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to insure the safety of the building and the grounds from injury.

That a joint committee of fourteen, to consist of seven Senators to

Joint committee on ceremonies to be appointed.

Post, p. 578.

be appointed by the President of the Senate and seven Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, be and is hereby constituted to take order in the matter of arranging for the ceremonies at the Capitol to act with a like committee in number to be selected by the said Citizens Committee.

Approved, August 17, 1893.
(10) No. 3: Making immediately available the appropriations for mileage of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives. Public Resolution 3 28 Stat. 11 1893-08-21 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 3–6. 1893.11 [No. 3.]
Joint Resolution Making immediately available the appropriations for mileage of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives.

August 21, 1893

. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mileage to Senators and Members.
That the appropriations for mileage of Senators, Members of the House of Representatives and Delegates from the Territories made in the Legislative, Executive and

Appropriations for, immediately available.

Vol. 27, pp. 675, 678.

 Judicial Appropriation Act for the fiscal year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-four, approved March third, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-three, he, and the same are hereby, made immediately available and authorized to be paid to Senators, Members of the House of Representatives and Delegates from the Territories for attendance on the first session of the Fifty-third Congress.
Approved, August 21, 1893.
No. 4: To make the provisions of the act of May Fourteenth, Ono Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety, which provides for townsite entries of lands in a portion of what is known as Oklahoma applicable to the territory known as the “Cherokee Outlet”, and to make the provisions of said act applicable to town-sites in the “Cherokee Outlet.” Public Resolution 4 28 Stat. 11 1893-09-01 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public [No. 4.]
Joint Resolution To make the provisions of the act of May Fourteenth, Ono Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety, which provides for townsite entries of lands in a portion of what is known as Oklahoma applicable to the territory known as the “Cherokee Outlet”, and to make the provisions of said act applicable to town-sites in the “Cherokee Outlet.”

September 1, 1893

. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Cherokee outlet.
That all the provisions of an act of Congress, approved May Fourteenth, One Thousand Eight Hundred

Oklahoma townsite provisions made applicable.

Vol. 26, p. 109.

 and Ninety, which provides for townsite entries of lands in a portion of what is known as “Oklahoma,” be, and the same are hereby, made applicable to the territory known as the “Cherokee Outlet,” and now a part of the Territory of Oklahoma; and that all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this joint resolution be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved, September 1, 1893.
No. 5: To make the eighteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three a holiday within the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 5 28 Stat. 11 1893-09-09 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public [No. 5.]
Joint Resolution To make the eighteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three a holiday within the District of Columbia.

September 9, 1893

 Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Capitol Centennial made a public holiday.
That there be added to the days by law declared to be holidays within the District of Columbia the eighteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, the same being the one hundredth anniversary of the laying of the corner stone of the capitol of the United States.
Approved, September 9, 1893.
No. 6: To permit the use of certain ensigns, flags and signal numbers to decorate the Capitol and its approaches, September eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three. Public Resolution 6 28 Stat. 11 1893-09-09 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public [No. 6.]
Joint Resolution To permit the use of certain ensigns, flags and signal numbers to decorate the Capitol and its approaches, September eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

September 9, 1893

. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Capitol Centennial.
That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy be, and they are hereby, authorized to deliver

Loan of flags for, authorized.

 to the Architect of the Capitol, for the purpose of decorating the Capitol, its approaches and grand stands to be erected on the Capitol grounds on the occasion of the centennial celebration of the laying of the corner stone of the Capitol, such of the United States ensigns, flags (except battle flags,) signal numbers and other flags as may be spared, the same to be so delivered to said Architect not prior to the tenth day of September and to be returned by him by the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.
Approved, September 9, 1893.
No. 7: Providing for the erection of a suitable building for the storage of documents for the use of the Senate. Public Resolution 7 28 Stat. 12 1893-09-13 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public 12FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 7–9. 1893. [No. 7.]
Joint Resolution Providing for the erection of a suitable building for the storage of documents for the use of the Senate.

September 13, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Senate.

Document storage room to be built.
That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate of the United States is hereby directed to have erected upon the ground owned by the United States, west of the house known as the Maltby House, situated on the southwest corner of New Jersey avenue and B street northwest, a suitable building for the, folding and storage of documents for the use of the Senate, on plans and specifications approved by the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds:

Proviso.

To be paid from Senate contingent fund.

Provided, That the expense of erecting said building shall not exceed the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, and which shall be paid from the miscellaneous items of the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers to be approved by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate.
Approved, September 13, 1893.
No. 8: Empowering the National Board of Commissioners of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park to authorize the State Boards, or organizations building monuments in the Park, to use the materials in said Park, agreeably to such regulations as it may adopt. Public Resolution 8 28 Stat. 12 1893-10-02 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public [No. 8.]
Joint Resolution Empowering the National Board of Commissioners of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park to authorize the State Boards, or organizations building monuments in the Park, to use the materials in said Park, agreeably to such regulations as it may adopt.

October 2, 1893

. WHEREAS, The National Board of Commissioners of the Chicamauga

Preamble.

 and Chattanooga National Park, are in doubt as to their power in the matter of the disposition of certain material, the natural product of said Park; and Whereas, it is desirable that the several states, who through their commissions, are about to build monuments pursuant to the original purpose of the legislation creating said Park; should have authority to use certain material found within the boundaries of said Park; and Whereas, It will save to said boards of State Commissioners a. large amount of the expense of the construction of said monuments, if they can procure the necessary stone for the foundations within the territory owned by the United States, in said Park; Therefore Be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park.
That the said Board of Commissioners heretofore appointed pursuant to the Statute creating said Park, is hereby empowered to authorize the boards or representatives of the several States building monuments upon said battle field, to take and use, under such rules and regulations, and upon such terms as said

Use of material for State monuments authorized.

National Commission may direct, such stone and other material, including sand and gravel, as may be necessary to construct the foundation for any such monuments, and which may be found within the

Vol. 26, p. 333.

territory of said National Park, and the roads and highways leading thereto.
Approved, October 2, 1893.
No. 9: Authorizing the State of Wisconsin to place in Statuary Hall at the Capitol the statue of Pere Marquette. Public Resolution 9 28 Stat. 12 1893-10-14 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public [No. 9.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the State of Wisconsin to place in Statuary Hall at the Capitol the statue of Pere Marquette.

October 14, 1893

. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Pere Marquette.

Wisconsin may erect statue of, in Statuary Hall.
That the State of Wisconsin be, and is hereby, authorized and granted the privilege of placing in Statuary Hall at the Capitol the statue of Pere Marquette, the faithful missionary, whose work among the Indians and explorations within the borders of said State in early days are recognized all over the civilized world, the same to be received as one of the two statues furnished and provided by said State in accordance with the provisions of section

R. S., sec. 1814, p. 321.

eighteen hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
Approved, October 14, 1893.
No. 10: Fixing the qualification to vote and to hold office in the Cherokee Outlet, Oklahoma Territory, at the first municipal elections. Public Resolution 10 28 Stat. 13 1893-10-17 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public FIFTY THIRD CONGRESS. SESS. I. Res. 10, 12–14. 1893.13 [No. 10.]
Joint Resolution Fixing the qualification to vote and to hold office in the Cherokee Outlet, Oklahoma Territory, at the first municipal elections.

October 17, 1893

. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Oklahoma.

Qualification of voter, first election in Cherokee Outlet.

Post, p. 1222.
That all male citizens of the United States, above the age of twenty-one years, who are actual residents on the twenty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and have been such residents for thirty days prior thereto, of that portion of Oklahoma Territory opened to settlement by proclamation of the President, September sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, known as the Cherokee Outlet, shall be entitled to vote and to hold office at the first municipal elections held in said Cherokee Outlet for the organization of city, village, and town governments.
Approved, October 17, 1893.
No. 12: That the acknowledgments of the Government and people of the United States be tendered to various foreign governments of the world who have participated in commemoration of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Public Resolution 12 28 Stat. 13 1893-10-28 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public [No. 12.]
Joint Resolution That the acknowledgments of the Government and people of the United States be tendered to various foreign governments of the world who have participated in commemoration of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus.

October 28, 1893

. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

World’s Fair.

Acknowledgments to countries participating.

 (1) That it is the sense of Congress that the acknowledgments of the government and people of the United States, be tendered to the various foreign governments of the world, who have so generously and effectively cooperated in the Quadri-centennial Exposition held in Chicago, in commemoration of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. (2) That the President of the United States be requested to communicate

To be communicated by President of United State.

 to each foreign government that has participated in said Exposition the acknowledgment of Congress for its contribution. Approved, October 28, 1893.
No. 13: For the reporting, marking, and removal of derelicts. Public Resolution 13 28 Stat. 13 1893-10-31 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public [No. 13.]
Joint Resolution For the reporting, marking, and removal of derelicts.

October 31, 1893

. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Derelicts in North Atlantic Ocean.

International agreement for removing, etc., to be authorized.
That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to make with the several governments interested in the navigation of the North Atlantic Ocean an international agreement providing for the reporting, marking, and removal of dangerous wrecks, derelicts, and other menaces to navigation in the North Atlantic Ocean outside the coast waters of the respective countries bordering thereon.
Approved, October 31, 1893.
No. 14: To amend the act approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, relating to the admission of articles intended for the World’s Columbian Exposition. Public Resolution 14 28 Stat. 13 1893-11-03 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public [No. 14.]
Joint Resolution To amend the act approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, relating to the admission of articles intended for the World’s Columbian Exposition.

November 3, 1893

. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Columbian Museum.

Article at World’s Fair for, released from duty.
That the act approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “ An act to provide for celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus by holding an international exhibition

Vol. 26, p. 112.

 of arts, industries, manufactures, and the product of the soil, mine, and sea, in the City of Chicago, in the State of Illinois,” be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to permit. That all foreign exhibits at such Fair acquired by contribution or purchase by the Columbian Museum of Chicago for its own use, shall be wholly released from all customs duties.
Approved, November 3, 1893.
No. 15: Donating an abandoned cannon to the committee in charge of the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Public Resolution 15 28 Stat. 14 1893-11-03 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public 14FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Res. 15, 16. 1893. [No. 15.]
Joint Resolution Donating an abandoned cannon to the committee in charge of the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

November 3, 1893

. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Condemned cannon given to Grand Army Encampment, Pittsburg, Pa.
That one of the abandoned cannon now at the United States Arsenal at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and there before the late war, be donated to the citizens committee having charge of the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held in Pittsburg in eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to deliver said cannon to said committee.
Approved, November 3, 1893.
No. 16: Transferring the exhibit of the Navy Department, known as the model battle ship Illinois, to the State of Illinois, as a naval armory for the use of the naval militia of the State of Illinois, on the termination of the World’s Columbian Exposition. Public Resolution 16 28 Stat. 14 1893-11-03 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 2026-02-15 53 1 public [No. 16.]
Joint Resolution Transferring the exhibit of the Navy Department, known as the model battle ship Illinois, to the State of Illinois, as a naval armory for the use of the naval militia of the State of Illinois, on the termination of the World’s Columbian Exposition.

November 3, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,

Model battle ship “Illinois.”
That on the termination of the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Illinois, in November, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the exhibit of the Navy Department of

Transferred to Illinois for use of naval militia.

the United States Government, better known as the model battle ship Illinois, a facsimile of the battle ships Indiana, Massachusetts, and Oregon, with such of her boats, equipments and appurtenances now on exhibition as the Secretary of the Navy shall deem proper be transferred to the State of Illinois as a naval armory for the use of the naval militia

Proviso.

Exhibits not included.

of the State of Illinois: Provided, That such articles as may or have been loaned by the various bureaus of the Navy Department, the United States Marine Corps, the Naval Academy, and Hydrographic Office be not included in the said transfer except as hereinbefore provided.
Approved, November 3, 1893.
53 2 1893 1894

PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS

of the

UNITED STATES

 Paused at the second session, which was begun and held at the. city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the fourth day of December, 1893, and was adjourned without day on Tuesday, the twenty-eighth day of August, 1894. Grover Cleveland, President; Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice-President, and President of the Senate; Isham G, Harris, President pro tempore of the Senate; Charles F. Crisp, Speaker of the House of Representatives; John D. Richardson was elected Speaker pro tempore July eleventh, 1894; Mr. Crisp resumed the duties of Speaker July eighteenth, 1894. Chap. 1: 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,” approved September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the several Acts amendatory thereof. 28 Stat. 15 1893-12-12 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 1.—
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,” approved September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the several Acts amendatory thereof.

December 12, 1893.

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

Forfeited 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,”

Right of settlers to purchase extended.

Vol. 26, p. 496.

Vol. 27, pp. 59, 427.

 approved September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same is, amended so as to extend the time within which persons entitled to purchase lands forfeited by said Act shall be permitted to purchase the same, in the quantities and upon the terms provided in said section, at any time prior to January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven: Provided,

Provisos.

Adverse claims.

 That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to interfere with any adverse claim that may have attached to the lands or any part thereof.
Approved, December 12, 1893.
Chap. 2: To provide for further urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, mid for other purposes. 28 Stat. 15 1893-12-21 Chapter 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 2.—
An Act To provide for further urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, mid for other purposes.

December 21, 1893.

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

Urgent deficiencies 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, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely:
treasury department.

Treasury Department.

 Pay of Assistant Custodians and Janitors: For pay of assistant custodians

Assistant custodians and janitors.

 and janitors, including all personal services in connection with all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department outside of the District of Columbia, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. (15) 16 Light-House at Solomons Lump, Virginia: That the Light-House

Solomons Lump Light, Va.

 Board be, and is hereby, authorized to use, so far as may be necessary, for the re establishment of the Solomons Lump Light house, in addition

Unexpended balance from Wolf Trap Light available.

Vol. 27, p. 575.

 to the amount appropriated therefor, any unexpended balance of the appropriation for the reconstruction of the Wolf Trap Light-house that may remain after this last-named light house shall have been reestablished. senate.

Senate.

 For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, ten thousand dollars.

Miscellaneous item.

R. R. Quay.

 For payment to 11. R. Quay for salary as clerk from March sixteenth to August seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, five hundred dollars and thirty-three cents. To pay clerks to Senators and per diem clerks to committees retained

Session clerks. 51st Congress.

 in the service of the Senate during the recess of the Fifty-first Congress, under resolution of the Senate of September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, twenty-two thousand and eighty-eight dollars. house of Representatives.

House of Representatives.

 To enable the Clerk of the House to pay to Members and Delegates

Clerks to members.

 the amount which they certify they have paid or agreed to pay for clerk hire necessarily employed by them in the discharge of their official and

Vol. 27, p. 757.

representative duties, as provided in the Joint Resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two hundred thousand dollars. district of columbia.

District of Columbia.

 For reconstructing the barn of the Reform School of the District of

Reform school, barn, etc.

 Columbia, destroyed by tire on July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, six thousand dollars; for replacing the horses, farming implements, wagons, harness, feed, hay and other materials destroyed by said lire, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand five hundred dollars; one-half of said sum to be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia and one-half from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, December 21, 1893.
Chap. 3: Making appropriations to supply further urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety four, and for prior years, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 16 1893-12-21 Chapter 3 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 3.—
An Act Making appropriations to supply further urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety four, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

December 21, 1893.

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

Urgent 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-four, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Treasury Department.

 Mints and assay offices: For freight on bullion and coin, by registered

Mints and assay offices.

Freight.

 mail or otherwise, between mints and assay offices, live thousand dollars. Contingent expenses, Independent Treasury: For contingent

Independent Treasury.

Contingent expenses.

R. S. sec. 3663, 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, safekeeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, fifty thousand dollars. 17 To pay amount found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury

United States Express Company.

 to the United States Express Company from the appropriation for contingent expenses, Independent Treasury, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, forty-nine thousand seven hundred and one dollars and one cent. Transportation of silver coin: For transportation of silver coin, including fractional silver coin,

Transporting 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 subtreasuries, 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. Customs service: To defray the expenses of collecting t he revenue

Collecting customs revenue.

 from customs, being additional to the permanent appropriation for this purpose, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, five hundred thousand dollars. Fuel, lights, and water for public buildings: For fuel,

Fuel, lights, and water, public buildings.

 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 service, for all public buildings, marine hospitals included, under control of the Treasury Department, inclusive of new buildings, forty thousand 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. Quarantine service: For maintenance and ordinary expenses,

Quarantine stations.

Maintenance.

 including pay of officers and employees of quarantine stations at Delaware Breakwater, Cape Charles, South Atlantic (Sapilo Sound), Key West, Gulf, San Diego, San Francisco, and Port Townsend, forty thousand dollars. UNITED STATES COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES.

Fish Commission.

 For supporting roof, strengthening of floors, and general repairs to

Repairs to Armory building.

 the so-called Armory building, now occupied jointly by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries and United States National Museum, including reconstructing elevator, and for standpipes and fire escapes, the work to be done under the supervision and direction of the Architect of the Capitol, seven thousand one hundred dollars. That the. appropriation made by the Act approved August fifth, eighteen

Hatchery, Lake County, Colo.

Purchase of water rights.

Vol. 27, p. 361.

 hundred and ninety-two, entitled “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,” for the introduction of a water supply to the station of the United States Fish Commission, Lake County, Colorado, be, and is hereby, made available for the purchase of such properties adjacent to said station, and the water and other rights appertaining to the same as will vest in the United States the practical control of the water supply of Rock Creek, as also for any further expenditures connected with the introduction of said water supply. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Interior Department.

 To repair the roof of the east wing of the Interior Department

Repairs to building.

 building the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to expend such a sum as may be necessary, not to exceed one thousand dollars, from the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen

Vol. 27, p. 707.

 hundred and ninety-four, for contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and the bureaus, offices, and buildings of the Interior Department. 18 pension office.

Pension Office.

 For per diem, when absent from home and traveling on duty outside

Special examiner’ per diem.

 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

Proviso.

Pensions not to be suspended without notice, etc.

thousand dollars: Provided, That any pension heretofore or that may hereafter be granted to any applicant therefor under any law of the United States authorizing the granting and payment of pensions, on application made and adjudicated upon, shall be deemed and held by all officers of the United States to be a vested right in the grantee to that extent that payment thereof shall not be withheld or suspended until, after due notice to the grantee of not less than than thirty days, the Commissioner of Pensions, after hearing all the evidence, shall decide to annul, vacate, modify, or set aside the decision upon which such pension was granted. Such notice to grantee must contain a full

Charges to be furnished pensioner.

and true statement of any charges or allegations upon which such decision granting such pension shall be sought to be in any manner disturbed or modified. public land service.

Public lands.

 For clerk hire, rent, and other incidental expenses of the several land

Contingent expenses.

 offices, twenty-five thousand dollars. To meet the expenses during the remainder of the current fiscal year

Timber depredations; protecting lands; swamp land claims.

 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 lands from illegal and fraudulent entry or appropriation, and of adjusting claims for swamp lands, and indemnity for swamp

Proviso.

Agents’ per diem, etc.

lands, forty-five thousand dollars: Provided, 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. For per diem, in lieu of subsistence of inspectors and of clerks detailed

Per diem, etc., inspectors.

 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, four thousand dollars. eleventh census.

Eleventh Census.

 For salaries, rents, and necessary expenses in continuing the work

Expenses.

 of compiling the results of the Eleventh Census, to continue available until exhausted, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For maintenance of the small printing office allowed by law for use

Printing office.

 in the Eleventh Census, to continue available until exhausted, live thousand dollars. For the payment of bills already contracted for printing, engraving,

Printing, etc.

 and binding for the Eleventh Census, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Department of Justice.

 For official transportation, including purchase, keep, and shoeing of

Contingent expenses.

 animals, and purchase and repairs of wagons and harness, one thousand dollars. 19 For fees and expenses in suits against Benjandn Weil and La Abra

Weil and La Abra claims.

 Mining Company, ten thousand dollars. For expenses of litigation in ease of the United States against

Cherokee claims.

 Thomas and others, in the interest of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, North Carolina, five thousand dollars. For the deficiency in the compensation of the assistant attorney-general

Assistant Attorneys General, Indian depredation claims.

Salary increased.

 charged with the defense of Indian depredation claims, which compensation shall hereafter he the same as that of the other assistant attorneys-general in the Department of Justice, two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the following expenses of the court of appeals of the District

Court of appeals, D. C.

Officers of court.

 of Columbia, namely: For compensation of crier from May twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, inclusive, one thousand three hundred and twenty-two dollars and fifty-eight cents; for messenger from May first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, eight hundred anti forty dollars; for clerical assistance and necessary expenditures in the conduct of the clerk’s office, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand one hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty-eight cents, one-half of which sum shall be. paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia.

One-half from District revenues.

 public printing and binding.

Public Printing.

 For public printing

Congress.

 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 fill the necessary materials which may be needed in the prosecution of the work, two hundred thousand dollars. To enable the Public Printer to continue operations under the Joint

Storing documents, 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, three thousand dollars. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

House of Representatives.

 To pay all session employees of the House of Representatives authorized

Session employees.

Vol. 27. p. 675.

 by the Act making appropriation 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, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to the end of the present session of Congress, thirteen thousand two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and sixty-eight cents. For mileage of members of the House of Representatives and Delegates

Mileage, Members.

 from Territories, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, for the second session of the Fifty-third Congress. For mileage of Senators for the second session of the Fifty-third Congress,

Mileage, Senators.

 forty-five thousand dollars. For stationery for members of the House of Representatives and

Stationery, Members.

 Delegates from Territories, for the first session of the Fifty-third Congress, forty-five thousand dollars. For stationery for Senators, for the first session of the Fifty-third

Stationery, Senators.

 Congress, eleven thousand dollars. For stationery for members and for use of the committees and officers

Stationery, House.

 of the House of Representatives, one thousand five hundred dollars. For materials for folding, five thousand dollars.

Folding material.

Furniture, etc.

 For furniture, and repairs of the same, two thousand five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees,

Miscellaneous items, etc.

 twenty-eight thousand dollars. 20 To pay W, Tyler Page for clerical services under the Clerk of the

W. Tyler Page.

 House in the months of October and November, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two hundred and fifty dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of

One month’s pay to employees, Senate and House.

 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 November, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, including the Capitol police and official reporters of the Senate and House, for extra services during the Fifty-third Congress, a sum equal to one month’s pay at the compensation then paid them by law, the same to be immediately available. To pay Joel Grayson for services rendered in the Document Room

Joel Grayson.

Payment to.

 since December fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety three, and to continue him in said service until and including December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, at seventy-five dollars per month, nine hundred and sixty-three dollars and fifty-nine cents. Approved, December 21, 1893.
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CHAP. 4.—
An Act To extend North Capitol street to the Soldiers’ Home.

December 21, 1893.

 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 are hereby directed to open and grade North

Extension of North Capitol street.

Vol. 27. p. 532.

Capitol street from T street to the Soldiers’ Home, and are hereby authorized and directed to condemn, in the manner provided by law

Post, p. 251.

prior to March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, for the condemnation of land in the District of Columbia, such of the lands of the Prospect Hill Cemetery and of Annie E. Barbour as may be necessary for the extension of said street, and the amount of money necessary to

Appropriation.

pay the judgment of condemnation and the cost of grading is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys of the District of Columbia in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the provisions of this Act,but the cost of grading shall not exceed ten thousand dollars:

Provisos.

From District revenues.

Immediately available.

 Provided, That the said sum shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia: And provided further, That this appropriation shall be immediately available.
Approved, December 21, 1893.
Chap. 5: To provide for two additional associate just ices of the supreme court of the Territory of Oklahoma, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 20 1893-12-21 Chapter 5 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 5.—
An Act To provide for two additional associate just ices of the supreme court of the Territory of Oklahoma, and for other purposes.

December 21, 1893.

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

Oklahoma.

Composition of supreme court.

Vol 26, p. 85.
That hereafter the supreme court of the Territory of Oklahoma shall consist of a chief justice and tour associate justices, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum; but three judges must concur to render an opinion reversing a. judgment or other determination of the district court.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the President to nominate and

Additional justices to be appointed.

 by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to appoint two additional associate justices of said supreme court, who shall hold their office for the term of four years, or until their successors are appointed and qualified, and who shall receive the same compensation as now provided for the justices of the supreme court of Oklahoma Territory.
Sec. 3. That the said Territory shall be divided into five judicial Districts,

Five districts established.

 and a district court shall be held in each county, as now provided by law. The supreme court of said Territory shall define said

Terms.

judicial districts, and shall fix the times and places at each county seat in each district where the district court shall be held, and designate the judge who shall preside therein. Each judge, after assignment, 21 shall reside in the district to which he is assigned. The supreme court

Assignment in certain eases.

 of said Territory, or the chief justice thereof, may designate any judge to try a particular case or cases in any district when the judge of said district has been of counsel, or is of kin to either party to the action, or interested, or is biased or prejudiced in the cause, or if for any other reason said judge is unable to hold court.
Sec. 4. That the district court in each of said districts shall have the

Jurisdiction.

 same jurisdiction that district courts of said Territory now possess.
Sec. 5. That no justice of the supreme court of said Territory shall

Disqualification of judges.

 sit as a member of said court in the trial or hearing of any case decided by him in the district court, or wherein he has any interest.
Approved, December 21, 1893.
Chap. 6: Authorizing the fourth Assistant Postmaster-General to approve postmasters’ bonds. 28 Stat. 21 1893-12-21 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 6.—
An Act Authorizing the fourth Assistant Postmaster-General to approve postmasters’ bonds.

December 21, 1893.

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

Postal service.

Fourth Assistant Postmaster General to approve postmasters’ bonds.
That from and after the passage of this Act the bonds of all postmasters, by the direction of the

December 21, 1893.

 Postmaster-General, may be approved and accepted and the approval and acceptance signed by the Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General in the name of the Postmaster-General.
Approved, December 21, 1893.
Chap. 7: To close alleys in square numbered seven hundred and fifty-one, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. 28 Stat. 21 1893-12-21 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 7.—
An Act To close alleys in square numbered seven hundred and fifty-one, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.

December 21, 1893.

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

District of Columbia.

Alleys in square 751, closed

.
That the alleys in square numbered seven hundred and fifty-one, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, be closed and the land contained therein revert to the owners of the abutting property: Provided, That any conveyance

Proviso.

Duration

. of title in this Act contained shall be operative only so long as the land is used for charitable purposes.
Approved, December 21, 1893.
Chap. 8: Granting the right of way for the construction of u railroad and other improvements over and on the West Mountain of the Hot Springs Reservation, Hot Springs, Arkansas. 28 Stat. 21 1893-12-21 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 8.—
An Act Granting the right of way for the construction of u railroad and other improvements over and on the West Mountain of the Hot Springs Reservation, Hot Springs, Arkansas.

December 21, 1893.

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

Hot Springs, Ark.

Right of way over West Mountain to George W. Baxter, et al.
That the right of way forty-five feet in width, upon which to construct, equip, operate, and maintain a railroad with one or more tracks, is hereby granted to George W. Baxter, John D. Ware, Leslie Webb, and George M. Baxter, their associates and assigns, upon and over that part of the Hot Springs Reservation known as the West Mountain, as follows: Commencing

Location.

 at a point on first line marked Al seven feet east of the line marked M on Government plat survey, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for topography; thence by a route to be approved by the Secretary of the interior to the boundary line of said West Mountain reservation, or as near thereto as shall be necessary, but the said railroad shall not obstruct any highway contemplated by the plans for the improvement of the Government reservation of Hot Springs, Arkansas, and the said grantees shall, by the erection and permanent maintenance of substantial iron bridges with closed beds and sides, or by means of tunnels, avoid 22 rendering the crossings dangerous to passengers on the said highways,

Proviso.

Previous grants not affected.

either in conveyances or on foot: Provided, That such road so constructed and this grant shall not interfere with any grant within such reservation heretofore made.
Sec. 2. That the said parties or their assigns shall cause to be made

Secretary of the Interior to approve plans, etc.

 an accurate map and profile of the located line of said railway with the specifications for the construction thereof, and the same shall be approved by and tiled with the Secretary of the

Supervision.

Interior before the construction of said railroad shall be commenced. The Secretary of the Interior shall have the supervision and control over the location and construction of said railroad, which must be built and put in running

Completion.

order to the top of said mountain within two years from and after the passage of this Act. Each of the conditions in this section shall be

Forfeiture.

construed as a condition precedent to the grant herein made, and a failure to comply with any of them shall of itself work a forfeiture of the rights hereby granted.
Sec. 3. That the said parties or their assigns shall have the privilege

Bight to erect hotels, etc.

 of erecting on said West Mountain observatories, hotels, and such other buildings as may be considered by the Secretary of the Interior desirable for the accommodation of the public, and for such purposes, and tor laying off and beautifying a park surrounding or adjacent to such buildings the said parties or their assigns are hereby privileged to use

Lands granted.

five acres of ground upon said mountain, they agreeing to build upon and beautify the same at their own expense. A survey and plat of the grounds to be used for the purposes herein mentioned shall be first

Approval by Secretary of the Interior.

submitted to the Secretary of the Interior, and approved by him before any improvements shall be begun upon said land. Flans for all buildings shall be submitted to and approved by the Secretary of the interior.
Sec. 4. That the said parties are to pay semiannually to the Interior

Yearly payment.

 Department, on account of the fund.for the improvement of the permanent Hot Springs Reservation, the sum of two per centum of the gross annual earnings of said railroad and buildings and grounds.
Sec. 5. That all tolls, charges, or income received under or by reason

Charges, etc.

 of this grant shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall from time to time prescribe rules and regulations for the management of said property.
Sec. 6. That Congress reserves the right to at any time alter, amend,

Amendments, etc.

 change, or repeal the rights and privileges hereby conferred.
Approved, December 21, 1893.
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CHAP. 9.—
An Act To grant the right of way to the. Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway Company through the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory, and for other purposes.

December 21, 1893.

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

Kansas Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway Company, may build railway. etc., line through Indian and Oklahoma Territories.

.
That the Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway Company, a corporation created under and by virtue of the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma, be, and the same is hereby, invested and empowered with the right of locating, constructing, equipping, operating, using, and maintaining a railway, telegraph, and telephone line through the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory, including lands that have been allotted to Indians in

Location.

severalty or reserved for Indian purposes, beginning at any point to be selected by said railway company on the south line of the State of

Indian Territory.

Kansas, in the county of Montgomery, on the south line of section numbered thirteen or section numbered fourteen, township numbered thirty-five, range numbered thirteen east, of the sixth principal meridian, or on the south line of section numbered thirteen or section numbered fourteen, township numbered thirty-five, range sixteen east of 23 the sixth principal meridian, and running thence by the most practicable route through the Indian Territory to the west line thereof; thence

Oklahoma Territory.

 in a south or southwesterly direction by the most practicable route into and through Oklahoma Territory to a point on the Texas State line and on Red River between said State of Texas and the Comanche and Apache Indian Reservation, in said Oklahoma Territory, by way of, at, or near Stillwater, Guthrie, and Elreno. in Oklahoma Territory, and passing through the Osage, Pawnee, Wichita, Comanche, and Apache Indian reservations, and through the organized counties of Payne, Logan, Oklahoma, and Canadian, in said Oklahoma Territory, with the right to construct, use, and maintain such tracks, turnouts, sidings, and extensions as said company may deem to their interest to construct along and upon the right of way and depot grounds herein provided for.
Sec. 2. That said company is authorized to take and use, for all purposes

Right of way.

 of a railway and for no other purpose, a right of way one hundred feet in width through said Territories, 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 miles of

Stations, etc.

 the road, with the right to use 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 till: Provided, That no more than said addition of lands shall

Provisos.

Limit for stations.

Sale, etc., prohibited.

 be taken for any one station: And 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 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, or to the persons

Reversion.

 from whom, the same shall have been taken.
Sec. 3. That before said railway shall be constructed through any

Damages.

 lands held by individual occupants by allotment under any law of the United States or agreement with the Indians or according to the laws, customs, and usages of any tribe of the Indians, nations, or tribes through which it may be constructed, full and complete compensation shall be made to such occupant for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of said railway. In case of failure

Appraisement.

 to make amicable settlement with any occupant, such compensation shall be determined by the appraisement of three disinterested referees,

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 such occupant belongs, or in the case of an 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, clerk of a court, or United States commissioner, an oath that they will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of their appointment, which oaths duly certified shall be returned with their award to, and tiled 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

Substitution on failure to appoint

 such appointment within thirty days after the appointment made by the. President, the vacancy shall be tilled by the judge of the United States court for the first judicial division at Muscogee, Indian Territory, or by the judge of the United States court which has jurisdiction over said Indian reservations; upon the application of the other party

Hearings.

 the chairman of said board shall appoint the time and place for all hearings within the nation to which said occupant belongs. Each of

Compensation.

 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

Witness fees.

 24 shall receive the usual fees allowed by the courts of said nation; costs,

Costs.

 including compensation of the referees, shall be made a paid of the award and be paid by said 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 shall have the right within ninety days after making of the award, and

Appeal.

notice of the same, to appeal by original petition to the courts of the Indian Territory at Muscogee, or to the courts which have jurisdiction over the respective Indian reservations which courts shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the subject-matter of said petition according to the laws of the State of Kansas providing 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 costs of said appeal shall be adjudged against the railway company. If the judgment of the court shall be for the same sum or less than the award of the referees, then the cost shall be adjudged against the appellant unless the judgment of the court shall be for the railroad company, in which case the

Work may proceed on deposit of double award.

cost shall be against the claimant; 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 railroad.
Sec. 4.

Freight charges.

 That said railway company shall not charge the inhabitants of said Territories a greater rate of freight than the rates authorized bylaws of Kansas for services or transportation of the same kind:

Provisos.

Passenger rates, etc.

Provided, That passenger rates on said railway shall not exceed three cents per mile, Congress reserving 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 shall be authorized to fix and regulate the cost of transportation of persons and freight within its respective limits by said railway company, but Congress expressly reserves the right to fix and regulate at all times the cost of such transportation by said railway 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 rates 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. That said railway company shall pay to the Secretary of the

Additional compensation to tribes.

 Interior, for the benefit of the particular nation or tribe 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 Territories through Indian lands; said payment to be made in installments of one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars as each working section of twenty-five

Proviso.

Appeal by general council.

miles is graded: Provided, That if the general council of either of the nations or tribes through whose lands said railway may be located shall within four mouths after filing of the 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 for 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

Award to be in lieu of compensation.

provided: Provided further, That the amount of the award adjudged to be paid by said railway company for such dissenting nation or tribe shall be in lieu of the compensation that said nation or tribe would be

Annual rental.

entitled to receive under the foregoing provisions; said company shall also pay, so long as said Territory is owned or occupied by the Indians, 25 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

Apportionment.

 money paid to the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of this act shall he apportioned by him in accordance with the laws and treaties now in force among the different nations and tribes, ac cording to the number of miles of railway that may be constructed by said railway company through their lands: Provided, That Congress

Taxation.

 shall have the right, as long as said lands are occupied and possessed by said nations or 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 powers as to such part of said railway as may be within its limits. Said railway company shall have

Survey and location.

 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

Maps to be filed.

 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 the nations or tribes through whose lands said railway may be located, and after filing said maps no claim for a subsequent settlement and improvements upon the right of way shown by said

Improvements.

Provisos.

Grading.

 maps shall be valid as against said company: Provided, That when a map showing any portion of said railway company’s located line is tiled, as herein provided for, said company shall commence grading said located line within two years thereafter or said location shall be void; and

Approval of location.

 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

Employee 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 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 such intercourse laws.
Sec. 8. That the United States court having jurisdiction in respect

Litigation.

 of the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory and such other courts as maybe authorized by Congress, shall have, without reference to the amount in controversy, concurrent jurisdiction over all controversies arising between said Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway Company and the nations or tribes through whose territory said railway company shall construct its lines; said court shall have like jurisdiction, without reference to the amount in controversy, over all controversies arising between the inhabitants of said nation or tribe and said railway company, and the civil jurisdiction of said courts is hereby extended within the limits of said Indian Territory and Oklahoma 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 the said railway company shall build at least one hundred

Commencement and completion.

 miles of its railway in said Territories within three years after the passage of this act, and complete the main line of the same within two years thereafter, or the right herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion not built. That said railway company shall construct and maintain continually all fences, roads, and highway crossings, and

Crossings, etc.

 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 Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern

Conditions of acceptance.

Railway Company shall accept this right of way upon the expressed condition, binding upon itself, its successors, and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, nor assist in any effort looking 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 lands or their occupancy than is hereinbefore provided: 26 Provided, That any violation of the conditions mentioned in this section

Proviso.

Forfeiture

 shall operate as a forfeiture of all rights and privileges of said railway company under this act.
Sec. 11. That all mortgages executed by said company conveying

Record of mortgages.

 any portion of its railway with the franchises, that may be constructed in said Indian Territory and Oklahoma 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 properties of said company as therein expressed subject to the provisions of this act.
Sec. 12. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal this

Amendment, etc.

act, and the rights herein granted shall not be assigned or transferred in any way or form whatever except as to mortgages or other liens that may be given or secured thereon to aid in the construction thereof.
Approved, December 21, 1893.
Chap. 10: Relating to the disqualification of registers and receivers of the United States land offices, and making provision in case of such disqualification. 28 Stat. 26 1894-01-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 10.—
An Act Relating to the disqualification of registers and receivers of the United States land offices, and making provision in case of such disqualification.

January 11, 1894.

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

Public lands.

Registers and receivers not to proceed in cases whore personally interested, etc.
That no register or receiver shall receive evidence in, hear or determine any cause pending in any district land office in which cause be is interested directly or indirectly, or has been of counsel, or where he is related to any of the parties in interest by consanguinity or affinity within the fourth degree, computing by the rules adopted by the common law.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of every register or receiver so disqualified

Substitution of other officer.

 to report the fact of his disqualification to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, as soon as be shall ascertain it, and before the hearing of such cause, who thereupon, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall designate some other register, receiver, or special agent of the Land Department to act in the place of the disqualified officer, and the same authority is conferred on the officer so designated which such register or receiver would otherwise have possessed to act in such case.
Approved, January 11, 1894.
Chap. 12: To amend an Act of Congress approved May twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety, granting to the Aransas Pass Harbor Company the right to improve Aransas Pass. 28 Stat. 26 1894-01-22 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 12.—
An Act To amend an Act of Congress approved May twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety, granting to the Aransas Pass Harbor Company the right to improve Aransas Pass.

January 22, 1894.

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

Aransas Pass Harbor.

Time for constructing work extended.

Vol. 26, p. 106.
That the Aransas Pass Harbor Company, which is engaged in the improvement of Aransas Pass under the provisions contained in an Act of Congress entitled “An Act tor the improvement of Aransas Pass,” approved May twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety, is hereby relieved from the conditions of said Act which require the construction of said work to be commenced within one year from the date of its approval and to be diligently prosecuted by the expenditure of at least three hundred thousand dollars per annum thereafter, and to secure a navigable depth over the outer bar of fifteen feet of water within three years after the date of approval of said Act, and of twenty feet within live years from said date; and the said company is hereby authorized to continue and complete its work of improvement

Proviso.

Resumption of work

as set forth in said Act: Provided, That work shall be resumed by the said Aransas Pass Harbor Company within six months from the date of approval of this act, and shall be diligently prosecuted to completion, and said company shall secure a navigable depth over the outer bar of at least twenty feet of water within two years from the date of approval

Revocation on failure.

of this act. And in the event of said company failing to resume said 27 work within the said six months, or failing to diligently prosecute the same, or to secure a navigable depth of twenty feet of water over the outer bar within the time required by this act, then Congress may revoke the privileges herein granted in relation to said improvement.
Sec. 2. That the right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this act

Amendment, etc.

 is hereby reserved.
Approved, January 22, 1894.
Chap. 13: For the establishment of a light and fog-signal station near Butler Flats. New Bedford. Massachusetts. 28 Stat. 27 1894-01-22 Chapter 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 13.—
An Act For the establishment of a light and fog-signal station near Butler Flats. New Bedford. Massachusetts.

January 22, 1894.

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

Butler Flats, Mass

Light and fog signal station established.

Post, p. 915.
That there be established, on or near Butler Flats, entrance to the lower harbor of New Bedford, Massachusetts, a light and fog-signal station, at a cost not to exceed forty-five thousand dollars.
Approved, January 22, 1894.
Chap. 14: To extend the time for the construction of the railway of the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company. 28 Stat. 27 1894-01-22 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 14.—
An Act To extend the time for the construction of the railway of the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company.

January 22, 1894.

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

Choctaw Coal and Railway Company.

Time extended for building road in Indian Territory.
That the time for the construction of the railway of the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Minnesota, which, by the provisions of the Act approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An Act to amend an Act authorizing

Post, p. 502.

Vol. 26. p. 705.

 the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company to construct a road through the Indian Territory,” will expire February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, shall be extended for a period of two years from that date, so that said company shall have until February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, to construct the lines of railway authorized by the Act approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 25, p. 38.

 and eighty-eight, entitled “An Act to authorize the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” and the Act amendatory

Vol. 25, p. 668.

 thereof, approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to authorize the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,’ approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight,” and for such purpose the said company shall have the right to take and occupy the right of way and depot grounds heretofore granted to it by said Acts.
Approved, January 22, 1894.
Chap. 15: To authorize the construction and maintenance of a dam or dams across the Kansas River, within Shawnee County, in the State of Kansas. 28 Stat. 27 1894-01-22 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 15.—
An Act To authorize the construction and maintenance of a dam or dams across the Kansas River, within Shawnee County, in the State of Kansas.

January 22, 1894.

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

Kansas River.

Dam across, authorized in Shawnee County.
That the Chicago-Topeka Light, Heat, and Power Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, its successors and assigns, be,, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to construct and maintain a dam or dams across the Kansas River, at any suitable place or places within the county of Shawnee, in the State of Kansas: Provided, That on notice

Provisos.

Removal, etc.

 by the Secretary of War that said dam or dams are material obstruc- 28tions to navigation, said dam or dams shall be at once removed, or suitable lock or locks provided by the owner or owners thereof at his or their expense, so as not to interfere with navigation:

Removal, etc., by Secretary War.

 And provided further, That if after due and sufficient notice in such case the owner or owners of said dam or dams shall neglect or fail to provide suitable lock or locks, or otherwise modify or remove said obstructions, in such manner as the Secretary of War may direct, the said Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause suitable lock or locks to be provided, or said obstructions to be removed or modified at the expense of the United States, and to institute proceedings against the person or persons or corporation owning or controlling said dam or dams for the

Recovery of expense.

recovery of the expense thereof before the circuit court of the United States in and for the district in which said dam or dams may be located.
Sec. 2. That the dam or dams herein provided for shall be commenced

Commencement and completion.

 within one year from the date of approval of this act and completed within three years, under penalty of the forfeiture of the franchise herein granted.
Sec. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Approved, January 22, 1894.
Chap. 16: To amend section forty-four hundred and thirty, Title fifty-two, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to inspection of iron or steel boiler plates. 28 Stat. 28 1894-01-22 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 16.—
An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and thirty, Title fifty-two, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relative to inspection of iron or steel boiler plates.

January 22, 1894.

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

Inspection of boiler plates.

R. S. sec. 4430, p. 858, amended.
That section forty-four hundred and thirty of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended by adding thereto a paragraph, as follows:

“And the Supervising Inspector-General may, under the direction

Inspection at mills.

of the Secretary of the Treasury, detail assistant inspectors from any local inspection district where assistant inspectors are employed, to inspect iron or steel boiler plates at the mills where the same, are manufactured; and if the plates are found in accordance with the rules of

Stamp.

the supervising inspectors, the assistant inspector shall stamp the same with the initials of his name, followed by the letters and words, ‘

Acceptance of stamped material.

U. S. Assistant Inspector;’ and material so stamped shall be accepted by the local inspectors in the districts where such material is to be manufactured into marine boilers as being in full compliance with the requirements of this section regarding the inspection of boiler plates;

Penalty for forging; etc., stamp.

it being further provided that any person who affixes any false, forged, fraudulent, spurious, or counterfeit of the stamp herein authorized to be put on by an assistant inspector, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall be lined not less than one thousand dollars, nor more than five thousand dollars, and imprisoned not less than two years nor more than five years.”
Approved, January 22, 1894.
Chap. 17: To amend section four hundred and seven of the Revised Statutes so us to require original receipts for deposits of postmasters to be sent to the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department. 28 Stat. 28 1894-01-22 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 17.—
An Act To amend section four hundred and seven of the Revised Statutes so us to require original receipts for deposits of postmasters to be sent to the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department.

January 22, 1894.

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

Postal service.

R. S. sec. 407, p. 67, amended.
That section four hundred and seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States be. and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 407. The postal revenues and all debts due the Post-Office

Deposit of revenues.

Department shall, when collected, be paid into the Treasury of the United States under the direction of the Postmaster-General, and the 29 Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, or designated depository receiving such payment Shall give the depositor a duplicate receipt therefor,

Disposition of receipts.

 to be retained by him in his office as a voucher, and shall forward the original to the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, to be placed to the credit of the depositor in audit of his accounts.
Approved, January 22, 1894.
Chap. 18: To amend an Act approved September fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety, authorizing the New Orleans, Natchez and Fort Scott Railroad Company to construct two bridges across Boeuf River, in Louisiana. 28 Stat. 29 1894-01-22 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 18.—
An Act To amend an Act approved September fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety, authorizing the New Orleans, Natchez and Fort Scott Railroad Company to construct two bridges across Boeuf River, in Louisiana.

January 22, 1894.

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

Boeuf River, La.

Time for bridging extended.
That the Act approved September fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled, “An Act to authorize the construction of two bridges across Boeuf River, Louisiana,” be, and is hereby, amended so that the time within which the actual construction of said bridges may be commenced is hereby

Vol. 26, p, 423.

 extended for the period of one year from the date of the approval of this Act.
Approved, January 22, 1894.
Chap. 19: To authorize the Chattanooga Western Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Tennessee River near Chattanooga. 28 Stat. 29 1894-01-27 Chapter 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 19.—
An Act To authorize the Chattanooga Western Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Tennessee River near Chattanooga.

January 27, 1894.

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

Chattanooga Western Railway Company may bridge Tennessee River, Chattanooga, Tenn.
That the Chattanooga Western Railway Company, a corporation created and organized under the laws of the State of ‘Tennessee, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto, over the Tennessee River, at or near the city of Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton, State of Tennessee, which shall be so contracted as to provide for the passage of railway trains, locomotives, passenger and freight cars on,

Railway bridge.

 over, and across the same. And the right is also hereby given to the said county of Hamilton to erect, or cause to be. erected, on, over, and above said railway bridge, using the latter as its substructure, a public bridge to be used for the passage of street cars, wagons, and vehicles

County may build wagon and footbridge.

 of all kinds, and for animals and foot passengers.
Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act and subject to its limitations

Lawful struct a re and post route,

 shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route, and shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States. That no higher charge shall be made for

Charges.

 the transmission over the same, of the mail, troops, and munitions of war of the United States, or for through railway passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile 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 for postal telegraph purposes; that the said bridge shall be. constructed

Postal telegraph.

Unobstructed navigation.

 either by draw, span, or otherwise, so that a free and unobstructed passage way maybe secured to all water craft navigating said river at the point aforesaid;, Provided, That if said bridge authorized to

Proviso.

Opening draw.

 be constructed under this act shall be constructed as a drawbridge the draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signals for the passage of boats or vessels; and whatever kind of bridge is constructed said corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board

Lights, etc.

 shall prescribe.
Sec. 3. 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 30 the passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon such basis or arrangement as may be agreed upon by and between such companies and the Chattanooga Western Railway Company;

Disagreements.

 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 the

Decision by Secretary of War.

Secretary of War to approve plana, etc.

hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.
Sec. 4. 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 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 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 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;

Changes.

and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, so as to prevent or remove all substantial obstruction to the navigation of said river, such change shall be subject

Litigation.

to the approval of the Secretary of War; and if any litigation shall be had in regard to the location or construction of said bridge, the same shall be in the circuit court of the United States in whose territorial jurisdiction said bridge, or any part thereof, is located.
Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved; and any alterations or changes that may be required by Congress in the bridge constructed under this act, or its entire removal, shall be made by the corporation owning or controlling the

Commencement and completion.

same, at its own expense. Furthermore, if the construction of said bridge shall not be commenced within one and completed within three years after the passage of this act, all privileges conferred hereby and this act shall become null and void.
Approved, January 27, 1894.
Chap. 20: Granting certain lands to the Territory of Arizona. 28 Stat. 30 1894-01-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 20.—
An Act Granting certain lands to the Territory of Arizona.

January 27, 1894.

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

Arizona.

Grant of lands to.
That the following tracts of land, fractional sections twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, and twenty-five, township number eight south, range twenty-three west, Gila and Salt River base and meridian, Territory of Arizona, containing two thousand one hundred and fifteen acres, lying in the junction of the Gila and Colorado rivers, be, and is hereby, granted to the Territory of Arizona.
Approved, January 27, 1894.
Chap. 21: To improve the methods of accounting in the Post-Office Department, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 30 1894-01-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 21.—
An Act To improve the methods of accounting in the Post-Office Department, and for other purposes.

January 27, 1894.

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

Postal service.
That the first section of the Act approved January third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,

Provisions for postal notes repealed.

modifying certain provisions of the Act approved March third, eighteen 31 hundred and eighty-three, and entitled “An Act to modify the postal

Vol. 24, p. 354.

 money-order system, and for other purposes,” and the first section and such provisions of the second section as are applicable to postal notes of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three,

Vol. 22, p. 52B.

 entitled “An Act to modify the postal money-order system, and for other purposes,” be, and the same are hereby, repealed, but nothing herein contained shall prevent the payment, after July first, eighteen hundred

Payment of notes outstanding.

 and ninety-four, in the manner provided by existing law, of postal notes issued prior to the t date, and any such postal notes, if presented for payment more than one year from the last day of the month of their issue, may be paid by warrant, as provided by section four of this Act in the case of money orders.
Sec. 2. That section three of the said Act of March third, eighteen

Money-order fees.

R. S., sec. 4032, p. 778.

Vol. 22, 527, Vol. 24, p. 88.

 hundred and eighty-three, as amended by the Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An Art to reduce the fee on domestic money orders for sums not exceeding five dollars,” be amended to read as follows:

“That a money order shall not be issued for more than one hundred

Orders limited to $100.

dollars, and that fees for domestic money orders shall be as follows, to wit:

“For orders not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents, three cents.

Rates.

 “For orders exceeding two dollars and fifty cents and not exceeding five dollars, five cents. “ For orders exceeding five dollars and not exceeding ten dollars, eight cents. “For orders exceeding ten dollars and not exceeding twenty dollars, ten cents. “For orders exceeding twenty dollars and not exceeding thirty dollars, twelve cents. “For orders exceeding thirty dollars and not exceeding forty dollars, fifteen cents. “For orders exceeding forty dollars and not exceeding fifty dollars, eighteen cents. “For orders exceeding fifty dollars and not exceeding sixty dollars, twenty cents. “For orders exceeding sixty dollars and not exceeding seventy-five dollars, twenty-five cents. “For orders exceeding seventy-five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, thirty cents.”
Sec. 3. That section four of said Act of March third, eighteen hundred

Clerk hire post-offices.

 and eighty-three, as amended by the Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled, “An Act to make the allowances

Vol. 22, p. 528.

Vol. 24, p. 87.

 for clerk hire to postmasters of the first and second class post-offices cover the cost of clerical labor in the money-order business, and for other purposes,” be amended to read as follows:

“That postmasters at money-order post offices of the first and second

Money-order clerks, first and second class offices.

classes may be allowed by the Postmaster-General to employ such number of clerks in the transaction of their money-order business, and at such rates of compensation, respectively, as he may deem expedient.

“The allowances for clerk hire made to postmasters of the first and

Allowances to cover all clerk hire.

second class post-offices by the Postmaster-General, out of the annual appropriation for clerks in post-offices, shall cover the cost of clerical services of all kinds in such post-offices, including the cost of clerical labor in the money-order business.

“And at all other money-order post-offices the compensation for the

Allowance for money order Business at other offices.

clerical labor in the money-order business shall be paid out of the fees received for the issue of money orders, and shall be three cents for each domestic or international money order issued:

Provided, That the Postmaster-General

Provisos.

Additional to international exchange offices.

may allow to the postmaster at each international exchange office such additional amount in each case, out of the annual appropriation for clerks in post-offices, as he play deem expedient to enable these postmasters to obtain the clerical labor necessary for the performance of such special duties as are 32 imposed upon them by the operations of the money-order system and are not required of other postmasters:

“And provided further, That the salaries of postmasters, as fixed by

Postmasters’ pay, fall compensation for all service.

law, shall be deemed and taken to be full compensation for the responsibility and risk incurred and for the personal services rendered by them as custodians of the money-order and other funds of the Post-Office Department.”
Sec. 4. That section five of said Act of March third, eighteen hundred

Unpaid orders and notes.

Vol. 22, p. 528.

Statement to be made

 and eighty-three, be amended to read as follows:

“That the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department shall, as soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, transmit to the Postmaster-General a statement of the aggregate amount of domestic money orders and postal notes which shall have remained unpaid for a period of one year or more from the last day of the month of their issue.

It shall be the duty of the postmasters at all money-order offices to

Monthly statement, of orders remaining unpaid for one year.

render to the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department a monthly statement, beginning at the end of the first month of the fiscal year commencing July first, eighteen hundred and ninety four, of all domestic money orders payable at their respective offices, as evidenced by advice, remaining unpaid for one year from the last day of the month of issue, such statement to be accompanied by the advice and not to include any money orders issued at a date prior to June

Funds to be used as revenues.

thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and the amount of money represented by the Auditor’s statement, and by the monthly statements of the postmasters, as certified to the Postmaster-General by the Auditor shall be turned into the Treasury by the Postmaster-General for account of the Post-Office Department to be used as current revenues.

Orders outstanding one year to be paid from Department.

And thereafter domestic money orders shall not be paid at the offices upon which they are drawn, or at the offices of issue after one year from the last day of the month of issue of such

Post, p. 107.

money orders; but such money orders shall be sent to the Post-Office Department and shall be paid by a warrant of the Postmaster-General countersigned by the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department out of any money in the Treasury to the credit of the Post-Office Department, to the extent of the moneys paid in on this account, the payments so made to be charged to an appropriation account hereby created to be denominated “Unpaid money orders more than one year old.”
Sec. 5. That section four thousand and thirty-six of the Revised

R. S., sec. 4036, p 778, repealed.

 Statutes of the United States be repealed.
Sec. 6. That section four thousand and thirty-nine of the Revised

Recalled advices.

R. S., sec. 4 p. 778, amended.

To be filed with accounts.

 Statutes of the United States be amended by adding the following:

“That it shall be the duty of the postmasters to attach to their accounts rendered to the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department the letters of advice, or if lost evidence of that fact, recalled from the post office to which originally sent for all repayments of domestic money orders provided for in this section and in section four thousand and thirty eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States.”
Sec. 7. That section four thousand and thirty-three of the Revised

Application blanks.

R. S., sec. 4033, p. 778, amended.

 Statutes of the United States be amended to read as follows:

“That the Post master-General shall supply such money-order offices, as he may deem expedient, with blank forms of applications for money orders, in such form as he may direct.”
Sec. 8. That section four thousand and forty-four of the Revised

Money-order accounts.

 Statutes of the United States, as amended by the legislative,

R. S., sec. 4044, p. 779, amended.

Vol. 27. p. 195.

executive, and judicial appropriation Act for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, approved July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be amended so as to read as follows:

“It shall be the duty of postmasters at post-offices authorized to issue

Time of rendering.

money orders to render to the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department monthly, semimonthly, weekly, semiweekly, or daily accounts of all money orders issued and paid, of all fees received’ for 33issuing 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 on account of money-order business.”
Sec. 9. That section four thousand and thirty-four of the Revised

Forms for orders.

R. S., sec. 4034, p. 778 amended.

 Statutes of the United States be amended so as to read as follows:

“The Postmaster-General shall furnish money-order offices with printed or engraved forms for domestic money orders in such form as will provide for coupons that, by the separation from the money orders, will designate the amounts for which the money orders are drawn, and no money order shall be valid unless drawn upon such form. And it

Coupons to be sent to Auditor.

shall be the duty of postmasters to forward to the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department said coupons with their money-order accounts.
Sec. 10. That the Postmaster-General may authorize postmasters at

Limited money-order offices.

 post-offices other than those designated as money-order offices to issue money orders in the same form as provided for in the preceding section of this Act, excepting that such money orders shall be in such form as to prevent their being drawn for a sum in excess of five dollars; the

Orders not to exceed five dollars.

Rates.

Ante, p. 31.

 rates for such money orders to be the same as those provided for in section two of this Act, and post offices so authorized shall be designated “limited money-order offices.”
Sec. 11. That section four thousand and forty of the Revised Statutes

Lost orders.

R. S., sec. 4040. p. 778, amended.

 of the United States be amended so as to read as follows:

“ Whenever a money order has been lost within one year from the last day of the mouth of issue the Postmaster-General, upon the application of the remitter or payee of such order, may cause a duplicate

Duplicate may be issued by Postmaster-General.

thereof to be issued, without charge, providing the person losing the original shall furnish a certificate from the postmaster by whom it was payable that it has not been, and will not thereafter be, paid; and a similar certificate from the postmaster by whom it was issued that it has not been, and will not thereafter be, repaid.

“Whenever a money order, which has not been paid within one year

Payment after lapse of one year.

from the last day of the month of issue, has been lost, the Postmaster-General, upon the application of the remitter or payee of such order, shall issue a warrant for the payment thereof, as provided for in section four of this Act, without charge, on the certificate of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, or upon such other proof satisfactory to the Postmaster-General, that the order has not been paid.”
Sec. 12. That the Postmaster-General is hereby invested with power

Regulations.

 to make all needful regulations for the enforcement of this Act, and is hereby authorized to designate any officer of the Post-Office Department

Officer to sign warrants.

 above the grade of fourth-class clerk to sign all warrants authorized by this Act in his stead, and such warrants when so signed shall be of the same validity as if they had been signed by the Postmaster-General.
Sec. 13. That this Act shall take effect from and after the first day

Effect.

 of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-four; and all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Repeal.
Approved, January 27, 1894.
Chap. 22: To amend section thirty-seven hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes, relating to contracts for supplies in the Departments at Washington. 28 Stat. 33 1894-01-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 22.—
An Act To amend section thirty-seven hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes, relating to contracts for supplies in the Departments at Washington.

January 27, 1894.

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

Supplies for Executive Departments.

R. S., sec. 3709. p. 733, amended.
That section thirty-seven hundred and nine of the Revised Statutes is amended by adding thereto the following:

And the advertisement for such proposals shall be made by all the

Advertisements for all the Departments to be on the same day.

Executive Departments, including the Department of Labor, the United States Fish Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Smithsonian Institution, the Government Printing Office, the govern-

Post, p. 62.

 34ment of the District of Columbia, and the superintendent of the State, War. and Navy building, except for paper and materials for use of the Government Printing Office, and materials used in the work of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which shall continue to be

Time for opening bids to be the same.

advertised for and purchased as now provided by law, on the same days and shall each designate two o’clock post meridian of such days for the opening of all such proposals in each Department and other government establishment in the city of Washington; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall designate the day or days in each year for the opening of such proposals and give due notice thereof to the other Departments and Government establishments. Such proposals shall be opened in the usual way and schedules thereof duly prepared and, together with the statement of the proposed action of each Department and

Submission to board for approval.

Government establishment thereon, shall be submitted to aboard, consisting of one of the Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury and Interior Departments and one of the Assistant Post masters-General, who shall be designated by the heads of said Departments and the Postmaster-General respectively, at a meeting to be called by the official of the Treasury Department, who shall be chairman thereof, and said board shall carefully examine and compare all the proposals so submitted and recommend the acceptance or rejection of any or all of said proposals.

Readvertisement of rejected bids.

And if any or all of such proposals shall be rejected, advertisements for proposals shall again be invited and proceeded with in the same manner.
Approved, January 27, 1894.
Chap. 23: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reserve from sale certain land in the abandoned Fort Cummings military reservation, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 34 1894-02-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 23.—
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reserve from sale certain land in the abandoned Fort Cummings military reservation, and for other purposes.

February 1, 1894.

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

Fort Cummings reservation, N. Mex.

Reservation of spring from sale.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to withdraw from sale so much of the land of the abandoned Fort Cummings military reservation, in the Territory of New Mexico, as may be necessary to secure perpetually for public use the spring upon said reservation; the land to be reserved, as aforesaid, to embrace not only that upon which the spring is situated, but such other portions for right of way as may be necessary to secure to the public the right to have all the advantages of the spring aforesaid.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby,

License to Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad Company to pipe water.

 authorized to grant to the Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad Company a license to so much of the water of said spring as may be necessary for the operation of the road of said company, and to grant to said company a right of way for a pipe from said spring to the road of said company by the most direct line; to be located under the

Proviso.

Right of way for pipe.

direction of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That said right of way shall not exceed forty feet in width, and when the same is located the land covered by the right of way shall be withdrawn from entry, and after due appraisal shall be paid for by said company and be dedicated to the right of way aforesaid.
Sec. 3. That the license aforesaid shall continue as long as the existence

Continuance of license.

 thereof may be deemed not injurious to the public interest by the Secretary of the Interior, who shall at all times have the right to regulate the quantity of water to be used by said company, so as not to deprive the public of the benefits of the dedication to public use hereinabove made. Upon the cessation of the license the right of way for

Revocation, etc.

the pipe line aforesaid shall revert to the United States, upon refunding by the United States the sum of the appraised price thereof which may have been paid to the United States by said company under the

Amendment, etc.

previous provisions of this Act, and Congress reserves the right at any time to alter, amend, or repeal this Act.
Approved, February 1, 1894.
Chap. 24: Authorizing the Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Rail way Company to bridge the Neches and Sabine Rivers in the States of Texas and Louisiana. 28 Stat. 35 1894-02-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 35

CHAP. 24.—
An Act Authorizing the Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Rail way Company to bridge the Neches and Sabine Rivers in the States of Texas and Louisiana.

February 2, 1894.

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

Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Railway Company may bridge Neches River, Tex., and Sabine River, Tex. and La.
That the Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Railway Company, its successors or assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a railway bridge, and approaches thereto, over and across Neches River, in Texas; and also, a railway bridge, and approaches thereto, over and across Sabine River, in Texas and Louisiana, at such points as may be selected by said railway company subject to approval by the Secretary of War for crossing said rivers with its railroad line. Said bridges shall be constructed

Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

 to provide for the passage of railway trains and, if the Secretary of War shall at any time so determine, may be used for the passage, of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, for foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be

Tolls.

 approved from time to time by the Secretary of War. That if the. said bridges, or either of them, over the said rivers shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, there shall be at least one span of a

Spans.

 height of not less than eighty feet above low water as understood at the point of location, measured to the lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge; and said span shall have a clear opening of at least two hundred feet between the piers, measured at right angles to the current, and shall be over the main channel of the river, and the bridge or bridges shall be at right angles to and the piers parallel with the current of the river. And if the bridges, or either of them over the

Draw.

 said rivers shall be constructed as draw or pivot bridges the draw span shall be over the main channel of the river at accessible navigable points, and the openings on each side of the pivot pier shall not be less than one hundred feet in the clear unless otherwise expressly directed by the Secretary of War, and if so directed shall be according to such directions; and the said opening shall be accessible at all stages of water, and the spans shall not be less than ten feet above extreme

Height of spans.

 high water, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge, and the piers and draw rests shall be parallel with and the bridge or bridges at right angles to the current of the river or rivers; and no riprap or other outside protection for imperfect foundations shall be permitted to approach nearer than four feet to the surface of the, water at its extreme low stage, or otherwise to encroach upon the channel ways provided for in this Act; and all

Opening draw.

 and each of said draws shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passing of boats; and said company shall maintain at its own expense from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals

Lights, etc.

 on said bridges as the Light-House Board may prescribe.
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 the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States.
Sec. 3. That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the

Free navigation.

 authority of this Act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said rivers, 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

Changes.

 or alteration of said bridge or bridges 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

Litigation.

 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 36 district court of the United States for the eastern district of Texas, in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be

Proviso.

Existing laws not effected.

located’: 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 said bridges from the operation of the same.
Sec. 4. That all railway companies desiring the use of said bridges,

Use by railway companies.

 or either of them, 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.
Sec. 5. 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 said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of said bridge, and each 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 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 or bridges are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge

Changes.

or bridges shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridges, or either of them, during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. 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 rivers, and the authority to erect and continue any and all of said bridges shall be subject to revocation by the Secretary of War whenever the public good, in his judgment, so requires.
Sec. 6. That the right to alter, 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 or bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the approval of this Act.
Approved, February 2, 1894.
Chap. 25: To repeal all statutes relating to supervisors of elections and special deputy marshals, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 36 1894-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 25.—
An Act To repeal all statutes relating to supervisors of elections and special deputy marshals, and for other purposes.

February 8, 1894.

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

Election laws.

Portions of Revised Statutes regaled.
That the following sections and parts of sections of the Revised Statutes of the united States be, and the same are hereby,repealed; that is to say of title “Elective

Sections 2002, 2005–2020. pp. 3 52–3 55.

Relating to supervisors of elections, etc.

franchise,” sections twenty hundred and two, twenty hundred and five, twenty hundred and six, twenty hundred and seven, twenty hundred and eight, twenty hundred and nine, twenty hundred and ten, twenty hundred and eleven, twenty hundred and twelve, twenty hundred and thirteen, twenty hundred and fourteen, twenty hundred and fifteen, twenty hundred and sixteen, twenty hundred and seventeen, twenty hundred and eighteen, twenty hundred and nineteen, twenty hundred and twenty, relating to the appointment, qualification, power, duties,

Sections 2021–2031, pp. 358. 357.

Relating to special deputy marshals,chief supervisory etc.

and compensation of supervisors of election; and also sections twenty hundred and twenty-one, twenty hundred and twenty-two, twenty hundred and twenty-three, twenty hundred and twenty-four, twenty hundred and twenty-five, twenty hundred and twenty-six, twenty bun- 37dred and twenty-seven, twenty hundred and twenty-eight, twenty hundred and twenty-nine, twenty hundred and thirty, twenty hundred and thirty-one of same title, relating to the appointment, qualification, power, duties, and compensation of special deputies; and also of title “Crimes,” sections fifty-five hundred and six, fifty five hundred and

Sections 5506, 5511–5515, 5520–5523, pp. 1067–1071.

Relating to offenses.

 eleven, fifty-five hundred and twelve, fifty-five hundred and thirteen, fifty-five hundred and fourteen, fifty-five hundred and fifteen, fifty-five hundred and twenty, fifty-five hundred and twenty-one, fifty-five hundred and twenty-two, fifty-five hundred and twenty-three, but the repeal of the sections hereinbefore mentioned shall not operate so as to

Pending prosecutions not affected.

 affect any prosecutions now pending, if any, for a violation of any of the provisions of said sections; and also part of section six hundred and forty-three, as follows:

“Or is commenced against any officer of the United States or other

R. S., sec. 643, p. 116, amended.

Transfers of election suits to circuit court repealed.

person on account of any act done under the provisions of title twenty-six. The Elective Franchise, or on account of any right, title, or authority claimed by any officer or other person under any of said provisions.”
Sec. 2. That all other statutes and parts of statutes relating in any

General repeal.

 manner to supervisors of election and special deputy marshals be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage.

Effect.
Approved, February 8, 1894.
Chap. 26: Extending the time allowed the Umatilla Irrigation Company for the construction of its ditch across the Umatilla Indian Reservation, in the State of Oregon. 28 Stat. 37 1894-02-09 Chapter 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 26.—
An Act Extending the time allowed the Umatilla Irrigation Company for the construction of its ditch across the Umatilla Indian Reservation, in the State of Oregon.

February 9, 1894.

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

Umatilla Indian reservation. Oregon.
That the time prescribed by the act of Congress of February tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. for the completion of the irrigating ditch or canal of the Umatilla Irrigation Company across the Umatilla

Time extended for right of way.

Vol. 26. p. 746.

 Indian Reservation, in the State of Oregon, is hereby extended for three years from said date.
Approved, February 9, 1894.
Chap. 27: For the relief of certain settlers upon the Iowa Reservation, Oklahoma. Territory. 28 Stat. 37 1894-02-10 Chapter 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 27.—
An Act For the relief of certain settlers upon the Iowa Reservation, Oklahoma. Territory.

February 10, 1894.

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

Iowa Reservation, Okla.

Homestead entries of adjoining lands.
That every homestead settler on the public lands on the left bank of the Deep Fork River in the former Iowa Reservation, in the Territory of Oklahoma, who entered less than one hundred and sixty acres of land, may enter, under the homestead laws, other lands adjoining the laud embraced in his original entry when such additional lands become subject to entry, which additional entry shall not, with the lands originally entered, exceed in the aggregate one hundred and sixty acres: Provided, That where such adjoining

Proviso.

Residence not required.

 entry is made residence shall not be required upon the lauds so entered, but the residence and cultivation by the settler upon and of the land embraced in his original entry shall be considered residence and cultivation for the same length of time upon the land embraced in his additional entry; but such lands so entered shall lie paid for. conformable

Payment.

Vol. 26. p. 759.

 to the terms of the Act acquiring the same and opening it to homestead entry.
Approved, February 10, 1894.
Chap. 29: Fixing the limit of indebtedness which may be incurred by Salt Lake City. 28 Stat. 37 1894-02-21 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 38

CHAP. 29.—
An Act Fixing the limit of indebtedness which may be incurred by Salt Lake City.

February 21, 1894.

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

Salt Lake City, Utah.

Limit of indebtedness fixed.
That Salt Lake City, in the Territory of Utah, may become indebted to an amount in the aggregate, including existing indebtedness, not to exceed six per centum on the value of the taxable property within said city, to be ascertained by the last assessment for Territorial and county taxes previous to the

Excess void.

incurring of such indebtedness; and all bonds and obligations in excess of such amount given by said city shall be void.
Approved, February 21, 1894.
Chap. 30: Granting to the Des Moines Rapids Power Company the right to erect, construct, operate, and maintain a wing dam, canal, and power station in the Mississippi River in Hancock County, Illinois. 28 Stat. 38 1894-02-24 Chapter 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 30.—
An Act Granting to the Des Moines Rapids Power Company the right to erect, construct, operate, and maintain a wing dam, canal, and power station in the Mississippi River in Hancock County, Illinois.

February 24, 1894.

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

Des Moines Rapids Power Company may build dam, etc., Mississippi River, Ill.
That the assent of Congress is hereby given to the Des Moines Rapids Power Company, a corporation created and organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, its successors and assigns, to erect, construct, operate, and maintain a canal along the east bank of the Mississippi River, between Nauvoo and Hamilton, in Hancock County, in the State of Illinois, to erect, construct, operate, and maintain a power station thereon, and to project, erect, construct, operate, and maintain a wing dam live hundred feet into the river from the head of said canal, and to make such other improvements as may be necessary within said limit for the development of water power and the generation, use, and transmission there-form of electric energy and power at, in, and upon the Des Moines

Provisos.

Navigation not obstructed.

Rapids of the Mississippi River: Provided, That the constructions hereby authorized do not in any way interfere with the existing low-water channel over the Des Moines Rapids, or with any interests of

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

navigation: And provided further, That until the plans and locations of the works herein authorized, so far as they affect the interests of navigation, have been approved by the Secretary of War the canal shall not be commenced or built.
Sec. 2. That this act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and Completion.

 the works herein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years from the. date hereof.
Sec. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Approved, February 24, 1894.
Chap. 31: To extend the time for building a street railway on the military reservation, Fort Riley, Kansas. 28 Stat. 38 1894-03-06 Chapter 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 31.—
An Act To extend the time for building a street railway on the military reservation, Fort Riley, Kansas.

March 6, 1894.

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

Fort Riley reservation, Kans.
That the Act of Congress granting right of way to the Junction City and Fort Riley Rapid

Time for building street railway across, extended.

Vol. 26. p. 789.

Transit Street Railway Company into and upon the Fort Riley military reservation, in the State of Kansas, approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, is hereby amended so that the time for building the said street railway shall be extended eighteen months beyond the date mentioned in the said Act so as to cease and determine on the twenty-seventh day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
Approved, March 6, 1894.
Chap. 32: Providing for the rescue of the armament and wreck of the United States war ship Kearsarge. 28 Stat. 39 1894-03-09 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 32.—
39 An Act Providing for the rescue of the armament and wreck of the United States war ship Kearsarge.

March 9, 1894.

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

“Kearasage.”

Appropriation for rescuing wreck of skip of war.
That the sum of forty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be found necessary, is hereby appropriated, from any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary’ of the Navy, for the purpose of reclaiming the wreck of the United States ship of war Kearsarge and her equipment: Provided, That no greater

Proviso.

Limit.

 sum than ten thousand dollars of the aforesaid appropriation be expended if the attempt to reclaim the ship proves a failure.
Approved, March 9, 1894.
Chap. 33: To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Arkansas River at or near Van Buren, Arkansas. 28 Stat. 39 1894-03-09 Chapter 33 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 33.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Arkansas River at or near Van Buren, Arkansas.

March 9, 1894.

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

Fort Smith and Van Buren Railway Company may bridge Arkansas River at Van Buren, Ark.
That the Fort Smith and Van Buren Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Arkansas and being empowered by the terms of its charter to construct its railway from a point on the northern limits of the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Van Buren, Arkansas, the construction and operation of said line of railway involving the construction of a bridge across the Arkansas River at a point at or near the city of Van Buren, be, and the said Fort Smith and Van Buren Railway Company, its successors and assigns, are hereby, authorized and empowered to construct said bridge across said river, and to maintain and operate the same as a railway, passenger, and

Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

 wagon bridge.
Sec. 2. That any bridge authorized to he constructed under this

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 Act, whether constructed as a high bridge or a drawbridge, 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 said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War a design and drawing of said bridge to be erected for his examination and approval, and a map of its location, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until said plan and location of said bridge are approved by the Secretary of War said bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the

Changes.

 plan of any bridge authorized to be constructed by this Act during the progress of the work of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War: Provided, That if the bridge

Proviso.

Draw.

 herein authorized be built as a drawbridge, the draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats; and whatever kind of bridge is built, the said company shall maintain thereon, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House

Lights, etc.

Use by other rail way companies.

 Board shall prescribe. That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and

Terms.

 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. 3. That any bridge built under this Act and subject 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 no higher charge shall be made for 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 t lie rail road or public highways leading to the said bridge; 40 and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads of the United States.
Sec. 4. That the rates of toll which shall be charged for vehicles and

Toll.

 foot passengers over said bridge shall be the same as those now established for like service by the laws of Arkansas as expressed in section five thousand five hundred and forty-six of Mansfield’s Digest thereof, eighteen hundred and eighty four, page ten hundred and sixty-eight.
Sec. 5. That, the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act, or any

Amendment, etc.

 part thereof, whenever Congress shall consider it necessary for the public interest, is hereby expressly reserved, and any expenditure required by reason of such legislation by Congress shall be made by the owners of said bridge or the corporation or parties controlling and using the same, without cost or damage to the United States.
Sec. 6. 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 of this Act.
Approved, March 9, 1894.
Chap. 34: To establish a port of delivery at Bonners Ferry, Idaho. 28 Stat. 40 1894-03-10 Chapter 34 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 34.—
An Act To establish a port of delivery at Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

March 10, 1894.

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

Bonners Ferry. Idaho.

Made port of delivery.

R. S., sec. 2593, p. 513.
That Bonners Ferry, Kootenai County, Idaho, be a port of delivery in the customs collection district of Montana and Idaho.
Approved, March 10, 1894.
Chap. 35: To continue in force the provisions of an Art approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and entitled “An Act to protect the fish in the Potomac. River in the District of Columbia, and to provide a spawning ground for shad and herring in the said Potomac River.” 28 Stat. 40 1894-03-12 Chapter 35 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 35.—
An Act To continue in force the provisions of an Art approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and entitled “An Act to protect the fish in the Potomac. River in the District of Columbia, and to provide a spawning ground for shad and herring in the said Potomac River.”

March 12, 1894.

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

Potomac River, D. C.

Unlawful fishing prohibited for ten years.

Vol. 23. p.340.
That, from and after date of passage, of this act, for a period of ten years, the provisions of the Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and entitled “An Act to protect the fish in the Potomac River in the District of Columbia, and to provide a spawning ground for shad and herring in the said Potomac River,” be, and the same are, continued in force as follows: That it shall not be lawful to fish with fyke-net, pound-net, stake-net, weir, float-net, gill-net, haul-seine, dip-net, or any other contrivance, stationary or floating, in the the waters of the Potomac River within the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. That any person who shall offend against any of the provisions

Penalty for violations.

 of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon sufficient proof thereof, in the police court or other court of the District of Columbia, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every such offense, and shall forfeit to the District his nets, boats, and all other apparatus and appliances used in violation of law, which shall be sold; and the proceeds of such sales, and all tines accruing under this act, shall be

Proviso.

Permission for angling and Fish Commission.

paid into the Treasury: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit angling or fishing with the out line or to prevent the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, or his agents, from taking from said waters of the Potomac River in the District of Columbia, in any manner desired, fish of any kind for scientific purposes or for the purposes of propagation.
Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful to allow any tar, oil, ammoniacal

Deposit of chemicals, etc,, unlawful.

 liquor, or other waste products of any gas works or of works engaged in using such products or any waste product whatever of any mechanical, chemical, manufacturing, or refining establishment to flow into or 41 be deposited in Rock Creek or the Potomac River or any of its tributaries within the District of Columbia, or into any pipe or conduit leading to the same; and any one guilty of violating this section shall,

Penalty.

 on conviction, as provided in section two of this act, be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each and every day during which said violation shall continue, to be prosecuted for and recovered as provided in the preceding section.
Approved, March 12, 1894.
Chap. 36: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men,” being title seventy-three of the Revised Statutes. 28 Stat. 41 1894-03-12 Chapter 36 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 36.—
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men,” being title seventy-three of the Revised Statutes.

March 12, 1894.

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

Smithsonian Institution.

R. S., Title lxiii. p. 1082.

Vol. 9, p. 102.
That the Revised Statutes, title seventy-three, being a reenactment of “An Act to establish the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men,” approved August tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that section fifty-five hundred and seventy-nine shall read as follows:
“Sec. 5579.

That the President, the Vice-President, the Chief Justice,

Members of the Institution.

R. S., sec. 5579. p. 1082, amended.

and the beads of Executive Departments are hereby constituted an establishment by the name of the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men, and by that name shall be known and have perpetual succession with the powers, limitations, and restrictions hereinafter contained, and no other.”

And be further amended by striking out of section fifty-five hundred and eighty the words “the governor of the District of Columbia.”

And be further amended by adding to section fifty-five hundred

Regents.

R. S., sec. 5580, p. 1082, amended.

and ninety-one as follows:

“Provided, That this shall not operate as a limitation on the power

Limitation of fund repealed.

R. S., sec. 5591. p. 1084, amended.

of the Smithsonian Institution to receive money or other property by gift, bequest, or devise, and to hold and dispose of the same in promotion of the purposes thereof.”
Approved, March 12, 1894.
Chap. 37: Act Making appropriations to supply further urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for prior years, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 41 1894-03-12 Chapter 37 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 37.—
An Act Act Making appropriations to supply further urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

March 12, 1894.

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

Urgent 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-four, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Treasury Department.

 Enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Act: To prevent

Chinese exclusion.

 unlawful 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, fifty thousand dollars. 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, safekeeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, 42 and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, fifty thousand dollars. Inspector of Furniture and other Furnishings for Public

Inspector of furniture, etc.

 Buildings: For actual necessary traveling expenses, six hundred dollars. public printing and binding.

Public printing and binding.

 For the public printing and binding, and for paper for the public

Congress.

 printing, including the cost of printing the debates and proceedings of Congress in the Congressional Record, and for lithographing, mapping and engraving for both I louses 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, being for the third and fourth quarters of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-tour, three hundred 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 employees of the Government Printing Office, fifteen thousand dollars. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Interior Department.

 Surveying and allotting Indian Reservations: For survey

Indian reservations.

Surveying and allotting.

 and 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, four thousand seven hundred and eighty-five dollars. WAR DEPARTMENT.

War Department.

 For repairs to the old Ford’s Theater building, in accordance with

Repairs, old Ford’s Theater.

 the recommendations of the board of engineer officers submitted to

Post, p. 59.

Congress in House Executive Document Numbered Sixty-one of this session, eleven thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight dollars. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Department of Justice.

 united states courts.

United States courts.

 For fees of witnesses, two hundred thousand dollars.

Witness fees.

Pay of 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, twenty-five 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, fifty thousand dollars. To enable the Attorney-General to represent and protect the interests

Pacific Rail roads suits.

 of the United States in matters and suits affecting the Pacific railroads, and for expenses in connection therewith, thirty thousand dollars. FISH COMMISSION.

Fish Commission.

 For rent of offices for the Fish Commission, in the city of Washington,

Rent, temporary offices.

pending the repair of the so-called Armory building, and for the expenses of the transfer and return of the office records and equipment, two thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary. 43 UNDER SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

Smithsonian Institution

 For rent for workshops for the National Museum, and for expenses

Nat ional Museum.

Rent, etc.

 of transfer from the so-called Armory building, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Navy Department

 The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to use fifty thousand

Improvement, “Castine” and “Machias”

Vol. 27, p. 731.

 dollars of the fund heretofore appropriated for “ Increase of the Navy” for necessary improvements of the Castine and the Machias. SENATE.

Senate.

 For the compensation of officers, messengers, and others in the service

Employees.

 of the Senate, three thousand five hundred and sixty dollars. For materials for folding, three thousand dollars.

Folding materials.

Fuel, oil, etc.

 For fuel, oil, and cotton waste, and advertising, for the heating apparatus, exclusive of labor, two thousand three hundred dollars. For purchase of furniture, two thousand five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, fifteen thousand dollars.

Furniture.

Miscellaneous.

Storage of documents.

 For the rent of warehouse for the storage of public documents formerly in the Maltby building, from August sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-tour, if necessary, at the rate of one hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents per mouth, one thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars; and the accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby directed to allow, pass, and credit certain payments made by the Secretary

Credit of accounts.

 of the Senate for the transportation of public documents from the appropriation for expenses of maintaining and equipping horses and wagons for carrying the mails for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Approved, March 12, 1894.
Chap. 38: To transfer the Morris Island Life-Saving Station, near Ch a Heston. South Carolina, to Sullivans Island. 28 Stat. 43 1894-03-14 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 38.—
An Act To transfer the Morris Island Life-Saving Station, near Ch a Heston. South Carolina, to Sullivans Island.

March 14, 1894.

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

Morris Island, S. C., Life-Saving Station transferred to Sullivans Island.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to transfer the Morris Island Life-Saving Station, near Charleston, South Carolina, to Sullivans Island, and for this purpose he may either cause the present station buildings to be removed to a suitable site on Sullivans Island, or new buildings to be erected thereon, as shall appear for the best interests of the Government.
Approved, March 14, 1894.
Chap. 39: To provide an American register for the steamer El Callao. 28 Stat. 44 1894-03-14 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 39.—
An Act To provide an American register for the steamer El Callao.

March 14, 1894.

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

“Oneida”

American register granted to foreign steamer “El Callao,” and name changed.
That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built steamer El Callao, purchased and owned by B. F. Clyde, a citizen of the United States and of the firm of William P. Clyde and Company, of New York, and repaired in United States ports, to be registered as a vessel of the United States, under the name of Oneida.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and

Inspection.

 directed to cause the inspection of said vessel, steam boilers, steam pipes, and their appurtenances, and cause to be granted the usual 44 certificate 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 tests in the inspection of said boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances shall 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.
Approved, March 14, 1894.
Chap. 40: To make service connections with water mains and sewers in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 44 1894-03-14 Chapter 40 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 40.—
An Act To make service connections with water mains and sewers in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

March 14, 1894.

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

District of Columbia.

Water and sewer connect ions on improved streets.
That, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized whenever the roadway of a street is about to be paved or macadamized to make service connections in such street for all abutting lots and premises with the water mains and sewer provided for the service of said lots and premises. The

Payment of cost.

entire cost of the said connections shall be paid from the current appropriations respectively for the extension of the sewer and water supply systems and shall be assessed against the abutting property and collected in like manner as assessments which are levied under the compulsory permit system; the sums so collected shall be credited to the respective appropriations for the extension of the sewer and water supply systems for the fiscal year during which said collections are made.
Approved, March 14, 1894.
Chap. 41: To amend “An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Hast River, between the city of New York and Long Island,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. 28 Stat. 44 1894-03-14 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 41.—
An Act To amend “An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Hast River, between the city of New York and Long Island,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.

March 14, 1894.

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

East River, N. Y.

Height of bridge may be reduced.
That section three of an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the East River,between the city of New York and Long Island,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, is hereby amended so

Vol. 24. p. 46.

as to read as follows:
Sec. 3. That such bridge shall be constructed at right angles with

Construction.

 the channels of said river, the piers or abutments to be constructed on

Height.

the land side of the harbor or pierhead lines established by law. The lowest part of the superstructure of such bridge, over the entire width of waterways, shall not be less than one hundred and thirty-live feet above mean high water of spring tides.
Approved, March 14, 1894.
Chap. 45: To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of a high wagon bridge at or near Sioux City, Iowa,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as amended by Acts of April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. 28 Stat. 44 1894-03-24 Chapter 45 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 45.—
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act authorizing the construction of a high wagon bridge at or near Sioux City, Iowa,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as amended by Acts of April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

March 24, 1894.

 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.
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

Vol. 25, p. 849; Vol. 26, p. 79: Vol. 27, p. 434.

Post, pp. 46, 221.

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, and as amended by an Act entitled “An Act to amend an 45 Act authorizing the construction of a high wagon bridge across the Missouri River at or near Sioux City, Iowa,” approved February seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be amended so as to read as follows:
“Sec. 7. That this Act shall be null and void if the construction of

Time for construction extended.

 said bridge shall not be commenced within two years after the date of approving this Act and be finished on or before March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.”
Approved, March 24, 1894.
Chap. 46: To amend an act entitled “An act, to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the most accessible point between the city of Kansas and the town of Sibley, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. 28 Stat. 45 1894-03-29 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 46.—
An Act To amend an act entitled “An act, to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the most accessible point between the city of Kansas and the town of Sibley, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.

March 29, 1894.

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

Bridge across Missouri River between Kansas City and Sibley, Mo.

Vol, 24, p. 493, amended.
That the act entitled “ An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the.most accessible point between the city of Kansas and the town of Sibley, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be, and the same hereby is, amended by striking out the following words contained in the first section of said act, to wit: “ And free passage shall be accorded to

Free passage is pealed.

 wagons and vehicles of all kinds, and for the transit of animals and for foot passengers.”
Sec. 2. That the word “corporations” in the first section of the act

Verbal correction.

 hereinbefore named shall be changed to “corporation.”
Sec. 3. The construction of the bridge authorized to be constructed

Time for construction extended.

 by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty seven, hereinbefore named, and of which this act is amendatory, shall begin within three years, and be completed within ten years from the date of the approving this act, and unless these conditions be complied with, this act and the act of which it is amendatory shall be null and void.
Approved, March 29, 1894.
Chap. 47: For a charter for the Iowa and Nebraska Pontoon Bridge Company. 28 Stat. 45 1894-03-29 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 47.—
An Act For a charter for the Iowa and Nebraska Pontoon Bridge Company.

March 29, 1894.

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

Iowa and Nebraska Pontoon Bridge Company may bridge Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa.

Post.p. 681.
That the Iowa and Nebraska Pontoon Bridge Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Iowa, its successors or assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, erect, and maintain a pontoon wagon and foot bridge across the Missouri River between Iowa and Nebraska in or near the corporate limits of Sioux City, in Woodbury County, and State of Iowa.
Sec. 2. That the owners of said bridge may also have and receive a

Toll.

 reasonable compensation or tolls for the transit over said bridge of all street cars, wagons, foot passengers, animals, and for all other uses of said bridge not specially enumerated: Provided, That the Secretary of

Proviso.

Regulations, etc.

 War may at any time prescribe such rules, regulations, and rate of toll for transit and transportation over said bridge as may be deemed proper and reasonable.
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 the munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge, and 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 46 shall be granted to all telegraph and telephone companies, and the

Postal telegraph, etc.

United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal-telegraph purposes.
Sec. 4. That said bridge shall be constructed with a suitable draw,

Draw, etc.

 giving not less than 400 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 necessary:

Proviso.

Opening draw.

 Provided, That said draws shall be opened to the full width promptly upon reasonable signal to allow the passage of boats and all floating craft.
Sec. 5. 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 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

Changes.

commenced or built, and should any changes he 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 lo navigation.

and the said bridge shall lie 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. 6. 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. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act, or any

Amendment, etc.

 part 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 may be directed at anytime 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. 8. That if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized

Commencement and completion.

 shall not be commenced within one year and completed within two years from the date of the approval of this Act the rights and privileges hereby granted shall cease and determine.
Sec. 9. All the rights granted by this Act shall cease whenever the

Rights to cease on opening other bridge.

 Secretary of War shall determine and give the notice hereinafter

Vol. 25, p. 84; Vol. 26. p. 79; Vol. 27, p. 434.

Ante, p. 44.

Post, p. 221.

provided, that the high wagon bridge across the Missouri River at or near Sioux City, Iowa, authorized by an Act approved March the second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and amended April the thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February the seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, is completed and open for travel. And it

Notice of removal.

shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to give the owners of said pontoon bridge notice to remove the same within twelve months from the date of said notice, and if the company owning said bridge shall neglect to make such removal within said time, it shall then be his duty to cause the same to be removed at the expense of said company.
Approved, March 29, 1894.
Chap. 48: To repeal section three hundred and eleven of the .Revised Statutes of the United States relating to accounts of the Treasury of the United States. 28 Stat. 47 1894-03-29 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 48.—
An Act To repeal section three hundred and eleven of the .Revised Statutes of the United States relating to accounts of the Treasury of the United States.

March 29, 1894.

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

Treasurer, Annual account.

R. S. sec. 311, p. 52, repealed.
That section three hundred and eleven of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved, March 29, 1894.
Chap. 49: To regulate the making of property returns by officers of the Government. 28 Stat. 47 1894-03-29 Chapter 49 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 49.—
An Act To regulate the making of property returns by officers of the Government.

March 29, 1894.

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

Property returns.

Only certificates of loss to be forwarded to Treasury accounting officers.
That instead of forwarding to the accounting officers of the Treasury Department returns of public property entrusted to die possession of officers or agents, the Quartermaster-General, the Commissary-General of Subsistence, the Surgeon-general), the Chief of Engineers, the Chief of Ordnance, the Chief Signal Officer, the Paymaster-General of the Navy, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, or other like chief officers in any Department, by, through, or under whom stores, supplies, and other public property are received for distribution, or whose duty it is to receive or examine returns of such property, shall certify to the proper accounting officer of the Treasury Department, for debiting on the proper account, any charge against any officer or agent intrusted with public property, arising from any loss, accruing by his fault, to the Government as to the property so intrusted to him.
Sec. 2. That said certificate shall set forth the condition of such

Contents of certificate.

 officer’s or agent’s property returns, that it includes all charges made up to its date and not previously certified, that he has had a reasonable opportunity to be heard and has not been relieved of responsibility; the effect of such certificate, when received, shall be the same as if the facts therein set forth had been ascertained by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department in accounting.
Sec. 3. That the manner of making property returns to or in any

Manner of returns, etc., not affected.

 administrative bureau or department, or of ascertaining liability for property, under existing laws and regulations, shall not be affected by this Act, except as provided in section one; but in all cases arising as to such property so intrusted the officer or agent shall have an opportunity to relieve himself from liability.
Sec. 4. That the heads of the several Departments are hereby

Regulations.

 empowered to make and enforce regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 5. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions

Repeal.

 of this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved, March 29, 1894.
Chap. 51: To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River at Glenwood, Pennsylvania. 28 Stat. 47 1894-04-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 47

CHAP. 51.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River at Glenwood, Pennsylvania.

April 2, 1894.

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

Glenwood Highway Bridge Company may bridge Monongahela River, Pittsburg. Pa.
That the Glenwood Highway 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, front a point on the north shore of said Monongahela River at or near where Second avenue in the Twenty-third ward of the-city of Pittsburg is crossed by the Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad, to a point directly across said river, on the south shore thereof, about four hundred feet, more or 48 ass, below the mouth of Streets Run and above the foundation of the old coal tipple at Hays Station, all within the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania. That said Glenwood Highway 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 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 Tor the space of one-half mile above and one-half mile below the proposed location the high and low water lines upon tin; 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 of its construction, such changes shall be subject to the

Proviso.

Channel span.

approval of the Secretary of War: Provided, That the channel span of said bridge shall be not less than five hundred feet in length in the clear and the clear height of the superstructure shall not be less than fifty-three feet above the level of the water at pool full in said river.
Sec. 3. That said bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be

Unobstructed 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

Lights, etc.

sunset to sunrise, such lights and 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 said bridge company, in order the more effectually to preserve the free navigation of said river.
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 of the approving this act.
Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Approved, April 2, 1894.
Chap. 52: Authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge the Calcasieu and Sabine rivers in the States of Louisiana and Texas. 28 Stat. 48 1894-04-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 52.—
An Act Authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge the Calcasieu and Sabine rivers in the States of Louisiana and Texas.

April 2, 1894.

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

Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company may bridge Calumet River, La., and Sabine River, La., and Tex.
That the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company, its successors or assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a railway bridge, and approaches thereto, over and across Calcasieu River in Louisiana; and also a railway bridge and approaches thereto, over and across Sabine River in Louisiana and Texas, tit such points its may be selected by said railway company for crossing said rivers with its railroad line, said points

Railway, wagon, and foot bridges.

selected to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Said bridges shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of said company, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for

Toll.

High bridges.

foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War. That if the said bridges, 49 or either of them, over the said rivers shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, there .shall be at least one span of a height of not less than eighty feet above low water as understood at the point of location, measured to the lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge; and said span shall have a clear opening of at least two hundred feet between the piers, measured at right angles to the current, and shall be over the main channel of the river, and the bridge or bridges shall be at right angles to, and the piers parallel wit h, the current of the river. And if the bridges, or either of them, over the

Draw bridges.

 said rivers shall be constructed as draw or pivot bridges, the draw or pivot pier shall be over the main channel of the river at an accessible navigable point, and the openings on each side of the pivot pier shall not be less than one hundred feet in the clear,unless otherwise expressly directed by the Secretary of War, and if so directed shall be according to such direction, and the said openings shall be accessible at all stages of water, and the spans shall be not less than ten feet above extreme high water, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge, and the piers and draw rests shall be parallel with, and the bridge or bridges at right angles to, the current of the river or rivers; and no riprap or other outside protection for imperfect foundations shall be permitted to approach nearer than four feet to the surface of the water at its extreme low stage, or otherwise to encroach upon the channel ways provided for in this Act; and

Opening draw.

 all and each of said draws shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats; and whatever kind of bridges shall be constructed said company shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridges as the Light-House

Light, etc.

 Board may prescribe.
Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this act, and subject to its limitations,

Lawful structures 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 the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States.
Sec. 3. That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the

Unobstructed navigation.

 authority of this Act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said rivers; 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

Changes.

 or alteration of said bridge or bridges 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

Litigation.

 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 district court of the United States for the western district of Louisiana, in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to

Proviso.

Existing laws 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 said bridges from the operation of the same.
Sec. 4. That all railway companies desiring the use of said bridges,

Use by other companies.

 or either of them, 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.
Sec. 5. That the bridges authorized to be constructed under this Act

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 shall lie 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 ap- 50 proval, a design and drawings of said bridges, and each 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 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 or bridges are approved by the Secretary of War the

Changes.

bridge or bridges shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridges, or either of them, during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to approval of the Secretary of War. And the said structures 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 rivers, and the authority to erect and continue any and all of said bridges shall be subject to revocation by the Secretary of War whenever the public good, in his judgment, so requires.
Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Sec. 7. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction

Commencement and completion.

 of the bridge or bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the approval of this Act.
Approved, April 2, 1894.
Chap. 56: Authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge Caddo Lake at or near Mooringsport, Louisiana, and Cross Bayou, near Shreveport, Louisiana. 28 Stat. 50 1894-04-05 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 56.—
An Act Authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge Caddo Lake at or near Mooringsport, Louisiana, and Cross Bayou, near Shreveport, Louisiana.

April 5, 1894.

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

Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company in a y bridge Caddo Lake, Mooringsport., La,, and Cross Bayou, Shreveport, La.
That the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company, its successors or assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a railway bridge, and approaches thereto, over and across Caddo Lake, near Mooringsport, Louisiana, and also a railway bridge, and approaches thereto, over and across Cross Bayou, near Shreveport, Louisiana, at such point as may be selected by said railway company for crossing said bayou with its

Railway, wagon, and foot bridges.

railroad line. Said bridges shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of said company, may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of

Toll.

animals, and for foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War. That the

Draw bridges.

bridges over the said streams shall be constructed as draw or pivot bridges, the draw or pivot pier shall be over the main channel of the stream at an accessible navigable point, and the openings on each side of the pivot pier shall not be less than one hundred feet in the clear, unless otherwise expressly directed by the Secretary of War, and if so directed shall be according to such direction, and the said openings shall be accessible at all stages of water, and the spans shall be not less than ten feet above extreme high water, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge, and the piers and draw rests shall be parallel with, and the bridge or bridges at right angles to, the current of the stream or streams, and no riprap or other outside protection for imperfect foundations shall be permitted to approach nearer than four feet to the surface of the water at its extreme low stage, or otherwise to encroach upon the channel

Opening draws.

ways provided for in this Act; and all and each of said draws shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signals for the passage of boats: and said company shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till

Lights, etc.

sunrise, throughout the season of navigation, such lights or other signals on said bridges as the Light-House Board may prescribe.
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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, 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 the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post-roads in the United States.
Sec. 3. That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the

Unobstructed navigation.

 authority of this Act winch shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said streams; 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 or bridges 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

Litigation.

 obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said streams, caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the ease may be brought in the district court of the United States for the western district of Louisiana: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as

Proviso.

Existing Laws not affected.

 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 said bridges from the operation of the same.
Sec. 4. That all railway companies desiring the use of said bridges,

Use by other companies.

 or either of them, 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.
Sec. 5. That the bridges authorized to be constructed under this

Secretary of War to Approve plans, etc.

 Act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said streams 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 bridges, and each of them, and a map of the location, giving, tor the space of one-half mile above and one half-mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the streams, 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 or bridges are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge or bridges shall not be built; and

Change.

 should any change be made in the plan of said bridges, or either of them, during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to approval of the Secretary of War. 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 streams, and the authority to erect and continue any and all of said bridges shall be subject to revocation by the Secretary of War whenever the public good, in his judgment, so requires.
Sec. 6. That the right to alter, 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 or bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the approval of this Act.
Approved, April 5, 1894.
Chap. 57: To give effect to the award rendered by the Tribunal of Arbitration, at Paris, under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain concluded at Washington, February twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for the purpose of submitting to arbitration certain questions concerning the preservation of the fur seals. 28 Stat. 52 1894-04-06 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 52

CHAP. 57.—
An Act To give effect to the award rendered by the Tribunal of Arbitration, at Paris, under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain concluded at Washington, February twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for the purpose of submitting to arbitration certain questions concerning the preservation of the fur seals.

April 6, 1894.

 Whereas the following articles of the award of the Tribunal of Arbitration

Furseal arbitration.

Preamble.

 constituted under the treaty concluded at Washington the twenty-ninth of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, between the United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of the United

Paris tribunal award.

Vol. 27, p. 947.

Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland were delivered to the agents of the respective governments on the fifteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-three:
Article 1.

Art. 1.

The governments of the United States and Great Britain shall forbid

Killing, etc., fur seals forbidden.

their citizens and subjects respectively to kill, capture, or pursue at any time, and in any manner whatever, the animals commonly called fur seals, within a zone of sixty miles around the Pribilov Islands, inclusive of the territorial waters.

The miles mentioned in the preceding paragraph are geographical miles, of sixty to a degree of latitude.
Article 2.

Art. 2.

 The two governments shall forbid their citizens and subjects respectively

Closed season for killing, etc., seals in Pacific Ocean.

 to kill, capture or pursue, in any manner whatever, during the season extending, each year, from the first of May to the thirty-first of July, both inclusive, the fur seals on the high sea, in the part of the Pacific Ocean, inclusive of the Bering Sea, which is situated to the north of the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude, and eastward of the one hundred and eightieth degree of longitude from Greenwich till it strikes the water boundary described in article one of the treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven between the United States and Russia, and following that hue up to Berings Straits.
Article 3.

Art. 3.

 During the period of time and in the waters in which the fur-seal

Restriction of sealing to sailing vessels.

fishing is allowed, only sailing vessels shall be permitted to carry on or take part in fur-seal fishing operations. They will however be at liberty to avail themselves of the use of such canoes or undecked boats, propelled by paddles, oars, or sails, as are in common use as fishing boats.
Article 4.

Art. 4.

 Each sailing vessel authorized to fish for fur seals must be provided

License, etc.

 with a special license issued for that purpose by its Government, and shall be required to carry a distinguishing flag to be prescribed by its Government.
Article 5.

Art 5.

 The masters of the vessels engaged in fur-seal fishing shall enter

Record of operations.

 accurately in their official log book the date and place of each fur-seal fishing operation, and also the number and sex of the seals captured upon each day. These entries shall be communicated by each of the two governments to the other at the end of each fishing season.
Article 6.

Art. 6.

 The use of nets, firearms and explosives shall be forbidden in the fur-seal

Use of nets, etc., forbidden.

 fishing. This restriction shall not apply to shotguns when such fishing takes place outside of Behring Sea, during the season when it may be lawfully carried on.
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Article 7.

Art. 7.

 The two governments shall take measures to control the fitness of

Skill of fishermen.

 the men authorized to engage in fur-seal fishing; these men shall have been proved fit to handle with sufficient skill the weapons by means of which this fishing may be carried on.
Article 8.

Art. 8.

The regulations contained in the preceding articles shall not apply

Fishing by Indians.

to Indians dwelling on the coast of the territory of the United States or of Great Britain, and carrying on fur-seal fishing in canoes or undecked boats not transported by or used in connection with other vessels and propelled wholly by paddles, oars or sails and manned by not more than five persons each in the way hitherto practiced by the Indians, provided such Indians are not in the employment of other persons and provided that, when so hunting in canoes or undecked boats, they shall not hunt fur seals outside of territorial waters under contract for the delivery of the skins to any person.

This exemption shall not be construed to affect the municipal law of

Municipal laws not affected.

either country, nor shall it extend to the waters of Behring Sea or the waters of the Aleutian Passes.

Nothing herein contained is intended to interfere with the employment

Employment of Indians.

of Indians as hunters or otherwise in connection with fur sealing vessels as heretofore.
Article 9.

Art. 9.

The concurrent regulations hereby determined with a view to the

Continuance of regulations.

protection and preservation of the fur seals, shall remain in force until they have been, in whole or in part, abolished or modified by common agreement between the governments of the United States and of Great Britain.

The said concurrent regulations shall be submitted every five years

Modifications.

to a new examination, so as to enable both interested governments to consider whether, in the light of past experience, there is occasion for any modification thereof.
Now therefore, he it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That no citizen

Killing, etc., of seals by United States citizens forbidden.

Post, p. 1245.

 of the United States, or person owing the duty of obedience to the laws or the treaties of the United States, nor any person belonging to or on board of a vessel of the United States, shall kill, capture, or pursue, at any time, or in any manner whatever, outside of territorial waters, any fur seal in the waters surrounding the Pribilov Islands

Prohibited area.

 within a zone of sixty geographical miles (sixty to a degree of latitude)

Post, p. 64.

 around said islands, exclusive of the territorial waters.
Sec. 2. That no citizen of the United States, or person above described

Killing, etc., of seals from May 1 to July 31, in part of Pacific Ocean prohibited.

 in section one of this act, nor any person belonging to or on board of a vessel of the United States, shall kill, capture, or pursue, in any manner whatever, during the season extending from the first day of May to the thirty-first day of July, both inclusive, in each year, any fur seal on the high seas outside of the zone mentioned in section one, and in that part of the Pacific Ocean, including Behring Sea,

Area affected.

 which is situated to the north of the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude and to the east of the one hundred and eightieth degree of longitude from Greenwich till it strikes the water boundary described in article one of the treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, between the United States and .Russia, and following that line up to Behring Straits.
Sec. 3. No citizen of the United States or person above described,

Sealing restricted to sailing vessels, etc.

 in the first section of this Act, shall, during the period and in the waters in which by section two of this Act the killing of fur seals is not prohibited, use or employ any vessel, nor shall any vessel of the United States be used or employed, in carrying on or taking part in fur-seal fishing operations, other than a sailing vessel propelled by sails 54 exclusively, and such canoes or undecked boats, propelled by paddles, oars, or sails as may belong to, and be used in connection with, such sailing vessel; nor shall any sailing vessel carry on or take part in such

License and flag required.

operations without a special license obtained from the Government for that purpose, and without carrying a distinctive flag prescribed by the Government for the same purpose.
Sec. 4. That every master of a vessel licensed under this act to

Official log book to

 engage

be kept.

 in fur-seal fishing operations shall accurately enter in his official log book the date and place of every such operation, and also the number anti sex of the seals captured each day; and on coming into port,

Verification.

and before landing cargo, the master shall verify, on oath, such official log book as containing a full and true statement of the number and character of his fur-seal fishing operations, including the number and sex of seals captured; and for any false statement willfully made by a person so licensed by the United States in this behalf he shall be

Penalty for perjury.

subject to the penalties of perjury; and any seal skins found in excess of the statement in the official log book shall be forfeited to the United States.
Sec. 5. That no person or vessel engaging in fur-seal fishing operations

Operations prohibited.

 under this Act shall use or employ in any such operations, any net,

Proviso.

firearm, airgun, or explosive: Provided however, That this prohibition

Not applicable to open Reason in Pacific Ocean.

shall not apply to the use of shotguns in such operations outside of Behring Sea during the season when the killing of fur seals is not there prohibited by this Act.
Sec. 6. That the foregoing sections of this act shall not apply to

Fishing by Indiana permitted.

 Indians dwelling on the coast of the United States, and taking fur seals in canoes or undecked boats propelled wholly by paddles, oars, or sails, and not transported by or used in connection with other vessels, or manned by more than five persons, in the manner heretofore

Proviso.

practiced by the said Indians: Provided, however, That the exception made in

Contracts forbidden.

 this section shall not apply to Indians in the employment of other persons, or who shall kill, capture, or pursue fur seals outside of territorial waters under contract to deliver the skins to other persons, nor to the waters of Behring Sea or of the passes between the Aleutian Islands.
Sec. 7. That the President shall have power to make regulations

Regulations to be made by President.

 respecting the special license and the distinctive flag Mentioned in this Act and regulations otherwise suitable to secure the due execution of the provisions of this act, and from time to time to add to, modify, amend, or revoke such regulations, as in his judgment may seem expedient.
Sec. 8. That, except in the ease of a master making a false statement

Penalty for violations.

 under oath in violation of the provisions of the fourth section of this Act, every person guilty of a violation of the provisions of this Act, or of the regulations made thereunder, shall for each offense be fined not less than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and all vessels, their tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo, at any time used or employed in violation of this Act, or of the regulations made thereunder, shall be forfeited to the United States.
Sec. 9. That any violation of this Act, or of the regulations made

Prosecution.

 thereunder, may be prosecuted either in the district court of Alaska or in any district court of the United States in California, Oregon, or Washington.
Sec. 10. That if any unlicensed vessel of the United States shall be

Prima facie evidence of violations by unlicensed vessels.

 found within the waters to which this Act applies, and at a. time when the killing of fur seals is by this Act there prohibited, having on board seal skins or bodies of seals, or apparatus or implements

Licensed vessels.

suitable for killing or taking seals; or if any licensed vessel shall be found in the waters to which this Act applies, having on, board apparatus or implements suitable for taking seals, but forbidden then and there to be used, it shall be presumed that the vessel in the one case and the apparatus or implements in the other was or were used in violation of this Act until it is otherwise sufficiently proved.
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Sec. 11. That it shall be the duty of the President to cause a sufficient

Naval force.

 naval force to cruise in the waters to which this Act is applicable to enforce its provisions, and it shall be the duty of the commanding officer of any vessel belonging to the naval or revenue service of the United States, when so instructed by the President, to seize and arrest

Arrests by naval or revenue officers.

 all vessels of the United States found by him to be engaged, used, or employed in the waters last aforesaid in violation of any of the prohibitions of this Act, or of any regulations made thereunder, and to take the same, with all persons on board thereof, to the most convenient port in any district of the United States mentioned in this Act, there to be dealt with according to law.
Sec. 12. That any vessel or citizen of the United States, or person

Seizure of United States vessels, etc., by British officials.

 described in the first section of this Act, offending against the prohibitions of this Act or the regulations thereunder, may be seized and detained by the naval or other duly commissioned officers of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, but when so seized and detained they shall be delivered as soon as practicable, with any witnesses and

Delivery to United States authorities.

 proofs on board, to any naval or revenue officer or other authorities of the United States, whose courts alone shall have, jurisdiction to try the offense and impose the penalties for the same: Provided, however, That

Proviso.

Effective only when similar British legislation enacted.

 British officers shall arrest and detain vessels and persons as in this section specified only after, by appropriate legislation, Great Britain shall have, authorized officers of the United States duly commissioned and instructed by the President to that end to arrest, detain, and deliver to the authorities of Great Britain vessels and subjects of that Government offending against any statutes or regulations of Great Britain enacted or made to enforce the award of the treaty mentioned in the title of this Act.
Approved, April 6, 1894.
Chap. 58: Authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge the Sulphur River in the State of Arkansas or in the State of Texas. 28 Stat. 55 1894-04-21 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 58.—
An Act Authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge the Sulphur River in the State of Arkansas or in the State of Texas.

April 21, 1894.

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

Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company may bridge Sulphur River, Ark. or Tex.
That the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company, its successors or assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a railway bridge, and approaches thereto, over and across Sulphur River in the State of Arkansas, or in the State of Texas, at such point as may be selected by said railway company for crossing said river with its railroad line, said point selected to be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains, and,

Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

 at the option of said company, 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

Toll.

High bridge.

 to time by the Secretary of War. That if the said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, there shall be at least one span of a height of not less than eighty feet above low water, or fifty feet above highest water, as understood at the point of location, measured to the lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge; and said span shall have a clear opening of at least one hundred and fifty feet between the piers, measured at right angles to the current, and shall be over the main channel of the river; and the bridge shall be at right angles to, and the piers parallel with, the current of the river. And if the

Draw bridge.

 bridge over the said river shall be constructed as a draw or pivot bridge, the draw or pivot pier shall be over the main channel of the river at an accessible navigable point, and the openings on each side of the pivot pier shall not be less than one hundred feet in the clear, unless otherwise expressly directed by the Secretary of War, and if so directed shall be according to such direction, and the said opening shall be accessible at all stages of water, and the spans shall be not less than ten feet above extreme high water, as understood at the point of 56 location, to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge, and the piers and draw rests shall be parallel with, and the bridge at right angles to, the current of the river; and no riprap or other outside protection for imperfect foundations shall be permitted to approach nearer than four feet to the surface of the water at its extreme low stage, or otherwise to encroach upon the channel ways provided tor in this Act;

Opening draw.

and the draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passing of boats; and whatever kind of bridge shall be constructed said company shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till

Lights, etc.

sunrise, throughout the season of navigation, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board may prescribe.
Sec. 2. That the 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 the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States.
Sec. 3. That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the

Unobstructed navigation.

 authority of this Act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river; and if the bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of

Litigation.

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 district court of the United States for the State of Arkansas, in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located:

Proviso.

Existing laws not affected.

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 said bridge from the operation of the same.
Sec. 4. That all railway companies desiring the use of said bridge

Use by other coin-panics.

 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.
Sec. 5. That the 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 drawings of said bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of

Changes.

construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. 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, and the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to revocation by the Secretary of War whenever the public good, in his judgment, so requires.
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Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal t his Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Sec. 7. Thar 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.
Approved, April 21, 1894.
Chap. 59: To extend the time authorizing the Saint Louis and Birmingham Railroad to build a bridge across Tennessee River at Clifton. Tennessee. 28 Stat. 57 1894-04-21 Chapter 59 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 59.—
An Act To extend the time authorizing the Saint Louis and Birmingham Railroad to build a bridge across Tennessee River at Clifton. Tennessee.

April 21, 1894.

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

Bridge across Tennessee River at Clifton, Tenn.
That the Saint Louis and Birmingham Railway Company, being a corporation created and organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee, and to which authority was given by an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to authorize building a bridge over Tennessee River,” approved June sixth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 27, p 47.

Time for construction extended.

 and ninety-two, is hereby given the right to begin the construction of the bridge therein authorized according to the terms of said Act within twelve months from the approval of this Act, the said bridge to be completed within three years from said date. It is hereby further provided that if the construction of said bridge be not commenced and the structure completed within the times hereinbefore mentioned, then this Act, and that approved June sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to which reference is hereinbefore made, shall be null and void.
Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved without any liability on the part of the United States for any damages on account of such alteration, amendment, or repeal.
Approved, April 21, 1894.
Chap. 60: To authorize the West Braddock Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River from the borough of Rankin to Mifflin Township. 28 Stat. 57 1894-04-21 Chapter 60 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 60.—
An Act To authorize the West Braddock Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River from the borough of Rankin to Mifflin Township.

April 21, 1894.

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

West Braddock Bridge Company may bridge Monongahela River, Allegheny County, Pa.
That it shall be lawful for the West Braddock 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 borough of Rankin, in the county of Allegheny, to a point in Mifflin Township, in the county of Allegheny.
Sec. 2. That said bridge may be constructed to provide for the passage

Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

 of railway trains, street cars, wagons, and vehicles of all 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 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.

Postal telegraph.

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 construct a postal telegraph over said bridge without charge therefor.
Sec. 4. That said bridge shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to this end the said corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War for his examination and approval the plans and drawings of said bridge, and a map of the proposed location, giving, for the space of one mile each way, 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 58 bridge or bridges in the vicinity, 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

Proviso.

Channel span.

or built: Provided, That the channel span of said bridge shall be in length not less than four hundred feet in the clear.
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 ears over the same and 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 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

Unobstructed 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,

Lights, etc.

Changes.

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 Congress 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 of persons controlling the same, whenever public interests require 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 of the approval of this Act.
Approved, April 21, 1894.
Chap. 21: To provide for further urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 58 1894-04-21 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 21.—
An Act To provide for further urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes.

April 21, 1894.

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

Urgent deficiencies 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, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety four, namely:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Treasury Department.

 Suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes: For expenses

Suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes.

 incurred under the authority or with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury in detecting, arresting and delivering into the custody of the United States marshal having jurisdiction, dealers arid 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, and for no other purpose whatever, ten thousand dollars:

Proviso.

Not to be used for witness fees

 Provided, That no part of this amount be used in defraying the expenses of any person subpaend by the United States courts to attend any 59 trial before a United States court or preliminary examination before any United States commissioner, which expenses will be paid from the appropriation for “fees of witnesses, United States courts.” engraving and printing.

Engraving and printing.

 For salaries of all necessary clerks and employees other than plate

Clerks and employees.

 printers and plate printers’ assistants, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, sixty-two thousand five hundred and forty-nine dollars and forty-seven cents: Provided, That no portion

Proviso.

Largo notes.

 of this sum shall be expended for printing 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

Wage.

 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, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, seventy-two thousand six hundred and sixty-five dollars and ninety-two cents: Provided,,

Proviso.

Large note.

That no portion of this sum shall be 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, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, fifteen thousand and forty dollars and twenty-seven cents. mints and assay offices.

Mints And assay offices.

 For wages of workmen and adjusters to be used in the discretion of

Wage.

 the Secretary of the Treasury, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars. WAR DEPARTMENT.

War Department.

 That the appropriation of eleven thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight

Repairs, Ford’s Theater.

Appropriation continued.

Ante, p. 42.

 dollars, made for the repair of the old Ford’s Theater building by the Act approved March twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is made available for expenditure during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five. HARBOR of New York: For prevention of obstructive and injurious

New York Harbor.

 deposits within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City: For pay of crew and maintenance of steamer Nimrod, two thousand

Steamer “Nimrod.”

 dollars, NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Navy Department.

 bureau of steam engineering.

Bureau of Steam Engineering.

 To replace steam engineering stores destroyed by fire in the storehouse

Replacing destroyed store.

 building numbered fifteen, in the month of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, at the navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia, forty thousand dollars. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Interior Department.

 Postage to Postal Union Countries: For postage stamps to

Postage.

 prepay matter addressed to Postal Union countries, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For the Capitol: For work at Capitol, and for general repairs

Capitol.

 thereof, including wages of mechanics and laborers, eight 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, one thousand dollars. 60 Public Land Service: That all of the traveling and incidental

Public lands.

Expense opening Cherokee Outlet.

 expenses of the clerks detailed from the General Land Office to assist in the opening of the Cherokee Outlet, in Oklahoma Territory, shall be paid from the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, for clerk hire, rent,

Ante, p. 18.

and other incidental expenses of the several land offices, appropriated by deficiency Act approved December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. ELEVENTH CENSUS.

Eleventh Census.

 The Commissioner of Labor in charge of the Eleventh Census is

Abstract to be prepared.

 hereby directed to prepare forthwith an abstract giving the state and

Post, p. 440.

other totals of the main facts collected at the Eleventh Census, with comparative data, which abstract shall not exceed two hundred and fifty octavo pages, and shall be printed at the Government Printing Office, and be ready for distribution on or before the first day of August

Distribution.

next. There shall be printed and bound in cloth of such abstract one hundred thousand copies, of which sixty thousand copies shall be for the use of the members of the House of Representatives; thirty thousand copies for the use of the members of the Senate; seven thousand five hundred copies for the use of the Department of the Interior, and two thousand five hundred copies for the use of the Census Office. The provisions of section seventeen of the Act of Congress, approved

Survivors of the war, etc.

Vol. 25, p. 765.

Publication of schedules repealed.

 March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled “An Act to provide for the taking of the Eleventh and subsequent censuses,” and of subsequent Acts, relating to the publication of the names, organizations, and length of service of those who had served in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States in the war of the rebellion, and who were survivors at the time of the Eleventh Census, and of the widows of soldiers, sailors or marines at that time, are hereby repealed, and the Commissioner of Labor in charge of the Eleventh Census is

Transfer to Pension Office.

hereby directed to transfer to the Commissioner of Pensions, for use in the Army and Navy Survivors’ Division, the special schedules collected at the Eleventh Census containing such names, organizations and length of service. He is also authorized to bind the report on Fish and Fisheries with

Agriculture and Fisheries report to be bound together.

Vol. 27. p. 473.

the report on Agriculture, instead of as a separate volume, as provided tor in “An Act to provide for the publication of the Eleventh Census,” approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. The provision of the Act entitled “An act to provide for the taking

Animals nut on farms.

Collection of information repealed.

Vol. 27. p. 473.

 of the Eleventh and subsequent censuses,” approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, for the collection, from official sources, of information relating to animals not on farms, is hereby repealed. The time provided in the Act entitled “An Act to extend the time

Time for completing work extended.

Ante, p. 3.

Post, p. 857.

 for completing the work of the Eleventh Census, and for other purposes,” approved October third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, is hereby extended from the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety four to and including the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Department of Justice.

 Expenses op Territorial courts in Utah Territory: For

Utah.

Expenses Territorial court.

 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. 61 Defense in Indian depredation claims: For salaries and

Indian depredation claims.

Expenses.

 expenses in defense of the Indian depredation claims, nine thousand dollars. expenses united states courts.

United States courts.

 Fees OF marshals: For fees and expenses of marshals, United States

Marshals’ fees.

 courts, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Fees of jurors: For fees of jurors, United States courts, fifty

Jurors’ fees.

 thousand dollars. Fees of witnesses: For fees of witnesses, United States courts,

Witnesses’ fees.

 two hundred thousand dollars. . District attorneys: For fees of United States district attorneys,

District attorneys.

 one hundred and one thousand dollars. For special compensation to United States district, attorneys, ten

Special compensation.

 thousand dollars. For regular assistants to United States district attorneys, twenty-one

Regular assistants.

 thousand dollars. For special assistants to United States district attorneys, forty thousand

Special assistants.

 three hundred and forty dollars, ten thousand three hundred and forty dollars of which amount shall be available for deficiencies forty years eighteen hundred and ninety-two and eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Fees of CLERKS: For fees of clerks, United States courts, one

Clerk’s fees.

 hundred and sixteen thousand dollars. Fees OF commissioners: For fees of commissioners, United States

Commissioners fees.

 courts, one hundred and eighty-seven thousand two hundred dollars. Rent of court ROOMS: For rent of court rooms, United States

Rent.

 courts, forty-two 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, two hundred and seventy five thousand dollars. PRINTING AND BINDING.

Printing and binding.

 For printing and binding, including materials therefor, to be executed at the Government Printing Office, as follows: For the Department of State, five thousand dollars.

Stale Department.

Treasury Department.

Department of Justice.

Supreme Court.

 For the Department of the Treasury, sixty-one thousand dollars. For the Department of Justice, one thousand dollars. For the Supreme Court of the United States, two thousand dollars. SENATE.

Senate.

 For compensation of officers, messengers, and others in the service

Employees.

 of the Senate, thirteen thousand dollars. For materials for folding, three thousand dollars.

Folding materials.

Sarah B. Colquitt.

 To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to Sarah B. Colquitt, widow of the Honorable Allied II. Colquitt, deceased, late a Senator from the State of Georgia, five thousand dollars. CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY.

Congressional Directory.

 For expenses of compiling, preparing, and indexing the Congressional

Expenses.

 Directory for the second session of the Fifty-third Congress, to be expended under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, one thousand two hundred dollars. 62 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

House of Representatives.

 For compensation and mileage of Members of the House of Representatives,

Compensation and mileage.

 and Delegates from Territories on account of fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, three thousand three hundred and thirty-four dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars. To pay the clerk to the Speaker’s table, for services rendered as clerk

Clerk at Speaker’s table.

 to the Committee on Rules during the first and second sessions of the Fifty-third Congress, five hundred dollars. For stationery, for Members of the House of Representatives, seven

Stationery.

 hundred and fifty dollars. For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees,

Miscellaneous.

 two thousand live hundred dollars. For furniture, and repairs of the same, one thousand five hundred

Furniture.

 dollars. For materials for folding, ten thousand five hundred dollars.

Folding materials.

Clerks to Members.

 To enable the Clerk of the House to pay to Members and Delegates the amount which they certify they have paid or agreed to pay for clerk hire necessarily employed by them in the discharge of their

Vol. 27. p. 757.

official and representative duties, as provided in the Joint Resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, twenty-seven thousand dollars. library of congress.

Library of Congress.

 To enable the Librarian of Congress to employ a laborer for the care

Laborer.

 of the library rooms containing the law books of the Library of Congress, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, seventy-five dollars.
Sec. 2. That the Act entitled “An Act to amend section thirty-seven

Contracts for Department supplies.

Ante, p. 33.

 hundred and nine of the. Revised Statutes relating to contracts for supplies in the Departments at Washington,” approved January

Provisions limited.

twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, so amended that the provisions thereof shall apply only to advertisements for proposals for fuel, ice, stationery, and other miscellaneous supplies to be purchased at Washington for the use of the Executive Departments and other Government establishments therein named; and

Contracts, etc., not invalid.

no advertisements made or contracts awarded or to be awarded thereon since January twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, in accordance with the laws in force prior to said date, shall be declared to be illegal or invalid for non-compliance with said law of January twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety four.
Approved, April 21, 1894.
Chap. 62: Authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge Little River, in the State of Arkansas. 28 Stat. 62 1894-04-21 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 62.—
An Act Authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge Little River, in the State of Arkansas.

April 21, 1894.

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

Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company may bridge Little River at Morris Ferry, Ark.
That the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company, its successors or assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a railway bridge, and approaches thereto, over and across Little River, in the State of Arkansas, at or near Morris Ferry. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for

Rail way, wagon, and foot bridge.

the passage of railway trains, and, at the option of said company, 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.

High bridge.

Post, p. 634.

That if the said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans there shall be at least one span of a height of not less than fifty feet above low water as understood at the point of location, measured 63 to the lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge; and said span shall have a clear opening of at least two hundred and fifty feet between the piers, measured at right angles to the current, and shall be over the main channel of the river, and the bridge shall be at right, angles to, and the piers parallel with, the current of the river. And if the bridge over the said river shall be constructed as a. draw or pivot

Draw bridge.

 bridge the draw or pivot pirn’ shall be over the main channel of the river at an accessible navigable point, and the openings on each side of the pivot pier shall not be less than one hundred and thirty feet in the clear, unless otherwise expressly directed by the Secretary of War. and, if so directed, shall be according to such direction, and the said openings shall be accessible at all stages of water, and the spans shall be not less than ten feet above extreme high water, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge, and the piers and draw rests shall be parallel with and the bridge at right angles to the current of the river; and no riprap or other outside protection for imperfect foundations shall be permitted to approach nearer than four feet to the surface of the water, at its extreme low stage, or otherwise to encroach upon the channelways provided for in this Act; and the draw shall be opened promptly upon

Opening draw.

 reasonable signal for the passing of boats; and whatever kind of bridge shall be constructed said company shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise thoroughout the season of navigation, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board may

Light, etc.

 prescribe.
Sec. 2. That the 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 trans-pollution 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.
Sec. 3. That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the

Unobstructed navigation.

 authority of this Act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said river; and if the bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, obstruct such navigation, he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge. And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or

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 for the State of Arkansas, in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge may be located: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to repeal

Proviso.

Existing lawn not affected.

 or modify any of the provisions of law now existing in reference to the protection of the navigation of rivers or to exempt said bridge from the operation of the same.
Sec. 4. That all railway 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.
Sec. 5. That the 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 tor 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 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 64 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.

change be made in the plan of such bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. 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, and the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to revocation by the Secretary of War, whenever the public good, in his judgment, so requires.
Sec. 6. That the right to alter, 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.

Post, p. 634.

 the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the approval of this Act.
Approved, April 21, 1894.
Chap. 63: To amend section one of an Act approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled “An Act to give effect to the award rendered by the Tribunal of Arbitration, at Paris, under the. treaty between the United States and Great Britain, concluded at Washington, February twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for the purpose of submitting to arbitration certain questions concerning the preservation of the fur seals.” 28 Stat. 64 1894-04-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 63.—
An Act To amend section one of an Act approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled “An Act to give effect to the award rendered by the Tribunal of Arbitration, at Paris, under the. treaty between the United States and Great Britain, concluded at Washington, February twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for the purpose of submitting to arbitration certain questions concerning the preservation of the fur seals.”

April 24, 1894.

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

For seal fishery regulations.
That section one of the Act entitled “An Act to give effect to the award rendered by the Tribunal

Ante, p. 53.

of Arbitration, at Paris, under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain concluded at Washington, February twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for the purpose of submitting to arbitration certain questions concerning the preservation of the fur seals,” approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be

Error corrected.

amended by striking out the word “exclusive” where it occurs in said section one and inserting the word “inclusive,” so that said section

Killing, etc., of Heals forbidden.

will read: That no citizen of the United States, or person owing the duty of obedience to the laws or the treaties of the United States, nor any person belonging to or on board of a vessel of the United States, shall kill, capture, or pursue, at any time, or in any manner whatever, outside of territorial waters, any fur seal in the waters surrounding the

Area included.

Pribilov Islands within a zone of sixty geographical miles (sixty to a degree of latitude) around said islands, inclusive of the territorial waters.
Approved, April 24, 1894.
Chap. 64: To authorize the construction of a steel bridge over the Saint Louis River, between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota. 28 Stat. 64 1894-04-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 64.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a steel bridge over the Saint Louis River, between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

April 24, 1894.

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

Duluth and Superior Bridge Company may bridge Saint Louis River, Conners Point, Wis., to Rice, Point, Minn.
That the Duluth and Superior Bridge Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, and its successors in interest be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain and operate a bridge and approaches thereto over the Saint Louis River, between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota, extending from the northerly end of Conners Point, Wisconsin, to Rices Point, opposite, in the State of Minnesota. Said bridge shall

Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

be constructed to provide for the passage of street railway ears, steam cars, on double tracks permitting the passage of trains in opposite directions at the same time, and for the passage of wagons and vehicles 65 of all kinds, and for the transit of animals, and for foot passengers, under such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by said company or its successors in interest, and for such reasonable rates of toll as may be agreed upon by the parties in interest and approved

Toll.

Proviso.

Free passage.

 by the Secretary of War: Provided, however, That the right of passage over said bridge and approaches shall at all times be free to the employees and apparatus of the lire and police departments of the cities of Duluth and Superior, when in actual service. And in ease of any litigation concerning any alleged obstruction to the free navigation of

Litigation.

 said river on account of said bridge the cause shall be tried before the circuit court of the United States in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge is located.
Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act shall

Unobstructed navigation.

 be built and constructed without material interference with the security and convenience of navigation on said river beyond what is necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted, and shall

Post, p. 228.

 be at least twenty-eight feet in height in the clear above high-water mark, with rafting spans on either side of the draw of not less than two hundred and fifty feet each; and, in order to secure compliance with these conditions, the said corporation shall submit to the Secretary

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 of War a plan of the bridge and accessory works provided for in this Act, together with a detailed map of the river for a distance of one mile above and one mile below the proposed site of said bridge, with such information as may be required by the Secretary of War for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, upon receiving such plan and map and other in formation and being satisfied that the bridge built upon such plan and with such accessory works and at such locality will conform to the prescribed condition of this Act, to notify the company that he approved 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 said bridge and accessory works, and notify the company of the same, the bridge shall not be built or commenced; and should any change be made or become necessary in the plan of the bridge or accessory works during the progress of construction or after completion such change shall likewise be subject to the

Changes.

Proviso.

Reduction of height.

 approval and direction of the Secretary of War: Provided, however, That if, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, the interests of navigation permit it, it shall be within his discretion to reduce the requirement of height in the clear above high-water mark from twenty-eight feet to twenty-six feet.
Sec. 3. That the accessory works referred to in the preceding section

Aids to navigation.

 shall be such booms, dikes, piers, or other suitable and proper structures for confining the flow of water to a permanent channel, and for the guiding of steamboats, rafts, and other water craft safely through the draw and rafting spans, as shall be required by the Secretary of War; and in addition thereto, and before the construction of the bridge to be built under this Act, the company or persons owning or holding such bridge shall be required, under the direction of the Secretary of War or such officer as he shall designate, to dredge out

Dredging required.

 to a minimum depth of twenty-one feet the two triangular spaces above and below the proposed site of the bridge included in the interior angles formed by the crossing of the two channels at “the gate,” to such an extent as to create a basin, the easterly and westerly limits of which shall be, respectively, at not to exceed one thousand

Post, p. 228.

 feet from the axis of the bridge, and such basin shall be maintained by the said company or persons owning and holding said bridge, at all times thereafter, in a condition affording safe navigation to all vessels drawing twenty feet of water.
Sec. 4. That the bridge built under this Act shall be constructed as

Draw.

 a pivot drawbridge, with the draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with a span of not less than 66 two hundred feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, measured at right angles to the axis of the

Provisos.

Opening draw.

channel: Provided, That the said draw shall be opened promptly on reasonable signal for the passage of boats, vessels, and other water craft: And provided further, That, said company or corporation shall maintain at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise through the season

Lights etc.

of navigation, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. The superstructure of said bridge shall be constructed of iron and steel, and lie sufficiently supported by abutments and piers of solid masonry.
Sec. 5. That all street and other railway companies, telegraph and

Use by other companies.

 telephone companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of ears and stringing wires over the same and over the approaches thereto

Compensation.

upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several street and other railway companies, or any of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree on the sum or sums to be paid, and on 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 hearing

Foot and wagon passage.

the allegations and proofs of the parties in question. And all owners and persons in charge of wagons and vehicles and animals of all kinds, and all foot passengers, shall have and be entitled to equal rights to passage and transit over said bridge, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment, of a reasonable

Compensation.

compensation for such use, such rate of compensation to be agreed upon by and between the common councils of the cities of Superior and Duluth and the owner or owners of said bridge; audio case the owner or owners of said bridge and the said common councils fail to agree on the sum or sums to be paid all matters of issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War, upon hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties in question.
Sec. 6. That tho company or persons owning and holding such bridge

Sale to Duluth, Minn., or Superior, Wis., authorized.

 shall,at anytime after the completion thereof, sell and transfer the same to the city of Duluth, in the county of Saint. Louis, in the State of Minnesota, and to the city of Superior, in the county of Douglas, in the. State of Wisconsin, or to the said counties jointly, and surrender the entire control and management thereof, with all the rights and privileges and franchises thereto appertaining, upon payment Io such holders and owners of the total amount expended up to the time of the transfer in and about the construction, maintenance, and repairs of said bridge and its approaches and accessory works, as well as expended in dredging the channel to and through the draw of such bridge, with interest thereon at the rate of seven per centum per annum, less the net income from the tolls; in which event, and in case of the due consummation of such transfer, the said counties or cities shall

Conditions.

thenceforth be subject to all the obligations and conditions imposed by the provisions of this Act, and shall assume and pay at their maturity the umnatured obligations, if any, of the said company or persons, not exceeding in amount the purchase price of said bridge as herein provided, and the amount of such obligations so assumed, with the accrued interest thereon, shall be deducted from the amount of said purchase price, and the remainder only shall be paid to said company or persons:

Proviso.

Free passage.

Provided, That said bridge and its approaches thereafter shall be made free of tolls to wagons, teams, and foot passengers, and street-railway cars.
Sec. 7. That the bridge and accessory works constructed under this

Lawful structure and post route.

 Act and according to its terms and limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post route upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge, and said bridge shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post routes in the United States, and the United 67 States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes across

Postal telegraph.

 said bridge.
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, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress shall decide that the public interests require it, is also expressly reserved.
Sec. 9. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge therein authorized be not commenced within one year

Commencement and completion.

 and completed within three years from the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, April 24, 1894.
Chap. 66: To provide for the division of the eastern district of Michigan into the northern and southern divisions, and for holding the circuit, and district courts of the United States therein, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 67 1894-04-30 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 66.—
An Act To provide for the division of the eastern district of Michigan into the northern and southern divisions, and for holding the circuit, and district courts of the United States therein, and for other purposes.

April 30, 1894.

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

Michigan eastern judicial district.

Two divisions created.

R. S., sec. 538, p. 90, amended.

Northern division.
That the eastern district of Michigan be, and the same is hereby, divided into two divisions, to be known as the northern division and the southern division, respectively, and that the following-named counties shall be and constitute the northern division: Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Otsego, Montmorency, Alpena, Crawford, Oscoda. Alcona, Roscommon, Ogeman, Iosco, Clare, Gladwin, Arenac, Isabella, Midland Bay, Tuscola, Huron, Gratiot, Saginaw, Shiawassee, and Genesee; and the following-named counties shall constitute the southern division: Saint Clair, Lapeer, Sanilac,

Southern division.

 Macomb, Oakland, Livingston, Ingham,Clinton, Jackson, Washtenaw, Wayne, Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee, Calhoun, and Monroe.
Sec. 2. That there shall be at least two regular annual sessions of

Terms.

Bay City.

 the circuit and district courts begun and held at Bay City in said northern division, commencing on the first Tuesdays of May and October in each year; and all issues of fact shall be tried at the terms of said courts to be held in the division where such suit shall be hereafter

R. S., sec, 572, p. 99; sec. 658, p. 121.

 commenced. There, shall also be held a special or adjourned term of the district court at said Bay City for the hearing of admiralty causes, beginning in the month of February in each year. The time and terms of court at Detroit and Port Huron in the southern division of said district shall remain as now fixed by law.
Sec. 3. That all suits and proceedings hereafter to be tried in said

Jurisdiction.

 circuit and district courts, not of a local nature, shall be brought in the court of the division of the district where the defendant, or one of the defendants if there be several, resides, and if there be several defend ants, part of whom reside in one division and part in another of the district, the plaintiff may sue in either division and send a duplicate writ or writs to the Other defendants on which the plaintiff or his attorney shall indorse that the writ thus sent is a copy of a writ sued out, in the proper division of said district, and said writs when executed and returned into the office from which they issued shall constitute one suit and be proceeded in accordingly, Actions in rem in admiralty

Admiralty actions.

 may be brought in whichever division of the. district, service can he had upon the res.
Sec. 4. That the clerks of the circuit and district courts for the. eastern

Clerks.

 district of Michigan shall each keep his office at the city of Detroit and shall each appoint a deputy clerk for said courts held at Bay City, who shall reside and keep his office at that place, and such deputy clerk or clerks shall keep in his office dockets and full records of all actions and proceedings in said circuit and district courts for the northern division of said district held at that place, and shall have the same power to issue all processes from said courts and perform any other duty that is or may be given to the clerks of other circuit and district courts in like eases.
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Sec. 5. That the district attorney and marshal of said eastern district

Duties of attorney and marshal.

 of Michigan shall respectively perform the respective duties of district attorney and marshal for the southern and northern divisions

Deputy marshall

of said district as established by this Act. The marshal of said district shall keep an office of deputy marshal at Bay City in the northern division of said district, and mileage on service of process in said northern division shall be computed from Bay City.
Sec. 6. That any person charged with violating any of the penal or

Criminal prosecutions.

 criminal statutes of the United States in which said circuit or district courts have jurisdiction shall be proceeded against by indictment or otherwise within the division of said district where the alleged offense or offenses shall be committed, and shall have his or her trial at a term of said court held in said division, unless, for cause shown, the

Juries.

judge shall otherwise direct; and one grand and one petit jury only shall be summoned, and serve in both said courts at each term thereof; jurors shall be selected and drawn from the division of said district in which they reside and in which the terms of said circuit and district courts to which they are summoned are held.
Sec. 7. That this Act shall not affect or in anywise interfere with

Pending causes.

 causes of action now pending in the circuit or district courts for the eastern district of Michigan, but the same may be proceeded with in the same manner as though this Act had not been passed.
Sec. 8. That all provisions of laws in conflict with this Act are

Repaid.

 hereby repealed.
Approved, April 30, 1894.
Chap. 67: To authorize the Saint Louis River Bridge Company and the Duluth Transfer Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge over the Saint Louis River from a point at or near Grassy Point, in the village of West Duluth, Minnesota, to the most available point opposite, in the State of Wisconsin. 28 Stat. 68 1894-05-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 67.—
An Act To authorize the Saint Louis River Bridge Company and the Duluth Transfer Railway Company to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge over the Saint Louis River from a point at or near Grassy Point, in the village of West Duluth, Minnesota, to the most available point opposite, in the State of Wisconsin.

May 1, 1894.

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

Saint Louis River Bridge Company and Duluth Transfer Railway Company may bridge Saint Louis River, Minn. and Wis.
That the Saint Louis River Bridge Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, and the Duluth Transfer Railway Company, a corporation created, organized, and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Minnesota, and their respective successors in interest be, and are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge, with the approaches thereto, over the Saint Louis River, between the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin, extending from or near Grassy Point, West Duluth, in the State of Minnesota, to the most available point opposite in the city of Superior, in the county of Douglas, and State of Wisconsin. Said bridge shall lie constructed to provide for the passage of cars, locomotives, and trains of railway companies and snail have laid thereon and thereover railroad tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroads that are or may be constructed to said bridge, or the place of its location, to the end that interchange of traffic may be encouraged and interstate commerce promoted and facilitated; and the same shall be so built as to provide for and

Railway, wagon and foot bridge.

permit of the passage thereover of the ears and rolling stock of street railway companies, wagons, carriages and vehicles of all kinds, animals, foot passengers, and travelers under such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the said companies authorized hereby to construct the same, or their successors in interest, and for

Toll.

such reasonable, rates of toll as may be fixed by said companies, to be

Proviso.

Free passage.

approved from time to time by the Secretary of War: Provided, however, That said bridge and its approaches shall be made free of tolls to wagons, teams, foot passengers, and street railways at the end of twenty years from the passage of this Act if not made free before the end of said time.
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Sec. 2. That the bridge to be built under this Act shall be constructed

Draw.

 as a pivot drawbridge, with a draw over the main channel of said river, at an accessible and navigable point, to be approved by the Secretary of War, and with spans of not less than one hundred and seventy-five feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw; and also a fixed span with a length of not less than one hundred and seventy-five feet to permit the passage of rafts under said bridge; and said draw shall be opened promptly, at reasonable signal,

Opening draw.

 for the passage of boats, vessels, and other water craft whose construction shall be such as not to admit of their passage under the draw of said bridge when closed, but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in the opening of said draw; and there shall be maintained by such corporations, at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights

Light, etc.

 or other signals upon said bridge as the Light-House Board may prescribe; and there shall also be maintained, at their own expense, sheer booms or other proper protection to guide rafts, boats, vessels, and

Aids to navigation.

 water craft through said draw spans; and the said company or companies may do any dredging necessary for confining the flow of water to a permanent channel or to the maintenance thereof at navigable depths.
Sec. 3. That the bridge and accessory works and improvements constructed

Lawful structure and post route.

 under this Act and according to its terms and limitations shall be a lawful structure, and said bridge shall be recognized and known as a post route upon which no higher charge shall be made for the transportation over the same of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for their transmission over railroads and public highways leading to said bridge, and the United States shall have the right of way for postal and telegraph purposes across said bridge, free of charge.
Sec. 4. That it shall be lawful for the said companies hereby authorized

Construction contracts.

 to construct the said bridge to make such contracts and agreements respecting the construction and maintenance of said bridge as they may desire, not in contravention of the provisions hereof, and may, if they so desire, contract and agree with each other as to their ownership and control of the respective portions of said bridge, to the end, if they so desire, that the said railway company may be invested with the ownership, control, management, and maintenance of that portion thereof devoted to railway traffic, and the said other company be invested with the ownership, management, control, and maintenance of the residue of said structure, or to the end that the best and most feasible method may be by said companies devised for the ownership and maintenance of said structure; and it shall be lawful, in ease the said companies hereby authorized to construct said bridge shall so desire, for them to enter into contract together, whereby either of said companies may construct the same under the authority hereby’ given, and enter into contract together as to the ownership, rights, and control of the respective parties in interest; but nothing herein shall relieve either of said companies or corporations from any liability’ for a failure to comply with the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 5. That all railroad companies desiring to use that portion of

Use by railroad companies.

 said bridge constructed for railroad purposes shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passing over the same and in the use. of the machinery and fixtures thereof and of the approaches thereto for a reasonable compensation, to be paid to the owner or owners thereof,

Compensation.

 and if the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or either or any of them desiring such use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and the rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using the same, 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, of which hearing each party shall have due notice, and the determination of the Secretary of War thereof shall be binding upon the parties to such controversy.
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Sec. 6. That all street railway companies desiring to use that portion

Use by street railways.

 of said bridge constructed and applicable for such use shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of their ears and rolling stock thereover and over the approaches thereto upon

Compensation.

the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in ease the owner or owners of said bridge or any portion thereof, and the street railway company or companies so desiring to use the same, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid upon the rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using the same, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War in the manner provided in the last preceding section.
Sec. 7. Th at the company or persons owning and holding such bridge

Transfer of franchise to Duluth and Superior.

 shall, at any time after the completion thereof, sell and transfer the same, or such portion thereof as is not used for railway purposes, to the city of Duluth, in the county of Saint Louis, in the State of Minnesota, and to the city of Superior, in the county of Douglas, in the State of Wisconsin, or to the said counties jointly, and surrender the entire control and management thereof, with all the rights and privileges and franchises thereto appertaining, upon payment to such holders and

Transfer of part of bridge.

owners of the total amount expended up to the time of the transfer in and about the construction, maintenance, and repairs of said bridge and its approaches and accessory works, as well as expended in dredging the channel to and through the draw of such bridge: and in case of the purchase of only a part of said bridge then the amount to be paid shall be apportioned by agreement between the owners of said bridge, and the cities or counties purchasing it, or, in ease of disagreement, by the Secretary of War, with interest thereon at the rate of seven per centum per annum, less the net income from the tolls, in which event, and in case of the due consummation of such transfer. the said counties or cities shall thenceforth be subject to all the obligations and conditions imposed by the provisions of this Act, and shall assume and pay at their maturity the unmatured obligations, if any, of the said company or persons, not exceeding in amount the purchase price of said bridge as herein provided: and the amount of such obligations so assumed, with the accrued interest thereon, shall be deducted from the amount of said purchase price, and the remainder only shall lie paid to said

Proviso.

Free passage.

company or persons: Provided, That said bridge and its approaches thereafter shall be made free of tolls to wagons, teams, and foot passengers and street railway cars.
Sec. 8. That in order that any bridge built under the authority of this

Free navigation

 Act may be constructed and built without any material interference with the security and convenience of navigation of said river, beyond what is necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted, and in order to secure compliance with the conditions herein specified, the said corporation so constructing the same shall, previous to commencing the work of construction of said bridge, submit the plans and location thereof, with a detailed map of the river at the proposed site of said bridge, and near thereto, exhibiting the depths and

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

currents of said river, to the Secretary of War for his approval, together with such further information concerning said bridge and said river as maybe deemed requisite by him; and until he approves the plans and location of said bridge it shall not be built. The Secretary of War, upon receiving such map and plans, shall proceed with due diligence to consider the same, and, upon being satisfied that the same conform to the prescribed conditions of this Act. shall notify said companies that lie approves the same, and shall notify said companies of any changes or modifications necessary in order that the same be made to conform to said conditions; and the said companies, upon receiving such notification, may proceed to erect the said bridge in conformity with the approved plans and location and the conditions herein prescribed; and no change shall be made therein without the consent of

Proviso.

Consideration of plans, etc.

the Secretary of War and his approval thereof: Provided, however, That the Secretary of War shall give, or cause to be given, to said 71 corporations reasonable notice of the time and place of the consideration of said plans and maps by him or by any officer of his Department, and the said corporations shall have a right to appear with their engineers and attorneys, or either, before such officer, and be heard in behalf of said plans before him, as well as before any officer authorized by him to report upon the same.
Sec. 9. That in ease of any litigation arising by reason of any obstruction

Litigation.

 of the free navigation of said river, by reason of said bridge, the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States for the States of Minnesota or Wisconsin, and the said corporations herein authorized to construct said bridge, or either of them so constructing the same, under the authority herein granted, their or its successors and assigns, for the purpose of acquiring necessary rights of way for the construction of necessary abutments and approaches for said bridge, and the lines and tracks of railroad thereon, shall have the power to acquire the same by purchase, gift, or conveyance, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, and, for such latter purpose, may institute

Condemnation proceedings.

 proceedings in the proper court having jurisdiction in each or either of said States wherein the premises sought to be condemned are located, or in the circuit court of the United States in the proper district or division of either of said States, said proceedings to be conducted in all respects in conformity with the provisions of Jaw in such State or States, for the acquisition by condemnation of private property, and appropriating the same to public use. by corporations authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain.
Sec. 10. That if such bridge hereby authorized to be built shall not

Commencement and completion.

 be commenced within one year and finished within three years from the date hereof, the rights and privileges hereby granted shall determine and cease.
Sec. 11. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Approved, May 1, 1894.
Chap. 68: To ratify the reservation of certain lands made for t he benefit of Oklahoma Territory, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 71 1894-05-04 Chapter 68 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 68.—
An Act To ratify the reservation of certain lands made for t he benefit of Oklahoma Territory, and for other purposes.

May 4, 1894.

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

Oklahoma.

Lands reserved for educational and building purposes ratified.
That the reservation for university, agricultural college, and normal school purposes, of section thirteen in each township, of the lands known as the Cherokee Outlet, the Tonkawa Indian Reservation, and the Pawnee Indian Reservation, in the Territory of Oklahoma, not otherwise reserved or disposed of, and the reservation for public buildings of section thirty-three in each township of said lands, not otherwise disposed of, made by the President of the United States in his proclamation of August nineteenth,

Post, p. 1229.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be, and the same are hereby, ratified, and all of said lands and all of the school lands in said Territory may be leased under such laws and regulations as may be hereafter

Leases.

prescribed by the legislature of said Territory; but until such legislative action the governor, secretary of the Territory, and superintendent of public instruction shall constitute a board for the leasing of said lands under the rules and regulations heretofore prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, for the respective purposes for which the said reservations were made, except that it shall not be necessary to submit said leases to the Secretary of the Interior for bis approval: and all necessary expenses and costs incurred in the leasing, management, and

Expenses.

 protection of said lands and leases may be paid out of the proceeds derived from such leases.
Approved, May 4, 1894.
Chap. 69: To authorize the reconstruction of a bridge across the Niobrara, River near the village of Niobrara, Nebraska, and making an appropriation therefor. 28 Stat. 72 1894-05-07 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 72

CHAP. 69.—
An Act To authorize the reconstruction of a bridge across the Niobrara, River near the village of Niobrara, Nebraska, and making an appropriation therefor.

May 7, 1894.

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

Niobrara River.

Appropriation for bridge across, at Niobrara. Nebr.
That for the purpose of reaching the Ponca and Yankton Sioux Indian reservations, and for carrying supplies thereto, the Secretary of War be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed without unnecessary delay to cause to be reconstructed across the Niobrara River near the village of Niobrara, Nebraska, the Government bridge recently destroyed by floods. Said bridge shall be a substantial wooden or iron bridge, with the necessary approaches, and the sum of seven thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to reconstruct said bridge, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 2. That no part of the appropriation made by this act shall be

Contract.

 paid out of the Treasury until a contract is entered into with responsible parties, with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the Secretary of War, for the construction and completion of said bridge, including the approaches, at a cost not exceeding the. sum hereby

Free bridge.

appropriated. Said bridge, when reconstructed, shall be free to all travelers.
Sec. 3. That this act shall he in force from and after its passage and

Effect.

 approval.
Approved, May 7, 1894.
Chap. 70: To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River in the city of Pittsburg. 28 Stat. 72 1894-05-07 Chapter 70 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 70.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River in the city of Pittsburg.

May 7, 1894.

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

Pittsburg, Pa., may bridge Monongahela River.
That the city of Pittsburg, a municipal corporation created by and existing 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, from a point on the south shore of said Monongahela River at or near Twenty-second street, in the twenty-fifth ward of the city of Pittsburg, to a point on Brady street directly across said river, and on the north shore thereof and within the said city of Pittsburg, county of Allegheny, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The said city of Pittsburg 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

Inconsistent laws repealed.

 herewith, 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 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 city of Pittsburg shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design, plan, 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 high and low water, with the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and the location of any other bridge or bridges; such map to be in sufficient detail to enable the said 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

Changes.

Secretary of War the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should 73 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. The channel span of said bridge shall not be less

Channel span.

 than five hundred feet in length in the clear and the superstructure shall not be less than fifty-three feet above the level of the water at pool full in said river.
Sec. 4. That the bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be

Aids to navigation.

 so kept, managed, and maintained as to afford proper means and ways for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts, by day and night, and there shall be kept and displayed, by the owners thereof, from sunset to sunrise, such lights and other signals as the Light-House Board may

Lights, etc.

 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 owners of such bridge, in order the better to preserve free navigation of said river.
Sec. 5. That the bridge herein authorized shall be commenced by

Commencement and completion.

 the said city of Pittsburg within one year and completed within three years from the date hereof; otherwise this Act to be null and void.
Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Approved, May 7, 1894.
Chap. 71: To extend the limits of the port of New York. 28 Stat. 73 1894-05-07 Chapter 71 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 71.—
An Act To extend the limits of the port of New York.

May 7, 1894

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

May 7, 1894.
That the limits of the port of New York, in the State of New York, be, and the same are hereby,

New York, N. Y.

Port limits extended to Yonkers.

 extended so as to include the city of Yonkers, Westchester County, in said State.
Approved, May 7, 1894.
Chap. 72: To protect the birds and animals in Yellowstone National Park, and to punish crimes in said park, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 73 1894-05-07 Chapter 72 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 72.—
An Act To protect the birds and animals in Yellowstone National Park, and to punish crimes in said park, and for other purposes.

May 7, 1894.

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

Yellowstone National Park
That the Yellowstone National Park, as its boundaries now are defined, or as they may be hereafter defined or extended, shall be under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction

Sole jurisdiction of United States.

 of the United States; and that all the laws applicable to places under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States shall have force and effect in said park: Provided, however, That nothing in this Act

Proviso.

State process.

 shall be construed to forbid the service in the park of any civil or criminal process of any court having jurisdiction in the States of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, All fugitives from justice taking refuge in said park shall be subject to the same laws as refugees from justice found in the State of Wyoming.
Sec. 2. That said park, for all the purposes of this Act, shall constitute

Jurisdiction of Wyoming judicial district.

 a part of the United States judicial district of Wyoming, and the district and circuit courts of the United States in and for said district shall have jurisdiction of all offenses committed within said park.
Sec. 3. That if any offense shall be committed in said Yellowstone

Punishment of offenses under Wyoming laws.

 National Park, which offense is not prohibited or the punishment is not specially provided for by any law of the United States or by any regulation of the Secretary of the Interior, the offender shall be subject to the same punishment as the laws of the State of Wyoming in force at the time of the commission of the offense may provide for a like offense in the said State; and no subsequent repeal of any such law of the State of Wyoming shall affect any prosecution for said offense committed within said park.
Sec. 4.

That all hunting, or the killing, wounding, or capturing at

Prohibition of hunting, fishing, etc.

any time of any bird or wild animal, except dangerous animals, when it 74 is necessary to prevent them from destroying human life or inflicting an injury, is prohibited within the limits of said park; nor shall any fish be taken out of the waters of the park by means of seines, nets, traps, or by the use of drugs or any explosive substances or compounds, or in

Fishing allowed.

any other way than by hook and line, and then only at such seasons and in such times and manner as may be directed by the Secretary of

Regulations.

the Interior. That the Secretary of the Interior shall make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary and proper for the management and care of the park and for the protection of the property therein, especially for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonderful objects within said park; and for the protection of the animals and birds in the park, from capture or destruction, or to prevent their being frightened or driven from the park: and he shall make rules and regulations governing the taking of fish from the streams or lakes in the

Evidence of violation.

park. Possession within the said park of the dead bodies, or any part thereof, of any wild bird or animal shall be prima facie evidence that the person or persons having the same are guilty of violating this Act.

Penalty for unlawful transportation, etc.

Any person or persons, or stage or express company or railway company, receiving for transportation any of the said animals, birds, or fish so killed, taken, or caught shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined for every such offense not exceeding three hundred dollars. Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this Act or any rule or regulation that may be promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior with reference to the management and care of the park, or tor the protection of the property therein, for the preservation from injury or spoliation of timber, mineral deposits, natural curiosities or wonderful objects within said park, or for the protection of the animals, birds and fish in the said park, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subjected to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both, and be adjudged to pay all costs of the proceedings.

That all guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of transportation of

Forfeitures of guns, traps, etc.

every nature or description used by any person or persons within said park limits when engaged in killing, trapping, ensnaring, or capturing such wild I masts, birds, or wild animals shall be forfeited to the United States, and maybe seized by the officers in said park and held pending the prosecution of any person or persons arrested under charge of violating the provisions of this Act, and upon conviction under this Act of such person or persons using said guns, traps, teams, horses, or other means of transportation such forfeiture shall be adjudicated as a penalty in addition to the other punishment provided in this Act. Such forfeited property shall be disposed of and accounted for by and under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 5. That, the United States circuit court in said district shall

Commissioner.

Appointment.

 appoint a commissioner, who shall reside in the park, who shall have jurisdiction to hear and act upon, all complaints made, of any and all violations of the law, or of the rules and regulations made by the Secretary of the Interior for the government of the park, and for the protection of the animals, birds, and fish and objects of interest therein, and

Duties

for other purposes authorized by this Act. Such commissioner shall have power, upon sworn information, to issue process in the name of the United States for the arrest of any person charged with the commission of any misdemeanor, or charged with the violation of the rules and regulations, or with the violation of any provision of this Act prescribed for the government of said park, and for the protection of the

Trials.

animals, birds, and fish in the said park, and to try the person so charged, and, if found guilty, to impose the punishment and adjudge

Appeals.

the forfeiture prescribed. In all cases of conviction an appeal shall lie from the judgment of said commissioner to the United States district court for the district of Wyoming, said appeal to be governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming providing for appeals in cases of misdemeanor from justices of the peace to the district court of said State; 75 but the United States circuit court in said.district may prescribe rules of procedure and practice for said commissioner in the trial of cases and for appeal to said United States district court. Said commissioner

Process in felony cases.

 shall also have power to issue process as hereinbefore provided for the arrest, of any person charged with the commission of any felony within the park, and to summarily hear the evidence introduced, and, if lie shall determine that probable cause is shown for holding the person so charged for trial, shall cause such person to be safely conveyed to a secure place for confinement, within the jurisdiction of the United States district court in said State of Wyoming, and shall certify a transcript of the record of his proceedings and the testimony in the case to the said court, which court shall have jurisdiction of the case: Provided, That the said commissioner shall grant bail in all eases bailable

Provisos.

Bail, etc.

 under the laws of the United States or of said State. All process issued by the commissioner shall be directed to the marshal of the United States for the district of Wyoming; but nothing herein contained

Summary arrests.

 shall be construed as preventing the arrest by any officer of the Government or employee of the United States in the park without process of any person taken in the act of violating the law or any regulation of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the said commissioner

Limit of authority.

 shall only exercise such authority and powers as are conferred by this Act.
Sec. 6. That the marshal of the United States for the district of

Deputy marshals.

 Wyoming may appoint one or more deputy marshals for said park, who shall reside in said park, and the said United States district and circuit courts shall hold one session of said courts annually at the town

Terms of court.

 of Sheridan in the State of Wyoming, and may also hold other sessions at any other place in said State of Wyoming or in said National Park at such dates as the said courts may order.
Sec. 7. That the commissioner provided for in this Act shall,, in addition

Fees, etc.

 to the fees allowed by law to commissioners of the circuit courts of the United States, be paid an annual salary of one thousand dollars, payable quarterly, and the marshal of the United States and his deputies, and the attorney of the United States and his assistants in said district, shall be paid the same compensation and fees as are now provided by law for like services in said district.
Sec. 8. That all costs and expenses arising in cases under this Act,

Costs, etc.

 and properly chargeable to the United States, shall be certified, approved, and paid as like costs and expenses in the courts of the United States are certified, approved, and paid under the laws of the United States.
Sec. 9. That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be erected

Jail.

 in the park a suitable building to be used as a jail, and also having in said building an office for the use of the commissioner, the cost of

Appropriation.

 such building not to exceed five thousand dollars, to be paid out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated upon the certificate of the Secretary as a voucher therefor.
Sec. 10. That this Act shall not be construed to repeal existing laws

Existing laws.

 conferring upon the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of War certain powers with reference to the protection, improvement, and control of the said Yellowstone National Park.
Approved, May 7, 1894.
Chap. 73: To amend an Act entitled “An Act regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia.” 28 Stat. 75 1894-05-11 Chapter 73 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 73.—
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia.”

May 11, 1894.

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

District of Columbia.

That section sixteen of an Act entitled “An Act regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors in the district of Columbia,” approved the third day of March, eighteen hundred

Sale of intoxicating liquors.

76 and ninety-three, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

“Sec. 16. That license for any of the purposes specified in any section

Licenses near schools, etc., forbidden.

Vol. 27, p. 567, amended.

 of said Act shall not be granted to any person to conduct such business within four hundred feet of a public schoolhouse, private school, or house of religious worship, measured between the nearest

Measuring distance.

entrance to each by the shortest course of travel between such place of business and any schoolhouse, private school, or house of religious worship, except in such places of business as were located and licensed at the date of the said Act or previous to the erection or occupation of

Proviso.

Hotels.

such schoolhouse, private school, or place of religious worship: Provided, That no hotel hereafter established shall be licensed that has less than twenty-five rooms for guests, and all Acts and parts of Acts

Oaths, etc., by excise board.

inconsistent herewith are repealed: Provided, The members of the Excise Board shall have the power to administer oaths or affirmations

Penalties.

in any matter affected by the operation of this Act. And any person having taken such oath or affirmation who shall knowingly and corruptly give false testimony before said board or any member thereof as to a material fact shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and on conviction shall be punished by a tine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor for not more than two years, or both at the discretion of the court.”

That section three of said Act be, and the same is hereby, amended

Assistant clerk.

Vol. 27. p. 564.

by adding thereto the following: “And said Board shall appoint an assistant clerk at a salary not to exceed one thousand dollars.”

That section fifteen of said Act be, and the same is hereby, amended

Sworn informations.

Vol. 27, p. 567.

by striking out the words “of two reputable citizens of the District” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “satisfactory to either of them”
Approved, May 11, 1894.
Chap. 75: To authorize the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue a patent to Mace-Clements’s survey, numbered three hundred and eighty-six, in the Virginia military-district of Ohio. 28 Stat. 76 1894-05-12 Chapter 75 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 75.—
An Act To authorize the Commissioner of the General Land Office to issue a patent to Mace-Clements’s survey, numbered three hundred and eighty-six, in the Virginia military-district of Ohio.

May 12, 1894.

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

Public lands.
That the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized

Patent to survey No. 386. Virginia military district,Ohio.

 and directed to issue the patent of the United States granting the lands embraced and described in Mace Clements’s survey, numbered three hundred and eighty-six, in the Virginia military district, in the State of Ohio, as the same is bounded in the report of said survey returned to the principal surveyor of said district at Chillicothe, Ohio, upon the application and proof of the persons now in the possession of said lands, claiming title thereto under the deeds for the same from Nathaniel Massie, dated June second, eighteen hundred and four.
Approved, May 12, 1894.
Chap. 76: To authorize the construction of abridge across the Mississippi River at Red Wing, Minnesota. 28 Stat. 76 1894-05-12 Chapter 76 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 76.—
An Act To authorize the construction of abridge across the Mississippi River at Red Wing, Minnesota.

May 12, 1894.

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

Red Wing, Minn., may bridge Mississippi River.
That the city of Red Wing, in the State of Minnesota, a municipal corporation existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, is hereby authorized and empowered to erect, establish, and maintain, or authorize the erection, establishment,

Foot and wagon bridge.

 and maintenance of a foot and wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, from a point near Bluff street, in the city of Red Wing, State of Minnesota, so as to connect with the opposite shore of said river in the State of

Free navigation.

Wisconsin; that said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river beyond what is necessary in order to carry into effect 77 the rights and privileges hereby granted, and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river the cause may be 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 shall be constructed to

Toll.

 provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, tor the transit of animals, and for foot passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be fixed by the said city of Red Wing from time to time and approved by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act shall

High bridge.

 be constructed as a high bridge, with a channel span giving a clear width of waterway of not less than three hundred and eighty feet and a clear headroom of not less than fifty-five feet above high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, and the clear headroom under other than channel spans maybe reduced to ten feet above high-water mark: and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river.
Sec. 3. That any bridge constructed under this Act and according

Lawful structure and post route.

 to its provisions and conditions shall be a lawful structure, over which may He transmitted the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States free of charge; and the United States shall have the

Postal telegraph.

 right of way for postal-telegraph purposes across said bridge.
Sec. 4. That the structure herein authorized shall be built and

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 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 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 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, 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 plans and location of the bridge are decided by the Secretary of War to be such as will not materially affect the interest of navigation 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

Changes.

 shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the said structure shall at all times be so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under said structure; and tor the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on said bridge, from the hours of sunset to sunrise, such lights as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board;

Light, etc.

 and the said structure shall be changed or removed, at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as Congress 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 shall, in the judgment of Congress, so require, without any expense or charge to the United States.
Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Sec. 6. 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 date thereof.
Approved, May 12, 1894.
Chap. 77: To provide for the sale of new tickets by the street railway companies of the District of Columbia. 28 Stat. 78 1894-05-25 Chapter 77 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public 78

CHAP. 77.—
An Act To provide for the sale of new tickets by the street railway companies of the District of Columbia.

May 25, 1894.

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

District of Columbia.

Street railways,etc., to sell only new tickets.
That after thirty days from the passage of this Act, each street railway and street herdic transportation company in the District of Columbia. shall issue its own tickets, and sell no tickets issued by any other company. Such tickets shall be printed and sold in sheets of six tickets each, and after having been once used shall be canceled by the company which issued the same:

Proviso.

Interchange of tickets.

Provided, That all street railway companies and herdic transportation companies doing business in the District of Columbia, shall receive and exchange tickets with each other, and said companies shall make monthly settlements with each other, and shall redeem in money any tickets in excess of the number of tickets exchanged.
Sec. 2. That any street railway or street herdic transportation Company

Penalty for violation.

 doing business in the District of Columbia which shall violate the provisions of this act shall be liable to a tine of not to exceed ten dollars for each offense, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Approved, May 25, 1894.
Chap. 79: To amend the Act of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the city of Yankton. South Dakota.” 28 Stat. 78 1894-05-28 Chapter 79 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 79.—
An Act To amend the Act of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the city of Yankton. South Dakota.”

May 28, 1894.

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

Bridge across Missouri River at Yank-ton, S. Dak.

Vol. 27, p. 56.
That section six of the Act of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the. city of Yankton, South Dakota.” is amended so as to read as follows:
“Sec. 6. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction

Time for construction extended.

 of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years and completed within four years from the twenty second day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.”
Approved, May 28, 1894.
Chap. 80: Authorizing the Texarkana and Shreveport Railroad Company to bridge Sulphur River, in the State of Arkansas. 28 Stat. 78 1894-05-28 Chapter 80 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 80.—
An Act Authorizing the Texarkana and Shreveport Railroad Company to bridge Sulphur River, in the State of Arkansas.

May 28, 1894.

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

Texarkana and Shreveport Railroad Company may bridge Sulphur River, Ark.
That the Texarkana and Shreveport Railroad Company, its successors or assigns, be. and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a railway bridge and approaches thereto over and across Sulphur River in the State of Arkansas, at or near the point where the north and south line between sections twenty-seven and twenty eight in township eighteen south, in range twenty-seven west, of the fifth principal meridian intersects said river near the

Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

south boundary line of said sections. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway trains and, at the option of said company, 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

Draw bridge.

Secretary of War. That said bridge shall be a drawbridge with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible navigable point and nth such clear width of opening and distance above high-water mark as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War, and, as nearly as practicable, said opening shall be accessible at all stages of water, and the piers and draw rest shall be parallel with and the bridge at right angles to the current of the river; and no riprap or other outside protection 79 for imperfect foundations shall be permitted to approach nearer than four feet to the surface of the water at its extreme low stage, or otherwise to encroach upon the channel-way provided for in this Act; and the said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the

Opening draw.

 passing of boats; and said company shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, throughout the season of navigation, such lights

Light, etc.

 or other signals on said bridge as the Light House Hoard may prescribe.
Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this Act and subject 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 transmission over the same of mails, the troops of 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^aid bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States.
Sec. 3. That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the authority

Free 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 obstructions; 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

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 for the State of Arkansas, in whose, jurisdiction said obstruction or bridge may be located: Provided, That

Proviso.

Existing laws not affected.

 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 said bridge from the operation of the same.
Sec. 4. That all railway 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

Terms.

 in ease 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 proof of the parties.
Sec. 5. That the 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 said 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 t he river, the shore lines at high and low water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change

Changes.

 be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction such change shall be subject to approval of the Secretary of War. 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, and the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to 80 revocation by the Secretary of War whenever the public good, in his judgment, so requires.
Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Sec. 7. 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 approval of this Act.
Approved, May 28, 1894.
Chap. 81: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at some point within one mile below and one mile above the present limits of the City of Jefferson, Missouri. 28 Stat. 80 1894-05-28 Chapter 81 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 81.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at some point within one mile below and one mile above the present limits of the City of Jefferson, Missouri.

May 28, 1894.

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

Jefferson City Bridge and Transit. Company may bridge Missouri River.
That the Jefferson City Bridge anti Transit Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Missouri, its successors and assigns, successors, grantees, mortgagees, and successors in interest, be, and are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto across the Missouri River at Jefferson City, Missouri, between the counties of Cole and Callaway, at some point at least one third of a mile from any other bridge, to be selected consistent with the interests of navigation, within one mile above and one mile below the present limits of the city of Jefferson, Missouri. Said bridge shall be

Wagon, street railway, and foot bridge.

constructed to provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, street-railway ears, motor 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 by such corporation, its successors and assigns, and to be approved from time to time by the

Proviso.

Railroad, etc., bridge.

Secretary of War: Provided, That such bridge may be a combination railroad and wagon road bridge, so constructed as to provide for the passage of railway trains, engines and cars, wagons and vehicles of all kinds, foot and other passengers, animals and live stock, at the option of the corporation by which it may be built.
Sec. 2. That said bridge shall not be built or commenced until the

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 plans 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 if any change be made in the plan or construction of said bridge 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 that may be directed at any time by Congress or the Secretary of War shall be made at the expense and cost of the owners thereof; that the said bridge shall be constructed without interference with the security and convenience of navigation of said river beyond what is necessary to carry out effectively the rights and privileges hereby granted, and in order to secure that object, the said corporation shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design of and drawings for said bridge 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 made with unbroken and continuous

Spans.

 spans, and the spans thereof shall not be less than four hundred feet in length in the clear, and the main spans shall be over the main channel of the river. The lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge shall be at least fifty-five feet in the clear above the established standard high-water grade line, and the bridge shall be at right angles 81 to, and its piers parallel with the current of the river: Provided, That

Proviso.

Light, etc.

Post, 601.

 said company or corporation shall maintain at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed,

Notification of approval.

 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 or corporation authorized to build the same that he approves of the same; and upon receiving such notification the said company or corporation 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 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 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 and its

Postal telegraph.

 approaches for postal telegraph purposes.
Sec. 6. That all street railroad companies desiring the use of said

Use by street railroads.

 bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of street railroad 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 said bridge

Compensation.

 and the several street railway companies, or any one of them, desiring such use 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 bearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties: Provided, That should said bridge be built for the passage of railroad

Provisos.

Use by railroads.

 trains, wagons, and foot passengers, street cars shall not be allowed to cross thereon except at the option of the bridge company. All railroad companies desiring the use of said bridge, should the bridge so built be a combination railroad and wagon road bridge, 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 passage should fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and upon the rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using such 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: Provided further, That nothing

Decision of Secretary of War.

 in this Act in regard to charges for passengers and freight across said bridge shall govern the Secretary of War in determining any question arising as to the sum or sums to be paid to the owners of said bridge by said companies for the use of said bridge.
Sec. 7. That Congress shall have the power at any time to alter,

Unobstructed navigation, etc.

 amend, or repeal this Act, and the Secretary of War, whenever he shall deem it necessary, may cause the owners of said bridge to remove all material and substantial obstructions to the navigation of said river by the construction of said bridge and its accessory works, or to prevent such obstruction; and the expense of altering said bridge or removing such obstruction shall be at the expense of the owners of the bridge.
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Sec. 8. That this Act shall be null and void if construction of said

Commencement and completion.

 bridge shall not be commenced within one year and finished within three years from its passage.
Sec. 9. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act by Congress

Amendment, etc.

 at any time is hereby expressly reserved.
Approved, May 28, 1894.
Chap. 82: Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange, in belief of the United States, deeds of land with the Pemaquid Land Company of Maine, in settlement of a disputed boundary of the Pemaquid Point, Maine, light station. 28 Stat. 82 1894-05-28 Chapter 82 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 82.—
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to exchange, in belief of the United States, deeds of land with the Pemaquid Land Company of Maine, in settlement of a disputed boundary of the Pemaquid Point, Maine, light station.

May 28, 1894.

 Whereas there is a dispute between the Pemaquid Land Company

Preamble.

 and the United States of America as to the true northeasterly boundary line of the land of the Pemaquid Point light station; and Whereas the directors of said land company have, for the purpose of settling said dispute, proposed to exchange deeds with the United States filing the said boundary line as hereinafter mentioned: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled

Pemaquid Point light station, Maine.

,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized to execute and deliver to the Penaquid Land Company, of Bristol, in the county of Lincoln and State of Maine, such quitclaim deed from the United States to the

Settlement of boundary.

Pemaquid Land Company, and receive in exchange, therefor from said company such deed to the United States as will fix the northeasterly boundary line of the hind occupied by the Pemaquid Point, light station on a line identical with the stone wall and fence now on the northeasterly portion of said land and beginning at the intersection of said fence with the northwestern boundary line of said land, where a stone post is now standing, thence running south fifty-two degrees five minutes east, true bearing, and ending in the sea, in order to settle and adjust all questions in dispute as to the true boundary between the lands of said company and said light station.
Approved, May 28, 1894.
Chap. 83: To amend an Act approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea.” 28 Stat. 82 1894-05-28 Chapter 83 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 83.—
An Act To amend an Act approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea.”

May 28, 1894.

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

Collisions at sea.

Regulations to prevent. amended.

Vol. 29, p. 322.

Post, pp. 080, 1250, 1261.

Lights on small vessels.
That article seven of the Act approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea,” be amended to read as follows:
“Art. 7. Steam vessels of less than forty, and vessels under oars or sails of less than twenty tons gross tonnage, respectively, and rowing boats, when under way, shall not be required to carry the lights mentioned in article two (a), (b), and (e), but if they do not carry them they shall be provided with the following lights: “First. Steam vessels of less than forty tons shall carry—

Steam vessels.

Forward lights.

 “(a) In the fore part of the vessel, or on or in front of the funnel, where it can best be seen, and at a height above the gunwale of not less than nine feet, a bright white light constructed and fixed as prescribed in article two (a), and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles. “(b) Green and red sidelights constructed and fixed as prescribed

Side lights, etc.

 in article two (b) and (c), and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least one mile, or a combined lantern showing a green light and a red light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on their respective sides. Such lanterns shall be carried not less than three feet below the white light. 83 “Second. Small steamboats, such as are carried by seagoing vessels,

Steam launches.

 may carry the white light at a less height than nine feet above the gunwale, but it shall be carried above the combined lantern mentioned in subdivision one (b). “Third. Vessels under oars or sails of less than twenty tons shall

Vessels render are or sails.

 have ready at band a lantern with a green glass on one side and a red glass on the other, which, on the approach of or to other vessels, shall

Lantern.

 be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side. “Fourth.

Rowing boats, whether under oars or sail, shall have ready

Row boats.

at hand a lantern showing a white light, which shall be temporarily exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision.

“The vessels referred to in this article shall not be obliged to carry the lights prescribed by article four (a) and article eleven, last paragraph”

That article nine be hereby repealed.

Fishing rules repealed.

Vol. 26, p. 323.

Post, p. 281.

Course of vessels crossing.

Vol. 26, p. 327.

Avoidance of collisions.

That article twenty-one be amended to read as follows:

“Article twenty-one.

Where, by any of these rules, one of two vessels is to keep out of the way the other shall keep her course and speed.

“Note.—When, in consequence of thick weather or other causes, such vessel finds herself so close that collision can not be avoided by the action of the, giving way vessel alone, she also shall take such action as will best aid to avert collision.” (See articles twenty-seven and twenty-nine.)

That article thirty-one be amended to read as follows:

“distress signals.

Distress signals.

 “Article thirty-one.

When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance

Vol. 26, p. 328.

from other vessels or from the shore the following shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, either together or separately, namely:

“In the daytime—

Day signals.

 “First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute. “Second. The international code signal of distress indicated by N C. “Third. The distance signal, consisting of a square flag, having either above or below it a ball or anything resembling a ball. “Fourth. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus. “At night—

Night signal.

 “First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute. “Second. Flames on the vessel (as from a burning tar barrel, oil barrel, and so forth). “Third. Rockets or shells throwing stars of any color or description, fired one at a. time, at short intervals. “Fourth. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus.”
Approved, May 28, 1894.
Chap. 84: To construe the Act of Congress passed January sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia. 28 Stat. 83 1894-05-28 Chapter 84 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 84.—
An Act To construe the Act of Congress passed January sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia.

May 28, 1894.

 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.

Vol. 27, p. 414.
That the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of Columbia,” approved January sixth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-three, shall in respect of the powers of the corporators and of the trustees therein named, be deemed and construed to mean that when the board of trustees therein provided

Power of trustees.

 84 for shall have been duly chosen by the corporators, said board shall succeed to and exercise all the powers of the corporation of whatever name and nature and all the powers of the said trustees as contained in the said Act, subject to all the provisions and limitations in said Act contained.
Sec. 2. That this Act may be amended or repealed by Congress at

Amendment.

 any time at its pleasure.
Approved, May 28, 1894.
Chap. 85: To amend section thirty-eight hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes relating to advances made to the Public Printer. 28 Stat. 84 1894-05-29 Chapter 85 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 85.—
An Act To amend section thirty-eight hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes relating to advances made to the Public Printer.

May 29, 1894.

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

Public Printer.

R. S. sec., 3816, p. 748, amended.

Amount of advances increased.

Post, p. 604.
That section thirty-eight hundred and sixteen of the Revised Statutes be amended so as to read that “There shall be advanced to the Public Printer, from time to time, as the public service may require it, and under such rules as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, a sum of money not exceeding at any time four-fifths of the penalty of his bond, to enable him to pay for work and material.
Approved, May 29, 1894.
Chap. 86: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the sale of the remainder of the reservation of the Confederated Otoe and Missotiria Indians in the States of Nebraska and Kansas, and for other purposes.” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one. 28 Stat. 84 1894-05-30 Chapter 86 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 86.—
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the sale of the remainder of the reservation of the Confederated Otoe and Missotiria Indians in the States of Nebraska and Kansas, and for other purposes.” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

May 30, 1894.

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

Confederated Otoe and Missotiria Indian lands.

Vol. 21. p. 380.

Allotment to Indians.
That if any member of the said confederated tribes residing at the date of the aforesaid Act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and whose names appear upon the schedule of appraisement made by the commissioners appointed under the provisions of the Act aforesaid, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, upon any of the lands authorized to be sold by said Act shall make application for allotments of land the Secretary of the Interior shall cause a patent to issue to such person or his or her heirs who may be residing upon said lands at the date hereof, for the sub-divisional tract or tracts of land (not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres of land to any one person) reported on the commissioners’

Proviso.

To remain inalienable ten years.

schedule aforesaid as having been improved by such person: Provided, That the lands acquired by any Indian under the provisions of this act shall not be subject to alienation, lease, or incumbrance, either by voluntary conveyance by the grantee or his heirs, or by the judgment, order, or decree of any court, or subject to taxation of any character, but shall remain inalienable and not subject to taxation, lien, or incumbrance for the period of ten years, winch restriction shall be incorporated in the patent.
Approved, May 30, 1894.
Chap. 87: Supplementary to the Act of Congress approved January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled “An Act defining the manner in which certain land scrip may be assigned and located or applied by actual settlers, and providing for the issue of patents in the name of the locator or his legal representatives.” 28 Stat. 84 1894-05-30 Chapter 87 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 87.—
An Act Supplementary to the Act of Congress approved January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled “An Act defining the manner in which certain land scrip may be assigned and located or applied by actual settlers, and providing for the issue of patents in the name of the locator or his legal representatives.”

May 30, 1894.

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

Public lands.

Patents for valid scrip locations.

Vol. 20, p. 275.
That it shall be lawful for the Commissioner of the General Land Office to cause patents to be issued, as evidence of title, for all valid locations made with land scrip issued 85 pursuant to decrees of the Supreme Court of the United States, which valid locations were made prior to the approval of the aforesaid Act in the same manner that patents are now issued under the provisions of section three of said Act of January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.
Approved, May 30, 1894.
Chap. 91: Supplementary to an Act approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for the execution of the award rendered at Paris, August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, by The Tribunal of Arbitration constituted under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, concluded at Washington, February twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, in relation to the preservation of the fur seal. 28 Stat. 85 1894-06-05 Chapter 91 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 91.—
An Act Supplementary to an Act approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for the execution of the award rendered at Paris, August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, by The Tribunal of Arbitration constituted under the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, concluded at Washington, February twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, in relation to the preservation of the fur seal.

June 5, 1894.

 Whereas by the seventh article of the treaty between the United

Preamble.

Vol. 27. p. 950.

 States and Great Britain, concluded at Washington, February twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, in relation to the preservation of the fur seal, the high contracting parties agree to co-operate, in securing the adhesion of other powers to such regulations as the arbitrators under said treaty might determine upon for that purpose; and Whereas by an Act of Congress approved April sixth, eighteen hundred

Ante, p. 52.

 and ninety-four, provision has been made by the United States for the execution of the regulations so determined upon and for the punishment of any infractions of said regulations; Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled

Fur-seal regulations.

,
That the procedure and penalties provided by said Act, in case of the violation of the provisions of said regulations, are hereby made applicable to and shall be enforced

Applicable to all treaty provisions for protecting seals, etc.

 against any citizen of the United States, or person owing the duty of obedience to the laws or the treaties of the United States, or person belonging to or on board of a vessel of the United States who shall kill, capture, or pursue, at any time or in any manner whatever, as well as to and against any vessel of the United States used or employed in killing, capturing, or pursuing, at any time or in any manner whatever, any fur seal or other marine fur-bearing animal, in violation of the provisions of any treaty or convention into which the United States may have entered or may hereafter enter with any other power for the purpose of protecting fur seals or other marine fur-bearing animals, or in violation of any regulations which the President may make for the due execution of such treaty or convention.
Approved, June 5, 1894.
Chap. 92: To facilitate the entry of steamships. 28 Stat. 85 1894-06-05 Chapter 92 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 92.—
An Act To facilitate the entry of steamships.

June 5, 1894.

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

Shipping.
That the master of any steamship, trading between foreign ports and ports in the United States, and running in a regularly established steamship line, which line shall

Preliminary entry of steamships to boarding officer.

 have been in existence and running steamers in the foreign trade for not less than one year previous to the application of the privilege extended by this Act, arriving in aport of entry may make preliminary entry of the vessel by making oath or affirmation to the truth of the statements contained in bis manifest and delivering said manifest to the customs officer, who shall board said vessel, whereupon the unlading of such vessel may proceed upon arrival at the wharf, under

Unlading at wharf.

Formal entry.

 such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, but nothing in this Act shall relieve the master of any vessel from subsequent compliance with the provisions of existing laws regarding the report and entry of vessels at the custom house. Customs officers

Administering oath.

 acting as boarding officers, and any customs officer who may be designated for that purpose by the collector of the port, are hereby authorized to administer the. oath or affirmation herein provided for.
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Sec. 2. That section twenty-eight hundred and sixty-nine of the

Delivery of imported goods.

R. S., sec. 2800, p. 555, amended.

 Revised Statutes be amended by the substitution of the word “deliver” for the word “land” whenever the latter occurs in said section, so that the section as amended shall read:

“The collector jointly with the naval officer, if any, or alone where there

Permits to deliver merchandise on paying estimated duties.

is none, shall, according to the best of his or their judgment or information, make a gross estimate of the amount of the duties on the merchandise to which the entry of any owner or consignee, his factor or agent shall relate, which estimate shall be indorsed upon such entry and signed by the officer making the same. The amount of the estimated duties having been first paid, or secured to be paid, pursuant to the provisions of this title, the collector shall, together with the naval officer, where there is one, or alone where there is none, grant a permit to deliver the merchandise, whereof entry has been so made, and then, and not before, it shall be lawful to deliver the merchandise.”
Approved, June 5, 1894.
Chap. 93: Defining and permanently fixing the northern boundary line of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, in the State of Oregon. 28 Stat. 86 1894-06-06 Chapter 93 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 93.—
An Act Defining and permanently fixing the northern boundary line of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, in the State of Oregon.

June 6, 1894.

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

Warm Springs Indian Reservation.

Boundary established.

Vol. 12, p. 963.
That the true northern boundary line of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, in the State of Oregon, as defined in the treaty of June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, made between the United States, represented by Joel Palmer, superintendent of Indian affairs of Oregon Territory, and the confederated tribes and bands of Indians in middle Oregon, in which the boundaries of the Indian reservation now called the Warm Springs Reservation were fixed, is hereby declared to be that part of the line run and surveyed by T, B, Handley, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, from the initial point up to and including the twenty-sixth mile thereof; thence in a due west course to the summit of the Cascade Mountains, as found by the commissioners, Mark A. Fullerton, William H. H. Dufur, and James F. Payne, in the report to the Secretary of the Interior of date June eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, in

Vol. 26, p. 355.

pursuance of an appointment for such purpose under a provision of the Indian appropriation act approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety.
Approved, June 6, 1894.
Chap. 94: To extend mid amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway to construct and operate additional lines of railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” approved February twenty-fourth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-one. 28 Stat. 86 1894-06-06 Chapter 94 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 94.—
An Act To extend mid amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway to construct and operate additional lines of railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” approved February twenty-fourth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

June 6, 1894.

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

Indian Territory.

Time extended for right of way to Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway.

Vol. 26, p. 786.
That the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Kansas and Arkansas Valley railway to construct and operate additional lines of railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, be, and the same, are hereby, extended for a period of three years from February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, so that said Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway shall have until February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, to build the first one hundred miles of its said additional lines of railway in said Territory.
Approved, June 6, 1894.
Chap. 95: Granting the right of way to the Albany and Astoria Railroad Company through the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, in t he State of Oregon. 28 Stat. 87 1894-06-06 Chapter 95 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public 87

CHAP. 95.—
An Act Granting the right of way to the Albany and Astoria Railroad Company through the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, in t he State of Oregon.

June 6, 1894.

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

Albany and Astoria Railroad Company grunted right of way through Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, Oreg.
That a right of way not exceeding one hundred feet in width and such additional width as may be required at any point on account of the formation of the ground for necessary cuts anti tills through the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, in the State of Oregon, shall be, and is hereby, granted to the Albany and Astoria Railroad Company, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Oregon, or its assigns, according to the plans and surveys of the route to be tiled in the Department and approved by the Secretary of the Interior; and said company shall also have the right to take from said lands adjacent to the line of said railroad, material, stone, earth, and timber necessary for the construction of said

Material.

Stations, etc.

 railroad; also ground adjacent to such right of way for station buildings depots, machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations, not to exceed in amount two hundred feet in width and three thousand feet in length for each station, to the extent of one station for each ten miles of road.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to

Compensation.

 fix the amount of compensation to be paid to the Indians for such right of way, and provide the time and manner of payment thereof, and also to ascertain and fix the amount of compensation to be made to the individual members of the tribe for damages sustained by them by reason of the construction of said road; but no right of any kind shall vest in said company in or to any part of the right of way herein provided until plats thereof, made upon actual survey for the definite location of such railroad, and including the points for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations,shall be filed with and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, which approval

Secretary of lnterior to approve location, etc.

 shall be made in writing and be open to the inspection of any party interested therein, and until all compensation aforesaid has been fixed and paid; and the surveys, construction, and operation of such railroad, including the charges of transportation, shall be conducted with due regard for the rights of the Indians and in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may make to carry out this provision: Provided, That the consent of the Indians to

Proviso.

Consent of Indians.

 said right of way and compensation shall be obtained by said railroad company in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe before any right in this act shall accrue to said company.
Sec. 3. That whenever said right of way shall cease to be used for

Reversion.

 the purposes of the said railroad company, the same shall revert to the United States: Provided, however, That said company may be, and

Proviso.

Construction.

 hereby is, granted three years to complete its railroad across said reservation after filing the maps of definite location thereof in the Department of the Interior.
Sec. 4. That said railroad company shall accept this right of way

Condition of acceptance.

 upon the express condition, binding upon itself, its successors or assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, nor assist in any effort looking toward the changing or extinguishing of the present tenure of the Indians in their land, and will not attempt to secure from the Indian tribes any further grant of land or its occupancy than is hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 5. That any failure in the performance of the conditions required

Forfeiture.

 by this act shall be taken and deemed to be a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges herein granted, without any act of Congress or judgment of court declaring the same.
Sec. 6. That this act may be at any time altered, amended, or repealed

Amendment, etc.

 by Congress.
Approved, June 6, 1894.
Chap. 99: To grant certain lands to the township board of Inwood Township. Michigan, for cemetery purposes. 28 Stat. 88 1894-06-07 Chapter 99 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public 88

CHAP. 99.—
An Act To grant certain lands to the township board of Inwood Township. Michigan, for cemetery purposes.

June 7, 1894.

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

Inwood, Mich.

Lands granted for cemetery.
That the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-three, township forty-one north, range seventeen west, Marquette land district, Michigan, is hereby granted to the township board of Inwood Township, in the State of Michigan, for the purpose of maintaining a public cemetery thereon.
Approved, June 7, 1894.
Chap. 100: Authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River, at the foot of Dickson street, in the borough of Homestead, in the State of Pennsylvania. 28 Stat. 88 1894-06-07 Chapter 100 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 100.—
An Act Authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Monongahela River, at the foot of Dickson street, in the borough of Homestead, in the State of Pennsylvania.

June 7, 1894.

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

Braddock and Homestead Bridge Company may bridge Monongahela River, Pittsburg, Pa.
That the Braddock and Homestead Bridge Company, a corporation duly authorized under the laws of the Commonwealth 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 Dickson street, in the borough of Homestead, Allegheny County, to a point in the city of Pittsburg on the opposite side of said river, all within the State of Pennsylvania.
Sec. 2. That said bridge may be constructed for the passage of steam

Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

 and electric motors and trains for passengers and freight, wagons and vehicles of all kinds, and for the transit of animals and for foot passengers, for toll, the rates of toll to be approved by the Secretary of War:

Proviso.

Use by other companies.

Provided, That all companies desiring the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of trains or cars over the same and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of reasonable compensation for such use; and in case of disagreement between the owner of said bridge and said companies in regard to the amount to be paid or the conditions to be observed all matters at issue between them shall lie decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and proofs of the parties.
Sec. 3. That the said Braddock and Homestead Bridge Company,

Commencement.

 its successors 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. 4. 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 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

Changes.

should any change be made in the plans of said bridge during the progress of its construction such changes shall be subject to the

Proviso.

Channel span.

approval of the Secretary of War: Provided, That the channel span of said bridge shall not be less than live hundred feet in length and shall be elevated above pool full in said river as least fifty-three feet in the clear.
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Sec. 5. That said bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall

Free 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 or 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.
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.
Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Approved, June 7, 1894.
Chap. 101: To authorise the New York and New .Jersey Bridge companies to construct and maintain a bridge across the Hudson River between New York City and the State of New Jersey. 28 Stat. 89 1894-06-07 Chapter 101 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 101.—
An Act To authorise the New York and New .Jersey Bridge companies to construct and maintain a bridge across the Hudson River between New York City and the State of New Jersey.

June 7, 1894.

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

New York and New Jersey Bridge Companies may bridge Hudson River, New York City.
That the New York and New Jersey Bridge Companies, heretofore incorporated by the States of New York and New .Jersey, and existing under the laws of said States, are hereby authorized to construct, operate, maintain, and rebuild, in case of destruction, a bridge across the Hudson River between New York City, in the county and State of New York, and the State of New Jersey, subject to the laws of said States, respectively, upon the following terms, limitations, and conditions: First. That the location of said bridge shall be subject to approval

Location.

 by the Secretary of War, upon such examinations, hearings, and reports as he shall hereafter prescribe: Provided, That it shall not be

Proviso.

Limit.

 located below Fifty-ninth street. New York City, nor above Sixty-ninth street, New York City. Second. That the said companies may locate, construct, and maintain

Railroad tracks.

 over such bridge and the approaches thereto railroad tracks for the use of railroads: Provided, That any railroad on either side of said

Provisos.

Connections with approaches.

 river shall be permitted to connect its tracks with the said bridge approaches, and shall have equal rights of transit for its rolling stock, cars, passengers, and freight, upon equal and equitable terms, and if a dispute as to the equality or equity of the terms shall arise it shall be submitted to and decided by the Secretary of War: Provided, That

Approval by local authorities.

Approaches.

 the location of all approaches of said bridge in the city of New York shall be approved by the commissioners of the sinking fund of the city of New York: And provided further, That no railroad or railroads shall

Operation of railroad.

 be operated on the approaches of said bridge companies in the city of New York, except on such approaches as shall have been approved by the sinking-fund commissioners of the city of New York: Provided, also, That the term approaches as used in this Act shall be construed

Definition of “approaches.”

 to include only such portion of the roadbed and superstructure, on either side of said bridge, as is necessary to reach the grade of the bridge from the grade of the streets at which said approaches begin to rise, in order to bring the two elevations together upon and by a grade of not less than twenty feet to the mile. Third. That any bridge built under the authority of this Act shall

Construction.

 be constructed with such length of span and at such elevation its the Secretary of War shall approve and require: Provided, however, That

Proviso.

Minimum height.

 it shall afford, under any conditions of load or temperature, a minimum clear headway above high water of spring tides of not less than one hundred and fifty feet at the center of the span; and all the plans and

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 specifications, with the necessary drawings of said bridge, shall be submitted to the Secretary of War for his approval, and before such approval the construction shall not be begun; and should any change be made in said plans during progress of construction, such changed plans shall be submitted to said Secretary and approved by him before 90 made; and the President shall appoint a board, consisting of live

Engineer commission to report on span, etc.

competent. disinterested, expert bridge engineers, of whom one shall be either the Chief of Engineers or any member of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, and the others from civil lite, who shall, within thirty days after their appointment, meet together and, after examination of the question, shall, within sixty days after their first

Minimum length

meeting, recommend what length of span, not less than two thousand feet, would be safe and practicable for a railroad bridge to be constructed over said river, and file such recommendation with the Secretary of War, but it shall not be final or conclusive until it has received his written approval. In case any vacancy shall occur in said board,

Compensation

the President shall fill the. same. The compensation and expenses of said board of engineers shall be fixed by the Secretary of War and paid by the said bridge companies, which said companies shall deposit with the Secretary of War such sum of money as he may designate and

Time of filing report.

require for such purpose: Provided, always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the said board of engineers from meeting, investigating, and filing their recommendation after the expiration of said time herein mentioned. Fourth. The companies operating under this law shall maintain on

Lights, etc.

 the bridge, at their own expense, from sunset, to sunrise, such lights and signals as the United States Light-House Board may prescribe. Fifth. The said company or companies availing themselves of the

Toll.

 privileges of this Act shall not charge a higher rate of toll than authorized by the laws of the State of New York or New Jersey, and the mails and troops of the United States shall be transported free of charge over said bridge. Sixth. That said company or companies shall be subject to the interstate-commerce

Subject to Inter-state-commerce law.

 law, and to all amendments thereof, and when such

Lawful structure and post route.

bridge is constructed under the provisions of this Act it shall be a lawful military and post road and a lawful structure. Seventh.

That the said company or companies availing themselves

Acceptance, plans, etc., to be filed with Secretary of War.

of the privileges of this Act shall file an acceptance of its terms with the Secretary of War, and shall submit to the Secretary of War, within one year after the passage of this Act, for examination and approval, drawings showing plan and location of the bridge and its approaches;

Commencement and completion.

and the construction of said bridge shall be commenced within one year after said location and plans have been approved of, as herein provided; and said company or companies shall expend, within the first year after construction has commenced, as herein required, not less than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in money, and in

Yearly expenditure.

each year thereafter not less than one million of dollars in money in the actual construction work of said bridge, which shall be reporter to the Secretary of War; and the said bridge shall be completed within ten years from the commencement of the construction of the same, as herein required; and, unless the actual construction of said bridge shall be commenced, proceeded with, and completed within the time and according to the provisions herein provided, this Act shall be null and void.

The right to amend, alter, modify, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

reserved.
Approved, June 7, 1894.
Chap. 102: To amend section eight of “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge, across the Calumet River,” approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. 28 Stat. 90 1894-06-08 Chapter 102 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 102.—
An Act To amend section eight of “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge, across the Calumet River,” approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

June 8, 1894.

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

Bridge across Calumet River, Cook County, III.

Vol. 27, p. 515.

That section eight of “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Calumet River,” approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be, and is hereby, amended so that the time within which the actual construction 91 of said bridge may be commenced is hereby extended for the period of

Time for constructing extended.

one year, and the time for the completion of said bridge is hereby extended for the period of three years from the date of the approval of this Act.

The right of Congress to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

reserved.
Approved, June 8, 1894.
Chap. 103: To authorize the Missouri River Power Company of Montana to construct a dam across the Missouri River. 28 Stat. 91 1894-06-08 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 103.—
An Act To authorize the Missouri River Power Company of Montana to construct a dam across the Missouri River.

June 8, 1894.

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

Missouri River Power Company may dam Missouri River, Montana.
That the consent of the Government is hereby given to the Missouri River Tower Company of Montana, its successors or assigns, to construct across the Missouri River, at some point at or near the southeast corner of Township Eleven north, of Range Two west, Montana meridian, to be approved by the Secretary of War, a dam, canal, and the appurtenances thereof for water power and other purposes, and in connection therewith a footbridge or bridges for public use. Said dam shall be constructed under

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 the supervision and control of the Secretary of War, and before the same shall be commenced the plans and specifications shall be approved by the Secretary of War. The dam shall be furnished with a suitable

Sluice, etc.

 boom and log sluice,and the company,or its successors and assigns, shall execute to the United States, with sureties approved by the Secretary of War, a bond in such sum as the Secretary may determine, conditioned to indemnify the United States against all claims for damages for overflow or otherwise caused by the construction of said dam.
Sec. 2. That the United States shall be secured a free right of way

Government use. etc.

 for constructions and approaches to said dam for transferring boats and freight around the same, and a free use of water power for operating such construction works.
Sec. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved, and the rights and privileges hereby granted to said Missouri River Power Company shall expire at the end of fifty years from and after the approval of this Act.
Approved, June 8, 1894.
Chap. 104: To donate to the county of Larande, Wyoming, certain bridges on the abandoned Fort Larande military reservation, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 91 1894-06-14 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 104.—
An Act To donate to the county of Larande, Wyoming, certain bridges on the abandoned Fort Larande military reservation, and for other purposes.

June 14, 1894.

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

Fort Laramie, Wyo.

Bridge on abandoned reservation donated to Laramie County.
That the bridges erected on the Fort Larande military reservation by the United States in the county of Larande, Wyoming, are hereby donated to the said county of Larande, on the condition that the said county shall keep the said bridges in repair and open, free of charge, for the use of the traveling public and the military authorities of the United States, and the Secretary of the Interior shall reserve from sale and entry of the public lands the grounds upon which the said bridges are located and sufficient land tor their protection and for approaches thereto.
Sec. 2. That this act shall be oi no effect one year after the date of

Acceptance.

 its passage unless the said county of Larande shall file in writing, within the said period, with the Secretary of the Interior, its acceptance of the terms of this act: Provided, That if the said county shall

Proviso.

Reversion.

 any time fail to conform to the conditions of this act, the said bridges and the lands that may be reserved shall revert to the United States.
Approved, June 14, 1894.
Chap. 105: To authorize the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad Companies, or either of them, to construct and maintain a bridge over the Delaware River between the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 28 Stat. 92 1894-06-14 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 92

CHAP. 105.—
An Act To authorize the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad Companies, or either of them, to construct and maintain a bridge over the Delaware River between the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

June 14, 1894.

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

Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad Companies may bridge Delaware River, Philadelphia.
That the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad Company, organized under the authority of the State of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad Company, organized under the authority of the State of New Jersey, or either of said companies, are hereby authorized.to locate, build,

Railroad, etc., bridge.

maintain, equip, and operate a bridge and the appurtenances and works connected therewith across the Delaware River between a point in the city of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania above the foot of Roxborough street and within a distance of two miles from the point at which the Frankford Creek enters the said Delaware River, and a point in the State of New Jersey above the shore end of the Fishers Point Dyke and within two miles from the point where the Pensauken Creek enters the said river, and to lay one or more tracks thereon for the connection of railroads on either side of said river (and may, at any time, at its or their option, also adapt and use said bridge for ordinary travel) in order to facilitate interstate commerce and the transportation of persons and property, and for postal, military, and other purposes. Said bridge shall be constructed with a

Spans.

channel span of five hundred feet in length, having a clear headroom at high water of forty feet and a draw span with a clear waterway of one hundred and twenty-five feet on each side of the pier, the length of each of the remaining spans not to be less than three hundred feet:

Proviso.

Opening draw.

Provided, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of vessels and boats.
Sec. 2. That the said company or companies shall, at least three

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

months previous to the erection of the said bridge, submit to the Secretary of War a plan of the bridge, with a detailed map showing the proposed site of the bridge and the river for a distance of one mile above and one mile below such site, with such other information as the Secretary of War may require for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject: and he shall thereupon approve said plan or such modification thereof as he may deem necessary for the security of navigation, and upon approval thereof he shall so notify the said company, or companies, which shall thereupon have the authority to proceed with the construction of said bridge; but until the Secretary of War approves the plan of said bridge the erection of the same shall not be commenced. And no change shall be made in the plan during the progress of such work except with the approval of the Secretary of War.
Sec. 3. That if the company or companies shall fail to present plans

Commencement and completion.

 to the Secretary of War for a period of more than one year after the approval of this Act, or shall fail to commence the construction of said bridge within two years after the approval of the Secretary of War, or shall fail to complete the same within seven years after such approval, then, in either of said events, this Act shall be null and void.
Sec. 4. That the said bridge and the railroads thereover constructed

Lawful structure and post road.

Tolls.

 under the provisions of this Act shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post road. Reasonable tolls may be collected by said company or companies for passage thereover, but no higher charge shall be made for the transmission of the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for

Postal telegraph.

Proviso.

Use by other companies.

postal telegraph purposes across the bridge: Provided, 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 railroad trains or cars over the same, and over the approaches to the same, upon the payment of a reasonable compensation for such use; and in

Compensation.

case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad 93 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. 5. That the owner or owners of said bridge shall maintain on

Light, etc.

 the same, at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or signals as the United States Light-House Board shall prescribe.
Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Approved, June 14, 1894.
Chap. 106: Granting to the village of Dearborn certain land for village purposes. 28 Stat. 93 1894-06-14 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 106.—
An Act Granting to the village of Dearborn certain land for village purposes.

June 14, 1894.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to set apart for the use and benefit of the village of Dearborn, in the county of Wayne, State of Michigan, all that part of the tract known as “Dearborn Arsenal,” and

Dearborn, Mich.

Part, of Dearborn Arsenal lands donated to.

Vol. 26, p. 490.

 lying within the corporate limits of the village of Dearborn, in the State of Michigan, described as follows: Lot numbered nineteen, being one hundred feet fronting on Michigan avenue and one hundred amt sixty-six feet on Center street, according to the official survey thereof, for the use and benefit of said village of Dearborn, to be used for public and other purposes not inconsistent with such use.
Sec. 2. That the land so set apart is hereby granted to the village

Grant.

Proviso.

Reversion.

 of Dearborn: Provided, That it the said village of Dearborn shall at any time permit the said land hereby granted to be used for any purpose not contemplated in this Act the said laud shall revert to the United States.
Approved, June 14, 1894.
Chap. 107: To amend an Act to authorize construction of a bridge at Burlington, Iowa, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and amended by Act approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety. 28 Stat. 93 1894-06-19 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 107.—
An Act To amend an Act to authorize construction of a bridge at Burlington, Iowa, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and amended by Act approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety.

June 19, 1894.

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

Bridge across Mississippi River, Burlington, Iowa

Vol. 25, p. 360; 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, and amended by Act approved February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and are hereby,

Time for construction extended.

 each extended two years from the passage of this Act.
Approved, June 19, 1894.
Chap. 108: Making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for public printing and binding for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 93 1894-06-19 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 108.—
An Act Making appropriations to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for public printing and binding for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes.

June 19, 1894.

 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, namely:
PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.

For the public printing and binding, and for paper for the public

Public printing and binding.

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

Congress.

 94 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, including twenty thousand

Interior Department.

dollars for the Department of the Interior, being for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety tour, one hundred thousand dollars.

To enable the Public Printer to pay to the employees heretofore or

Leaves of absence.

now employed in the Government Printing Office since July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, such sums as may be due them for leaves of absence, notwithstanding the fact that thirty days’leave of absence, with pay, had been granted to such persons in said fiscal year on account of service rendered in the preceding fiscal year, and also to pay all employees of the said office any leave of absence which they may have failed to obtain from the lack of necessary appropriations or other cause, sixty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Hereafter the Public Printer is authorized to pay pro rata leave of

Allowance of pro rata leaves.

absence out of any appropriation for leaves of absence to employees of the Government Printing Office in any fiscal year, notwithstanding the fact that thirty days’ leave of absence, with pay. may have been granted to such employees in that fiscal year on account of service rendered in a previous fiscal year.

 CUSTOMS SERVICE. To defray the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, being

Collecting customs revenue.

 additional to the permanent appropriation for this purpose, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars. Approved, June 19, 1894.
Chap. 109: To provide for the closing of part of an alley in square six hundred and twenty-two in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for the relief of the president and directors of Gonzaga College. 28 Stat. 94 1894-06-19 Chapter 109 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 109.—
An Act To provide for the closing of part of an alley in square six hundred and twenty-two in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and for the relief of the president and directors of Gonzaga College.

June 19, 1894.

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

District of Columbia.

Alley, square 622, Washington, closed.
That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and instructed, on the petition of the president and directors of Gonzaga College, the owner of all the property fronting on that part or portion of an alley twenty and seventeen one-hundredths feet wide, and running east and west through square six hundred and twenty-two, for a distance of five hundred and sixty and seventy-five one hundredths feet, beginning at and running west from the west line of North Capitol street about equidistant between I and K streets northwest, and extending to the west boundary line of the property of the said president and directors of Gonzaga College in said square, to declare said part or portion of

Donation of land.

said alley to be closed, and the title therein is hereby declared to be vested in the president and directors of Gonzaga College.
Approved, June 19, 1894.
Chap. 110: To supply a deficiency in the grant of public lands to the State of Mississippi for the use of the State University. 28 Stat. 94 1894-06-20 Chapter 110 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 110.—
An Act To supply a deficiency in the grant of public lands to the State of Mississippi for the use of the State University.

June 20, 1894.

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

Mississippi.

Lands donated for University purposes.
That the Governor of the State of Mississippi be, and he is hereby, authorized to select out of the unoccupied and uninhabited lands of the United States within the said State twenty-three thousand and forty acres of land, in legal subdivisions, being a total equivalent to one township, and shall certify 95 the same to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall forthwith, on receipt of said certificate, issue to the State of Mississippi patents for said lands: Provided, That the proceeds of said lands, when sold

Proviso.

Proceeds.

 or leased, shall be and forever remain a fund for the use of the University of Mississippi.
Approved, June 20, 1894.
Chap. 113: Granting the use of certain lands in the Hot Springs reservation, in the State of Arkansas, to the Barry Hospital. 28 Stat. 95 1894-06-21 Chapter 113 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 113.—
An Act Granting the use of certain lands in the Hot Springs reservation, in the State of Arkansas, to the Barry Hospital.

June 21, 1894.

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

Hot Springs, Ark.

Lands donated to Barry Hospital.
That there is hereby granted to the Barry Hospital of the city of Hot Springs, in the State of Arkansas, a charity hospital duly organized and chartered under the laws of the State of Arkansas, the right, to occupy, improve, and control, for the purpose of erecting thereon a hospital for the use and benefit of the poor, and for no other purpose whatever, any of the lots, pieces or parcels of land, situate in the county of Garland and State of Arkansas, now owned by the Government of the United States, to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, Said hospital

Provisos.

Location.

 shall not be located on the reservation which embraces the Hot Springs: Provided, That the United States reserves to itself the fee and the right

Rights reserved.

 forever to resume possession and occupy any portion of said lands whenever in the judgment of the President the exigency arises that should require the use and appropriation of the same, or for such other disposition as Congress may determine.
Approved, June 21, 1894.
Chap. 117: Granting to the Eastern Nebraska and Gulf Railway Company right of way through the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservations, in the State of Nebraska. 28 Stat. 95 1894-06-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 117.—
An Act Granting to the Eastern Nebraska and Gulf Railway Company right of way through the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservations, in the State of Nebraska.

June 27, 1894.

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

Eastern Nebraska and Gulf Railway Company granted right of way. Omaha and Winnebago Indian Reservations, Nebr.

Width.
That there is hereby granted to the Eastern Nebraska and Gulf Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Nebraska, and its assigns, the right of way for the construction of its proposed railroad through the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservations, in said State. Such right of way shall be fifty feet in width on each side of the central line of said railroad, and said company shall also have the right to take from the lands adjacent to the line of said road material, stones, and earth necessary for the construction of said railroad; also grounds adjacent to such right of way for station buildings,

Stations, etc.

 depots, machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water station, not to exceed in amount two hundred feet in width and three thousand feet in length for each station, to the extent of two stations within the limits of said reservations.
Sec. 2. That before said railroad shall be constructed through any

Damages to individuals.

land, claim, or improvement held by individual occupants, according to any treaties or laws of the United States, compensation shall be made to such occupant or claimant for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of said railroad. In case of failure to make satisfactory settlement with any such claimant the just compensation shall be determined as provided for by the laws of the State of Nebraska enacted for the settlement of like controversies in such cases. The amount of damage resulting to the Omaha and

Damages to tribes.

 Winnebago tribes of Indians in their tribal capacity by reason of the construction of said railroad through such lands of the reservation as are not occupied in severalty shall be ascertained and determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, and be subject

Secretary of the Interior to approve location, etc.

 to his final approval; but no right of any kind shall vest in said 96 railway company in or to any part of the right of way herein provided for until plats thereof, made upon the actual survey for the definite location of such railroad, and including grounds for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations shall have been approved and filed with the Secretary of the Interior, and until the compensation aforesaid shall have been fixed and paid, and the consent of the Indians on said reservation to the provisions of this Act shall have been obtained in a manner satisfactory to the President of the United States. Said company is hereby authorized to enter upon such reservation for the purpose of surveying and locating its line of

Provisos.

Rights of Indians, etc.

Fences, etc.

railroad: Provided, That said railroad shall be located, constructed, and operated with due regard to the rights of the Indians and the rules of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That said railway company shall construct and maintain continually all fences, roads, and highways, 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 the proper authorities laid out

Construction.

across the same: Provided further, That said railway shall be constructed through said reservations within three years after the passage of this Act, or the rights herein granted shall be forfeited as to that portion of the road not constructed.
Sec. 3. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal this

Amendment, etc.

 Act, and the right of way hereby granted shall not be assigned or transferred in any form whatever, except as to mortgages or other liens that may be given or secured thereon to aid in the construction thereof.
Approved, June 27, 1894.
Chap. 118: Making Labor Day a legal holiday. 28 Stat. 96 1894-06-28 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 118.—
An Act Making Labor Day a legal holiday.

June 28, 1894.

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

Labor Day.

To be a public holiday.
That the first Monday of September in each year, being the day celebrated and known as Labor’s Holiday, is hereby made a legal public holiday, to all intents and

R. S. D. C., sec. 993, p. 116.

purposes, in the same manner as Christmas, the first day of January, the twenty second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, and the fourth day of July are now made by law public holidays.
Approved, June 28, 1894.
Chap. 119: To incorporate the Supremo Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. 28 Stat. 96 1894-06-29 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 119.—
An Act To incorporate the Supremo Lodge of the Knights of Pythias.

June 29, 1894.

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

District of Columbia.

Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias incorporated.
That George B. Shaw, of the city of Eau Claire, State of Wisconsin; William W. Blackwell, of the city of Henderson, State of Kentucky; Walter B. Richie, of the city of Lima, State of Ohio: Robert L. C. White, of the city of Nashville, State of Tennessee; Philip T. Colgrove, of the city of Hastings, State of Michigan; and Tracy R. Bangs, of the city of Grand Forks, State of North Dakota, officers and members of the Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias, and their successors, be, and they are hereby, incorporated and made a body politic and corporate in the District of Columbia by the name of “The Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias;” and by that name it may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity, and may have and use a common seal, and change the same at pleasure, and be entitled to use and exercise all the powers, rights, and privileges incidental to fraternal and benevolent corporations within the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. That the said corporation shall have the power to take and

Property limit.

 hold real and personal estate, not exceeding in value one hundred thousand dollars, which shall not be divided among the members of 97 the corporation, but shall descend to their successors for the promotion of the fraternal and benevolent purposes of said corporation.
Sec. 3. That all claims, accounts, debts, things in action, or other

Succession.

 matters of business of whatever nature now existing for or against the present Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias, mentioned in section one of this Act, shall survive and succeed to and against the body corporate and politic hereby created: Provided, That nothing contained herein

Proviso.

Time limit not affected.

 shall be construed to extend the operation of any law which provides for the extinguishing of claims or contracts by limitations of time.
Sec. 4. That said corporation shall have a constitution, and shall

Constitution.

Proviso.

Not to conflict with laws.

have power to amend the same at pleasure: Provided, That such constitution or amendments thereof do not conflict with the laws of the United States or of any State.
Sec. 5. That said corporation shall not engage in any business for

Limitation.

 gain; the purposes of said corporation being fraternal and benevolent.
Sec. 6. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal this

Amendment, etc.

 Act.
Approved, June 29, 1894.
Chap. 120: To authorize the city of Hastings, Minnesota, to construct and maintain a wagon bridge over the Mississippi River. 28 Stat. 97 1894-06-29 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 120.—
An Act To authorize the city of Hastings, Minnesota, to construct and maintain a wagon bridge over the Mississippi River.

June 29, 1894.

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

Hastings, Minn., may bridge Mississippi River.
That the city of Hastings, a municipal corporation existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain, at a point suitable to the interest of navigation, a wagon or a combined wagon and foot bridge and approaches thereto across the Mississippi River from a point at or near the foot of Sibley street, in the said city of Hastings, Minnesota, or at such other point in said city as the city council thereof, with the approval of the Secretary of War may direct, on the west bank to a point at or near the graded load nearly opposite on the east bank: Provided, That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation

Proviso.

Free navigation.

 of said river, beyond what is necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted; and in case of any litigation arising

Litigation.

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

High bridge.

 n high bridge with a channel span giving a clear width of waterway of not less than three hundred feet and a clear head room of not less than fifty-five feet above high-water mark, and the clear head room under other than channel spans may be reduced to thirty-five feet above high-water mark.
Sec. 3. That any bridge constructed under this Act, according to its

Lawful structure and post route.

 limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known as a post route, and the same is hereby declared to be 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; and the

Postal telegraph.

 United States shall have the light of way for postal-telegraph purposes across said bridge. For the passage of all kinds of vehicles, for the

Free passage.

 transit of all kinds of animals, and for the passage of foot passengers the said bridge shall be free to the public.
Sec. 4. 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 city shall submit to the Secretary of War for examination and approval a design and drawing of the bridge and a map of the location, giving the topography of the banks of the river, the shoreline at high and low water, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and shall furnish such other information as shall be 98 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

Changes.

navigation, 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 changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. And the said bridge shall be constructed with such

Aids to navigation.

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, and for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely under said bridge, as the Secretary of War shall prescribe and at any time order to be constructed and maintained at the expense of the city of Hastings; 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 and other water craft under said structure; and for the safety of vessels passing

Lights, etc.

at night there shall be displayed on said bridge, from the hours of sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board. And the said structure shall be changed or removed at the cost and expense of the said city of Hastings, from time to time, as Congress 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 shall, in the judgment of Congress, so require, without any expense or charge to the United States.
Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Sec. 6. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction on

Commencement and completion.

 the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within two years, and completed within three years from date thereof.
Approved, June 29, 1894.
Chap. 121: Granting certain rights over Lime Point military reservation in the State of California. 28 Stat. 98 1894-07-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 121.—
An Act Granting certain rights over Lime Point military reservation in the State of California.

July 2, 1894.

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

Lime Point military reservation, Cal.
That there is hereby granted to the citizens of the town or city of Sausalito, Marin County, California,

Right of way to Sausalito.

 the right to occupy and improve for the purposes of a road only for the use and benefit of the citizens of the United States, and for no other purposes whatever, a portion of the tract of land owned by the United States in the State of California, known as the Lime Point military reservation, upon the following conditions and provisions, namely: First. That no use of said land for the purposes of said road shall

Plans to be approved by Secretary of War.

 be begun by the said citizens of Sausalito as aforesaid until after general plans of said improvement shall have been submitted to the Secretary of War and shall have been approved by him and the portion of said tract of laud owned by the United States to be used for such stated purposes shall have been specially designated by him, and that no changes of the natural surface of the ground shall be made, 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 the United States reserves the power to make and

Regulations.

 enforce regulations concerning the occupation and use of the portion of the Lime Point military reservation covered by this grant and concerning the use of the road thereon. Third. That the United States reserves to itself the fee in said tract

Reversion.

 and the right to resume immediate and entire possession and use whenever the first of the above provisions shall have been violated, and also to resume possession of and occupy any portion thereof, or to 99 suspend the use of said road whenever, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, the exigency arises that should require such action for public defense, or otherwise, or whenever Congress may determine other disposition of said tract, without any claim for compensation to said citizens of Sausalito for improvement thereon or damage on account thereof.
Approved, July 2, 1894.
Chap. 122: To amend section thirteen hundred and seventy-nine, chapter one, Title Fifteen, Revised Statutes of the United States, in relation to appointments of assistant paymasters in the Navy. 28 Stat. 99 1894-07-03 Chapter 122 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 122.—
An Act To amend section thirteen hundred and seventy-nine, chapter one, Title Fifteen, Revised Statutes of the United States, in relation to appointments of assistant paymasters in the Navy.

July 3, 1894.

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

Navy.

Age limitation for assistant paymasters, not applicable to certain graduates of Naval Academy.
That the limitation as to age contained in section thirteen hundred and seventy-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to appointment of assistant paymasters in the United States Navy to fill vacancies that may how or hereafter exist in said grade, shall not apply to such of the graduates of the Naval Academy as were at sea upon duty at the time of the passage and approval of the Act of Congress approved August

Vol. 22, p. 284.

 fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, who wore discharged thereunder at the end of their two years’ cruise, after passing successfully all the examinations required of them: And provided further, That this

Proviso.

Only age limit waived.

amendment shall not be construed as giving any preference in said appointment of assistant paymasters to said graduates except as to waiving the limitation of age.
Approved, July 3, 1894.
Chap. 123: To provide that a term of the circuit and district court of the United. States for the district of Vermont may be held at Montpelier. 28 Stat. 99 1894-07-03 Chapter 123 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 123.—
An Act To provide that a term of the circuit and district court of the United. States for the district of Vermont may be held at Montpelier.

July 3, 1894.

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

Vermont judicial district.

Terms, Montpelier.

R. S., sec. 572, p. 101; sec. 658, p. 122.
That hereafter in each year one of the stated terms of the circuit and district court for the district of Vermont may, when adjourned, be adjourned to meet at Montpelier.
Sec. 2. That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved, July 3, 1894.
Chap. 125: Granting to the Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railway Company a right of way through the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in the State of Minnesota. 28 Stat. 99 1894-07-06 Chapter 125 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 125.—
An Act Granting to the Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railway Company a right of way through the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in the State of Minnesota.

July 6, 1894.

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

Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railway Company grunted right of way, Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minn.
That there is hereby granted to the Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, and to its assigns, the right of way for the extension of its railroad, with necessary side tracks and switch tracks, and for a telegraph and telephone line, through the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in said State, commencing at a point in the south line of said Indian reservation

Location.

 and extending northwesterly through sections thirteen, twelve, one, and two, of township one hundred and forty-one, range thirty-one, to a point in the west line of said reservation in said section two, with the right to load logs on said railroad at the points in said reservation where the same may run adjacent or contiguous to the waters of Leech Lake. Such right of way shall be fifty feet, in width on each side of

Width, etc.

 the central line of said railroad, and said company shall also have the right to take from the lands adjacent to the line of said road material, stone, and earth necessary for the construction of said railroad; also 100 grounds adjacent to such right of way for station buildings, depots,

Stations, etc.

 machine shops, sidetracks, turnouts, and water stations, not to exceed in amount two hundred feet in width and three thousand feet in length for each station, and to an extent not exceeding one station within the

Proviso.

Use limited.

limits of said reservation: Provided, That no part of such lands herein granted shall be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as are necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad 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 be taken.
Sec. 2. That before said railroad shall be constructed through any

Damages to individuals.

 land, claim, or improvement held by individual occupants according to any treaties or laws of the United States, compensation shall be made such occupant or claimant for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of said railroad. In case of failure to make satisfactory settlement with any such claimant, the United States district court at Saint Paul or Duluth, Minnesota, shall have jurisdiction upon petition of either party to determine such just compensation in accordance with the laws of Minnesota provided for determining the damage when property is taken for railroad purposes; and the amount

Damages to tribes.

of damages resulting to the tribe or tribes of Indians pertaining to said reservation in their tribal capacity, by reason of the construction of said railroad through such lands of the reservation as are not occupied in severalty, shall be ascertained and determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, and be subject to his final

Proviso.

Work may begin on filing bond.

approval: Provided, however, That said railroad company may file with the Secretary of the Interior a bond, in such amount and with such sureties as the Secretary shall approve, conditioned for the payment of just compensation for said right of way to said individual occupants and to said tribe or tribes, as hereinbefore provided, and said company may thereupon proceed to construct and operate its railroad across said reservation.
Sec. 3. That said company shall cause maps, showing the route of

Maps to be filed.

 its line through said reservation, and including the grounds for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations, to be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior before constructing any portion of said railroad.
Sec. 4. That said company is hereby authorized to enter upon said

Survey.

 reservation for the purpose of surveying and locating its line of

Proviso.

Rights of Indians.

railroad: Provided, That said railroad shall be located and constructed with due regard to the rights of the Indians, and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe.
Sec. 5. That the right herein granted shall be forfeited by said company.

Construction.

 unless the road shall be constructed through the said reservation within three years after the passage of this Act.
Approved, July 6, 1894.
Chap. 126: Granting to the State of North Dakota certain lands heretofore set apart as a wood reservation for Fort Totten military reservation, for the use of the militia of North Dakota, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 100 1894-07-06 Chapter 126 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 126.—
An Act Granting to the State of North Dakota certain lands heretofore set apart as a wood reservation for Fort Totten military reservation, for the use of the militia of North Dakota, and for other purposes.

July 6, 1894.

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

North Dakota.

Portion of Fort Totten reservation set apart for militia.
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to set apart all that part of the wooded reservations set apart for the use and benefit of Fort Totten military reservation by executive order dated February tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, described as follows, namely: “That portion of the tract known as Rock Island, bounded on the north by an east and west line, two miles back or north of the southeastern most point of said island or peninsula;” said tract being the southernmost point of the peninsula on the north side of Devils Lake in North Dakota, known as Rock Island, for the use of the State of North Dakota, to be 101 used as a park for the use of the militia of said State, and for other public purposes not inconsistent with such use.
Sec. 2. That the lands so set apart are hereby granted to the State of North Dakota: Provided, That if the said State

Grant.

Proviso.

Ito version

 shall at any time permit the said lands hereby granted to be. used for any purpose not contemplated in tins act the said lauds shall revert to the United States.
Approved, July 6, 1894.
Chap. 127: Authorizing the Minneapolis Gas Light Company, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to lay submerged gas pipes across the Mississippi River at Minneapolis. 28 Stat. 101 1894-07-06 Chapter 127 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 127.—
An Act Authorizing the Minneapolis Gas Light Company, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to lay submerged gas pipes across the Mississippi River at Minneapolis.

July 6, 1894.

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

Mississippi River.

Minneapolis Gas Light Company may lay gas main under.
That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Minneapolis Gas Light Company, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to lay a submerged gas main across the Mississippi River, under the bed thereof, to conduct gas from its gas works on the west side of said river to the east division of Minneapolis on the east side of said river, at some point between the foot of the Falls of Saint Anthony and the Washington avenue bridge across said river, the location and manner of laying said gas main to be approved by the Secretary of War before the work is commenced.
Approved, July 6, 1894.
Chap. 129: 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.” 28 Stat. 101 1894-07-11 Chapter 129 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 129.—
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.”

July 11, 1894.

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

Bridge across Columbia, River, La Camas, Wash.

Vol. 26, p. 28; Vol. 27. pp 19 87.
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, reenacted and declared to be and to have been in full force and effect from and after March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. 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

Time for construction extended.

 twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, 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-four.
Approved, July 11, 1894.
Chap. 131: To define and establish the units of electrical measure. 28 Stat. 102 1894-07-12 Chapter 131 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 131.—
An Act To define and establish the units of electrical measure.

July 12, 1894.

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

Electrical measure.

Units established.
That from and after the passage of this Act the legal units of electrical measure in the United States shall be as follows: First. The unit of resistance shall be what is known as the international

Resistance.

Ohm.

 ohm, which is substantially equal to one thousand million units of resistance of the centimeter-gram-second system of electromagnetic 102 units, and is represented by the resistance offered to an unvarying electric current by a column of mercury at the temperature of melting ice fourteen and four thousand live hundred and twenty-one ten-thousandths grams in mass, of a constant cross-sectional area, and of the length of one hundred and six and three-tenths centimeters. Second. The unit of current shall be what is known as the international

Current.

Ampere.

 ampere, which is one-tenth of the unit of current of the centimeter-gram-second system of electromagnetic units, and is the practical equivalent of the unvarying current, which, when passed through a solution of nitrate of silver in water in accordance with standard specifications, deposits silver at the rate of one thousand one hundred and eighteen millionths of a gram per second. Third. The unit of electromotive force shall be what is known as the

Motive force.

Volt.

 international volt, which is the electromotive force that, steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one international ohm, will produce a current of an international ampere, and is practically equivalent to one thousand fourteen hundred and thirty-fourths of the electromotive force between the poles or electrodes of the voltaic cell known as Clark’s cell, at a temperature of fifteen degrees centigrade, and prepared in the manner described in the standard specifications. Fourth. The unit of quantity shall be what is known as the international

Quantity.

Coulomb.

 coulomb, which is the quantity of electricity transferred by a current of one international ampere in one second. Fifth. The unit of capacity shall be what is known as the international

Capacity.

Farad.

 farad, which is the capacity of a condenser charged to a potential of one international volt by one international coulomb of electricity. Sixth. The unit of work shall be the Joule, which is equal to ten

Work.

Joule.

 million units of work in the centimeter-gram-second system, and which is practically equivalent to the energy expended in one second by an international ampere in an international ohm. Seventh. The unit of power shall be the Watt, which is equal to ten

Power.

Watt.

 million units of power in the .centimeter-gram second system, and which is practically equivalent to the work done at the rate of one Joule per second. Eighth. The unit of induction shall be the Henry, which

Induction.

Henry.

 is the induction in a circuit when the electromotive force induced in this circuit is one international volt while the inducing current varies at the rate of one Ampere per second.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the National Academy of Sciences

Details to be published.

 to prescribe and publish, as soon as possible after the passage of this Act, such specifications of details as shall be necessary for the practical application of the definitions of the ampere and volt hereinbefore given, and such specifications shall be the standard specifications herein mentioned.
Approved, July 12, 1894.
Chap. 132: Regulating the procedure in criminal causes in the district of Minnesota. 28 Stat. 102 1894-07-12 Chapter 132 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 132.—
An Act Regulating the procedure in criminal causes in the district of Minnesota.

July 12, 1894.

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

Minnesota judicial district.

Criminal trials.
That all criminal proceedings instituted for the trial of offenses against the laws of the United States arising in the district of Minnesota, shall be brought, had, and prosecuted in the division of said district in which such offenses were committed.
Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved, July 12, 1894.
Chap. 133: Authorizing the Secretary of War to donate four obsolete gun carriages to the city of Marshalltown, Iowa. 28 Stat. 103 1894-07-13 Chapter 133 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public 103

CHAP. 133.—
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of War to donate four obsolete gun carriages to the city of Marshalltown, Iowa.

July 13, 1894.

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

Marshalltown, Iowa Four obsolete gun carriages donated to.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to turn over four of the obsolete gun carriages at the Rock Island Arsenal to the city of Marshall-town. Iowa, for use in mounting four twenty pounder Parrot guns, donated to said city by Act of Congress approved July nineteenth,

Vol. 22. p. 171.

Proviso.

Expense.

 eighteen hundred and eighty-two: Provided, That said city shall bear any expense necessary to place these carriages in serviceable condition.
Approved, July 13, 1894.
Chap. 134: To provide for the restoration to the State of Michigan two flags carried by the Twenty-second Michigan Infantry Volunteers and now in the War Department. 28 Stat. 103 1894-07-13 Chapter 134 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 134.—
An Act To provide for the restoration to the State of Michigan two flags carried by the Twenty-second Michigan Infantry Volunteers and now in the War Department.

July 13, 1894.

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

Michigan.

Two nags to be returned to.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to turn over to the State of Michigan two dags which were carried by the Twenty-second Regiment of Michigan Infantry Volunteers, and which are now among the recaptured Union flags in the War Department.
Approved, July 13, 1894.
Chap. 135: Making an appropriation for rewriting the Consular Regulations. 28 Stat. 103 1894-07-16 Chapter 135 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 135.—
An Act Making an appropriation for rewriting the Consular Regulations.

July 16, 1894.

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

Consular Regulations.

Appropriation for rewriting.
That the sum of two thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be available immediately, for the purpose of rewriting the Consular Regulations under the supervision of the Secretary of State.
Approved, July 16, 1894.
Chap. 136: To authorize the construction of a wagon and foot bridge across the South, or Main, Canadian River at or near the town of Noble, in Oklahoma Territory. 28 Stat. 103 1894-07-16 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 136.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a wagon and foot bridge across the South, or Main, Canadian River at or near the town of Noble, in Oklahoma Territory.

July 16, 1894.

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

South Canadian Bridge Company may bridge South Canada an River Noble, Okla.
That the South Canadian Bridge Company, a corporation created by or under the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma, its successors or assignees, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge or bridges for the passage of vehicles of all kinds, animals, and foot passengers across the South, or Main, Canadian River at or near the Town of Noble, and at any other point where said river borders Oklahoma and Indian Territories, so as to connect with the opposite shore of the said river in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.
Sec. 2. That any bridge or bridges built under the provisions of this

Lawful structures and post routes.

 Act shall be a lawful structure or structures, 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 munitions of war of the United States passing over said bridge or bridges than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the public highways leading to said bridge or bridges: 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 across said bridges and approaches for postal-telegraph purposes: Provided, That before the construction

Postal telegraph.

Provisos.

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 of any bridge herein authorized is commenced the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a 104 design and drawing of such bridge and a map of the location, giving sufficient information to enable the Secretary of War to fully and satisfactorily understand the subject, and unless the plan and location of such bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the structure shall

Free navigation.

not be built: Provided also, That any bridge constructed under authority of this Act shall at all times be so kept and managed as to oiler reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels and other watercraft through or under said structure; and for the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on such bridge, from sunset to sunrise,

Lights, etc.

such lights or other signals as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board.
Sec. 3. That said South Canadian Bridge Company shall have the

Toll.

 right to charge and collect a reasonable rate of toll, not exceeding the rate limited by the law of Oklahoma Territory.
Sec. 4. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of

Commencement and completion.

 the bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval hereof.
Sec. 5. That Congress hereby expressly reserves the right to alter,

Amendment, etc.

 amend, or repeal this Act.
Approved, July 16, 1894.
Chap. 137: Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. 28 Stat. 104 1894-07-16 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 137.—
An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

July 16, 1894.

 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 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, nineteen 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 Postmaster-General.

 For compensation to postmasters, sixteen million dollars.

Postmasters.

Clerks in post-offices.

 For compensation to clerks in post-offices, nine million seven hundred thousand dollars. For rent, light, and fuel for first and second class post-offices, eight

Rent, light and fuel.

 hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. For rent, light, and fuel for post offices of the third class, six hundred and sixty

Proviso.

Limit, third-class offices.

 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

Proviso.

Expenditures.

and forty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Postmaster-General, in his discretion, under such regulations as he shall prescribe, may authorize any of the postmasters of said offices to expend the fund he may allow them for such purposes, without the written consent of the Postmaster-General. For free-delivery service, including existing experimental free-delivery

Free delivery.

 offices, twelve million three hundred and twenty-seven thousand six hundred and eighty-five dollars and thirty-three cents; of which the sum of twenty thousand dollars shall be applied under the direction of

Rural districts.

the Postmaster-General to experimental free delivery in rural communities other than towns and villages, and the Postmaster-General shall 105 be required to report to the next session of Congress such measure as he may deem practical for extending mail service to rural districts and the probable cost of such extension. For stationery in post-offices, fifty-seven thousand dollars.

Stationery.

Twine.

Paper.

Scales.

 For wrapping twine, eighty thousand dollars. For wrapping paper, fifty thousand dollars. For letter balances, scales, and test weights, and repairs to same, fifteen thousand dollars. For postmarking and rating stamps and repairs to same, and ink and

Canceling, etc., stamps.

 pads for stamping and canceling purposes, thirty 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. For purchase or rental of canceling machines, sixty thousand dollars.

Canceling machines.

 Office of the Second Assistant Postmaster-General.

Second Assistant Postmaster-General.

 For inland mail transportation, namely: Inland transportation

Inland mail transportation.

Star routes.

 by Star routes, including temporary service to newly established offices, six million dollars. For inland transportation by steamboat routes, four hundred and

Steamboat routes.

 twenty thousand dollars. For mail messenger service, one million two hundred and eighty-five

Messenger service.

 thousand dollars. For mail bags and mailbag catchers, cord fasteners, label cases, and

Bags, catchers, etc.

 for labor and material necessary for repairing equipment, two hundred and seventy 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 a 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.

 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-five million five hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That

Provisos.

Publications of societies rated as second class.

 from and after the passage of this Act all periodical publications issued from a known place of publication at stated intervals and as frequently as four times a year by or under the auspices of a benevolent or fraternal society or order organized under the lodge system and having a bona fide membership of not less than one thousand persons or by a regularly incorporated institution of learning or by or under the auspices of a trades union and all publications of strictly professional, literary, historical, or scientific societies including the bulletins issued by State boards of health shall be admitted to the mails as second class matter and the postage thereon shall be the same as on other second class matter and no more: Provided, further, That such matter shall

Limitation.

 be originated and published to further the objects and purposes of such society, order, trades union, or institution of learning and shall be formed of printed paper sheets without board, cloth, leather or other substantial binding such as distinguish printed books for preservation from periodical publications. For railway post-office car service, three million dollars.

Postal cars.

Railway mail clerks.

 For railway post-office clerks, seven million one hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars, of which sum not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars may be used to pay necessary traveling expenses of chief clerks and railway postal clerks traveling on duty under order of the

Traveling expenses.

Postmaster-General. 106 For necessary and special facilities on trunk lines from Springfield,

Special facilities.

 Massachusetts, via New York and Washington, to Atlanta and New Orleans, one hundred and ninety-six thousand six hundred and

Proviso.

Condition

fourteen dollars and twenty-two cents: Provided, That no part of the appropriation 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.

 For transportation of foreign mails, one million four 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

Clerks on steam ships.

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.

 one hundred and sixty three thousand 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, etc.

 letter sheets, one million dollars. 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

Postal cards.

 three thousand dollars. For pay of agent and assistants to distribute postal cards, and

Distribution.

 expenses of agency, seven thousand eight hundred dollars. For registered package, tag, official, and dead-letter envelopes, one

Official, etc, envelopes.

 hundred and ten thousand dollars. For ship, steamboat, and way letters, one thousand

Ship, etc., letters.

 five hundred dollars. For engraving, printing, and binding drafts and warrants, three thousand

Printing, etc., drafts.

 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, three hundred

Mail depredations.

Proviso.

Fees, suits on official bonds.

 thousand dollars: Provided, That not exceeding live 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 postmasters, as

R. S. sec. 292, p. 4.

provided for by section two hundred and ninety-two, Revised Statutes of the United States. For payment of rewards for the detection, arrest, and conviction of

Rewards.

 post-office burglars and robbers, ten thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. That hereafter, in making contracts for postal cards, stamped

Deliveries of postal cards, etc., by contractor.

 envelopes, stamped paper, and all other supplies, the Postmaster-general is authorized to require the contractor, under such regulations as he may prescribe, to make delivery at such points in the United States as he may direct, whenever, in his opinion, any such contract can be made at a saving to the Government.
Sec. 3. 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 appro- 107priated, 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 and ninety-five.
Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster-General

Money-order statements, etc., may be destroyed after ten years.

 shall cause to be destroyed in such manner as they may deem best all Money Order Statements rendered by Postmasters and all paid Money Orders and paid Postal Notes accompanying the same, now filed in the office of the. Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, or which may hereafter be filed therein, after ten years shall have elapsed from the expiration of the period covered by such statements: Provided, That the Postmaster-General upon evidence satisfactory to

Proviso.

Outstanding orders.

Ante, pp. 32, 33.

 him, and under such special regulations as he shall prescribe, may cause payment to be made in the manner prescribed in sections four and eleven of the Act approved January twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, of the amount of any Money Order remaining unpaid after the lapse often years from the date of its issue.
Approved, July 16, 1894.
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CHAP. 138.—
An Act To enable the people of Utah to form a constitution and .State government, and to he admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States.

July 16, 1894.

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

Utah.

Admission as a State.
That the inhabitants of all that part of the area of the United States now constituting the Territory of Utah, as at present described, may become the State of Utah, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. That all male citizens of the United States over the age of

Delegates to contention to be chosen.

 twenty-one years, who have resided in said Territory for one year next prior to such election, are hereby authorized to vote for and choose delegates to form a convention in said Territory. Such delegates shall

Qualifications.

 possess the qualifications of such electors; and the aforesaid convention shall consist of one hundred and seven delegates, apportioned among

Apportionment.

 the several counties within the limits of the proposed State as follows: Beaver County, two delegates; Box Elder County, four delegates; Cache County,eight delegates; Davis County, three delegates Emery County, three delegates; Garfield County, one delegate; Grand County, one delegate; Iron County, one delegate; Juab County, three delegates; Kane County, one delegate; Millard County, two delegates; Morgan County, one delegate; Piute County, one delegate; Rich County, one delegate; Salt Lake County, twenty-nine delegates, thus apportioned, to wit: Salt Lake City, first precinct, four delegates; second precinct, six delegates; third precint, five delegates; fourth precinct, three delegates; fifth precinct, three delegates; all other precincts in said county, outside of Salt Lake City, eight delegates; San Juan County, one delegate; San Pete County, seven delegates; Sevier County, three delegates; Summit County, four delegates; Tooele County, two delegates; Uintah County,one delegate; Utah County, twelve delegates; Wasatch County, two delegates; Washington County, two delegates; Wayne County, one delegate, and Weber County, eleven delegates: and the governor of said Territory shall, on the first day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-tour, issue a proclamation ordering an election of the delegates aforesaid in said Territory to be held on the Tuesday

Governor to issue proclamation for election.

Registration by Utah Commission.

 next after the first Monday in November following. The board of commissioners known as the Utah commission is hereby authorized and required to cause a new and complete registration of voters of said Territory to be made under the provisions of the laws of the United States and said Territory, except that the oath required for registration under said laws shall be so modified as to test the qualifications of the electors as prescribed in this Act; such new registration to be made as nearly conformable with the provisions of such laws as may be; and such 108 election for delegates shall be conducted, the returns made, the result ascertained, and the certificate of persons elected to such convention issued in the same manner as is prescribed by the laws of said Territory regulating elections therein of members of the legislature. Persons possessing the qualifications entitling them to vote for delegates under this Act shall be entitled to vote on the ratification or rejection of the constitution, under such rules or regulations as said convention may prescribe, not in conflict with this Act.
Sec. 3.

That the delegates to the convention thus elected shall meet

Meeting of convention.

at the seat of government of said Territory on the first Monday in March, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and, after organization, shall declare on behalf of the people of said proposed State that they adopt the Constitution of the United States, whereupon the. said convention

Adoption of constitution.

Provisions.

Civil rights.

shall be, and is hereby, authorized to form a constitution and State government for said proposed State.

The constitution shall be republican in form, and make no distinction in civil or political rights on account of race or color, except as to Indians not taxed, and not to be repugnant to the Constitution of the United States and the principles of the Declaration of Independence. And said convention shall provide, by ordinance irrevocable without the consent of the United States and the people of said State—

 First. That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured,

Religious freedom.

 and that no inhabitant of said State shall ever be molested in person

Proviso.

Polygamy.

or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship: Provided, That polygamous or plural marriages are forever prohibited. Second. That the people inhabiting said proposed State do agree

Renunciation of public lands.

 and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof; and to all lands lying within said limits owned or held by any Indian or Indian tribes; and that until the title thereto shall have been extinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States, and said Indian lands shall remain under the absolute jurisdiction and control of the Congress of the United States; that the lands belonging to citizens of the United States

Taxation of lands.

residing without the said State shall never be taxed at a higher rate than the lands belonging to residents thereof; that no taxes shall be imposed by the State on lands or property therein belonging to or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States or reserved for its use; but nothing herein, or in the ordinance herein provided for, shall preclude the said State from taxing, as other lands are taxed, any lands

Indian lands.

owned or held by any Indian who has severed his tribal relations and has obtained from the United States or from any person a title thereto by patent or other grant, save and except such lands as have been or may be granted to any Indian or Indians under any Act of Congress containing a provision exempting the lands thus granted from taxation; but said ordinance shall provide that all such lands shall be exempt from taxation by said State so long and to such extent as such Act of Congress may prescribe. Third. That the debts and liabilities of said Territory, under

Territorial debts.

 authority of the legislative assembly thereof, shall be assumed and paid by said State. Fourth. That provision shall be made for the establishment and

Public schools.

 maintenance of a system of public schools, which shall be open to all the children of said State and free from sectarian control.
Sec. 4. That in case a constitution and State government shall be

Submission of contitution for ratification.

 formed in compliance with the provisions of this Act, the convention forming the same shall provide by ordinance for submitting said constitution to the people of said State for its ratification or rejection, at an election to be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, at which election the

Vote.

qualified voters of said proposed State shall vote directly for or against the proposed constitution, and for or against any provisions separately

Canvase of returns.

submitted. The return of said election shall be made to the said Utah 109 commission, who shall cause the same to be canvassed, and if a majority of the votes cast on that question shall be for the constitution, shall certify the result to the President of the United States, together with

Certifying result.

 a statement of the votes east thereon, and upon separate articles or propositions, and a copy of said constitution, articles, propositions, and ordinances. And if the constitution and government of said proposed State are republican in form, and if all the provisions of this Act have been complied with in the formation thereof it shall be the duty of the President of the United States to issue his proclamation announcing

Proclamation of admission by President.

 the result of said election, and thereupon the proposed State of Utah shall be deemed admitted by Congress into the Union, under and by virtue of this Act, on an equal footing with the original States, from and after the date of said proclamation.
Sec. 5. That until the next general census, or until otherwise provided

Representative in Congress.

 by law, said State shall be entitled to one Representative in the House of Representatives of the United States, which Representative in the Fifty-fourth Congress, together with the governor and other officers provided for in said constitution, may be elected on the same

Election.

 day of the election for the adoption of the constitution; and until said State officers are elected and qualified under the provisions of the constitution, and the State is admitted into the Union, the Territorial officers shall continue to discharge the duties of the respective offices in said Territory.
Sec. 6. That upon the admission of said State into the Union, sections

Grant of school lands, etc.

 numbered two, sixteen, thirty-two, and thirty-six in every township of said proposed State, and where such sections or any parts thereof have been sold or otherwise disposed of by or under the authority of any Act of Congress other lands equivalent thereto, in legal subdivisions of not less than one quarter section and as contiguous as may be to the section in lieu of which the same is taken, are hereby granted to said State for the support of common schools, such indemnity lands to be selected within said State hi such manner as the legislature may provide, with the approval of the Secretary of the. Interior: Provided, That the second, sixteenth, thirty-second, and

Proviso.

Lands in reservations excepted.

 thirty-sixth sections embraced in permanent reservations for national purposes shall not, at any time, be subject to the grants nor to the indemnity provisions of this Act, nor shall any lands embraced in Indian, military, or other reservations of any character be subject to the grants or to the indemnity provisions of this Act until the reservation shall have been extinguished and such lands be restored to and become a part of the public domain.
Sec. 7. That upon the admission of said State into the Union, in

Lands for public buildings.

 accordance with the provisions of this Act, one hundred sections of the unappropriated lands within said State to be selected and located in legal subdivisions as provided in section six of this Act, shall be, and are hereby, granted to said State for the purpose of erecting public buildings at the capital of said State, when permanently located, for legislative, executive, and judicial purposes.
Sec. 8. That lands to the extent of two townships in quantity, authorized

University lands.

Vol. 10, p. 611.

Post, p. 117.

 by the third section of the Act of February twenty-one, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, to be reserved for the establishment of the University of Utah, are hereby granted to the State of Utah for university purposes, to be held and used in accordance with the provisions of this section; and any portions of said lands that may not have been selected by said Territory may be selected by said State. That in addition to the

Additional grant.

 above, one hundred and ten thousand acres of land, to be selected and located as provided in the foregoing section of this Act, and including all saline lands in said State, are hereby granted to said State, for the use of the said university, and two hundred thousand acres for the use of an agricultural college therein. That the proceeds of the sale of

Proceeds to be invested.

 said lands, or any portion thereof, shall constitute permanent funds, to be safely invested and held by said State; and the income thereof to be 110 used exclusively for the purposes of such university and agricultural college respectively.
Sec. 9. That five per centum of the proceeds of the sales of public

Sales of lands.

Five per cent fund for schools.

 lands lying within said State, which shall be sold by the United States subsequent to the admission of said State into the Union, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to the said State, to be used as a permanent fund, the interest of which only shall be expended for the support of the common schools within said State.
Sec. 10. That the proceeds of lands herein granted for educational

School fund.

 purposes, except as hereinafter otherwise provided, shall constitute a permanent school fund, the interest of which only shall be expended for the support of said schools, and such land shall not be subject to preemption, homestead entry, or any other entry under the land laws of the United States, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, but shall be surveyed for school purposes only.
Sec. 11. The schools, colleges, and university provided for in this

State to control schools, etc.

 Act shall forever remain under the exclusive control of said State, and no part of the proceeds arising from the sale or disposal of any lands herein granted for educational purposes, or of the income thereof, shall

Sectarian schools.

be used for the support of any sectarian or denominational school, college, or university.
Sec. 12. That in lieu of the grant of land for purposes of internal

Lands for public improvements.

Vol. 5. p. 455.

 improvement made to new States by the eighth section of the Act of September fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-one, which section is hereby repealed as to said State, and in lieu of any claim or demand

Swamp lands.

Vol. 9, p. 520.

R. S., sec. 2479, p. 453.

by the State of Utah under the Act of September twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty, and section twenty-four hundred and seventy-nine of the Revised Statutes, making a grant of swamp and overflowed lands to certain States, which grant it is hereby declared is not extended to said State of Utah, the following grants of land are hereby made to said State for the purposes indicated, namely:

For the establishment of permanent water reservoirs tor irrigating

Grants in lieu of former.

purposes, five hundred thousand acres; for the establishment and maintenance of an insane asylum, one hundred thousand acres; for the establishment and maintenance of a school of mines in connection with the university, one hundred thousand acres; for the establishment and maintenance of a deaf and dumb asylum, one hundred thousand acres; for the establishment and maintenance of a reform school, one hundred thousand acres; for establishment and maintenance of State normal schools, one hundred thousand acres; for the establishment and maintenance of an institution for the blind, one hundred thousand acres; for a miners’ hospital for disabled miners, fifty thousand acres. The

Penitentiary.

United States penitentiary near Salt Lake City and all lands and appurtenances connected therewith and set apart and reserved therefor are hereby granted to the State of Utah.

The-said State of Utah shall not be entitled to any further or other

No further grants.

grants of land for any purpose than as expressly provided in this Act;

Disposition.

and the lands granted by this section shall be held, appropriated, and disposed of exclusively for the purposes herein mentioned, in such manner as the legislature of the State may provide.
Sec. 13. That all land granted in quantity or as indemnity by this

Selection of lands.

 Act shall be selected under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, from the unappropriated public lands of the United States within the limits of said State of Utah.
Sec. 14. That the State of Utah shall constitute one judicial district,

Judicial district established.

 which shall be called the district of Utah, and the circuit and district courts thereof shall be held at the capital of this State for the time

Judge, etc.

being. The judge of said district shall receive a yearly salary of live thousand dollars, payable monthly, and shall reside in his district. There shall be appointed clerks of said courts, who shall keep their offices at the capital of said State, There shall be appointed for said district one district judge, one United States attorney, and one United

Terms.

States marshal. The regular terms of said courts shall be held at the 111place aforesaid on the first Monday in April and the first Monday in November of each year. For judicial purposes, the district of Utah shall be attached to the eighth judicial circuit, and only one grand jury

Attached to eighth circuit.

 and one petit jury shall be summoned in both of said courts.
Sec. 15. That the circuit and district courts for the district of Utah

Jurisdiction.

 and the judges thereof, respectively, shall possess the same powers and jurisdiction and perform the same duties possessed and required to be performed by the other circuit and district courts and judges of the United States, and shall be governed by the same laws and regulations.
Sec. 16. That the marshal, district attorney, and clerks of the circuit

Powers of officers.

 and district courts of the said district of Utah, and all other officers and other persons performing duty in the administration of justice therein, shall severally possess the powers and perform the duties lawfully possessed and required to be performed by similar officers in

Compensation.

 other districts of the United States, and shall, for the services they may perform, receive the same fees and compensation allowed by law to other similar officers and persons performing similar duties.
Sec. 17. That the convention herein provided for shall have the

Transfer of causes.

 power to provide, by ordinance, for the transfer of actions, cases, proceedings, and matters pending in the supreme or district courts of the Territory of Utah at the time of the admission of the said State into the Union, to such courts as shall be established under the constitution to be thus formed, or to the circuit or district court of the United States for the district of Utah; and no indictment, action, or proceeding shall abate by reason of any change in the courts, but shall be proceeded with in the State or United States courts according to the laws thereof, respectively. That all eases of appeal or writ of error

Cases pending in Supreme Court.

 heretofore prosecuted and now pending in the Supreme Court of the United States upon any record from the supreme court of said Territory, or that may hereafter lawfully be prosecuted upon any record from said court, may be heard and determined by said Supreme Court of the United States; and the mandate of execution or of further proceedings shall be directed by the Supreme Court of the United States

Final proceedings.

 to the circuit or district court hereby established within the said State from or to the supreme court of such State, as the nature of the ease may require. And the circuit, district, and State courts herein named

Succession of State, etc., courts to supreme Territorial court.

 shall, respectively, be the successors of the supreme court of the Territory as to all such cases arising within the limits embraced within the jurisdiction of such courts, respectively, with full power to proceed with the same, and award mesne or final process therein; and that from all judgments and decrees of the supreme court of the Territory, mentioned in this Act, in any case arising within the limits of the proposed State prior to admission, the parties to such judgment shall have the same right to prosecute appeals and writs of error to the Supreme Court of the United States as they shall have had by law prior to the admission of said State into the Union.
Sec. 18. That the sum of thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof

Appropriation for convention expenses.

 as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to said Territory for defraying the expenses of said convention and for the payment of the members thereof, under the same rules and regulations and at the same rates as are now provided by law for the payment of the Territorial legislature.
Sec. 19. That the constitutional convention may by ordinance provide

Election for full State government.

 for the election of officers for a full State government, including members of the legislature and Representative in the Fifty-fourth Congress, at the time for the, election for the ratification or rejection of the constitution; but the said State government shall remain in abeyance until the State shall be admitted into the Union as proposed by this Act. In case the constitution of said State shall be ratified by the people, but not otherwise, the legislature thereof may assemble, organize, and elect two Senators of the United States in the manner

Senators.

now prescribed by the laws of the United States; and the governor 112 and secretary of state of the proposed State shall certify the election of the Senators and Representative in the manner required by law, and when such State is admitted into the Union as provided in this

Admission to Congress.

Act, the Senators and Representative shall be entitled to be admitted to seats in Congress, and to all rights and privileges of Senators and Representatives of other States in the Congress of the United States; and the State government formed in pursuance of said constitution, as provided by the constitutional convention, shall proceed to exercise

Existing laws.

all the functions of State officers; and all laws in force made by said Territory at the time of its admission into the Union shall be in force in said State, except as modified or changed by this Act or by the constitution of the State; and the laws of the United States shall have the same force and effect within the said State as elsewhere within the United States.
Sec. 20. That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions

Repeat provision.

 of this Act. whether passed by the legislature of said Territory or by Congress, are hereby repealed.
Approved, July 16, 1894.
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CHAP. 140.—
An Act Granting to the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company the right of way through the White Earth, Leech Lake, Chippewa, and Fond du Lac Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota.

July 18, 1894.

 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 granted right of way, White Earth, Leech Lake, Chippewa, and Fond du Lac Indian reservations, Minn.

Width.
That there is hereby granted to the Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, and its assigns, the right of way for the extension of its railroad through the White Earth. Leech Lake, Chippewa, and Fond du Lac Indian reservations in said State. Such right of way shall be fifty feet in width on each side of the central line of said railroad, 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; also,

Buildings, etc.

grounds adjacent to such right of way for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations, not to exceed in amount two hundred feet in width and three thousand feet in length for each station, to the extent of not exceeding two stations within the

Proviso.

Use limited.

limits of each reservation: Provided, That no part of such lands herein granted shall be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as are necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad line, and when any portion thereof shall cease to be used such portion shall revert to the tribe or band of Indians from which the same shall have been taken.
Sec. 2. That before said railroad shall be constructed through any

Damages to individuals.

 land, claim, or improvement held by individual occupants, according to any treaties or laws of the United States, compensation, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be made to such occupant or claimant for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of said railroad. In case of failure to make satisfactory settlement with any such claimant, the just compensation shall be determined as provided for by the laws of Minnesota enacted

Damages to tribes.

for the settlement of like controversies in such cases. The amount of damages resulting to the tribes of Indians, in their tribal capacity, by reason of the construction of said railroad through such lands of the reservations as are not occupied in severalty, shall be ascertained and determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct,

Secretary of the Interior to approve plats, etc.

and be subject to his final approval; but no right of any kind shall vest in said railway company in or to any part of the right of way herein provided for until plats thereof, made upon actual survey for the definite location of such railroad, and including grounds tor station 113 buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and until the compensation aforesaid shall have been fixed and paid. Said company is hereby authorized to enter upon such reservations for

Survey.

Proviso.

Rights of Indians.

 the purpose of surveying and locating its line of railroad: Provided, That said railroad shall be located, constructed, and operated with due regard to the rights of the Indians, and under such rules and Regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe.
Sec. 3. That the right herein granted shall be forfeited by said Company

Construction.

 unless the road shall be constructed through said reservations within three years after the passage of Ibis Act, and provided that Congress reserve the light to alter, amend, or repeal this Act.

Amendment, etc.
Approved, July 18, 1894.
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CHAP. 141.—
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-five, and for other purposes.

July 18, 1894.

 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-five, and for other purposes, namely:

For Army and Navy pensions, as follows: For invalids, widows, minor

Invalid, etc., pensions.

 children, and dependent relatives, Army nurses, survivors and 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 hundred and fifty million dollars: Provided, That the appropriation aforesaid

Provisos.

Navy pensions.

 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 of the above items

Accounts.

 shall be accounted for separately. For fees and expenses of examining surgeons for services rendered

Examining surgeons.

 within the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, one million dollars. And each member of each examining board shall, as now authorized by la w, receive the sum of two dollars for t he examination of

Fees.

 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 if twenty or more applicants appear

Proviso.

Examinations.

 on one day, no fewer than twenty shall, if practicable, be examined on said day, and that if fewer examinations be then made, twenty or more having appeared, then there, shall be paid for the first examinations made on the next examination day the fee of one dollar only until twenty examinations shall have been made: Provided further, That no

No fee unless service rendered.

 fee shall be paid to any member of an examining board unless personally present and assisting in the examination of applicant: Provided, That the report of such examining surgeons when filed in the Pension

Claimant may inspect report.

 Office shall be open to the examination and inspection of the claimant or Ids attorney, under such reasonable rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may provide. 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 and fifty thousand dollars: Provided,

Clerk hire.

Proviso.

Apportionment.

 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, but the appointment of the clerk to sign

Clerk to sign checks-

 official checks, who shall receive the same compensation at each agency as was paid during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen 114 hundred and ninety-four, shall be made by the pension agent without other or further approval.

Fuel.

Lights.

Stationery, etc.

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.

Rent.

For rents, twenty-three thousand and seventy dollars.
Approved, July 18, 1894.
Chap. 142: To amend section numbered twenty-three hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to mining claims. 28 Stat. 114 1894-07-18 Chapter 142 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 142.—
An Act To amend section numbered twenty-three hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to mining claims.

July 18, 1894.

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

Mining claims.

R. S. sec. 2324, p. 426.

Ante, p. 6.
That the provisions of section numbered twenty-three hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which require that on each claim located after the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and until patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars’ worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year, be suspended for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, so that no mining claim which has been regularly located and

Annual assessment not required, 1894.

recorded as required by the local laws and mining regulations shall be subject to forfeiture for nonperformance of the annual assessment for

Provisos.

Notice by claimant.

the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four: Provided, That the claimant or claimants of any mining location, in order to secure the benefits of this Act, shall cause to be recorded in the office where the location notice or certificate is filed on or before December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, a notice that he or they in good faith intend

Not applicable to South Dakota.

to hold and work said claim: Provided, however, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the State of South Dakota.
Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage.
Approved, July 18, 1894.
Chap. 143: Authorizing the county of Coconino, Territory of Arizona, to issue bonds for the construction of a county building at the county seat thereof. 28 Stat. 114 1894-07-18 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 143.—
An Act Authorizing the county of Coconino, Territory of Arizona, to issue bonds for the construction of a county building at the county seat thereof.

July 18, 1894.

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

Arizona.

Coconino County may issue bonds for building.
That the board of supervisors of the county of Coconino, Territory of Arizona, be, and is hereby, authorized to issue bonds of the said county not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars in amount payable in not less than two or more than ten years, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five per centum per annum, for the construction of a county building at the county seat of said county.
Approved, July 18, 1894.
Chap. 144: To fix a term of the Federal district and circuit courts of the southern judicial district of Mississippi, to be field at Meridian, Mississippi, to include the counties named. 28 Stat. 114 1894-07-18 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 144.—
An Act To fix a term of the Federal district and circuit courts of the southern judicial district of Mississippi, to be field at Meridian, Mississippi, to include the counties named.

July 18, 1894.

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

Mississippi southern judicial district.
That the southern judicial district of the State of Mississippi be so constituted as to include the counties of Kemper, Noxubee, and Neshoba, and that the counties of

Counties added to.

R. S. sec. 539, p. 91; Vol. 22, p. 101..

Lauderdale, Kemper, Noxubee, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Jasper, Clarke, Wayne, and Jones shall be known as the eastern division of said southern district, and circuit and district courts for the

Eastern division.

Terms, Meridian.

transaction of business pertaining to the persons and property in said eastern division shall be held at the city of Meridian on the second Mondays of 115 March and September of each year and shall continue for three weeks, or so long as business may require.
Sec. 2. That said courts held in Meridian as provided in section one

Jurisdiction.

 of this Act shall be possessed of, and exercise, all the powers and jurisdiction now possessed or exercised, or which may hereafter be granted to or exercised by the circuit and district courts now held at Jackson, and all laws regulating and defining how suits against persons or property located or found in judicial districts shall be brought shall be applicable to and govern the bringing of suits in said division, and all laws touching the removal of causes from State courts to United States courts shall apply to said courts hereby established. All prosecutions

Pending prosecutions.

 for crimes and offenses heretofore committed shall be commenced and carried on as if this Act had not been passed.
Sec. 3. That all civil causes now pending in the circuit or district

Pending causes.

 courts at Jackson, or Aberdeen, or Mississippi City, or Vicksburg, or Oxford, in which a citizen of any county of said eastern division is a defendant, shall remain as they now stand and be tried and determined as if this Act had not been passed, unless by the consent of all the parties such causes shall be removed to the courts held at Meridian, to be tried there.
Sec. 4. That if there be more than one defendant in a cause and the

Actions where more than one defendant.

defendants reside in different divisions of the said southern district, or any of the defendants reside in the northern district, the plaintiff may sue in either division or district where any defendant resides, and send duplicate writs for the other defendant or defendants, the other division or district where such defendant or defendants reside, and said writs when executed and returned into the court from which they issued shall constitute one suit and be proceeded in accordingly.
Sec. 5. That all processes issued out of said courts at Meridian

Return of procees.

 against defendants residing in the counties of Lauderdale, Kemper, Noxubee, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Jasper, Clarke, Wayne, Jones, or any other county, shall be returned to the courts hereby provided to be held in Meridian.
Sec. 6. That all grand and petit jurors summoned for service in said

Juries.

 eastern division of said southern district created by this Act shall be residents of said division.
Sec. 7. That the marshal and clerk of said southern district of Mississippi,

Deputy clerk, etc.

 as constituted before the passage of this Act, shall appoint deputies who shall reside at Meridian.
Sec. 8. That the district attorney of the southern district of Mississippi

District attorney.

 shall be district attorney for said eastern division, and shall be allowed the same fees and required to perform the same duties and be subject to the same liabilities as now provided by law.
Sec. 9. That when a defendant is sued out of a division of his residence,

Change of venue.

 and is not joined with a codefendant whose residence is in the division where the suit is brought, he may on motion, supported by affidavit, change the venue to the division of his residence.
Approved, July 18, 1894.
Chap. 147: Providing an additional circuit judge in the eighth judicial circuit. 28 Stat. 115 1894-07-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 147.—
An Act Providing an additional circuit judge in the eighth judicial circuit.

July 23, 1894.

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

United States courts.

Additional judge eighth circuit.
That there shall be in the eighth judicial circuit an additional circuit judge, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall possess the same qualifications and shall have the same powers and jurisdiction now prescribed by law in respect to the present circuit judges.
Approved, July 23, 1894.
Chap. 148: 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. 28 Stat. 116 1894-07-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 116

CHAP. 148.—
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.

July 23, 1894.

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

Bellevernon Bridge Company may bridge Monongahela River, Fa.

Vol. 27, p.475.
That the Bellevernon Bridge 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

Repeal.

herewith, so far as it affects the same, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. That any bridge authorized to be constructed under this Act

Submission of design, 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

Change.

should any change be made in the plans of said bridge during the progress of its construction, such changes shall be subject to the

Proviso.

Channel span.

approval of the Secretary of War: Provided, That the channel span of said bridge shall be in length not less than three hundred and fifty feet in the clear and shall be elevated at least fifty-four feet above the surface of the river at pool full.
Sec. 5. 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

Lights, etc.

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. 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. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Approved, July 23, 1894.
Chap. 149: To change the boundaries of the judicial districts of the State of Florida. 28 Stat. 117 1894-07-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 117

CHAP. 149.—
An Act To change the boundaries of the judicial districts of the State of Florida.

July 23, 1894.

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

Florida.

Countries transferred to southern judicial district.

R. S., sec. 534. p. 90, amended.

Vol. 29, p. 280.
That the following counties of the State of Florida, to wit: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brevard. Clay, Columbia, Dade, Duval, Handlton, Lake, Madison, Marion, Nassau, Orange, Osceola, Putnam, Saint John, Sumter, Suwannee, and Volusia, be and the same are hereby detached from the northern judicial district of said State, and attached to the southern judicial district thereof.
Sec. 2. That, terms of the district and circuit courts for said southern

Terms, Jacksonville

 district shall be held at Jacksonville, Florida, beginning on the first Monday of December of each year, in addition to the times at Key West and Tampa as now provided by law.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all cases or proceedings pending

Pending causes.

 in the circuit court for the northern district of Florida at Jacksonville, Florida, or filed in the office of the clerk of said circuit court at Jacksonville aforesaid, and all records of said court at Jacksonville aforesaid, are hereby transferred to said circuit court for the southern district of Florida, to be proceeded with therein as if originally instituted in said court. And all eases or proceedings pending in the district court for the northern district of Florida at Jacksonville, Florida, or filed in the office of the clerk of said district court at Jacksonville aforesaid, and all records of said court at Jacksonville aforesaid, are hereby transferred to said district court for the southern district of Florida, to be proceeded with therein as if originally instituted in said court.
Approved, July 23, 1894.
Chap. 150: To authorize the Secretary of Stale to accept for the United States of America a painting by G. F. Watts, Koval Academician, entitled “Love and Life.” 28 Stat. 117 1894-07-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 150.—
An Act To authorize the Secretary of Stale to accept for the United States of America a painting by G. F. Watts, Koval Academician, entitled “Love and Life.”

July 23, 1894.

 Whereas G. F. Watts, Royal Academician of London, England, has

Preamble.

 signified, through the Secretary of State, a desire to present to the people of the United States the painting by himself entitled “Love and Life,” which painting was on exhibition under the auspices of the Royal British Commissioner at the World’s Columbian Exposition: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled

Painting “Love and Life” accepted.

,
That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, instructed to accept the said painting with a suitable acknowledgment of thanks to the said G. F. Watts, Royal Academician, and that all the duties due and payable to the United States on the said painting imported from London be, and the same are

Duties remitted.

 hereby, remitted.
Approved, July 23, 1894.
Chap. 151: Granting to the University of Utah a site off the public domain. 28 Stat. 117 1894-07-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 151.—
An Act Granting to the University of Utah a site off the public domain.

July 23, 1894.

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

Utah.

Lands granted for University.

Ante, p. 109.
That there is hereby granted to the Territory of Utah, and to any State formed from the same, the following tract of land: Commencing on the west boundary line of the Fort Douglas military reservation at a point where it is intersected by the north line of Fourth South street, in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, and running thence north on said line one hundred and thirty-six rods, more or less, to a point where the south line of First South street, in said city, according to the plat thereof, intersects the said boundary 118 line; thence running east seventy and eighty-one one-hundred-and-thirty-sixths rods; thence south parallel with said west boundary line one hundred and thirty six rods, more or less, to a point due east of the point of beginning; thence running west seventy and eighty-six one hundred and-thirty sixths rods, to the point of beginning, containing sixty acres, for a site and campus for the University of Utah, and

Condition.

upon the condition that such tract shall be occupied by the said university within five years after the passage of this Act, and perpetually thereafter; and in ease it is not so occupied and used it shall revert to the United States.
Approved, July 23, 1894.
Chap. 152: Granting to the Columbia Irrigation Company a right of way through the Yakima Indian Reservation, in Washington. 28 Stat. 118 1894-07-23 Chapter 152 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 152.—
An Act Granting to the Columbia Irrigation Company a right of way through the Yakima Indian Reservation, in Washington.

July 23, 1894.

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

Columbia Irrigation Company granted right of way, Yakima Indian Reservation, Wash.
That the right of way is hereby granted, as is hereinafter set forth, to the Columbia Irrigation Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Washington, for the construction of an irrigation canal through the

Location.

Yakima Indian Reservation, from a point about one-half mile below where the Atahnam Creek empties into the Yakima River, on said reservation, in Yakima County, in the State of Washington; thence extending in a southerly direction, to a point where said canal crosses the Toppenish Creek; thence in a southeasterly direction, by the most practical route, to a point on the east boundary of said reservation, at or near section nineteen (19), township eight (8) north, range twenty-three (23) east of the Willamette meridian.
Sec. 2. That the said irrigation company shall have the right to

Use of water.

appropriate and use any and all water necessary for their use from the Yakima River, not otherwise appropriated and in actual use at the time of the passage of this Act, or that may not be necessary for the domestic and irrigating purposes of any Indian to whom an allotment has been made, or shall hereafter be made, upon or along said Yakima River.
Sec. 3. That the said irrigation company is hereby granted sufficient

Storage reservoirs.

 land on said reservation for reservoirs for the storage of water to be used during the dry season, and for right of way connecting said storage reservoirs with said irrigation canal, and shall have the right to locate, construct, and maintain the same under the same terms and restrictions provided herein for the right of way of said canal.
Sec. 4. That the right of way hereby granted to said company shall

Width.

 be seventy-five (75) feet in width on each side of the central line of said canal as aforesaid; and said company shall also have the right to

Material.

take from said lands adjacent to the line of said canal material, stone, earth, and timber necessary for the construction of said canal.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to

Damages to individuals.

 fix the amount of compensation to be paid individual members of the tribe for damages sustained by them by reason of the construction of said canal, and to provide the time and manner for the payment thereof; but no right of any kind shall vest in said irrigation company in or to any part of the right of way herein provided for until plats thereof made upon actual survey for the definite location of such canal shall

Secretary of the Interior to approve location, etc.

be filed with and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, which approval shall be made in writing, and be open for the inspection of any party interested therein: and the survey, construction, and operation of such canal shall be conducted with due regard for the rights of the Indians, and in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary of t he Interior may make to carry out this provision.
Sec. 6. That said company shall not assign or transfer or mortgage

Not assignable.

 tins right of way for any purpose whatever until said canal shall be 119 completed: Provided, That the company may mortgage said franchise

Provisos.

Mortgages.

 for money to construct and complete said canal: And provided further, That the right herein granted shall be lost and forfeited by said Company to any portion of said canal not completed within five years from

Completion.

Construction.

 the passage of this Act: Provided further, That one-fourth of said canal shall be completed in two years.
Sec. 7. That said irrigation company shall accept this right of

Condition.

way upon the express condition, binding upon itself, its successors, or assigns that they will not attempt to secure from the Indian tribe any further grant of land or its occupancy than is hereinbefore provided: Provided, That any violation of the conditions mentioned in this section

Provisos.

Forfeiture.

Water to Indian allottees.

 shall operate as a forfeiture of all the rights and privileges of said irrigation company under this Act: Provided further, That the rights herein granted are upon the express condition that the grantee or grantees thereof shall at all times during the continuance thereof furnish the Indian allottees along said right of way with 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: Provided further, That Indians who have

To be free.

 or may have allotments along said right of way shall have water for irrigation and domestic purposes free.
Sec. 8. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Approved, July 23, 1894.
Chap. 153: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River from a point within the limits of the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa, known as Eagle Point, to the opposite bank of said river in the county of Grant and State of Wisconsin. 28 Stat. 119 1894-07-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 153.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River from a point within the limits of the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa, known as Eagle Point, to the opposite bank of said river in the county of Grant and State of Wisconsin.

July 23, 1894.

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

Dubuque and Wisconsin Bridge Company may bridge Misissippi River, Dubuque, Iowa.
That the Dubuque and Wisconsin Bridge Company, a corporation duly organized and incorporated under the laws of the State of Iowa, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain, at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, a bridge for the passage of vehicles of all

Wagon and foot bridge.

 kinds, animals, and foot passengers across the Mississippi River from a point at or near Eagle Point, in the city of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa, to the opposite shore of said river in the county of Grant, in the State of Wisconsin. That said bridge shall not be built within two

Location.

 miles of any other bridge on said river, following the course of the main channel. That the location and plan, or manner of constructing said

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 bridge, shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, and until decided by him to be such as will not materially affect the interests of navigation, the said bridge shall not be built. And there shall be submitted to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of the proposed bridge and a map of the location, giving, for the space of a mile above and below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore line 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 all other information required, 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 the Secretary of War; and the said structure shall

Aids to navigation.

 at all times be so kept and managed, and provided with such guard fences, sheer booms, and other structures, as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels and other floating craft 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 as maybe prescribed by the Light-House Board;

Lights, etc.

 120 and the said structure shall be changed or removed, at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as Congress 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, so requires, without any expense or charge

Free navigation.

to the United States. That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river beyond what is necessary inorder to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted; and in case of any

Litigation.

litigation arising from any obstruction, or alleged obstruction, to the free navigation of said river the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in and for any district in which any portion of said bridge or obstruction is located.
Sec. 2. That said bridge, between the Iowa shore and the lowlands

Spans.

 or islands on the Wisconsin side of the river, shall be constructed with

Channel span.

unbroken and continuous spans, and the main span shall be over the main navigable channel of the river, and shall give a clear width of waterway not less than three hundred and fifty feet, and shall give clear bedroom the full length of said span of not less in any case than fifty-five feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location. The remaining spans shall each give a clear width of waterway not less than two hundred feet and a clear headroom not less in any case than fifteen feet between extreme high-water mark and the lower chords of the superstructure. Said bridge shall be constructed at right angles to, and its piers parallel with, the. current of the liver.
Sec. 3. That said Dubuque and Wisconsin Bridge Company shall have

Toll.

 the right to charge and collect a reasonable rate of toll for the passage across said bridge of vehicles, animals, and foot passengers, and travelers, subject to approval by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 4. 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 of the passage hereof.
Sec. 5. That the bridge built under this Act, and subject to its

Lawful structure and post route.

limitations, shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and recognized as a post route, 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

Postal telegraph.

companies; and the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge and its approaches for postal-telegraph purposes.
Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Approved, July 23, 1894.
Chap. 162: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at. or near the city of Lexington, Missouri. 28 Stat. 120 1894-07-26 Chapter 162 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 162.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at. or near the city of Lexington, Missouri.

July 26, 1894.

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

Lexington Bridge and Terminal Company may bridge Missouri River, Loxington, Mo.
That the Lexington Bridge and Terminal Company, a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Missouri, its assigns, grantees, successors, and legal representatives, be, and is hereby, authorized to build, own, operate, and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto over the Missouri River at

Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

or near the city of Lexington, in said State of Missouri. 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, maybe used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals,

Toll.

 and for foot passengers for such reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War; and in case

Litigation.

of any litigation concerning any alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river on account of said bridge, the cause may be tried 121 before the circuit court of the United States in whose jurisdiction any portion of said obstruction or bridge is located.
Sec. 2. That any bridge constructed under this Act and according to

Lawful structure and post route.

 its limitations shall be a lawful structure arid 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 their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for

Postal telegraph.

 postal telegraph and telephone purposes across said bridge.
Sec. 3. That said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous

Construction.

spans and shall not be of less elevation in any case than fifty feet above high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest member of the bridge superstructure, nor shall the spans of said bridge over the waterway of said river be less than four hundred feet in length in the clear, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river, and the bridge itself at right angles thereto: Provided, That in case the approach and passage under the

Provisos.

Aids to navigation.

 channel span of said bridge be found at any time dangerous or difficult of access by the river traffic, the owners of said bridge shall construct at their own expense, such works of channel regulation and such aids to navigation as the Secretary of War shall order, to render the approach and passage reasonably safe and easy: Provided also, fee, 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 bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.
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 railway trains over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for its use; and in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad

Terms.

 companies, or any of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid, and to rules and conditions to which each shall conform in using such bridge, all matters at issue between them shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon a hearing of the allegations and the proof 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 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 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 approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built: and

Changes.

 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; and if said bridge is not commenced within

Commencement and completion.

 one year and completed within three years from the passage of this Act, the rights and privileges hereby granted shall be mill and void.
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 the structure or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress decides that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved.
Approved, July 26, 1894.
Chap. 163: Prescribing limitations of time for completion of title to certain lands disposed of under the Act of Congress approved September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty, and the Acts amendatory and supplemental thereto, and commonly known as the “Donation Act,” and for the protection of purchasers and occupants on said lands. 28 Stat. 122 1894-07-26 Chapter 163 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public 122

CHAP. 163.—
An Act Prescribing limitations of time for completion of title to certain lands disposed of under the Act of Congress approved September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty, and the Acts amendatory and supplemental thereto, and commonly known as the “Donation Act,” and for the protection of purchasers and occupants on said lands.

July 26, 1894.

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

Oregon donation lands.

Vol. 9, p. 496.
That in all cases where persons under the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to create the office of surveyor-general of the public lands in Oregon, and to provide for the survey and to make donations to settlers of the said public lands,” approved September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and

Time extended for proving claims.

fifty, or the various Acts amendatory and supplemental thereto, have made proof of settlement on tracts of land in either of the States of Oregon, Washington, or Idaho, and given notice, as required by law, that they claimed such lands as donations, but have failed to execute and file in the proper land offices proof of their continued residence on and cultivation of the lands so settled upon and claimed, so as to entitle them to patents therefor, such claimants, their heirs, devisees and grantees shall have, and they are hereby given, until the first day of .January, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, the right to make and file final proofs and fully establish their rights to donations of lands under the aforesaid Act of Congress, and no longer; and all claimants who shall fail to make and file final proof and perfect their claims to lands, as donations under the Acts aforesaid, before the said first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, shall thereafter beheld to have

Provisos.

Advertisements for claimants to appear.

abandoned their claims to the lands embraced in their notices: Prodded, That as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act notices shall be published at least once a week for six successive weeks in one newspaper of general circulation published in the land district, in a form to be prescribed by the Commissioner of the General Laud Office, requiring such donation claimants, their heirs, devisees, and grantees, and all persons making claim to such donation claims, to appear and make final proof for such claims within the time herein provided, and that in default of such final proof such donation claims will be held to have been abandoned and the lands embraced therein shall be, and are hereby, restored to the public domain and shall be subject to disposal under the then existing laws providing for the disposition of the

Patents under quiet adverse possession.

public lands: Provided farther, That where any such donation claims or any part thereof are claimed by descent, devise, judicial sale, grant, or conveyance, in good faith, under the original claimant, and are, at the date of this Act and for twenty years prior thereto have been, in the quiet adverse possession of such heir, devisee, grantee, or purchaser, or those under whom they claim, such heirs, devisees, grantees, or purchasers, upon making proof of their claims and adverse possession as aforesaid, shall be entitled to patents for the land so claimed and occupied by

Bona fide settlers on abandoned claims.

them: Provided further, That where any portion of any such abandoned donation claim shall have been settled upon prior to January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, by any person under an erroneous claim of right and has been used as a bona tide residence by such settler where final proof shall not be made by the original claimant, or bis heirs, devisees or grantees, as aforesaid, and such settler has exhausted his or her homestead right, such settler may, within ninety days from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, file with the register of the land office of the district within which the lands are situate their affidavit and the affidavits of at least two disinterested witnesses establishing the facts of their bona fide settlement,

Payment.

occupancy, and improvement of said lands, and pay to the receiver of the proper land office one dollar and twenty five cents per acre for the land so settled upon, occupied, and improved, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, and shall thereupon receive patent therefor.
Sec. 2. That nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to deprive

Hearings by Commissioner of General Land Office.

 the Commissioner of the General Land Office, under the regulations governing contests in land cases, of his right, if such right now exists, 123 to allow or direct hearings to be instituted to show that a donation claimant has abandoned the lands described in his notice, or prevent the Commissioner, when it is proven that such a claim is invalid or abandoned, from canceling the same upon the official records and thereafter disposing of the lands as a part of the public domain: Provided,

Proviso.

Payment of expenses.

 That where hearings are allowed contestants shall pay the expenses incident thereto in the same manner that costs are paid in other contested land entries: and this Act shall not be construed to affect any case now pending before the Land Department in which final proof has been furnished.
Sec. 3. That the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the

Regulations

 approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall issue the necessary rules and regulations to give full force and effect to the provisions of this Act. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to impair or affect any adverse claims arising under any law of the United States other than said Donation Act, to or in respect of the lands in this Act referred to.
Approved, July 26, 1894.
Chap. 164: Extending the time fur final proof and payment on lands claimed under the public land laws of the United States. 28 Stat. 123 1894-07-26 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 164.—
An Act Extending the time fur final proof and payment on lands claimed under the public land laws of the United States.

July 26, 1894.

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

Public lands.

Time for final proof, etc, extended.

Homestead and desert laud claims.
That the time for making final proof and payment for all lands located under the

Preemption claims.

 homestead and desert land laws of the United States, proof and payment of which has not yet been made, be, and the same is hereby, extended for the period of one year from the time proof and payment would become due under existing laws.
Sec. 2. That the time of making final payments on entries under the preemption Act is hereby extended for one year from the date when the same becomes due in all cases where preemption entrymen are unable to make final payments from causes which they can not control, evidence of such inability to be subject to the regulations of the Secretary of the Interior.
Approved, July 26, 1894.
Chap. 165: Making appropriations for the Naval Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen handled and ninety-five, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 123 1894-07-26 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 165.—
An Act Making appropriations for the Naval Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen handled and ninety-five, and for other purposes.

July 26, 1894.

 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-five, 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 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, eight thousand two hundred and fitly men and seven hundred and fifty boys, at the pay prescribed by law; in all, seven million four hundred seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided,

Provisos.

Previous service.

 That all officers who have been appointed to any corps of the Navy 124 after service in a different branch of the Navy, shall have all the benefits of their previous service in the same manner as if said appointments

Naturalization of aliens.

 were a re entry into the Navy. Any alien of the age of twenty-one years and upward who has enlisted or may enlist in the United States Navy or Marine Corps, and has served or may hereafter serve five consecutive years in the United States Navy or one enlistment in the United States Marine Corps, and has been or may hereafter be honorably discharged, shall be admitted to become a citizen of the United States upon his petition, without any previous declaration of his intention to become such; and the court admitting such alien shall, in addition to proof of good moral character, be satisfied by competent proof of. such person’s service in and honorable discharge from the

Vacancies, ensign and assistant engineer grades.

United States Navy or Marine Corps: Provided further, That in order to fill vacancies that may exist in the grade of ensign in the Navy and in the grade of assistant engineer in the Navy, the Secretary of the Navy shall, in case the number of vacancies in either of such grades exceeds the number of naval cadets in the line division or in the engineer division of the class of naval cadets finally graduated in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, or in any one year thereafter, select

Selection from graduates, engineer or line division.

a number equal to such excess from the final graduates of said class in the engineer division or in the line, division, as the case may require, who shall be reported as proficient and be recommended thereto by the Academic Board, and such final graduates shall be appointed to fill vacancies in the grade of ensign in the Navy or in the grade of assistant engineer in the Navy, respectively, and the naval cadets so

Rank.

appointed to fill vacancies in such grades shall take rank in those respective grades next after the naval cadets appointed from the line division or from the engineer division, as the ease may be to fill vacancies in those grades, but among themselves according to merit as determined by the-Academic Board. 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; 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 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. 125 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 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, and all other expenses attending the recruiting for the Naval Service, and for the trasportation 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-five 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, thirty thousand dollars. Naval War College and Torpedo School on Coasters

Naval War College and Torpedo School.

 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. To enable the Secretary of the Navy in his discretion to purchase for

Letter-engraving machine.

 the United States the Ourdan and Kolb letter-engraving machine and the right to manufacture and use, without the payment of royalty, others of said machine and any and every improvement or modification of said machine or applicable, to said machine and referred to in the letters patent that have been or may hereafter be granted to the inventors of said machine or their assignees, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Bureau of Ordnance.

Bureau of Ordnance.

 Ordnance and Ordnance Stores: For procuring,

Ordnance and Ordnance stores.

 producing, preserving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; for fuel, 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 eighty thousand dollars; expenses of target practice, fifteen thousand dollars. Maintenance of new proving ground, five thousand dollars.

New proving ground.

 In all, two hundred thousand dollars. 126 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, including one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars for the addition of two rooms to the quarters of the inspectors of ordnance at Fort Norfolk, Virginia, thirty thousand dollars; For construction and extension of buildings at the naval magazine,

Mare Island, Cal.

Magazine.

 Mare Island, to replace those destroyed by the explosion on June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, seventeen thousand nine hundred dollars; in all, forty-seven thousand nine hundred 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; For replacing the gun-cotton factory destroyed by fire July third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, eleven thousand and seventy-seven dollars; in all, seventy-one thousand and seventy seven dollars. Naval Militia: For arms, and equipment connected therewith, and

Naval militia.

 for the printing of necessary books of instruction, for naval militia of various States, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Navy may prescribe, twenty-five thousand dollars. Gun Plant, Washington Navy-Yard: For gun plant, navy-yard,

Gun plant, Washington. D. C.

 Washington, District of Columbia: Erection of steam hammers, blast to furnace and forges, in the new forge shop at the Washington navy-yard (mold-loft building converted into forge shop, Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three), six thousand dollars; for necessary machinery to equip the new machine shop at the Washington navy-yard (old forge shop reconstructed, Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three), and for additional boiler power, one hundred and eleven thousand dollars; in all, for Washington navy-yard, one hundred and seventeen 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; tolls, ferriage, foreign postage, and telegrams to and from the Bureau, technical books, and incidental expenses attending inspections of ordnance material, eight thousand dollars. Civil Establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For the civil

Civil establishment.

 establishment under the Bureau of Ordnance, namely: Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, when

Portsmouth.

 required, 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

New York.

 dollars; 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; in all, fifteen thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine dollars and fifty cents. 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; 127 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, five thousand two hundred dollars. In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance, 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 vessel.

 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 oil 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, one million ninety 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; in all, two thousand two hundred 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; in all, five thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars; Navy-yard, New York: For one clerk, atone 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; in all, four thousand five 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; in all, two thousand two hundred dollars; Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one

Washington.

 thousand dollars; in all, Civil Establishment, Bureau of Equipment, 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, 128 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 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

Maintenance.

 of yards and docks, namely: For freight; transportation of materials and stores; books, maps, models, and drawings; purchase and repair of tire 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 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 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 fifty thousand dollars. Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent

Contingent.

 expenses that may arise 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 live 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

League Island.

 thousand four hundred dollars; one writer and telegraph operator, at one thousand dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per diem; one 129 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, one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred and seventy-eight dollars. 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 tour dollars per diem; one electrician, 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 bundled 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 Inland.

 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, 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 ail, Civil Establishment, Bureau of Yards and Docks, 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, atone 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; cemetery, burial expenses, and headstones, three hundred and fifty dollars; improvement of grounds, five hundred dollars; for reconstructing bulkhead of wharf property, three thousand one hundred and fifty dollars, said sum to be immediately available; 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; in all, twenty-three thousand three hundred and sixty-five dollars; for support of beneficiaries, fifty-seven thousand one hundred dollars; in all for Naval Home, eighty thousand four hundred and sixty-five dollars, which sum shall be paid out of the income from the naval pension fund. 130 Public Works—Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy-yards and Stations, Naval Academy, and New Naval Observatory.

Public works.

 Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For electric light plant,

Boston.

 fifteen thousand dollars. Navy-yard. Brooklyn, New York: For caisson for granite dock,

New York.

 thirty-five thousand dollars: for renewing buildings numbered one hundred and fourteen, one hundred and fifteen, and one hundred and sixteen (0. and R.), seventy thousand dollars; for grading, paving, and laying of sewers, ten thousand dollars: for quay wall inside of Whitney basin, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and forty thousand dollars. Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For continuation

League Island.

 of sea wall, twenty thousand dollars; for completion of shear legs, eleven thousand nine hundred dollars; for an electric light plant, ten thousand dollars; to complete east dry-dock pier, forty thousand dollars, to be immediately available; in all, eighty-one thousand nine hundred dollars. Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For extension

Washington.

 of yard wall through marsh, twenty-four thousand six hundred and ninety three dollars: retaining wall for, and raising lower door, store numbered ten, ten thousand nine hundred and fifteen dollars; locomotive wrecking crane, seven thousand five hundred dollars; completing conversion of mold loft building into forge shop, six thousand nine hundred and thirty-six dollars; in all, fifty thousand and forty-four dollars. Navy yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For extension of electric plant,

Norfolk.

 eight thousand dollars; for sewers, drains, and water-closets in offices and shops, fifteen thousand dollars; for continuing quay wall, fifteen thousand dollars. For the construction of a fireproof storehouse to replace the storehouse

New storehouse.

 building numbered fifteen, destroyed by fire in December, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, seventy-two thousand three hundred and sixty-five dollars and seventy-seven cents; in all, one hundred and ten thousand three hundred and sixty five dollars and seventy-seven cents. Naval Station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For repairs to

Port Royal.

 main wharf, eighteen thousand three hundred and sixty-eight dollars. For paying Justin McCarthy, contractor for building the dry dock

Payment to Justin McCarthy.

 at Port Royal, South Carolina, in full for loss and damage caused by the cyclone of August twenty seventh and twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, as ascertained by the Navy Department, eighteen thousand five hundred and twenty-one dollars and forty-two cents. Dry dock at Algiers, Louisiana: For the purpose, of completing the

Algiers, dry dock.

 purchase of additional lands necessary for the establishment of a dry dock at Algiers, Louisiana, cost of advertising, plans and specifications for said dry dock, and expenses of judicial proceedings instituted for the condemnation of such additional lands, twenty-three thousand and twenty five dollars and three cents. Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For extending yard railroads,

Mare Island.

 eighteen thousand three, hundred and thirty-two dollars: for navy-yard roads, five thousand dollars; for shed over galvanizing plant (C. and IL), three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for cottage for electrician, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand and nineteen dollars. For the construction of a steam tug at Mare Island Navy Yard. California,

Tug.

 for the use of said yard, fifty thousand dollars. Dry Dock, Puget Sound [Naval Station], Washington: For

Puget Sound.

Dry dock.

Post, p. 413.

 artesian wells, three thousand five hundred dollars; to defray the expenses incurred prior to September sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, in boxing test wells, recording titles and deeds, perfecting titles, and in connection with the purchase of the Puget Sound dry 131 dock, two thousand five hundred and seventy nine dollars and eighty three cents, the same having been expended by Lieutenant A. B. Wykoff, United States Navy, by direction of the Navy Department; in all, six thousand and seventy-nine dollars and eighty-three cents. For Naval Station, Key West, Florida: Coaling shed, ten

Key West.

 thousand dollars. Repairs and Preservation at Navy-yards and Stations: For

Repairs. etc.

 repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, three hundred thousand dollars. naval academy.

Naval Academy.

 For Buildings and Grounds, Naval Academy: Improvement

Water front.

 of the water front of the Academy, ten thousand dollars. For repairs to the gas-plant, five thousand dollars.

Gas plant.

Paving, etc.

 To pave Hanover street from Maryland avenue to Wagner street, Wagner street from Hanover street to King George street, and King George street from College avenue to College or Graveyard Creek, in the city of Annapolis, Maryland, thirteen thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to convey to the city of Annapolis, Maryland, the title to the bed of King George street from College avenue to College or Graveyard Creek. new naval observatory.

Naval Observatory.

 For Grounds and Roads: For continuing grading, extending

Grounds and roads.

 roads and paths, clearing and improving grounds of New Naval Observatory, and tilling ravine contiguous to boiler house to Massachusetts avenue extended, twelve thousand dollars. Instruments and accessories: Miscellaneous instruments and accessories,

Instruments, etc.

 namely: One comet seeker, four hundred dollars; one standard mercurial barometer, four hundred dollars; one magnetic theodolite, eight hundred dollars; one dip circle, two hundred and fifty dollars; one earth inductor inclinometer, three hundred dollars; one galvanometer, eighty dollars; one telescope and scale, fifty dollars; one quadrant galvanometer, sixty-two dollars; one compensator, fourteen dollars; glass scales, one hundred dollars; beam suspensions, one hundred dollars; one photographic register, one hundred and fifty dollars; one alt-azimuth instrument, mounted and proteetedfrom weather, six thousand five hundred dollars; eye pieces and shades, two hundred and fifty dollars; one twelve-inch object-glass, two thousand dollars. For freight elevator, five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-three thousand nine hundred and fifty-six 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. For complete renovation of present hospital building

Brooklyn, N. Y. hospital.

Renovation.

 at Brooklyn, New York, with a view of placing it in a perfect sanitary condition, namely: for sealing all the walls to remove existing disease germs and for antiseptically finishing and painting them, removing rotten wooden floors and replacing them by tile with slate sidings impervious to moisture, scraping and painting all doors and woodwork, refitting windows so as to be utilized in ventilation, remodelling cased wooden stairways and renewing them with iron or other suitable material, fifteen thousand dollars; for construction of one ward of modern 132 design of sufficient size and cubic air space to accommodate at least fifty sick and wounded men, to be one story high with suitable elevavation and to be constructed of the same material used for present hospital, twenty-five thousand dollars; for erection of retaining and boundary wall, fifteen thousand dollars; for kitchen, mess ball, and smoking room removed from basement and located apart, conveniently for inmates and attendants of main hospital building and proposed adjacent wards, three thousand five hundred dollars; for construction of an operating ward with all modern antiseptic appliances, one thousand five hundred dollars; for heating and fire apparatus enlarged and improved: Plumbing renewed, five thousand dollars; for elevator for transporting sick and wounded introduced, three thousand dollars; for apartment fitted in main building for chapel, reading room, and sailors’ library, one thousand dollars; in all, sixty-nine thousand dollars, which sum shall be paid from that portion of the naval hospital fund accruing from the sale of naval hospital grounds to the city of Brooklyn, and placed to the credit of the naval hospital fund, in pursuance of the

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provisions of the Act approved July second, eighteen hundred and ninety. 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 medical records, 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; 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, surgeons’ offices and dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations; washing for medical department at museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington, naval laboratory and department of instruction, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations and ships and rendezvous; for necessary expenses incident to removal of museum of hygiene to old observatory building and grounds, and for such minor repairs on said building and grounds as may be required to properly receive and preserve the exhibits, and all other necessary contingent expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars. Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary

Repairs.

 repairs of naval laboratory, and department of instruction, 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.

 That an officer of the pay corps of the Navy may be detailed as

Detail of assistant chief authorized.

R. S., sec. 179. p. 28.

 assistant to the Chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts in the Navy Department, and that such officer shall, in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the Chief of the Bureau, unless otherwise directed by the President, as provided by section one hundred and seventy-nine of the Devised Statutes, perform the duties of such chief until his successor is appointed or such absence or sickness shall cease. Provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts: For

Provisions.

 provisions and commuted rations for the seamen and marines, commuted rations for officers on sea duty, and naval cadets and commuted rations stopped on account of sick in hospital and credited to the naval hospital fund, subsistence of officers and men unavoidably detained or 133 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 for drinking and cooking purposes, one million and seventy five thousand dollars; labor in general storehouses and paymasters’ offices in navy-yards, including a chemist at two thousand dollars per annum, one hundred thousand dollars; in all, one million one hundred and seventy-five 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-five thousand dollars. 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; in all, five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; Navy yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One

Boston.

 bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; one shipping clerk, atone 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; in all, four thousand and thirty-four dollars and fifty 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, atone 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 boxmaker, at three dollars per diem; one engine 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 yard pay office: One writer, atone thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents: one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; in all, twenty-eight thousand four hundred and twelve dollars and three cents. Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: In general storehouse:

Longue Island.

 One bookkeeper, at one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one thousand nine 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 yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, six thousand four hundred 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; in all, two thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. 134 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.

 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 yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents. In all, eight thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven 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 yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, eight thousand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and seventy-five cents; in all, Civil Establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, 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. 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,

Provisos.

Limit, wooden ships.

nine hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this sum shall be applied to the repairs of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material:

“Hartford.”

 Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to cause the necessary repairs and

Vessels damaged at sea.

preservation of the United States ship Hartford or to order repairs of ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be necessary to bring them home. For the repair of the ship Constitution, now lying at the Portsmouth

“Constitution.”

 navy-yard, in the State of New Hampshire, in order that it maybe used as a training ship for the naval militia, eight thousand dollars. For the repairs of the hull of the United States ship Hartford, to be

“Hartford.”

 used as a training ship when repaired, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 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; in all. three thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 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 135 and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all,four thousand four hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy-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

Washington.

 naval constructor, atone thousand four hundred dollars; Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk to naval constructor,

Norfolk.

 at one thousand four hundred dollars; two writers, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents each; in all, three thousand four hundred and thirty four dollars and fifty cents; 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,three thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; in all, Civil Establishment Bureau of Construction and Repair, 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 and twenty-five 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 expenses.

 such as foreign postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photographing, books, stationery, and instruments, ten thousand dollars: Provided,

Provisos.

Repairs, wooden ships.

 That no part of said 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

“Hartford.”

 contained shall deprive the Secretary of the Navy of the authority to cause the necessary repairs and preservation of the United States ship Hartford, or to order repairs of the engines, boilers, and machinery of

Vessels damaged at sea.

 ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be necessary to bring them home. Steam machinery (special): To commence the construction of

Special machinery.

“Chicago.”

 new machinery, engines, and boilers of United States steamship Chicago, two hundred thousand dollars. To replace present machinery and boiler of tug Standish, at Naval

“Standish.”

 Academy, with new machinery, fifteen thousand dollars. To replace present machinery and boiler of tug Fortune, at Norfolk,

“Fortune.”

 Virginia, with new machinery, fifteen thousand dollars. 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; in all, one thousand eight 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; in all, three thousand dollars; 136 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; in all, one thousand nine 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, three thousand dollars. In all, Civil Establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering, 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; 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 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 sixty-nine 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

Band.

dollars each; one 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; services of organist at chapel of Naval Academy, three hundred dollars; in all, fifty two thousand four hundred and seven dollars:

Proviso.

Nomination of candidates.

R. S., sec. 1514, p. 260, amended.

Provided, That section fifteen hundred and fourteen, chapter five, title fifteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States, is hereby amended so that it shall hereafter read: The Secretary of the Navy shall, as soon after the fifth of March in each year as possible, notify in writing each Member and Delegate of the House of Representatives of any vacancy that may exist in his district. The nomination of a candidate to till said vacancy shall be made upon the recommendation of the Member or Delegate, if such recommendation is made by the first day of July of that year; but if it is not made by that time, the Secretary

Appointments from district where vacancy exists.

of the Navy shall till the vacancy by appointment of an actual resident of the district in which the vacancy exists, who shall have been for at least two years immediately preceding the date of his. appointment an actual and bona fide resident of the district in which the 137 vacancy exists and of the legal qualification under the law as now provided. The candidate allowed for the District of Columbia, and all the candidates appointed at large, shall be selected by the President. That every Member or Delegate of Congress whose district or territory

Appointments from districts not now represented.

Post, pp. 413, 663, 638.

 is now unrepresented at the Naval Academy by a cadet who is not an actual resident of the district shall be permitted on or before the first day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to recommend a candidate for appointment as a cadet at the Naval Academy, and the Secretary of the Navy shall nominate such candidate for appointment to the Academy, subject to qualifications now prescribed by law. Such cadets when appointed to be in addition to the number of cadets now allowed, and the sum of five thousand five

Additional appropriation.

 hundred dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary, is hereby appropriated for the additional number of cadets herein authorized. For special course of study and training of naval cadets, as authorized

Additional training, 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 gasworks 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

Employees, steam engineering.

 mechanics 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, etc.

 repairs 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 textbooks 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, freight, cartage, waiter, 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 appropriation, thirty-two thousand dollars; stores in the departments 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, twenty captains, thirty first lieutenants, 138 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, one assistant quartermaster, twelve captains, two first lieutenants, and three second lieutenants, fifty-six thousand eight hundred and sixty-five dollars. 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 filers, and one thousand six hundred privates, and for the expenses of clerks of the United States Marine Corps traveling under orders, three hundred and eighty-four thousand seven hundred and

Proviso.

ninety-four

Drum-major.

 dollars and seventy-nine cents: Provided, That the pay of the drum major shall’be the same as that now established, or that may be hereafter established, for first sergeants in the Marine Corps of the same length of service. Pay of retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major, one drum-major.

Retired enlisted men.

 three first-class musicians, five first sergeants, sixteen sergeants, three corporals, one drummer, two lifers and thirty-three 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.

 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

Mileage.

 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 five hundred and fifty 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; 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, or San Francisco, California: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars: in all, for pay of 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 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 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 139 for board not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, seventy-four thousand six hundred and sixty one dollars and fifty-five cents; and no law shall be construed to entitle enlisted marines on shore duty

Limit to enlisted men.

 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 credit “Pay Marine Corps,” on account of rations to retired men, eighty-two dollars and thirteen cents each per annum, five thousand three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and forty-five cents. Clothing, Marine Corps: For two thousand one hundred non-commissioned

Clothing.

 officers, musicians, and privates, eighty thousand dollars. Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for

Fuel.

 ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, and for sales to officers, maintaining electric lights, and for hot-air closets, 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 cartridge boxes, bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, knapsacks, canteens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, flags, waist belts, waist plates, cartridge belts, sashes for officer of the day, spare parts for repairing muskets, purchase of ammunition, and 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, signal equipment and stores, binocular glasses, for the establishment and maintenance of 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 expense of recruiting service, fifteen thousand dollars. For Repairs of Barracks: At Portsmouth, New Hampshire;

Repair of barracks.

 Boston, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; 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. Alteration and repair of marine barracks and other public buildings, repair of parade ground, relaying walks and gas and water pipes at navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York, five thousand dollars. . For the introduction of steam heat into the marine barracks and officers’ quarters, navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts, and incidental expenses connected therewith, three thousand dollars. For rent of building used for manufacture of clothing, storing supplies,

Rent.

 and office of assistant quartermaster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, two thousand 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

Hire of quarters.

 officers 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 offices, Washington, District of 140 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-tour 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, wheelbarrows, and lawn mowers, 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, water, and gas 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. INCREASE OF THE NAVY.

Increase of Navy.

 Armor and Armament: Toward the, armament and armor of

Armor and armament.

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

Vol. 25, p. 472.

Vol. 25, p. 824.

Vol. 26. p. 205.

the Act approved September seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; of the vessels authorized by the Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; of those authorized by

Vol. 26. p. 814.

Vol. 27, p. 250.

Vol. 27, p. 731.

the Act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety; of the one authorized by the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one; of those authorized by the Act of July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two; and of the vessels authorized by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four million dollars. Construction and Steam Machinery: On account of the hulls

Construction and steam machinery.

 and outfits of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore or herein authorized, five million nine hundred and fifty-five thousand and twenty-five dollars and from this amount there shall be paid ail speed premiums upon new naval vessels earned previous to January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and which remain unpaid at this

Speed premiums.

date, the. amount of such speed premium in each ease being according to t he official report in the trial of each vessel approved by the Secretary of the Navy. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to use the four hundred

Cruiser of “Vesuvius” type.

Vol. 25, p. 824.

Amount to be used for torpedo boats.

 and fifty thousand dollars “for the construction of one additional cruiser of the Vesuvius type,” appropriated by the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, or so much thereof as maybe necessary for the construction, armament, and equipment of three torpedo boats, to cost, all together, not more than the said sum of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And authority is hereby given to transform

“Vesuvius.”

To be transformed.

the United States steamship Vesuvius into a torpedo cruiser if, in the opinion of the. Secretary of the Navy, such transformation will add to 141 “the efficiency of this vessel for naval purposes.” And the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to remit the time penalties on the

Remission of time penalties.

 dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, and a sum sufficient for such purpose is hereby appropriated. Approved, July 26, 1894.
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CHAP. 166.—
An Act Making appropriation for the diplomatic and consular service of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

July 26, 1894.

 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-five, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:
SCHEDULE A.

Schedule A.

 salaries of ambassadors and ministers.

Salaries.

 Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France, Germany,

Ambassadors.

 Great Britain, and Russia, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, seventy thousand dollars; Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Italy, twelve thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Mexico,

Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary.

 seventeen thousand five hundred dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to China, Japan, Spain, Austria, and Brazil, at twelve thousand dollars each, sixty thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Argentine Republic, Belgium, Colombia, Peru, Turkey, and Chile, at ten thousand dollars each, sixty 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 Denmark, Hawaiian Islands, Netherlands, and Venezuela, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Paraguay and Uruguay, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Sweden and Norway, seven thousand five hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary and consul-general to Roumania, Servia, and Greece, six thousand five hundred dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Bolivia and Ecuador, at five thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Switzerland and Portugal, at six thousand five hundred dollars each, thirteen thousand dollars; Minister resident and consul-general to Korea, seven thousand five

Ministers resident and consuls-general.

hundred dollars: Ministers resident and consul-general to Siam, Persia, and Haiti, at five thousand dollars each (and the minister resident and consul-general to Haiti shall also be accredited as chargé d’affaires to Santo Domingo), fifteen thousand dollars; Minister resident and consul-general to Liberia, four thousand dollars; 142 Agent and consul-general at Cairo, five thousand dollars;

Agent, etc., Cairo.

Chargés d’affaires.

 Charge d’affaires ad interim and diplomatic officers abroad, twenty thousand dollars; Total, three hundred and sixty-five thousand five hundred dollars. salaries of diplomatic and consular officers while receiving instructions and making transits.

Instruction and transit pay.

 To pay the salaries of ministers, consuls, and other officers of the 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 thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, is hereby appropriated. salaries of secretaries of embassies and legation

Secretaries of embassies and legations.

 Secretaries of embassies at London, Paris, Berlin, and Saint Peters-burg, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, ten thousand five hundred dollars; Secretary of embassy at Rome, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretaries of the legations to China, Japan, and Mexico, at two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; Secretary of legation to Korea, one thousand five hundred dollars; Secretary of legation and consul-general to Bogota, two thousand dollars; Secretary of legation to Guatemala and Honduras and consul-general to Guatemala, two thousand dollars; Secretary of legation and consul general to Honolulu, four thousand dollars; Secretary of legation to Nicaragua, Costa Riea, and Salvador, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Turkey, Austria, Spain, and Brazil, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, seven thousand two hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Argentine Republic, Venezuela, Chile, and Peru, at one thousand five hundred dollars each, six thousand dollars ; Second secretaries.of embassies to London, Paris, and Berlin, at two

Second secretaries.

 thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; Second secretaries of 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, fifty-tour thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars. salaries of interpreters to legations. Interpreters to legations to China and Turkey, at three thousand

Interpreters.

 dollars each, six thousand dollars; Interpreter to legation to Japan, two thousand five hundred dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Persia, one thousand dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Korea, five hundred dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Bangkok, Siam, five hundred dollars; Total, ten thousand live hundred dollars. 143 But no person drawing the salary of interpreter as above provided

No additional pay.

 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 to Spain, one thousand two hundred dollars. contingent expenses, foreign missions.

Clerk biro, Spain.

 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 agents at London, New York, and San Francisco, and for

Dispatch agents.

Printing.

 traveling and miscellaneous expenses of legations, and for printing in the Department of State, one hundred and live thousand dollars. loss by exchange, diplomatic service. Loss by exchange in remittances of money to and from embassies and

Loss by exchange.

 legations, two thousand live 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. rent of legation buildings in china.

Rent.

 Rent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Peking, or such

China.

other place in China as shall be designated, three thousand six hundred dollars. rent of legation buildings at tokio, japan. Rent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Tokio, Japan,

Japan.

 for the year ending March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, 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 criminals.

 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.

Vol. 22, p. 216.

 the fourth section of “An Act regulating fees and the practice in extradition cases,”approved August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to be-disbursed by the Secretary of State, five thousand dollars. 144 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

Expended neutrality

R. S. sec. 291, p. 49.

 neutrality act, to lie expended under the direction of the President, pursuant to the requirement of section two hundred and ninety-one of the Revised Statutes, five 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

Unforeseen emergencies.

R. S., sec. 291, p. 49.

 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 Statutes, forty 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. 49, 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. transporting remains of diplomatic officers, consuls, and consular clerks to their homes for interment. Defraying the expenses of transporting the remains of diplomatic

Remains of ministers, consuls, etc.

 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, three thousand dollars. international bureau of weights and measures. Contribution to the maintenance of the International Bureau of

International Bureau of Weights and Measures.

Vol. 20, p. 714.

 Weights and Measures for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, in conformity with the terms of the convention of May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be. paid, under the direction of the Secretary of State, to said Bureau, on its certificate of apportionment, two thousand two hundred and seventy dollars. international bureau for publication of customs tariffs. To meet the share of the United States in the annual expense for

International customs tariffs bureau.

Vol. 20, p. 1518.

 the year ending April first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, 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. 145 intercontinental railway commission. Share of the United States of the cost of printing and publishing

Intercontinental railway survey.

 reports, maps, and so forth, of the preliminary survey for an intercontinental railway, twenty-five thousand dollars. SCHEDULE B.

Schedule B.

 salaries, consolar service.

Salaries.

 Consul-general at Havana, six thousand dollars:

Consuls-general.

 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; Consul-general at Melbourne, four thousand five hundred dollars; Consuls-general at Berlin, Montreal, Kanagawa, Panama, and Mexico (city), at four thousand dollars each, twenty thousand dollars; Consuls-general at Halifax and Vienna, at three thousand five hundred dollars each, seven thousand dollars; Consuls-general at Apia, Constantinople, Dresden, Guayaquil, Frankfort, Ottawa, Rome, Saint Petersburg, Singapore, and Saint Gall, at three thousand dollars each, thirty 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; Consuls-general at Santo Domingo and Barcelona, at one thousand five hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars; Total, one hundred and two thousand dollars. For salaries of consuls, vice-consuls, and commercial agents, three

Consuls, etc.

 hundred and ninety-four thousand five hundred dollars, as follows, namely: Class I.

Class I. $5,000 a year.

 Consul at Liverpool, five thousand dollars. Consul at Hongkong, 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, Fuehau, and Hankow. 146 France: Consul at Bordeaux. Germany: Consuls at Barmen and Nuremberg. Great Britain and British Dominions: Consuls at Belfast, Bradford, Demerara, Glasgow, Kingston (Jamaica), and Manchester. Japan: Consuls at Nagasaki, and Osaka and Iliogo. 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 a year.

 At two thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Argentine Republic: Consul at Buenos Ayres. Austria: Consul at Reicheuberg. Belgium: Consul at Brussels. China: Consul at Ningpo. Danish Dominions: Consul at Saint Thomas. France: Consuls at Lyons and Marseilles. Germany: Consuls at Annaberg. Aix la Chapelle, Bremen, Stuttgart, Chemnitz, Hamburg, Mayence, and Plauen. 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 Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba. Turkish Dominions: Consuls at Smyrna and Jerusalem. Class V.

Class V, $2,000 a year.

 At two thousand dollars per annum. Austria-Hungary: Consul at Trieste. Brazil: Consuls at Bahia, Para, and Pernambuco. Colombia: Consul at Barrampiilla. Costa Rica: Consul at San Jose. France: Consul at Rheims, Saint Etienne, and Roubaix. 147 Germany: Consuls at Cologne, Crefeld, Dusseldorf, Leipsic, Brunswick, Sonneberg, Magdeburg, and Furth. Great Britain and British Dominions: Consuls at 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), Toronto (Canada), Bermuda, and Auckland (New Zealand). Honduras: Consul at Tegucigalpa. Italy: Consul at Palermo. For salary and expenses of a commercial agent at Boma, in the Lower 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, and the openings for American trade, two thousand dollars. 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: Consul at Beirut. Class VI.

Cilias VI, $1,500 a year.

 At one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Brazil: Consul at 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), Barbadoes, Belize (British Honduras), Bristol, Brookville (Ontario), Coaticook (Canada), Ceylon (India), Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island), Clifton (Canada), Fort Erie (Canada), Goderich (Canada), Gibraltar, Guelph (Canada), Kingston (Canada), London (Canada), Malta, Morris-burg (Canada), Newcastle-on-Tyne, Picton (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), Wood- 148stock (New Brunswick), Yarmouth (Nova Scotia), and Cape Town (Africa). Italy: Consuls at Castellamare, 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 Cadiz, Cardenas, Denia, and Malaga. Switzerland: Consul at Geneva. Sweden and Norway: Consuls at Guttenberg 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. 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), and Windsor (Nova Scotia). Haiti: Consul at Cape Haitien. Honduras: Consul at Ruatan and Truxillo (to reside at Utilla) . Italy: Consuls at Venice and Turin. Netherlands: Consul at Batavia. Portuguese Dominions: Consul at Mozambique (Africa). Society Islands: Consul at Tahiti. Sweden and Norway: Consul at Christiania. salaries of consular clerks. Ten consular clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, twelve

Consular clerks.

 thousand dollars; and three consular clerks, at one thousand dollars each, three thousand dollars; total, fifteen thousand dollars. 149 salaries of consular officers not citizens. The salary of a consular officer not a citizen of the United States shall

Payments to consular officers not citizens.

 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 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, Ottawa, Barmen, and Vienna, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, nineteen thousand two hundred dollars; Southampton, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; 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; Guayaquil, and Victoria, eight hundred dollars each; Messina, Palermo, Saint Gall, Smyrna, and Tangier, at eight hundred dollars each, four thousand dollars; Leith, at six hundred and forty dollars; Cairo, Cologne, Constantinople, Huddersfield, Mayence, Munich, Nottingham, Odessa, Para, Pernambuco, Tampico, Vera Cruz, Horgen, and Zurich, at six hundred dollars each, seven thousand two hundred 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; Berne, Demerara, Florence, Genoa, Malaga, Mannheim, Naples, and Stuttgart, at four hundred and eighty dollars each, three thousand eight hundred and forty 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, twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That the total sum expended in

Proviso.

Limit.

 one year shall not exceed the amount appropriated; Total, ninety-four thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars. salaries of 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. 150 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, marshals for consular courts. Marshals for the consular courts in China, Korea, Japan, and Turkey,

Marshals, consular courts.

 nine thousand three hundred dollars. expenses of prisons for american convicts. Expenses of a prison and prison-keeper at the consulate-general in

Consular prisoners.

Bangkok.

 Bangkok, Siam, one thousand dollars; Actual expense of renting a prison at Shanghai for American convicts

Shanghai.

 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.

 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 prisoners.

Provisos.

Maximum allowance.

 Japan, Siam, and Turkey, nine thousand dollars: Provided, That no more than fifty 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 prisoners:

Self-supporting 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 fifty cents per day, and the consular officer shall certify to the fact of inability in every case; Bent of prison for American convicts in Turkey and for wages of

Rent, etc., Turkey.

 keepers of the same, one thousand dollars; Total, fourteen thousand one hundred dollars. relief and protection of american seamen. Relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, or so

Relief of American seamen.

 much thereof as maybe necessary, fifty thousand dollars. foreign hospitals at panama. Annual contributions toward the support of foreign hospitals at

Foreign hospitals.

 Panama,

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. 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:

Proviso.

Equivalents of measures, etc.

Provided, That all terms of measure, weight, and money shall be reduced to, and expressed in, terms of the measure, weight, and coin of the United States, as well as in the foreign terms. loss by exchange, consular service. Actual cost and expense of making exchange of money to and from

Loss by exchange.

 the several consulates and consulates general, four thousand dollars. 151 contingent expenses, united states consulates. Expense of providing all such stationery, blanks, record and other

Contingent expenses, cons u lutes.

 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 eighty thousand dollars. international union of american republics. Commercial Bureau of American Republics, ten thousand dollars:

Bureau of American Republics.

Proviso.

Disposal of receipts.

 Provided, That any monies received from sale of the Bureau publications, from rents or other sources may be paid into the Treasury as a credit in addition to the appropriation and may be drawn therefrom upon requisitions of the Secretary of State for the purpose of meeting the expenses of the Bureau. 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, four thousand dollars. Approved, July 26, 1894.
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CHAP. 167.—
An Act Making appropriations for the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

July 26, 1894.

 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 and ninety-five:

For pay of one superintendent of the United States Military Academy

Pay of superintendent , professors, etc.

 (colonel), in addition to pay as major of engineers, one thousand dollars. For pay of eight professors, twenty-six thousand eight hundred and seventy-six dollars and thirty-nine cents. For pay of one associate professor of mathematics, two 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 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; and hereafter no graduate of

No detail of graduates within two years.

Vol. 22. p. 123.

 the Military Academy shall be assigned or detailed to serve at said Academy as a professor, instructor, or assistant to either within two years after his graduation, and so much of the. Act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, as requires a longer service than two years for said assignments or details is hereby repealed. 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. 152 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-seven thousand dollars.

Cadets.

 For pay of one teacher of music, one thousand and eighty dollars. For pay of the Military Academy band, nine thousand two hundred and forty dollars.

Band.

 For additional pay of professors and officers (on increased rank) for

Longevity pay.

 length of service, ten thousand seventy dollars and thirty-one cents. For pay of field musicians:

Field musicians.

 One sergeant, two hundred and sixteen 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 fifty-seven dollars and eight cents. For current expenses as follows:

Current expenses.

Repairs, etc.

 Repairs and improvements, namely: Timber, planks, boards, joists, wall strips, laths, shingles, slate, tin, sheet lead, zine, nails, screws, locks, hinges, glass, paints, turpentine, oils, varnish, brushes, stone, brick, Hag, 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, fire bricks, clay, sand, and for repairs of steam-heating apparatus, grates, stoves, heaters, ranges, and furnaces, mica, twenty thousand dollars. For gas pipes, fixtures, lamp posts, 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.

Stationery, etc.

 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. For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and ferriages,

Transportation.

 one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Printing: For printing and binding, type, materials for office, including

Printing.

 repairs to motor and machinery, diplomas for graduates, annual registers, blanks and monthly reports to parents of cadets, one thousand dollars. For clerk to the disbursing officer and quartermaster, one thousand

Clerks.

 three hundred and fifty dollars. For clerk to adjutant in charge of cadet records, one thousand five hundred dollars. For one clerk to the adjutant, one thousand dollars. For clerk to treasurer, one thousand five hundred dollars. For one clerk to the quartermaster, 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 153 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 repairs and improvements of dressing rooms, walks and dock at swimming place, two hundred and twenty 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 books and maps, binding books, and mounting maps, seventy-five dollars; For plumes for cadet officers of the first class, seventy-five dollars; For silk and worsted sashes for cadet officers and acting officers, two hundred and twenty dollars; For foils, masks, belts, fencing gloves and fencing jackets, gaiters, and repairs, two hundred and fifty dollars; For soap used in scrubbing cadet barracks, fifty dollars; For extra pay of twenty-eight enlisted men of the cavalry detachment, employed on additional duty with the instruction battery of field artillery, United States Military Academy, at twenty dollars each, five hundred and sixty dollars; In all, two thousand four hundred dollars. For department of civil and military engineering: For models, maps,

Department of civil and military engineering

 purchase and repair of instruments, apparatus, drawing boards, desks, chairs, shelves, and eases for books and instruments, textbooks, books of reference and stationery for the use of instructors, and contingencies, one thousand dollars; For extra pay of one enlisted man employed as draftsman, two hundred and fifty-six dollars; In all, one thousand two 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, eight hundred dollars; for books of reference, scientific periodicals, textbooks, stationery, materials, and repairs, four hundred dollars; for repairs to the observatory building and clocks, three hundred dollars; for pay of mechanic assistant, one thousand dollars; in all, two thousand five hundred 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, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; for one office desk and chair, seventy-five dollars; for bookcases, seventy-five dollars; for table of logarithms, twenty-five dollars; for contingencies, twenty-five dollars; in all, three hundred and fifty dollars. For department of history, geography, and ethics: For textbooks,

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 papers for the practical instructions 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, five hundred dollars: Provided, That any of

Proviso.

Laboratory.

 the foregoing sums for the department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology not expended for the purposes named, may be used in fittings of the laboratory of the new academic building; 154 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 seven hundred and eighty dollars. For department of drawing: For drawing material for the use of

Department of drawing.

 instructors, tacks, sponges, brushes, glue, alcohol, hektograph cloth, tumblers, saucers, towels, soap, ink, paint, stationery, and so forth, and contingent expenses, two hundred and fifty dollars; For repairs to models, desks, stretchers, racks, and material, seventy-five dollars; For cleaning and renewal of plaster models and statuary in store, fifty dollars; For models in flat and relief for second and third classes, one hundred dollars; For books and periodicals, one hundred dollars; For binding periodicals and loose sheets, thirty dollars; For photographic material and apparatus, one hundred and fifty dollars; For ten prismatic compasses for reconnaissance work, at fifteen dollars each, one hundred and fifty dollars; For eighty reconnaisance boards, at three dollars and fifty cents each, two hundred and eighty dollars; For one case of drawing instruments, seventy-five dollars; For twenty new drawing boards, at two dollars and fifty cents each, fifty dollars; For thirty new steel rulers, at three dollars each, ninety dollars; For twenty new steel triangles, at two dollars and fifty cents each, fifty dollars; In all, one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. For department of modern languages: For stationery, textbooks,

Department of modern languages.

 and books of reference for the use of instructors, for repairs of books and apparatus, and for office furniture, and for printing examination papers, and for contingencies, four hundred and forty-five dollars and fifty cents. For department of law: For stationery, textbooks, books of reference,

Department of law.

 and books for use of instructors, and for repairing and binding same, and furniture for office, two hundred and fifty dollars; One typewriter and typewriting supplies, one hundred dollars; in all, three 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 material for the preservation, augmentation, and repair of wooden ponton, and one canvas pontonbridge train, sapping and mining bails and material; rope, cordage, material for rafts and for spar and trestle bridges; intrenching tools, tools and material tor 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, 155 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 titty 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 extra pay of one ordnance soldier as clerk, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents; For manufacture or purchase of models of the new steel guns for

Models.

 field, siege, and sea-coast services for cadet instruction, one thousand five hundred dollars; For manufacture or purchase of models of the new steel carriages for field, siege, and sea-coast services for cadet instruction, two thousand dollars: In all, four thousand three hundred and eighty dollars and fifty cents. For stationery for office of the treasurer, United States Military

Treasurer’s office.

 Academy, namely, blank books, paper, envelopes, pens, mucilage, typewriting supplies, and other items of stationery, fifty dollars. For extra pay of two enlisted men employed as clerks in the offices

Extra pay to en listed men.

 of the adjutant United States Military Academy and commandant of cadets, respectively, 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 cents each per day, six hundred anti 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 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. 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 extra pay of one enlisted man employed in the department of drawing, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents: Provided, That the extra pay provided by the nine preceding

Proviso.

No duplication.

 paragraphs shall not be paid to any enlisted man who receives extra-duty pay under existing laws or Army regulations: And provided further, That nothing contained in the Act making appropriation for

Quartermaster’s department, detachment.

Vol. 26, p. 167.

Post, p. 628.

 the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, shall be interpreted to prevent the number of men in the detachment of Army-service men of the Quartermaster’s Department therein provided for being made as high as one hundred and fifty, if in the opinion of the Secretary of War such number be required. For expenses of the Board of Visitors, including mileage, three

Board of Visitors.

 thousand dollars. For miscellaneous and incidental expenses:

Miscellaneous expenses.

 For gas-coal, oil, candles, lanterns, matches, chimneys, and wicking for lighting the academic chapel, library, cadet barracks, mess hall, shops, hospital, offices, stables, and riding-hall, sidewalks, camp, and wharves, five thousand dollars; 156 For water pipe, plumbing, and repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars; For cleaning public buildings (not quarters), one thousand 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 hundred and twenty dollars; For pay of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus

Mechanics.

 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 six hundred and twenty dollars. For pay of one superintendent of gas works, one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of one civilian plumber, nine hundred dollars. For pay of one scavenger, at sixty dollars a month, seven hundred and twenty 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 repairing books, and for furniture, 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 thousand five hundred dollars, to be immediately available. For contingent funds, to be expended under the direction of the

Contingencies, Academic Board.

 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 of instruments for band, six hundred dollars.

Musical supplies.

 For purchase of music for band, to be purchased in open market on the order of the Superintendent, two hundred and fifty dollars. For purchase of springs, pads, strings, and other necessary articles for baud instruments, one 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 waterworks: Renewal of material in filter beds, improving ventilation

Waterworks.

 in 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 Fond, and 157 for tool house at filter; for gauges at Round Pond and Delafield Pond, and stairs for access to same, and all other necessary work of maintenance and repairs, five hundred dollars. For continuing the construction of one new reservoir, twenty-five

New reservoir.

 thousand dollars, to be immediately available; and the sum of six thousand dollars appropriated in the Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for heating and supplying river water, for swimming tank in the new gymnasium, is hereby made

Swimming tank.

Vol. 27, p. 521.

 available for supplying water for the gymnasium from the new reservoir. For broken stone and gravel for roads, one thousand five hundred 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 dollars. For repair of cooking utensils and the replacement of wornout cooking

Subsistence Department.

 utensils in the cadet subsistence department, to be expended without advertising, three hundred and twenty-six dollars. 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 reflooring cadet mess hall, ninety-six feet long by forty-five feet

Reflooring, etc.

 wide, substituting for the old and double-board floor therein a stone, slate, or tile floor, whichever may be best attainable under this appropriation, four thousand dollars, to be immediately available. For general repairs to the cadet laundry, painting, renewing machinery,

Repairs.

 and incidental repairs to machinery and building, to be expended without advertising, three hundred dollars. For painting, and for general incidental repairs and improvements to the cadet quartermaster’s department building, including storerooms, office, tailor shops, shoe repairing, and so forth, the same, to be expended as required without advertising, three hundred dollars. For completing the modernization and improvement of the plumbing

Plumbing.

 and sewerage of the post, five thousand dollars. For furnishing and erecting in the natatorium of the gymnasium, in

Gymnasium baths.

complete working order, six slate-lined compartments with six combination shower, spray, and needle baths, one gas heater, and one hot water storage tank, eight hundred and fifty dollars; and the appropriation of two thousand dollars made by the Act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for asphalt road and walk

Road.

Vol. 27, p. 522.

 in front of and around the new gymnasium, is hereby reappropriated for the construction of said road and walk of asphalt or other suitable material. For repairs, new machines, and fixtures for gymnasium, three hundred dollars. For new balls and pins, repairs to bowling alley, one hundred and fifty dollars. For completing the plumbing in the new sinks and bathrooms for

Bathrooms, etc.

 cadets, including the purchase of bath tubs, and so forth, to be immediately available, one thousand two hundred dollars. For general repairs to cadet barracks;

Repairs, cadet barracks.

 for replacing partitions, racks, and so forth, in tenth division; for removing old baths from basement: for painting and repairing roof; for repairs to doors, locks, hinges, and so forth, and for flagging in area, two thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. For repairs and improvements, and so forth, needed at the cadet hospital,

Cadet hospital.

 as follows: For painting roof and woodwork of hospital throughout, two coats; for painting ceilings and walls of third floor, two coats; 158 for six hundred square feet of tile flooring for front hall way and lavatories; for reoiling and relacquering material for hardwood floors; for two hundred feet of planed boards, one inch by sixteen inches, for shelving storeroom; for ten pounds of sal ammoniac to supply battery for electric bells; for nine feet of black-walnut counter, with marble top, for dispensary; for glass screen, with door, for dispensing counter; for steam radiator, with necessary fittings for ward number two, same as ward number one; for three medicine closets for wards; for whitewashing basements throughout; for rebronzing radiators, water pipes, and so forth, throughout; for eight stationary lockers for hospital attendants; for twenty-four stationary lockers, three sets of eight each, for patients; for necessary fixtures to connect soldiers’ hospital and subdispensary by telephone with the cadet hospital, two thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and seventy cents. For improvements, additions, and repairs required at the soldiers’

Soldiers’ hospital.

 hospital, as follows: For fittings for one basement room for storeroom for liquors, disinfectants, and medicines requiring cold storage; for movable louver board shutters (outside) for sixty-nine windows in buildings, with the necessary hinges, fasteners, and turnbuckles; for Butcher’s “Boston” polish for floors; for one large galvanized iron sink, with drain shelf, for kitchen (to replace the one now in use, which is very small and not adapted to the requirements of the building); for rebronzing radiator and steam pipes in main building and annex; for repainting porches and covered way leading to annex; for repainting tin roof over all porches and covered way to annex: for hard-oil finish for windows, transoms, and interior woodwork of main building and annex, except floors; for whitewashing walls and ceilings in basements undermain building and annex; for repainting screen frames under porches, and for construction of roof over open stairway leading to isolation ward from covered way between main building and annex, one thousand two hundred and sixty-two dollars. For outbuilding at the soldiers’ hospital, with stalls for four cows, two hundred dollars. For repairs and improvements to barracks of the detachment of

Soldiers’ barracks etc.

 Army-service men, quartermaster’s department, and for steam plant for heating same, four thousand dollars. For improving the surface draining of married enlisted men’s quarters in Logtown, five hundred dollars. For painting the exterior of five double frame houses in Rugertown, used as quarters for married enlisted men, one thousand dollars. For repairs to ordnance laboratory, and so forth: New spouting on

Repairs, laboratory, etc.

 all buildings, three hundred dollars; water-closets in laboratory yard, one hundred and seventy-five dollars. For covered way from cavalry stables to riding hall, a frame shedding built in sections and so constructed as to be put together and taken apart as desired, four hundred dollars. For necessary paint, including cost of labor, for exterior of cavalry stable, four hundred and eighty dollars. For new mangers and general repairs to interior of cavalry stables, one thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. For building a breast-high masonry wall on east side of road from nor the gate to entrance of post cemetery, one thousand dollars. For new sewer from Rugertown to connect with new sewer from new soldiers’

Sewer.

 hospital to river, two thousand eight hundred dollars. For removing the piling of the old south wharf, five hundred dollars. For continuing repairs to road from south gate to the southern boundary line of reservation, and for continuing the laying of a stone walk along same, three thousand dollars. For improving and extending the present electric fire alarm system of the post, seven hundred dollars. For repairing fuel house belonging to the barracks of Company E, Battalion of Engineers, seventy-five dollars. 159 For reflooring and interior painting of barracks of Company E, Battalion of Engineers, one thousand dollars. For necessary repairs to engineer boathouses, one hundred dollars. For necessary repairs to engineer equipment shed, two hundred dollars. For placing gas pipes and gas fixtures throughout the barracks of Company E, Battalion of Engineers, three hundred dollars. For one steam road roller, four thousand dollars.

Road roller.

Gun platforms.

 For completing one platform for new eight-inch rifle, one platform for new twelve inch breech-loading mortar, and three front-pintle platforms in the sea-coast battery, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-six dollars. Approved, July 26, 1894.
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CHAP. 168.—
An Act To amend section forty-eight hundred and thirty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States as to soldiers’ homes.

July 26, 1894.

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

National soldiers homes.

R. S., sec. 4837, p. 938, amended.

Vol. 21, p. 322.
That section forty eight hundred and thirty-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by the Act of Congress approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, be, and hereby is, repealed and reenacted to read as follows, to wit:
“Sec. 4837. That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the

Documents to be furnished.

 House of Representatives shall cause to be sent to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Dayton, Ohio, and to the branches at Togus in Maine, Milwaukee in Wisconsin, Hampton in Virginia, Marion in Indiana, Leavenworth in Kansas, Santa .Monica in California, and to the homes for the widows and orphans of soldiers and sailors

State homes, etc.

 established and maintained by any State or Territory, and all soldiers and sailors’ homes established by the authority of any State or territory receiving aid from the United States under legislation of Congress, each, one copy each of the following documents: The session laws of

Laws, messages, and Record only to be sent.

 Congress; the annual messages of the President, with accompanying documents in the abridgment thereof; the daily Congressional Record; and the Public Printer is hereby authorized and directed to furnish to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives the documents referred to in this section.”
Approved, July 26, 1894.
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CHAP. 170.—
An Act Granting the use of certain land to the town of Castine, Maine, for a public park.

July 30, 1894.

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

Castin, Me.

Land granted for public park.
That there is hereby granted to the town of Castine, in the State of Maine, 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, the tract of land owned by the United States situated in the extreme southerly part of said town of Castine,containing three acres, more or less, and known as the “Fort Madison lot”—said tract being more fully described in the deed of Joseph and Phebe Perkins, conveying the said land to the President of the United States, dated April first, eighteen hundred and nine, which deed is recorded in the records of Hancock County, Maine, book numbered twenty-seven, page one hundred and five—upon the following conditions and provisions, namely: First. That the said town of Castine shall ascertain by proper survey

Survey.

 and accurately mark in a permanent manner the boundaries of said tract of land according to the description given in said deed; that no 160 use of said laud shall be begun by the said town until after general plans of said improvement shall have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War. Second.

Protection.

 That said town of Castine shall have and exercise power to

Approval by Secretary of War.

 make, and enforce police regulations concerning said tract and shall properly protect all said property from injury. Third.

Fee, etc., reserved.

 That the United States reserves to itself the fee in said tract 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, July 30, 1894.
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CHAP. 171.—
An Act To release a certain limitation existing in an Act of Congress touching the Episcopal Church at Saint Augustine, Florida.

July 30, 1894.

 Whereas in the provisions of section three of the Act of Congress entitled “An

Preamble.

Vol. 4, p. 202.

 Act to provide for the confirmation and settlement of private land claims in east Florida, and for other purposes,” approved February eighth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, it was declared that the lands in Saint Augustine, Florida, relinquished and confirmed to the incorporated Episcopal Church of Saint Augustine should forever inure to the purposes for which they were confirmed, and should not be alienated without the consent of Congress; and Whereas the growth of the city of Saint Augustine, and other physical and social conditions, have rendered the land so relinquished as aforesaid unsuitable for the purposes of the church aforesaid: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled

St. Augustine, Fla.

Sale of Episcopal Church lot-authorized.

,
That the consent of Congress is hereby given to the said church at Saint Augustine, and to the corporation of The Protestant. Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Florida, and to all other officers and authorities having charge over, or interest in the said land, to sell and convey the same to the purchaser thereof free and discharged from the condition stated in the. provisions of the statute referred to in the preamble of this Act. And the proper authorities of the said The Protestant Episcopal Church in the. Diocese

Use of proceeds.

of Florida may use the proceeds of said sale in purchasing another lot in the city of Saint Augustine and erecting a church edifice thereon for the use and benefit of the church organization to which the old Episcopal Church lot was relinquished and confirmed by the Act of Congress hereinbefore mentioned.
Approved, July 30, 1894.
Chap. 172: To amend sections four, six, and ten of the Act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled “An Act to establish a court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.” 28 Stat. 160 1894-07-30 Chapter 172 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 172.—
An Act To amend sections four, six, and ten of the Act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled “An Act to establish a court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.”

July 30, 1894.

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

Court of appeals, D. C.

Vol. 27, p. 435.
That section four of an Act entitled “An Act to establish a court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
“Sec. 4.

That there shall be a clerk of said court of appeals, to be appointed

Clerk.

by the court, who shall receive as compensation for his services 161 in the discretion of the court, an annual salary not to exceed the sum

Salary.

 of three thousand dollars, payable monthly at the Treasury of the United States, and who shall give bond, such as the court may determine

Bond.

 to be satisfactory, for the faithful performance of his duties, and his duties shall be such as the court may from time to time prescribe. That the said clerk of the court of appeals shall, with the approval of

Appointment of t distant clerk.

 the court, appoint one assistant or deputy clerk, who shall receive as compensation for his services, in the discretion of the court, an annual salary not to exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, payable monthly at the. Treasury of the United States, and who may sign the name of

Duties.

 the clerk to any official act required by law, or by the practice of the court, to be performed by the clerk, and may authenticate said signature by affixing the seal of the court thereto, when the impress of the seal is necessary to its authentication. In such eases the signature shall be

—————— ——————, Clerk. By —————— ——————, Assistant Clerk.

The court shall regulate from time to time the fees to be charged by the

Fees.

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

Office expenses.

 receive such allowance for necessary expenditures 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 five hundred dollars in any one year, payable as aforesaid at the Treasury of the United States.”
Sec. 2. That section six of the Act aforesaid be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
“Sec. 6. That said court of appeals shall establish by rule of court

Terms.

Provisos.

Rules, ote.

 such terms of the court in each year as to it may seem necessary: Provided, however, That there shall be at least three terms in each year, and it shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the transaction of its business and the taking of appeals to said court. And said court of appeals shall have power to prescribe

Record, etc.

 what part or parts of the proceedings in the court below shall constitute the record on appeal and the form of bills of exception, and to require that the original papers shall be sent to it instead of copies thereof, and generally to regulate all matters relating to appeals whether in the court below or in said court of appeals. If any member

Temporary vacancies.

 of the court shall be absent on account of illness or other cause during the season thereof, or shall be disqualified from bearing and determining any particular cause by having been of counsel therein, or by having as 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

Justice of supreme court to serve.

 fill 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 court of the District of Columbia

Not to review their own judgments, etc.

 shall, while on the bench of said court of appeals, sit in review of any judgment, decree, or order which he shall himself have entered or made: Provided also, That if the parties to any cause shall so stipulate

Hearing by two judges.

 in writing by their attorneys and solicitors, such cause may be heard and determined by two justices of the court without calling in any of the justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia: And Provided also, That all motions to dismiss appeals and other motions may

Motions.

 be beard by two justices, in the event of the absence or disqualification of any one of the justices as aforesaid: And provided further, That if

Divided opinions.

 in any cause heard before two justices as aforesaid the court shall be divided in its opinion, then the judgment or decree of the lower court shall stand affirmed.”
162
Sec. 3. That section ten of said Act be, and the same is hereby,

Vol. 27, p. 43.

 amended so as to read as follows:
“Sec. 10. That the opinion of the said court of appeals in every case

Opinions.

 shall be rendered in writing, and shall be filed in such case as a part of the record thereof, and that the said court of appeals is hereby authorized

Reporter to publish opinions.

 to appoint a reporter, who shall serve during the pleasure of the court and without compensation, and whose duty shall be to report, edit, and publish, in form to be prescribed by the court, its opinions.”
Approved, July 30, 1894.
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CHAP. 174.—
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-five, and for other purposes.

July 31, 1894.

 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-five, tor the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:
LEGISLATIVE.

Legislative.

 senate.

Senate.

 For compensation of Senators, four hundred and forty thousand

Pay of Senators.

Proviso.

Commencement of certain salaries.

 dollars: Provided, That the salaries of Senators elected or appointed to till vacancies in the Senate and of Senators elected for a full term subsequent to the commencement of such term, shall commence on the date of their election or appointment. For mileage of Senators, forty-five thousand dollars.

Mileage.

Compensation, officers, etc.

 For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in the service of the Senate, four hundred and twenty-six thousand three hundred and eighteen 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 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; 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. 163 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 Commit tee 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; clerk to the Joint Committee on the Library, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; clerks to the Committees on Naval Affairs, Census, Public Lauds, 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 Laud Claims, Patents, Coast Defenses, Privileges and Elections, Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress, and Rules, and Civil Service and Retrenchment, and clerk to Conference Minority of the Senate, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, ninety-three thousand and forty dollars. For clerk to the Committee on Woman Suffrage, and clerk to the

Post, p. 765.

 Committee on Mines and Mining, at two thousand one hundred dollars each, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five only, four thousand two hundred dollars. For twenty-six clerks to committees, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each, thirty-seven thousand four hundred and forty 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 fur 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 doorkeeper is held by Isaac Bassett; acting assistant doorkeeper,

Isaac Bassett.

Messengers.

 two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; three messengers, acting as assistant doorkeepers, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; thirty-six messengers, atone 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 and sixty dollars each; eleven 164 skilled laborers, at one thousand dollars each; two janitors, at nine

Laborers, etc.

 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 seven hundred and twenty dollars each; telephone operator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; telephone page, six hundred dollars; twenty-five laborers, at seven hundred and twenty

Pages.

dollars each; .sixteen pages for the Senate Chamber,at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day each during the session, lour thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, one hundred and sixteen thousand five hundred and twenty-tour 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; 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 Doom: For superintendent of the document room (Amzi Smith)

Document room.

Superintendent.

 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; assistant in folding room, one thousand two hundred dollars; clerk in folding room, one thousand dollars; 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 nine folders, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twenty-one thousand six hundred and ten 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; 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 thirty-three annual clerks to Senators who are not chairmen of

Clerks to Senators.

 committees, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, thirty-nine

Proviso.

Service to Senators elect.

thousand six hundred dollars: Provided, That Senators elected, whose term of office begins on the fourth day of March, and whose credentials in due form of law shall have been presented to the Senate, or filed with the Secretary, but who have not been qualified, are authorized to appoint a clerk to serve from the date of the commencement of their terms respectively, whose compensation shall be paid out of the appropriation for clerks to Senators who are not, chairmen of committees. For Contingent Expenses, namely: For stationery and newspapers,

Contingent expenses.

Stationery and news papers.

 including six thousand dollars for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, seventeen 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, five thousand 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 apparatus,

Fuel, oil, etc.

 exclusive of labor, nine thousand dollars. 165 For purchase of furniture, four thousand dollars.

Furniture.

 For materials for furniture and repairs of same, exclusive of labor, one 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 nine hundred and forty dollars. 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, twenty-five thousand dollars. For reporting the debates and proceedings of the Senate, twenty-five

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 eight hundred thousand dollars. For mileage, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

Mileage.

Compensation, officers, etc.

 For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in the service of the House of Representatives, three hundred and seventy-four thousand three hundred and fifty-five dollars and seventy-four 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 and to the Committee on Rules, two thousand five hundred dollars; clerk to the Speaker, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger to the Speaker, one thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand two hundred and two dollars and forty 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 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 tor 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 166 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, one thousand two hundred dollars; 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, two hundred and ten days, at six dollars per day, one thousand two hundred and sixty dollars; one page in the enrolling room, seven hundred and twenty dollars; messenger in chief clerk’s office, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, eighty-six thousand five hundred and twenty-eight dollars. Under Architect of the Capitol: One chief engineer, one

Chief engineer, etc.

 thousand 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 Committees on Accounts, Agriculture, Claims, District of Columbia, Elections, Foreign Affairs, Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Indian Affairs, Invalid Pensions, Judiciary, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Military Affairs, Naval Affairs, Public Lands, Post-Offices and Post-Roads, Public Buildings and (1 rounds, Rivers and Harbors, War Claims, 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 thousand four hundred dollars. For twenty-three clerks to committees,

Clerks to committees. session.

 including a clerk to the Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, at six dollars each per day during the session, sixteen thousand six hundred and ninety-eight 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;

Superintendent of document room. etc.

assistant 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 tile 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 167 hundred dollars each; nine messengers, including the messenger to the

Messengers, etc.

 reporters’ 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, eight hundred and forty-six dollars and ninety-six cents; 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; two chief pages, at nine hundred dollars each;

Pages, etc.

 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-four dollars and sixty-four cents; ten laborers during the

Laborers, etc.

 session, at sixty dollars per month each, two thousand four hundred and twenty dollars and eighty cents; six laborers, known as cloakroom 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 fifty eight dollars and ninety 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 and thirteen dollars and forty-four cents; and one laborer, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand two hundred and thirty-three dollars and forty-four cents. For hire of horses and mail wagons for carrying the mails, three thousand

Horses and wagons.

 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 two hundred dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand two hundred 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 121 days.

 paragraphs they shall be construed to mean four months or one hundred and twenty-one days. For Clerk Hire, Members and Delegates, House of Representatives:

Clerks to Members and Delegates.

 To pay Members and Delegates the amount which they certify they have paid or agreed to pay for clerk hire necessarily employed by them in the discharge of their official and representative duties, as provided in the Joint Resolution approved March third,

Vol. 27, p. 757.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-three, ninety-seven thousand and thirty dollars and forty cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For Contingent Expenses, namely: For materials for folding,

Contingent expenses.

Folding materials.

 sixteen thousand dollars. 168 For fuel and oil for the heating apparatus, eight thousand dollars.

Fuel and oil.

Furniture.

Packing boxes.

 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 committees,

Miscellaneous items.

 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.

 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 thirty

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: two at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and two at six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-four thousand five hundred and twenty 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 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.

Copyright business.

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.

Superintendent, etc.

 For assistants and laborers, under the direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, twelve thousand 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. 169 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, five 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: two laborers; one engineer, eight hundred and forty dollars; and two watchmen; in all, thirty-nine thousand three hundred and forty dollars. And in lieu of the clerks now detailed from the several Executive

Clerks in lieu of former details from Departments.

 Departments for duty as examiners at the Civil Service Commission, clerks for such duty to be employed by said Commission are hereby provided for as follows: Six clerks of class four; eight clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; twelve clerks of class one; in all, fifty-two thousand dollars: Provided, That the said Commission may transfer

Proviso.

Transfers.

 to its rolls and employ such of the clerks now detailed as may be deemed qualified for examining work. 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. DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

DepartmentofState.

 For compensation of the Secretary of State, eight thousand dollars;

Pay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc.

 First Assistant Secretary of State, four thousand five hundred dollars; Second and Third Assistant Secretaries, at three thousand five hundred dollars each; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; 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; sixteen clerks of class one, one of whom is to be a telegraph operator; live 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 hunched and nineteen thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. 170 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 services 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.

 to be used only for official purposes, 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

Editing, etc., laws and Statute at Large.

 the first and second sessions of the Fifty-third Congress and the Statutes at Large of the Fifty-third Congress, three thousand dollars. TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Treasury Department.

 Office of the Secretary: For compensation of the Secretary of

Pay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks,etc.

 the 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; stenographer, one thousand eight 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; four messengers; four assistant messengers; in all, forty-one thousand two hundred and forty 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 atone 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;

Engineer, etc.

one chief engineer, one 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

Watchmen.

sixty dollars each; one coal-passer, five hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, one thousand tour hundred dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at nine hundred dollars each; fifty-eight watchmen; six special

Laborers.

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, male, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; twenty-six laborers; ten laborers, at five hundred dollars each; one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; two laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each;

Cabinet shop.

ninety charwomen; one foreman of cabinet shop, one thousand five hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; eleven cabinetmakers, at one thousand dollars each; one cabinetmaker, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one carpenter,

Winder Building.

one thousand dollars; one carpenter’s helper, six hundred and sixty dollars. For the Winder 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, four hundred and eighty dollars; and six charwomen; in all, one hundred and sixty-seven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. 171 Division of warrants, estimates and appropriations: For the following

Warrant division.

For three months.

 for three months, beginning July first,eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: For chief of division, at the rate of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum; assistant chief of division, at the rate of two thousand four hundred dollars per annum; estimate and digest clerk, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum; six clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; one clerk of class two: tour clerks of class one; two clerks, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum each; one clerk, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, eight thousand four hundred and ninety-five dollars. Division of bookkeeping and warrants: For the following for nine months, beginning October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four,

Bookkeeping and warrants division.

For nine months.

Post, p. 208.

 namely: For chief of division, at the rate of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum; assistant chief of division, at the rate of two thousand four hundred dollars per annum; est imate and digest clerk, at the rate of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; two principal bookkeepers, at the rate of two thousand one hundred dollars per annum each; ten bookkeepers, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum each; ten clerks of class tom-; five clerks of class three; three clerks of class one; one messenger; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, forty-eight thousand one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents. 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; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; and one laborer; in all, twenty one thousand five hundred and fifty 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. 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; six 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, eight hundred and forty dollars; one messenger; two assistant messengers; six laborers; superindent 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-two thousand five hundred and nineteen dollars. Division of revenue-cutter service: For assistant chief of division,

Revenue-cutter division.

 two 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. 172 That the Secretary of the Treasury shall detail a captain of the Revenue-Cutter

Detail from Revenue Marine.

 Service who shall be chief of the division of Revenue-cutter Service, and a chief engineer, who shall be engineer in chief of said Service, but no additional pay or emoluments shall be allowed on account of such detail. Miscellaneous division: For chief of division, two thousand five

Miscellaneous division.

 hundred 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 live hundred and twenty dollars. Division of stationery, printing, and blanks: For chief of division,

Stationery division.

 two thousand live hundred dollars; tour 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 live 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 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 two hundred dollars; two assistant messengers; one laborer, six hundred dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand three hundred and forty dollars. Division of special agents: For assistant chief of division, two thousand

Special agents division.

 tour hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; three clerks of class 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. 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. Miscellaneous: For one clerk of class two; one clerk, one thousand

Miscellaneous.

 dollars; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, tour thousand two hundred dollars. Office of the Supervising Architect: In the construction

Supervising Architect’s office.

 branch of the Treasury: 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

Proviso.

Limit.

such appropriations: Provided, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal year ending dune thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, 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 the following for

First Comptroller’s office.

Three months.

Post, p. 173.

 three months, beginning July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: For First Comptroller of the Treasury, at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum; Deputy Comptroller, at the rate of two thousand seven hundred dollars per annum; lour chiefs of division, at the rate of two thousand one hundred dollars per annum each; seven clerks of class four; twelve clerks of class three; twelve clerks of class 173 two; eleven clerks of class one; three clerks, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum each; eight clerks, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each; one skilled laborer, at the rate of eight hundred and forty dollars per annum; one messenger; one assistant messenger; and three laborers: in all, twenty-three thousand one hundred and twenty dollars. Second Comptroller of the Treasury: For the following for

Second Comptroller’s office.

Three months.

Post, p. 205.

 three months, beginning July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: For Second Comptroller of the Treasury, at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum; Deputy Comptroller, at the rate of two thousand seven hundred dollars per annum; seven chiefs of division, at the rate of two thousand one hundred dollars per annum each; eleven clerks of class four; ten clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; ten clerks of class one; three clerks, at the rate of one thousand dollars each per annum; five clerks, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each; five clerks, at the rate of six hundred and sixty dollars per annum each; one messenger; and three laborers; in all, twenty-four thousand four hundred and fifty-five dollars. Commissioner of Customs: For the following for three months,

Commissioner of Custom’s office.

Three months.

Post, p. 205.

 beginning July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: For Commissioner of Customs, at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum; Deputy Commissioner, at the rate of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; two chiefs of division, at the rate of two thousand one hundred dollars per annum each; two clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two: eight clerks of class one: one clerk, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, twelve thousand three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents. Office of Comptroller of the Treasury: For the following

Comptroller of the Treasury.

Nine months.

Post, p. 205.

 for nine months, beginning October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: For Comptroller of the Treasury, at the rate of five thousand five hundred dollars per annum; Assistant Comptroller of I he Treasury, at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum; chief clerk, at the rate of two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum; one chief law clerk, at the rate of two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars per annum; seven law clerks, revising accounts and briefing opinions, two at the rate of two thousand one hundred dollars per annum each, and five at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum each; two confidential clerks, of class four, including one for the Assistant Comptroller; three clerks of class three; three clerks of class one; two messengers; and one assistant messenger; in all, thirty-three thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. For the temporary employment of clerks within the classified service

Temporary employment to complete accounts.

 to complete, under the Comptroller of the Treasury, the accounts in the offices of the First and Second Comptrollers and Commissioner of Customs on hand October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, thirty thousand dollars: Provided, After completing said accounts the clerks

Proviso.

Transfers.

 so temporarily employed may be detailed by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, or to any other Bureau of the Treasury Department, to bring up back work, and the unused balance of said sum of thirty thousand dollars is hereby made available for such purpose. The law clerks provided for in the offices of the Comptroller of the

Appointment of law clerics.

 Treasury and of the several Auditors of the Treasury shall be skilled in the law, and shall be appointed in the same manner as chiefs of divisions are now appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury. First Auditor: For the following for three months, beginning July

First Auditor’s office.

Three months.

Post, p. 205.

 first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: For First Auditor of the Treasury, at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum; Deputy Auditor, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; four chiefs of division, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum each; seven clerks of class four; ten clerks of class three; eleven clerks 174 of class two; eighteen clerks of class one; three clerks, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum each; four copyists and counters, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each; two assistant messengers; and two laborers; in all, twenty-two thousand three hundred and sixty-five dollars. Office of Auditor for Treasury Department: For the following

Auditor for the Treasury Department.

Nine months.

Port, p. 206,

 for nine months, beginning October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: For Auditor, at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum; Deputy Auditor, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one law clerk, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum; four chiefs of division, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum each; seventeen clerks of class four; thirteen clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; three clerks, at the rate of one-thousand dollars per annum each; three clerks, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each; three assistant messengers; and four laborers; in all, eighty-seven thousand three hundred dollars. Second Auditor. For the following for three months, beginning

Second Auditor a Office.

Three months.

Post, p. 205.

 July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: For Second Auditor, at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum; Deputy Auditor, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; six chiefs of division, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum each; thirteen clerks of class four; additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, at the rate of two hundred dollars per annum; forty-three clerks of class three; fifty-five clerks of class two; forty-four clerks of class one; eleven clerks, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum each; five clerks, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each; one skilled laborer, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum; six clerks, at the rate of eight hundred and forty dollars per annum each; one clerk, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum; one messenger; three assistant messengers; eight laborers; in all, sixty-seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-five dollars. For 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, for three months beginning August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, six thousand dollars. Office of Auditor for War Department: For the following,

Auditor for War Department.

Nine months. •

Post, p. 206.

 for nine months beginning October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: For Auditor, at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum; Deputy Auditor, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one law clerk, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum; six chiefs of division, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum each; sixteen clerks of class four; additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, at the rate of two hundred dollars per annum; forty-three clerks of class three; sixty-six clerks of class two; fifty-three clerks of class one; eleven clerks, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum each; five clerks, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each; one skilled laborer, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum; three clerks, at the rate of eight hundred and forty dollars per annum each; one messenger; three assistant messengers; and eight laborers; in all, two hundred and twenty-six thousand one hundred and twenty-five 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. Fourth Auditor: For the following, for three months beginning

Fourth Auditor’s office.

Three months.

Post, p. 205.

 July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: For Fourth Auditor, at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum; Deputy Auditor, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; three chiefs of division, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum each; two clerks of class four; thirteen clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one; four clerks, at the rate of one thousand 175 dollars per annum each; five clerks, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each; one clerk, at the rate of eight hundred dollars per annum; one messenger; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all. eighteen thousand three hundred and seventy dollars. Office of Auditor for Navy Department: For the following,

Auditor for Navy Department.

Nine months.

Post, p. 207.

 for nine months beginning October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: For Auditor, at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum; Deputy Auditor, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one law clerk, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum; three chiefs of division, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum each; one clerk of class four; ten clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one; six clerks, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum each; five clerks, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each; one clerk, at the rate of eight hundred dollars per annum; one messenger; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, fifty-one thousand and sixty dollars. Third Auditor: For the following, for three months beginning

Third Auditor’s office.

Three months.

Post, p. 205.

 July first, eighteen hundred and ninety four, namely: For Third Auditor, at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum; Deputy Auditor, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; four chiefs of division, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum 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 the rate of one thousand dollars per annum each; six clerks, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each; one assistant messenger; ten laborers; one female laborer, at the rate of four hundred and eighty dollars per annum: in all, forty-eight thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars. Office of Auditor for. Interior Department: For the following,

Auditor for the Interior Department.

Nine months.

Post, p. 206.

 for nine months beginning October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely; For Auditor, at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum; Deputy Auditor, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one law clerk, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum; three chiefs of division, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum each; four clerks of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; thirty-three clerks of class two; thirty clerks of class one; eleven clerks, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum each; six clerks, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each; two clerks, at the rate of eight hundred and forty dollars per annum each; one assistant messenger; ten laborers; and one female laborer, at the rate of four hundred and eighty dollars per annum; in all, one hundred and seventeen thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars. For the following, for nine months beginning October first, eighteen

Indian division.

 hundred and ninety-four, namely, to bring up the work transferred from the office of Second Auditor to Indian division of office of Auditor for Interior Department, namely, six clerks of class three and six clerks of class two; in all, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars. Fifth Auditor: For the following, for three months beginning July

Fifth Auditor’s office.

Three months.

Post, p. 205.

 first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: For Fifth Auditor, at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum; Deputy Auditor, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; three chiefs of division, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum each; four clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; two clerks, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum each; four clerks, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each; one messenger; and two laborers; in all, twelve thousand and sixty-five dollars. Office of Auditor for State and other Departments: For

Auditor for State, etc., Departments.

Nine months.

Post, p. 2u7.

 the following, for nine months beginning October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: For Auditor, at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum; Deputy Auditor, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum; one law clerk, at the rate of two thousand 176 dollars per annum; three chiefs of division, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum each; nine clerks of class four; eleven clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; five clerks, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum each; four clerks, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each: two copyists; one messenger; and three laborers; in all, sixty two thousand and forty dollars. Office of Auditor for Post-Office Department: For Auditor,

Auditor for Post-Office Department.

Post, p, 207.

 four thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand live hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; seven chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; thirteen clerks of class four; additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; fifty-nine clerks of class three; seventy-two clerks of class two; eighty-six clerks of class one, including three now employed in the money-order office of the Post-Office Department; sixty-eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; sixteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, including two now employed in the money-order office of the Post-Office Department; one skilled laborer,one thousand dollars; twenty money order assorters, at nine hundred dollars each; thirty money-order assorters, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; twenty-three money-order assorters, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two messengers; 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 seventeen thousand five hundred and forty dollars. For additional force for bringing up work of assorting and checking

Additional force.

 money orders, two years in arrears, and for increased business, namely: For five clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; twelve clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each: in all, fifty thousand one hundred dollars. Office of the Treasurer: For Treasurer of the United States,

Treasurer’s office.

 six thousand dollars; assistant treasurer, three thousand six hundred dollars; cashier, three thousand six hundred dollars; assistant cashier, three thousand two hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars: five chiefs of division, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one vault clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one principal bookkeeper, at two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, at two thousand four hundred dollars; two tellers, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; two assistant tellers, at. two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each, one clerk tor 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; eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; forty-nine 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 thousand four 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, atone thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; and one charwoman; in all, sixty-one thousand eight hundred dollars. 177 Register of the Treasury: For the following, for three months

Register’s office.

Three months.

Post, p 208.

 beginning July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: For Register of the Treasury, at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum; Assistant Register of the Treasury, at the rate of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; four chiefs of division, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum each; seventeen clerks of class four: sixteen clerks of class three; eleven clerks of class two; fourteen clerks of class one; two clerks at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum each; twenty-nine copyists; one messenger; four assistant messengers; and eight laborers; in all, thirty-four thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents. Office of the Register of the Treasury: For the following, for

Nine months.

Post, p. 208.

 nine months beginning October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four namely: For Register, at the rate of four thousand dollars per annum; Assistant Register, at the rate of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum; two chiefs of division, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum each; four clerks of class four; seven clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; one clerk at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum; twenty-four clerks at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; and four laborers; in all, fifty-three thousand and seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: For Comptroller

Comptroller of the Currency, office of.

 of the Currency, 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 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 currency expenses.

 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 thousand dollars; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one assistant messenger; in all sixteen thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars. Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue: For Commissioner

Commissioner of Internal Revenue, office of.

 of Internal 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; five heads of division, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; one superintendent of stamp vault, two thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; twenty-four clerks of class four; twenty-four clerks of class three; thirty-four clerks of class two; twenty-four clerks of class one; thirteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; forty clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two messengers; fourteen assistant messengers; and thirteen laborers; in all, two hundred and sixty-one thousand five hundred and ninety 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. 178 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, six hundred dollars; one assistant civil engineer, two thousand four hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars; one draftsman, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, thirty-six thousand two hundred and forty dollars. Office of Lifesaving Service: For General Superintendent of

Life-saving Service.

 the Lifesaving Service, four thousand dollars; Assistant General Superintendent of the, Lifesaving Service, two thousand five hundred dollars; one principal clerk, 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, four hundred dollars; one clerk of class three: two clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; nine clerks at nine 11mid red dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, twenty-six thousand two 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

Bureau of Statistics.

 of Statistics, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one 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; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one laborer; and one female laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, forty-seven thousand five hundred and ten dollars. 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 atone thousand dollars; and one attendant, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, eleven thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. 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, 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 live 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,

lncidental expenses.

 five hundred dollars. For expenses of the attendance of the American member of the

International Committee on Weights and Measures.

Vol. 20, p.709.

 International Committee on Weights and Measures at the general Conference provided for in the convention signed May twentieth, eighteen 179 hundred and seventy five, the sum of 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 Supervising Surgeon-General Marine-Hospital

Marine Hospital Service.

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 clerk and translator, one thousand dollars; 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-five 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 Service is hereby authorized to cause the detail of an additional medical officer and one

Detail.

 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

Steamboat-Inspection Service.

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 Steamboat-inspection Service. Office of Superintendent of Immigration: For superintendent

Immigration.

 of Immigration, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class one: in all, eight thousand four hundred dollars, the same to be paid from the permanent appropriation for expenses of regulating immigration. 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. 180 For one paper cutter and press, eight hundred dollars. For postage required to prepay matter addressed to Postal Union

Postage.

 countries, one thousand live 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 six hundred dollars may be used in the purchase of technical publications, foreign and domestic, and books of reference for the Bureau of Navigation, one thousand one hundred dollars. For investigation of accounts and records, including the necessary

Investigation, etc.

 traveling expenses, and tor other traveling expenses, live hundred dollars. For freight, expressage, telegraph and telephone service, one thousand

Freight, etc.

 eight blind red dollars. For rent of buildings, three thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars.

Rent.

 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 dollars. For purchase, of ice, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Ice.

Files.

Fuel.

 For purchase of file holders and file eases, 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 current for lighting and power purposes,

Lights.

 gas brackets, candles, candlesticks, droplights 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, cutting, making, 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 solas, 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, cloth, chamois skins, cotton waste, door and window fasteners, dusters, flower garden, street, and engine hose, lace leather, lye, nails, oils, plants, picks, pitchers, powders, stencil plates, hand stamps and repairs of same, stamp ink, spittoons, soap, matches, match safes, sponges, 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 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 deputy collectors and

Collectors, etc.

 clerks, including transportation of public funds, and also including

Vol. 24. p. 209.

expenses incident to enforcing the provisions of the Act of August, second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, taxing oleomargarine, and the

Vol. 24, p. 218.

Act of August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, imposing upon the Government the expense of the inspection of tobacco exported, and

Vol. 20. p. 583.

any necessary expenses under the Act of October first, eighteen

Sugar bounty.

Proviso.

hundred and ninety, respecting bounty on sugar, one million seven hundred and ten thousand dollars: Provided, That the number of deputy 181 collectors and clerks employed in the collection of internal revenue

No Increase of employees or salaries.

 shall not. be increased, nor shall the salary of said officers and employees be increased beyond the salaries paid during the last fiscal year. 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. independent treasury.

Independent Treasury.

 Office of Assistant Treasurer at Baltimore: For assistant

Office of Assistant Treasurer.

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, live thousand dollars; for chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; first paying teller, two thousand five, hundred dollars; second 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; redemption clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars, one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each: one 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 live hundred dollars each; one clerk, atone thousand six hundred dollars; three coin, coupon, and currency clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; nine clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each: one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; one janitor, six hundred dollars; and three watchmen, seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, thirty-two 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 live hundred dollars; check clerk, and interest clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each: 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, eighteen thousand seven 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: three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; 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 night watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty thousand four hundred and ninety dollars. 182 Office of the Assistant Treasurer at New York: For assistant

New York.

 treasurer, eight thousand dollars: deputy assistant treasurer and cashier, four thousand two hundred dollars; assistant cashier and chief clerk, 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 or division, at two thousand seven hundred dollars each; authorities clerk, two thousand six hundred dollars; one chief of division, at 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 one hundred dollars; two clerks, at two thousand one hundred dollars each: ten clerks, at two thousand dollars each; twelve clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand seven hundred dollars each; seven clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; eight clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; thirteen clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, atone thousand three hundred dollars each; eleven clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; stenographer and typewriter, one thousand four hundred dollars; two messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each: three messengers, at nine hundred dollars each: two messengers, at eight hundred dollars each; two ball 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 five, hundred dollars; assistant detective, one thousand two 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

Philadelphia.

 assistant 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; bond and authorities clerk, and vault clerk, at one thousand nine hundred dollars each: assorting teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; coin teller, one thousand seven hundred dollars; redemption teller and receiving teller, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand three hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent messenger and chief watchman, one thousand one hundred dollars; four counters, at nine hundred dollars each; and 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; paying teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; receiving teller, one thousand six hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant bookkeepers, coin teller, and assistant teller, at one thousand two hundred dollars each: assistant coin teller, assistant bookkeeper, and messenger, at one thousand dollars each; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and janitor, six hundred dollars; in all twenty-two thousand four hundred 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 rive hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; assistant cashier, 183 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 actual expenses of special agents detailed to examine the books,

Special agents, examination of depositories, etc.

 accounts, and money on hand at the several subtreasuries and depositories. including national banks acting as depositories under the requirements of section thirty-six hundred and forty-nine of the Revised

R. S., sec. 3649, p. 718.

 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

Paper for checks.

 checks and drafts for the use of the Treasurer of the United States, assistant treasurers, pension agents, disbursing officers, and others, thirteen 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, and melter and refiner, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; cashier, two thousand dollars; chief clerk, and bookkeeper, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and weigh clerk, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; in all, eighteen thousand one hundred dollars. For wages of workmen, fifteen thousand dollars.

Wages.

Contingent expenses.

 For incidental and contingent expenses, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Mint at Denver, Colorado: For salary of the assayer in charge,

Denver.

 two thousand five hundred dollars; 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, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars.

Wages.

Contingent expenses.

Now Orleans.

 For incidental and contingent expenses, four thousand dollars. Mint at New Orleans, Louisiana: For salary of superintendent, three thousand live hundred dollars; for the assayer, melter and reliner, 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 deposits, warrant clerk and assistant weigh clerk, at one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; cashiers 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.

Contingent expenses.

 For incidental and contingent expenses, including repairs, thirty-three 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. 184 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 Sax Francisco, California: For salary of superintendent,

San Francisco.

 tour 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 arid 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 thousand two hundred dollars; in all, three thousand two hundred dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, eight thousand

Contingent expenses

Charlotte.

 dollars. Assay Office at Charlotte, North Carolina: For assayer 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.

Helena.

 dollars. Assay Office at Helena, Montana: For salary of assayer in charge, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; melter and chief clerk, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For wages of workmen, twelve thousand seven hundred dollars.

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 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.

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 dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, two thousand

Contingent expenses.

 four hundred dollars. 185 government in the territories.

Territories.

 Territory of Alaska: For salary of governor, three thousand dollars; judge, three thousand

Alaska.

Pay of governor, etc.

 dollars; attorney, marshal, and clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars each; five commissioners, one of whom shall reside at Kadiak in the District of Alaska, at 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 six

Arizona.

Pay of governor, etc.

 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 per diem of members of legislature,

Legislative ex penses.

 mileage, legislative supplies, pay of officers of legislature, office rent, rent of legislative halls, messenger, postage, stationery, fuel, lights, printing, furniture for legislative halls, and incidental expenses for secretary’s office, twenty-four thousand two hundred and titty dollars. Territory of New Mexico: For salary of governor, two thousand

New Mexico.

Pay of governor, etc.

 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

Contingent expenses.

 governor, five bundled dollars. For legislative expenses, namely; For compensation of members and

Legislative expenses.

 officers of the legislative assembly, mileage, stationery, record books, rent, furniture, incidentals, and printing laws, journals, and bills for legislature; light, fuel, ice, stationery, record files, record casings, printing, postage, clerks, messenger and porter, and incidentals in Secretary’s office, twenty-six thousand dollars. For repairs to the adobe palace, and furniture for same, one thousand dollars. Territory of Oklahoma: For salary of governor, two thousand

Oklahoma.

Pay of governor, etc.

 six hundred dollars; chief justice and four associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; nineteen thousand four hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,

Contingent expenses.

 one thousand five hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely; For pay of members and officers

Legislative expenses.

 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, and messenger and porter for secretary’s office, twenty-four thousand dollars; Provided, That the

Provisos.

Apportionment commission.

 Governor of the Territory of Oklahoma is hereby authorized to appoint three citizens of said Territory, not more than two of whom shall be adherents of the same political party, as a Commission to apportion said Territory into thirteen council districts and twenty-six representative districts in proportion to the population as nearly as may be, but no voting precinct shall be situated in more than one council or representative district, and all citizens of said Territory who are qualified electors under the laws of said Territory, shall be allowed to vote for Delegate to Congress and for representatives and councillors. That the apportionment shall be completed and certified to the Governor on or before the fifteenth day of September, A. D. eighteen hundred and 186 ninety-four, and the Governor shall, on or before the first day of

Proclamation.

October, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-four, issue a proclamation for the holding of an election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety-four, setting forth the

Election.

apportionment of said Territory; and the election thereunder shall be conducted, controlled, canvassed and certified in all respects according to the laws of the said Territory, and county and township officers shall be elected in the counties of said Territory which have been organized since the last election the same as in other counties in the

Pay of commissioners, etc.

said Territory. Each of the commissioners hereby provided for shall be paid for his services a sum not exceeding ten dollars a day for the time actually spent in making such

Removal of capital forbidden.

apportionment; and the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of the apportionment hereby authorized: Provided further, That the legislative assembly elected under this Act shall not consider any proposition or pass any bill to remove the seat of government of said Territory from its present location. Territory of Utah: For salary of governor, two thousand six

Utah.

Pay of governor, etc.

 hundred dollars; chief justice anti three associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, atone thousand eight hundred dollars; sixteen thousand four hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the

Contingent expenses.

 governor, five hundred 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

Utah Commission.

Vol. 32, 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:

Proviso.

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

Proviso.

Secretary.

thousand dollars: Prodded, That out of this sum the Commission is hereby authorized to pay the secretary of the Territory, who is its Secretary and disbursing agent, a reasonable sum for such service, not exceeding three hundred dollars, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five. For compensation of the officers of election, including contingent

Ejection officers.

 expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars. WAR DEPARTMENT.

War Department

 Office of the Secretary: For compensation of the Secretary

Pay of Secretary Assistant, etc.

 of War, eight thousand dollars; 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; one stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class tour; clerk to the Assistant Secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class three; eight clerks of class two; twelve clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four messengers; seven assistant messengers; eight laborers; carpenter, and foreman of laborers, at one thousand dollars each; two carpenters, at nine hundred dollars each; one hostler, six hundred dollars; two hostlers, and one watchman,at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, ninety-two thousand nine hundred dollars. Record and Pension Office: Two chiefs of division, at two thousand

Record and Pension office.

 dollars each; twenty one clerks of class four; forty-three clerks of class three; ninety-three clerks of class two; two hundred and eighteen clerks of class one; one hundred and twenty-three clerks, at 187 one thousand dollars each; 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; thirty-one 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, six hundred and seventy-one thousand four hundred and thirty 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 ninety-five. Office of the Adjutant-General: Chief clerk, two thousand

Adjutant-General office.

 dollars; twelve clerks of class four; fourteen clerks of class three; thirteen clerks of class two; fifty-eight clerks of class one; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four messengers; eighteen assistant messengers; three watchmen; in all, one hundred and fifty-nine thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. Office of the Inspector-General: For one clerk of class four;

Inspector-General’s office.

 two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one messenger; and one assistant messenger; in all, thirteen thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. Office of the Judge-Advocate-General: Chief clerk, two thousand

Judge-Advocate General’ office.

 dollars; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one copyist; one messenger; and one assistant messenger; in all, thirteen thousand six 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. Office of the Quartermaster-General: Chief clerk, two thousand

Quartermaster-General’s office.

 dollars; eleven clerks of class four; nine clerks of class three; twenty clerks of class two; thirty-six clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six skilled typewriters, at one thousand dollars each; one female messenger, 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, cue 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 forty-two thousand five hundred and forty dollars. Office of the Commissary-General: Chief clerk, two thousand

Commissary-General’s office.

 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 bundled and sixty dollars. Office of the Surgeon-General: Chief clerk, two thousand dollars;

Surgeon-General’s office.

 fourteen clerks of class four; twelve clerks of class three; twenty-seven clerks of class two; thirty two clerks of class one; eight 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; 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 sixty thousand eight hundred and sixty-six dollars. 188 Office of the Paymaster-General: Chief clerk, two thousand

Paymaster-General’s office.

 dollars; live clerks of class four: live clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one assistant messenger; four laborers; in all, thirty-four thousand live hundred and sixty dollars. Office of the Chief of Ordnance: Chief clerk, two thousand

Ordnance office.

 dollars; two clerks of class four: two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; two clerks; at one thousand dollars each; two messengers; one assistant messenger; one laborer; in all. forty thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. Office of the Chief of Engineers: Chief clerk, two thousand

Engineer office.

 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

Draftsmen, etc.

 other 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,

Proviso.

Limit.

and surveys to be paid from such appropriations: Provided, That the expenditures on this account for the fiscal .year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, shall not exceed seventy-two thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual

Report.

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, atone 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 bundled dollars; in ail, thirty-one thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. For postage stamps for the War Department and its bureaus, as

Postage stamps.

 required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matters addressed to Postal Union countries, five hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the War Department and its bureaus;

Contingent expenses.

 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, office of Records of the Rebellion, and Record and Pension Office of the War Department; expenses of horses and wagons to be used only for official purposes; 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; For

Rent.

 the Rebellion Record Office, one thousand two hundred dollars; for Record and Pension Office, two thousand four hundred dollars; for Signal Bureau, including heating, lighting, and care, nine hundred dollars; for medical dispensary, Surgeon-General’s Office, one thousand dollars: in all, five thousand five hundred dollars. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.

Public buildings and grounds.

Clerk, messenger, gardener.

 Office of Public Buildings and Grounds: For one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; one messenger; one public gardener, one thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred and forty dollars. 189 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 onetat Lincoln Square and adjacent reservations, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For one night watchman at Judiciary Square, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For one day watchman at Iowa Circle; one at Thomas Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Washington Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Dupont Circle and neighboring reservations; one at McPherson and Farragut squares; one at Stanton Square and neighboring reservations; two at Henry and Seaton squares 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 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. For contingent and incidental expenses, live hundred dollars.

Contingent expenses.

 state, war, and navy department building

State, War, and Navy Department building.

Clerk, engineers, etc.

 Office of the superintendent: One clerk of class one; one chief engineer, 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, including repairs

Fuel, lights, etc.

 to or reconstruction of elevators, forty-one thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Navy Department.

 Office of the Secretary: For compensation of the Secretary of

Pay of Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc.

 the Navy, eight thousand dollars; Assistant Secretary of the Navy, four thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five bundled dollars; clerk to the Secretary, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; disbursing clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollar-: one clerk of class four; one clerk of class four in charge of files and records; three 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 one, and one laborer (for Inspection Board); one clerk of class one (for Examining and Retiring Board); in all, forty-eight thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. 190 Bureau of Navigation: Chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred

Bureau of Navigation.

 dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one copyist; one copyist, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one. assistant messenger; three laborers; in all, twenty-six 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; one clerk of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; 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 four hundred and eighty dollars. For printing and binding under the direction of the Secretary of the

Printing and binding.

 Navy of ten thousand copies of the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion, both of the Union and of the Confederate navies, so far as the same may be ready for publication during the fiscal year, fifteen

Allotment.

thousand dollars; and of said number six thousand eight hundred and forty copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, two thousand one hundred and twelve copies for the use of the Senate, and one thousand and forty eight copies for the use of the Navy Department and for distribution by the. Secretary

Distribution to libraries, etc.

of the Navy among officers of the Navy and contributors to the work. The quotas herein authorized of said publication for the Senate and House of Representatives shall be sent by the Secretary of the Navy to such libraries, organizations, and individuals as may be designated by the Senators, Representatives, and Delegates of the Fifty-third Congress, it being the purpose of this distribution herein provided for to place these records in public libraries and with permanent organizations having libraries, so far as such libraries may exist in the several States and Territories. Each Senator shall designate not exceeding twenty-four and each Representative and Delegate not exceeding nineteen of such addresses, and the volumes shall be sent thereto from time to time as they are published, until the publication is completed, and all sets that may not be

Sales.

ordered to be distributed as provided herein shall be sold by the Secretary of the Navy for cost of publication with ten per centum added thereto, and the proceeds of such sale shall be covered into the

Duplicates.

Treasury. If two or more sets of said volumes are ordered to the same address, the Secretary of the Navy shall inform the Senators, Representatives, or Delegates who have designated the same, who thereupon may designate other libraries, organizations, or individuals. The Secretary of the Navy shall inform distributees at whose instance the volumes are sent. 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 clerks

Judge-Advocate Generals office.

 of class four; one clerk of class three; three clerks of class one: one clerk, at one thousand dollars; one laborer; in all, ten thousand four 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, copperplate printers, printers’ apprentices, and laborers in the Hydrographic Office, forty thousand dollars. For purchase of copper plates, steel plates, chart paper, electrotyping

Materials.

 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; photolithographiug charts for immediate use; transfer of photolithographic and other charts to copper; care and repairs to printing 191presses, 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, Norfolk, Savannah, New Orleans, San Francisco, Portland (Oregon), Portland (Maine), Chicago, Port Townsend, and Cleveland, including furniture, fuel, lights, rent and care of offices, car fare and ferriage in visiting merchant vessels, freight, express, telegrams, and other necessary expenses incurred in collecting the latest information for the Pilot Chart, and for other purposes for which the offices were established, including one thousand dollars for rent of New York office, seventeen thousand dollars. For a monthly Pilot Chart of the North Pacific Ocean, showing

Monthly Pilot Chart, North Pacific Ocean.

Publishing, etc.

 graphically the matters of value and interest to the maritime community of the Pacific coast, and particularly the directions and forces of the winds to be expected during the month succeeding the date of issue; the set and strength of the currents; the feeding grounds of whales and seals; the regions of storm, fog, and ice; the positions of derelicts and floating obstructions to navigation; and the best routes to be followed by steam and by sail; including the expenses of communicating and circulating information; lithographing and engraving; the purchase of materials for, and printing and mailing the chart; the employment of three nautical experts, at one thousand six hundred dollars each, and two tabulators and copyists, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, ten thousand 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, atone 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. 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 instrument-maker, one thousand five hundred dollars; one electrician, one thousand five hundred dollars; one photographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; five computers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant librarian, one thousand two hundred dollars; one copyist; carpenter, and engineer, at one thousand dollars each; two firemen; six watchmen; two skilled laborers, one at one, thousand dollars, who shall beforeman and captain of the watch, and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; eleven laborers; and one elevator conductor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, thirty-seven thousand one hundred and sixty 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. 192 For professional and scientific books, periodicals, engravings, photographs,

Books, etc.

 and fixtures, for the library, one thousand dollars. For repairs to buildings, fixtures, and fences, furniture, gas, chemicals.

Repairs, etc.

 and stationery; freight (including transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange), foreign postage, and expressage, plants, fertilizers, and ail 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, beating 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 four hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, thirteen thousand three hundred and eighty dollars. Bureau of Ordnance: For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred

Bureau of Ordnance.

 dollars: one assistant 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

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

 thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two stenographers, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; eleven clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, thirty-six thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For chief clerk, one

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

 thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one assistant, messenger; one laborer; one janitor, six hundred dollars: and one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars (for Naval Dispensary); in all, eleven thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars. Bureau of Yards and Docks: For one chief clerk, one

Bureau of Yards and Docks.

 thousand eight hundred dollars; one draftsman and clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, ten thousand five 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.

 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, eleven thousand dollars. 193 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Department of the Interior.

 Office of the Secretary: For compensation of the Secretary

Pay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc.

 of the Interior, eight thousand 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 of pension appeals, to be appointed

Board of pension appeals.

 by the Secretary of the Interior, at two thousand dollars each; one special land inspector connected with the administration of the public

Land inspector.

 land service, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and to be subject to his direction, 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; live clerks of class four; seven clerks of class three; one clerk of class four (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 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; one telephone operator, six hundred dollars; three messengers; nine assistant messengers;

Messengers, etc

 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; one captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; forty watchmen; Additional

Watchmen, etc.

 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-eight thousand one hundred and ten dollars. Office of Assistant Attorney-General: For one assistant

Assistant Attorney, General’s office.

 attorney, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant attorney, two thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant attorneys, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; thirteen assistant attorneys, at two thousand 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 one special land inspector

Per diem, etc., land inspector.

 connected 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

General Land Office.

 Land 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; principal clerk of private land claims, two thousand dollars; principal clerk of public lands, two thousand dollars; principal clerk of surveys, two thousand 194 dollars; 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 lands, and cases of official misconduct; also of clerks detailed to examine the books of and assist in opening new laud 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 Laud Office, fourteen thousand eight hundred and forty dollars, and of the United States maps four thousand six hundred and sixty-four copies shall be delivered to the Senate, and nine thousand three hundred and sixty copies shall be delivered to the House of Representatives, and the remainder shall be delivered to the General Land Office, for distribution; and an additional sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to enable the Commissioner of the

Map of Florida.

general Land Office to prepare a map of the State of Florida showing the lauds approved to the State under the swamp-laud grant and for railroads. Mine Inspectors: For salaries of three mine inspectors, authorized

Mine inspectors.

Vol. 36, 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; six thousand dollars. For per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary

Expenses.

 of the Interior may prescribe, in lien 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. 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; one stenographer, one thousand six hundred dollars; one stenographer, one thousand four hundred dollars; twelve clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one clerk to the Assistant Commissioner, one thousand dollars; 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, 195 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, 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-seven clerks of class three; three hundred and seventy-five clerks of class two; four hundred and eighty clerks of class-one; three hundred and thirty-seven 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 firemen; twenty-five laborers; five female laborers, at four hundred dollars each; and fifteen charwomen; in all, two million two hundred and ninety-one thousand six 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, and any other necessary expenses, including telegrams, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; Provided, That two special examiners, or clerks, detailed

Proviso.

Chief and assistant, 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

Expenses.

 sufficient to make their annual compensation two thousand dollars and one thousand eight hundred dollars, respectively, and whenever it may be necessary for either of them to travel on official business outside the District of Columbia by special direction of the Commissioner, he shall receive the same allowance in lieu of subsistence and for transportation as is herein provided for special examiners and detailed clerks engaged in field service. 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 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 196 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.

 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, exclusive of expired patents, thirty-eight thousand three hundred dollars. For photolithographing or otherwise producing copies of drawings

Photolithographing.

 of the weekly issues of patents, for producing copies of designs, trademarks, and pending applications and for the reproduction of exhausted copies of drawings amt 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, or within such a reasonable distance therefrom as the Secretary of the Interior may consider to be not disadvantageous to the Department; and the Commissioner of Patents, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be authorized to make contracts therefor, after proper notice by publication:

Proviso.

Work at Government Printing Office.

Provided, That the entire work may be done at the Government Printing Office if, in the judgment of the Joint Committee on Printing, it shall be deemed to be best for the interests of the Government, forty-eight 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, two hundred and fifty dollars. For the share of the United States in the expense of conducting the

International Bureau, Berne.

 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

Books, etc.

 educational periodicals, other current publications, and completing valuable sets of periodicals, five hundred dollars. 197 For collecting statistics for special reports and circulars of information,

Statistics.

 two thousand live 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, 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 procuring anthropological instruments of precision, and for repairing the same, two thousand five hundred dollars. Office of Commissioner of Railroads: For Commissioner,

Commissioner of Railroads.

 four thousand five hundred dollars; 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 Equipments of same, one thousand 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, 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, five thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty 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-one thousand three hundred and ninety dollars. The Secretary of the Interior may hereafter authorize one of the

Acting Director.

 geologists to act as Director of the Geological Survey in the absence of that officer. . 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-four thousand five hundred 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

Rent.

: For the Bureau of Education, four thousand dollars; Geological Survey, ten thousand dollars; Indian Office, six thousand dollars; storage 198 of documents, two thousand dollars; Civil Service Commission, four thousand dollars; Patent Office model exhibit, thirteen thousand dollars; stables for the Department, one thousand live hundred dollars; in all, forty thousand five 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, three thousand dollars. 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, five thousand dollars; in all, eight 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, two thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of the State of Colorado, two thousand dollars;

Colorado.

 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 survey or-general, fuel, books, stationery, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

Minnesota.

 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 clerks

Idaho.

 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, two thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of Louisiana, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

Louisiana.

 and for the clerks in his office, seven thousand dollars; in all, eight 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 clerks

Montana.

 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. 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, pay of messenger, 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, seven thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand dollars. For fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of North Dakota, two thousand dollars; and for the clerks

North Dakota.

 in his office five thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand live hundred dollars. 199 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; and for the

Oregon.

 clerks in his office, five thousand dollars; in all, seven 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; and for the

South Dakota.

 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, two thousand dollars. For surveyor general of the Territory of Utah, two thousand dollars; and for

Utah.

 the clerks in his office, three thousand five hundred 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 two hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Washington, two thousand dollars; and fo

Washington.

r the clerks in his office, nine thousand five hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand live 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 Wyoming, two thousand dollars; and for the

Wyoming.

 clerks in his office, four thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, six thousand eight hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. POSTOFFI0E 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 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

First Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.

 Assistant 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; superintendent of free delivery, three thousand

Free delivery.

 dollars; assistant superintendent of free delivery, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; tune 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; superintendent of the money-order system, three thousand

Money-order system.

 five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; eight clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; one engineer, one thousand dollars; one assistant engineer for additional building 200 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;

Dead-letter Office.

and ten laborers; superintendent of Dead-Letter Office, two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class lour, who shall be chief clerk; one clerk of class tour; three clerks of class three; ten 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 sixty-two thousand nine hundred 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;

Foreign mails.

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

Third Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.

 Assistant 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 bondin 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; one stenographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one page, three hundred and

Chief inspector.

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; 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 copyists of maps, 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 clerk, clerks, etc.

 of building, two thousand one hundred dollars; one clerk of class 201 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 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 money-order division of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, 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, eight thousand dollars. For fuel and for 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, one thousand five hundred dollars. For telegraphing, two thousand five hundred dollars. For painting, three thousand five hundred dollars. For carpets and matting, including two thousand dollars for the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, four thousand dollars. For furniture, including one thousand dollars for the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, two thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase, exchange, and keeping of horses, and repair of wagons and harness to be used only for official purposes, one thousand five hundred dollars. For hardware, five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, including two thousand dollars for the office, of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, 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 for the Post-Office Department, eleven thousand dollars; for rent of a suitable building for the storage of post office supplies, four thousand dollars; for rent of a suitable building for storing records of the Sixth Auditor’s Office, two thousand dollars; in all, twenty-six 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, thirty 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 may authorize the sale of post-route

Sales.

 maps to the public at cost of printing and ten per centum thereof added, 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

Postage.

 is not exempt from postage under article eight of the Paris convention of the Universal Postal Union, five hundred and fifty dollars. 202 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 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 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 examiners of titles, two thousand seven hundred dollars;

Clerks.

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 and appointment clerk, five hundred dollars; three clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; for examination of accounts as required

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by section thirteen of this Act, three clerks of class two and four clerks of class one from October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four; 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 thirty five thousand and sixty dollars. For contingent expenses of the Department, namely:

Contingent expenses.

 For furniture and repairs, live 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, seven hundred and fifty 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, three

Law books.

 hundred dollars. For stationery for office of Solicitor of the Treasury, one hundred

Stationery.

 and fifty dollars. Court-house, District of Columbia: For the following force

Court-house, D. C.

 necessary for the care and protection of the 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; five laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; and seven assistant messengers; in all, twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars, one-half of which sum and of the sum following shall be paid from the revenues of the District of

Proviso.

Half from District revenues.

Columbia: Pro Tided, That hereafter one half of the salaries of this force and of the salary of the warden of the jail of the District of 203 Columbia shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, and estimates for such expenses shall each year hereafter be submitted

Estimates.

 in the annual estimates for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia. Warden of the Jail: For warden of the jail of the District of

Warden of jail, D. C.

 Columbia, one thousand 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: 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 employees

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-nine thousand dollars. For stationery, one thousand dollars.

Stationery.

Books, etc.

 For books, periodicals, and newspapers for the library, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For postage stamps to prepay postage on matter addressed to Postal

Postage.

 Union countries, three 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 seven hundred and fifty dollars, repairs of cases and furniture, fuel and lights, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, and other absolutely necessary expenses, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. JUDICIAL.

Judicial.

 Supreme Court: For the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of

Supreme Court.

Justices.

 the United States, ten thousand five hundred dollars; and for eight associate justices, at ten thousand dollars each; For marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, three thousand

Marshal.

 dollars; For stenographic clerk for the Chief Justice and for each associate

Clerks to justices.

 justice of the Supreme Court, at not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and seven thousand nine hundred dollars. Circuit Courts: For ten circuit judges, to reside in circuit, at six

Circuit judges.

 thousand dollars each, sixty thousand dollars. Circuit Court of Appeals: For nine additional circuit judges,

Circuit court of appeals, judges.

 at six thousand dollars each. For nine clerks, at three thousand dollars each; in all, eighty-one

Clerks.

Proviso.

Return of fees, etc.

 thousand dollars: Provided, That said clerks shall make annually within thirty days after the thirtieth day of June to the Secretary of the Treasury a return of all costs collected by them in cases disposed of during the preceding year by said courts, and after deducting the incidental expenses of their respective offices, including clerk hire and 204 their compensation as provided by section nine of the Act of March

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 third, eighteen hundred and ninety one, establishing the circuit courts of appeals, not exceeding live hundred dollars, said expenses to be certified by the senior circuit judge of the proper circuit, shall pay any surplus of such costs that may remain into the Treasury of the United

Allowance for law books.

States at the time of making said return: Provided further, That each circuit court of appeals shall be entitled to retain and have expended, under the direction of the Attorney-General, for law books for its use one-half of such surplus accrued therein for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five. The judge of the district court for the northern district of Illinois

Clerk, northern district Illinois.

 shall be authorized to appoint a clerk of such court at an annual salary of three thousand dollars, which amount is hereby appropriated. 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. For deputy clerks, as authorized by law, so much therefor as may be necessary. To enable the business of the Court of Private Laud Claims to be disposed

Additional to finish work.

 of on or before December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and to be expended by the Attorney-General in the employment of such assistant attorneys, agents, stenographers, and experts in aid of the United States attorney for said court as may be necessary to accomplish said purpose, amt in the payment of expenses incidental thereto, to be available for expenditure during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four and until December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, sixteen thousand dollars. 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 territory 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-five, is hereby appropriated. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia: For the chief justice

Court of appeals, D. C.

 of court of appeals of the District of Columbia, six thousand five hundred dollars; and for two associate justices, at six thousand dollars each; For clerk, three thousand dollars;

Post, p. 417.

 For clerical assistance and necessary expenditures in the conduct of the clerk’s office, two thousand dollars; For messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand two hundred and twenty dollars, one-half of which shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia. 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 of the five associate judges, at five thousand dollars each, thirty thousand dollars, one-half of which 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 nine hundred dollars. Marshals: For salaries of the district marshals of the United

Marshals.

Proviso.

Officers, Washington. Montana. North and South Dakota.

R. S., secs. 837, 840, pp. 158, 159.

 States, thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars: Provided, That the marshal, clerk, 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 205 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

Court of Claims.

 Claims, at four thousand live hundred dollars each; chief clerk, three thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, two thousand dollars; bailiff, one thousand five hundred dollars; five clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; and one messenger; in all, thirty-five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. For stationery, 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. 1735. p. 314.

Vol. 18, p. 109.

 printing of the twenty-ninth volume of the reports of the Court of Claims, to be paid on the order of the court, one thousand dollars; said sum to be paid to the reporter, notwithstanding section seventeen hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, or section three of the Act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, chapter three hundred and twenty eight.
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 specially 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. No person who holds an office the salary

Holding two offices by persons receiving $2,500 forbidden.

 or annual compensation attached to which amounts to the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars shall be appointed to or hold any other office to which compensation is attached unless specially heretofore or hereafter specially authorized thereto by law; but this shall not apply

Retired officers excepted.

 to retired officers of the Army or Navy whenever they may be elected to public office or whenever the President shall appoint them to office by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Sec. 3. The Auditors of the Treasury shall hereafter be designated

New system of accounting.

Auditors’ designations changed.

 as follows: The First Auditor as Auditor for the Treasury Department; the Second Auditor as Auditor for the War Department; the Third Auditor as Auditor for the Interior Department; the Fourth Auditor as Auditor for the Navy Department; the Fifth Auditor as Auditor for the State and other Departments; the Sixth Auditor as Auditor for the Post-Office Department. The designations of the deputy Auditors

Deputies.

 and other subordinates shall correspond with those of the Auditors. And each deputy auditor, in addition to the duties now required

Duties.

 to be performed by him, shall sign, in the. name of the Auditor, such letters and papers as the Auditor may direct.
Sec. 4.

The offices of Commissioner of Customs, Deputy Commissioner

Offices abolished.

of Customs, Second Comptroller, Deputy Second Comptroller, and Deputy First Comptroller of the Treasury are abolished, and the First Comptroller of the Treasury shall hereafter be known as Comptroller of the Treasury. He shall perform the same duties and have the same

Comptroller of the Treasury to succeed.

 powers and responsibilities (except as modified by this Act) as those now performed by or appertaining to the First and Second Comptrollers of the Treasury and the Commissioner of Customs; and all provisions of law not inconsistent with this Act, in any may relating to them or either of them, shall hereafter be construed and held as relating to the Comptroller of the Treasury. His salary shall be five thousand

Salary.

Assistant Comptrollor.

 five hundred dollars per annum. There shall also be an Assistant Comptroller of the Treasury, to be appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall receive a salary of five thousand dollars per annum, and a chief clerk in the office of the Comptroller

Chief clerk.

 of the Treasury, who shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

The Assistant Comptroller of the Treasury shall perform such duties as

Assistant Comptroller’s duties.

•may be prescribed by the Comptroller of the Treasury and shall have 206 the power, under the direction of the Comptroller of the Treasury, to countersign all warrants and sign all other papers.

The chief clerk shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him

Chief clerk’s duties.

by the Comptroller of the Treasury, and shall have the power, in the name of the Comptroller of the Treasury, to countersign all warrants except accountable warrants.

The Auditors, under the direction of the Comptroller of the Treasury,

Auditors to recover debts.

shall superintend the recovery of all debts finally certified by them, respectively, to be due to the United States.

Section thirty-six hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes

Distress warrants.

R. S., sec. 3625. p. 715. amended.

is amended by substituting the words “proper Auditor” for the words “First Comptroller of the Treasury (or the Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be).”

Section thirty-six hundred and thirty-three of the Revised Statutes,

Disbursing officers, delinquent.

R. S., sec. 3633, p. 716, amended.

Accounts.

Comptroller to prescribe forms, etc.

is amended by substituting the words “proper Auditor” for the words “First or Second Comptroller of the Treasury.”
Sec. 5.

The Comptroller of the Treasury shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, prescribe the forms of keeping and rendering all public accounts, except those relating to the postal revenues and expenditures therefrom.

The returns of fees mentioned in section seventeen hundred and

Consular fees.

R. S., sec. 1725, p. 307, amended.

twenty five of the Revised Statutes shall be made as prescribed by the Comptroller of the Treasury.
Sec. 6. Section two hundred and seventy-one of the Revised Statutes is amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 271. The Comptroller of the Treasury, in any case where, in

Settlement of particular accounts.

R. S., sec. 271, p. 45, amended.

 his opinion, the interests of the Government require it, shall direct any of the Auditors forthwith to audit and settle any particular account which such Auditor is authorized to audit and settle.”
Sec. 7. Accounts shall be examined by the Auditors as follows:

Auditinh accounts.

By Auditor for Treasury Department.

 First. The Auditor for the Treasury Department shall receive and examine all accounts of salaries and incidental expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Treasury and all bureaus and offices under his direction, all accounts relating to the customs service, public debt, internal revenue, Treasurer and assistant treasurers, mints and assay offices. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Revenue-Cutter Service, Lifesaving Service, Light-House Board, Marine-Hospital Service, public buildings. Steamboat Inspection Service, immigration, navigation, Secret Service, Alaskan fur seal fisheries, and to all other business within the jurisdiction of the Department of the Treasury, and certify the balances arising thereon to the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants. Second. The Auditor for the War Department shall receive and

By Auditor for War Department/

 examine all accounts of salaries and incidental expenses of the office of the Secretary of War and all bureaus and offices under Ids direction, all accounts relating to the military establishment, armories and arsenals, national cemeteries, fortifications, public buildings and grounds under the Chief of Engineers, rivers and harbors, the Military Academy, and to all other business within the jurisdiction of the Department of War, and certify the balances arising thereon to the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, and send forthwith a copy of each certificate to the Secretary of War. Third.

The Auditor for the Interior Department shall receive and

By Auditor for Interior Department.

examine all accounts of salaries and incidental expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and of all bureaus and offices under bis direction, and all accounts relating to Army and Navy pensions, Geological Survey, public lands, Indians, Architect of the Capitol, patents, census, and to all other business within the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior, and certify the balances arising thereon to the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, and send forthwith a copy of each certificate to the Secretary of the Interior.

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Sections two hundred and seventy-three and two hundred and seventy-five

Second Comptroller.

R. S., secs. 273, 275, p. 45, repealed.

of the Revised Statutes are repealed.

Section four hundred and fifty-six of the Revised Statutes is amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 456. All returns relative to the public lands shall be made to

Public lands returns.

R. S., sec. 456. p. 77, amended.

By Auditor for Navy Department.

 the Commissioner of the General Land Office.”
Fourth. The Auditor for the Navy Department shall receive and examine all accounts of salaries and incidental expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Navy, and of all bureaus and offices under his direction, all accounts relating to the Naval Establishment, Marine Corps, Naval Academy, and to all other business within the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy, and certify the balances arising thereon to the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, and send forthwith a copy of each certificate to the Secretary of the Navy. Fifth. The Auditor for the State and other Departments shall receive

By Auditor for State and other Departments.

 and examine all accounts of salaries and incidental expenses of the offices of the Secretary of State, the Attorney-General, and the Secretary of Agriculture, and of all bureaus and offices under their direction; all accounts relating to all other business within the jurisdiction of the Departments of State, Justice, and Agriculture; all accounts relating to the diplomatic and consular service, the judiciary. United States courts, judgments of United States courts, Executive Office, Civil Service Commission, Interstate Commerce Commission, Department of Labor, District of Columbia, Fish Commission, Court of Claims and its judgments, Smithsonian Institution, Territorial governments, the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Public Printer, Library of Congress, Botanic Garden, and accounts of all boards, commissions, and establishments of the Government not within the jurisdiction of any of the Executive Departments. He shall certify the balances arising thereon to the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, and send forthwith a copy of each certificate, according to the-character of the account, to the Secretary of the Senate, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, or the chief officer of the Executive Department, commission, board, or establishment concerned. Sixth.

The Auditor for the Post-Office Department shall receive and

By Auditor for Post-Office Department.

examine all accounts of salaries and incidental expenses of the office of the Postmaster-General and of all bureaus and offices under his direction, all postal and money-order accounts of postmasters, all accounts relating to the transportation of the mails, and to all other business within the jurisdiction of the Post-Office Department, and certify the balances arising thereon to the Postmaster-General for accounts of the postal revenue and expenditures therefrom, and to the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants for other accounts, and send forthwith copies of the certificates in the latter cases to the Postmaster General.

The further duties of this Auditor shall continue as now defined by law, except as the same are modified by the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 8.

The balances which may from time to time be certified by

Certified balances conclusive on Executive Departments, etc.

the Auditors to the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, or to the Postmaster-General, upon the settlements of public accounts, shall be final and conclusive upon the Executive Branch of the Government, except that any person whose accounts may have been settled, the head of the Executive Department, or of the board, commission, or establishment not under the jurisdiction of an Executive Department, to which the account pertains, or the Comptroller of the Treasury, may, within a year, obtain a revision of the said account by the Comptroller

Revision.

 of the Treasury, whose decision upon such revision shall be final and,conclusive upon the Executive Branch of the Government: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may, when in his judgment

Proviso

Re-examinations.

 the interests of the Government require it, suspend payment and direct the re examination of any account.

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Upon a certificate by the Comptroller of the Treasury of any differences

Certificate of differences on revision.

ascertained by him upon revision the Auditor who shall have audited the account shall state an account of such differences, and certify it to the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants, except that balances found and accounts stated as aforesaid by the Auditor for the Post-Office Department for postal revenues and expenditures therefrom shall be certified to the Postmaster-General.

Any person accepting payment under a settlement by an Auditor

Accepting payments on Auditor’s settlement, conclusive.

shall be thereby precluded from obtaining a revision of such settlement as to any items upon which payment is accepted; but nothing in this

Suspensions.

Act shall prevent an Auditor from suspending items in an account in order to obtain further evidence or explanations necessary to their settlement. When suspended items are finally settled a revision may be had as in the case of the original settlement. Action upon any account or business shall not be delayed awaiting applications for revision:

Proviso.

Issuing warrants.

Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall make regulations fixing the time which shall expire before a warrant is issued hi payment of an account certified as provided in sections seven and eight of this Act.

The Auditors shall, under the direction of the Comptroller of the

Auditors to preserve accounts.

Treasury, preserve, with their vouchers and certificates, all accounts which have been finally adjusted.

All decisions by Auditors making an original construction or modifying

Decisions of Auditors to be examined, etc., by Comptroller.

an existing construction of statutes shall be forthwith reported to the Comptroller of the Treasury, and items in any account affected by such decisions shall be suspended and payment thereof withheld until the Comptroller of the Treasury shall approve, disapprove, or modify such decisions and certify his actions to the Auditor. All decisions made by the Comptroller of the Treasury under this Act shall be forthwith transmitted to the Auditor or Auditors whose duties are affected thereby.

Disbursing officers, or the head of any Executive Department, or

Comptrollers decisions to govern accounts.

other establishment not under any of the Executive Departments, may apply for and the Comptroller of the Treasury shall render his decision upon any question involving a payment to be made by them or under them, which decision, when rendered, shall govern the Auditor and the Comptroller of the Treasury in passing upon the account containing said disbursement.

Sections one hundred and ninety-one and two hundred and seventy of

R. S., secs. 191, 270, pp. 30, 45. repealed.

the Revised Statutes are repealed.
Sec. 9.

This Act, so far as it relates to the First Comptroller of the

Comptroller, Auditors, etc., not new offices.

Treasury and the several Auditors and Deputy Auditors of the Treasury, shall be held and construed to operate merely as changing their designations and as adding to and modifying their duties and powers, and not as creating new officers.

All laws not inconsistent with this Act, relating to the Auditors of

Transfer of duties to Auditors.

the Treasury in connection with any matter, shall be understood in each case to relate to the Auditor to whom this Act assigns the business of the Executive Department or other establishments concerned in that matter.
Sec. 10. The Division of Warrants, Estimates, and Appropriations

Division of Warrants and Bookkeeping established.

 in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby recognized and established as the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants. It shall be

Duties.

Accounts of receipts and expenditures.

R. S., secs. 283, 313, 3675, pp. 47, 52, 722, amended.

under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury as heretofore. Upon the books of this division shall be kept all accounts of receipts and expenditures of public money except those relating to the postal revenues and expenditures therefrom; and section three hundred and thirteen and so much of sections two hundred and eighty-three and thirty-six hundred and seventy-five of the Revised Statutes as require those accounts to be kept by certain Auditors and the Register of the

Duties of Register.

Treasury are repealed. The duties of the Register of the Treasury shall be such as are now required of him in connection with the public debt 209 and such further duties as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 11.

Every requisition for an advance of money, before being

Requisitions for advances.

acted on by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be sent to the proper Auditor for action thereon as required by section twelve of tins Act.

All warrants, when authorized by law and signed by the Secretary

Warrants.

of the Treasury, shall be countersigned by the Comptroller of the Treasury, and all warrants for the payment of money shall be accompanied either by the Auditor’s certificate, mentioned in section seven of ties Act, or by the requisition for advance of money, which certificate or requisition shall specify the particular appropriation to which the same

Auditor to state appropriation.

 should be charged, instead of being specified on the warrant, as now provided by section thirty-six hundred and seventy-five of the Revised

R. S., sec. 3675, p. 722.

 Statutes; and shall also go with the warrant to the Treasurer, who shall return the certificate or requisition to the proper Auditor, with the date and amount of the draft issued indorsed thereon. Requisitions

Requisitions.

 for the payment of money on all audited accounts, or for covering money into the Treasury, shall not hereafter be required. And requisitions for advances of money shall not be countersigned by the Comptroller of the Treasury.

Section two hundred and sixty-nine and so much of section three

Record by Register, etc., abolished.

R. S., sec. 269, p. 44, repealed; sec. 305, p, 51, amended.

Transmission of monthly, etc., accounts.

hundred and five of the Revised Statutes as requires the Register of the Treasury to record warrants is repealed.
Sec. 12.

All monthly accounts shall be mailed or otherwise sent to the proper officer at Washington within ten days after the end of the month to which they relate, and quarterly and other accounts within twenty days after the period to which they relate, and shall be transmitted to and received by the Auditors within twenty days of their actual receipt at the proper office in Washington in the ease of monthly, and sixty days in the case of quarterly and other accounts. Should there be any

Auditor may disapprove requisitions on delinquency, etc.

delinquency in this regard at the time of the receipt by the Auditor of a requisition for an advance of money, he shall disapprove the requisition, which he may also do for other reasons arising out of the condition of the officer’s accounts for whom the advance is requested; but the Secretary of the Treasury may overrule the Auditor’s decision as to the sufficiency of these latter reasons: Provided, That the Secretary

Provisos.

Rules, etc., by Secretary of the Treasury.

 of the Treasury shall prescribe suitable rules and regulations, and may make orders in particular cases, relaxing the requirement of mailing or otherwise sending accounts, as aforesaid, within ten or twenty days, or waiving delinquency, in such cases only in which there is, or is likely to be, a manifest physical difficulty in complying with the same, it being the purpose of this provision to require the prompt rendition of

Prompt returns required.

 accounts without regard to the mere convenience of the officers, and to forbid the advance of money to those delinquent in rendering them: Provided further, That should there be a delay by the administrative

Delays in submitting Department accounts.

Post, p. 807.

 Departments beyond the aforesaid twenty or sixty days in transmitting accounts, an order of the President in the particular case shall be necessary to authorize the advance of money requested: And provided further, That this section shall not apply to accounts of the postal

Postal accounts not affected.

 revenue and expenditures therefrom, which shall be rendered as now required by law.

The Secretary of the Treasury shall, on the first Monday of .January

Annual report of delinquencies.

Settlements.

in each year, make report to Congress of such officers as are then delinquent in the rendering of their accounts or in the, payment of balances found due from them for the last preceding fiscal year. Sections two

R. S., secs. 250, 272, pp. 41, 45, repealed.

 hundred and fifty and two hundred and seventy-two of the Revised Statutes are repealed.

Section thirty-six hundred and twenty-two of the Revised Statutes

R. S., sec, 3622, p. 714, amended.

Extension of lime by Secretary regaled.

is amended by striking therefrom the following words: “The Secretary of the Treasury may, if in his opinion the circumstances of the ease justify and require it, extend the time hereinbefore prescribed for the rendition of accounts.”
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Sec. 13.

Before transmission to the Department of the Treasury, the

United States courts.

Accounts to be examined in Department of Justice.

accounts of district attorneys, assistant attorneys, marshals, commissioners, clerks, and other officers of the courts of the United States, except consular courts, made out and approved as required by law, and accounts relating to prisoners convicted or held for trial in any court of the United States, and all other accounts relating to the business of the Department of Justice or of the courts of the United States other than consular courts, shall be sent with their vouchers to the Attorney-General and examined under his supervision.

Judges receiving salaries from the Treasury of the United States

Monthly payment of salaries, etc.

shall be paid monthly by the disbursing officer of the Department of Justice, and to him all certificates of nonabsence or of the cause of absence of judges in the Territories shall be sent. Interstate Commerce Commissioners and other officers, now paid as judges are, shall be paid monthly by the proper disbursing officer or officers.
Sec. 14. In the case of claims presented to an Auditor which have not

Examination of certain claims.

 had an administrative examination, the Auditor shall cause them to be examined by two of his subordinates independently of each other.
Sec. 15. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury annually

Annual detailed report of receipts and expenditures.

 to lay before Congress, on the first day of the regular session thereof, an accurate, combined statement of the receipts and expenditures during the last preceding fiscal year of all public moneys, including those of the Post-Office Department, designating the amount of the receipts, whenever practicable, by ports, districts, and States, and the expenditures, by each separate head of appropriation.
Sec. 16. In section three hundred and seven of the Revised Statutes

Unpaid drafts.

R. S., sec. 307, p. 51, amended.

 the words “Secretary of the Treasury” are substituted for the words “Register of the Treasury.”
Sec. 17. The transcripts from the books and proceedings of the

Certifying Treasury records, etc.

R. S., sec. 886, p. 167. amended.

Post, p. 809.

 Department of the Treasury, provided for in section eight hundred and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes, shall hereafter be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and the copies of contracts and other papers therein provided for shall be certified by the Auditor having the custody of such papers.
Sec. 18. Section thirty-seven hundred and forty-three of the Revised Statutes

Contracts.

 is amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 3743. All contracts to be made, by virtue of any law. and

To be filed with Auditors.

R. S., sec. 3743, p. 738, amended.

 requiring the advance of money, or in any manner connected with the settlement of public accounts, shall be deposited promptly in the offices of the Auditors of the Treasury, according to the nature of the

Proviso.

Congress.

contracts: Provided, That this section shall not apply to the existing laws in regard to the contingent funds of Congress.”
Sec. 19. Section twenty-six hundred and thirty-nine of the Revised

Customs accounts.

R. S. sec. 2639, p. 522. amended.

 Statutes is amended by substituting the words “proper Auditor” for the words “Commissioner of Customs.”
Sec. 20. It shall be the duty of the collectors of customs and other

Papers, etc., to accompany accounts.

 officers of customs to transmit, with their accounts, to the officers charged with the settlement of their accounts, all such papers, records, or copies thereof relating to their transactions as officers of customs as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct.
Sec. 21. All accounts stated by the Auditors before the first day of

Revision of accounts pending Oct. 1, 1894.

 October, eighteen hundred and ninety four, and then pending for settlement in the offices of the First or Second Comptroller, or the Commissionei of Customs, shall be revised by the Comptroller of the Treasury in the manner provided by existing law, and the balances arising thereon shall be certified to the Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants.
Sec. 22.

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to make

Secretary of Treasury to make rules for new methods.

appropriate rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Act, and for transferring or preserving books, papers, or other property, appertaining to any office or branch of business affected by it.

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It shall also be the duty of the heads of the several Executive

Rules, etc., by Departments, etc.

Departments and of the proper officers of other Government establishments, not within the jurisdiction of any Executive Department, to make appropriate rules and regulations to secure a proper administrative examination of all accounts sent to them, as required by section twelve of this Act, before their transmission to the Auditors, and for the execution of other requirements of this Act in so far as the same relate to the several Departments or establishments.
Sec. 23. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the

Settled claims not reopened.

 reexamination and payment of any claim or account which has heretofore been disallowed or settled.
Sec. 24. The provisions of sections three to twenty-three inclusive of

New accounting: system in force October 1, 1894.

 this Act shall be in force on and after the first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
Sec. 25. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this Act are

Repeal.

 repealed.
Sec. 26. The Joint Commission of Congress, appointed under the

Clerical services Joint Commission of Congress.

Vol. 27, p. 681.

 Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, is authorized to pay to the two persons designated by, and on the joint approval of, the Chairmen of said Commission, for clerical services not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars per annum from March

Additional pay.

 third, eighteen hundred and ninety three until the conclusion of the Fifty-third Congress, notwithstanding section seventeen hundred and

R. S., sec. l765. p. 314.

Vol. IS, p. 104.

 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 or of any other provisions of this Act.
Sec. 27. The present President of the Senate and Speaker of the

Vacancies, Joint Commission of Congress.

Vol. 27, p. 681.

 House of Representatives are empowered to fill vacancies that may occur by resignation or otherwise on the Joint Commission to Inquire into and Examine the Status of the Laws Organizing the Executive Departments, authorized by the 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.
Approved, July 31, 1894.
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CHAP. 175.—
An Act Granting certain property to the city of Newport, Kentucky.

July 31, 1894.

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

Newport, Ky.

Lands granted for public park.
That all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lots and parts of lots and the appurtenances and appendages thereunto belonging, comprising the old military post or barracks property situated at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers, in the city of Newport, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, be, and is hereby, granted and conveyed to the said city of Newport, to have and to hold for a public park forever.
Sec. 2. That whenever said city shall cease to use the said property

Reversion on nonuser.

 for the purposes of a public park, or shall use the same or any part thereof for any other than for a public park, all the right, title, and interest hereby granted and conveyed to said city shall at once, and without any act whatever upon the part of the United States, revert to and become the property of the United States.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect on January first, eighteen hundred

Effect.

 and ninety five.
Approved, July 31, 1894.
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CHAP. 176.—
An Act Relating to the pay and retirement of mates in the United States Navy.

August 1, 1894.

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

Navy.

Mates may be retired as warrant officers.

Pay.
That the law regulating the retirement of warrant officers in the Navy shall be construed to apply to the twenty-eight officers now serving as mates in the Navy, anti the said mates shall be entitled to receive annual pay at the rates following: When at sea, one thousand two hundred dollars; on shore duty, nine hundred dollars: on leave or waiting orders, seven hundred dollars:

Proviso.

No prior increase.

Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize any increase of pay for any time prior to the passage of this Act.
Approved, August 1, 1894.
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CHAP. 177.—
An Act Donating condemned cannon to the Saint Lawrence State Hospital at Ogdensburg, New York.

August 1, 1894.

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

Condemned cannon donated to St. Lawrence Hospital, Ogdensburg, N. Y.
That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to furnish to the trustees of the Saint Lawrence State Hospital at Ogdensburg, New York, four unserviceable or condemned cannon, for ornamental purposes, if the same can be spared without detriment to the Government:

Proviso.

Expense.

Provided, That no expense be thereby entailed upon the Government.
Approved, August 1, 1894.
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CHAP. 177.—
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.

August 1, 1894.

 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.

 batteries, four hundred thousand dollars. For construction of gun and mortar platforms, one hundred 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 works for fortifications and coast defenses, one hundred and fifty 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 construction of a seawall on the north shore of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For preparation of plans for fortifications, five thousand dollars.

Plans.

Fort Monroe, Va.

Sewerage.

Proviso.

Half to be paid by hotel owners, etc.

 Sewerage system at Fort Monroe, Virginia: For one-half of the cost of construction of a sewerage system for all buddings at Fort Monroe, Virginia, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That the owners of hotels and of other non military buildings now at Fort Monroe, Virginia, shall bear one-half of the expense of construction of the said sewer, and the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to equitably and justly apportion among, assess 213 against, and collect from the said owners and to expend in construction of the said sewer the moiety of the estimated cost thereof; and the Secretary

Charges for wharfage.

 of War is hereby further authorized to assess upon vessels using the wharf at Fort Monroe, Virginia, one-half of the actual cost of repairs rendered necessary by t he ordinary wear and tear of said wharf, and any damage done to said wharf by any vessel shall be paid for by the owner or owners of said vessel; and he is also authorized and directed from

Charges for street repairs, etc.

 time to time to cause to be assessed upon and collected from the owners of non-military buildings situated within the limits of the Fort Monroe military reservation, and from individuals or corporations engaged in business thereat, other than water navigation companies, one half of such sum or sums of money as be may deem just, reasonable, and necessary for expenditure upon the repair and operation of, such roads, pavements, streets, lights, sewerage, and general police, as, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, should be constructed and maintained in order to protect the interests of the United States and the interests, health and general welfare of the said non-military interests now established or that may hereafter be established at Fort Monroe: Provided further,

Use of receipt.

 That all funds collected as above provided, or that may be received from other incidental sources from and after this date, be, and are hereby, made special contingent funds, to be collected and expended for the above purposes in accordance with rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War, who will render annually to Congress a detailed account of all receipts and expenditures. And any unexpended balance of the appropriation for construction,

Balance covered in.

Vol. 25, p. 906.

 complete, of a sewerage system at Fort Monroe, made by the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, is hereby covered into the Treasury. Armament of fortifications: For finishing and assembling

Armament.

Seacoast guns, Army gun factory.

 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. 20, 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, eighty 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-six 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, twenty-five thousand dollars. For sights tor cannon, and for fuses, eight thousand two hundred

Sights and fuses.

 and fifty dollars. For inspecting instruments, gauges, and templets, for the manufacture

Inspecting instruments, etc.

 of cannon, one thousand dollars. For powder for issue to service, twenty thousand dollars.

Powder and projectiles.

 For projectiles for issue to the service, twenty thousand dollars. For powders and projectiles for the proof of eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch guns, fifteen thousand dollars. For powder and projectiles for proof of twelve inch breech-loading mortars, three 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

Plates for tests.

 shell, eight thousand dollars. For steel armor-piercing shot, for breech-loading seacoast guns, thirty

Steel shot.

 thousand dollars. For purchase and erection of armor plates for testing armor-piercing

Armor plates for tests.

 shot, sixteen thousand six hundred 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 214 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

Vol. 27, pp 259, 460.

under the provisions of the Fortifications Act approved duly twenty-third. eighteen hundred and ninety-two, said payments being in excess of the moneys appropriated by said Act and by the Act approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety three, for these objects,

Proviso.

Limit.

two hundred and ninety-three thousand dollars: Provided, That the total amount expended for each of these said objects shall not exceed the amount specified therefor in the Act of July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety two. To provide for payments that may become due in the purchase or

Steel for coast-defense gnus.

 manufacture of oil-tempered and annealed steel for high-power

Carriages.

coast-defense guns of eight inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch caliber; carriages for breech loading rilled mortars of twelve-inch caliber; and carriages for mounting new steel breech-loading eight-inch, ten-inch, and

Vol. 27, p. 460.

twelve-inch guns, procured under the provisions of the Fortifications Act approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, said payments being in excess of the money therein appropriated tor these

Proviso.

Limit.

objects, three hundred and fifty-six 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. For purchase under contract after due advertisement of oil tempered

Purchase of steel.

 and annealed steel for high-power coast defense gnus of eight, ten, and twelve inch caliber, in quality and dimensions conforming to specifications. subject to inspection at each stage of the manufacture, and including all the parts of each caliber, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For carriages for mounting steel breech-loading seacoast cannon of

Purchase of carriages.

 eight, ten, and twelve inch caliber, one hundred thousand dollars. To enable the Board of Ordnance and Fortification to procure and

Pneumatic disappearing gun carriage.

Tests, etc.

 test one ten-inch pneumatic disappearing gun carriage of the Pneumatic Gun Carriage and Power Company’s design, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to contract with the Pneumatic Gun Carriage and Power Company, of Washington, District of Columbia, without advertising, for said carriage, which shall be constructed on the general plan submitted by the company to the Board of Ordnance and Fortification in its letter dated February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and shall be capable of being traversed and the gun elevated and depressed by either pneumatic, electric, or hand power, and the details of said plan may be modified, changed, and improved in the discretion of said company. The same conditions relative to the platform, ammunition, and payments,

Conditions.

 and so forth, embodied in the contract for the Gordon ten-inch counterpoise carriage shall apply to the pneumatic carriage, and the same facilities for carrying out the contract for the counterpoise carriage shall be extended to the pneumatic carriage. The sum of fifty thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purchase of the said pneumatic carriage:

Proviso.

Bond required.

Provided, That the Secretary of War, before making any payments under the said contract shall require the company to furnish satisfactory bonds to him to return the money if the carriage is not accepted. 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 thousand dollars. 215 For the necessary expenses of officers while temporarily employed on

Expenses of officers

 ordnance duties 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, eight thousand dollars. For additional machine tools required in machine shops to facilitate

Tools.

 repairs in connection with experimental firings and tests, one thousand two hundred dollars. Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts: For erection

Watertown Arsenal.

Brick shed.

 of a brick shed with slate roof, one hundred and ninety by twenty-five feet, south of new foundry, three thousand three hundred dollars. Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, New York: For new turbine

Watervliet Arsenal.

Turbine station.

 station in the basement of the machine shop below the canal, seven thousand six hundred and fifty-four dollars. For the following, to be expended under the direct supervision of

Board of Ordnance and Fortification.

Vol. 25, p. 409.

 the Board 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, teats, 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

Vol. 25, p. 489.

 September twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; to pay the salary of the civilian member of the Board of Ordnance and

Civilian member.

Vol. 25, p. 760.

 Fortification provided by the Act of February twenty-fourth, eighteen 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

Expenses.

 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 gun sand carriages procured in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That before

Proviso.

Right to use inventions.

 any money shall be expended in the construction or test of any gun, gun carriage, ammunition or implements under the supervision of the said Board, the Board shall be satisfied, after due inquiry, that the Government of the United States has a lawful right to use the inventions involved in the construction of such gun, gun carriage, ammunition or implements, or that the construction or test is made at the request of a person either having such lawful right or authorized to convey the same to the Government. 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, August 1, 1894.
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CHAP. 179.—
An Act To regulate enlistments in the Army of the United States.

August 1, 1894.

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

Army.

Prohibition of reenlistment repealed.
That so much of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act making appropriations for the support of 216 the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 27, p. 48.

and ninety-four, and for other purposes,” approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, as provides that “no private shall be re-enlisted 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,” be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Sec. 2. That hereafter all enlistments in the Army shall be for the

Enlistments.

Qualifications for reenlistments.

First enlistment, requirement of aliens.

 term of three years, and no soldier shall be again enlisted in the Army whose service during his last preceding term of enlistment has not been honest and faithful; and in time of peace no person (except an Indian) who is not a citizen of the United States, or who has not made legal declaration of his intention to become a citizen of the United States, or who can not speak, read, and write the English language, or who is over thirty years of age, shall be enlisted for the first enlistment

Proviso.

Certain discharged soldiers may reenlist.

in the Army: Provided, That any soldier discharged since January twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, who has been prevented from reenlisting by the operations of the Act of Congress approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and who may hereafter enlist within three months from the date of the approval of this Act, shall be considered to have re-enlisted and shall be entitled to receive while serving subsequent to such enlistment the same pay, service pay, and allowances as if he had re-enlisted within thirty days from his latest discharge.
Sec. 3. That the period within which soldiers may re-enlist with the

Period extended to three months for benefits of reenlistment.

R. S., secs. 1282, 1284, p. 222, amended.

Additional pay.

 benefits conferred by sections twelve hundred and eighty-two and twelve hundred and eighty four of the Revised Statutes, be, and the same is hereby, extended to three months; and hereafter every enlisted man in the Army, excepting general service clerks and general service messengers, shall be entitled to all the benefits conferred by sections twelve hundred and eighty-one and twelve hundred and eighty-two of the

Proviso.

Continuous service.

Revised Statutes: Provided, That to entitle them to the additional pay authorized by section twelve hundred and eighty-one, for men serving in the third, fourth, and fifth years, the service must have been continuous within the meaning of this section.
Approved, August 1, 1894.
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CHAP. 180.—
An Act To provide a register for the steamer Goldsworthy.

August 1, 1894.

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

“Goldsworthy.”

American register granted to foreign-built steamer.
That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built steamer Goldsworthy, purchased and owned by The New Orleans, Belize Royal Mail and Central American Steamship Company, Limited, and repaired in American ports, to be registered as a vessel of the United States.
Sec. 2. The at the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and

Inspection, etc.

 directed to cause the inspection of said vessel, her steam boilers, steam pipes, and their appurtenances, and cause to be granted the usual certificate 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 tests in the inspection of said boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances shall 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.
Approved, August 1, 1894.
Chap. 181: To provide a register for the schooner barge Astoria. 28 Stat. 217 1894-08-01 Chapter 181 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public 217

CHAP. 181.—
An Act To provide a register for the schooner barge Astoria.

August 1, 1894.

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

“Astoria.”

American register to foreign-built schooner barge.
That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the ship Astoria, purchased and owned by George Grail and repaired in American ports and converted into a schooner barge, to be registered as a vessel of the United States.
Approved, August 1, 1894.
Chap. 189: To authorize the Metropolitan Railroad Company to change its motive power for the propulsion of the cars of said company. 28 Stat. 217 1894-08-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 189.—
An Act To authorize the Metropolitan Railroad Company to change its motive power for the propulsion of the cars of said company.

August 2, 1894.

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

District of Columbia.

Metropolitan Railroad Company to use new cars.

Vol. 13, p. 326.
That the Metropolitan Railroad Company, incorporated under the Act of Congress approved the first day of July, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and the same is hereby, required to cease to use on its lines running east and west each and every closed car that has been in use on any of its lines for three years or more, and shall substitute therefor new cars of the most approved pattern. Failure to comply with the provisions of this

Penalty for refusal.

 section within ninety days from the approval of this Act shall subject the said company to a line of twenty-five dollars for each and every day during which the company neglects or refuses to make the substitution of new cars as herein specified, which line may be recovered by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 2. That the said Metropolitan Railroad Company, be, and the

Underground electric motive power to be used.

same is hereby, authorized, empowered, and required to equip and operate the lines of its cars upon and along all the streets and avenues of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, within the District of Columbia, where the lines of its road or any part thereof are now laid and operated, and as hereinafter provided, with an underground electric system for propulsion of such ears: Provided, That the change to

Provisos.

Completion of change.

 an underground system shall be completed upon its north and south line within one year and upon its east and west line within two years after the approval of this Act: Provided, there shall be completed an

Extension of tracks.

 extension thereof on East Capitol street from Ninth street east to Fifteenth street, east, around both sides of Lincoln Square, and also an extension from Ninth street west northwesterly on Florida avenue to Tenth street west. And in default of such completions all Acts or parts of Acts chartering or extending the said road are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. That the said company is hereby authorized and empowered

Bonds may be issued.

 to issue its bonds, secured by a mortgage on its franchises and other property, to such amount as may be necessary to pay the cost of the work to be done and of the materials required and the expenses incident to the change to be made as provided in this Act, but not in excess of such cost. And said bonds shall not be sold or disposed of at less than their face or par value.
Sec. 4. That a transcript of the record of the ease of the District of

Court of appeals, District of Columbia, to hear suit against company.

 Columbia against the Metropolitan Railroad Company of the District of Columbia, at law Numbered Twenty-two thousand four hundred and fifty-eight, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, together with the original papers and record entries therein, duly certified, shall, by appropriate orders duly entered of record, be transferred and delivered to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, which said Court of Appeals is hereby vested with original authority and jurisdiction to hear and determine said case without a jury upon the pleas and issues and proofs therein other than the pleas and issues relating to the statute of limitation or plea of failure of notice to said company of

Statute of limitations etc., to be waived.

any act required of it, and to determine from and upon said record and 218 pleadings and proofs.therein contained, and such other proof in the course of said.hearing as said court may determine to be necessary in order to dispose of the case upon its merits, what, if any, indebtedness is due to the District of Columbia from the said railroad company in respect of the cause of action stated in the declarations filed in said case, assuming that due and proper notice has been given to said

Judgment

company of all acts required in the premises, and to enter judgment against said company in favor of the District of Columbia for any sum or sums of money that said Court of Appeals shall find due from said company in respect of said cause of action, for the amount of which said judgment execution may issue out of said court, and said judgment shall immediately become a lien upon all the property of said company, tube enforced in the manner now provided by law for the enforcement of other liens, and shall be paid within ninety days from the date thereof:

Proviso.

Waiver by company.

Provided, That unless said company shall file in said Court of Appeals its consent in writing to the aforesaid transfer of the said case, and also a waiver of all its rights and defenses under the statute of limitation and from want of notice as hereinbefore provided for, and also a waiver of all rights, benefits, advantages, and defenses that it has or may have by reason of the decision and judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States made and entered in said case within thirty days after the approval of this Act, then all rights granted to said company by

Judgment final.

this Act shall cease and be determined: Provided, That the judgment of the said Court of Appeals shall be final and that there shall be no

Costs.

appeal therefrom: And provided further, That the cost of said transfer and of the hearing of said case in the Court of Appeals shall be paid by said railroad company.
Sec. 5. That the Metropolitan Railroad Company is hereby authorized

Transfers with connecting lines.

 and required immediately to make reciprocal transfer arrangements with street railroad companies whose lines now connect with its lines, and to furnish such facilities therefor as the public convenience

Reciprocal use of tracks.

may require. Upon the completion of the underground electric system provided for in this Act the said Metropolitan Railroad Company is hereby further authorized and required to enter into reciprocal trackage

Compensations etc.

 arrangements with connecting roads. The schedules and compensation shall be mutually agreed upon between the said Metropolitan Railroad Company and the companies with whose lines its lines connect; and in any case of failure to reach such mutual agreement, the matters in dispute shall be determined by the supreme court of the

Proviso.

All companies to transfer with connecting lines.

District of Columbia, upon petition tiled by either party: Provided, That every street railway company in the District of Columbia whose lines connect, or whose lines may hereafter connect, with the lines of any other street railway company, is hereby subjected to the same requirements as to transfers and trackage arrangements, and upon similar conditions, as in this section provided in the case of the Metropolitan Railroad Company and the lines connecting therewith.
Sec. 6. That on and after one year from the approval of this Act the

Tax for failure to change motive power.

 Metropolitan Railway Company shall pay to the District of Columbia, in addition to all other taxes now required to be paid by said company, an annual tax of five hundred dollars for each and every car operated by horses on that portion of its lines known as the Ninth Street line; and on and after two years from the approval of this Act the said railway company shall pay, in addition to all other taxes now required to be paid by said company, an annual tax of five hundred dollars for each and every ear operated by horses on any line owned or controlled by the said company.
Sec. 7. That Congress reserves the power to alter, amend, or repeal

Amendment, etc.

 this Act.
Approved, August 2, 1894.
Chap. 190: To provide an American register for the steamer Oceano, of Now York, New York. 28 Stat. 219 1894-08-03 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 219

CHAP. 190.—
An Act To provide an American register for the steamer Oceano, of Now York, New York.

August 3, 1894.

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

“Oceano.”

American register granted to foreign built steamer.

 Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built steamer Oceano, purchased and owned by Alfred S. Lascelles of New York City, New York, and repaired in American ports, 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 vessel, steam boilers, steam pipes, and the appurtenances of said boilers, and cause to be granted the proper and usual certificate 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 tests to be applied in the inspection of said boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances will be. the same in all respects as to strength and safety as arc 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, August 3, 1894.
Chap. 191: Granting jurisdiction and authority to the Court of Claims in the case of the towboat Future City, her barges, cargoes, and so forth. 28 Stat. 219 1894-08-03 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 191.—
An Act Granting jurisdiction and authority to the Court of Claims in the case of the towboat Future City, her barges, cargoes, and so forth.

August 3, 1894.

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

“Future City.”

Claim of owners of sunken steamer, etc., referred to Court of Claims.
That the claims of the legal or equitable owners or claimants of the steam towboat Future City, her barges in tow, cargoes thereon, freight and personal effects contained in them, alleged to have been sunk, lost, or greatly damaged by collision with the United States vessels of war Atlanta, Galena, and Richmond, in the Mississippi River, at the city of New Orleans, on or about the seventh day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be referred to the Court of Claims, with jurisdiction and authority to hear and determine the same to judgment, with the right of appeal, as in other cases: Provided, That no suit shall be brought under the provisions

Proviso.

Limit.

 of this act after six months from the date of the passage thereof: And provided further, That no judgment shall be rendered against the Government unless it shall affirmatively appear, from the evidence

Condition.

 adduced, that such collision was the result of negligence on the part of the officers in command of said vessels of war.
Approved, August 3, 1894.
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CHAP. 192.—
An Act To promote the efficiency of the naval militia.

August 3, 1894.

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

Naval militia.

Loan of vessels to States for drill, etc.
That the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to loan temporarily to any State, upon the written application of the governor thereof, a vessel of the Navy, to be selected from such vessels as are not suitable or required for general service, together with such of her apparel, charts, books, and instruments of navigation as he may deem proper; said vessel to be used only by the regularly organized naval militia of the 220 State for the purposes of drill and instruction: Provided, That when the

Provisos.

Return if not used.

 organization of the naval militia of such State shall be abandoned, or when the interests of the naval service shall so require, such vessel, together with her apparel, charts, books, and instruments of navigation, shall be immediately restored to the custody of the Secretary of the Navy: And provided further, That when such loan is made to the

Detail of ship keepers.

governor of any State, the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to detail from the enlisted force of the Navy a sufficient number of men, not exceeding six for any vessel, as ship-keepers, the men so detailed to be additional to the number of enlisted men allowed by law for the naval establishment, and in making details for this service preference shall be given to those men who have served twenty years or more in the Navy.
Approved, August 3, 1894.
Chap. 193: To prohibit the interment of bodies in Graceland Cemetery in the District of Columbia. 28 Stat. 220 1894-08-03 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 193.—
An Act To prohibit the interment of bodies in Graceland Cemetery in the District of Columbia.

August 3, 1894.

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

Graceland Cemetery, D. C.

Charter terminated.
That from and after the date of the passage of this Act the charter of the Graceland Cemetery Association of the District of Columbia shall cease and determine except as to the members of the board of officers of said association, who, and their successors in office, are hereby continued as such corporation for the purposes hereinafter stated, with power, by unanimous vote, to fill any vacancies in said board until the distribution hereinafter directed shall have been effected; and after the said date of passage it shall be

Interments forbidden.

unlawful to inter any bodies in the cemetery known as the Graceland Cemetery in the District of Columbia; and any person or persons

Penalty.

violating this Act, or aiding or abetting its violation, shall be subject to a tine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, to be collected as other fines are collected in the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. That the said board of officers of the Graceland Cemetery Association

Transfer of bodies.

 of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized, empowered, and directed, under such regulations as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may prescribe, to transfer the bodies interred in said cemetery to some other suitable public cemetery or cemeteries within the District of Columbia at the expense of said Graceland Cemetery Association. And said board of officers be, and they are hereby,

Sale of land.

authorized and empowered to subdivide, sell, and convey in fee simple the whole or any part of the tract of land known as Graceland Cemetery and the buildings thereon and apply the proceeds of such sales, together with all other moneys and assets of said association, as hereinafter directed. After paying all obligations and liabilities of said association, including a condensation to said board of officers of live per centum of the gross amount aforesaid, together with reasonable attorneys’ fees and other necessary expenses in the discharge of the

Distribution of proceeds

duties imposed upon them by this Act, the said board of officers shall distribute the remainder of such amount among the owners of lots in said burial ground as such ownership may be evidenced by certificates of ownership of record on the books of said association. Said distribution shall be pro rata according as the certificate value of each lot is to the total certificate value of all the lots in said cemetery. In cases where said board of officers shall be in doubt as to the ownership of any lot or of any claim against said association they shall pay into the registry of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, for distribution, the amount to which the owner or owners of such lot shall be entitled

Final settlement.

to as aforesaid, or the amount of such claim, as the case may be. When 221 all the net proceeds as aforesaid shall have been distributed as herein-before prescribed, the said board of officers shall tile an affidavit to that effect, with their accounts and vouchers, in the office of the clerk of the supreme court of the District of Columbia.
Approved, August 3, 1894.
Chap. 194: To fix the times and places for holding the Federal courts in the Suite and district of Nebraska. 28 Stat. 221 1894-08-03 Chapter 194 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 194.—
An Act To fix the times and places for holding the Federal courts in the Suite and district of Nebraska.

August 3, 1894.

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

Nebraska judicial district.

R. S., secs. 572, 658, pp. 100, 120.

Vol. 23, p. 443.

Terms.

Omaha.
That hereafter terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States within and for the State and district of Nebraska shall be held at the times and places following, that is to say: At Omaha City, on the first Monday in May and the second Monday in November in each year; At the city of Lincoln, on the third Monday in January and the first

Lincoln

 Monday in October in each year; At the city of Hastings, on the third Monday in April; and

Boatings.

Norfolk.

Effect.

 At the city of Norfolk, on the fourth Monday in April of each year.
Sec. 2. That the passage of this Act shall not operate so as to change any existing law,except as to the change of time for holding said courts.
Approved, August 3, 1894.
Chap. 195: 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 March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as amended by Acts of April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, February seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. 28 Stat. 221 1894-08-03 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 195.—
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 March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, as amended by Acts of April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, February seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

August 3, 1894.

 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.
That section one of the 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

Vol. 25, p. 849.

Vol. 26, p. 79.

 “An Act to amend ‘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,’” which amendment was approved April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and as amended by an Act entitled “An Act to amend ‘An Act authorizing

Vol. 27. p, 434.

 the construction of a high wagon bridge across the Missouri River at or near Sioux City, Iowa, and so forth,’” which amendment was approved February seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and as amended by an Act entitled “An Act to amend ‘An Act authorizing

Ante, p. 44.

 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 Acts of April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three,’” which amendment was approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be so amended that instead and in place of the words “ for such reasonable rates of toll as the city of Sioux City, Iowa, may from time to time prescribe, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War,” the said section shall read “for such reasonable rates of

Toll to be approved by Secretary of War.

 toll as the owner or owners of said bridge may from time to time prescribe, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.”
Approved, August 3, 1894.
Chap. 196: Authorizing the State of Montana to make selections from certain public lands. 28 Stat. 222 1894-08-03 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 222

CHAP. 196.—
An Act Authorizing the State of Montana to make selections from certain public lands.

August 3, 1894.

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

Montana.

May select lands in Bitter Root Valley.

Vol 25, p. 670.
That it shall be lawful for the State of Montana to select as a part of the lands granted the said State under the provisions of 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,

Vol. 26, p, 796.

eighteen hundred and eighty nine, and an Act entitled, “An Act to amend sections twenty-two hundred and seventy-five and twenty-two hundred and seventy-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States providing for the selection of lands for educational purposes in lieu of those appropriated for other purposes,” approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, any of the lands in the Bitter Root Valley, lying above the Lo Lo Fork of the Bitter Root

Vol. 17, p. 226.

River, mentioned and described in an Act entitled, “An Act to provide for the removal of the Flathead and other Indians from the Bitter Root Valley in the Territory of Montana,” approved June fifth, eighteen

Proviso.

Existing rights.

hundred and seventy-two: Provided, however, That no existing rights to any of the said lands initiated under any of the laws of the United States shall be invalidated by this Act.
Approved, August 3, 1894.
Chap. 197: Adding the towns of Manchester and Vernon, in the State of Connecticut, to the customs district of Hartford, Connecticut, and making the city of Rocksville, Connecticut, a port of delivery. 28 Stat. 222 1894-08-03 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 197.—
An Act Adding the towns of Manchester and Vernon, in the State of Connecticut, to the customs district of Hartford, Connecticut, and making the city of Rocksville, Connecticut, a port of delivery.

August 3, 1894.

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

Hartford, Conn, customs district.
That the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, creating the customs district of

Manchester and Vernon assigned to.

Hartford, be amended by adding the towns of Manchester and Vernon, in the State of Connecticut, to the towns already named as comprising

Rockville, a port of delivery.

said district, and that the town of Vernon, city of Rockville, in said State, of Connecticut, within said district of Hartford, is hereby

Vol. 24, p. 492.

R. S., sec. 2533, p. 498, amended.

constituted a port of delivery within the meaning of said Act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and the Act of which said Act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, is an amendment.
Sec. 2. That the privileges of the seventh section of the Act of June

Immediate transportation privileges to Rockville.

Vol. 21. p. 174.

 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 they are hereby, extended to the said town of Vernon, city of Rockville, district and State aforesaid.
Approved, August 3, 1894.
Chap. 198: Concerning leases in the Yellowstone National Park. 28 Stat. 222 1894-08-03 Chapter 198 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 198.—
An Act Concerning leases in the Yellowstone National Park.

August 3, 1894.

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

Yellowstone National Park.

Leases authorized.

That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to lease to any person, corporation, or company, for a period not exceeding ten years, at such annual rental as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, parcels of land in the Yellowstone National Park, of not more than ten acres in extent for each tract and not in excess of twenty acres in all to any one person, corporation, or company on which may be erected hotels 223 and necessary outbuildings: Provided, That such lease or leases shall

Proviso.

Natural curiosities excluded.

not include any of the geysers or other objects of curiosity or interest in said park, or exclude the public from free and convenient approach thereto or include any ground within one-eighth of a mile of any of the geysers or the Yellowstone Falls, the Grand Canyon, or the Yellowstone River, Mammoth Hot Springs, or any object of curiosity in the park: And provided further, That such leases shall not convey, either

Privileges granted.

 expressively or by implication, any exclusive privilege within the park except upon the premises held thereunder and for the time therein granted. Every lease hereafter made for any property in said park shall require the lessee to observe and obey each and every provision in any Act of Congress, and every rule, order, or regulation made, or which may hereafter be made and published by the Secretary of the Interior concerning the use, care, management, or government of the park, or any object or property therein, under penalty of forfeiture of such lease, and every such lease shall be subject to the right of revocation and forfeiture, which shall therein be reserved by the Secretary of the Interior: And provided further, That persons or corporations

New leases to present holders.

 now holding leases of ground in the park may, upon the surrender thereof, be granted new leases hereunder, and upon the terms and stipulations contained in their present leases, with such modifications, restrictions, and reservations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.

This act, however, is not to be construed as mandatory upon the Secretary

Authority of Secretary of the interior.

of the Interior, but the authority herein given is to be exercised in his sound discretion.

That so much of that portion of the Act of March third, eighteen

Repeal.

Vol. 23, p. 626.

hundred and eighty-three, relating to the Yellowstone Park as conflicts with this Act be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved, August 3, 1894.
Chap. 199: For the disposal of the accretions of the Virginias indemnity fund. 28 Stat. 223 1894-08-03 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 199.—
An Act For the disposal of the accretions of the Virginias indemnity fund.

August 3, 1894.

 Whereas the Secretary of State holds, “subject to such disposition

Preamble.

 as Congress may direct,” an amount of money received by him as interest and premiums on the bonds in which the so-called Virginias indemnity was invested, as required by section thirty-six hundred and fifty-nine

R. S., sec., 3650. p. 719.

 of the Revised Statutes, pending the presentation, proof, and adjudication of the claims thereto; and Whereas it appears that further interest has accrued, and is accruing, in respect of such money: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled

“Virginias” indemnity.

,
That the said sum, being the earnings of a fund which was paid to the United States in trust for the purpose of relief of the families of those of the ship’s company and of such of the passengers as were citizens of the United States who were executed, and to afford compensation to such of the ship’s company and to

Distribution of accrued interest on trust fund to beneficiaries.

 such passengers as in like manner were citizens of the United States who were detained and suffered loss in Cuba, excluding from any participation therein all individuals indemnified as British subjects, is the property of the beneficiaries of said original fund, and the Secretary of State is hereby directed to distribute the same, together with all accretions thereof, accrued and which may accrue, among those persons who have already substantiated their right to participate in said fund, their heirs or legal representatives, under and by virtue of Executive orders heretofore issued and published.
Approved, August 3, 1894.
Chap. 200: To amend section fifteen of an Act approving, with amendments. the funding Act of Arizona approved Juno twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety. 28 Stat. 224 1894-08-03 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 224

CHAP. 200.—
An Act To amend section fifteen of an Act approving, with amendments. the funding Act of Arizona approved Juno twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety.

August 3, 1894.

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

Arizona funding act.

Vol. 26, p no.
That an Act entitled “An Act approving, with amendments, the funding Act of Arizona,” approved June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and paragraph twenty hundred and fifty-two (section fifteen) of said Act, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto as follows:

“Provided further, however, That the present outstanding warrants,

Funding of debts for necessary expenses.

certificates, and other evidences of indebtedness issued subsequent to December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety, for the necessary and current expenses of carrying on the Territorial government only, together with such warrants as may be issued for such purpose for the years ending December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, may also

Limitation.

be funded and bonds issued for the redemption thereof; and thereafter no warrants, certificates or other evidences of indebtedness shall be allowed to issue or be legal where the same is in excess of the limit prescribed by the ‘Harrison Act.’”
Sec. 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved, August 3, 1894.
Chap. 201: To exempt the articles of foreign exhibitors at the interstate fair at Tacoma, Washington, from the payment of duties. 28 Stat. 224 1894-08-03 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 201.—
An Act To exempt the articles of foreign exhibitors at the interstate fair at Tacoma, Washington, from the payment of duties.

August 3, 1894.

 Whereas there will be held in the city of Tacoma, and county of

Preamble

 Pierce, State of Washington, from and after August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, an exposition to be known as the Interstate Fair, in which foreign nations and foreign exhibitors have been invited and have agreed to participate: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United

Interstate Fair, Tacoma, Wash.

Transfer of certain articles for exhibition free of duty.

 States of America in Congress assembled,
That all articles which shall be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition, upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; and all articles which have been imported from foreign countries and

Vol. 26, p. 64.

Ante, p 1,

which have been on exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, or which are now or have been on exhibition at the California Midwinter International Exposition at San Francisco, upon which there is a tariff or customs duty and which have been heretofore admitted free of the payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, be transferred to the city of Tacoma, in the State of Washington, for the sole purpose of exhibition at said interstate fair.
Sec. 2. That it shall be lawful at any time during such exposition

Sales.

 to sell for delivery at the close of the exposition any of the goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the exposition buildings or on its grounds, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary

Proviso.

Payment of duties.

of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of sale; and all penalties prescribed by law shall be enforced and applied against such articles and against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal thereof.
Sec. 3. That ail of the provisions of public resolution numbered

Foreign laborers permitted.

 thirty, entitled “Joint Resolution authorizing foreign exhibitors at the 225 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,” approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 27, p. 402.

 ninety-two, are hereby extended to and made applicable to said interstate fair, to the same extent as if said interstate fair was therein specifically named.
Approved, August 3, 1894.
Chap. 202: To amend section five of the Act approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled “An Act to organize the Life-Saving Service.” 28 Stat. 225 1894-08-03 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 202.—
An Act To amend section five of the Act approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled “An Act to organize the Life-Saving Service.”

August 3, 1894.

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

Life-Saving Service.

Vol. 20, p. 104.
That section live of the Act of Congress approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled “An Act to organize the Life-Saving Service,” be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
“Sec. 5. That hereafter the life-saving stations upon the Atlantic

Atlantic and gulf stations to be open ten months.

and gulf coasts at which crews are employed shall be manned and the stations opened for active service on the first day of August in each year, and so continued until the first day of June succeeding, and upon the lake coasts from the opening to the close of navigation, except such

Lake station.

 stations as in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury are not necessary to be manned during the full period specified; and the crews shall reside at the stations during said periods: Provided, That all

Proviso.

Pay of surfmen.

Post, p. 919.

Repeal.

 such surfmen as serve more than eight months shall receive sixty dollars per mouth, during their entire service.”
Sec. 2. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved, August 3, 1894.
Chap. 206: Authorizing the Purcell Bridge and Transfer Company to construct and maintain a bridge over the South Canadian River at or within one mile of the town of Lexington, county of Cleveland, Territory of Oklahoma. 28 Stat. 225 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 206.—
An Act Authorizing the Purcell Bridge and Transfer Company to construct and maintain a bridge over the South Canadian River at or within one mile of the town of Lexington, county of Cleveland, Territory of Oklahoma.

August 4, 1894.

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

Purcell Bridge and Transfer Company mar bridge South Canadian River. Lexington, Okla.
That the Furcell Bridge and Transfer Company, a corporation created under the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma by charter filed January fifteenth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is authorized to construct and maintain a bridge, and approaches thereto, over the South Canadian River, at or within one mile of the town of Lexington, in the county of Cleveland, Territory of Oklahoma, to be used for the passage of foot passengers,

Foot and wagon bridge.

 animals, and vehicles of all kinds, for reasonable rates of toils, to be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War.

Tolls.

Commencement and completion.
Sec. 2. That the right herein granted shall be void unless said bridge is commenced within one year and completed within three years from the passage of this act.
Sec. 3. That the bridge constructed under this act shall be a lawful

Lawful structure and post route.

 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 other persons pay for like transportation; and the United States shall have the

Postal telegraph.

Provisos.

 right of way for the postal telegraph across said bridge: Provided, That before the construction of the bridge herein authorized is commenced the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War the

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 plans and specifications of said bridge, showing the proposed location 226 and structure contemplated, and that it shall be decided by the Secretary that said bridge does not and will not obstruct or impair the navigation

Aids to navigation.

 of said South Canadian River: Provided also, That said bridge shall, at all times, be so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels and other water craft 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

Lights, etc.

Amendments, etc.

sunrise, such lights or other signals as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board: Provided further, 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 said bridge, the Secretary of War shall have authority, and it shall

Changes.

be his duty, to require the said 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 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 rights conferred by this act shall be forfeited; and Congress shall have power to

Free navigation.

do any and all things necessary to secure the free navigation of said river.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 207: Providing for the sale of the old customhouse and lot connected therewith in the city of Louisville, Kentucky. 28 Stat. 226 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 207.—
An Act Providing for the sale of the old customhouse and lot connected therewith in the city of Louisville, Kentucky.

August 4, 1894.

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

Louisville, Ky.

Sale of old customhouse authorized.
That when the public offices have been removed from the old customhouse, situated at the south west comer of Third and Green streets, in the city of Louisville, State of Kentucky, and said building is in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury no longer needed for the use of the United States, the said Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to sell at public auction in the city of Louisville, Kentucky, to the highest bidder, after thirty days’ notice in two of the principal newspapers published in the said city of Louisville, the said building and lot on which it is located, and to give a. quit claim deed to the purchaser thereof, and to deposit the proceeds of the sale to the credit of

Proceeds.

the Treasurer of the United States as “miscellaneous receipts derived from the sale of Government property.” The time and place of said sale in said city to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, with power to reject any or all bids and to re-advertise and offer the said property in like manner as often as may be necessary to secure what in his judgment may be the value thereof, and the cost to be paid

Proviso.

Appraisement.

from the proceeds of sale: Provided, That before the said property is advertised for sale a Government appraisement under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury shall be made of the value of the property—and that in the advertisement of sale notice shall be given that no bid will be received which is less than the appraised value of said property.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 208: For the relief of persons who have filed declarations of intention to enter desert lands. 28 Stat. 226 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 208.—
An Act For the relief of persons who have filed declarations of intention to enter desert lands.

August 4, 1894.

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

Public lands.

Time for final proof desert-land entries extended.
That in all cases where declarations of intention to enter desert lands have been filed, and the four years’ limit within which final proof maybe made had not expired prior 227 to January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the time within which such proof may be made in each such case is hereby extended

Vol. 26, p. 1097.

 to five years from the date of filing the declaration; and the requirement that the persons filing such declarations shall expend the full

Yearly payment suspended for 1894.

 sum of one dollar per acre during each year toward the reclamation of the land is hereby suspended for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and such annual expenditure for that year, and the proof thereof, is hereby dispensed with: Provided, That within the period of five

Proviso.

Final declaration.

 years from filing the declaration satisfactory proof be made to the register and receiver of the reclamation and cultivation of such laud to the extent and cost and in the manner provided by existing law, except as to said year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and upon the payment to the receiver of the additional sum of one dollar per acre, as provided in existing law, a patent shall issue as therein provided.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 209: Establishing a log signal at Kewaunee, Wisconsin. 28 Stat. 227 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 209.—
An Act Establishing a log signal at Kewaunee, Wisconsin.

August 4, 1894.

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

Kewaunee, Wis.

Appropriation for fog signal.
That there shall be established a fog signal at Kewaunee, Wisconsin, at a cost not exceeding five thousand five hundred dollars; and the sum of five thousand five hundred dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for that purpose.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 210: Authorizing the construction of a lightship, with fog signal, to be established to the eastward of Boston Light, Massachusetts, and for the establishment of range lights in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. 28 Stat. 227 1894-08-04 Chapter 210 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 210.—
An Act Authorizing the construction of a lightship, with fog signal, to be established to the eastward of Boston Light, Massachusetts, and for the establishment of range lights in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.

August 4, 1894.

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

Boston, Mass.

lightship to be built.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to construct a light ship, with fog signal, to be placed about six nautical miles to the east by south of Boston Light, Massachusetts, at a cost not to exceed seventy thousand dollars; and he is hereby further directed to establish range lights in Boston Harbor, at a cost not to exceed one

Harbor rangelights.

 thousand dollars.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 211: To provide for the validation of affidavits made before United States Commissioners in all land entries. 28 Stat. 227 1894-08-04 Chapter 211 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 211.—
An Act To provide for the validation of affidavits made before United States Commissioners in all land entries.

August 4, 1894.

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

Public lands.

Entries on affidavits before court commissioner validated.
That all entries under the homestead, preemption, timber-culture,or desert-hind law made between May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the date of approval of this Act, and which are based on-affidavits made before a United States court commissioner, instead of a United States circuit court commissioner, as provided by the Act of May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety (twenty-sixth Statute, one hundred and twenty-one), are

Vol. 26, p. 121.

Final proofs.

 hereby validated, if no other objection exists; and all final proofs on entries of the classes mentioned made before a United States court commissioner, not a United States circuit court commissioner, between the dates aforesaid will be adjudicated in the same manner as if said proofs were made before an officer authorized by law to take such testimony.
Sec. 2. That all entries under the homestead, preemption, timber-culture,

Entries based on certain affidavits validated.

 or desert-land law, based on affidavits made before any officer 228 authorized to administer oaths in the State or Territory in which such entries were made, and where such affidavits were made in accordance with the regulations and decisions of the General Land Office prior to the passage of the Act of May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, are hereby validated, if no other objection exists.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 212: To amend an Act to authorize the construction of a steel bridge over the Saint Louis River, between the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin. 28 Stat. 228 1894-08-04 Chapter 212 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 212.—
An Act To amend an Act to authorize the construction of a steel bridge over the Saint Louis River, between the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

August 4, 1894.

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

Bridge across St. Louis River.

Ante, p. 65.

Unobstructed Navigation.
That sections two and three of said Act be amended so as to read as follows:
“Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act shall be built and constructed without material interference with the security and convenience of navigation on said river beyond what is necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted, and shall

Height amenoed.

be of such height in the clear above high-water mark as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, with rafting spans on either side of the draw of not less than two hundred and fifty feet each; and in order to secure compliance with these conditions the said corporation shall

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

submit to the Secretary of War a plan of the bridge and accessory works provided for in this Act, together with a detailed map of the river for a distance of one mile above and one mile below the proposed site of said bridge, with such information as maybe required by the Secretary of War for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed, upon receiving such plan and map and other information, and being satisfied that the bridge built upon such plan arid with such accessory works and at such locality will conform to the prescribed condition of this Act, to notify the 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 said bridge and accessory works, and notify the company of the same, the

Changes.

bridge shall not be built or commenced; and should any change be made or become necessary in the plan of the bridge or accessory works during the progress of construction or after completion such change shall likewise be subject to the approval and direction of the Secretary of War.
“Sec. 3. That the accessory works referred to in the preceding section

Aids to navigation.

 shall be such booms, dikes, piers, or other suitable and proper structures for confining the flow of water to a permanent channel, and for the guiding of steamboats, rafts, and other water craft safely through the draw and rafting spans, as shall be required by the Secretary of War, and in addition thereto, and before the putting in place of the draw spans of the bridge to be built under this Act, the company or persons owning or bolding such bridge shall be required, under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of War, or of such officer as

Dredging.

he shall designate, to dredge out to a minimum depth of twenty-one feet, the two triangular spaces above and below the proposed site of the bridge, included in the interior angles formed by the crossing of the two ship channels at “the gate,” to such an extent as to create a basin, the easterly and westerly limits of which shall be, respectively,

Maintenance of basin omitted.

at not less than one thousand feet from the axis of the bridge and shall be parallel thereto.”
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 213: Extending the benefits of the marine hospitals to the keepers and crews of life-saving stations. 28 Stat. 229 1894-08-04 Chapter 213 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public 229

CHAP. 213.—
An Act Extending the benefits of the marine hospitals to the keepers and crews of life-saving stations.

August 4, 1894.

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

Marine hospitals.

Life-Saving Service to be admitted.
That the privilege of admission to and temporary treatment in the marine hospitals under the control of the Government of the United States be, and is hereby, extended to the keepers anti crews of the Life-Saving Service under the same rules and regulations as those governing sailors and seamen, and for the purposes of this Act members of the Life-Saving Service shall be received in said hospitals and treated therein, and at the dispensaries thereof, as are seamen of American registered vessels; but this Act

Limitation.

 shall not be. so construed as to compel the establishment of hospitals or dispensaries for the benefit of said keepers and crews, nor as estabishing a home for the same when permanently disabled.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 214: To authorize a compromise and settlement with the State of Arkansas. 28 Stat. 229 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 214.—
An Act To authorize a compromise and settlement with the State of Arkansas.

August 4, 1894.

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

Arkansas.

Settlement of differences as to certain bonds, etc.
That the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Interior, or any three persons they may jointly selector cause to be selected on behalf of the United States, are hereby fully authorized and empowered to compromise, adjust, and finally settle with the governor of the State of Arkansas, or with such person or persons as may be authorized by the laws of that State to act-in its behalf, upon such terms and conditions as to them may seem just and equitable, subject to approval by Congress, as hereinafter provided, all or any of the differences between the Government and the said State growing out of and arising from the issue of certain bonds by the said State which are now owned in their own right or held in trust by the United States; the five per centum fund which accrued to the said State under the Act approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred

Vol. 5, p. 58.

 and thirty-six; the unpaid portion of the distribution fund which accrued to the said State under the Act approved September fourth, eighteen

Vol. 5, p. 453.

 hundred and forty-one; the swamp and overflowed lands in place granted by the Act approved September twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 9, p. 519.

 and fifty, and not heretofore approved to the State; the land and money indemnity due the said State under the Acts approved March second,

Vol. 10, p. 634.

Vol. 11. p. 251.

 eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and all other claims and demands of whatever kind or nature; and any compromise or settlement they may make with the said State shall be fully reported back to Congress, giving the basis thereof, for its further action, said compromise not to be effectual and final until approved by Congress.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 215: To grant to the Arkansas, Texas and Mexican Central railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 229 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 215.—
An Act To grant to the Arkansas, Texas and Mexican Central railway Company a right of way through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

August 4, 1894.

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

Arkansas, Texas and Mexican Central Railway Company granted right of way, Indian Territory.

Location.
That the Arkansas, Texas and Mexican Central 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, equipping, operating, using, and maintaining a railway, telegraph, and telephone line through the Indian Territory, beginning at a point to be 230 selected by the said company on Red River north of the north boundary line of Montague County, in the State of Texas, and running thence by the most practicable route through the Indian Territory in a northeasterly direction to a point on the west boundary of the State of Arkansas.
Sec. 2. That a right of way of one hundred feet in width through

Width.

 said Indian Territory is hereby granted to the Arkansas, Texas and Mexican Central Railway Company, and a strip of land two hundred feet in width, with a length of three thousand feet, in addition to the

Stations.

right of way, is granted for such stations as may be established, but such grant shall be allowed but once in 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 for the construction and maintenance of the roadbed, not exceeding one hundred feet in width on each side of the said right of way, or as much thereof as may be included in said cut or fill:

Provisos.

Limit to stations.

Reversion for non user.

Provided, That no more than such 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 shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railway, telegraph, and telephone line, and when any portion thereof shall cease to be used such portion shall revert, to the nation or tribes of Indians from which the same shall have been taken.
Sec. 3. That before said railway shall be constructed through any

Damages to individuals.

 lands held by individual occupants according to law, 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 of three disinterested referees, to be appointed by the President of the

Referees.

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

Decision.

Appeal

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 hove the right, within ninety days after the making of the award and notice of the same, to appeal by original petition to the courts, where the case shall be tried de novo. When proceedings have been commenced in court the railway company

Work may begin on depositing double award.

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. Each of such referees shall receive for his 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 the rate office cents per mile. Witnesses shall receive the usual fees allowed by the

Costs.

courts of said nations. Costs, including compensations 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

Provisos.

Passenger charges.

Regulations.

same kind: Provided, That the passenger rates on said railroad shall not 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 or governments shall exist in said Territory, within the limits of which said railroad or part thereof shall be located, and then such State government or governments shall be authorized to fix and regulate the costs of transportation of persons and freight within their respective 231 limits by said railway, but Congress expressly reserves the right to fix and regulate at all times the cost of all transportation by said railway or said company wherever such transportation shall extend from one State into another or shall extend into more than one State: Provided, however, That the rate of such transportation of passengers, local or

Maximum.

 interstate, shall not exceed those above expressed: And provided further, That said railway company shall carry the mail at such price as

Mails.

 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

Payment to tribes.

 Interior, for the benefit of the particular nations or tribes through whose lands said railroad may be located, the sum of fifty dollars, in addition to compensation provided for by this Act for property taken or damaged by the construction of the railway, for each mile of railway that it may construct in said Territory, said payments to be made in installments of five hundred dollars as each ten miles of road is graded. Said company shall also pay, as long as said Territory is

Annual rental.

 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 may construct in said Territory. The money paid to the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of this Act shall be apportioned by

Apportioning receipts.

him in accordance with the Jaws 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 through their lands: Provided,

Proviso.

Taxes.

 That Congress shall have the right, so long as their lands are occupied and possessed by such 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 counsel of either of the

Appeal by general councils.

nations or tribes through whose lands said railway maybe located shall, within four mouths alter 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 compensations to be paid to such dissenting nation or tribe under the provisions provided under this Act shall be determined as provided in section three for the determination of the compensation to be paid to the individual occupant of the 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

Award to be in lieu of compensation.

to be paid by 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 provisions of this section. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit Congress from imposing

Taxation.

taxes upon said railroad, nor any Territory or State hereafter formed through which said railway shall have been established from exercising the same power as to such part of said railway as may lie within its limits. Said

Survey, etc.

railway 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 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 tor obtaining the consent of such allot-tee or allottees

Consent of allottees, etc.

 to said right of way and to fix the amount of compensation to he paid such allottees for right of way anti 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 such 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 tiled.

 route of its located line through said Territory to be filed in the office of the Secretory 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 subsequent settlement and improvement of right of way shown by said 232 maps shall be valid as against said company: Provided, That when a

Proviso.

Grading to begin on filing maps.

 map showing any portions 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 railway and telegraph and telephone lines shall be allowed to reside, while so engaged, upon the 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 such 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 the said Arkansas. Texas and Mexican Central Railway Company and the nations and tribes through whose territory such 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. cross said railway’s right of way or may be by the proper

Commencement and completion.

authorities laid out across the.same.
Sec. 10. That said Arkansas, Texas and Mexican Central Railway

Condition of acceptance.

 Company shall accept this right of way upon express conditions, binding upon itself, its successors, and assigns, that they will neither aid, advise, nor assist toward any effort looking to the changing or extinguishing the present tenure of the Indians in their lands, and will not attempt to secure from the Indians any further grant of land or its

Proviso.

Violation to forfeit.

occupancy than herein provided: Provided, That any violation of the conditions named 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 mortgagee.

 any portion of its railroad with its franchises that may be constructed in the Indian Territory, shall be recorded to 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, or alter or

Amendment, etc.

 repeal this Act.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 226: To pay for alley condemned in square numbered four hundred and ninety-three, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. 28 Stat. 232 1894-08-06 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 226.—
An Act To pay for alley condemned in square numbered four hundred and ninety-three, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.

August 6, 1894.

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

District of Columbia.

Appropriation for land condemned for alley, square 493.

Vol. 25, p. 781.

Vol. 21, p. 162.
That the Act approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled “An Act to reappropriate to pay for alley condemned in square numbered four hundred and ninety-three,” be amended by striking out all the words after the enacting clause, and in lieu thereof insert: 233

“That, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,

Award, with interest, on certain lots.

there be, and the same hereby is, appropriated a sum sufficient to pay, with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum from August sixth, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy, to the date of the approval of this Act, the persons entitled to the amount awarded by the jury of condemnation for the land taken for an alley so far as the same relates to lots numbered two, three, twelve, thirteen, and fifteen, in square numbered four hundred and ninety-three, in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia.”
Approved, August 6, 1894.
Chap. 227: To amend sections fifty-three hundred find sixty-five and fifty-three hundred and sixty-six of the Revised Statutes relating to barratry on the high seas. 28 Stat. 233 1894-08-06 Chapter 227 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 227.—
An Act To amend sections fifty-three hundred find sixty-five and fifty-three hundred and sixty-six of the Revised Statutes relating to barratry on the high seas.

August 6, 1894.

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

Crimes at sea.
That section fifty-three hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 5365. Every person who, on the high seas, willfully and corruptly

Punishment for barratry by owner changed to Imprison went.

R. S., sec. 5365. p. 1041, amended.

 casts away or otherwise destroys any vessel of which he is owner, in whole or in part, with intent to prejudice any person that may underwrite any policy of insurance thereon, or any merchant that may have goods thereon, or any other owner of such vessel, shall be punished by imprisonment for life, or for any term of years.”
Sec. 2. That section fifty-three hundred and sixty six of the Revised Statutes is hereby amended so that it will read as follows:
“Sec. 5366. Every person, not being an owner, who, on the high seas,

Punishment for barratry by crow changed to imprisonment.

R. S., sec. 5366, p. 1041, amended.

 willfully and corruptly casts away or otherwise destroys any vessel to which lie belongs, being the property of any citizen, shall be punished by imprisonment for life, or tor any term of years.”
Sec. 3. This Act shall only apply to acts hereafter committed and

Effect

 shall not affect any case or prosecution now pending.
Approved, August 6, 1894.
Chap. 228: Making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 233 1894-08-06 Chapter 228 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 228.—
An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes.

August 6, 1894.

 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-five:
for pay of officers of the line.

Pay-

 For pay of officers of the line, two million seven hundred and fifty

Line officers.

 thousand dollars. For pay of officers for length of service, to be paid with their current

Longevity.

 monthly pay, seven hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. for pay of enlisted men.

Enlisted men.

 For pay proper of enlisted men of all grades, four million two hundred

Pay.

 thousand dollars. For pay of Hospital Corps, two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.

Hospital Corps.

Service pay.

 For service pay of enlisted men by reason of length of service, in addition to their monthly pay, and payable therewith, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 234 for pay of the general staff.

General staff.

 Adjutant-General’s Department: For pay of officers in the Adjutant-General’s

Adjutant-General’s Department.

 Department, as now authorized and provided by law, fifty-two thousand five bundled dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

 with their current monthly pay, sixteen thousand dollars; in all,

Proviso.

Number of assistant adjutant-generals reducen.

sixty-eight thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That there shall be no appointment of Assistant Adjutant General with the rank of major until the number of such officers in that grade shall be reduced below four and thereafter the number of such officers in that grade shall be

Appointments to certain staff vacancies to be from line officers.

fixed at four, and hereafter all appointments to till vacancies in the lowest grade in the Adjutant-General’s, the Inspector-General’s, the Quartermaster’s, and the Subsistence Department, respectively, shall be made from the next lowest grade in the line of the Army. Inspector-General’s Department: For pay of officers in the Inspector-General’s

Inspector-General’s Department.

 Department, as now authorized and provided bylaw, 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 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-six thousand one hundred dollars; in all. three hundred and fifteen thousand six hundred dollars. Pay Department: For pay of officers in Pay Department, as now

Pay Department.

 authorized and provided by law, eighty-four thousand dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

 with their current monthly pay, twenty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one hundred and ten thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Judge-Advocate-General’s Department: For pay of the officers in the

Judge-Advocate-General’s Department.

 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 of the officers of the Signal Corps, as now

Signal Corps.

 authorized and provided by law, twenty-three thousand two hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

 with their current monthly pay, six thousand four hundred and forty dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand six hundred and forty dollars:

Proviso.

Grade of brigadier-general to cease with present officer.

Reorganization of commissioned force.

Vol 26, p. 654.

Provided, That whenever a vacancy in the grade of brigadier-general shall occur in the office of Chief Signal Officer, said vacancy shall not be filled, but said grade shall cease and determine, and thereafter the commissioned force of the Signal Corps shall consist of one colonel who shall be the Chief Signal Officer of the Army, and selected from the Corps, and one lieutenant-colonel, one major, and three captains (mounted) to be appointed from the Corps according to seniority, and three first lieutenants (mounted) to be appointed as now provided by law, who shall each receive the pay and allowances of like grades in the Army, and the officers of the Signal Corps shall retain the commissions held by them at the date of the next vacancy in the office of Chief Signal Officer, unless promoted in compliance with law. Record and Pension Office: For pay of officer of the Record and

Record and Pension Office.

 Pension Office, as now authorized and provided by law, three thousand five hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officer for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

 with his current monthly pay, one thousand dollar; in all, four thousand five hundred dollars. 235 Ordnance Department:

Ordnance Department.

 For pay of officers in the Ordnance Department, as now authorized and provided by law, one hundred and thirty thousand three hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

 with their current monthly pay, forty-four thousand one hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one hundred and seventy-four thousand four hundred and twenty dollars. Quartermaster’s Department: For pay of officers in the Quarter master’s

Quartermaster’s Department.

 Department, as now authorized and provided by law, one hundred and forty-two thousand live hundred dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

 with their current monthly pay, fifty-one thousand two hundred dollars; in all. one hundred and ninety-three thousand seven hundred dollars. Subsistence Department: For pay of officers in the Subsistence

Subsistence Department.

 Department, as now authorized and provided by law, seventy-seven 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, ninety-nine thousand three hundred dollars. Medical Department: For pay of officers in the Medical Department,

Medical Department.

 as now authorized and provided by law, four hundred and eighteen 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 six thousand five hundred and thirty dollars; in all, five hundred and twenty-five thou sand two hundred and thirty dollars: Provided, That hereafter no

Proviso.

Number of assistant surgeons reduced.

Post, p. 403.

 appointments shall be made to the office of assistant surgeon until the number of assistant surgeons shall be reduced below one hundred and ten, and thereafter the number of officers in that grade in the Medical Department shall be fixed at ninety. 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 and seventy-five thousand dollars; For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

 with their current monthly pay, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, one million four hundred thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

Detail of retired officers to colleges not limited.

Ante. p. 7.

 That nothing in the Act entitled “An Act to increase the number of officers of the Army to be detailed to colleges,” approved November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, shall be so construed as to prevent, limit, or restrict the detail of retired officers of the Army

R. S., sec. 1260, p. 219.

Vol. 21, p. 113.

 at institutions of learning under the provisions of section twelve hundred and sixty, Revised Statutes, and the Act making appropriations for the support of the Army, and so forth, approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty, nor to forbid the issue of ordnance and ordnance

Ordnance, etc.

Vol. 25, p. 491.

R. S., sec. 1225, 216.

 stores, as provided in the Act approved September twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, amending section twelve hundred and twenty-five, Revised Statutes, to the institutions at which retired officers may be so detailed; and said Act of November third, eighteen hundred and ninety three, and said Act of May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty, shall not be construed to allow the full pay of their

Pay not increased.

 rank to retired officers detailed under said section twelve hundred and sixty, Revised Statutes, and said Act of May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty. retired enlisted men. For pay of the enlisted men of the Army on the retired list, three

Enlisted men.

 hundred and three thousand dollars. 236 miscellaneous. For pay of not exceeding one hundred hospital matrons, twelve

Hospital matrons.

 thousand dollars; For pay of not exceeding fourteen veterinary surgeons, thirteen

Veterinary surgeons.

 thousand dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand dollars. For pay of not exceeding thirty-five paymasters’ clerks, at one thousand

Paymasters’ clerks, messengers, etc.

 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 thousand dollars. For clerks and messengers at the headquarters of the Army and at the

Clerks and messengers at headquarters, etc.

 several department headquarters; at the recruiting headquarters and depots; at the Military Academy at West Point; at the Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia; at the Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and at the Cavalry and Light Artillery School at Fort Riley, Kansas, not exceeding ninety clerks, atone thousand dollars each; twenty-five clerks at one thousand one hundred dollars each; ten clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, and forty-five messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one hundred and fifty-two thousand eight hundred dollars; and said

Apportionment.

Enlistment of general0service clerks, etc., repealed.

Vol. 24, p. 167.

clerks and messengers shall be employed and apportioned to the several headquarters and stations by the Secretary of War. And the “Act for the enlistment and pay and to define the duties and liabilities of ‘general-service clerks’ and‘general-service messengers’ in the Army,” approved July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, is hereby repealed. For compensation of reporters and witnesses attending upon courts-martial

Courts-martial.

 and courts of inquiry, five thousand seven hundred and eighty-five dollars and thirty-five cents. For additional pay to officer in charge of public buildings and

Public buildings, etc., D. C.

 grounds in Washington, District of Columbia, one thousand dollars. For expert accountant for the Inspector-General’s Department, two

Expert accountant.

 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 and sixty-five thousand dollars. For pay of a clerk attendant on the collection and classification of

Military information from abroad.

 military information from abroad, one thousand five hundred dollars. For allowance for travel, retained and detained pay, clothing not

Allowances, etc, enlisted men.

 drawn, and for interest on deposits, payable to enlisted men on discharge, seven hundred and eighty-eight thousand two hundred and nine

Proviso.

Disposition of detained pay.

dollars and thirty-three cents: Provided, That hereafter sums known as detained pay, which have already been or may hereafter be withheld from the monthly pay of enlisted men of the Army in obedience to court-martial sentences, shall, when repaid, become a charge against the fund “pay of the Army” for the year in which said enlisted men have been or may be discharged. 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 forty thousand

Allotment.

dollars to be allotted by the Secretary of War to die War Department 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

Provisos.

Maximum allowance.

the remaining quarters: Provided, That hereafter the maximum sum to be allowed and paid to any officer of the Army 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

On subsidized roads.

sleeping-car fare and transfers: And provided further, That when any 237 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 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

Transportation by Quartermaster’s Department.

 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 said Department, and the Secretary of War shall so apportion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein. And hereafter no portion of the appropriation for mileage to officers

Restriction of mileage.

 traveling on duty without troops shall be expended for inspections or investigations, except such as are especially ordered by the Secretary of War, or such as are made by Army and department commanders in visiting their commands, and those made by Inspector-General’s Department in pursuance of law, army regulations or orders issued by the Secretary of War or the Commanding General of the Army; and

Duty to be stated.

 all orders involving the payment of mileage shall state the special duty enjoined. 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 forty thousand nine hundred and thirty-four dollars and sixty-eight cents. All the money hereinbefore appropriated except the appropriation

Accounting.

 “for mileage to officers when traveling on duty without troops when authorized by law” shall be disbursed and 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

Supplies.

 troops, 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 nine million eight hundred and eighty-two thousand three hundred and seventy-five rations; for sales to officers and enlisted men of the Army; for authorized extra issue of candles; for matches for lighting public fires and lights at posts and stations and in the field; for 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 extra pay to enlisted men employed on extra duty in the subsistence

Extra-duty pay.

 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 the payment of the regulation allowances for commutation

Commutation of rations.

 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 carry rations of any kind, to enlisted men selected to contest for places or prizes in the department, division, and Army rifle competitions while 238 traveling to and from places of contest; for flour used for paste in target

Amount.

 practice; in all, one million six hundred and fifty thousand dollars,

Civilian employees.

to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War; and not more than one hundred thousand dollars thereof shall be applied to the payment of civilian employees of the Subsistence Department; and

Report.

the Secretary of War shall cause to be investigated by the Inspection Department of the Army, or otherwise, and shall report to Congress at its next regular session, as to the number of civil employees of the Army, their distribution, the necessity for their employment, and Hie

Proviso.

Immediate purchases.

cost attending the same: Provided, That one hundred thousand dollars of this appropriation shall be available for the purchase and delivery in June, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, of such subsistence supplies as may be required to be at posts at the beginning of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to remove to such

Removal of Indian prisoners, etc.

Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala.

 military reservation or reservations as he may select, the Indian prisoners of war now confined at Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama, and for the purposes of the erection of buildings, pure base of draft animals, stock, necessary farming tools, seeds, household utensils, and other articles needed for said Indians and generally for their support and civilization, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, in addition to the sums herein appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. 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 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, and for the horses of the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of artillery, and such companies of infantry and scouts as may be mounted, and for the authorized number of officers’ horses, including bedding for the animals; of straw for soldiers’ bedding; and of stationery, including blank books, for the Quartermaster’s Department, certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the Pay and Quartermaster’s Departments, and for printing division and Department

Amount.

 orders and reports, two million four hundred thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

Printing.

 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 eases as the emergency will not admit

Purchases.

of the giving notice for competition: 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,

In open market.

except that purchases may be made in open market in the manner common among business men when the aggregate amount required does not exceed two hundred dollars, but every such purchase shall be immediately reported to the Secretary of War. incidental expenses. For postage; cost of telegrams on official business received and sent

Incidental expenses.

 by officers of the Army; extra pay to soldiers employed on extra duty 239 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 Quarter master’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 no greater sum than

Rewards for deserters limited.

ten dollars for each deserter shall be paid to any officer or citizen for such service and expenses; and for the following expenditures required for the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of light artillery, and such companies of infantry and scouts as may be mounted, the authorized number of officers’ horses, 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 movements and operation of the Army and at military posts, and not expressly assigned to any other department, six hundred

Amount.

Proviso.

Extra-duty pay.

 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 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

Purchase of horses.

 the Indian scouts, and for such infantry and members of the Hospital Corps in field campaigns as may be required to be mounted, and the expenses incident thereto, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

Limit.

 That the number of horses purchased 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 anti 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 240 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

Payment to land-grant railroads.

 roads and wharves; for the payment of Army transportation lawfully due such laud-grant railroads as have not received aid in Government bonds (to be adjusted in accordance with the decisions of the

Maximum.

Amount.

Provisos.

Basis.

Supreme Court in cases decided under such land-grunt acts), but in no case shall more than fifty per centum of the full amount of service be paid; in all, two million five hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That such 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:

Land-grant roads, not bond aided, to resolve 50 per cent.

 Provided further, 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 charge 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 fore,going 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: For barracks and quarters for troops, storehouses

Barracks and quarters.

 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

Proviso.

Civilian employees.

posts, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That no more than one million one 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, camp and garrison

Salaries, etc.

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. Construction and repairs of hospitals: For construction and repairs

Hospitals,

 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, forty-five 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 same, seven thousand dollars. For shelter, shooting galleries, ranges for small arms target practice,

Shooting ranges, etc.

 repairs, and expenses incident thereto, fifteen thousand dollars, of which sum five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary 241 shall be used in the construction of a permanent rifle range at Fort

Fort Snelling, Minn.

 Snelling, Minnesota. To enable the Secretary of War to purchase land for a rifle range at

Sacketts Harbor, N. Y.

Sacketts Harbor, near Madison barracks, New York, at such sum and price as he may deem reasonable, not to exceed eight thousand five hundred dollars, eight thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. 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. 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

Supplies, etc.

 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

Hot Springs, Ark.

 and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas, advertising, and other miscellaneous expenses of the Medical Department, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars; and not over forty thousand dollars of the money appropriated by this paragraph shall be applied to the payment of civilian employees of the Medical Department. And the

Civilian employees.

 Secretary of War is hereby authorized, after due advertisement, to sell, under such conditions as he may prescribe, such unserviceable

Sale of unserviceable stores.

 medical and hospital stores, or other property exclusive of liquors, at the medical supply depots fit New York, Saint Louis, and San Francisco. or in the custody of the Medical Department, as the Secretary of War may deem proper, the proceeds of such sales, after deducting expenses thereof, to be paid into the United States Treasury. For the purchase of needful material to be used in the art of teaching

Cookery teaching.

 cookery to the enlisted men in the two companies 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, eight thousand dollars; in all, thirteen 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 the purchase of materials for the instruction of engineer troops

Materials.

 at Willets Point in their special duties as sappers and miners, for land and submarine mines, and pontoneers, torpedo drill, and signaling, three thousand five hundred dollars. 242 For purchase and repair of instruments to he 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 United States Engineer School: Purchase and binding

Books.

 of professional works of recent date treating of military and civil engineering and kindred scientific subjects, live hundred 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 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, one hundred thousand dollars. For manufacture of metallic ammunition for small arms and ammunition

Ammunition for small arms, etc.

 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 eighty thousand dollars. For repairing anti 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 the purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores to fill requisitions

Ordnance stores.

 of troops, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. For infantry, cavalry, anti artillery equipments, including horse

Equipments.

 equipments for cavalry and artillery, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars. Overhauling, cleaning, and preserving ordnance stores on hand at

Preserving, etc., ordnance stores.

 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 mechanical

Targets, etc.

 maneuvers, six thousand dollars. Manufacture of arms at the National armories, four hundred thousand

Manufacture of arms, etc.

Proviso.

Magazine gun.

 dollars: Provided, That 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 War:

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. Purchase of ordnance and ordnance stores and supplies maybe made

Open-market purchases.

 by the Ordnance Department in open market, in the manner common among business men, when the aggregate of the amount required does not exceed two hundred dollars, but every such purchase shall be immediately reported to the Secretary of War. For purchase of machine guns, improved musket caliber, of American

Machine guns.

 manufacture, fifteen thousand dollars. recruiting service.

Recruiting service.

 For expenses of recruiting and transportation of recruits from rendezvous

Expenses.

 to depots and military posts, 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 243 of accepted applicants from their homes to places of enlistment, when authorized by the Secretary of War, one hundred thousand dollars. 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

Military telegraph.

 repair of military telegraph lines (excluding the military telegraph line, Fort Ringgold, Texas, to Fort McIntosh, Texas), including salaries of 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, seventeen thousand dollars. For constructing and operating a military telegraph line between El

Telegraph, El Paso to New Fort Bliss, Tex.

 Paso. Texas, and New Fort Bliss, Texas, nine hundred and sixty dollars. contingent expenses.

Contingent expen ses.

 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, 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, and to be expended in the discretion of the several military department commanders. For contingent expense of the military information division, Adjutant

Military information.

 General’s Office, and of the military attaches at the United States embassies and legations abroad, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, three thousand six hundred and forty dollars. Approved, August 6, 1894.
Chap. 231: To amend an Act approved January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to authorize the construction of bridges across the Hiwassee, the Tennessee, and Clinch rivers, in the State of Tennessee. 28 Stat. 243 1894-08-07 Chapter 231 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 231.—
An Act To amend an Act approved January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to authorize the construction of bridges across the Hiwassee, the Tennessee, and Clinch rivers, in the State of Tennessee.

August 7, 1894.

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

Bridge across Hiwassee, Tennessee, and Clinch rivers, Tenn.

Time for construction extended.

Vol. 27, p. 424.
That the Act approved January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled, “An Act to authorize the construction of bridges across the Hiwassee, the Tennessee, and the Clinch rivers, in the State of Tennessee,” be, and is hereby, amended so that the time, within which the actual construction of said bridges may be commenced is hereby extended for the period of one year from the date of the approval of this Act.
Approved, August 7, 1894.
Chap. 232: 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-five, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 243 1894-08-07 Chapter 232 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 232.—
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-five, and for other purposes.

August 7, 1894.

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

District of Columbia appropriations.

Half from District revenues.
That the half of the following sums named, respectively, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, for the purposes following, being 244 for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, namely:
GENERAL EXPENSES.

General expenses.

 for salaries and contingent expenses.

Salaries, etc.

 For Executive Office: For two Commissioners, at five thousand

Executive office.

Commissioners, Secretary, etc.

 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 typewriter, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one stenographer and typewriter, seven hundred and twenty 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; two assistant inspectors of buildings, at one thousand dollars each; and one of the assistant inspectors of buildings shall hereafter also perform the duties of inspector of elevators and fire escapes, without additional compensation; 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 deputy property clerk, one thousand dollars; one clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one messenger clerk, six hundred dollars; one messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; three watchmen, at lour hundred and eighty dollars each; one chief inspector of plumbing, two thousand dollars; four assistant inspectors of plumbing, at one thousand dollars each; one harbor master, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all,

Proviso.

Redemption of scrip certificates allowed.

forty-six thousand four hundred and eighty-one dollars: Provided, That the accounting officers of the Treasury, in the settlement of the accounts of Josiah Dent, Thomas P. Morgan, and William J. Twining, late commissioners of the District of Columbia, are hereby authorized and directed to credit and allow audit numbered fifteen thousand and seventy-seven, made in favor of John F. Cook, collector of the District of Columbia, October seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, for four thousand and seventy-nine dollars and seventy cents, on account of the redemption of special tax scrip certificates numbered, respectively, eight hundred and nineteen, nine hundred and fourteen, nine

Delivery to owner.

hundred and twenty-six, and nine hundred and twenty-eight: And provided further, That in crediting and allowing said audit fifteen thousand and seventy-seven, as aforesaid, no money on account thereof shall be paid out of the Treasury of the United States, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to deliver the said special tax scrip certificates to Isaac S. Lyon, the owner thereof. For Assessor’s Office: For one assessor, three thousand dollars;

Assessor’s office.

Post, pp. 282, 285.

 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. For Collector’s Office: For one collector, four thousand dollars;

Collector’s office.

 one cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one bookkeeper, 245one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four bundled dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk and messenger, one thousand dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; in all, fourteen 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, atone thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger, six hundred dollars; one disbursing clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, seventeen 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 six hundred dollars; one law clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, two hundred dollars: in all, nine thousand 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 tour hundred dollars. For Coroner’s Office: For one coroner, one thousand eight hundred dollars.

Coroner’s office.

 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: Record division: One chief clerk, one

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: Computing engineer, two thousand four hundred

Surface division.

 dollars; assistant engineer, one thousand six hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand live hundred dollars each; three rodmen, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three chainmen, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; inspector of streets, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistant inspectors of streets, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent of streets, two thousand dollars; superintendent of county roads, one thousand five hundred dollars; superintendent of parking, one thousand two hundred dollars; 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; three inspectors of gas and electric lighting, at nine hundred dollars each; one inspector of sewers, one thousand two hundred dollars; one superintendent of sewers, two thousand 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 chainmen,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 246 forty dollars; in all, sixty-seven thousand one hundred and thirty-two

Proviso.

Engineer assistants.

Vol. 20, p. 107.

dollars; Provided, That the last clause of section live of “An Act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia,” approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: The President of the United States

Three authorized.

may detail from the Engineer Corps of the Army not more than three officers, junior to the engineer officer belonging to the Board of commissioners of said District, to act as assistants to said Engineer commissioner in the discharge of the special duties imposed upon him by the provisions of this Act. 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. 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 work; and the Commissioners of the

Report.

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. Superintendent of Charities: For superintendent of charities,

Superintendent of charities.

 three thousand dollars; messenger to the superintendent, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. contingent expenses. For contingent expenses of the government of the District of Columbia,

Contingent expenses.

 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, including rent, harbor master, health department, and police court, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars; and the Commissioners shall so

Proviso.

Use of horses, etc.

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. For contingent expenses of stables of the engineer department,

Stables.

 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, five thousand five hundred 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 five hundred dollars. For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, the

Judicial expenses.

 printing of briefs and witness fees in District cases before the court of appeals 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, disinfectants, and other 247 necessary supplies for the morgue, and holding inquests, and photographing unidentified bodies, one thousand dollars. For general advertising, authorized and required by law, and for tax

Advertising.

 and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, one thousand nine hundred dollars. - For advertising notice of taxes in arrear July first, eighteen hundred

Notices of arrears of taxes.

Vol. 26, p. 24.

 and ninety-four, us required to be given by Act of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, twelve thousand dollars, to be reimbursed 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. For additions arid repairs to Georgetown market house, six thousand

Georgetown market house.

 five hundred dollars. Plats of Subdivisions outside of Washington and Georgetown:

Surveys and plat of outside subdivisions.

 To pay the expenses of such surveys as may be necessary to enable the Commissioners of the District to determine whether plats of subdivisions of land within said District offered for record have been made in conformity to the “Act to regulate subdivision of land within

Vol. 25, p. 451.

 the District of Columbia,” approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, two thousand five hundred dollars. Extension of Highways: To pay the expenses of preparing a plan

Extension of highways.

 for the extension of a permanent system of highways in conformity with the “Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the

Vol. 27, p. 532.

From District revenues.

 District of Columbia lying outside of cities,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, six thousand dollars; to be paid wholly out of the revenues of the District of Columbia: Provided, That

Proviso.

Report, etc., by Fred crick Law Olmsted.

 of the above-named sum three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the preparation of sketch-plans and report by Frederick Law Olmsted, on the extension of the streets and avenues of the District of Columbia. ASSESSMENT AND PERMIT WORK. For assessment and permit work, one hundred and sixty-five thousand

Assessments and permit work.

 dollars, and a sufficient amount of this appropriation may be applied to and expended for the immediate removal of the parking, except trees, and paving the space, in the center of New York avenue,

New York avenue.

 between Ninth and Tenth streets, and one-half the cost thereof shall be assessed against the abutting property and collected as herein provided for assessment and permit work: Provided, That hereafter the commissioners

Proviso.

Work necessary to health, etc.

Vol. 26, p. 206.

 of the District of Columbia are authorized and empowered, whenever in their judgment the public health, safety, or comfort require it, or whenever application shall be made therefor, accompanied by

Applications.

 a deposit equal to one-half the estimated cost of the work, to improve and repair alleys and sidewalks, and to construct sewers and sidewalks in the District of Columbia of such form and materials as they may determine, and to pay the total cost of such work from appropriations for assessment and permit work. Said Commissioners shall give notice by advertisement, twice a week

Advertisements of work proposed.

 for two weeks in some newspaper published in the city of Washington, of any assessment work proposed to be done by them under this Act, designating the location and the kind of work to be done, specifying the kind of materials to be used, the estimated cost of the. improvement, and fixing a time and place when and where property-owners to be assessed

Hearings.

 can appear and present objections thereto, and for hearing thereof. One-half of the total cost of the assessment work herein provided

Assessment of cost.

 for, including the expenses of the assessment, shall be charged against and become a lien upon abutting property, and an assessment therefor 248 shall be levied pro rata according to the linear frontage of said property.

Payment of one-half of cost.

One-half of the cost of the assessment work done under the provisions of this Act shall be paid to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia., as follows: One-third of the amount within sixty days after

Interest.

service of notice of such assessment, without interest; one-third within one year, and the remainder within two years from the date of such service

Notice.

of notice, and interest shall be charged at the rate of eight per centum per annum from the date of service of such notice on all amounts which shall remain unpaid at the expiration of sixty days after service of notice of such assessment, which in all cases shall be served upon each lot owner, if ho or she be a resident of the District, and his or her residence known, and if he or she be a nonresident of the District, or his or her residence unknown, such notice shall be served on his or her tenant or agent, as the ease may be, and if there be no tenant or agent known to the Commissioners, then they shall give notice of such assessment by advertisement twice a week for two weeks in some newspaper

Service of notice.

published in said District. The service of such notice, where the owner or his tenant or agent resides in t he District of Columbia, shall be either personal or by leaving the same with some person of suitable age at the residence or place of business of such owner, agent, or tenant; and return of such service, stating the manner thereof, shall be made in

Provisos.

Cost of publication, etc.

writing and tiled in the office of said Commissioners: Provided, That the cost of publication of the notice herein provided for, and the service of such notices shall be paid out of the appropriations for assessment and

Sale of property.

permit work. Any property upon which such assessment and accrued interest thereon, or any part thereof, shall remain unpaid at the expiration of two years from the date of service of notice of such assessment shall be subject to sale therefor under the same conditions and penalties which are imposed by existing laws tor the nonpayment of general taxes; and if any property assessed as herein provided for shall become liable to sale for any other assessment or tax whatever, then the assessments levied under this Act shall become immediately due and payable, and the property against which they are levied may be sold therefor, together with the accrued interest thereon, and the cost

Deposits for requested improvements.

of advertising, to the date of such sale. Property owners who request improvements under the permit system shall deposit in advance with the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia an amount equal to one-half the estimated cost of such improvements, and in such cases it shall not be necessary to give the notice hereinbefore provided for. All moneys received by the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia for work done upon the request of property-owners, as herein provided for, shall be deposited by him in the United States Treasury to

Payment on completion

the credit of the permit fund. Upon the completion of work done as aforesaid at the request of property-owners, the Commissioners shall repay to the then current appropriation for assessment and permit work, out of the permit fund, a sum equivalent to one-half of the cost of the work, and shall return to the depositors, from the same fund, as

Return of surplus.

Receipts.

application may be made therefor, any surplus that may remain over and above one-half of the cost of the work. All sums received by the collector under the provisions of this Act on account of assessment work, and in payment of assessments heretofore made for compulsory

Water and sewer connections.

permit work, shall be credited to the appropriation for assessment and permit work for the fiscal year in which they are collected: Provided further, That the costs of service connections with water mains and sewers shall be assessed against the lots for which said connections are made, and shall be collected in the same manner and upon the same conditions as to notice as herein provided for assessment work:

Repeal.

 And provided further, That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. 249 IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS.

Improvements and repairs.

 For work on streets and avenues named in Appendix “Z,” Book of

Street and avenues.

 Estimates, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, one hundred and forty-five thousand seven hundred and fifty 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: Twelve thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Allotment.

 Northwest Section Schedule: Fifty-seven thousand dollars. Southwest Section Schedule: Nineteen thousand five hundred dollars. Southeast Section Schedule: Twenty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. Northeast Section Schedule: Twenty eight thousand dollars: Provided, That the streets and avenues shall be contracted for in

Proviso.

Order of precedence.

 the order in which they appear in said schedules, and be completed in such order as nearly as practicable. For paving streets on the north side of Lincoln Square, between

Lincoln Square.

 Eleventh and Thirteenth Streets, eight thousand five hundred dollars. That under appropriations contained in this Act no contract shall

Limit for concrete pavement.

 be 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,

Proviso.

Increase for certain streets.

 That these 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. Grading Streets, Alleys, and Roads: For the purchase and

Grading.

 repair of cars, carts, tools, or the hire of the same and horses, to be used by the inmates of the Washington Asylum in the work of grading, four thousand dollars. Repairs to Pavements: For renewal, resurfacing, and repairs to

Repairs of pavements.

 concrete pavements with the same or other not inferior material, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. SEWERS.

Sewers.

 For cleaning and repairing sewers and basins, forty-five thousand dollars.

Cleaning etc.

 For relief sewers and replacing obstructed sewers, sixty-five thousand dollars.

Replacing, etc.

 For main and pipe sewers, ninety thousand dollars.

Main and pipes.

Intercepting sewer.

 For completing main intercepting sewer from Easbys Point, Potomac River, to near the intersection of Fifteenth and E streets northwest, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. For suburban sewers, twenty thousand dollars.

Suburban.

Rock Creek sewer.

Provisos.

Contract for whole work.

 For continuing the construction of the Rock Creek intercepting sewer, twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to enter into contract for said work at a cost not to exceed eighty thousand dollars, to be paid for from time to time as appropriations may be made by law; and the said Commissioners are authorized to construct said sewer, where necessary, across lands belonging to the United States: Provided,

Restoring lands.

That after the construction of said sewer the excavated portions of said lands shall be restored to their original condition from the appropriation herein provided for. 250 For ganging sewers and rainfall, two thousand dollars.

Gauging.

Rights of way.

 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. For automatic siphons for flushing sewers, two thousand five hundred

Flushing siphons.

 dollars. STREETS.

Streets.

 Repairs, Streets, Avenues, and Alleys: For current work of

Repairs, streets, etc.

 repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys, including the repair of cuts

Pavements, street railways.

made by the sewer department, thirty-five thousand dollars. And this appropriation shall be available for repairing the pavements of street

Collecting

Vol. 20. p. 106.

railways when necessary; the amounts thus expended shall be collected from said railway company as provided by section five of “An Act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia,” approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation for the fiscal year in which they are collected. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are

Fenders required for street cars not rim by horses.

 hereby, authorized and empowered to make and to enforce all reasonable regulations in respect to requiring street cars operated by other means than horse power in the District of Columbia to be provided with proper fenders for the protection of the lives and limbs of all persons within the District of Columbia. Such power and authority shall extend to the adoption by the said Commissioners of any fender or fenders deemed by them to be superior to the fenders now in use as the fender or fenders which shall be used on cars operated within the

Proviso.

Railway liability not relieved..

said District: Provided, That nothing contained in this Act shall operate to relieve any street railway company from liability for accidents on its lines. For Repairing Sidewalks and Curbs: For repairing sidewalks

Sidewalks, etc.

 and curbs around public reservations, five thousand dollars. Repairs, County Roads: For current work of repairs of county

Repairs, roads, etc.

 roads and suburban streets, forty thousand dollars. That the provision in the District appropriation Act of March third,

Sidewalks, etc.

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 to read as follows: That when new sidewalks or curbing are hereafter required to be laid

Charge to abutting property of new sidewalks, etc.

 on streets being improved, one-half the total cost shall be assessed against abutting property, in like manner and under the law governing

Proviso.

in the

Limit of liability.

 case of assessment and permit work: Provided, That abutting property 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 assessment and permit system within two years prior to such assessment. Construction of County Roads: For construction of county

Constructing county roads.

 roads and suburban streets, the following sums to be expended by contract or otherwise, as the Commissioners of the District may determine, namely: For grading and regulating Sixteenth street northwest, extended, Prospect street, Crescent street, Central street, Meridian avenue north of Morris street and Ontario avenue, Meridian Hill, ten thousand dollars; For grading and graveling Twelfth street, extended, from University Heights to Rhode Island avenue, eight thousand dollars; For grading and graveling Pennsylvania avenue, extended, and Branch avenue, ten thousand dollars; For grading and graveling Sherman avenue from Grant avenue northward, ten thousand dollars; For purchasing land for widening Fourteenth street extended,

Fourteenth street extended.

 between Kenyon street and Whitney avenue, to the established width, 251 and for paving the roadway of the portion widened, six thousand and ninety dollars; one-half the cost of said widening and paving hall be borne by the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, and

Payment by railroad company.

 shall be collected in the same manner as the cost of laying pavements between the rails and tracks of street railways, as provided for in section five of “An Act providing a permanent form of government for the

Vol. 26, p. 100.

 District of Columbia,” approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. For grading and graveling Albemarle street from Grant road to connecticut

Albemarle street.

 avenue extended, nine thousand dollars to be paid wholly from the revenues of the District of Columbia; Provided, That this amount

Proviso.

Dedication.

 shall not be expended until said street shall have been dedicated to the District of Columbia; For macadamizing the road now extending from the Broad Branch

Road to Chevy Chase.

From District revenues

 road to Chevy Chase Circle, five thousand dollars, to be paid wholly from the revenues of the District of Columbia, and to be available when the right of way, not less then sixty feet in width, shall have been dedicated to public use, under the laws and regulations applicable to suburban roads in the District of Columbia; For opening entrance into Zoological Park, from Woodley Lane road,

Entrance to Zoological Park

 and opening driveway into Zoological Park, from said entrance along the west bank of Rock Creek, two thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid wholly from the revenues of the District of Columbia; For improving Eighteenth street extended from Florula avenue to

Eighteenth street extended.

 Columbia road by widening the roadway to fifty feet, and paving same with sheet asphalt, and changing the grade where deemed necessary by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, twelve thousand dollars; one half of the cost of such widening, paving and change of grade outside of a strip two feet exterior to the outer rails of railroad track shall be assessed against, and collected from, the abutting property in the same manner as assessments and collections are made under the law governing assessments and permit work; For grading and macadamizing M street, extended, between Twelfth street and Trinidad avenue, five thousand dollars; in all, seventy-seven thousand five hundred and ninety dollars. That the supreme court of the District of Columbia is hereby directed

North Capitalstreet extension.

Order of court vacated.

Ante, p. 20.

 to vacate its order confirming t he report of the commissioners appointed to appraise the value of the lands of the Prospect Hill Cemetery and Annie E. Barbour, proposed to be taken for the extension of North Capitol street under the Act approved December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled “An Act to extend North Capitol street to the Soldiers’ Home,” and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby directed to proceed to carry into effect said Act,

Condemnation proceeding.

R. S., D. C., chap. 11, p. 28.

 and to acquire the title by condemnation, according to chapter eleven of tire Kevised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia. That section three of the Act approved August thirtieth, eighteen

Proceedings to condemn land not applicable to highways, etc.

Vol. 20, p. 412.

 hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes,” shall not be, construed to apply to the condemnation of land for public highways nor to repeal chapter eleven of the Revised Statutes of the United

R. S., D. C., chap. 11, p. 28.

 States relating to the District of Columbia, in regard to public highways, roads and bridges. Sprinkling, sweeping,

Sweeping, etc.

 and cleaning: For sprinkling, sweeping, and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, one hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred 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, fifteen thousand dollars. 252 Lighting: For illuminating material, lighting,extinguishing, repairing,

Lighting.

 and cleaning public lamps on avenues, streets, roads, and alleys, for purchasing mid expense of erecting new lampposts, street designations, lanterns, and fixtures; moving lampposts, painting lampposts and lanterns; replacing and repairing lamp posts and lanterns damaged or unfit for service; for storage and cartage of material, one

Proviso.

Maximum cost.

hundred and forty-two thousand four hundred dollars: Provided, That no more than twenty dollars and fifty cents per 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 hours per annum:

Regulators.

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 nil 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,

Proviso.

Maximum cost.

forty-seven thousand six hundred dollars: Provided, That not more than forty cents per night shall be paid for any electric are light burning 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

Overhead 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 mid Georgetown. Harbor and River Front: For the improvement and protection

Harbor and river 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. Bathing Beach: For the care, repair, and extension of the public

Bathing beach.

 bathing beach on the Potomac River, in the District of Columbia, one thousand dollars. For Public Scales: For repair and replacement of public scales,

Scales.

 two hundred dollars. For Public Pumps: For the purchase, replacement, and repair of

Pumps.

 public pumps, cleaning and protecting public wells, mid tilling abandoned or condemned public wells, four thousand dollars. Care of Bridges: For ordinary care,of bridges, including keepers,

Care of bridges.

 oil, lamps, and matches, five thousand dollars; for construction and repairs of bridges, ten thousand dollars; in all, fifteen thousand dollars.

Street railways to pay half the rust of bridges used.

And hereafter one-half the cost, of the maintenance and repair of any bridge across Rock Creek occupied by the tracks of a street railway or railways shall be borne, by the said railway company or companies,.and shall be collected in the same manner as the cost of laying pavements between the rails and tracks of street railways as provided for in

Vol. 20, p. 106.

section five of “An Act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia,” approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. The amounts thus collected shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation for the fiscal year in which they are collected. For the repair of the Aqueduct bridge, fifty-one thousand and seventy

Aqueduct bridge.

 dollars, said sum to be expended by, and the work to be done under the direction of, the Chief of Engineers of the Army, by contract, or otherwise, and by the purchase of material in open market in order to prevent delay in the prosecution of the work. Rock Creek Park: That the authorities in joint control of Rock

Rock Creek Park.

Vol. 26, p. 405

 Creek Park, as provided in section seven of the Act of September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, establishing said park,

Lease of buildings, etc., authorized.

are authorized to rent or lease, for periods not exceeding one year at any one time, the buildings and arable ground therein, for such rental 253 as shall seem proper to said authorities, and deposit the proceeds oi such rents or leases with the collector of taxes to the credit of the United States and said District in equal parts. Washington Aqueduct.

Aqueduct.

 For engineering, maintenance, and general repairs, twenty thousand dollars.

Engineering, etc.

 Towards the improvement of the receiving (or Dalecarlia) reservoir

Receiving reservoir.

 by the works required for cutting off the drainage into it of polluted water and sewage from the surrounding country; for the purchase or condemnation of the small amount of land required for the purpose, and the excavation necessary at the head of the reservoir, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars, the work to be completed within the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five at a cost not to exceed ninety thousand dollars. For protecting the conduit at wasteweir numbered one, near Great

Conduit.

 Falls, five thousand dollars. For repaving Griffith’s Park and Cabin John bridges, five thousand

Bridges.

 dollars. Public Schools.

Public schools.

 For Officers: For superintendent first six divisions, three thousand

Superintendebts to, clerks, etc.

 three hundred dollars: superintendent seventh and eighth divisions, two thousand two hunched and fifty dollars; clerk to superintendent of first six divisions and secretary to board of trustees, one thousand two hundred dollars; 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 ninety-one 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 twelve, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; For three, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For four, at one thousand three hundred dollars each; For sixteen, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For three, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; For fifty-five, at one thousand dollars each; For seventeen, at nine hundred and fifty dollars each; For seventeen, at nine hundred dollars each; For thirteen, at eight hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For sixteen, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each; For sixty-one, at eight hundred and twenty-five dollars each; For eighteen, at eight hundred dollars each; For seventy-three, at seven hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For twenty-nine, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; For one hundred and two. at seven hundred dollars each; For four, at six hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For ninety-eight, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; For nine, at six hundred dollars each: For four, at five hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For one hundred and sixteen, at five hundred and fifty dollars each; For two, at five hundred and twenty-five dollars each; For one hundred, at five hundred dollars each; For twenty-six, at four hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For fifty, at four hundred and fifty dollars each; For sixty-one, at four hundred and twenty-five dollars each; 254 For sixty-nine, at four hundred dollars each; in all, six hundred and seventy-nine thousand four hundred 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, live hundred dollars. For Janitors and Care of Buildings and Grounds: For care

Janitors, etc.

 of the high school and annex, 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 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, Crunch, Morse, Brent, Bannaker, Blair, Worndey, Anthony Bowen,Manry, 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, Pierce, Polk, Wilson, Fillmore, Paterson, and Taylor buildings, forty-five 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, Garfield, Greenleaf, High Street, Birney, Bennings (white), Bennings (colored), Threlkeld, Brightwood, Tennallytown, and Brook-land 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-two thousand eight hundred and fifty-six dollars. For rent of school buildings, and repair shop, nine thousand dollars.

Rent.

Repairs.

 For repairs and improvements to school buildings and grounds, twenty-six thousand dollars. For the purchase of tools, machinery, material, and apparatus

Tools, etc.

 to be used in connection with instruction in manual training, eight thousand dollars. For fuel, thirty thousand dollars.

Fuel.

Furniture.

 For furniture for new school buildings, one thousand four hundred dollars. . For contingent expenses, including furniture, books, stationery, printing,

Contingent expenses.

 insurance, and other necessary items, twenty eight thousand dollars. For textbooks and school supplies for use of pupils of the first eight

Free school books.

 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

Proviso.

No official to receive benefit from supplies, etc.

said textbooks and supplies, thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter no school official, teacher, or trustee shall receive any pecuniary benefit on account of school supplies or textbooks purchased for the use of the public schools in the District of Columbia. For one eight-room building in the sixth school division, Mount

Buildings.

 Pleasant, twenty-nine, thousand dollars. For one eight-room building and site in the third school division,

Proviso.

Cost.

southeast, thirty-nine thousand dollars: Provided, That the total cost of the site and of the several and respective buildings herein provided for, when completed upon plans and specifications to be previously 255 made and approved, shall not exceed the several and respective sums of money herein respectively appropriated for such purposes. For two new steam-heating boilers for the Sumner school building, two thousand five hundred dollars. For fireproof stairways for the Curtis, Seaton, and Abbott school buildings, nine thousand dollars. That the plans and specifications for each of said buildings, and for

Preparation, etc., 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. 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 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-one sergeants, at one thousand one hundred and forty dollars each; two hundred and forty privates, class one, at nine hundred dollars each; one hundred and eighty 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 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; fifteen drivers of patrol wagons, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; and three police matrons, at six hundred dollars each; in all, five hundred and fourteen thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. Miscellaneous: For rent of police headquarters, including fuel,

Miscellaneous.

 light, and janitor’s service, and for substation at Anacostia, two thousand and eighty dollars; For fuel, one thousand nine hundred 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 bed clothing, insignia of office, purchase and care of horses, police equipments and repairs of same, harness, forage, repairs to vehicles, van, ambulances, and patrol wagons, and expenses incurred in prevention and detection of crime, and other necessary items, twenty thousand dollars; For covers for two patrol wagons, one hundred and fifty dollars; In all, twenty-six thousand one hundred and thirty dollars. For the Fire Department.

Fire department.

 For one chief engineer, two thousand dollars: one fire marshal, one

Salaries.

 thousand dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; two assistant chief engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; twelve foremen, 256 at one thousand dollai’s 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 nine hundred dollars. For additional force for one new chemical engine company for six

Additional force.

 months: One foreman, five hundred dollars; one hostler, tour hundred and twenty dollars; tour privates, at four hundred dollars each; in all, two thousand five hundred and twenty 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, four thousand dollars; For fuel, two thousand five hundred dollars; For purchase of horses, four thousand dollars; For forage, seven thousand dollars; For contingent expenses, horseshoeing, furniture, fixtures, washing, oil, medical and stable supplies, harness, blacksmithing, labor, gas, and other necessary items, eight thousand dollars; For one new engine house, lot, and furniture for same, in northeastern

New house, etc.

 section of Washington, twenty-three thousand two hundred dollars; For one new house, lot, and furniture tor chemical engine company

Mount Pleasant chemical engine house, etc.

 in Mount Pleasant, fourteen thousand eight hundred dollars; For one new chemical engine, two thousand two hundred dollars; In all, seventy-one thousand seven hundred dollars. Telegraph and Telephone Service.

Telegraph and tele phone service.

 For one superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; one electrician,

Salaries.

 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. 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, tools, insulators, brackets, pins, hardware, crossarms, ice, record books, stationery, printing, purchase of harness, washing, blacksmithing, forage, extra labor, new boxes, and other necessary items, nine thousand dollars. And the Commissioners of the said District are hereby empowered

Erection of poles in alleys.

 to authorize the erection and use of telephone poles in the public alleys

Proviso.

Use for fire-alarm, etc.

of the city of Washington: Provided, however, That all telephone poles so erected shall be subject to use by the said District for the stringing of wires thereon to be used for fire-alarm and police purposes without any charge therefor to the said District, such privileges as may be granted hereunder to be revocable at the will of Congress without compensation. For rent, including light, fuel and janitors’service, four hundred and

Rent.

 fifty dollars. Health Department.

Health department.

 For one health officer, three thousand dollars; nine sanitary and food

Salaries.

 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 257 practical chemist, one thousand two hundred dollars; one inspector oi marine products, one thousand two hundred dollars; for one chief clerk and deputy health officer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand lour hundred dollars; four clerks,at one thousand two hundred dollars each, two of whom may also act as sanitary and food inspectors; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger and janitor, six hundred dollars; one pound master, 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-nine thousand four hundred dollars. Miscellaneous: For rent, one thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.

Miscellaneous.

 For chemicals for the laboratory, two hundred and fifty dollars. For collection and removal of garbage and dead animals, twenty-four

Garbage.

Provisos.

Additional for daily collections.

 thousand four hundred dollars: Provided, That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia 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-four, an additional sum, 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: Provided, further, That said Commissioners shall make special investigation as

Investigation as to best method of disposing of garbage.

 respects the best’ method of collecting and disposing of garbage and dead animals in the District of Columbia, and may receive proposals for disposal of same under the different methods presented, if more than one, and report, specially the result of such investigation at the next session of Congress. For the enforcement of the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to

Scarlet fever and diphtheria.

Vol. 26. p. 692.

 prevent the spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the District of Columbia/’ approved December twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, four thousand dollars. That the ordinances of the late board of health of the District of

Ordinances of Board of Health declared in effect.

Vol. 21, p. 3U4.

 Columbia, as legalized by Joint Resolution of Congress, approved April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty, be, and the same tire hereby, declared to have the same force and effect within the District of Columbia as if enacted by Congress in the first instance, and that . the powers and duties imposed upon the late board of health, in and

Duties conferred on health officer.

 by the said ordinances, are hereby conferred upon the health officer of said District, and that all prosecutions for violations of said ordinances

Prosecuting violations.

 and regulations shall be in the police court of the District of Columbia in the name of the said District: Provided, That said regulations shall

Proviso.

Nuisances.

 not be enforced against established industries which are not a nuisance in fact. 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 door keeper, five hundred and forty dollars; one engineer, nine hundred dollars; in all, eighteen thousand one hundred and ninety-six dollars. Miscellaneous: For United States marshal’s fees, one thousand

Miscellaneous.

 four hundred dollars: For witness fees, four thousand five hundred dollars; 258 For repairs of police-court building, and for ventilation of cells, nine 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 one hundred dollars. Writs of Lunacy: To defray the expenses attending the execution

Lunacy writs.

 of writs de lunatieo hiquirendo and commitments thereunder, in all eases of indigent insane persons committed or sought to be committed to the Government Hospital for the Insane by order of the executive

Vol. 19, p. 347.

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 flood or fire, and of like character, and in all other eases of emergency not otherwise sufficiently

Proviso.

Purchases.

provided for, twenty-five 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: 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-five thousand dollars. Transportation of Paupers and Prisoners: For transportation

Transporting prisoners, etc.

 of paupers and conveying prisoners to the workhouse, three thousand five hundred 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, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one clerk, six hundred dollars; one baker, four hundred and twenty dollars; one overseer, nine hundred dollars; live 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; live 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; in all, fourteen thousand four hundred and fifteen dollars. For contingent expenses, including improvements and repairs, provisions,

Contingent expenses

 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 four thousand dollars. 259 For new hospital ward, for male patients, to accommodate twenty-five

New ward.

 beds, four thousand dollars. For Reform School: For superintendent, one thousand five

Reform school.

 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. 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-five thousand five hundred dollars. For Support of the Insane. For support of the indigent insane of the District of Columbia in

Support of insane.

 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 four hundred and eighty dollars. For Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb: For expenses attending

Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb.

 the instruction of deaf and dumb persons admitted to the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb from the District of Columbia, under section forty-eight hundred and sixty-four of the Revised Statutes, ten

R. S., sec. 4864, p. 942.

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 the Temporary Home for Ex-Union Soldiers and Sailors, two

Temporary home, soldiers and sailors.

 thousand five hundred dollars. For the Women’s Christian Association, maintenance, four thousand

Women’s Christian Association.

 dollars. For the Central Dispensary and Emergency Hospital, maintenance,

Emergency hospital.

 twelve thousand dollars. For the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, maintenance,

Columbia Hospital.

 twenty thousand dollars; for an addition, ten thousand dollars; in all, thirty thousand dollars. For the Children’s Hospital, maintenance, ten thousand dollars.

Children’s Hospital.

Homeopathic hospital.

 For the National Homeopathic Hospital Association of Washington, District of Columbia, for maintenance, eight thousand dollars. For the Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum, as follows: For subsistence, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars;

Freedmen’s hospital.

 260 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, medicine and medical supplies, surgical instruments, electric lights, repairs and furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, eleven thousand live hundred dollars; For reading matter for patients, twenty-five dollars; in all, fifty-three thousand and twenty-five dollars. Reform School for Girls: Superintendent, one thousand dollars;

Girls’ Reform School.

 matron, six hundred dollars; two teachers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one overseer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one engineer, four hundred and eighty dollars; one night watchman, three bundled and sixty-five dollars; one laborer, three hundred dollars; in all, four thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars. For groceries, provisions, fuel, soap, oil, lamps, candles, clothing, shoes, forage, horseshoeing, medicine, medical attendance, hack hire, freight, furniture, beds, beddings, sewing machines, fixtures, books, horses, stationery, vehicles, harness, cows, stables, and sheds, fences, repairs, and other necessary items, five thousand dollars. For the Washington Hospital for Foundlings, for final aid toward maintenance,

Foundling Hospital.

 six thousand dollars. For the Church Orphanage Association of Saint John’s Parish, maintenance,

Church Orphanage.

 one thousand eight hundred dollars. For the German Orphan Asylum, maintenance, one thousand eight hundred dollars.

German Orphan Asylum.

 For the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored

Association for Destitute Colored Women.

 Women and Children, maintenance, including its care of colored foundlings, nine thousand nine hundred dollars. For Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, maintenance, five thousand four

St. Ann’s Infant Asylum.

 hundred dollars. For Saint Joseph’s Asylum, maintenance, one thousand eight hundred

St. Joseph’s Asylum.

 dollars. For the Association for Works of Mercy, maintenance, one thousand eight hundred

Association for Works of Mercy.

 dollars: For House of Good Shepherd, maintenance, two thousand seven hundred

House of the Good Shepherd.

 dollars. For the Industrial Home School, maintenance, nine thousand nine hundred

Industrial Home School.

 dollars. For Saint Kose’s Industrial School, maintenance, four thousand

St. Rose’s Industrial School.

 five hundred dollars. Board of Children’s Guardians.—For the Board of Children’s

Board of Children’s Guardians.

Vol. 27. p. 268.

 Guardians, created under the Act approved July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, namely: For administrative expenses, including salary of agent not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars, expenses in placing and visiting children, and all office and sundry expenses, four thousand dollars; For care of feeble-minded children; care of children under three

Care of feeble-minded children, etc.

 years of age, white and colored; 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, thirteen thousand dollars; In all, seventeen thousand dollars. 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 261 be applied to leasing premises for armory purposes at a reasonable annual rental, to be paid quarterly, fora term not exceeding three years. For lockers, gun racks, and furniture for armories, eight hundred

Current expenses.

 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 rille practice and matches, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For expenses of camp of instruction, seven thousand dollars.

Camp of instruction

 For general incidental expenses of the service, three hundred dollars. And no contract shall be made or liability incurred under appropriations for the militia of the District of Columbia beyond the sums herein appropriated. Water Department.

Water department.

The following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on the operations

To be paid 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, atone 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 Branch: For one superintendent, one thousand six

Distribution branch.

 hundred dollars; one draftsman, one housand live bundled dollars; one foreman, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand 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; three steam engineers, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; one black smith, 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; three firemen, at seven hundred and thirty dollars each; two flushers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; one driver, at four hundred and eighty dollars; two watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; one hostler, at four hundred and eighty dollars; one calker, at seven hundred and thirty dollars: in all. thirty-six thousand eight hundred and thirty-four 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 extra clerical services in transcribing water-rent books to serve for the three fiscal years next ensuing, eight hundred and seventy-five 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 and sinking fund.

 six hundred and ten dollars. For interest, on account of increasing the water supply, as provided

Increasing water supply.

Interest.

 in the Act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, eleven 262 thousand and five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and twenty-one

Vol. 22, p.170.

 cents, and such additional amount as may be necessary to pay said interest in full for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five. For sinking fund on account of increase of water supply, under Act

Sinking fund.

 of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, twenty-four thousand and twenty-six dollars and sixty-nine cents, and such additional amount as may be necessary to pay said sinking fund in full for the fiscal

Proviso.

Payment of principal from surplus revenues.

 year eighteen hundred and ninety-five: Provided, That not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars of the surplus general revenues of the District of Columbia remaining on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, shall be transferred to the water fund to be applied in payment of the principal of the debt incurred for increasing the water supply as provided in the Act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. For third years interest on one-half the cost of the forty-eight-inch

Interest, 48-inch and Fourteenth street mains.

 and Fourteenth street mains, eight thousand one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and nineteen cents. For third installment in repayment of one half the cost of the forty-eight-inch

Repayment.

 and Fourteenth street mains, eleven thousand eight hundred and thirty-six dollars and fifty-one cents. For continuing the extension of the high-service system of water

Extending high-service system.

 distribution, to include all necessary land, machinery, buildings, mains, and appurtenances, so much as may be available in the water fund, during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five after providing for the expenditures hereinbefore authorized, is hereby appropriated.
Sec. 2. That said Commissioners shall not make requisitions upon

Limit of requisitions upon Treasury.

 the appropriations from the Treasury of the I'nited States for a larger amount during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues, including drawback certificates, of said District.
Approved, August 7, 1894.
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CHAP. 233.—
An Act For the relief of certain enlisted men of the Marine Corps.

August 7, 1894.

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

Marine Corps.
That to reimburse the enlisted men of the United States Marine Corps who incurred loss of clothing

Enlisted men paid for kisses by cyclone, Port Royal, S. C.

by the cyclone which occurred at the naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina, on the night of the twenty-seventh of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, tor such loss so incurred there shall be paid to each of said enlisted men the following sums, namely: To First Sergeant Michael Gallagher, ten dollars and ninety-seven cents; to Corporal Philip L. Heister, ten dollars and ninety-five cents; to Corporal William Montoir, eighteen dollarsand seventy-four cents; to Private Joseph P. Allen, thirty-one dollars and thirty-nine cents; to Private William Applestell, five dollars and seventy-six cents; to Private Charles L. Clark, ten dollars and eighty-three cents; to Private John J. Cooper, six dollars and twelve cents; to private Clarence S. Darden, two dollars and ninety cents; to Private. George E. Grant, twelve dollars and eighty cents; to Private Thomas Harrison, eight dollars and ninety-eight cents; to Private John C. Horton, six dollars and eight cents; to Private Robert McFeeters, eight dollars and eighty-seven cents; to Private Ulisses C. Parker, six dollars and eighty-nine cents: to Private Charles Pearson, fourteen dollars and eighteen cents; to Private Eugene Smith, eight dollars and eighty-two cents; to Private John Surman, eleven dollars and forty-eight cents: in all, one hundred and seventy-five dollars

Proviso.

Certificates.

 and seventy-six cents: Provided, That the accounting officers of the Treasury shall in all cases require a schedule and certificate from each person making a claim under this Act.
Approved, August 7, 1894.
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CHAP. 234.—
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to grant leases for situs on the Hot Springs Reservation, Arkansas, for cold-water reservoirs.

August 7, 1894.

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

Hot Springs Water Company.

Lease of site for void-water reservoirs.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized to lease unto the Hot Springs Water Company, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, its successors and assigns, or to any other person or corporation authorized to supply the city of Hot Springs with cold water for drinking and domestic purposes, a site upon the West Mountain of the Hot Springs Reservation, to be selected by him, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining thereon a reservoir for cold water and the pipes necessary to connect the same with the system of water supply of the city of Hot Springs, the term of such lease to be not to exceed twenty years, and the consideration therefor an annual rental of one hundred dollars, to be collected and

Rental.

 accounted for as now provided by law in relation to the collection and accounting for of revenue derived from leases of bathhouse sites upon the Hot Springs Reservation: Provided, That on the termination of

Proviso.

Renewal.

 any lease granted under authority of this Act the Secretary of the Interior shall have like power and authority, in his discretion, to extend or renew the same for additional periods of not exceeding twenty years.
Approved, August 7, 1894.
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CHAP. 235.—
An Act Disposing of four condemned cannon of the Navy.

August 7, 1894.

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

Sac City, Iowa.

Condemned cannon granted to.
That the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to supply the Grand Army Post of Sac City, Iowa, with four condemned cannon for use in decorating the pedestal of the soldiers’ monument in Sac City, Iowa.
Approved, August 7, 1894.
Chap. 236: To require railroad companies operating railroads in the Territories over a right of way granted by the Government to establish stations and depots at all town sites on the lines of said roads established by the Interior Department. 28 Stat. 263 1894-08-08 Chapter 236 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 236.—
An Act To require railroad companies operating railroads in the Territories over a right of way granted by the Government to establish stations and depots at all town sites on the lines of said roads established by the Interior Department.

August 8, 1894.

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

Territories.

Railroads on rights oi way to have stations at town sites.
That all railroad companies operating railroads through the Territories of the United States over a right of way obtained under any grant or Act of Congress giving to said railroad companies the right of way over the public lands of the United States shall be required to establish and maintain passenger stations and freight depots at or within one-fourth of a mile of the boundary limits of all town sites already established in said Territories on the line of said railroads by authority of the Interior Department.
Sec. 2. That said railroad companies are hereby required within three months from the passage of this Act to establish at or within one-fourth

To be established in three months.

 of a mile of the boundary limits of all town sites provided for in the preceding section, passenger stations, freight depots, and other accommodations necessary for receiving and discharging passengers and freight at such points, and upon failure of said companies to establish

Penalty for failure.

 such stations and depots within said time said companies shall be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars for each day thereafter until said stations and depots shall be established, which shall be recovered in a suit brought by the United States in the United States courts in any Territory through which said railroads may pass.
Approved, August 8, 1894.
Chap. 237: Granting a certain military reservation to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, to aid the public free schools thereof, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 264 1894-08-08 Chapter 237 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public 264

CHAP. 237.—
An Act Granting a certain military reservation to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, to aid the public free schools thereof, and for other purposes.

August 8, 1894.

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

Oklahoma City, Okla.

Abandoned reservation granted to.
That the abandoned military reservation at Oklahoma City, in Oklahoma Territory, comprising the southwest quarter of section thirty four, township twelve north, of range three west, is hereby granted to said Oklahoma City in trust

For schools.

for the use and benefit of its public free schools, to be used and applied for the benefit of all children of said city of scholastic age without distinction of race, except such portions of said reservation as are reserved for the purposes and uses hereinafter described.
Sec. 2. That not less than (ten acres of said reservation shall be set

For buildings and park.

 apart and used by said city for the location of public buildings and for a public park. That within ninety days after the passage of this Act the

Sale to Southern Kansas Railway.

Southern Kansas Railway Company shall have the right to purchase from said city, adjoining said company’s present right of way, for depot grounds and other railroad purposes, not to exceed six acres of said reservation, the value thereof and the price to be paid therefor to be fixed by the appraisers to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior within said ninety days. That the permits heretofore granted

Right of way, Choctaw Coal, etc., Company.

Post, p. 502.

to the Choctaw Coal and Railroad Company by the Secretary of War for lands across and upon said reservation, shall remain in force until such time as the laud so granted shall cease to be used for railroad purposes, when the same shall pass to said city.
Sec. 3. That said city shall cause the remainder of said reservation

Survey, etc.

 hereby granted to be divided into lots and blocks corresponding as near as practicable with the plat of said city. All streets, alleys, and avenues to be laid out on the reservation are hereby dedicated to and shall be held for the use of the public, and the lots and blocks shall be

Sales.

sold for the use of the public free schools of said city. When sales are made and the purchase money all paid, said city shall execute proper deeds to the purchasers.
Approved, August 8, 1894.
Chap. 238: Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year eliding June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. 28 Stat. 264 1894-08-08 Chapter 238 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 238.—
An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year eliding June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

August 8, 1894.

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

Agricultural Department 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-five, 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 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; chief of stationery and property division, two thousand dollars; one telegraph and telephone operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks of class four, three thousand six hundred dollars; three clerks of class three, four 265 thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks of class two, live thousand six hundred dollar’s; ten clerks of class one, twelve thousand dollars; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each, ton 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 steam-litter, nine, hundred dollars; one assistant fireman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant fireman, six hundred dollars; two night watchmen, and two night watchmen who shall also be watchmen for the seed buildings, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand eight hundred anti eighty dollars; messengers, laborers, mechanics, and charwomen, twenty thousand dollars; in all, ninety-one thousand one hundred and forty dollars. Division of Accounts and Disbursements: Chief of division

Salaries.

Division of accounts and Disbursement.

 and disbursing clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one.assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three clerks of class three, tour thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class two, two thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class one, two thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk at one thousand dollars; in all, seventeen thousand three hundred dollars. Division of Statistics: One statistician, three thousand dollars;

Division of Statistics.

 one assistant statistician, two thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of class four, one thousand eight hundred dollars; four clerks of class three, six thousand four hundred dollars; four clerks of class two, five thousand six hundred dollars: five clerks of class one, six thousand dollars; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each, seven thousand dollars; four clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand three hundred and sixty 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 who shall be chief of division, 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 of 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 of 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 hundred

Division of Microscopy.

 dollars; one assistant microscopist, one thousand two hundred dollars; for the employment of additional assistants in division of microscopy when necessary, one thousand six hundred dollars; in all, five thousand three hundred dollars. 266 Division of Vegetable Pathology: One pathologist, two thousand

Division of Vegetable Pathology.

 live hundred dollars; one assistant pathologist, one thousand lour hundred dollars; one assistant pathologist, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, six thousand one 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 five

Division of Forestry.

 hundred dollars; 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 dollar; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; one clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all. eight thousand three 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 eight hundred dollars; one clerk, class two, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, class one, two thousand four hundred dollars; in all, eight thousand one hundred dollars. Division of Seeds: One chief of division, two thousand dollars;

Division of Seeds.

 one expert, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class one, two thousand four hundred dollars; one skilled laborer, one thousand dollars; eight employees, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, who shall in addition to other duties execute the requests of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for the distribution of seeds among their constituents; in all, twelve thousand one 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; in all. three thousand six hundred dollars. Experimental Gardens and Grounds: One superintendent, two

Experimental Gardens and Grounds.

 thousand five hundred dollars. Museum: One curator, one thousand four hundred dollars; one

Museum.

 assistant curator, one thousand dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred dollars. Total salaries, two hundred and forty-three thousand six hundred

Amount.

 dollars. Collecting Agricultural Statistics, Division of Statistics:

Investigations and expenses.

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; printing; maps and charts; compiling, writing, and illustrating statistical matter for monthly, annual, and special reports, and the necessary expenses of the same, including paper, envelopes, postal

Proviso.

Monthly crop report.

cards, and postage stamps, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the monthly crop report issued on the tenth day of each month shall embrace 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. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to continue the investigations

Extending demands of foreign markets.

 concerning the feasibility of extending the demands of foreign markets for the agricultural products of the United States, ten thousand dollars. Inquiries Relating to Public Roads: To enable the Secretary

Road making.

 of Agriculture to make inquiries in regard to the system of road management throughout the United States, to make investigations in regard to the best methods of road making, for traveling and other necessary expenses and for preparing, printing, and publishing bulletins and 267 reports on this subject for distribution, and to enable him to assist the agricultural colleges and experiment stations in disseminating information on this subject, ten thousand dollars. 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 investigations of medicinal and other economic, 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. Investigating the History and Habits of Insects:

Division of Entomology.

Promotion of economic entomology, investigating the history and habits, of insects injurious and beneficial to agriculture, arborculture, and horticulture, by inspection and experiments in nurseries, and orchards when necessary, experiments in ascertaining the best means-of destroying the injurious ones, publishing reports thereon, and for illustrations, chemicals, and other expenses in the practical work in the division of Entomology, twenty thousand three hundred dollars: Provided, That two

Proviso.

Cotton bollworm, etc.

 thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as is necessary, may be expended for investigation into the natural history of and remedies for the cotton bollworm; for compensation of additional temporary agents of the division of entomology; for traveling expenses, chemicals, insecticide apparatus, and other necessary expenses in this investigation. Investigations in Ornithology and Mammalogy, Division

Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy.

 of Ornithology and Mammalogy: For biological investigations, including the geographic distribution and migrations of animals, birds, and plants, and for the promotion of economic ornithology and mammalogy, an investigation of the food habits of North.American birds and mammals in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry; for printing and publishing reports thereon, and for illustrations, field work, and traveling, and other expenses in the practical work of the division, seventeen thousand five hundred 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 seeds, shrubs, trees, and specimens, five thousand dollars. Microscopic Investigations, Division of Microscopy: investigation

Division of Microscopy.

 of food adulterations and investigations and experiments relating to textile fibers and fabrics; microscopical apparatus, chemicals, photographic illustrations, and drawings and other supplies; traveling expenses, the purchase of food samples and.condiments in the investigations of the adulteration of food, and the purchase of textile fibers, 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, vegetables, and other useful plants; experiments in the treatment of the same; chemicals and apparatus required in the held 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 of Agriculture may be applied to the investigation of peach yellows, California grape disease, root rot and blight of cotton, pear blight and the diseases of citrus fruits, 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 268 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

Food, drugs, and liquors, adulterations.

 investigation of the adulteration of food, drugs, and liquors, including samples offered by consumers and those procured by purchase or otherwise by the Secretary of Agriculture from such sources and persons as be may deem advisable and the investigation of which will be most conducive to the public good, traveling expenses, stationery, return postage, printing and illustrations, analyzing, investigating, and examining such samples, five thousand dollars; and for these purposes the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to employ such assistants, clerks,

Proviso.

Reports.

and other persons as he may deem necessary: Provided, That the Secretary is hereby required to make a separate report to Congress as to where, when, and from whom the samples of food, liquors, and drugs were obtained, when and where analyzed, and the result of such analysis, together with the names of the manufacturers, and the brands or labels on the packages or articles, so that attention may be called to any food adulterations that maybe imposed upon the public and to the manufacturers thereof; and any unexpended balance for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, or so much thereof as may lie necessary, shall be applied to the printing and

Issue of pharmacy, etc., laws, compilation.

publication of the pharmacy and drug laws of the several States and Territories heretofore compiled by the special agent of the Department, and for the completion of a report begun by him under the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture, and for the printing and publication thereof. To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to undertake a special investigation

Soil characteristics

 of the different typical soils of the United States to determine their chemical character, their physical properties, and especially the nature of the nitrifying organisms which they contain, three thousand dollars, Report on Forestry, Division of Forestry: To enable the

Division of Forestry.

 Secretary of Agriculture to experiment and continue an investigation and report on the subject of forestry and timbers, for traveling and other necessary expenses in the investigation, and for the collection and distribution of valuable economic forest-tree seeds and plants, twenty thousand dollars. Illustrations and Engravings: For the pay of artists, draftsmen,

Illustrations.

 and engravers, the purchase of tools, instruments, paper, ink, pencils, paints, and other necessary materials; for printing proofs, necessary traveling expenses, labor, and for drawings, engravings, lithographs,, other illustrations, and electrotypes, fifteen thousand dollars. Materials, Document and Folding Room: Paper, gum, twine,

Document room.

 and other necessary materials, two thousand dollars. Experimental Garden and Grounds: Labor in experimental

Experimental Garden and Grounds.

Labor.

 garden and grounds, the care of conservatories, plant and fruit propagating and seed-testing houses, for building and repair of green houses, and the keep of the reservation. lawns, trees, roadways, and walks, eighteen thousand five hundred dollars. Blacksmithing, the purchase

Tools, etc.

of tools, wagons, carts, harness, horses, lawnmowers, heating apparatus, and machinery, and the necessary labor and material for 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 destruction of insects, and other necessary items for the cultivation and improvement of the grounds and arboretum; material and labor 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, eleven thousand dollars. 269 Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry: For

Animal Industry, Bureau.

Salaries, etc.

Vol. 23, p. 31.

Vol. 26, p. 414.

Inspecting meat cattle, etc.

Vol. 26, p. 1089.

 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 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 thousand dollars; and the

Preventing diseases among animals.

 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 pleuropneumonia, tuberculosis, sheep scab, and 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

Additional pay to Chief of Bureau.

 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

Purchase, etc., of diseased animals.

 of the same whenever in his judgment it is essential tn prevent the spread of pleuropneumonia, tuberculosis, 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

Reports.

Laboratory.

 is hereby authorized to rent a. suitable building in the District of Columbia, at an annual rental of not exceeding one. thousand two hundred dollars, to be used as a laboratory for said Bureau of Animal Industry. 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, twelve thousand dollars. That whenever the Secretary of Agriculture shall certify to the

Certifying countries free from mutual diseases.

Vol. 26, p. 616.

Post, p. 550.

 Secretary of the Treasury what countries or parts of countries are five from contagious or infectious diseases of domestic animals, and that neat cattle and hides can be imported from such countries 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 President

Great Britain.

Negotiations to change cattle regulations.

of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause correspondence and negotiation to be had, through the Department of State or otherwise, with the authorities of the Kingdom of Great Britain, for the purpose of securing the abrogation or modification of the regulations now enforced by said authorities which require cattle imported into Great Britain from the United States of America to be slaughtered at the port of entry, and prohibiting the same from being carried alive to other places in said Kingdom. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine and certify to the

Certifying purebred animals.

Vol. 26, p. 603.

Post, p. 536.

 Secretary of the Treasury what are recognized breeds and purebred animals, under the provisions of paragraph four hundred and eighty-two of the Act of Congress approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety. Division of Seeds.

Division of Seeds.

 Purchase and Distribution of Valuable Seeds, and for

Purchase, distribution. etc.

 the Printing, Publication, and Distribution of Farmers’ Bulletins: For the purchase, 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 culture, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. An equal proportion of two-thirds of all seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs,

Allotment.

 vines, cuttings, and plants shall, upon their request, after due notification by the Secretary of Agriculture that the allotment to their respective 270 districts is ready for distribution, be supplied to Senators, Representatives. and Delegates in Congress for distribution among their constituents or be directed and mailed by the Department upon their request: and the person receiving such seeds shall be requested to inform

Proviso.

Seeds uncalled for.

the Department of results of the experiments therewith: Provided, That all seeds, bulbs, plants, and cuttings herein allotted to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution remaining uncalled for on the first of May shall be distributed by the Secretary of Agriculture, giving preference to those persons whose names and addresses have been furnished by Senators and Representatives in Congress and who have not before during the same season been

Purchases, etc.

supplied by the Department: 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

Diversion forbidden.

sending seeds to those who apply for the same. And the amount herein appropriated shall not be diverted or used for any other purpose but for the purchase, propagation, and distribution of improved and valuable seeds, 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

Early delivery.

adapted to the locality he represents: Provided, also, That the seeds allotted to the Senators and Representatives for distribution in the Districts embraced within the twenty-fifth and thirty-second parallels of latitude shall be ready for delivery on the tenth day of January or at the earliest practicable time thereafter. And the Secretary of Agriculture may use not to exceed thirty thousand

Farmers bulletins.

Preparation, etc.

 dollars, of the amount herein appropriated for the preparation, printing, and publishing of farmers’ bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests of the people of different sections of the country, an equal proportion of two-thirds of which shall be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution among

Proviso.

Distribution.

their constituents as seeds are distributed: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall notify Senators and Representatives of the character and number of each bulletin and each other publication of the Department of Agriculture (not sent to the Folding Room of the Senate and House) to which each Senator and Representative may be entitled for distribution on the basis herein provided for the distribution of bulletins. 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. Experiments in the Manufacture of Sugar: To enable the

Sugar experiments.

Secretary of Agriculture to make and continue experiments in the production of sugar from sugar cane, sugar beets, and sorghum, including special 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, including all necessary expenses in these investigations, namely, traveling expenses, labor, purchase of samples, apparatus, and supplies, chemical services, including two hundred and fifty dollars additional temporary compensation to the chief chemist, and other expenses incidental to the experiments, ten

Proviso.

Sugarcane and rice culture, California swamp lands.

thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That so much thereof as may be necessary may, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, be expended in experiments in sugarcane and rice production on reclaimed swamp lands in some suitable place in the San Joaquin or Sacramento Valley, California, to be used

Sales, etc.

by the Department free of charge: Provided further, That all products of the said experiments may be sold and the proceeds used in the 271 experimental work, and that a full and accurate account of the proceeds of such sales be transmitted to Congress. Agricultural Experiment Stations: To carry into effect the

Agricultural experiment 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 under provisions of an Act approved July second, eighteen hundred

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-five 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, eighteen hundred

Vol. 24, p. 441.

 and eighty-seven; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of the annual financial statement required by section three of the

Annual statement.

 said Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; shall ascertain whether the expenditures under the appropriation hereby made are in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, and shall make report thereon to Congress; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons

Assistants, etc.

 as he 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

Index of agricultural literature.

 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 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. Irrigation Investigations: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture

Irrigation investigations.

 to continue the collection of information as to the best modes of agriculture by irrigation, six thousand dollars. Nutrition: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate

Food nutrition.

Investigation and report to be made.

 and report upon the nutritive value of the various articles and commodities used for human food, with special suggestion of full, wholesome, and edible rations less wasteful and more economical than those in common use, ten thousand dollars; and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized to co-operate with the Secretary of agriculture in carrying out said investigations in such manner and to such extent as may be warranted by a due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States or Territories, and as may be mutually agreed upon; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to require said stations to report to him the results of any such investigations which they may carry out, whether in cooperation with said Secretary of Agriculture or otherwise. Furniture Cases and Repairs: Repairing and improving buildings,

Furniture cases and repairs.

 not including the erection of new buildings, heating 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. Postage: Postage on return letters, circulars, and miscellaneous

Postage.

 articles for correspondents and foreign mail, five thousand dollars. Museum: Collecting, classifying, and naming cereals; collecting and

Museum.

 modeling fruits, vegetables, and other plants; for labor and material for preparing same for the museum, and other necessary expenses and supplies, three thousand dollars, Fiber Investigation: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to

Fiber investigations.

 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 fiber plants and seeds for 272 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. Library: Purchase of necessary books, periodicals, and papers, and

Library.

 for expenses incurred in completing imperfect series, for repairing and renewing, when necessary, and for utilizing unbound publications, so as to meet the requirements of the Department, six thousand dollars. Contingent Expenses: Stationery, purchase of blank books, twine,

Contingent expenses.

 paper, gum, dry goods, 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; the purchase and repair of vehicles; 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. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to

Department seal to be procured.

 procure a proper seal, with such suitable inscriptions and devices as lie may approve, to be known as the official seal of the Department of

Use.

’Agriculture, and to be kept and used to verily official documents, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. Weather Bureau.

Weather Bureau.

 Salaries and Expenses of the Weather Bureau: To enable

Salaries.

Vol. 26, p. 653.

Pay of Chief, assistan, professors, clerks, etc.

 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 the Bureau, four thousand live hundred dollars; one assistant chief, three thousand dollars; two professors of meteorology, at three thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; three professors of meteorology, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, seven thousand five hundred dollars; three forecast officials, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars, for service in the city of Washington or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand: one chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of divisions, two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; three clerks of class four, five thousand four hundred dollars; one bibliographer and librarian, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant stationery and property clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks of class three, eight thousand dollars; fourteen clerks of class two, nineteen thousand six hundred dollars; twenty-eight clerks of class one, thirty-three thousand six hundred dollars; eighteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each, eighteen thousand dollars; two telegraph operators, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars, for service in the city of Washington or elsewhere as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand; seven clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, six thousand three hundred dollars; four copyists or typewriters, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; one copyist or typewriter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one chief mechanician, one thousand two hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; one engineer, eight hundred and forty dollars; one battery man, 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; 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; three watchmen, at seven 273 hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; one carpenter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; live 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, 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 sixty-four thousand two hundred and ninety dollars; and

Changes.

 the Secretary is hereby authorized to make such changes or assignment to duty in the personnel or detailed force 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, etc.

 other expenses for the care and preservation of the public building on the corner of Twenty-fourth and Al streets northwest, in the city of Washington, eight thousand dollars. Contingent Expenses: Contingent expenses for stationery, furniture,

Contingest 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, ten thousand 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 three inspectors, whose compensation in the aggregate

Inspectors, forecast officials, etc.

 shall not exceed five thousand four hundred dollars, thirty local forecast officials, observers, assistant observers, operators, repairmen, messengers, and other necessary civilian employees, outside of the city of Washington, three hundred and forty-seven thousand one hundred and ninety-five dollars; and the Secretary is hereby authorized to make

Promotions.

 promotions in the service without prejudice to those transferred from the Signal Service of the War Department. All other expenses, itemized as follows: Maps, bulletins, and stationery for stations, and the maintenance

Maps, bulletins, etc.

 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 navigation; for

Transportation.

 transportation 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

Instruments, etc.

Telegraphing, etc.

 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 companies performing the services; for rents and other incidental expenses

Rents, etc.

 of offices maintained as stations of observation; for the maintenance and repair of seacoast telegraph lines; including the maintenance of

Coast telegraphs.

telegraphic or telephonic communications between Middle and Thunder Bay islands and the city of Alpena, Michigan; for river observations

River and flood reports.

Storm signals.

 and re]Hirts necessary for flood forecasts; for storm, cold-wave, Hood, frost, and other signals (including the purchase of Hags for the same); for cotton-region observations and reports; for special observations and

Hurricane reports, etc.

 pay of observers of West India stations during the hurricane season; 274 for supplies for State weather service stations; for apparatus, assistance,

August 9, 1894.

 supplies, labor, printing, books; tor providing a building or additional apartments not including the erection of new buildings, and for traveling, general, and all necessary expenses of investigation and experiments

Meteorology and soils.

 on meteorology in relation to agricultural soils; for investigations on the relation of climate to organic life,and for investigations and

Climate.

for a periodical publication on climatology in its application to sanitary science,and for the erection of necessary buildings tor use of the Weather

Publication, etc.

Bureau at Point Reyes Light, California, and Tatoosh Island, Washington, not to exceed live hundred dollars, in the interest of commerce and navigation; in all, three hundred and forty-seven thousand three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and six cents. Any person who shall knowingly issue or publish any counterfeit

Buildings, California and Washington.

 weather forecasts or warnings of weather conditions, falsely representing such forecasts or warnings to have been issued or published by the Weather Bureau, United States Signal Service, or other branch of the Government service, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, for each offense, be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not to exceed ninety days, or be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the court. That the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Postmaster-General,

Penalty for counterfeiting forecasts, etc.

 may arrange a plan by which there shall be displayed on all cars and other conveyances used for transporting United States mail, suitable flags or other signals to indicate weather forecasts, cold wave warnings, frost warnings, and so forth, to be furnished by the Chief of the Weather Bureau. Total Weather Bureau, eight hundred and seventy-six thousand eight

Displaying signals on mail trains, etc.

Amount.

 hundred and twenty-three dollars and six cents. Approved, August 8, 1894.
Chap. 243: To authorize sale of lot eight, block ninety-three, city of Hot Springs, by school directors thereof, and use of proceeds for school purposes. 28 Stat. 274 1894-08-09 Chapter 243 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 243.—
An Act To authorize sale of lot eight, block ninety-three, city of Hot Springs, by school directors thereof, and use of proceeds for school purposes.

August 9, 1894.

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

Hot Springs, Ark.

Sale of lot by school directors.
That the directors of the school district of the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, are hereby authorized to sell and convey, at private or public sale, lot eight, in block ninety-three, on Ouchita avenue, in said city, as shown by the survey and plat of the United States Commissioners for Hot Springs, heretofore designated and set apart by the Secretary of the Interior as a site for a schoolhouse

Vol. 21, p. 289.

under Act approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and to apply the proceeds of such sale for the benefit of the common schools of said city.
Approved, August 9, 1894.
Chap. 244: To change the lines between the eastern and western judicial districts of North Carolina and fixing time for holding courts in said eastern district. 28 Stat. 274 1894-08-09 Chapter 244 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 244.—
An Act To change the lines between the eastern and western judicial districts of North Carolina and fixing time for holding courts in said eastern district.

August 9, 1894.

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

North Carolina.

Counties transferred to eastern judicial district.
That the counties of Person, Durham, Chatham, and Moore, and Richmond, now constituting a part

R. S., sec. 543, p. 91. amended.

Fending prosecutions.

of the western judicial district of North Carolina, shall be, and are hereby, transferred to and made part of the eastern judicial district of North Carolina; but all crimes and offenses heretofore committed in either of said counties for which the defendants have been bound over, shall be prosecuted, tried, and determined in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been passed: Provided, That all

Proviso.

Pending actions.

actions or proceedings now pending against parties residing in the 275 counties of Chatham, Moore, Person, and Durham and Richmond, in the courts of said western district may, upon the application of either party, be transferred to the court for the eastern district at Raleigh, and in case of such transfer all papers on file 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 Raleigh.
Sec. 2. That the sessions of the district courts of the United States

Terms, district courts.

R. S., sec. 572, p. 100.

Raleigh.

Wilmington.

 for the eastern district of North Carolina as herein constituted shall begin and be held at the city of Raleigh on the fourth Monday of May and first Monday of December of each year and at the city of Wilmington on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in April and October of each year; and at the city of Newbern on the fourth Monday in April

Newbern.

Elizabeth City.

 and October of each year; and at Elizabeth City on the third Monday in April and October of each year.
Sec. 3. That the regular terms of the circuit court shall be held at

Circuit court.

R. S., sec. 658, p. 122.

Raleigh.

Wilmington.

 Raleigh on the fourth Monday in May and first Monday in December in each year, and at Wilmington on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in April and October of each year.
Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect on and after October fifteenth,

Effect.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
Approved, August 9, 1894.
Chap. 245: Providing for the resurvey of Grant and Hooker counties, in the State of Nebraska. 28 Stat. 275 1894-08-09 Chapter 245 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 245.—
An Act Providing for the resurvey of Grant and Hooker counties, in the State of Nebraska.

August 9, 1894.

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

Nebraska.

Resurvey of Grant and Hooker counties.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be made a resurvey of the lands in Grant and Hooker counties, in the State of Nebraska; and all rules and regulations of the Interior Department requiring petitions from all settlers of said counties asking for resurvey and’ agreement to abide by the result of the same so far as these lands are concerned are hereby abrogated: Provided, That nothing herein

Proviso.

Bona fide claims.

contained shall be so construed as to impair the present bona fide claim of any actual occupant of any of said lands to the lands so occupied.
Approved, August 9, 1894.
Chap. 246: For the construction of a military road from the city of El Paso to Fort Bliss, Texas. 28 Stat. 275 1894-08-09 Chapter 246 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 246.—
An Act For the construction of a military road from the city of El Paso to Fort Bliss, Texas.

August 9, 1894.

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

Appropriation for road from El Paso to New Fort Bliss, Tex.

From sale of Old Fort Bliss reservation.

Vol. 26, p. 16.
That when the military reservation known as “ Ohl Fort Bliss” shall have been sold by virtue of an Act approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety, so much of the receipts therefrom as may be necessary, not to exceed four thousand dollars, are hereby appropriated to the construction of a military road between the city of El Paso, Texas, and New Fort Bliss, Texas, said money to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War.
Approved, August 9, 1894.
Chap. 253: To regulate water-main assessments in the District of Columbia. 28 Stat. 275 1894-08-09 Chapter 253 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 253.—
An Act To regulate water-main assessments in the District of Columbia.

August 9, 1894.

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

District of Columbia.

Assessments for laying water mains.
That hereafter assessments levied for laying water mains in the District of Columbia shall be at the 276 rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per linear front foot against all

R. S., D.C., sec. 201, p. 23..

 lots or land abutting upon the street, road, or alley in which a water

Proviso.

Corner lots.

main shall be laid: Provided, That corner lots shall be taxed only on their front, with a depth of not exceeding one hundred feet; any excess of the other front over one hundred feet shall be subject to above rate

Payment of pending assessments.

of assessment: And provided further, That in all cases now pending where assessments have been regularly made and the installments paid as they become due and payable, and the taxpayer is not in default or in arrears in any manner, and where there has not been paid a sum equal to one dollar and twenty-five cents per linear foot, as estimated above, then only so much shall be collected as will make the whole sum

No refund of excess.

paid equal to one dollar and twenty-five cents per linear foot. But this Act is not intended to give any ground of action for the refunding of any sum already paid in excess of one dollar and twenty-five cents per linear foot, nor for relieving any taxpayer who is in arrears for water main assessments.
Approved, August 9, 1894.
Chap. 254: To provide for the closing of a part of an alley in square one hundred and eighty-five in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. 28 Stat. 276 1894-08-11 Chapter 254 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 254.—
An Act To provide for the closing of a part of an alley in square one hundred and eighty-five in the city of Washington, District of Columbia.

August 11, 1894.

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

District of Columbia.

Part of alley square 185, closed.
That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and instructed on the petition of the owner of all the property fronting on that part or portion of an alley fifteen feet wide, and running north and south through lot thirty, square one hundred and eighty-five, to declare said part or portion of said alley to be closed, and the title therein is hereby declared to be vested in the owner of all the property fronting on said alley.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 255: Extending the time of payment to purchasers of lands of the Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 276 1894-08-11 Chapter 255 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 255.—
An Act Extending the time of payment to purchasers of lands of the Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska, and for other purposes.

August 11, 1894.

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

Omaha Indian Reservation.

Time for paying for lands extended.

Vol. 22, p. 341.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to extend the time of payments of the purchase money due for land sold on the Omaha Indian Reservation under the sale made by virtue of “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,” approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, as follows:

The time for the first payment is hereby extended until the first day

Extending time for first payments, etc.

of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, the second payment to become due in one year thereafter, and the third payment to be due and payable in one year from the time fixed for the second payment:

Provisos.

Interest.

Fund for benefit of Indians.

Provided, That the interest on said payments shall be paid annually at the time said payments of interest are due; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall retain in the Treasury all moneys heretofore and that may hereafter be paid as principal under the Act approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and shall pay over five per centum thereon annually to the Secretary of the Interior to be expended by him annually for the benefit of said Indians, as prescribed in

Distribution of interest.

section three of said Act, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay all interest that has been paid on land sold under said Act to the Secretary of the Interior, to be by him paid over to said tribe, to be distributed to the members thereof pro rata by the agent of said tribe, and all interest thereafter coming into the Treasury shall be paid over 277 and distributed to said tribe annually in like manner: Provided, however, That the interest of the purchaser in lands on which the payment

Taxation of lands

 of the purchase money is hereby extended shall be subject to taxation in the State in which they are situated, but any lieu created thereby shall be subject to the lien of the United States for the unpaid purchase money, but this Act shall be of no force and effect until the consent thereto of the Omaha Indians shall be obtained in such manner and under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: And provided, That the said Act of August seventh, eighteen

Prior act to remain in effect.

 hundred and eighty-two, except as changed or mollified by this Act, shall remain in full force and effect.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 256: To make the city of Oakland, county of Alameda, State of California, a subport of entry. 28 Stat. 277 1894-08-11 Chapter 256 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 256.—
An Act To make the city of Oakland, county of Alameda, State of California, a subport of entry.

August 11, 1894.

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

Oakland. Cal.

Made subport of entry.
That the city of Oakland, county of Alameda, State of California, be, and the same is hereby, made a subport of entry in the district of San Francisco, with the privileges of section seven of an Act entitled “An Act to amend the

Immediate transportation privileges.

Vol. 21, p. 174.

 statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,” approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 278: To provide an American register for the steamer S. Oteri. 28 Stat. 277 1894-08-13 Chapter 278 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 278.—
An Act To provide an American register for the steamer S. Oteri.

August 13, 1894.

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

“S. Oteri.”

American register to foreign-built steamer.
That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built steamer S. Oteri, owned by Salvador Oteri, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, Louisiana, and repaired in United States ports, to be registered as a vessel of the United States.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and

Inspection.

 directed to cause the inspection of said vessel, steam boilers, steam pipes, and their appurtenances, and cause to be granted the usual certificate. 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 tests in the inspection of said boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances shall 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.
Approved, August 13, 1894.
Chap. 279: To provide for the payment of the eight per centum greenback certificates of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 277 1894-08-13 Chapter 279 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 279.—
An Act To provide for the payment of the eight per centum greenback certificates of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

August 13, 1894.

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

District of Columbia.

Payment of legal interest, board of audit certificates, to date for redemption.

Vol. 21, p.284.
That the Treasurer of the United States is hereby directed to pay to the owners, holders, or assignees of all board of audit certificates redeemed by him under the Act approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, the residue of two and thirty-five hundredths per centum per annum of unpaid legal rate interest due upon said certificates from their date up to the date of approval of said Act providing for their redemption.
278
Sec. 2. That the Treasurer of the United States is hereby directed

August 13, 1894.

 to redeem and pay all the remaining outstanding bonds of the District of Columbia, known as the “greenback eight per centum bonds,” with

Redemption of 8 per cent greenback bonds.

interest, as specified in said bonds, from the date of issue to the date of maturity thereof and with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum from the date of their maturity to the date of the approval of

Interest.

Sale of 3.65 bonds.

this Act. The Treasurer of the United States is hereby directed to sell sufficient amount of the unissued three-sixty five bonds of the District of Columbia to cover the provisions of this Act.
Approved, August 13, 1894.
Chap. 280: For the protection of persons furnishing materials and labo for the construction of public works. 28 Stat. 278 1894-08-13 Chapter 280 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 280.—
An Act For the protection of persons furnishing materials and labo for the construction of public works.

August 13, 1894.

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

Contractors on public works.

Penal bond to include security for labor and materials.
That hereafter any person or persons entering into a formal contract with the United States for the construction of any public building, or the prosecution and completion of any public work or for repairs upon any public building or public work, shall be required before commencing such work to execute the usual penal bond, with good and sufficient sureties, with the additional obligations that such contractor or contractors shall promptly make payments to all persons supplying him or them labor and materials in the prosecution of the work provided for in such contract; and any person or persons making application therefor, and furnishing affidavit to the Department under the direction of which said work is being, or has been, prosecuted, that labor or materials for the prosecution of such work has been supplied by him or them, and payment for which has not been made, shall be furnished with a certified copy of said contract and bond, upon which said person or persons supplying such labor and materials shall have a right of action, and shall be authorized to bring suit in the name of the United States for his or their use and benefit against said contractor and sureties and to

Action on bond for labor or materials furnished.

prosecute the same to final judgment and execution: Provided, That such action and its prosecutions shall involve the United States in no expense.
Sec. 2. Provided that in such case the court in which such action is

Proviso.

Expense.

 brought is authorized to require proper security for costs in case judgment is for the defendant.
Approved, August 13, 1894.
Chap. 281: To subject to State taxation national bank notes and United States Treasury notes. 28 Stat. 278 1894-08-13 Chapter 281 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 281.—
An Act To subject to State taxation national bank notes and United States Treasury notes.

August 13, 1894.

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

State taxation of national currency and United States notes authorized.
That circulating notes of national banking associations and United States legal tender notes and other notes and certificates of the United States payable on demand and circulating or intended to circulate as currency and gold, silver or other coin shall be subject to taxation as money on hand or on deposit

Proviso.

To be taxed as other money.

under the. laws of any State or Territory: Provided, That any such taxation shall be exercised in the same manner and at the same rate that any such State or Territory shall tax money or currency circulating as money within its jurisdiction.
Sec. 2. That the provisions of this Act shall not be deemed or held

Existing laws.

 to change existing laws in respect of the taxation of national banking associations.
Approved, August 13, 1894.
Chap. 282: Relative to recognizances, stipulations, bonds, and undertakings, and to allow certain corporations to be accepted as surety thereon. 28 Stat. 279 1894-08-13 Chapter 282 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public 279

CHAP. 282.—
An Act Relative to recognizances, stipulations, bonds, and undertakings, and to allow certain corporations to be accepted as surety thereon.

August 13, 1894.

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

Security companies.

Bonds executed by, accepted as surety/
That whenever any recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking conditioned for the faithful performance of any duty, or for doing or refraining from doing anything in such recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking specified, is by the laws of the United States required or permitted to be given with one surety or with two or more sureties, the execution of the same or the guaranteeing of the performance of the condition thereof shall be sufficient when executed or guaranteed solely by a corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States, or of any State having power to guarantee the fidelity of persons holding positions of public or private trust, and to execute and guarantee bonds and undertakings injudicial proceedings: Provided, That such recognizance, stipulation,

Proviso.

Approval.

 bond, or undertaking be approved by the head of department, court, judge, officer, board, or body executive, legislative, or judicial required to approve or accept the same. But no officer or person having the

Discrimination forbidden.

 approval of any bond shall exact that it shall be furnished by a guarantee company or by any particular guarantee company.
Sec. 2. That no such company shall do business under the provisions

Agents to be appointed in judicial district where surety undertaken.

 of this Act beyond the limits of the State or Territory under whose laws it was incorporated and in which its principal office is located nor beyond the limits of the District of Columbia, when such company was incorporated under its laws or the laws of the United States and its principal office is located in said District, until it shall by a written power of attorney appoint some person residing within the jurisdiction of the court for the judicial district wherein such suretyship is to be undertaken, who shall be a citizen of the State, Territory, or District of Columbia, wherein such court is held, as its agent, upon whom may be served all lawful process against such company, and who shall be authorized to enter an appearance in its behalf. A copy of such power

Copy of power of attorney.

 of attorney, duly certified and authenticated, shall be filed with the clerk of the district court of the United States for such district at each place where a term of such court is or may be held, which copy, or a certified copy thereof, shall be legal evidence in all controversies arising under this Act. It any such agent shall be removed, resign,

Vacancies.

 or die, become insane, or otherwise incapable of acting, it shall be the duty of such company to appoint another agent, in his place as hereinbefore prescribed, and until such appointment shall have been made, or during the absence of any agent of such company from such district, service of process may be upon the clerk of the court wherein such

Service of process.

 suit is brought, with like effect as upon an agent appointed by the company. The officer executing such process upon such clerk shall immediately transmit a copy thereof by mail to the company, and state such fact in his return. A judgment, decree, or order of a court entered or made after service of process as aforesaid shall be as valid and binding on such company as if served with process in said district.
Sec. 3. That every company before transacting any business under

Copy of charter to be tiled with Attorney-General.

 this Act shall deposit with the Attorney-General of the United States a copy of its charter or articles of incorporation, and a statement signed and sworn to by its president and secretary showing its assets and liabilities. If the said Attorney-General shall be satisfied that

Authority to act.

 such company has authority under its charter to do the business provided for in this Act, and that it has a paid up capital of not less than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in cash or its equivalent, and is able to keep and perform its contracts, he shall grant authority in writing to such company to do business under this Act.
Sec. 4. That every such company shall, in the months of January,

Quarterly financial reports.

April, July, and October of each year, file with the said Attorney-General a statement, signed and sworn to by its president and Secretary, showing its assets and liabilities, as is required by section three 280 of tins Act. And the said Attorney-General shall have the power,

Revoking authority.

 and it shall be his duty, to revoke the authority of any such company to transact any new business under this Act whenever hi his judgment such company is not solvent or is conducting its business in violation

Inquiries, etc.

of this Act. He may institute inquiry a t any time into the solvency of said company and may require that additional security be given at any time by any principal when he deems such company no longer sufficient security.
Sec. 5. That any surety company doing business under the provisions

Jurisdiction of United States courts.

 of this Act may be sued in respect thereof in any court of the United States which has now or hereafter may have jurisdiction of actions or suits upon such recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking, in the district in which such recognizance, stipulation, bond, oi’ undertaking was made or guaranteed, or in the district in which the principal office of such company is located. And for the purposes of this Act such recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking shall be treated as made or guaranteed in the district in which the office is located, to which it is returnable, or in which it is filed, or in the district in which the principal in such recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking resided when it was made or guaranteed.
Sec. 6. That if any such company shall neglect or refuse to pay any

Forfeiture of rights on failing to pay judgments.

 final judgment or decree rendered against it upon any such recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking made or guaranteed by it under the, provisions of this Act, from which no appeal, writ of error, or supersedeas has been taken, for thirty days after the rendition of such judgment or decree, it shall forfeit all right to do business under this Act.
Sec. 7. That any company which shall execute or guarantee any

Companies estopped from denying power.

 recognizance, stipulation, bond, or undertaking under the provisions of this Act shall be estopped in any proceeding to enforce the liability which it shall have assumed to incur, to deny its corporate power to execute or guarantee such instrument or assume such liability.
Sec. 8. That any company doing business under the provisions of

Penalty for failing to comply with provisions.

 this Act which shall fail to comply with any of its provisions shall forfeit to the United States for every such failure not less than five hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, to be recovered by suit in the name of the United States in the same courts in which suit may be brought against such company under the provisions of this Act, and such failure shall not affect the validity of any contract entered into by such company.
Approved, August 13, 1894.
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CHAP. 283.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a wagon and foot bridge across the Chattahoochee River at or near the town of Columbia, Alabama.

August 13, 1894.

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

Columbia Bridge Company may bridge Chattahoochee River, Columbia, Ala.
That the Columbia Bridge Company, a corporation created by or under the laws of the State of Alabama, its successors or assignees, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge, for the passage of vehicles of all kinds, animals, and foot passengers, across the Chattahoochee River at or near the town of Columbia so as to connect with Georgia

Proviso.

Construction.

on the opposite shore; Provided, That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act may be built as a drawbridge, or with unbroken and

High bridge.

continuous spans: Provided also, That if said bridge shall be built with unbroken and continuous spans, it shall give a clear headroom of not less than fifty-five feet above high-water mark as the same shall be fixed and determined by the Secretary of War: And provided also,

Draw bridge.

That if 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 the best navigable point, and with 281 drawspans giving a clear width of waterway of not less than one hundred feet on each side of the pivot pier; and said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the. passage of boats: Provided further, That whatever kind of bridge is constructed the

Lights, etc

 owners thereof shall maintain thereon, at their own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board.
Sec. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this Act shall

Lawful structure and post route.

 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 munitions of war of the United States passing over said bridge than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the public highways 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

Postal telegraph.

 right of way across said bridge and approaches for postal-telegraph purposes; and said bridge shall be so constructed and operated as not

Free navigation.

 to interfere with the navigation of said river.
Sec. 3. That said bridge company shall have the right to charge and

Toll.

 collect a reasonable rate of toll, to be approved by the Secretary of War, not exceeding the rate limited by the law of Alabama.
Sec. 4. That the 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 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 maybe required for a lull 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

Changes.

 such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary’ of War.
Sec. 5. 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 hereof.
Sec. 6. That Congress hereby expressly reserves the right to alter,

Amendment, etc.

 amend, or repeal this Act.
Approved, August 13, 1894.
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CHAP. 284.—
An Act Relating to lights on fishing vessels.

August 13, 1894.

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

Lights on fishing vessels required.

Vol. 23, p. 439.
That article ten of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, entitled “An Act to adopt the revised international regulations for preventing collisions at sea,” so far as said article relates to lights for fishing vessels, is hereby’ reenacted and continued in force, anything in the Act approved May’ twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four,

Ante, p. 83.

Vol. 26, p, 320.

 entitled “An Act to amend an Act approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled ‘An act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea,’ ” to the contrary’ notwithstanding.
Approved, August 13, 1894.
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CHAP. 285.—
An Act To authorize a bridge across the Perdido River between the States of Florida and Alabama.

August 13, 1894.

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

Bridge authorized across Perdido River at Holman’s Ferry, Fla. and Ala.

Free bridge.
That the county authorities of the counties of Escambia, Florida, and Baldwin, Alabama, be, and are hereby, authorized to construct, in accordance with plans to be approved by the Secretary of War, an iron or wooden bridge for free use by the public at or near Holman’s ferry across the Perdido River, between the States of Alabama and Florida, and to jointly maintain and regulate the same under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon between the said counties.
Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be begun within one year and completed

Commencement and completion.

 within three years from the date of the approval of this Act.
Sec. 3. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly

Amendment, etc.

 reserved.
Approved, August 13, 1894.
Chap. 287: To provide on immediate revision and equalization of real-estate values in the District of Columbia; also to provide an assessment of real estate in said District in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-six and every third year thereafter, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 282 1894-08-14 Chapter 287 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 287.—
An Act To provide on immediate revision and equalization of real-estate values in the District of Columbia; also to provide an assessment of real estate in said District in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-six and every third year thereafter, and for other purposes.

August 14, 1894.

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

District of Columbia.

Assessment of real estate in name of owner.
That all real property in the District of Columbia, except as hereinafter provided, shall be assessed in

Vol. 22, p. 568.

the name of the owner, or trustee or trustees of the owner thereof. All undivided real property of a deceased person may be assessed in the name of such deceased person until the same is divided, according to law, or has otherwise passed into the possession of some other person or persons; and all real property, the ownership of which is unknown, shall be assessed “owner unknown.”
Sec. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall

Board of three assistant assessors to be appointed.

 appoint three discreet persons, who shall have been bona fide residents of the District of Columbia for the period of at least five years, and conversant with real estate values therein, as a permanent board of assistant assessors, who shall hold office for a term of four years, unless sooner removed by said Commissioners for cause satisfactory to them,

Salary.

Assessor’s salary.

and shall each receive a salary of three thousand dollars annually, and the assessor of the District of Columbia shall hereafter receive a salary of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Each person so appointed on said board shall, within ten days after receiving notice

Oath.

thereof, take and subscribe an oath to diligently, faithfully, and impartially perform all and singular the duties imposed upon him by this

Vacancies.

Act. If any such appointee shall fail to qualify as aforesaid within the time prescribed, or shall fail to enter upon the discharge of his duties within fifteen days after such qualification, the appointment shall be void, and the Commissioners shall forthwith appoint another suitable person, who shall qualify as above provided; and when appointed and

Hearing complaints of present assessments.

qualified as aforesaid, said board of assistant assessors shall immediately proceed to hear and consider such complaints as may be made regarding the. assessment returned by the board of three members

Vol. 27, p. 360.

Revision.

appointed by the President of the United States, under the Act of August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, revise and equalize said assessment, and make return to the assessor of the District of Columbia of the revision and equalization on or before the first .Monday

Basis of taxes, fiscal year 1895.

of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. And said revision and equalization so returned shall be the basis of assessment for the collection of taxes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and until the next general assessment is made and 283 returned, as provided for in this Act: Provided, That the collection of

Provisos.

November, 1894, taxes suspended till May, 1895.

 taxes on real property and improvements thereon which will become due and payable in the mouth of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, suspended until the month of May in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five. at which time said taxes shall be due and payable, and the collection thereof shall be

Taxes for the whole year then due.

 enforced in all respects as provided under existing law for the collection of taxes on real property and improvements thereon, for the second half of the tax year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety live: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury

Advances from Treasury.

 is hereby authorized and directed to advance to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary from time to time to meet their requisitions for the general expenses of the government of said District for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five,

Reimbursement.

 and to reimburse the Treasury for the one-half of said advances payable by said District out of the taxes collected, as herein provided for, in the month of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. And said

Clerk for board.

 Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to appoint a clerk for said board of assistant assessors at a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; and said clerk shall also be the clerk for the board of equalization and review hereinafter provided for.
Sec. 3. That real property shall be assessed and valued in the year

Assessment every three years.

 eighteen hundred and ninety six, and every third year thereafter, as herein provided.
Sec. 4. That the Commissioners shall furnish each member of said

Board to be furnished maps, etc.

 board of assistant assessors with the necessary maps and field books, which shall contain an accurate list of each tract, together with a pertinent description of thereat property situate in the District of Columbia, and, as far as may be known, the owner thereof; and also such blanks, forms, books, surveys, and plats as may be necessary for a systematic statement of the property to be assessed, and shall also furnish the said board of assistant assessors with the necessary conveyance to view said property for assessment. Upon the completion of the assessment

Deposit on completion with assessor.

 the said board of assistant assessors shall deposit with the assessor of the District of Columbia all maps, field books, surveys, and plats, and all notes and memoranda thereof, and same shall be open to inspection by any tax payer of said District.
Sec. 5. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are

Regulations.

 hereby authorized and directed to make such rules and regulations touching the manner in which the real property shall be described in the assessments returned by the assessors as they may deem best.
Sec. 6. That said board of assistant assessors shall, from actual view

Valuation of lots by board.

 and from the best sources of information in its reach, determine the value of each separate tract or lot of real property in the District of Columbia in lawful money, and shall separately estimate the value of all improvements on any tract or lot, and shall note the same in the proper field book, which shall be carried out as part of the value of such tract or lot, and shall also return the dimensions of each tract or lot, and said assistant assessors shall also perform such other official duties as may be required of them by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 7. That said board of assistant assessors shall, on or before the

Return of valuations, etc., every three years.

 first Monday of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and every third year thereafter, make out and deliver to the assessor of the District of Columbia a return in tabular form, contained in a book to be furnished by the Commissioners, of the amount, description, and value of the real property subject to be listed for taxation in the District of Columbia.
Sec. 8. That any person who shall refuse or knowingly neglect to

Penalty for neglect, etc.

 perform any duty enjoined on him by law, or who shall consent to or connive at any evasion of the provisions of this Act shall, on conviction 284 thereof, be liable to removal from office and to a tine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court, tor each offense.
Sec. 9. That the assessor of the District of Columbia and the said

Board of equalization and review.

Composition.

 board of assistant assessors herein provided for, with the assessor as chairman, shall compose a board of .equalization and review, and as such board of equalization and review they shall convene in a room, to be provided for them by the Commissioners, on the first Monday of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and every third year

Notice of meeting, etc.

thereafter. Public notice of the time and place of such meeting shall be given by publication for two successive days in two daily papers in said

Duties.

District. It shall be the duty of said board of equalization and review to fairly and impartially equalize the value of real property made by the board of assistant assessors as the basis for assessment. Any three of said board of equalization and review shall constitute a quorum for business, and in the absence of the assessor a temporary chairman may be selected. They shall immediately proceed to equalize the valuations made by the board of assistant assessors so that each lot and tract and the improvements thereon shall be entered upon the tax list at their

Complaints.

value in money; and for this purpose they shall hear such complaints as may be made in respect of said assessments, and in determining them they may raise the valuations of such tracts or lots as, in their opinion, may have been returned below their value, and reduce the valuations of such as they may believe to have been returned above their value to such sum as, in their opinion, may be the value thereof..
Sec. 10. That the valuation of the real property made and equalized

Completion of valuation.

 as aforesaid shall be completed as nearly as practicable on the first Monday of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and of every third year thereafter, after which date no other or further complaints as to

After approval to serve as basis fur three years.

valuations shall be received, and when approved by the Commissioners shall constitute the basis of taxation for the next succeeding period of three years and until another valuation is made according to law,

Rate.

except as hereinafter provided, and the Commissioners shall fix the rate of tax to be collected thereon, not exceeding the rate fixed by present law.
Sec. 11. That annually, on or prior to July first of each year, the

Additions annually.

 board of assistant assessors herein provided for shall make a list of all real property which shall have become subject to taxation, and which is not then on the tax list, and affix a value thereon, according to the rules prescribed for assessing real estate; shall make return of all new structures erected or roofed, and additions to or improvements of old structures of over five hundred dollars in value, which shall not have been theretofore assessed, specifying the tract or lot of land on which each of such structures has been erected, and the value of such structure, and they shall add such valuation to the

Reductions.

assessment made on such tract or lot. When the improvements on any lot or tract of land shall become damaged or be destroyed from any cause, the said board shall reduce the assessment on such property to

Proviso.

Complaints.

the extent of such damage: Provided, That the. board of equalization and review shall hear such complaints as may be made in respect of said assessments and determine the same between the first and third Mondays of July of the same year.
Sec. 12. That if said board of assistant assessors shall learn that any

Reassessing omitted or void assessments.

 property liable to taxation has been omitted from the assessment for any previous year or years, or has been so assessed that the assessment was void, it shall be their duty at once to reassess such property tor each and every year after the passage of this Act for which it has escaped assessment and taxation and report the same, through the assessor, to the collector of taxes, who shall at once proceed to collect

Proviso.

Limit of liability.

the taxes so in arrears as other taxes are collected: Provided, That no property which has escaped taxation shall be liable under this section 285 for a period of more than three years prior to such assessment, except in the ease of property involved in litigation.
Sec. 13. That the assessor of the District of Columbia and each member

Administering oaths.

 of said board of assistant assessors in the discharge of any of the duties devolved upon him or them, or the board of equalization and review, may administer all necessary oaths or affirmations. The assessor of the District of Columbia, or in his absence the temporary

Examination.

 chairman of said board, shall have power to summon the attendance of any person before said board to be examined under oath touching such matters and things as the board of assistant assessors or the said board of equalization and review may deem advisable in the discharge of their duties; and any member of the Metropolitan police force of the District

Subpenas.

Witness fees.

 of Columbia may serve subpoenas in this behalf. Such fees shall be allowed witnesses so examined, to be paid out of the contingent fund of the Commissioners, as are allowed in civil actions before the supreme court of the District, of Columbia. Any person summoned and examined

Punishment for false wearing.

 as aforesaid who shall knowingly make false oath or affirmation shall be guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof be punished according to the laws in force for the punishment of perjury.
Sec. 14. That a sum sufficient to pay the difference in the salary salaries

Appropriation for salaries, etc.

 of the assessor and the board of assistant assessors and the clerk herein provided for up to and including the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, is hereby appropriated, payable in equal proportions out of the Treasury of the United States and the revenues of the District of Columbia, and the Commissioners of said District shall hereafter in their annual estimates include all necessary provision to carry out the purposes of this Act, to be immediately available.
Sec. 15. That said board of assistant assessors shall hereafter constitute

Assistant assessors to be excise board.

 the excise board of the District of Columbia, and shall perform all the duties of said board according to law, and that so much of the Act entitled “An Act regulating the sale of intoxicating liquor in the

Vol. 27. p. 564.

 District of Columbia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, as imposes that duty upon the Commissioners of the District

Duties of commissioners repealed.

 of Columbia be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Sec. 16. That this Act shall be in force from and after its passage, and

Effect.

 all laws and parts of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved, August 14, 1894.
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CHAP. 288.—
An Act To further amend section twenty-three hundred and ninety-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United Status.

August 15, 1894.

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

Public lands.

R. S., sec. 2399, p. 440, amended.

Vol. 28, p. 650.
That section twenty-three hundred and ninety-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended by Act of Congress of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, Statutes at Large, volume twenty-six, page six hundred and fifty, be further amended so as to read as follows, namely:
“Sec. 2399. The printed manual of surveying instructions for the

Manual of surveying instructions, 1894, etc., made part of surveying contracts.

 survey of the public lauds of the United States and private land claims, prepared at the General Land Office, and bearing date June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the instructions of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the special instructions of the Surveyor-General, when not in conflict with said printed manual or the instructions of said Commissioner, shall be taken and deemed to be a part of every contract for surveying the public lauds of the United States and private laud claims.”
Approved, August 15, 1894.
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CHAP. 289.—
An Act Making an appropriation and providing for the construction of a United states revenue cutter for service in the harbor of San Francisco, State of California.

August 15, 1894

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

San Francisco, Cal.

Revenue cutter authorized for harbor.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to have constructed a revenue cutter for service in the harbor of San Francisco, State of

Proviso.

Cost.

California: Provided, That the cost of said construction shall not exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars.
Approved, August 15, 1894.
Chap. 290: Making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending Juno thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes. Chapter 290 28 Stat. 286 1894-08-15 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 290.—
An Act Making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending Juno thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes.

August 15, 1894

. 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-five, 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 agencies.

 agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely: At the Blackfeet Agency, Montana, at one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the. Cherokee School, North Carolina: Additional compensation to superintendent of said school for performing the duties heretofore required of the agency at the Cherokee Agency, two hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne River Agency, South Dakota, one thousand seven hundred dollars; At the Colorado River Agency, Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Colville Agency, Washington, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Crow Creek and Lower Brule Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Crow Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Devils Lake Agency, North Dakota, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Flathead Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Berthold Agency, South Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Hall Agency, Idaho,one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Peck Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Grand Ronde Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Green Bay Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At Hoopa Valley Agency, California, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 287 At the Klamath Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars:

Indian agents—Continued.

 At the La Pointe Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Lemhi Agency, Idaho, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Mescalero Agency, New Mexico, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Mission Tule River Agency, California, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Navajo Agency, New Mexico, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Neah Bay Agency, Washington, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Nevada Agency, Nevada, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the New York Agency, New York, one thousand dollars; At the Nez Perces Agency, Idaho, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, Nebraska, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Osage Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Pima Agency, Arizona, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Agency, Kansas, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe and Oakland Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Pueblo and Jiearilla Agency, New Mexico, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Puyallup (consolidated) Agency, Washington, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Round Valley Agency, California, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Sac amt Fox Agency, Iowa, one thousand dollars; At the Sae and Fox Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the San Carlos Agency, Arizona, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Santee Agency, Nebraska, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Shoshone Agency, Wyoming, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Siletz Agency, Orgeon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Sisseton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Southern Ute Agency, Colorado, one thousand four hundred dollars; At the Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Tongue River Agency, Montana, one thousand live hundred dollars; At the Tulalip Agency, Washington, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Utah (consolidated), one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Umatilla Agency. Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Union Agency, Indian Territory, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Warm Springs Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; 288 At the Western Shoshone Agency, Nevada, one thousand live hundred dollars;

Indian agents—Continued.

 At the White Earth Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Yakima Agency, Washington, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Yankton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory, one thousand four hundred dollars:

Provided, That the foregoing appropriations shall not take effect nor

Proviso.

Not available for Army officers as agents.

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:

Superintendents of schools may act as agents.

 Provided, further, That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary 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. And the superintendent upon whom such duties devolve shall give bond as other Indian agents; in all, eighty-six thousand six hundred dollars and hereafter the annual salaries of the several Indian agents shall be as Provided for in this Act.

For the payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed in the

Interpreters.

discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, ten 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 two thousand five hundred dollars

Inspectors.

per annum each, twelve thousand five hundred 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

Superintendent of schools.

dollars.

For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of Indian

Traveling expenses.

schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection

Provisos.

Per diem.

and investigation, one 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, forty-four thousand

Agency buildings.

dollars, nineteen

Fort Shaw, Mont.

 thousand dollars to be used for Fort Shaw Reservation and Indian Industrial School, Montana.

For contingencies of the Indian service, including traveling and

Contingent expenses.

incidental 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 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

Citizen commission.

compensation, appointed by the President under the provisions of the

Vol. 16, p. 40.

fourth section of the Act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, to supervise the purchase of Indian supplies, four thousand dollars.
289 FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH AND SUPPORT OF INDIAN TRIBES.

Fulfilling treaties.

 apaches, kiowas, and comanches.

Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches.

For twenty-seventh of thirty installments, as provided to be expended under the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred

Vol. 15, pp. 584,590

and sixty-seven, concluded at Medicine Lodge Creek, in Kansas, with the Kiowas and Comauches, 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 dollars;

For pay of physician and two teachers, two thousand seven hundred dollars; in all, forty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars.

 cheyennes and arapahoes.

Cheyennes and Arapahoes

For twenty-seventh of thirty installments, as provided to be expended under the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-eighth, eighteen

Vol. 15, p. 590.

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 dollars; in all, thirty-eight thousand dollars.

 chickasaws.

Chickasaws.

 For permanent annuity, in goods, three thousand dollars.

Vol. 1, p. 619.

 chippewas of the mississippi.

Chippewas of the Mississippi.

 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 hands.

Chippewas, Villagers, and Lake Winnebagoshish bands.

For last of forty installments of annuity, in money, per third article

Vol. 10, p. 1168

of treaty of February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and third article of treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,

Vol. 13, p. 604.

 ten thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents;

For last of forty installments of annuity, in goods, per same articles of same treaties, eight thousand dollars;

For last 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.

 chippewas in minnesota.

Chippewas in Minnesota.

This amount as advance interest to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota,

Advance interest.

Vol. 25, p. 645.

as required by section seven of “An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the manner required by said Act, reimbursable, ninety thousand dollars;

To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of

For civilization, etc.

the Secretary of the Interior, to carry out the provisions of the same Act, namely, the purchase of material and employment of labor for the 290 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 Reservation; for the erection and maintenance of day and industrial schools; for subsistence and for pay of employees, for pay of

Removal etc.

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, fifty thousand dollars;

For completing the necessary surveys within the Chippewa Indian

Surveys.

Reservation, in Minnesota, including expenses of examining and appraising pine lands, under the provisions of the said Act, to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of the sale of their lands, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars.

 chippewas of fond du lac.

Chippewas of Fond du Lac.

 This amount to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of

Timber depredations.

 the Interior, for the benefit of the Fond du Lac 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, four thousand three hundred dollars. choctaws.

Choctaws.

For permanent annuity, per second article of treaty of November

Permanent annuities.

sixteenth,

Vol. 7, p. 99.

Vol. 11, p. 614.

 eighteen hundred and five, and thirteenth 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,

Vol. 11, p. 614.

and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen 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

Vol. 7, p. 236.

 eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth article, of treaty 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, 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.

Vol. 11, p. 614.

of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars;

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

Vol. 7, p. 236.

conformity with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five,

Vol. 11, p. 614.

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 thousand and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents.

 cœur d’alenes.

Cœur d’Alenes.

For third 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;

291

For pay of blacksmith, carpenter, and physician, 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 Colvilles.

For annuity for Chief Moses, as per agreement of July seventh,

Chief Moses.

eighteen hundred

Vol. 23, p. 79.

 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

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

Vol. 7, p. 287.

Vol. 11, p. 700.

January 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

Vol. 7, p. 287.

Vol. 11, p. 700.

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 live per centum interest on two hundred thousand dollars, for

Interest.

Vol. 11, p. 701.

purposes of education, 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 thirteenth of twenty-five installments,

Vol. 22, p. 43.

as provided in agreement 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-sixth 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

Vol. 15, p. 651.

seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, six thousand dollars:

For twenty sixth 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-sixth of thirty installments, to supply three hundred and fifty boys and three hundred and fifty girls, under the ages named, 292 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, live 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

Vol. 15, p. 651.

article 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.

 For this amount being the sum still invested in a Union Pacific

Sale of bond.

 Railroad bond, and not sold for the benefit of the Delaware Indians, as

Vol. 27, p. 618.

required by the Indian Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That said

Proviso.

Undivided interest.

undivided interest in said bond shall become the property of the United States:

Distribution.

 Provided further, That the proviso in the above Act restricting payment to George Bullett and his family and Lucy Zulkey and her family is hereby repealed. fort hall indians.

Fort Hall Indians.

 For sixth of twenty installments, as provided in agreement with said

Vol. 25, p. 688.

 Indians, approved February twenty-third, eighteen bundled 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 Indians.

 For seventh 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

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 seventh of ten installments of one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, tor 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 Peck Indians.

 For seventh 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

Vol. 25, p. 114.

to the 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 fourth of ten installments of eighty thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, as per

Vol. 26, p. 1033.

second article of agreement ratified by Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighty thousand dollars. 293 iowas.

Iowas.

 For interest, in lien 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-four, at five per centum per annum, for educational or other beneficial purposes, under the direction of the President, per ninth article of treaty of May seventeenth,

Vol. 10, p. 1071.

 eighteen hundred and fifty-four, two thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars. iowas in oklahoma.

Iowas, Oklahoma.

 For fourth 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: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby

Proviso.

Cash per capita.

authorized to pay per capita in cash to the Iowa Indians in Oklahoma, the sum of twenty-four thousand dollars, appropriated by the Act of

Vol. 26, p. 758.

 February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as a partial payment to them for certain lands in Oklahoma ceded to the United States, in lieu of expending the same for their benefit. 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 sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and nineteen dollars

Interest.

and twenty-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 four hundred and forty-live dollars and ninety-six cents;

This amount to enable the President of the United States to carry

Payment to citizen Indiana, etc.

Vol. 13, p. 624.

out the provisions of the third article of the treaty made with the Kickapoo Indians, dated June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to be paid, as provided in said treaty and under such rules as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, to four Kickapoo Indians who have become citizens of the United States; also to pay the heirs or legal representatives of six deceased Kickapoos, the settlement of whose estates is desired, under the provisions of section two of the Act

Vol. 24, p. 219.

 of August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, 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

Vol. 10, p. 1079.

 May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, not exceeding three thousand three hundred and seventy-eight dollars and thirty cents; in all, six thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars and twenty-six 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

Vol. 12, p. 981.

 fifty-five, three thousand dollars. nez perces.

Nez Perces.

 For salaries of two matrons, to take charge of the boarding schools,

Schools, etc.

 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. 294 northern cheyennes and arapahoes.

Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes.

For subsistence and civilization, as per agreement with the Sioux

Subsistence.

Vol. 19, p. 256.

Indians approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, including subsistence and civilization of Northern Cheyennes removed from Pine Ridge Agency to Tongue River, Montana, seventy-live thousand dollars;

For twenty-six of thirty installments, for purchase of clothing, as per

Clothing.

Vol. 15, p. 657.

sixth article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, including clothing for above Indians, seventeen thousand dollars:

Proviso.

Division.

Provided, That the amount in this and preceding paragraph shall be expended pro rata, as near as may be, for the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes in Wyoming and on the Tongue River, in Montana:

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,

Interest.

 at five 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 Missouri as.

 For last 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. pawners.

Pawnees.

For perpetual annuity, at least one-half of which is to be paid in-goods

Annuity.

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, as

Vol. 11, p. 730.

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.

 pottawatomies.

Pottawatomies.

For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article of treaty of

Permanent annuities.

Vol. 7, p. 51.

August 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;

295

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 treaty of September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight,

Vol. 7, p. 317.

 five thousand seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents;

For permanent provision for payment of money in lieu of tobacco, iron, and steel, per second article of treaty of September twentieth,

Vol. 7, p. 318.

eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and tenth articles of treaties of

Vol. 9, p. 855.

 June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one hundred 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

Vol. 7. p. 321.

 twenty-nine, one thousand and eight dollars and ninety nine cents;

For permanent provision 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;

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.

 pottawatomies of indiana and michigan.

Pottawatomies, Indiana and Michigan.

 For this amount due certain Pottawatomie Indians of Indiana and

Annuities due under Supreme Court judgment.

 Michigan, being their proportion (two thousand and eighty-one dollars and thirty cents) of the perpetual annuities (twenty-two thousand three hundred dollars) due the Pottawatomie Nation under various treaties, for the years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three,

Post, p. 450.

 June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, as ascertained by the judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States pronounced in the ease of the Pottawatomie Indians of Michigan and Indiana against the United States, on the seventeenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and which annuities were not embraced in the judgment aforesaid, six thousand two hundred and forty-three dollars and ninety cents. citizen hand of pottawatomies.

Citizen Band, Pottawatomies.

 That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians, or expend for their benefit, the sum of thirteen thousand nine hundred and eighty-one dollars and fifty-eight cents, now on the books of the Treasury, and being the unexpended balance of the appropriation to carry out the provisions of the agreement between the United States and said band of Indians, ratified and confirmed by Act of Congress

Vol. 20, p. 1016.

 approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one: Provided,

Proviso.

Sales permitted by allottees.

 That any member of the Citizen Band of Pattawatomie Indians and of the Absentee Shawnee Indians of Oklahoma, to whom a trust patent has been issued under the provisions of the Act approved February

Vol. 24, p. 388.

 eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (Twenty-fourth Statutes, three hundred and eighty-eight), and being over twenty-one years of age, may sell and convey any portion of the land covered by such patent in excess of eighty acres, the deed of conveyance to be subject to approval by the Secretary of the Interior under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, and that any Citizen Pottawatomie not residing upon his allotment, but being a legal resident of another State or Territory, may in like manner sell and convey all the land covered 296 by said patent, and that upon the approval of such deed by the Secretary of the Interior the title to the land thereby conveyed shall vest in the grantee therein named. And the land sold and conveyed under the provisions of this Act shall, upon proper recording of the deeds

Taxation:

therefor, be subject to taxation as other lands in said Territory, but neither the lands covered by such patents not sold and conveyed under the provisions of this Act, nor any improvements made thereon, shall be subject to taxation in any manner by the Territorial or local authorities during the period in which said lands shall be held in trust by the United States. quapaws.

Quapaws.

For education, during the pleasure of the President, per third article

Vol. 7, p. 425.

of treaty of May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one thousand dollars;

For blacksmiths and assistants, and tools, iron, and steel for blacksmith shop, per same article and treaty, five hundred dollars; in all, one thousand live 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,

Vol. 7, p. 596.

Proviso.

Physician, etc.

per second article of treaty of October eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-two, forty thousand dollars: Proritled, That the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars of ibis 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

Vol. 7, p. 541.

second article of treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars;

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.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and

Allotment to children in Kansas and Nebraska.

directed to cause to be allotted, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven,

Vol. 24, p. 388.

entitled “ An Act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the Tenitones over the Indians, and for other purposes,” to each and every child born of a recognized member of the Sac and Fox of Missouri tribe of Indians since the completion of allotments to said tribe, eighty acres of land within the reservation of said tribe in the States of Kansas and Nebraska, and upon the

Sale of lands remaining.

completion thereof to offer for sale the remaining lands of the said reservation, at the proper land office, upon such terms, conditions, and

Proviso.

Appraisement of lot in Nebraska.

regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may determine: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall inquire into the correctness of the appraisement made under authority of an Act of Congress approved

Vol. 19, p. 208.

August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, of lot eight of the southeast quarter of section nineteen, township one north, range seventeen east, Sac and Fox Reservation lands in the State of Nebraska; and if he shall be satisfied that said lot. was appraised at more than its 297 actual value, he may cause the same to be sold upon the same terms as the other lands are sold; And provided further, That before any sale

Consent of Indiana.

 shall be made of said lands the consent of a majority of the male adults of said Indians shall first be obtained.

That the net proceeds arising from the sales of lands, as provided in

Proceeds.

section one of this Act, shall be used for the benefit of said tribe or shall be paid to said Indians per capita, as the Secretary of the Interior may determine. The cost of the advertisement and sale of said lands shall be defrayed from the first proceeds arising therefrom.

 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;

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, to be paid annually, for the support of schools, as per third

Vol. 14, p. 757.

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 Septembe

Permanent annuities.

Vol. 7, p. 161.

r 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

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 m the seventh article of the treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen

Vol. 15, p. 515.

 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.

fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, 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, 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 nineteenth,

Permanent annuity.

eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand dollars;

Vol. 4, p. 442.

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-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-six, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars;

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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, 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.

 That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed

Transfer of annuities to Chickasawa.

 to place on the books of the Treasury Department, to the credit of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, being the value of annuities of the Shawnee Indians arising under

Vol. 7, p. 51.

their treaties of August third, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and

Vol. 10, p. 1053.

May tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, transferred to the Cherokees by an agreement between the said tribes, dated June seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, under the provisions of article sixteen of the treaty of July nineteenth,

Vol. 14, p. 804.

eighteen hundred and sixty-six,

Apportionment.

with the Cherokees, the said sum to be apportioned as follows, namely: Cherokee national fund, fifty thousand dollars; Cherokee school fund, thirty-five thousand dollars; Cherokee orphan fund, fifteen thousand dollars; interest on these several sums at the rate of five per centum per annum from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to be

Vol. 21, p. 70.

paid under the provisions of the Act of April first, eighteen hundred and eighty. eastern shawnees.

Eastern Shawnees.

For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of

Permanent annuity.

Vol. 7, p. 179.

Vol. 15, p. 515.

September 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, one thousand and thirty dollars.

This amount to be paid per capita to the Eastern Shawnees, under the

Per capita.

direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and now to their credit in the United States Treasury, being the residue of the sum due by the United

Vol. 15, p. 514.

States to said Indians for cession of lands under the third article of the treaty entered into by said band with the United States, proclaimed October fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, nine thousand and seventy-nine dollars and twelve cents.

 shoshones and bannocks.

Shoshones and Bannocks.

Shoshones: For twenty-fifth of thirty installments, to purchase suits

Shoshones.

Supplies.

of clothing for males over fourteen years of age, flannel, hose, calico, and domestics for females over the age of twelve years, and such goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls under the ages

Vol. 15, p. 676.

named, as per ninth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, ten thousand dollars;

For pay of physician, teacher, carpenter, miller, engineer, farmer, and

Physician, etc.

Vol. 15, p. 676.

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 eighth article of the same treaty, one thousand dollars;

Bannocks: For twenty-fifth of thirty installments, to purchase suits

Bannocks.

Supplies.

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 299 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, carpenters 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; 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

Permanent 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.

For twenty-fifth of thirty installments, 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 of treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 15, p. 638.

 sixty-eight, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars;

For twenty-fifth 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 treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars;

For pay of five teachers, one physician, one carpenter, one miller, one

Teachers.

engineer, two farmers, and one blacksmith, per thirteenth article of

Vol. 15, p. 640.

 same treaty, ten thousand four hundred dollars;

For pay of additional employees at the several agencies for the Sioux

Employees.

in Nebraska and Dakota, twelve thousand five hundred dollars, eight hundred dollars of which shall be used for the employment of a second blacksmith at Cheyenne River Agency, South Dakota.

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.

as per agreement ratified by Act of Congress approved February

Vol. 19, p. 254.

 twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy seven, one million dollars: Provided, That a sum not to exceed twelve thousand dollars, or so much

Proviso.

Artesian wells.

 thereof as may be necessary, may be used in completing three artesian wells at Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Standing Rock Agencies, this amount in addition to the sum appropriated for that purpose by Act of March

Vol. 27, p. 631.

 third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three: Provided, That the foregoing sum of one million dollars shall include transportation of supplies from

Transportation.

 the termination of railroad or steamboat transportation; and in this service Indians shall be employed whenever practicable: And provided further,

Indian employment.

 That the number of rations issued shall not exceed the number

Limit of rations.

 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.

For pay of second blacksmith, and furnishing iron, steel, and other

Blacksmith, etc.

material, per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand two hundred dollars;

For support and maintenance of day and industrial schools, including

Schools.

erection and repairs of school buildings, in accordance with article seven of treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight,

Vol. 15, p. 637.

 which article is continued in force for twenty years by section seventeen

Vol. 25, p. 894.

 of the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, eighty thousand dollars; in all. one million three hundred and ninety-five thousand six hundred dollars.

 300 sioux, yankton tribe.

Sioux, Yankton tribe.

For sixth 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.

heretofore

Vol. 19, p. 287.

 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.

Siasetoua and Wahpetons.

 For seventh 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 September

Vol. 26, p. 1037.

twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, ratified by Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighteen thousand four hundred dollars. spokanes.

Spokanes.

For third of ten installments, to be expended under the direction of

Removal to Cœur d’Alene Reservation, etc.

the Secretary of the Interior, in the removal of the Spokane Indians to the Coeur d’Alene Reservation, in erecting suitable houses, in assisting them in breaking lands, in furnishing them with cattle, seeds, agricultural implements, saw and grist mills, 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 said Indians, dated March eighteenth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 27, p. 139.

 and eighty-seven, ratified by Act of Congress approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, eight thousand dollars:

Proviso.

Indians on other reservations.

Provided, That any moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated for the removal of said Spokane Indians to the Cœur d’Alene Reservation shall be extended to, or expended for, such members of the tribe who have removed or shall remove to the Colville, Spokane or Jocko reservations.

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 second 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, four hundred dollars; in ail, ten thousand four hundred dollars.

 confederated bands of utes.

Confederated bands, Utes.

For pay of two carpenters, two millers, two farmers, and two blacksmiths,

Carpenters.

as per tenth

Vol. 13, p. 675.

 article of treaty of October seventh, eighteen

Vol. 15, p. 622.

hundred and sixty three, and fifteenth article of treaty of 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 shop,

Vol. 15, p. 621.

per ninth article of same treaty, two hundred and twenty dollars;

For twenty-sixth of thirty installments, to be expended under the

Clothing, etc.

direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for clothing, blankets, and

Vol. 15, p. 622.

such 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.

beans, and

Vol. 15, p. 622.

 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.

 301 winnebagoes.

WInnebagoes.

For interest on eight hundred and

Interest.

four thousand nine hundred and nine dollars and seventeen cents, at live per centum per annum, per fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven,

Vol. 7, p. 545.

 and Joint Resolution of July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 12, p. 628.

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 thousand nine hundred and seventeen dollars and two cents; in all, forty-four thousand one hundred arid sixty-two dollars and forty-seven cents.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized to

Ogden Land Company.

Investigation directed.

make a thorough investigation of the facts touching the so-called Ogden Land Company, its organization, when and by whom formed, its Continued existence or organization to this date, its capital stock, number of shares, amount or face value, where and by whom held, its liabilities and assets, and the original history of the alleged claim of said company to any of the lands of the Seneca Nation of Indians in the State of New York, and any and all evidences of title; and also the condition of said Indians, their progress in civilization and fitness for citizenship, their number and system of government, and the propriety of allotting their lands in severalty, and to make to Congress a full report with such suggestions and recommendations as he may deem proper in view of all the facts ascertained.

Whereas there is due the Wyandotte Indians from the Government

Wyandottes.

of the United States, as ascertained and reported by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in Ids letter to the Secretary of the Interior of February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, a balance of fifteen thousand six hundred and eighty-six dollars and eighty cents; and

Whereas there are absentee Wyandotte Indians, who are poor and homeless, numbering between one hundred and fifty and two hundred persons, and for whom no provision has been made:

Therefore, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and

Purchase of land for use of absentees.

directed to purchase for said absentee Wyandotte Indians eighty acres of land per capita, or so much thereof as said sum of fifteen thousand six hundred and eighty-six dollars and eighty cents will purchase, at a sum not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents per acre; such lands to be purchased from the Quapaw Indians in the Indian Territory, or, if this be found impracticable, then such lands shall be purchased of other Indians in the Indian Territory, where the land maybe most conveniently and advantageously obtained.by the Secretary of the Interior; said lands to be taken in allotments, as provided for in the severalty

Allotments.

Vol. 24, p. 388.

 Act of Congress of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and amendments thereto. And the said sum of fifteen thousand six hundred

Post, p. 908.

 and eighty-six dollars and eighty cents, so due to said Wyandotte Indians, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of making the purchase of the lands herein and hereby provided for.

 MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORTS.

Miscellaneous supports.

For support and civilization of the Apaches. Kiowas, Comanehes,

Apaches, Kiowas. Comancbes, Wichitas, etc.

Wichitas, and affiliated bands who have been collected upon the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, one hundred and ten thousand dollars.

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For support and civilization of the Arapahoes and Cheyennes who

Arapahoes and Cheyennes.

have been collected on the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, ninety thousand dollars.

For support and civilization of the Chippewas of Lake Superior,

Chippewas, Lake Superior.

Wisconsin, to be expended for agricultural and educational purposes, pay of employees, including pay of physician, 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 Lake and Pembina.

tribe of Chippewas, Minnesota, and for pay of employees, ten thousand dollars.

For support and civilization of Chippewas on White Earth Reservation,

Chippewas, White

Minnesota:

Earth Reservation.

 To be expended 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.

North Dakota, 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.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase land for homes

Diggers, California.

for the Digger Indians, Central California, and for the erection of suitable houses thereon, and to aid them in agricultural pursuits, ten 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, Flat-heads, etc.

Montana, including pay of employees, twelve thousand dollars.

For support and civilization of the Flatheads and other confederated

Flatheads, etc.

tribes in Montana, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars.

For purchase of subsistence and other necessaries for the support of

Hualapais, Arizona.

the Hualapais Indians in Arizona, seven thousand five hundred dollars.

For support and civilization of the Apache and other Indians in

Apaches, etc., Arizona and New Mexico.

Arizona and New Mexico who have been or may be collected on reservations in New Mexico and Arizona, one hundred and eighty-five

Proviso.

Sale of timber, Jicarilla Reservation.

thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may deem proper and necessary to protect the interests of the Indians and of the United States, to sell or otherwise dispose of a quantity of timber, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars in value, on the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation, the proceeds to be used by him in the purchase of sheep and goats for the benefit of the Indians belonging thereto as will best tend to promote their welfare and advance them in civilization.

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, thirteen 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, Indian Territory,

Kansas.

including agricultural assistance and pay of employees, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For support and civilization of the Kickapoo Indians, Indian Territory,

Kickapoos.

five thousand dollars.

For support and civilization of the Makahs, Washington, including

Makahs.

pay of employees, four thousand dollars.

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For support and civilization of the Modoc Indians now residing

Motines, Indian Territory.

within 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, New Mexico

Navios.

Territory, including pay of employees, and purchase of fanning implements and seed, seven thousand five hundred dollars;

For support and civilization of the Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho

Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes.

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 bund.

of Joseph’s band of Nez Perces Indians, ten thousand dollars.

For support and civilization of the Nez Perces Indians in Idaho,

Nez Perces.

including pay of physician, six-thousand five hundred dollars.

For support and civilization of the Poncas, including pay of employees,

Poncas.

fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, That this amount be divided pro rata

Proviso.

Division.

 among all the members of said tribe in the Indian Territory and in South Dakota.

For support and civilization of the Quinaielts and Quillehutes, Washington,

Quinaielts and Quillehutes.

including pay of employees, three thousand dollars.

For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming, fifteen

Shoshones, Wyoming.

thousand dollars.

For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Nevada, including

Shoshones, Nevada.

pay of employees, ten thousand dollars.

For support, civilization and instruction of the Seminóles in Florida,

Seminoles, Florida.

six thousand dollars, one-half of which sum shall be expended by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in procuring permanent homes for said Indians.

For support and civilization of Sioux of Devils Lake, North Dakota,

Sioux, Devils Lake.

including pay of employees, six thousand dollars.

For support and civilization of the S’Klallam Indians, Washington,

S’Kiallams.

including pay of employees, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For support and civilization of the Tonkawa Indians, Indian Territory,

Tonkawas.

and for seeds and agricultural implements, four thousand dollars.

For support and civilization of the Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla

Walla Walias, Cayuses, and Umatillas.

tribes, Oregon, including pay of employees, six thousand five hundred dollars.

For support and civilization of Indians at the Mission Agency, California,

Mission Agency Indiana.

including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars.

For support and civilization of the Yakamas and other Indians at

Yakamas, etc.

said agency, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars.

For the construction of a wagon road on the Hoopa Valley Indian

Hoopa Valley, California, road.

Reservation in the State of California in accordance with the recommendation of Captain W. E, Dougherty, United States Army, acting Indian agent in charge of said Reservation, to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated November twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, three thousand five hundred and nine dollars. The work on said road to be performed as far as practicable by Indians.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior to remove and rebuild the

Bridge, Big Wind River, Wyoming.

bridge across the Big Wind River on the Shoshone Indian Reservation, in the State of Wyoming, two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

 GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE.

Incidental expenses.

Arizona: For general incidental expenses of Indian service, including

Arizona.

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, six thousand dollars; in all, eighteen thousand dollars.

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California: For general incidental expenses of the Indian service,

California.

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; and pay of employees, including one carpenter (for Hoopa Valley Agency), at same agencies, nine thousand dollars; in all, twenty-three thousand dollars.

Colorado: For general incidental expenses of the Indian service,

Colorado.

including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand five hundred dollars.

North Dakota: For general incidental expenses of the Indian service,

North Dakota.

including traveling expenses of agents at three agencies in North Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars.

South Dakota: For general incidental expenses of the Indian service,

South Dakota.

including traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies in South Dakota, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Idaho: For general incidental expenses of the Indian service in

Idaho.

Idaho, including traveling expenses of agents, eight hundred dollars.

Montana: For general incidental expenses of the Indian service,

Montana.

including traveling expenses of agents, three thousand dollars.

Nevada: For general incidental expenses of the Indian service,

Nevada.

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, five thousand dollars; in all, nineteen thousand dollars.

New Mexico: For general incidental expenses of the Indian service,

New Mexico.

including traveling expenses of agents in New Mexico and support and civilization of Indians at Pueblo Agency, three thousand five hundred dollars, and pay of employees at said agency, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, four thousand seven hundred dollars.

Oregon: For general incidental expenses of the Indian service,

Oregon.

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, five thousand dollars; in all, fifteen thousand dollars.

Utah: For general incidental expenses of the Indian service, including

Utah.

traveling expenses of agents in Utah, support and civilization of Indians at Uintah Valley and Ouray agencies, three thousand dollars, and pay of employees at said agencies, five thousand dollars, at least one-half of this amount shall be expended for Indian employees; in all, eight thousand dollars.

Washington: For general incidental expenses of the Indian service,

Washington.

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.

Wyoming: For general incidental expenses of the Indian service,

Wyoming.

including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars.

 MISCELLANEOUS.

Miscellaneous.

For operating and repairing the flour mill at Pima Agency, Arizona,

Mill, Pima Agency. Ariz.

one thousand five hundred dollars.

For pay of employees at substation, and saw and Hour mills at the

Flathead Agency, Mont.

Flathead Agency, Montana, and for purchase of machinery and necessary repairs, three thousand five hundred dollars.

For the erection of a Hour and saw mill at Shoshone Agency, Wyoming,

Mill, Shoshone Agency, Ariz.

and to purchase machinery therefor, five thousand dollars.

To enable, the President to cause, under the provisions of the Act of

Allotments.

Vol. 24, p. 388.

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 305 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, thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That whenever it shall be made to appear to the

Proviso.

Leases permitted.

 Secretary of the Interior that by reason of age, disability or inability, any allottee of Indian lands under this or former Acts of Congress, can not personally and with benefit to himself, occupy or improve-his allotment or any part thereof the same may be leased upon such terms, regulations, and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary for a term not exceeding five years for farming or grazing purposes, or ten years for mining or business purposes: Provided further, That the surplus lands of any tribe may be leased for farming purposes

Leases of surplus lands by tribes.

 by the council of such tribe under the same rules and regulations and for the same term of years as is now allowed in the ease of leases for grazing purposes.

That all persons who are in whole or in part of Indian blood or

Actions for allot merits alleged to be unlawfully denied.

descent who are entitled to an allotment of land under any law of Congress, or who claim to be so entitled to land under any allotment Act or under any grant made by Congress, or who claim to have been unlawfully denied or excluded from any allotment or any parcel of land to which they claim to be lawfully entitled by virtue of any Act of Congress. may commence and prosecute or defend any action, suit, or proceeding in relation to their right thereto, in the proper circuit court of the United States. And said circuit courts arc hereby given jurisdiction to try and determine any action, suit, or proceeding arising within their respective jurisdictions, in voicing the right of any person, in whole or in part of Indian blood or descent, to any allotment of land under any law or treaty. And the judgment or decree of any such court in favor

Judgments.

 of any claimant to an allotment of land shall have the same effect, when properly certified to the Secretary of the Interior, as if such allotment had been allowed and approved by him; but this provision shall not

Lands excepted.

 apply to any lands now held by either of the Five Civilized Tribes nor to any of the lands within the Quapaw Indian Agency: Provided, That

Proviso.

Appeal.

 the right of appeal shall be allowed to either party as in other cases.

For the construction, purchase, and use of irrigating machinery and

Irrigation.

appliances on Indian reservations, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior and subject to his control, thirty thousand dollars.

The Secretary of the Interior is directed to contract with responsible

Fort Hall, Idaho.

Irrigation.

parties for the construction of irrigating canals and the purchase or securing of water supply on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, in the State of Idaho, for the purpose of irrigating the lands of said Reservation: Provided, That the expense of constructing said canals and the

Proviso.

Expenses.

 purchase or securing of water supply shall be paid out of moneys belonging to the said Fort Hall Indians now in the Treasury of the United States and subject to the disposal of the Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of said Indians.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ practical farmers

Practical farmers.

and practical stockmen in addition to the agency farmers now employed, at wages not exceeding seventy-five dollars each per month, to superintend and direct farming and stock-raising among such Indians as are making effort for self-support, seventy thousand dollars: and no person shall be employed as such farmer or stockman who has not been at least five years immediately previous to such employment practically engaged in the occupation of farming.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ suitable persons

Matrons to teach housekeeping.

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 equipments, five thousand dollars.

For the service of not exceeding eight hundred and fifty privates, at

Indian police.

ten dollars per month each, and not exceeding seventy-five officers, at fifteen-dollars per month each, of Indian police, to be employed in 306 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, for the purchase of equipments and for the purchase of rations for policemen at nonration agencies, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

For compensation of judges of Indian courts, twelve thousand five

Judged, Indian courts.

hundred and forty dollars.

For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, one thousand

Vaccination.

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 employes; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates, inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, thirty-five thousand dollars.

For this amount, for necessary expenses of transportation of such

Supplies, transportation.

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.

For survey and subdivision of Indian reservations, and of lands to

Survey and allotting Indian reservations.

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, forty-five thousand dollars, of which

Distribution.

amount twenty thousand dollars shall be expended in South Dakota, and ten thousand dollars on the Colville reservation in the State of Washington.

For surveying lands in the Indian Territory, known as those of the

Surveys, Indian Territory.

Five Civilized Tribes, in conformity to the laws applicable to the public domain, five thousand dollars; and any unexpended balance of the

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sum of twenty-five thousand dollars appropriated by section fifteen of the Indian appropriations Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, is hereby made available and may be applied to the same purpose.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, to negotiate

Negotiations with Indians.

through Indian inspectors of his Department with any Indians for the surrender of portions of their respective reservations, any agreement thus negotiated being subject to subsequent ratification by Congress, three thousand five hundred dollars.

For the purpose of conducting negotiations with the Shoshone and

Shoshones and Arap shoes.

Negotiations for sale of lands, Wyoming.

Arapaho Indians for the sale and relinquishment of certain portions of their reservation in the State of Wyoming to the United States, one thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Interior shall detail immediately one or more of the five Indian inspectors to make an agreement

Proviso.

Ratification.

with said Indians: Provided, That any agreement entered into for said lands shall be ratified by Congress before it shall become binding.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and lie is hereby, authorized

J. Kenneth White.

Payment to.

and directed to pay to J. Kenneth White the sum of one hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, for plans and tracings furnished by him of buildings for new Lower Brule Agency, South Dakota, under authority of the Secretary of the Interior, out of the

Vol. 27, p. 633.

appropriation of fifty thousand dollars appropriated by Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, “for removal of Lower Brule and consolidating with Crow Creek Agency in South Dakota, and for construction of agency buildings at some place on the Lower Brule Reservation, and to complete the Indian Industrial School at Chamberlain, South Dakota.”

To pay John Palmier for buildings and improvements at Pino Ridge

John Palmier.

Payment to.

Agency, taken by the Indian Bureau under section one of the Act

Vol. 25, p. 94.

entitled “An Act to divide a portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation of Indians in Dakota into separate reservations and to secure the relinquishment of the Indian title to the remainder,” approved April 307 thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five dollars.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the provisions of

Crow Creek and Winnebago reservations.

Payment of damages to settlers removed from.

Vol. 26, p. 659.

an Act of Congress approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, providing for the assessment of damages resulting to nine hundred and forty-four settlers who went upon the Crow Creek and Winnebago Indian Reservation in the now State of South Dakota, between the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and the seventeenth day of April, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and who were afterwards removed therefrom by the Government, the sum of one hundred and sixteen thousand one hundred and nineteen dollars and nineteen cents, said sum being the amount found due after careful examination by the Secretary of the Interior and recommended by him for payment in pursuance of said Act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety. And the further sum of

Additional claims

 three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of reimbursing, if found upon further examination to be entitled, such claimants in the list examined by the Secretary of the Interior as were held for further proof, or which were erroneously disallowed because of incorrect descriptions of the lands settled upon, thus making it appear that they were not upon lands affected by the executive order of February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.

That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed

Pine Ridge Agency, S. Dak.

Payment for personal losses, tire at Ogalalla school.

to reimburse, out of any unexpended balance of the appropriation for the support of the Indian schools for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the persons employed by the Government at the Ogalalla Indian Hoarding School at Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, who lost their personal property by the fire which destroyed the above school building on the eighth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, while said employees were engaged in saving the lives of the pupils: Provided, That claims presented

Provisos.

Evidence.

 for adjudication under this authority shall be supported by sworn and competent evidence of the claimants as to the value of the property destroyed: Provided, That no more than one thousand five

Limit.

 hundred dollars be expended for this purpose.

For the purpose of continuing and completing the appraisal of

Cherokee Nation.

Appraising intruders property.

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improvements of intruders in the Cherokee Nation under the provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four thousand nine hundred and ninety-six dollars.

To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay the Stockbridge and

Stock bridges and Munsees.

Payment to.

Munsee Indians in Wisconsin the amount received by the United States and covered into the Treasury, collected by the Government in certain suits for timber cut and removed from the reservation of said Indians, three thousand five hundred and fifty-seven dollars and sixteen cents. Said sum to be paid said Indians per capita.

That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized

Beefcows.

and directed to settle and pay the claims of the following-named contractors

Payment of contractors claims.

 for beef cows delivered at the following-named agencies under contracts with the Indian Bureau during the fiscal years of eighteen hundred and ninety, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and eighteen hundred and ninety-two, being for suspensions or disallowances made on account of excess of number of cows limited by the words of the contracts, to wit:.

To F. G. Niedringhans, the sum of two thousand seven hundred and

F. G. Niedringhaus.

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thirty-one dollars and thirty-four cents, for cows delivered at Fort Peck Agency in the spring of eighteen hundred and ninety-one;

To Mathew II. Murphy, the sum of forty-eight dollars and seventy-three

Mathew H. Murphy.

cents, for excess of cows delivered at Tongue River Agency in the fall of eighteen hundred and ninety-one;

And to Portas B. Weare, the sum of two thousand one hundred and

Portus B. Weare.

308 ninety-five dollars and eighteen cents for excess of cows delivered at Crow Agency in October and November, eighteen hundred and ninety-one:

Provided, That the said amounts are found to be charged at the contract

Proviso.

Actual issue etc.

price for beef cows; that they were actually received by the authorized officers of the United States and issued to the Indians:

Funds.

 And provided further, That there are funds to the credit of the respective Indians from which said sums can be paid.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized

Eugene E. White.

Payment to.

to allow to Eugene E. White, of Prescott, Arkansas, late a special United States Indian agent, a credit of one hundred and sixty-five dollars on his two cash accounts, one for the quarter ending December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and the other tor the quarter ending March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and out of said amount to pay him the sum of sixty-nine dollars and forty-nine cents, which is hereby appropriated.

That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department be,

James A Cooper.

Credit in accounts.

and they arc hereby, authorized to reexamine the accounts of James A. Cooper, late special agent of the Interior Department, upon the principles of equity and justice, and allow him such credits as he is entitled to and incurred by him under direct authority and orders of his superior officer, the Secretary of the Interior; and give him credit for the per diem due him while detained here in Washington under orders of the Interior Department.

To provide for the expenses of the five commissioners appointed to

Old Settlers Cherokees.

Commission for census.

Post, p. 451.

take a census of the Old Settlers Cherokees, five thousand dollars, the same to be deducted from the amount awarded to said Indians by judgment of the Court of Claims, dated June sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and reimbursed to the United States.

 for support of schools.

Support of schools.

For support of Indian day and industrial schools and for other educational

Day and industrial.

purposes not hereinafter provided for, including pay of draftsman to be employed in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one million dollars, of which amount the Secretary of the Interior may in his discretion use five thousand dollars for the education of Indians

Erection and repair.

Horses, etc.

in Alaska; for the erection and repair of school buildings on Indian reservations, forty thousand dollars; for the purchase of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, and poultry, for schools,twenty thousand dollars;

Transporting, etc

for collecting and transporting pupils to and from Indian schools 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, thirty-five thousand

Provisos.

Limit per capita.

dollars; in all, one million ninety-live thousand dollars: Provided, That not more than one hundred and sixty-seven dollars of this appropriation shall be expended for 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:

Supervisors limited.

 And provided further, That no more than three supervisors of Indian schools shall be appointed or paid from this fund.

For support and education of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils at

Albuquerque, N. Mex.

Albuquerque, New Mexico, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum for each pupil, forty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; in all, forty-three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

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For support and education of one hundred Indian pupils at Saint,

Banning, Cal.

Boldface’s Industrial School at Banning, California, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.

For the education and support of one hundred Indian children at the

Bluckfeet Agency.

Holy Family Indian School at Blackfeet Agency, Montana, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.

For support and education of eighty pupils at the Cherokee Training

Cherokee, N. C.

School at Cherokee, North Carolina, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, thirteen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand two hundred dollars; for construction of school buildings, three thousand dollars; in all, seventeen thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.

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.

For support and education of one hundred and twenty-five Indian

Carson City, Nev.

pupils at Carson City, Nevada, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy five dollars; general repairs, three thousand dollars, and for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; in all, twenty-five thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars.

For support and education of three, hundred and fifty Indian pupils,

Chiloceo, Ind. Ter.

Chiloceo, Indian Territory, one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, fifty-eight thousand four hundred and fifty dollars; general repairs, two thousand dollars; pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; in all, sixty-one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.

For education and support of one hundred Chippewa boys and girls

St. John’s University and St. Benedict’ Academy, Minnesota.

at 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 Patil’s Industrial School at Clontarf, in the State of Minnesota,

Clontarf, Minn.

 thirty thousand dollars.

For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at

Flandreau, S. Dak.

Flandreau, South Dakota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; for pay of one assistant matron, six hundred dollars per annum; general repairs and erection of out houses, two thousand dollars, of which sum one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used to procure a. permanent water supply for the school; in all, twenty-nine thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.

For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils

Fort Mojave, Ariz.

at Fort Mojave, Arizona, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school,one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; erection of tailor shop and purchase of tools and furniture for same, one thousand dollars; extension of dining room, five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand and fifty dollars.

For the repair of the church and building now owned by the United

San Xavier, Aris.

States and used for school purposes on the San Xavier Reservation, in the Territory of Arizona, one thousand dollars.

For support and education of two hundred and forty Indian pupils

Fort Tutten, N. Dak.

at Fort Totten, 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 five hundred dollars per annum; erection of and general repairs to buildings, three thousand dollars; in all, forty-four thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.

For support and education of three hundred and fifty Indian pupils

Genoa, Nehr.

at Genoa, Nebraska,atone bumbed and sixty-seven dollars per annum 310 each, fifty-eight thousand four hundred and fifty dollars; pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; general repairs to buildings and sidewalks, two thousand dollars: in all, sixty-one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.

For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils,

Grand Junction, Colo.

at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, at Grand Junction, Colorado, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at the Indian school, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; for general repairs, five hundred dollars; fencing, painting, six hundred and eighty-five dollars; cisterns, cesspools, and sewerage, five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand two hundred and thirty five dollars.

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 and education of live hundred Indian pupils at Haskell

Lawrence, Kana.

Institute, Lawrence. 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 general repairs, one thousand live hundred dollars; in all, eighty-seven thousand dollars.

For support and education of two hundred Indian pupils at Lincoln

Lincoln Institution, Philadelphia, Pa.

Institution, Philadelphia, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, thirty-three thousand four hundred dollars.

For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

Mount Pleasant, Michigan, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars, per annum: construction of buildings and general repairs, three thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.

For support and education of one hundred Indian pupils at Indian

Perris, Cal.

industrial school 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; barn, wagon shed, and tool shed combined, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; laundry and equipment thereof, five hundred dollars; erection and equipment of hospital building, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-three thousand two hundred dollars.

For support and education of one hundred and thirty pupils at Phoenix,

Phœnix. Ariz.

Arizona, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty one thousand seven hundred and ten dollars; pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; erection of hospital, two thousand five hundred dollars; completion of waterworks and for sewerage, two thousand dollars; general repairs and minor improvements, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty thousand two hundred and ten dollars.

For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils

Pierre, S, Dak.

at Pierre, South Dakota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-live thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; erection of buildings and repairs, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.

For support and education of sixty Indian pupils at Indian industrial

Pipestone, Minn.

school at Pipestone, Minnesota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, ten thousand and twenty dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; for erection of buildings and general repairs, one thousand dollars; in all, twelve thousand two hundred and twenty dollars.

For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at the

Jocko Reservation, Mont.

Saint Ignatius Mission School, on the Jocko Reservation, in Montana, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each, forty-five thousand dollars.

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For support and education of sixty Indian pupils at Saint Joseph’s

Rensselaer, Ind.

Normal School at Rensselaer, Indiana, eight thousand three hundred and thirty dollars.

For support of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils at Salem, Oregon,

Salem, Oreg.

at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, forty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of the superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; repairs, two thousand dollars; in all, forty-five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at

Santa Fe, N. Mex.

Santa Fe, New Mexico, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; for general repairs, five hundred dollars; water supply for irrigation and fire protection, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.

For support and education of one hundred and twenty-five Indian pupils at Indian

Shoshone Reservation, Wyo.

industrial school at Shoshone Reservation, Wyoming, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; for pay of superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars per annum; fencing, five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; in all, twenty-two thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars.

For support and education of one hundred Indian pupils at Indian

Tomah, Wis.

industrial school at Tomah, Wisconsin, 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; general repairs and grading, one thousand dollars; in all, nineteen thousand two hundred dollars.

For support and education of sixty Indian pupils at the Kate Drexel

Umatilla Reservation, Oreg.

Industrial School, on the Umatilla Indian Reservation, in Oregon, six thousand dollars.

For support and education of sixty Indian pupils at White’s Manual

White’s Manual Labor Institute, Wabash, Ind.

Taking lands in severalty not to exclude children.

Labor Institute, of Wabash, Indiana, ten thousand and twenty dollars.

That hereafter in the expenditure of money appropriated for any of the purposes of education of Indian children, those children of Indians who have taken or may hereafter take 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

Commissioner of Indian Affairs to direct expenditures.

in this Act shall be at all times under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 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, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby

Proviso.

Investigation of contract schools.

 directed to inquire into and investigate the propriety of discontinuing contract schools, and whether, in his judgment, the same can be done without detriment to the education of the Indian children; and that

Report.

 he submit to Congress at the next session the result of such investigation, including an estimate of the additional cost, if any, of substituting Government schools for contract schools, together with such recommendations as he may deem proper.
Sec. 2.

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and

Face value of certain bonds to be credited to Indians.

directed to place upon the books of the Treasury to the credit of the several Indian tribes interested therein, the face value of certain nonpaying State bonds or stocks, including certain abstracted bonds described on pages one hundred and fifty-three and one hundred and fifty-four of Annual Estimates for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five (House Executive Document Numbered five. Fifty-third Congress, second session), to draw interest at the rate

Interest.

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 of five per cent per annum, as provided by the Act of April one, 312 eighteen hundred and eighty; and thereupon said State bonds or

Disposal of bonds.

 stocks shall become the property of the United States.

For the payment of interest on said bonds for the fiscal year ending

Interest on bonds.

June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety four, seventy-eight thousand

Proviso.

W. B. Munson.

Claims against Chickasaw to be examined.

 three hundred and twenty dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to make a thorough examination of the claim of W. B. Munson, of Denison, Texas, against the Chickasaw tribe of Indians for the amounts named in certain orders or drafts drawn by R. U. Saunders in favor of the First National Bank of Denison, Texas, dated December tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and directed to Honorable Robert L. Boyd, auditor, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, and by him accepted January sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and to make a full report of the finding of the facts to Congress in December next.
Sec. 3. That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations are

Purchase of supplies to be advertised.

 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’

Exception, exigencies.

 public notice by advertisement, except in case of exigency, when, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, who shall make official record of the facts constituting the exigency and shall report the same to Congress at its next session, he may direct that purchases may be made in open market in amount not exceeding three thousand

Provisos.

Irrigation.

dollars at any one purchase: Provided, That funds herein and heretofore appropriated for construction of artesian wells, ditches and other works for irrigating may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the

Purchases from Indians.

Interior, be expended in open market: Provided further,

Purchases until contracts are executed.

That purchase in open market shall as far as practicable, be made from Indians under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, 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

Leather, etc., manufacture by Indians.

next session. And the Secretary of the Interior may. when practicable, arrange for the manufacture by Indians upon the reservation, of shoes, clothing, leather, harness, and wagons.
Sec. 4. That hereafter the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is authorized

Advertisement before appropriations.

 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 fiscal year, notwithstanding the fact that the appropriations for such fiscal year have not been made, and the contracts so made shall be on the basis of the appropriations for the preceding fiscal year and 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 make an appropriation for such contract 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

Diversion of surplus for subsistence.

that may remain in any of the said appropriations herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate, to

Provisos.

Treaty funds.

supply any subsistence deficiency that may occur: Provided, however, That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations shall not be used: And provided further, That any diversions which shall be made under authority

Report.

 of this section shall be reported in detail, and the reason therefor, to Congress, at the session of 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

Purchase of stock cattle, etc.

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 313 Indians to become farmers, and in aiding such Indians as have taken allotments to build houses and other buildings for residence or improvement

Buildings, etc.

 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 employees at such agency, but no deficiency shall be thereby created; and, when necessary, specified employees may be detailed for other service when not required for the duty for which they were engaged; and that the several appropriations herein made for millers, blacksmiths, engineers, carpenters, physicians, and other persons, and for various articles provided for by treaty stipulation for the several Indian tribes, may be diverted to other uses for the benefit of 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

Rejection of bids.

 accordance with section three of this Act, those received for any article contain conditions detrimental to the interest of the Government, they may be rejected, and the articles specified in such bids purchased in. open market, at prices not to exceed those of the lowest bidder, and

Purchases in open market.

 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

Sale of property not used.

 on 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, etc., 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 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 or in part 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 the Indian

Indian Bureau.

 Bureau 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.
Sec. 10. That in the Indian service Indians shall be employed as

Employment of Indians as herders etc.

 herders, teamsters, and laborers, and where practicable in all other employments in connection with the agencies and the Indian service. And it. shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to enforce this provision.
Sec. 11. That no Indian child shall be sent from any Indian reservation

Consent of parents required when children are sent to school in another State.

 to a school beyond the State or Territory in which said Reservation is situated without the voluntary consent of the father or mother of such child if either of them are living, and if neither of them arc living without the voluntary consent of the next of kin of such child. Such consent shall be made before the agent of the reservation, and he 314 shall send to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs his certificate that such consent has been voluntarily given before such child shall be

Improper inducements forbidden.

removed from such reservation. And it shall be unlawful for any Indian agent or other employee of the Government to induce, or seek to induce, by withholding rations or by other improper means, the parents or next of kin of any Indian to consent to the removal of any Indian child beyond the limits of any reservation.
agreement with the yankton sioux or dakota indians, in south dakota. Sec. 12. The following agreement, made by J.C. Adams and John J.

Agreement with Yankton Sioux, in South Dakota,ratified.

Cole, commissioners on the part of the United States, with the chiefs, headmen, and other male adults of the Yankton tribe of Sioux or Dakota Indians upon the Yankton Reservation, in the State of South Dakota, on tire thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and now on file in the Department of the Interior, and signed by said commissioners on behalf of the United States, and by Charles Martin, Edgar Lee, Charles Jones, Isaac Hepikigan, Stephen Cloud Elk, Edward Yellow Bird, Iron Lingthing, Eli Brockway, Alex Brnnot Francis Willard, Louis Shunk, Joseph Caje, Albion Hitika, John Selwyn, Charles Ree, Joseph Cook, Brigham Young. William Highrock, Frank Felix, and Philip Ree, on behalf of the said Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians, is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed. ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT. Whereas J. C. Adams and John J. Cole, duly appointed commissioners

Commissioners.

 on the part of the United States, did, on the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, conclude an agreement with the chiefs, headmen, and other male adults of the Yankton tribe of Sioux or Dacotah Indians upon the Yankton Reservation, in the State of South Dakota, which said agreement is as follows: Whereas a clause in the act making appropriations for the current

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 and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth (30th), eighteen bundled and ninety-three (1893), and for other purposes, approved July 13th, 1,892, authorizes the “Secretary of the Interior 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;” and Whereas the Yankton tribe of Dacotah—now spelled Dakota and so spelled in this agreement—or Sioux Indians is willing to dispose of a portion of the land set apart and reserved to said tribe, by the first article of the treaty of April (19th) nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight (1858), between said tribe and the United States, and situated in the State of South Dakota:

Now, therefore, this agreement made and entered into in pursuance of the provisions of the act of Congress approved July thirteenth (13th), eighteen hundred and ninety-two (1892), at the Y’ankton Indian Agency, South Dakota, by J. C. Adams of Webster. S. D., John J. Cole of St. Louis, Mo., and I. W. French of the State of Neb., on the part of the United States, duly authorized and empowered thereto, and the chiefs, headmen, and other male adult members of said Yankton tribe of Indians, witnesseth:

Article I. The Yankton tribe of Dakota or Sioux Indians hereby cede, sell,

Unallotted lands ceded.

 relinquish, and convey to the United States all their claim, right, title, and interest in and to all the unallotted lands within the limits of the reservation set apart to said Indians as aforesaid.
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Article II. In consideration for the lands ceded, sold, relinquished, and conveyed

Consideration.

 to the United States as aforesaid, the United States stipulates and agrees to pay to the said Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians the sum of six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000), as hereinbefore provided for.
Article III.
Section 1. Sixty days after the ratification of this agreement by

Cash payment per capita.

 Congress, or at the time of the first interest payment, the United States shall pay to the said Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians, in lawful money of the United States, out of the principal sum stipulated in Article II, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), to be divided among the members of the tribe per capita. No interest shall be paid by the United States on this one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
Section 2. The remainder of the purchase money or principal sum

Fond.

 stipulated in Article II, amounting to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), shall constitute a fund for the benefit of the said tribe, which shall be placed in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the said Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians, upon which the United States shall pay interest at the rate of five per centum .5) per

Interest.

 annum from January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three (January 1st, 1893), the interest to be paid and used as hereinafter provided for.
Article IV. The fund of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) of the principal

Payment of fund.

 sum, placed to the credit of the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians, as provided for in Article III, shall be payable at the pleasure of the United States after twenty-five years, in lawful money of the United States. But during the trust period of twenty-five years, if the necessities of the Indians shall require it, the United States may pay such part of the principal sum as the Secretary of the Interior may recommend, not exceeding $20,000 in any one year. At the payment of such sum it shall be deducted from the principal sum in the Treasury, and the United States shall thereafter pay interest on the remainder.
Article V.
Section 1. Out of the interest due to the Yankton tribe of Sioux

Distribution of interest.

 Indians by the stipulations of Article III, the United States may set aside and use for the benefit of the tribe, in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior shall determine, as follows: For the care and maintenance of such orphans, and aged, infirm, or other helpless persons of the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians, as may be unable to take care of themselves; for schools and educational purposes for the said tribe; and for courts of justice and other local institutions for the benefit of said tribe, such sum of money annually as may be necessary for these purposes, with the help of Congress herein stipulated, which sum shall not exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000) in any one year: Provided, That Congress shall appropriate, for the same purposes, and during

Equal amount to be appropriated.

 the same time, out of any money not belonging to the Yankton Indians, an amount equal to or greater than the sum set aside from the interest due to the Indians as above provided for.
Section 2. When the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians shall have

Distribution of fund when title of allottees is completed.

 received from the United States a complete title to their allotted lands, and shall have assumed all the duties and responsibilities of citizenship, so that the fund provided for in section 1 of this article is no longer needed for the purposes therein named, any balance on hand shall be disposed offer the benefit of the tribe as the Secretary of the Interior shall determine.
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Article VI. After disposing of the sum provided for in Article V, the remainder

Per capita distribution.

 of the interest due on the purchase money as stipulated in Article III shall be paid to the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians semiannually, one-half on the thirtieth day of June and one-half on the thirty-first day of December of each year, in lawful money of the United States, and divided among them per capita. The first interest payment being made on June 30th, 1893, if this agreement shall have been ratified.
Article VII. In addition to the stipulations in the preceding articles, upon the

Coins to adult males.

 ratification of this agreement by Congress, the United States shall pay to the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians as follows: To each person whose name is signed to this agreement and to each other male member of the tribe who is eighteen years old or older at the date of this agreement, twenty dollars ($20) in one double eagle, struck in the year 1892 as a memorial of this agreement. If coins of the date named are not in the Treasury coins of another date may be substituted therefor. The payment provided for in this article shall not apply upon the principle sum stipulated in Article If, nor upon the interest thereon stipulated in Article III, but shall be in addition thereto.
Article VIII. Such part of the surplus lands hereby ceded and sold to the United

Buildings, etc.

 States, as may now be occupied by the United States for agency, schools, and other purposes, shall be reserved from sale to settlers until they are no longer required for such purposes. But all other lands included in this sale shall, immediately after the ratification of this agreement by Congress, be offered for sale through the proper land office, to be disposed of under the existing land laws of the United States, to actual and bona fide settlers only.
Article IX. During the trust period of twenty-five years, such part of the lands

Leases permitted.

 which have been allotted to members of the Yankton tribe of Indians in severalty, as the owner thereof can not cultivate or otherwise use advantageously, may be leased for one or more years at a time. But such leasing shall be subject to the approval of the Y’ankton Indian agent by and with the consent of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs; and provided that such leasing shall not in any case interfere with the cultivation of the allotted lands by the owner thereof to the full extent of the ability of such owner to improve and cultivate his holdings. The intent of this provision is to compel every owner of allotted lands to cultivate the same to the full extent of his ability to do so, before he shall have the privilege of leasing any part thereof, and then lie shall have the right to lease only such surplus of his holdings as he is wholly unable to cultivate or use advantageously. This provision shall apply alike to both sexes, and to all ages, parents acting for their children who are under their control, and the Yankton Indian agent acting for minor orphans who have no guardians.
Article X. Any religious society, or other organization now occupying under

Lands for religious uses

 proper authority for religious or educational work among the Indians any of the land under this agreement ceded to the United States, shall 317 have the right for two years from the date of the ratification of this agreement within which to purchase the land so occupied at a valuation fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, which shall not be less than the average price paid to the Indians for these surplus lands.
Article XI. If any member of the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians shall within

Lands of Indians dying without heirs.

 twenty-five years die without heirs, his or her property, real and personal, including allotted lands, shall be sold under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and the proceeds thereof shall be added to the fund provided for in Article V for schools and other purposes.
Article XII. No part of the principal or interest .stipulated to be paid to the Yankton

Prior depredations not to be deducted.

tribe of Sioux Indians, under the provisions of this agreement, shall be subject to the payment of debts, claims,judgments,or demands against said Indians for damages or depredations claimed to have been committed prior to the signing of this agreement.
Article XIII. All persons who have been allotted lands on the reservation described

Tribal rights.

 in this agreement and who are now recognized .as members of the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians, including mixed-bloods, whether their white blood comes from the paternal or maternal side, and the children born to them, shall enjoy the undisturbed and peaceable possession of their allotted lands, and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of the tribe enjoyed by full-blood Indians.
Article XIV. An allotments of lands in severalty to members of the Yankton

Allotments to be confirmed.

 tribe of Sioux Indians, not yet confirmed by the Government, shall be confirmed as speedily as possible, correcting any errors in same, and Congress shall never pass any act alienating any part of these allotted lands from the Indians.
Article XV. The claim of fifty one Yankton Sioux Indians, who were employed

Payment of scouts.

 as scouts by General Alf. Sully in 1864, for additional compensation at the rate of two hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225) each, aggregating the sum of eleven thousand four hundred and seventy-five dollars ($11,475) is hereby recognized as just, and within ninety days (90) after the ratification of this agreement by Congress the same shall be paid in lawful money of the United States to the said scouts or to their heirs.
Article XVI.

If the Government of the United States questions the ownership of

Pipestone Reservation.

the Pipestone Reservation by the Yankton Tribe of Sioux Indians, under the treaty of April 19th, 1858, including the fee to the land as

Title to be adjudicated.

 well as the right to work the quarries, the Secretary of the Interior shall as speedily as possible refer the matter to the Supreme Court of the United States, to be decided by that tribunal. And the United States shall furnish, without cost to the Yankton Indians, at least one competent attorney to represent the interests of the tribe before the court.

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If the Secretary of the Interior shall not, within one year after the ratification of this agreement by Congress, refer the question of the ownership of the said Pipestone Reservation to the Supreme Court, as provided for above, such failure upon his part shall be construed as, and shall be, a waiver by the United States of all rights to the ownership of the said Pipestone Reservation, and the same shall thereafter be solely the property of the Yankton tribe of the Sioux Indians, including the fee to the land.
Article XVII. No intoxicating liquors nor other intoxicants shall ever be sold or

Intoxicants prohibited.

 given away upon any of the lands by this agreement ceded and sold to the United States, nor upon any other lands within or comprising the reservations of the Yankton Sioux or Dakota Indians as described in the treaty between the said Indians and the United States, dated April 19th. 1858, and as afterwards surveyed and set off to the said Indians. The penalty for the violation of this provision shall be such as Congress may prescribe in the act ratifying this agreement.
Article XVIII. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed to abrogate the treaty

Former treaty in force.

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 of April 19th, 1858, between the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians and the United States. And after the signing of this agreement, and its ratification by Congress, all provisions of the said treaty of April 19th, 1858, shall be in full force and effect, the same as though this agreement had not been made, and the said Yankton Indians shall continue to receive their annuities under the said treaty of April 19th, 1858.
Article XIX. When this agreement shall have been ratified by Congress, an

Copy of ratified agreement.

 official copy of the act of ratification shall be engrossed, in copying ink, on paper of the size this agreement is written upon, and sent to the Yankton Indian agent to be copied by letter press in the “Agreement Book” of the Yankton Indians.
Article XX.

For the purpose of this agreement, all young men of the Yankton

Signing agreement.

tribe of Sioux Indians, eighteen years of age or older, shall be considered adults, and this agreement, when signed by a majority of the male adult members of the said tribe, shall be binding upon the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians. It shall not, however, be binding upon the United States until ratified by the Congress of the United States, but shall as soon as so ratified become fully operative from its date. A refusal by Congress to ratify this agreement shall release the said Yankton Indians under it.

In witness whereof, the said J. C. Adams, John J. Cole, and J. W. French, on the part of the United States, and the chiefs, headmen, and other adult male Indians, on the part of the said Yankton tribe of Sioux or Dakota—spelled also Dacotab—Indians, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals.

Done at the Yankton Indian agency, Greenwood, South Dakota, this thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-two (Dec. 31st, 1892).

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The foregoing articles of agreement having been read in open council, and fully explained to us, we, the undersigned, chiefs, headmen, and other adult male members of the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians, do hereby consent and agree to all the stipulations therein contained.

Witness our hands and seals of date as above.

Wicahaokdeun (William T. Selwyn), seal; and others:

Therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Agreement confirmed.

United States of America in Congress assembled, That said agreement be, and the same hereby is, accepted, ratified, and confirmed.

That for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into effect

Amount placed to credit of Indians.

there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of which amount the sum of five hundred thousand dollars shall be placed to the credit of said tribe in the Treasury of the United States, and shall bear interest at the rate

Interest.

 of five per centum per annum from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, said interest to be paid and distributed to said tribe as provided in articles live and six of said agreement. Of

Immediately available.

 the amount herein appropriated one hundred thousand dollars shall be immediately available to be paid to said tribe, as provided in section one of article three of said agreement. There is also hereby appropriated

Presents to adults.

 the further sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, which sum shall be immediately available, to be paid to the adult male members of said tribe, as provided in article seven of said agreement. There is also hereby appropriated the further sum of

Payments to scouts.

 eleven thousand four hundred and seventy-five dollars, which sum shall be immediately available, to be paid as provided in article fifteen of said agreement: Provided, That none of the money to be paid to said

Provisos.

Prior depredations.

 Indians under the terms of said agreement, nor any of the interest thereon, shall be subject to the payment of any claims, judgments, or demands against said Indians for damages or depredations claimed to have been committed prior to the signing of said agreement.

That the lands by said agreement ceded, to the United States shall,

Lands opened to homestead and town site settlement.

upon proclamation by the President, be opened to settlement, and shall be subject to disposal only under the homestead and town-site laws of the United States, excepting the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections in each Congressional township, which shall be reserved for common-school purposes and be subject to the laws of the State of South Dakota: Provided, That each settler on said lands shall, in addition to

Proviso.

Additional payment by settlers.

the fees provided by law, pay to the United States for the land so taken by him the sum of three dollars and seventy-five cents per acre, of which sum he shall pay fifty cents at the time of making his original entry and the balance before making final proof and receiving a certificate of final entry; but the rights of honorably discharged Union soldiers and

Soldiers and sailors.

R. S., secs. 2304, 2305, p. 422.

 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.

That the Secretary of the Interior, upon proper plats and description

Patents to interpreters.

being furnished, is hereby authorized to issue patents to Charles Pieotte and Felix Brunot, and W. T. Selwyn, United States interpreters, for not to exceed one acre of land each, so as to embrace their houses near the agency buildings upon said reservation, but not to embrace any buildings owned by the Government, upon the payment by each of said persons of the sum of three dollars and seventy-five cents.

That every person who shall sell or give away any intoxicating liquors

Sale, etc., of intoxicants prohibited.

or other intoxicants upon any of the lands by said agreement ceded, or upon any of the lands included in the Yankton Sionx Indian Reservation as created by the treaty of April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than two years and by a fine of not more than

Punishment.

 three hundred dollars.
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agreement with the yakima nation of indians in washington. Sec. 13.

That the following agreement entered into by John Lane,

Agreement with Yakimas in Washington ratified.

special United States Indian agent, and Lewis T. Erwin, United States Indian agent, Yakima, duly appointed by the Secretary of the Interior in that behalf, of the one part, and the head chief, chiefs, headmen, and principal men of the .several tribes and bands composing the Yakima Nation of Indians, in the State of Washington, of the other part, bearing date the eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and now on tile in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed.

Whereas John Lane, special U. 8. Indian agent, and Lewis T. Erwin,

Commissioners.

 U. S. Indian agent for the Yakima Indian Agency, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, did, on the eighth day of January, 1894, conclude an agreement with the following tribes and bands of Indians, viz.: Yakimas, Palouses, Pisquouses, Wenatshapams, Klickitas, Klingnits, Kou was say ns, Li ay was, Shin pahs, Wish hams, Shy iks, Oehe chotes, Kali milt pahs, and Se ap cats, all constituting what is known as the Yakima Nation of Indians, by their chiefs, headmen, and principal men, embracing a majority of all male adult Indians belonging to the Yakima Nation of Indians aforesaid, which said agreement is as follows: Whereas a certain right of fishery was duly provided for in article ten of the treaty concluded with these Indians by the United States in the year 1855 and ratified by Congress on March 8, 1859, which said article reads as follows, to wit:
“Article 10. And provided, That there is also reserved and set

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 apart from the lands ceded by this treaty, for the use and benefit of the aforesaid Confederated Tribes and Bands, a tract of land not exceeding in quantity one township of six miles square, situated at the forks of the Pisquouse or Wenatshapam River, and known as the “Wenatshapam Fishery,” which said reservation shall be surveyed and marked out whenever the President may direct, and be subject to the same provisions and restrictions as other Indian reservations;” and
Whereas a certain tract of land was duly surveyed and set apart, in the year 1893, by the United States in fulfillment of the agreement, on the part of the United States, to be performed as set forth in said article It) of said treaty of 1855, as aforesaid, which said tract of land is known as the Wenatshapam Fishery, and is described as follows, to wit:

“And provided, That there is also reserved and set apart, from the lands ceded by this treaty, for the use and benefit of the aforesaid Confederated Tribes and Bands, a tract of land not exceeding in quantity one township of six miles square, situated at the forks of the Pisquouse or Wenatshapam River, and known as the “Wenatshapam Fishery,” which said reservation shall be surveyed and marked out whenever the President may direct, and be subject to the same provisions and restrictions as other Indian Reservations;” and

 Whereas the said Indians have found the said right of fishery and the said fishery above described of little use or benefit to them, and are willing to dispose of the same to the United States, therefore, in order to carry out such purpose, it is hereby agreed as follows:
Article I. The said Indians hereby cede and relinquish to the United States

Wenatshapam fishery right ceded.

 all their right, title, interest, claim, and demand of whatsoever name or nature of in, and to all their right of fishery, as set forth in article 10 of said treaty aforesaid, and also all their right, title, interest, claim, or demand of, in, and lo said land above described, or any corrected description thereof and known as the Wenatshapam fishery.
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Article II. In consideration of the foregoing cession and relinquishment the

Consideration.

United States hereby agrees to pay or expend through their Indian Agent, Yakima Agency, twenty thousand dollars, which said sum is to be deposited in a United States depository for then use and benefit as soon as approved by Congress, and subject to their order, the Indians reserving the right to dispose of said money as they may decide in general council to be held by them and for that purpose. Alter the ratification of this agreement by Congress and the further

Other lands to resident Indiana.

 consideration that the Indians known as the Wenatshapam Indians, residing on the Wenatchee River, State of Washington, shall have land allotted to them in severalty in the vicinity of where they now reside, or elsewhere, as they may select, in accordance with article 4 of the general allotment law.
Article III.

This agreement shall not be binding upon either party until ratified

Ratification.

by Congress

Dated and signed at Fort Simcoe, Yakima Agency, Washington, January 8, 1894.

John Lane, [seal.] Special U. S. Indian Agent, Lewis T. Erwin, [seal.] U. S. Indian Agent, Yakima Commissioners.

The foregoing article of agreement having been fully explained to us in open council we, the undersigned, chiefs, headmen, and principal men of the several tribes and bands composing the Yakima Nation of Indians in the State of Washington, do hereby consent and agree to all the stipulations therein contained.

Witness our hands and seals at Yakima Agency, Washington, this

Signed.

eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

Joe 8twice, his x mark, seal; and others:

Therefore.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Agreement confirmed.

United States of America in Congress assembled, That the said agreement be, and the same hereby is accepted, ratified, and confirmed.

For the purpose of carrying this agreement and ratification into

Amount for Indians.

effect, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to be paid to the Indian agent of the Yakima Indian Agency, to be expended by him as provided in the second article of said agreement, in such manner and in such sums as may be decided upon by the general council of the Yakima Nation of Indians, convened and held for that purpose. And the land so ceded and relinquished is hereby restored to the public

Lands restored to public domain.

Provisos.

Allotments to Indians.

 domain, subject to the land laws of the United States: Provided, That the Indians, known as the Wenatshapam Indians, residing on the Wenatchee River, State of Washington, shall be allowed the privilege of taking allotments of land in severalty under the fourth section of the general allotment Act of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and

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 amended Act

Vol. 26. p. 734.

 of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as contemplated by the second article of said agreement: And provided further, That it

Payment.

 shall be the duty of the Indian agent of the Yakima Indian Agency to see that the Wenatshapam and other Indians living on the Wenatchee River, State of Washington, shall receive and have paid to them their full and pro rata share of said moneys.
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agreement with the cœur d’alene indians in idaho. Sec. 14. The following agreement entered into by John Lane, United

Agreement with tho Cœur d’Alenea in Idaho, ratified.

 States special Indian agent, on the part of the United States, duly appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, in that behalf, of the one part, and the Cœur d’Alene Indians, residing on the Cœur d’Alene Indian Reservation, in the State of Idaho, of the other part, bearing date the seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and which reads as follows, is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed:
Article I.

This agreement made on the 7th day of February, 1894, by John Lane,

Northern boundary of reservation changed.

U. S. special Indian agent, on the part of the United States, and the Cœur d’Alene Indians, residing on the Cœur d’Alene Reservation, in the State of Idaho, by their chiefs, headmen, and principal men, embracing a majority of all the male adult Indians occupying said reservation, pursuant

Vol. 27, p. 616.

 to an item in the act of Congress, making appropriations for current and contingent expenses, and fulfilling treaty stipulations with Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, as follows:

“The Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to negotiate with the Cœur 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 provision shall take effect and be in force, after it shall have been submitted to and agreed to by the Indians of said tribe, and approved by the Secretary of the Interior.”

Witnesseth, that the said Indians, for the consideration hereinafter

Lands ceded.

named, do hereby cede, grant, and relinquish to the United States all right, title, and claim which they now have or ever had of, in, and to all the land embraced within the following-described tract, now a part of their reservation, to wit:

Beginning at a point on the north line of the reservation, on the east bank of the mouth of the Cœur d’Alene River, and running due south one mile, thence due east parallel with the north boundary line to the east boundary line, thence north on the east boundary line to the northeast corner of the reservation, thence west on the north boundary line to the point of beginning.
Article II. And it is further agreed, in consideration of the above, that the United

Compensation.

 States will pay to the said Cœur d’Alene tribe of Indians the sum of fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars, the same to be paid to the said Indians upon the completion of all the provisions of this agreement.
Article III. It is further agreed that the payment of the money aforesaid shall be

Distribution.

made to the said tribe of Indians pro rata, or share and share alike, for each and every member of the said tribe as recognized by said tribe now living on said reservation.
Article IV. The new boundary lines of the reservation, established by this agreement,

New boundary.

 or such portions thereof as are not defined by natural objects, shall be surveyed and marked in a plain and substantial manner. The cost of such surveys are to be paid by the United States.
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Article V.

This agreement shall not be binding upon either party until ratified

Ratification.

by Congress.

Dated and signed at De Smet Mission, Idaho, this 7th day of February, 1894.

John Lane, U. S. Special Indian Agent. Witness: Geo. F. Steele.

The foregoing articles of agreement, having been fully explained to us in open council, we, the undersigned, chiefs, headmen, and principal men of the Cœur d’Alene tribe of Indians residing on the Cœur d’Alene Reservation, State of Idaho, do hereby consent and agree to all the stipulations therein contained.

Witness our hands and seals at De Smet Mission, State of Idaho,

Signed.

this 7tb day of February, 1894.

Andrew Sultice, his x mark, seal; and others.

For the purpose of carrying out the terms of said agreement the

Amount for Indians, pro rata.

sum of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be made immediately available and to be paid the Indians of the Cœur d’Alene Reservation by the Secretary of the Interior, pro rata, or share and share alike, in accordance with the terms of said agreement.

That for the purpose of segregating the ceded land from the diminished

Survey for new boundary.

Cœur d’Alene Indian Reservation, so much of the boundary line described in article one of the agreement that is not defined by a natural boundary shall be properly surveyed and permanently marked in a plain and substantial manner by prominent and durable monuments.

That to provide for disposal of the lands acquired by the foregoing

Disposal of lands.

agreement the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the same to be properly surveyed, subdivided, and platted in accordance with existing law; and the Secretary of the Interior shall direct one of the inspectors of the Department of the Interior to appraise the value of the town site of Harrison and state the price per acre of each and every legal subdivision of the ceded tract.

In case the total appraised value of all the lands exceeds or falls

Appraisement.

short of fifteen thousand dollars and the cost of appraising the lands, the appraisement of the town site and the subdivisions shall be scaled in proportion to the appraised values to such price as will bring the total to the sum to be paid the Indians and the cost of the appraisement; and at the rates thus determined, in addition to the usual fees and charges, the lands will be disposed of under the homestead and town-site laws, preference being given to those persons who were actual bona fide settlers at the date of the agreement. February seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four: Provided, That in no case shall the

Proviso.

Minimum price.

 price per acre fall below the minimum prescribed by law.
agreement with the alsea and other indians on siletz reservation in oregon. Sec. 15.

Whereas Reuben P. Boise, William H. Odell, and H. H.

Agreement with Alsena, etc., for saleof lands. Siletz Reservation, Oreg., ratified.

Harding, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, did, on the thirty-first day of October, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, conclude an agreement with the chiefs, headmen, and other male adults of the Alsea and other bands of Indians residing upon the Siletz Reservation in the State of Oregon, which said agreement is as follows:

This agreement made and entered into in pursuance of the provisions of the Act. of Congress approved July thirteen, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, at the Siletz Agency, Oregon, by Reuben Boise, William 324 H. Odell, and II. II. Harding, on the part of the United States, and the chiefs, headmen, and male adults of the Alsea and other bands of Indians located on said Siletz Reservation, witnesseth:
Article I. The Indians located on said Siletz Reservation hereby cede, sell,

Unallotted lands ceded.

 relinquish, and convey to the United States all their claim, right, title, and interest in and to all the unallotted lands within the limits of said reservation, except the five sections described in Article IV of this agreement.
Article II.

In consideration of the lands sold, ceded, relinquished, and conveyed

Consideration.

as aforesaid, the United States stipulates and agrees to pay to the Indians located on said Siletz Reservation the sum of one hundred and forty-two thousand and six hundred dollars ($142,600), in payments as follows, to wit:

One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be deposited in the

Fund.

Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Indians of the Siletz Reservation, in the State of Oregon, which shall bear interest at the rate of five (5) per cent per annum, to be paid annually at the agency on said reservation on the first day of March of each and every year. The balance of said principal sum shall be paid as follows, to wit:

Within three mouths after the approval of this agreement by Congress

Payments to adults.

there shall be paid to each Indian on said reservation, who shall be of age, to wit: Males of twenty-one years, and females of eighteen years or more, and all married persons, whether they shall be of age or not, the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75) each, and annually thereafter on each interest-paying day, there shall be paid a like sum of seventy-five dollars ($75) to each one who shall have become of age as aforesaid, or who shall have married, whether of age or not (who shall not have been paid seventy-five dollars) during the preceding year, the said sum of seventy-five dollars: and all of the money so held back by the United States to pay said delayed payments shall also draw interest at the rate of five per cent per annum; and the parents of all infants who are supporting the same shall receive annually all the interest money according to the share pro rata of each infant:

Aged persons.

Provided, however, That in case of all aged or infirm persons, who are incapable of taking care of themselves, the same due and payable to such may be used for the support and care of such persons, in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may from time to time direct:

Limitation.

And provided further, That this agreement shall apply only to persons who shall be living and belonging on said reservation at the time of the ratification of the same by Congress.
Article III. It is hereby further stipulated and agreed that as soon as the lands

Payment of taxes, etc.

 which have been allotted to the Indians on said Siletz Indian Reservation shall become subject and liable to taxation by the State of Oregon, then the Secretary of the Interior may reserve a part of said interest money, so coming to said Indians, not exceeding one-third thereof for each year, and pay the same to the State and local authorities of the State of Oregon, in lieu of taxation upon the lands allotted to said Indians, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe or as may be prescribed by law, to secure to the Indians the full enjoyment of the protection of the laws of said State, and a just share of all benefits

Road taxes.

derived from said payment in lieu of taxes: Provided, That all road taxes, which by the laws of the State may be discharged by work, may be so discharged by the Indian owners of said allotted lands on the 325 roads in their respective vicinities: And,provided further, That Congress

Payment of fund.

 may from time to time appropriate and provide to pay any part of said principal sum, so as aforesaid held in trust, as the condition and interests of said Indians may seem to require or justify; And provided further, In case said Indians or any portion thereof may desire to be furnished

Supplies, etc.

 with supplies instead of cash payments of interest or principal, then the Secretary of the Interior may issue such supplies at cost price in such reservation, at the agency therein, in lien of cash payments of interest, or any part of the principal sum, which may be from time to time appropriated by Congress: And provided further, That in case the

Distribution to civilized Indians.

 Secretary of the Interior may at any time be satisfied that any of said Indians are fully competent and capable of managing and taking care of their full pro rata of said purchase money, and that it will be to their interests to receive the same, and that other portions of said Indians are not so capable and competent, then he shall recommend to Congress that sufficient amount of such principal sum so held in trust as provided in section 2 of this agreement shall be appropriated to pay the full pro rata of such competent and capable Indians of such principal fund, and when the same shall have been paid and receipted for personally by each Indian so paid, then such Indians shall have no further interest in said trust fund.
Article IV. It is further stipulated and agreed that section nine (9) in township

Sections reserved.

 nine (9) south, range 11 west of the Willamette meridian, and the west, half of the west half of section five (5), and the east half (1) of section six (6) and the east half of the west half of section 6, township 10 south, range 10 west, W, M., and the south half of section 8 and the north half of section 17, and section sixteen (16) in township 9 south, range 9, west of the Willamette meridian, and the east half of the northeast 4, and lot 3, sec. 20, and S. A and S. J of north half of sec. 21, town 8, range 10 west, W. M., are hereby reserved from sale, and that the timber on said live sections of land may be cut and manufactured by the Indians of said Siletz Reservation for their own use and for sale, under such rules as the Secretary of the Interior shall from time to time prescribe, regulating the cutting of timber, so as to secure an equality of benefits to the Indians, employment for them, and judicious aid to them in becoming self-supporting.
Article V. It is further agreed that no part of said sum of money so agreed as

Prior claims.

aforesaid shall ever be applied to the payment of any claim against any of the Indians alleged to have occurred prior to the ratification of this agreement by Congress.
Article VI. It is further stipulated and agreed that any religious society or other

Lands for religious, etc., uses.

 organization not occupying under proper authority, for religious or educational work among the Indians, any of the lands in this agreement ceded, shall have the right for two years from the date of the ratification of this agreement within which to purchase the land so occupied at the rate of $2.50 per acre, the same to be conveyed to such society or organization by patent.
Article VII.

This agreement shall not take effect, and be in force until ratified by

Ratification.

the Congress of the United States.

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In witness whereof the said Reuben P. Boise, William II. Odell, and H. II, Harding, on the part of the United States, and the chiefs, head men, and other male adults of the Indians residing on said Siletz RESERVATION, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals.

Done at the Siletz Agency, Oregon, this the 31st day of October, A. D. 1892.

Reuben P. Boise, [l. s.] William Odell, [l. s.] H. H. Harding, [l. s.] United States Commissioners.

Committee appointed at general council of Indians, October 29, 1892: Scott Lane. [l. s.]; and others:

Therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Agreement accepted, etc.

United States of America in Congress assembled, That said agreement be, and the same hereby is, accepted, ratified, and confirmed.

That for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into effect

Amount appropriated.

there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and forty-two thousand six hundred dollars, which sum of money shall be paid to the Indians in the manner and form prescribed by articles two and three of

Provisos.

Prior depredations claims.

the agreement: Provided, That none of the money 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

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hereafter be rendered under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An Act to provide for the adjudication and payment of claims arising from Indian

Entries.

depredations.” The mineral lands shall be disposed of under the laws applicable thereto, and the balance of the land so ceded shall be disposed of until further provided by law under the town-site law and under the provisions of the homestead law: Provided, however, That

Additional price for lands.

each settler, under and in accordance with the provisions of said homestead laws shall, at the time of making his original entry, pay the sum of fifty cents per acre in addition to the fees now required by law, and at the time of making final proof shall pay the further sum of one dollar per acre, final proof to be made within five years from the date of entry, and three years’ actual residence on the land shall be established by such evidence as is now required in homestead proofs as a prerequisite to title or patent.

That all of the money so held by the United States to pay the delayed

Interest on delayed payments.

payments shall draw interest at the rate of five per centum per annum after the passage of this Act.

That immediately after the passage of this Act the Secretary of the

Opening lands to settlement.

Interior shall under such regulations as he may prescribe, open said lands to settlement after proclamation by the President and sixty days’ notice.
Agreement with the Nez Perce Indians in Idaho. Sec. 16.

Whereas Robert Schleicher, James F. Allen, and Cyrus

Agreement with Nez Perce Indians. Idaho, for cession of lands.

Beede, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, did on the first day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, conclude an agreement with the principal men and other male adults of the Nez Perce tribe of Indians upon the Lapwai Reservation, in the State of Idaho, which said agreement is as follows:

Whereas the President, under date of October thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and under the provisions of the Act of Congress

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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,” approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and 327 eighty-seven, authorized negotiations with the Nez Perce Indians in Idaho for the cession of their surplus lands; and

Whereas the said Nez Perce Indians are willing to dispose of a portion of the tract of land in the State of Idaho reserved as a home for their use and occupation by the second article of the treaty between said Indians and the United States, concluded June ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three:

Now, therefore, this agreement made and entered into in pursuance of the provisions of said Act of Congress approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, at the Nez Perce Agency, by Robert Schleicher, James F. Allen, and Cyrus Beede, on the part of the United States, and the principal men and male adults of the Nez Perce tribe of Indians located on said Nez Perce Reservation, witnesseth:
Article I.

The said Nez Perce Indians hereby cede, sell, relinquish, and convey

Lands ceded.

to the United States all their claim, right, title, and interest in and to all the unallotted lands within the limits of said reservation, saving and excepting the following described tracts of lands, which are hereby retained by the said Indians, viz:

In township thirty-four, range four west: Northeast quarter, north half and southeast of northwest quarter, northeast quarter of southwest quarter, north half and east half of southwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of southeast quarter, section thirteen, four hundred and forty acres.

In township thirty-four, range three west: Sections ten, fifteen, thirty-six, one thousand nine hundred and twenty acres.

In township thirty-three, range three west: Section one; northwest quarter of northeast quarter, north half of northwest quarter section twelve, seven hundred and sixty acres.

In township thirty-five, range two west: South half of northeast quarter, northwest quarter, north half and southeast quarter of southwest quarter, southeast quarter section three; east half, east half of northwest quarter, southwest quarter section ten, section eleven; north half, north half of south half, section twenty-one; east half of north-east quarter, section twenty; sections twenty-two, twenty-seven, thirty-five, four thousand two hundred acres.

In township thirty-four, range two west: North half, southwest quarter, north half and southwest quarter and west half of southeast quarter of southeast quarter, section thirteen; section fourteen; north half section twenty-three, west half of east half and west half of northeast quarter, northwest quarter, north half of southwest quarter, west half of east half and northwest quarter and east half of southwest quarter of southeast quarter, section twenty-four; section twenty-nine, two thousand seven hundred acres.

In township thirty-three, range two west: West half and southeast quarter section six; sections sixteen, twenty-two, twenty-seven; north half and north half of south half section thirty-four, two thousand eight hundred and eighty acres.

In township thirty-four, range one west: West half section two; sections three, four; north half and southwest quarter section eight; north half section nine; north half and north half of southwest quarter section eighteen; northwest quarter section seventeen, two thousand nine hundred and sixty acres.

In township thirty-seven, range one east: Section twenty; section twenty-one, less south half of south half of southwest quarter of southeast quarter (ten acres), one thousand two hundred and seventy acres.

In township thirty-six, range one east: South half of sections three, four; sections eleven, twelve, one thousand nine hundred and twenty acres.

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In township thirty-six, range two east: Sections sixteen, seventeen,

Land ceded—Continued.

eighteen, twenty; all of section twenty-five west of boundary line of reservation; sections twenty-six. twenty-seven, four thousand two hundred and forty acres.

In township thirty-five, range two east: North half of sections sixteen, seventeen, section twenty-seven; north half of section thirty-four, one thousand six hundred acres.

In township thirty-four, range two east: East half and east half of west half of southeast quarter section twenty-four, one hundred acres.

In township thirty-four, range three east: South half of sections nineteen, twenty; north half: north half of south half; southwest quarter and north half of southeast quarter of southwest quarter; north half of south half of southeast quarter section twenty-three; north half; north half and north half of southwest quarter and southeast quarter of southwest quarter; southeast quarter section twenty-four; north half and southeast quarter of northeast quarter; north half of northwest quarter section twenty-five; south half of northeast quarter of northeast quarter section twenty-six; section twenty-nine; northeast quarter of northeast quarter and south half section thirty; northwest quarter and north half of southwest quarter section thirty-one; northeast quarter; north half and southeast quarter of northwest quarter section thirty-two; northwest quarter; north half of southwest quarter, section thirty-three, three thousand seven hundred acres.

In township thirty-three, range four east: South half of southeast quarter section eighteen; northeast quarter and fraction northeast of river in east half of northwest quarter section nineteen; fraction west of boundary Hue of reservation, in section twenty-two; west half and southeast quarter of section thirty-five, one thousand four hundred and forty acres.

In township thirty-two, range four west: Fraction in west half of northeast quarter of southwest quarter; fraction in northwest quarter of southeast quarter section one; section two; south half of section six; west half and southeast quarter of northeast quarter of section nine, one thousand four hundred and ten acres.

In township thirty-one, range four west: South half of northeast quarter; southeast quarter of northwest quarter; northeast quarter of southwest quarter; southeast quarter section seventeen; northwest quarter section twenty-one, four hundred and eighty acres. Total, thirty-two thousand and twenty acres.
Article II. It is also stipulated and agreed that the place known as “the boom”

Lands reserved.

 on the Clearwater River, near the mouth of Lapwai Creek, shall be excepted from this cession and reserved for the common use of the tribe, with full right of access thereto, and that the tract of land

James Moses.

Allotment.

adjoining said boom, now occupied by James Moses, shall be allotted to him in such manner as not to interfere with such right. Also that there shall be reserved from said cession the land described as follows: “ Commencing at a point at the margin of Clearwater River, on the south side thereof, which is three hundred yards below where the middle thread of Lapwai Creek empties into said river; run thence up the margin of said Clearwater River at low-water mark, nine hundred yards to a point; run thence south two hundred and fifty yards to a point; thence southwesterly, in aline to the southeast corner of a stone building, partly finished as a church; thence west three hundred yards to a point; thence from said point northerly in a straight line to the point of beginning; and also the adjoining tract of land lying southerly of said tract, on the south end thereof; commencing at the said corner of said church, and at the point three hundred yards west thereof, and run a line from each of said points. One of said lines running on the 329 east side and the other on the west of said Lapwai Creek; along the foothills of each side of said creek; up the same sufficiently far so that a line being drawn east and west to intersect the aforesaid lines shall embrace within its boundaries, together with the first above-described tract of land, a sufficient quantity of land as to include and comprise six hundred and forty acres;” for which described tracts of land the United States stipulates and agrees to pay to William G, Langford, his

William G. Langford.

Purchase of land from.

 heirs or assigns, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, upon the execution by said Langford, bis heirs or assigns, of a release and relinquishment to the United States of all right, title, interest, or claim, either legal or equitable, in and to said tracts of land, derived by virtue of a quitclaim deed of February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to the said William G. Langford, from Langdon S. Ward, treasurer of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, which release and relinquishment shall be satisfactory to t he Secretary of the Interior, and it is stipulated and agreed by said Nez Perce Indians that upon the execution and approval of such release and relinquishment the right of occupancy of said Indians in said described tracts shall terminate and cease and the complete title thereto immediately vest in the United States: Provided, That any member of the said Nez

Allotments to Indians.

 Perce tribe of Indians entitled to an allotment now occupying and having valuable improvements upon any of said lands not already occupied or improved by the United States may have the same allotted to him in such subdivisions as shall be prescribed and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, in lieu of an equal quantity of agricultural land allotted to him elsewhere; and for this purpose shall relinquish any patent that may have been issued to him before the title to said “Langford” tracts of land shall vest in the United States, and shall have a new patent issued to him of the form and legal effect prescribed by the fifth section of the act of February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven (twenty-fourth Statutes, three hundred and eighty-eight), covering the new allotment and that portion of the former allotment not surrendered 11 is further agreed that five acres of said tract, upon which the Indian Presbyterian Church is located, as long as same shall remain a church, shall be patented to the trustees of said church; that the said five acres shall not include improvements made by the United States; the said five acres to be selected under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Article III. In consideration for the lands ceded, sold, relinquished, and conveyed

Consideration.

 as aforesaid the United States stipulates and agrees to pay to the said Nez Perce Indians the sum of one million six hundred and twenty-six thousand two hundred and twenty-two

Per capita distribution.

 dollars, of which amount the sum of six hundred and twenty-six thousand two hundred and twenty-two dollars shall be paid to said Indians per capita as soon as practicable after the ratification of this agreement. The remainder of said sum of one million six hundred and twenty-six thousand two hundred

Fund.

 and twenty-two dollars shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the “Nes Perces Indians, of Idaho,” and shall bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, which principal and interest shall be paid to said Indians per capita as follows,

Payments.

 to wit: At the expiration of one year from the date of the ratification of this agreement the sum of fifty thousand dollars, and semiannually thereafter the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars with the interest on the unexpended portion of the fund of one million dollars until the entire amount shall have been paid, and no part of the funds to be derived from the cession of lands by this agreement made shall be diverted or withheld from the disposition made by this article on account of any depredation or other act committed by any Nez Perce 330 Indian, prior to the execution of this agreement, but the same shall be actually paid to the Indians in cash, in the manner and at the times as herein stipulated.
Article IV. It is further stipulated and agreed that the United States wall purchase

Saw mills, etc.

 for the use of said Nez Perce Indians two portable steam saw mills, at a cost not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and will provide for said Indians, for a period not exceeding two years, and at a cost not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars, a competent surveyor, for the purpose of fully informing said Indians as to the correct locations of their allotments and the corners and lines thereof.
Article V. It is further stipulated and agreed that the lands by this agreement

Opening to settlement.

 ceded, shall not be opened for public settlement until trust patents for the allotted lands shall have been duly issued and recorded, and the first payment shall have been made to said Indians.
Article VI. It is further stipulated and agreed that any religious society or other

Lands for religious, etc., uses.

 organization now occupying under proper authority, for religious or educational work among the Indians, any of the lands ceded, shall have the right for two years from the date of the ratification of this agreement, within which to purchase the land so occupied, at the rate of three dollars per acre, the same to be conveyed to such society or organization by patent, in the usual form.
Article VII. It is further stipulated and agreed that all allotments made to members

Allotments to deceased Indians to be confirmed.

 of the tribe who have died since the same were made, or may die before the ratification of this agreement, shall be confirmed, and trust patents issued in the names of such allottees, respectively.
Article VIII. It is further stipulated and agreed that the first per capita payment,

Payment of first per capita.

 provided for in Article VIII of this agreement, shall be made to those members of the Nez Perce tribe whose names appear on the schedule of allotments made by Special Agent Fletcher, and to such as may be born to them before the ratification of this agreement: Provided, That should it be found that any member of the tribe has been omitted from said schedule, such member shall share in the said payment, and shall be given an allotment, and each subsequent payment shall be made to those who receive the preceding payment and those born thereafter: Provided, That not more than one payment shall be made on account of a deceased member.
Article IX. It is further agreed that the lands by this agreement ceded, those retained, and those

Intoxicating liquors.

 allotted to the said Nez Perce Indians shall be subject, for a period of twenty-five years, to all the laws of the United States prohibiting the introduction of intoxicants into the Indian country, and that the Nez Perce Indian allottees, whether under the care of an Indian agent or not, shall, for a like period, be subject to all the laws of the United States prohibiting the sale or other disposition of intoxicants to Indians.
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Article X. Representation having been made by the Indians in council that

Claims of certain scouts to be examined.

 several members of the Nez Perce tribe, to the number of about fifty, as per list hereto attached, served the United States under General O. O. Howard, in the late war with Joseph’s Band of said tribe, as scouts, couriers, and messengers, and that they have received no pay therefor; it is agreed that the United States, through its properly constituted authority, will carefully examine each of the cases herewith presented, and make such remuneration to each of said claimants as shall, upon such examination, be found to be due; not exceeding the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per day each, for the time actually engaged in such service; it being understood and agreed that the time of service of said claimants in no case exceeded sixty days. And it also having been made to appear that Abraham Brooks, a member of the Nez Perce tribe of Indians, was engaged in the service of the United States in the late war with Joseph’s Band of Nez Perces, and it also appearing that the said Abraham Brooks was wounded in said service, and that by reason thereof, he is now in failing health, and has been for several years; that he is now nearly blind inconsequence thereof; it is agreed that an investigation of all the facts in the case shall be made by the proper authorities of the United States, as early as practicable, and that it found substantially as herein represented, or if found worthy under the law in such eases provided, he shall be allowed and paid by the United States a pension adequate to the service and disability.
Article XI. The existing provisions of all former treaties with said Nez Perce

Treaties continued.

 Indians not inconsistent with the provisions of this agreement are hereby continued in full force and effect.
Article XII.

This agreement shall not. take effect and be in force until ratified by

Ratification.

the Congress of the United States.

In witness whereof the said Robert Schleicher, James F. Allen, and Cyrus Beede, on the part of the United States, and the principal men and other male adults of the Nez Perce tribe of Indians, have hereunto set their hands.

Concluded at the Nez Perce Agency, this first day of May, anno domini eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

Robert Schleicher, James F. Allen, Cyrus Beede. A. B. Lawyer: and others.

Therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Agreement confirmed.

United States of America in Congress assembled. That the said agreement be, and the same hereby is, accepted, ratified, and confirmed

That for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this Act into

Amount appropriated.

effect there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one million six hundred and sixty eight thousand six hundred and twenty-two dollars, of which

Disposition.

 amount the sum of one million dollars shall be placed to the credit of “the Nez Perce Indians of Idaho” in the Treasury of the United States, and shall bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum. Said sum of one million six hundred and sixty-eight thousand six hundred and twenty-two dollars, together with the interest on said sum of one million dollars, shall be paid to said Indians, or expended for their benefit, as provided in articles two, three, four, and eight of said 332 agreement: “out of which sum the Secretary of the Interior shall pay

William G. Langford.

Payment to heirs.

to the heirs, administrator, or legal representatives of William G. Langford, deceased, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, upon a release and relinquishment to the United States by said heirs, administrator, or legal representatives of all right, title, interest, or claim, either legal or equitable, in and to the tract of land described in article two of said

Proviso.

Depredation claims.

agreement as therein provided: Provided, That none of the money agreed to be paid said Indians, nor any of the interest thereon, shall be, or become, liable to the payment of any judgment or claim for depredations committed by said tribe or any member thereof before the date of said agreement.

That immediately after the issuance and receipt by the Indians of

Lands to be opened to settlement on issuing trust patents.

trust patents for the allotted lands, as provided for in said agreement, the lands so ceded, sold, relinquished, and conveyed to the United States shall be opened to settlement by proclamation of the President, and shall be subject to disposal only under the homestead, town-site, stone and timber, and mining laws of the United 8bites, excepting the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections in each Congressional township, which shall be reserved for common-school purposes and be subject to

Proviso.

Additional payments for entries.

the laws of Idaho: Provided, That each settler on said lands shall, before making final proof and receiving a certificate of entry, pay to the United States for the lands so taken by him, in addition to the fees provided by law, the sum of three dollars and seventy-five, cents per acre for agricultural lands, one-half of which shall be paid within three years from the date of original entry; and the sum of five dollars per acre for stone, timber, and mineral lands, subject to the regulations prescribed by existing laws; 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.

That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs be, and he hereby is, authorized

Surveyor.

to employ a competent surveyor for a period not exceeding two years, at a compensation not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, for the purposes stipulated in article four of said agreement, and he is also authorized to purchase two portable sawmills, as provided in article, four.

That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to examine

Claims of scouts to be examined.

the claim of those Indians who served the United States under General O. O. Howard in the late war with Joseph’s band of said tribe as scouts, couriers, and messengers, referred to in article ten of said agreement, and also as to the claim of Abraham Brooks, mentioned in said article, and report his findings and recommendations to Congress.
agreement with the yuma indians in california. Sec. 17.

Whereas Washington J. Houston, John A. Gorman, and

Agreement with Yuma Indians for cession of lands in California.

Peter R, Brady, duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, did on the fourth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, conclude an agreement with the principal men and other male adults of the Yuma Indians in the State of California, which said agreement is as follows:

Articles of agreement made and entered into this 4th day of December, A. D. 1893, at Fort Yuma, on what is known as the Yuma Indian Reservation, in the county of San Diego, State of California, by Washington J. Houston, John A. Gorman, and Peter R. Brady, commissioners on the part of the United States appointed for the purpose, and the Yuma Indians.
Article I.

The said Yuma Indians, upon the conditions hereinafter expressed,

Lands ceded.

do hereby surrender and relinquish to the United States all their right, 333 title, claim, and interest in and to and over the following-described tract of country in San Diego County, Cal., established by executive order of January ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, which describes its boundaries as follows:

“Beginning at a point in the middle of the channel of the Colorado

Location.

River, due east of the meander corner to sections nineteen and thirty, township fifteen south, range twenty-four east, San Barnardino meridian; thence west on the line between sections nineteen and thirty to the range line, between townships twenty-three and twenty-four east; thence continuing west on the section line to a point which, when surveyed, will be the corner to sections twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-six, and twenty-seven, in township fifteen south, range twenty-one east; thence south on the line between sections twenty-six and twenty-seven, in township fifteen south, range twenty-one east, and continuing south on the section lines to the intersection of the international boundary, being the corner to fractional sections thirty-four and thirty-five, in township sixteen south, range twenty-one east; thence easterly on the international boundary to the middle of the channel of the Colorado River; thence up said river, in the middle of the channel thereof, to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from settlement and sale and set apart as a reservation for the Yuma and such other Indians as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to settle thereon: Provided, however, That any tract or tracts included within the foregoing-described boundaries to which valid rights have attached under tire laws of the United States are hereby excluded out of the reservation hereby made.

“It is also hereby ordered that the Fort Yuma military reservation be, and the same is hereby, transferred to the control of the Department of the Interior, to be used for Indian purposes in connection with the Indian reservation established by this order, said military Reservation having been abandoned by the War Department for military purposes.”
Article II. Each and every member of said Yuma Indians shall be entitled to

Allotments in severalty to Indians.

 select and locate upon said reservation and in adjoining sections five acres of land, which shall be allotted to such Indian in severalty. Each member of said band of Indians over the age of eighteen years shall be entitled to select his or her hind, and the father, or, if he be dead, the mother, shall select the land herein provided for for each of his or her children who may be under the age of eighteen years; and if both father and mother of the child under the age of eighteen years shall be dead, then the nearest of kin over the age of eighteen years shall select and locate Ins or her land; or if such persons shall be without kindred, as aforesaid, then the Commissioner of Indians Affairs, or some one by him authorized, shall select and locate the land of such child.
Article III. That the allotments provided for in this agreement shall be made,

Allotting.

 at the cost of the United States, by a special agent appointed by the Secretary of the Interior for the purpose, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may from time to time prescribe, and within sixty days after such special agent shall appear upon said reservation and give notice to the said Indians that he is ready to make such allotments; and if anyone entitled to an allotment hereunder shall fail to make his or her selection within said period of sixty days then such special agent shall proceed at once to make such selection for such person or persons, which shall have the same effect as if made by the person so entitled; and when all of said allotments are made and approved, then all of the residue of said reservation which maybe 334 subject to irrigation, except as hereinafter stated, shall be disposed of

Disposal of lands remaining.

as follows: The Secretary of the Interior shall cause the said lands to be regularly surveyed and to be subdivided into tracts of ten acres each, and shall cause the said lands to be appraised by a board of three appraisers, composed of an Indian inspector, a special Indian agent, and the agent in charge of the Yuma Indians, who shall appraise said lands, tracts, or subdivisions, and each of them, and report their proceedings to the Secretary of the Interior for his action thereon; and when the appraisement has been approved the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the said lands to be sold at public sale to the highest bidder for cash, at not less than the appraised value thereof, first having given at least sixty days’ public, notice of the time, place, and terms of sale, immediately prior to such sale, by publication in at least two newspapers of general circulation; and any lands or subdivisions remaining unsold may be reoffered for sale at any subsequent time in the same manner at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, and if not sold at such second offering for want of bidders then the Secretary of the Interior may sell the same at private sale at not less than the appraised value.
Article IV. That the money realized by the sale of the aforesaid lands shall be

Proceeds of sales.

 placed in the Treasury of the United States, to the credit of the said Yuma Indians, and the same, with interest thereof at five per centum per annum, shall be at all times subject to appropriation by Congress, or to application, by order of the President, for the payment of water rents, building of levees, irrigating ditches, laterals, the erection and repair of buildings, purchase of tools, farming implements and seeds, and for the education and civilization of said Yuma Indians.
Article V.

Upon the approval of the allotments provided for herein by the Secretary

Trust patents to allottees.

of the Interior he shall cause patents to issue therefor in the name of the allottees, which patents shall be of the legal effect and declare that the United States does and will hold the land thus allotted for the period of twenty-five years in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian to whom such allotments shall have been made, or in case of bis or her decease, to his or her heirs or devisees, according to the laws of California, and that at the expiration of said period the United States will convey the same by patent to said Indian or his heirs or devisees, as aforesaid in fee, discharged of said trust and tree of all incumbrance whatsoever.

And if any conveyance shall be made of the lands set apart and

Conveyances forbidden.

allotted as herein provided, or any contract made touching the same before the expiration of the time above mentioned, such conveyance or contract shall be absolutely null and void. And during said period of twenty-live years these allotments and improvements thereon shall not be subject to taxation for any purpose, nor subject to be seized upon any execution or other legal process, and the law of descent and partition in force in California shall apply thereto.
Article VI. All lands upon said reservation that can not be irrigated are to be

Lands open to settlement.

 open to settlement under the general land laws of the United States.
Article VII. There shall be excepted from the operation of this agreement a tract

Indian school reserved.

 of land, including the buildings, situate on the hill on the north side 335 of the Colorado River, formerly Fort Yuma, now used as an Indian school, so long as the same shall be used for religious, educational, and hospital purposes for said Indians, and a farther grant of land adjacent to the hill is hereby set aside as a farm for said school; the grant for the school site and the school farm not to exceed in all one-half section, or three hundred and twenty acres.
Article VIII.

This agreement shall be in force from and after its approval by the

Ratification.

Congress of the United States.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and year first above written.

Washington J. Houston, [seal.] John A. Gorman, [seal.] Peter R. Brady, [seal.] Commissioners on the part of the United States. Bill Mojave, and others.

Therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Agreement confirmed.

United States of America in Congress assembled, That the said agreement be, and the same hereby is, accepted, ratified, and confirmed.

That for the purpose of making the allotments provided for in said

Appropriation for allotting.

agreement, including the payment and expenses of the necessary special agent hereby authorized to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, and for the necessary resurveys, there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand dollar’s, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

That for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the survey and

Expenses of survey and sale.

sale of the lands by said agreement relinquished and to be appraised and sold for the benefit of said Indians, the sum of three thousand dollars, or so much thereof-as may be necessary, be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of the sale of said lands.

That the right of way through the said Yuma. Indian Reservation is

Right of way to Southern Pacific Railroad Company.

hereby granted to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company for its line of railroad as at present constructed, of the same width, with the same rights and privileges, and subject to the limitations, restrictions, and conditions as were granted to the said company by the twenty-third section of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled “An Act to incorporate the Texas Pacific Railroad. company,

Vol. 16, p. 579.

 and to aid in the construction of its road, and for other purposes;” Provided, That said company shall, within ninety days from the passage

Proviso.

Map to be filed.

 of this Act, file with the Secretary of the Interior a map of said right of way, together with a relinquishment by said company of its right of way through said reservation as shown by maps of definite location approved January thirty-one, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.

The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to

Sale of irrigable lands at auction.

cause, all the lands ceded by said agreement which may be susceptible of irrigation, after said allotments have been made and approved, and said lands have been surveyed and appraised, and the appraisal approved, to be sold at public sale, by the officers of the land office in the district wherein said lands are situated, to the highest bidder for cash, at not less than the appraised value thereof, after first having given at least sixty days’ public notice of the time, place, and terms of sale immediately prior to such sale, by publication in at least two newspapers of general circulation, and any lands or subdivisions remaining unsold may be reoffered for sale at any subsequent time in the same 336 manner, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, and if not sold at such second offering for want of bidders, then the Secretary may

Private sale.

cause the same to be sold at private sale at not less than the appraised value. The money realized from the sale of said lands, after deducting the expenses of the sale of said lands, and the other money for which provision is made for the reimbursement of the United States, shall be

Proceeds to credit, of Yuma Indians.

Interest.

placed in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of said Yuma Indians, and shall draw interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, and said principal and interest shall be, subject to appropriation by Congress, or to application by the President of the United States for the payment of water rents, the building of levees, irrigating ditches and laterals, the purchase of tools, farming implements, and

Proviso.

Prior depredation claims.

seeds, and for the education and civilization of said Indians: Provided, however, That none of said money realized from the sale of said lands, or any of the interest thereon, shall be applied to the payment of any judgment that has been or may hereafter be rendered on claims for damages because of depredations committed by said Indians prior to the date of the agreement herein ratified.

That all of the lands ceded by said agreement which are not susceptible

Lands open under general laws.

of irrigation shall become a part of the public domain, and shall be opened to settlement and sale by proclamation of the President of the United States, and be subject to disposal under the provisions of the general land laws.

That the Colorado River Irrigating Company, which was granted a

Irrigating canal.

Construction.

right of way for an irrigating canal through the said Yuma Indian

Vol. 27, p. 456.

Reservation by the Act of Congress approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety three, shall be required to begin the construction of said canal through said reservation within three years from the date of the passage of this Act, otherwise the rights granted by the Act aforesaid shall be forfeited.

That the Secretary of the Interior shall have authority from time to

Water rents.

time to fix the rate of water rents to be paid by the said Indians for all domestic, agricultural, and irrigation purposes, and in addition thereto each male adult Indian of the Yuma tribe shall be granted water for one acre of the land which shall be allotted to him, if he utilizes the same in growing crops, free of all rent charges during the period of ten years, to be computed from the date when said irrigation company begins the delivery of water on said reservation.
Sec. 18. That the approval of Congress is hereby given to “An Act

Act of Chickasaw Nation adopting negroes approved.

 to adopt the negroes of the Chickasaw Nation,” and so forth, passed by the legislature of the Chickasaw Nation and approved by the governor thereof January tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, particularly set forth in a letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting to Congress a copy of the aforesaid Act, contained in House Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and seven, Forty-second Congress, third session.
Sec. 19.

That the right of commutation is hereby extended to all bona fide

Commutation by settlers in Oklahoma.

homestead settlers on the lands in Oklahoma Territory opened to

Vol. 27, p. 640.

settlement under the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act making appropriations for current and contingent expenses and fulfilling treaty stipulations with Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four,”approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and the President’s proclamation in pursuance thereof, after fourteen months from the date of settlement upon the full payment for the lands at the prices provided in said Act.

And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue to

Cherokee Nation.

the Cherokee Nation

Bonds to be issued for paying installments.

 or to its assigns evidences of indebtedness of the United States of America, bearing interest at the rate of four per centum per annum, payable annually on the fourth day of March of each year, in amounts of one thousand and ten thousand dollars, respectively, for the respective amounts of the second, third, fourth, and 337 fifth installments, maturing respectively on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and amounting in the aggregate to six million six hundred and forty thousand dollars, as specified in said Act of March third,

Vol. 27, p. 640.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-three; and this provision shall not he construed to extend the time nor to increase the amount of the liability of the Government as provided in section ten of the said Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.
Sec. 20. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized

Umcompaghre Indians, Utah.

 and directed to appoint a. commission of three persons to allot in severalty to the Uncompaghre Indians within their reservation, in the

Vol. 21, p. 200.

 Territory of Utah, agricultural and grazing lands according to the treaty of eighteen hundred and eighty, as follows:

“Allotments in severalty of said lands shall be made as follows:

Allotments hi severalty.

To each head of a family one-quarter of a section, with an additional quantity of grazing land not exceeding one-quarter of a section; to each single person over eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section, with an additional quantity of grazing land not exceeding one-eighth of a section; to each orphan child under eighteen years of age, one-eighth of a section, with an additional quantity of grazing land not exceeding one-eighth of a section; to each other person under eighteen years of age, born prior to such allotment,one-eighth of a section, with a like quantity of grazing land: Provided, That, with the consent of said

Proviso.

Special Helvetians.

 commission, any adult Indian may select a less quantity of land, if more desirable on account of location: And provided, That the said Indians shall pay one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for said

Payment.

 lands from the fund now in the United States Treasury realized from the sale of their lands in Colorado as provided by their contract with the Government. All necessary surveys, if any, to enable said commission to complete the allotments shall be made under the direction of the General Land Office. Said commissioners shall, as soon as practicable after their appointment, report to the Secretary of the Interior what portions of said reservation are unsuited or will not be required for allotments, and thereupon such portions so reported shall, by proclamation, be restored to the public domain and made subject to entry as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 21. That the remainder of the lands on said reservation, shall,

Lands not allotted open to entry.

 upon the approval of the allotments by the Secretary of the Interior, be immediately open to entry under the homestead and mineral laws of the United States: Provided, That no person shall be entitled to

Proviso.

Mineral claims.

 locate more than two claims, neither to exceed ten acres, on any lands containing asphaltum, gilsonite, or like substances: Provided, That

Commutation of agricultural entries.

 after three years actual and continuous residence upon agricultural lands from date of settlement the settler may, upon full payment of one dollar and fifty cents per acre, receive patent for the tract entered. If not commuted at the end of three years the settler shall pay at the time of making final proof the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per acre.
Sec. 22. That said commission shall also negotiate and treat with

Uintah Reservation, Utah, negotiation for cession of lands.

 the Indians properly residing upon the Uintah Indian Reservation, in the Territory of Utah, for the relinquish meet to the Unite! States of the interest of said Indians in all lands within said reservation not. needed for allotment in severalty to said Indians, and if possible, procure the consent of such Indians to such relinquishment, and for the acceptance by said Indians of allotments in severalty of lands within said reservation, and said commissioners shall report any agreement made by them with said Indians, which agreement shall become operative only when ratified by Act of Congress.
Sec. 23. That said commissioners shall receive six dollars per day

Comissioners’ salaries, etc.

 each, and their actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses 338 while on duty, and to be allowed a clerk, to be selected by them, whose compensation shall be fixed by said commissioners, subject to the

Proviso.

Coat limited.

approval of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the cost of executing the provisions of this Act shall not exceed the sum of sixteen thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated for that purpose out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, August 15, 1894.
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CHAP. 299.—
An Act Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.

August 18, 1894

. 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 sums 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:

Improving harbor at Camden, Maine: Continuing improvement,

Harbors.

Camden, Me.

 twelve thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Rockland, Maine: Continuing improvement,

Rockland, Me.

 thirty thousand dollars, of which one thousand dollars may be expended in completing a survey of the same with a view of making it available for vessels of a deeper draft. Improving .Mooseabee Bar, Maine: Continuing improvement, six

Mooseabec Bar, Me.

 thousand dollars. improving harbor at Back Cove, Portland Harbor, Maine: Continuing

Portland, Me., Back Cove.

 improvement, twenty thousand dollars. improving harbor at Belfast, Maine: Continuing improvement, eight

Belfast Mo.

 thousand dollars. For construction of breakwater from Mount Desert to Porcupine

Mount Desert to Porcupine Island, Me., break water.

 Island, Maine: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars, to be expended in accordance with the modified project recommended by the Secretary of War. Improving harbor of refuge at Little Harbor, New Hampshire: Continuing

Little Harbor, N. H.

 improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Burlington, Vermont: Continuing improvement,

Barlington. VI.

 ten 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, two 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. Improving harbor at Lynn, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Lynn. Mass.

Proviso.

Western channel.

 seven thousand five hundred 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. Salem Harbor, Massachusetts: So much of the appropriation heretofore

Salem, Mass.

 made, as may be necessary, shall be used in making a survey of Salem Harbor, with a view to widening the Harbor channel to the

Survey for widening channel.

Vol. 27, p. 89.

mouth of South river to the width of five hundred feet, and giving a depth of at least ten feet at mean low water, and from the mouth of said river to Derby wharf, beginning with a width of three hundred feet and gradually narrowing, so that there shall be at said wharf a width of not less than one hundred and sixty feet and a depth from said month to said wharf of not less than ten feet at mean low water, and with a view of dredging the “Middle Ground,” so called, between ‘-Haste Ledge” and “Aqua Vitae” so as to give a depth of twenty-five feet at mean low water. 339 Improving harbor of refuge at Nantucket, Massachusetts: Continuing

Nantucket, Mass.

 improvement, twenty live thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Newburyport, Massachusetts: Continuing

Newburyport, Maas.

 improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Plymouth, Massachusetts: Completing improvement,

Plymouth, Mass.

 and for repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars. For maintenance of works in harbor at Provincetown, Massachusetts,

Province town, Mass.

 one thousand live hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Scituate, Massachusetts: Continuing

Scituate, Mass.

 improvement, ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Hyannis, Massachusetts: Continuing

Hyannis, Muss.

 improvement, three thousand live hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts: Continuing

Vineyard Haven Mass.

 improvement, seven thousand live hundred dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Massachusetts: Continuing

Sand, Bay, Cape Ann, Mass.

 improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Gloucester, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Gloucester, Mass.

 forty thousand dollars. improving harbor at New Bedford, Massachusetts: Completing improvement,

New Bedford, Mass.

 seven thousand five hundred dollars, including survey with a view to obtaining a larger area, of anchorage. . Improving harbor at Wareham, Massachusetts: The Secretary

Wareham, Mass.

 of

Rcsurvey.

 War is directed out of the appropriation on hand to make a resurvey of said harbor with a view to its further needed improvement. Merrimac River, Massachusetts: The Secretary of War is directed

Merrimac River.

Resurvey.

 out of

Marthas Vineyard.

 the appropriation on hand to make a resurvey of said river with a view of obtaining a depth up to Haverhill equal to that over the bar at Newburyport. Improving inner harbor at Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts: Completing

Mass.

 improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Canapitsit Channel. Massachusetts, between the islands of Cuttyhuuk and Neshawaua: Completing improvement,

Canapitsit Channel,. Mass.

 five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Block Island, Rhode Island: Completing improvement, two

Block Island, R. I.

thousand five hundred dollars, including dredging when necessary and a survey and estimates of cost for further improvement of said harbor. Improving harbor at Newport, Rhode island, including the removal of

Newport, R. I.

 Spindle Rock, Rose Island: Continuing improvement, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Entrance to Point Judith Pond, two thousand five hundred dollars, which,

Point Judith Pond, R. I.

 together with the previous unexpended appropriation, shall be used in improving former entrance to said pond. Improving harbor at Bridgeport. Connecticut: Continuing improvement, ten thousand

Bridgeport, Conn.

 dollars, of which, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, so much as may be necessary may be used in deepening the channel at the outer bar, and in making a new survey of the harbor. Improving harbor at Black Rock, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, two thousand five

Black Rock. Conn.

 hundred dollars. Constructing breakwaters at New Haven, Connecticut: Continuing construction, one

New Haven, Conn., breakwaters.

 hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at New Haven, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, ten

Harbor.

 thousand dollars. Improving Stonington Harbor, Connecticut, by

Stonington, Conn.

 removing a part of Noyes’ Shoal and dredging in the inner harbor, in accordance with the report of Captain W. II. Bixby, of the Corps of Engineers, dated June twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Five Mile River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement, two thousand

Five-Mile River, Conn.

 five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Duck Island, on Long Island Sound, Connecticut: Continuing

Duck Island. Conn.

 improvement, thirty thousand dollars. 340 Improving harbor at Stamford. Connecticut: Continuing improvement,

Stamford. Conn.

 ten thousand dollars, not less than half of which shall be expended on the East Branch. Improving harbor at Cos Cob and Miamus River,

Cos Col. and Miamus River, Conn.

 Connecticut: Continuing improvement, lour thousand dollars, including a survey of the lower part of the harbor with a view of making a turning basin therein. Improving Norwalk Harbor, Connecticut:

Norwalk, Conn.

 Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. So much of this appropriation as may be necessary may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended between the freight’ depot of the Danbury and Norwalk Railroad company on the north and Jennings, so called, on the south to remove the

Removing flats, etc.

fiats known as Ferrys Point between the channel and the established harbor line; and any unexpended balance, after completion of the above, may be used for the improvement of the sharp bend in thechannei

Proviso.

Expense.

near Keysers Island at the mouth of the harbor: Provided, That the United States shall be subjected to no cost, for any lands required to make this improvement. Improving harbor at Ballalo, New York: Continuing improvement

Buffalo. N. Y.

, seventy thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars may be used in making a survey and plan for extending the outer breakwater from a point at or near the present outer breakwater southeasterly to a point at or near Stoney Point. Improving harbor at Canarsie Bay, New York:

Canarsie Bay. N. Y.

 Continuing improvement, two thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charlotte, New York: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand

Charlotte. N. Y.

 dollars. Improving harbor at Dunkirk, New York: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand

Dunkirk, N. V.

 dollars. Improving harbor at Flushing Bay, New York: Continuing improvement, four

Flushing Bay, N. Y.

 thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Glen Cove, New York: Continuing improvement, ten thousand

Glen Cove, N. Y.

 dollars. Improving Bay Ridge and Red Hook channels, New York Harbor, New York:

New York Harbor.

 Continuing improvement

Bay Ridge Channel.

 of Bay Ridge Channel by dredging out and opening the same from a point at its junction with the Gowanus Creek Channel (near Twenty-eighth street), southerly therefrom along and in front of Gowanus Bay and Bay Ridge to a point where the said Bay Ridge Channel, so to be opened, encounters a twenty-six-foot contour or depth of water, so that the channel, so to be opened, shall be of a uniform depth of twenty-six feet and a width of

Red Hook Channel.

eight hundred feet at low water, and continuing improvement of Red Hook Channel from its junction with the Bay Ridge Channel to its connection with the Buttermilk Channel, to obtain a depth of twenty-six feet at mean low water and a width of four hundred feet, one

Proviso.

Gowanus Creek Channel.

hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, expend twenty thousand dollars of said appropriation in improving Gowanus Creek Channel under the project to obtain twenty-one feet depth of water. Improving harbor at Great Sodus Bay, New York: Continuing

Great Sodus Bay, N. Y.

 improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Little Sodus Bay, New York: Continuing

Little Sodus Bav. N. Y.

 improvement, eight thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ogdensburg, New York: Continuing improvement,

Ogdensburg, N. Y.

 twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Oswego, New York: Continuing improvement,

Oswego, N. Y.

 thirty-seven thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars shall be expended in repairing the breach recently made in the breakwater; and not exceeding ten thousand dollars of which may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used for removing rock to widen and deepen the inner harbor near the mouth of the Oswego River. Improving harbor at Rondout, New York: For maintenance, five

Rondout, N. Y.

 thousand dollars. 341 Improving New York Harbor, New York: Continuing improvement,

New York Harbor.

 seventy-live thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saugerties, New York: For completion, five

Saugerties, N. Y.

thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Chester, New York: Continuing improvement,

Port Chester, N. Y.

 five thousand dollars. Improving Tonawanda. Harbor and Niagara

Tonawanda, and Niagara River, N. Y.

 River, New York: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars. Improving Niagara River from Tonawanda to Port Day with a view

Niagara River.

 to obtaining a channel of twelve feet depth to Schlosser’s Dock by cutting through the shoal at the head of Connor’s Island as indicated in the report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen hundred and ninety-three, page three thousand one hundred and thirteen, ten thousand dollars; and the unexpended balance of the appropriation heretofore

Balance reappropriated.

Vol. 27, p. 97.

 made in the River and Harbor Act of July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for the improvement of the Niagara River from Tonawanda to Port Day is hereby re-appropriated for this purpose. Improving channel between Staten Island and the New Jersey shore,

Staten Island and New Jersey channel.

 New York and New Jersey: Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars. Improving Arthur Kill, between Staten Island and New Jersey shore, New York and

Arthur Kill, N. Y.

 New Jersey: For completion, four thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Huntington, New York: Continuing improvement, two

Huntington. N. Y.

 thousand dollars. Improving Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor: Continuing improvement, fifty

Buttermilk Channel N. Y.

 thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Jefferson Inlet, New York: Seven thousand

Port Jefferson, N, Y.

 five hundred dollars to be expended in obtaining twelve feet in depth at mean low water in Port Jefferson Inlet and Harbor, in accordance with the plan submitted in annual report of the Chief of Engineers for eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. improving harbor at Pultneyville, New York: Continning

Pultneyville, N. Y.

 improvement, one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving harbor at Sacketts Harbor, New York:

Sacketts Harbor, N. Y.

For completion, five thousand 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, shall be used in dredging bar between South Amboy and Great Beds Light. This appropriation shall include a survey between South Amboy and Great Beds Light, with a view to deepening the channel to twenty-one feet at. mean low water. Improving Keyport Harbor, New Jersey: Completing improvement,

Key port, N. J.

 five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Erie, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,

Erie, Pa.

 ten thousand dollars. Improving Delaware Breakwater, Delaware: Continuing improvement,

Delaware Breakwater.

 fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Wilmington, and Christiana River, Delaware:

Wilmington, Del.

 Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars, including a survey of the Christiana River and harbor, with a view of obtaining a depth of twenty-one feet. Improving harbor at Baltimore, Maryland: For maintenance, fifty

Baltimore, Md.

 thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Norfolk and its approaches, Virginia: Continuing

Norfolk, Va.

 improvement, one hundred thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Winyaw Bay, South Carolina: Continuing

Winyaw Bay, S. C.

improvement, one hundred and ten thousand dollars.

Harbor of Savannah, Georgia: The Secretary of War is hereby

Savannah, Ga.

directed to report whether

Report on anchorage.

 the works projected for the improvement of the harbor will, when completed, afford safe anchorage for vessels lying in Tybee Roads; if not, whether there is any necessity for so 342 constructing them, giving, if so, such changes in plans and estimates as may be necessary.

Improving harbor at Brunswick, Georgia: For maintenance, ten thousand

Brunswick, Ga.

 dollars. Improving the outer bar of Brunswick, Georgia, thirty thousand

Outer bar.

 dollars, the whole

Payment to C. P. Goodyear.

Vol. 27, p. 230.

 of which shall be paid to C. P. Goodyear for depth of water heretofore obtained over said outer bar. And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to pay to said C. P. Goodyear, his heirs or assigns, upon procurement by the said Goodyear, his heirs or assigns, of a practical channel over said outer bar at Brunswick at least one hundred feet in width and of a minimum depth of twenty-three feet at ordinary mean high tide on or before November first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the sum of thirty thousand dollars; upon the procurement as aforesaid, on or before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, of a depth of water in said channel over said outer bar of a minimum depth at ordinary mean high tide, of twenty-four feet, and of said width, forty thousand dollars, to be paid in manner aforesaid; upon the procurement as aforesaid, on or before January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, of a depth of water in said channel of a minimum depth at ordinary mean high tide of twenty-five feet, and of said width, fifty thousand dollars, 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 as aforesaid and maintained for two years thereafter for the width above named, twenty-five thousand dollars in addition shall be paid in manner aforesaid. The said C. P. Goodyear, his heirs and assigns, shall procure said

Use of dynamite.

work on said outer bar by the explosion of dynamite on the bottom of said channel or sunk beneath the bottom thereof, in his or their discretion, and not otherwise, and shall use the necessary auxiliary means for smoothing the bottom of the bar. The money necessary to carry out the provisions of this item is hereby appropriated out of any money

Proviso.

Certificate from officers.

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That-no payments except the first, of thirty thousand dollars, shall be made except upon a certificate of a majority of a board of officers, two of whom shall be officers of the Engineer Corps, detailed for that purpose by the Secretary of War, and the third shall be the Chief of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, that the said C. P. Goodyear, his heirs and assigns, have complied with all the conditions as to any of the depths and widths named or as to the maintenance of a depth of twenty-five feet accomplished in accordance with the provisions of this item Improving Cumberland Sound, Georgia: Continuing improvement,

Cumberland Sound, Ga.

 one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Darien, Georgia: Continuing improvement,

Darien, Ga.

 twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Apalachicola. Bay and River, Florida: Continuing

Apalachicola Bay, Fin.

 improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. improving harbor at Pensacola, Florida: Continuing improvement,

Pensacola, Fla.

 one hundred thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War may, if ho deems it advisable, begin the improvement recommended by the Board of Engineers appointed in January, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to consider and report upon the improvement of said harbor. Improving entrance to harbor at. Key West, Florida: Continuing

Key West, Fla.

 improvement, eighty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saint Augustine, Florida: Continuing improvement,

Saint Augustine, Fla.

 six thousand dollars. Improving Charlotte Harbor and Pease Creek, Florida: Continuing improvement,

Charlotte, Fla.

 twenty thousand dollars.

Harbor at Mobile, Alabama: The Secretary of War shall cause a

Mobile, Ala.

Surveys.

survey to be made to ascertain the cost of widening the channel of said harbor now in course of improvement, to obtain a width of one hundred feet at the bottom, with a proper slope therefor, and also a survey to ascertain the best point for and the cost of a sufficient channel between 343 Mobile Bay and the Mississippi Sound for the proper accommodation of commerce; and the expenses of said two surveys shall be paid out of

Payment.

Post, p. 404.

 any appropriation made for the improvement of the channel of Mobile Harbor.

The Secretary of War is authorized, at his discretion, to use not

Clearing channel.

 exceeding ten thousand dollars of the amount, appropriated for the improvement of Mobile Harbor in keeping the channel clear of timber, logs and other obstructions. The Secretary of War is authorized, at his discretion, to use such

Removing obstructions from Mobile and Tombigbee rivers.

 amount as may be necessary, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, of the amount appropriated for the improvement of Mobile Harbor by the sundry civil bill for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, in removing shoals and other obstructions in the Mobile and Tombigbee rivers, between the mouth of Chickasabogue Creek and Naunahubba Bluff, so as to secure a depth of sixteen feet at low water; Provided, That if a contract has been entered into for the

Proviso.

Terms of contract to be complied with.

 improvement of said harbor, by the terms of which the amount to be so appropriated for said fiscal year should be paid to a contractor or contractors for work to be done by him or them, then no part of said appropriation shall be so diverted without the consent of such contractor or contractors. Improving mouth and passes of Calcasieu River, Louisiana: Continuing

Calcasieu River, La.

 improvement, ninety thousand dollars, of which fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used on the inner bars. Improving harbor at Vicksburg, Mississippi, not including work at

Vicksburg, Miss.

 Delta Point, Louisiana: Continuing improvement under the direction of the Secretary of War, forty thousand dollars. Improving and maintaining ship channel in Galveston Bay, Texas:

Galveston Bay, Tex., ship channel

 Continuing improvement according to the existing project, fifty thousand dollars. Improving channel in West Galveston Bay, Texas: Continuing improvement

West Galveston Bay, Tex.

 according to existing project, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Sabine Pass, Texas: Continuing improvement,

Sabine Pass, Tex.

 two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio: Continuing improvement,

Ashtabula, Ohio.

 seventy-five thousand dollars, including a survey to determine what improvement thereof should be made with a view to making it a harbor of refuge and enlarging its capacity for the purposes of commerce. Improving harbor at the mouth of Black River, Ohio: Continuing improvement,

Black River, Ohio.

 ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Cleveland,Ohio: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand

Cleveland, Ohio.

 dollars. Improving harbor at Fairport, Ohio: Continuing

Fairport, Ohio.

 improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Huron, Ohio: Continuing improvement,

Huron, Ohio.

 ten thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Port Clinton. Ohio: Continuing improvement,

Port Clinton. Ohio.

 six thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Sandusky, Ohio: Continuing improvement,

Sandusky, Ohio.

 thirty thousand dollars, five thousand dollars of which may be used in removing shoal at outer approach to harbor; and the Secretary of War is authorized and directed, in his discretion, to cause a survey, if necessary for the purpose, and an estimate to be made of the cost of further necessary improvement of said harbor, including the channel over said outer bar. Improving harbor at Toledo, straight channel through Maumee Bay,

Toledo, Ohio.

 Ohio: Continuing improvement, seventy thousand dollars, a part of which may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, in removing shoal in the old channel and in extending the improvement up the Maumee River. 344 Improving Conneaut Harbor. Ohio: Continuing improvement according

Conneaut, Ohio.

 to the existing plan, forty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Vermillion, Ohio; For maintenance and repairs,

Vermillion. Ohio.

 two thousand dollars. Improving outer harbor at Michigan City, Indiana: Continuing improvement, twenty thousand

Michigan City, Ind.

 dollars. Improving inner harbor at Michigan City, Indiana: Continuing improvement,

Calumet Ill.

 ten thousand dollars. Improving Calumet Harbor, Illinois: For maintenance of existing works,

Chicago, Ill.

 fifteen thousand dollars, including survey with a view to such additional improvement as may be required. Improving harbor at Chicago, Illinois: Completing improvement,

Waukegan Ill.

 eighty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, use twenty five thousand dollars of this sum in the improvement of Chicago River up to the forks of said river. Improving harbor at Waukegan, Illinois: Continuing improvement,

Charlevoix, Mich.

 twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Charlevoix and entrance to Pine Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Frankfort, Mich.

 eight thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Frankfort, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Grand Haven, Mich.

 and repairs, fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Grand Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Grand Marais, Mich.

 twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Grand Marais, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Manistee, Mich.

 twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Manistee, Michigan: Continuing improvements,

Proviso.

Protecting banks, etc.

 and fur repairs, twelve

Holland, Mich.

 thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this 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 the banks and the washing of silt, into the bed of the river. Improving harbor at Holland (Black Lake),Michigan: Completing improvement,

Monroe, Mich.

 fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Monroe, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Muskegon, Mich.

 and maintenance, live thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Muskegon, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Ontonagon, Mich.

 thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ontonagon, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Pentwater, Mich.

 and for repairs, seven thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Pentwater, Michigan: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Sand Beach, Michigan: Continuing improvement

Sand Beach, Mich.

 according to the existing project, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Portage Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Portage Lake, Mich.

 twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Saint Joseph, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Saint Joseph, Mich.

 thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at South Haven, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

South Haven, Mich.

 twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at White Lake, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

White Lake, Mich.

 live thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Marquette, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Marquette, Mich.

 thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Ludington. Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Ludington, Mich.

 six thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Petoskey, Michigan: Ten thousand dollars, to

Petoskey, Mich.

Vol. 27. p, 94.

 be expended together with the unexpended appropriations for this harbor, according to the larger 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.

 and for restraining works to prevent the drifting of sand into the harbor, twelve thousand dollars. 345 Improving harbor at Menominee, Michigan and Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Menominee, Mich, and Wis.

 ten thousand dollars. Improving Cheboygan Harbor, Michigan; The Secretary of War is

Cheboygan, Mich.

 hereby directed to expend the unexpended balance on hand in dredging.

Dredging.

Vol. 25, p, 405.

 He is also directed to make an estimate of the amount required to deepen the present channel to a depth of eighteen feet. Improving harbor at Ahnapee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Ahnapee. Wis.

 five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Green Bay, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Green Bay, Wis.

 twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Kenosha. Wis.

 fifteen thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Kewaunee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Kewaunee, Wis.

twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Manitowoc, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement

Manitowoc, Wis.

 and maintenance, twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Milwaukee, Wis.

 forty-five

Harbor of refuge.

thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Milwaukee, Wisconsin: For repairs of piers and

Repairs, etc.

 dredging, seven thousand dollars, and including survey of the harbor at South Milwaukee with a view to the improvement thereof. Improving harbor at Port Washington, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Port Washington, Wis.

 five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Racine, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Racine. Wis.

 twenty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Superior Bay and Saint Louis Bay, Wisconsin:

Superior and Saint Louis bays. Wis.

 Continuing improvement, fifty 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 Connor’s Point: Provided, That so

Proviso.

Survey.

 much of said sum as may be necessary may be used for the purpose of making a survey of said harbor with a view of deepening it to twenty feet and making estimates therefor. Improving harbor at Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Sheboygan, Wis.

 twenty-five thousand dollars, of which the sum of four hundred and thirty-nine dollars and fifty-six cents maybe paid by the Secretary of War to the C. Reiss Coal Company, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, for

Dredging.

 dredging done by them in the harbor. Improving harbor at Ashland, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Ashland, Wis.

 twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Two Rivers, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Two Rivera, Wis.

 three thousand dollars. Improving harbor of refuge at Sturgeon Bay Canal, Wisconsin: For

Sturgeon Bay, Wis.

 maintenance of channel and piers, five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Oconto, Wisconsin: To maintain works, three

Oconto, Wis.

thousand dollars: Provided, That so much of said sum as may be necessary

Proviso.

Survey, etc.

 may be used for the purpose of making a survey and submitting plans and estimates for the improvement and confinement of the current in the river to maintain a standard depth of water, and to obtain a channel sixteen feet deep, and for extending the piers and for the construction of a harbor sixteen feet deep in Green Bay exterior to the river channel.

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, seventy-five thousand dollars, of which an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, may be expended in the channel of Saint Louis River above Grassy Point: Provided, That so much of said sum as may be

Proviso.

Survey.

necessary may be used for the purpose of making a survey of said harbor with a view of deepening it to twenty feet and making estimates therefor. The Secretary of War is authorized to negotiate with the city of Duluth for the unconditional donation of the land needed for said

Donation of lands from city.

 346 canal, canal entrances, and piers, accompanied by vacation of the abutting streets. In the event the city refuses to make an unconditional donation, but accompanies the donation with the reservation of a right of way for a tunnel, the Secretary of War may accept such conditional donation of the land; provided the said tunnel follows such lines and grades as he may approve.

Improving harbor at. Grand Marais, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,

Grand Marais, Minn.

 three thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Agate Bay, Minnesota: Continuing improvement,

Agate Bay, Minn.

 thirty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Oakland, California: Continuing improvement,

Oakland. Cal.

 one hundred thousand dollars, of which twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in opening the western end of the tidal casual in said harbor to the depth of eight feet below low tide. Improving harbor at San Diego, California: Continuing improvement,

San Diego, Cal.

 fifty thousand dollars. Improving harbor at San Luis Obispo, California: Continuing

San Luis Obispo. Cal.

improvement, forty thousand dollars. Improving entrance and harbor at Coos Bay, Oregon: Continuing

Cons Bay, Oreg.

 improvement, ninety-five thousand dollars; and for the construction or purchase of a dredger, and operating the same in removing obstructions from and deepening the harbor of Coos Bay in front of Marsh-field, thirteen thousand dollars. improving harbor at Yaquina Bay, Oregon: Continuing improvement,

Yaquina Bay, Oreg.

 fifty thousand dollars. Improving Tillamook Bay,Oregon: Continuing improvement,sixteen

Tillamook Bay. Oreg.

 thousand dollars. Improving Grays Harbor and Chehalis River, Washington: Continuing

Grays Harbor, Che-halls River, Wash.

improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Olympia Harbor, Washington: Continuing improvement,

Olympia, Wash.

 forty thousand dollars. Improving Bagaduce River, Maine: Continuing improvement,

Rivers.

Bagaduce River, Me.

 five thousand dollars. Improving Lubec Channel, Maine: Continuing improvement according

Lubec Channel, Me.

 to plan submitted by Colonel J. A. Smith December thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, five thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to expend on this improvement any unexpended balance of appropriations hitherto made for the improvement of the Saint Croix River, Improving Kennebec River, Maine; Continuing improvement, fifty

Kennebec River, Me.

 thousand dollars. Improving Narragaagus River, Maine: Continuing improvement,

Namgaugna River, Me.

 five thousand dollars. Ilarraseeket River, Maine: To complete improvement,

Ilarraseeket River Me.

 five thousand dollars. Improving Saco River, Maine, including breakwater: Continuing improvement,

Saco River, Me.

 ten 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: Continuing improvement,

Otter Creek, Vt.

 five thousand dollars. Improving Powow River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Powow River. Mass.

 fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Taunton River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Taunton River, Mass.

 five thousand dollars. Improving Weymouth River, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Weymouth River, Mass.

 five thousand dollars, of which two thousand five hundred dollars shall be used in the improvement of Weymouth Back River. 347 Improving Essex Kher, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Essex River, Mass.

 five thousand dollars. Improving Mystic and Malden rivers, Massachusetts: Continuing improvement,

Mystic and Malden rivers, Mass.

 ten thousand dollars. Improving Pawtucket River, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement,

Pawtucket River, R. I.

 twenty-live thousand dollars. Improving Pawcatuck River, Rhode Island and Connecticut: Continuing

Paweatack River, R. Land Conn.

 improvement according to original plan tor excavation of channel to a width of forty feet between the lower and upper wharves in the town of Westerly, and continuing the excavation of the channel to the full width of one hundred feet, six thousand dollars. Improving Providence River and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement,

Providence River, Narragansett Bay.

 seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Green Jacket Shoal, Providence, Rhode island: Continuing improvement,

Green Jacket Shoal, R. I.

seven thousand live hundred dollars. Improving Connecticut River below Hartford, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,

Connecticut River, Conn.

 twenty thousand dollars. Improving Housatonic River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,

Housatonic River, Conn.

 twenty-live thousand dollars, Improving Thames River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,

Thames River, Conn.

 twelve thousand live hundred dollars. Improving Mystic River, Connecticut: Continuing improvement,

Mystic River, Conn.

 three thousand live hundred dollars. Improving Saugatuck River, Connecticut: For completion,

Saugatuck River, Conn.

three thousand dollars. Improving Newtown Creek, New York: Continuing improvement,

Newtown Creek. N. Y.

 twenty thousand dollars. Improving Harlem River, New York: Continuing improvement,

Harlem River, N. Y.

 one hundred and twenty-live thousand dollars. Improving East River and Hell Gate, New York: Continuing improvement,

East River and Hell Gate, N. Y.

 seventy-live thousand dollars. Improving Browns Creek, Sayville, Long Island, New York: For maintenance,

Browns Creek, N. Y.

 four thousand dollars. Improving East Chester Creek, New York: Continuing improvement,

East Chester Creek, N. Y.

 twelve thousand dollars. Improving Great Chazy River, New York: For completion,

Great Chazy River, N. Y.

three thousand dollars. Improving Patchogue River, New York: Continuing improvement,

Patchogue River.

 four thousand dollars. Improving shoal between Sister Islands and Cross-Over Light, Saint

Saint Lawrence River, N. Y.

 Lawrence River, New York: Continuing improvement, eight thousand dollars, to be expended for improving shoals between Sister Islands and Cross-Over Light, and in the Saint Lawrence River between Ogdensburg and the foot of Lake Ontario. Improving Passaic River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Raritan River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Passaic River, N. J.

 twenty thousand dollars. Improving Shrewsbury River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Raritan River, N. J.

 five thousand dollars. Improving South River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Shrewsbury River, South River. N. J.

 five 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.

 three thousand dollars. Improving Mattawan Creek, New Jersey: For dredging,

Mattawan Creek, N. J.

 three thousand dollars. Improving Rancocas River, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Rancocas River, N. J.

 three thousand dollars. Improving Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek. N. J.

 three thousand dollars. 348 Improving Salem River, New Jersey: For completion, one thousand

Salem River, N. J.

 seven hundred dollars. Improving Goshen Creek, New Jersey: Continuing improvement,

Goshen Creek, N. J.

 three thousand dollars. Improving Allegheny River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,

Allegheny River, Pa.

 twelve thousand live hundred dollars. Improving Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement,

Schuylkill River, Pa.

 twenty thousand dollars. Improving Frankford Creek, Pennsylvania, by straightening the same

Frankford Creek, Pa.

 between the crossings of Tulip and Roxborough streets, in the county of Philadelphia, two thousand dollars. Improving Delaware River, from Trenton to its mouth, Pennsylvania

Delaware River, Pa. and N. J.

 and New Jersey: Continuing improvement, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars shall be expended in the improvement of the channel over Perriwig Bar. For continuing construction of dam at Herrs island, Allegheny River,

Herrs Island Dam, Pa.

 Pennsylvania, forty thousand dollars. Improving Monongahela River, West Virginia and Pennsylvania:

Monongahela River, W. Va. and Pa.

 Continuing improvement, twenty thousand dollars. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to investigate and report to the next Congress the sum of money necessary to acquire by purchase the

Purchase of dams, etc.

Post, p. 973.

locks and dams on the Monongahela-River, in Pennsylvania, belonging to the Monongahela Navigation Company, as a whole, and separately; and also to take testimony as to the value of said improvements, and the commercial importance of free navigation of said river; and the Secretary of War shall report thereon to Congress at its next succeeding session, to the end that Congress may determine as to the expediency of making the navigation of said river free from tolls. Improving Appoquinimink River, Delaware: Continuing improvement,

Appoquinimink River, Del.

 five thousand dollars. Improving Smyrna River, Delaware: Continuing improvement, five

Smyrna River, Del.

 thousand dollars. Improving Murderkill River, Delaware: Continuing improvement,

Murderkill River, Del.

 six thousand five hundred dollars, of which one thousand five hundred dollars, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, may be used in removing the bar and obstructions at the mouth of Saint Jones River. Improving Mispillion River, Delaware: Continuing improvement,

Mispillion River, Del.

 ten thousand dollars. Improving the inland waterway from Chincoteague Bay, Virginia, to

Waterway, Chirico league and Delaware bays.

 Delaware Bay, at or near Lewes, Delaware, to be used from Delaware Bay to Indian River: Continuing improvement, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Broad Creek River, Delaware: Continuing improvement,

Broad Creek River, Del.

 five thousand dollars, of which so much as may be necessary shall be used for removal of bar that extends from the railroad bridge at Sea-ford toward the mouth of Nanticoke River. Improving Choptank River, Maryland: Continuing improvement,

Choptank River, Md.

 two thousand dollars. Improving Susquehanna River, Maryland and Pennsylvania: For maintenance,

Susquehanna River, Md. and Fa.

 four thousand dollars, to be expended above Havre de Grace, including survey from a point one mile below the town of Havre de Grace to a point one mile above Port Deposit, to ascertain what is necessary to prevent the accumulation of ice and ice gorges in said river and the cost thereof. Improving Chester River, Maryland: Continuing improvement,

Chester River, Md.

 one thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Manokin River, Maryland: Continuing improvement,

Manokin River, Md.

 four thousand dollars. Improving Wicomico River, Maryland: Continuing improvement,

Wicomico River, Md.

 three thousand dollars. Improving La Trappe River, Maryland: Completing improvement,

La Trappe River, Md.

 four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. 349 Improving Warwick River, Maryland: Continuing improvement, two

Warwick River, Md.

 thousand dollars. improving Patapsco River and channel to Baltimore: Continuing

Patapsco River, Md.

 improvement from main ship channel to Curtis Bay, twelve thousand dollars. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to

Delaware and Chesapeake Canal.

 appoint a board, to consist of an officer of the Engineer Corps of the United States Army, not below the rank of lieutenant-colonel, an officer of the United States Navy, not below the rank of captain, and two civilians, who, together with the Chief of the Engineers of the United States Army, shall examine and determine, from the surveys heretofore made under the direction of the War Department, the most feasible route for the construction of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. And in making such selection said board shall select a route which in its

Board to select route, etc.

 judgment shall give the greatest facility to commerce and will be best adapted for national defense. The said board shall report its conclusions

Report.

 to the Secretary of War, who shall transmit the same to Congress at its next session; and the sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of the said board. Improving Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia: Continuing improvement,

Potomac River, D. C.

 one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Appomattox River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Appomattox River, Va.

 five thousand dollars. Improving Nansemond River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, ten thousand dollars,

Nansemond River, Va.

 including survey and preparing estimate for the improvement of Nandua creek. Improving James River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, one

James River, Va.

 hundred thousand dollars. Improving Mattapom River, Virginia: Continuing improvement, four thousand dollars,

Mattaponi River, Va.

 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.

 five thousand dollars. Improving Pamunkey River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Pamunkey River, Va.

 two thousand dollars. Improving Rappahannock River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Rappahannock River, Va.

 ten thousand dollars. Improving Urbanna Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Urbanna Creek, Va.

 three thousand dollars. Improving York River, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

York River. Va.

 twenty thousand dollars. Improving Aquia Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Aquia Creek, Va.

 three thousand dollars. Improving Occoquan Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Occoquan Creek, Va.

 five thousand dollars. Protecting Jamestown Island from the encroachments of James River, ten thousand dollars,

James River, Jamestown Island, Va,

 or so much thereof as may be necessary. Improving Lower Machodoc Creek, Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Lower Machodoc Creek, Va.

 three thousand dollars. Improving Elk River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Elk River, W. Ya.

 two thousand dollars. Improving Guyandotte River, West Virginia: For maintenance,

Guyandotte River, W. Va.

 two thousand dollars. Improving Gauley River, West Virginia: Continuing improvement,

Gauley River, W. Va.

 three thousand dollars. Improving Roanoke River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Roanoke River. N. C.

 thirty thousand dollars. Improving inland waterway between Beaufort Harbor and New River, North Carolina: Continuing

Waterway. Beau tort to New River, N. C.

 improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Trent River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Trent River, N. C.

 four thousand dollars. 350 Improving North East (Cape Fear) River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

North East River, N.C.

 five thousand dollars. Improving Pasquotank River, North Carolina: Completing improvement,

Pasquotank River, N. C.

 one thousand dollars. Improving Capo Fear River, North Carolina, above Wilmington: Continuing improvement,

Cape Fear River, N. C.. above Wilmington.

 fourteen thousand dollars. Improving Cape Fear River, North Carolina, from Wilmington to its mouth: Continuing improvement,

Below Wilmington.

 two hundred thousand dollars. Improving Pamlico and Tar Rivers, North Carolina, up to Rocky Mount: Continuing improvement,

Pamlico and Tar rivers, N. C.

 ten thousand dollars. Improving Contentnia Creek, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Contentnia Creek, N. C.

 ten thousand dollars. Improving Black River, North Carolina: For maintenance,

Black River, N. C.

 two thousand dollars. Improving Lumber River, North and South Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Lumber River, N. C. and S. U.

 four thousand dollars. Improving Neuse River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Neuse River, N. C.

 seven 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, ten thousand dollars. For the survey of the waterways through the sounds of North Carolina

Survey for ship canal. Va. and N. C.

 and for the survey of the Dismal Swamp Canal, Virginia and North Carolina, with a view of obtaining a depth of nine feet and the necessary width of a ship canal, and for the survey of the rivers and water connections connecting said canal with the sounds of North Carolina, five thousand dollars, or so much therof as is necessary. Improving Lockwoods Folly River, North Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Lock woods Folly River, N. C.

 ten thousand dollars. Improving Great Pedee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Great Pedee River, S.C.

 six thousand dollars. Improving Santee River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Santee River, S. C.

 forty thousand dollars, to be used in snagging and in making new cut between Estherville and Minim Creek, and in maintaining the Musquito Creek Channel. Improving Waecamaw River, North and South Carolina,

Waccamaw River, N. C. and S. C.

 up to Lake Waccamaw: Continuing improvement, six thousand dollars. Improving Wappoo Cut, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Wappoo Cut, S. C.

 seven thousand dollars. Improving Wateree River, South Carolina: For maintenance,

Wateree River, S. C.

 two thousand five hundred dollars.- Improving Congaree River, South Carolina: Continuing improvement,

Congarec River, S. C.

 four thousand dollars. Improving Mingo Creek, South Carolina: For completion,

Mingo Creek, S. C.

 four thousand dollars. Improving Little Pedee River, South Carolina; Continuing improvement,

Little Pedee River, S. C.

 four thousand dollars. . Improving Beaufort River, South Carolina; Continuing improvement,

Beaufort River, S, C.

 five thousand dollars. Improving Altamaha River, Georgia: Continuing improvement,

Altamaha River, Ga.

 ten thousand dollars. Improving Chattahoochee River, Georgia and Alabama: Continuing

Chattahoochee River, Ga. and Ala.

 improvement, thirty thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars are to be used on that portion of the river between West Point and Franklin, and ten thousand dollars in rebuilding snag boat. Improving Flint River, Georgia: Continuing improvement,

Flint River, Ga.

 eight thousand dollars. Improving Ocmulgee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, ten

Ocmulgee River, Ga.

 thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars are to be expended between Macon and Hawkinsville and the like sum below Hawkinsville.

Improving Oconee River, Georgia: Continuing improvement, ten

Oconee River, Ga.

351 thousand dollars, of which three thousand dollars are to be expended between Milledgeville and the Central Railroad bridge.

Improving Savannah River, between Savannah and Augusta: Con-tinning improvement,

Savannah River, Ga., lower.

 fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Savannah River, above Augusta, Georgia.: Continuing improvement,

Ahove Augusta.

six thousand dollars. Improving Jekyl Creek, Georgia: Continuing improvement,

Jekyl Creek, Ga.

 four thousand dollars. Improving Coosa, River, between Rome, Georgia, and the East Tennessee,

Coosa River. Ga. and Ala.

 Virginia and Georgia Railroad bridge, in Alabama: Continuing improvement, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Improving Coosa River between Wetumka, Alabama, and the East

Coosa River, Ala.

 Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad bridge: Continuing improvement, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Inside water route between Savannah, Georgia, and Fernandina, Florida: Continuing improvement,

Waterway. Savananah to Fernandina.

 twenty thousand dollars. Continuing improvement, Apalachicola River, Florida, including the cutoff,

Apalachicola River.

 Leos Slough and Lower Chipola River: Five thousand dollars. Improving Caloosahatchee River and Punta Rassa, Florida:

Caloosahatchee River and Punta Rassa, Fla.

Choctaw hatchee River, Fla. and Ala.

Proviso.

Drawbridge.

 For maintenance, two thousand dollars. Improving Choctawhatchee River, Florida and Alabama: Continuing improvement, six thousand 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 Indian River, Florida, dredging channel from the channel

Indian River, Fla.

 of the Indian River through the Negro Cut to the bar at the Indian River inlet, five thousand dollars, and, in addition thereto, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to expend in making said improve merit the fifteen thousand dollars appropriated for the improvement of Indian River by Act approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 27, p.101.

 and ninety-two. Improving Escambia and Conecuh rivers, Florida: Continuing improvements,

Escambia and Coneculi rivers, Fla.

 six thousand dollars. Improving Manatee River, Florida: Continuing improvement,

Manatee River, Fla.

 three thousand dollars. Improving Suwanee River, Florida: Continuing improvement,

Suwanee River, Fla.

 three-thousand dollars. Improving Volusia Bar, Florida: For maintenance,

Volusia Bar, Fla.

 one thousand dollars. Improving Ocklawaha. River, Florida: For maintenance,

Ocklawaha River, Fla.

 three thousand dollars. Improving Sarasota. Bay. Florida: Continuing improvement,

Sarasota Bay, Fla.

 two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Withlacoochee River, Florida: For maintenance,

Withlacoochee River, Fla.

 including a survey of the mouth of said river, eight hundred dollars. Improving Alabama River, Alabama: Continuing improvement,

Alabama River, Ala.

 fifty thousand dollars. Improving Black Warrior River, Alabama, from Tuscaloosa to

Black Warrior River, Ala.

Daniels Creek: Continuing improvement, thirty seven thousand five hundred dollars; and the Secretary of War shall cause a survey of

Survey.

 said river to be made for its further improvement to the Mulberry and Locust Fork, in harmony as to width and depth of channel with the work now being done between Tuscaloosa and Daniels Creek, and the expense of said survey shall be paid out of this appropriation. Improving Warrior and Tombigbee rivers, Alabama, from mouth of

Warrior and Tombigbee rivers, Ala.

Distribution.

 Tombigbee River to Tuscaloosa: Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars, of which seventy-five thousand dollars are to be expended on the Tombigbee River and forty 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. 352 Improving Tombigbee River from Fulton to Columbus: Continuing

Tombigbee River, Ala. and Miss.

 improvement, four thousand dollars. Improving Tombigbee River from Demopolis, Alabama, to Columbus, Mississippi: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars. Improving Tombigbee River, from Walkers Bridge to Fulton: Continuing improvement, one thousand dollars. Improving Big Sunflower River, Mississippi: Continuing

Big Sunflower River, Alisa.

improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Noxubee River, Mississippi: For maintenance,

Noxubee River, Miss.

 three thousand dollars. Improving Pascagoula River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,

Pascagoula River, Miss.

 thirteen thousand dollars, and so much of said sum as may be necessary may be used for removal of the bar in Horn Island Pass. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, between Edinburg and Carthage:

Pearl River, Miss.

 For maintenance, five hundred dollars. Improving Pearl River, between Cartilage and Jackson, Mississippi: For completion, two thousand four hundred dollars. Improving Pearl River, Mississippi, below .Jackson: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars, which, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, may be expended north of Columbia. Improving Tallahatchee River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,

Tallahatchee River, Miss.

 four thousand 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, of which so much as may be necessary shall be expended in removing the bar at Yazoo City and the bars at the upper and lower ends of Tchula Lake, beginning with the bar at Yazoo City. Improving Chickasahay River, Mississippi, from the mouth up to railroad bridge, near

Leaf River, Miss.

 Shubuta: Continuing improvement, live thousand dollars. Improving Leaf River, Mississippi, from its mouth to Bowie Creek:

Chickasaha River, Mis.

 Continuing improvement, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving mouth of the Yazoo River, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,

Yazoo River. Miss., at mouth.

 two hundred and twenty-live thousand dollars, to be expended in accordance with plan of Captain J. H. Willard, Corps of Engineers, as set out in House Executive Document, numbered one hundred and twenty-five, of the first session, Fifty-second Congress. Improving Amite River and Bayou Manehac, Louisiana: For maintenance,

A uiite River, and Bayou Manchac, La.

 two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Boeuf River, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,

Boeuf River, La.

 eight thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Bartholomew, Louisiana and Arkansas: Continuing improvement,

Bayou Bartholomew, La. and Ark.

 five thousand dollars. Improving bayous D’Arbonue and Corney, Louisiana: Continuing improvement, three thousand dollars,

Bayous D’A r bounc and Corney, La.

 of which one thousand dollars shall be expended in removing obstructions from the Little D’Arbonue. Improving Tensas River and Bayou Macon, Louisiana and Arkansas:

Tensas River, and Bayou Macon, La. and Ark.

Red River, La. and Ark.

 Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Red River, Louisiana and Arkansas, from Fulton, Arkansas, to the Atchafalaya River: Continuing improvement, according to the plan of Captain J. H. Willard, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and for completion of survey, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, of which fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in the further prosecution of the work at Alexandria, and five thousand dollars for improving the Sulphur River, a tributary of the Red River. Improving Tickfaw River, Louisiana: For maintenance, one thousand

Tickfaw River, La.

 dollars.

Improving Bayou Plaquemine,Louisiana: Continuing improvement,

Bayou Plaquemine, La.

one hundred and ten thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding 353 ten thousand dollars may be used, hi 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, forty thousand dollars, and a dredge boat for use in said bayou is hereby authorized to be constructed, the expense of same to be paid out of this appropriation. Improving Chefuncte River and Bogue Falia, Louisiana: For maintenance,

Cliofu note River and Bogue Falia, La.

 one thousand dollars. Improving Bogue Ghitto, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,

Bogue Chitto, Ln.

 five thousand dollars. Improving Mermentau River and tributaries, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,

Mermentau River, etc., La.

 five thousand dollars. Improving channel, bay, and passes of Bayou Vermilion, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,

Bayou Vermilion, La.

 five thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Courtableau, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,

Bayou Courtableau. La.

 five thousand dollars. Improving Bayou Teche, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,

Bayou Teche La,

 six thousand dollars. Improving Buffalo Bayou, Texas: Continuing improvement,

Buffalo Bayou, Tex.

 fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Trinity River, Texas: Continuing improvement

Trinity River, Tex.

 including survey from Magnolia to the city of Dallas, five thousand dollars. Improving Cypress Bayou, Texas: For dredging and removing obstructions and

Cypress Bayou, Tex.

 straightening channel between Jefferson, Texas, and Shreveport, Louisiana, ten thousand dollars. Improving Sabine River, Texas: For completion, five thousand

Sabine River. Tex.

 dollars. Improving Arkansas River, Arkansas and Indian Territory: Continuing

Arkansas River, Ark. and Ind, Tor.

 improvement, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, two-fifths of which amount shall be expended from the mouth of the river to Little Rock, and a portion of which, may in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used to prevent the further caving of the bank near Red Fork, two-fifths from Little Rock to Fort Smith, and one-fifth above Fort Smith: Provided, That, in the discretion of the Secretary

Proviso.

 of War, ten thousand dollars of the amount hereby appropriated for said

Snag boats, etc

 river may be used in removing obstructions and operating snag boats. Improving Saint. Francis River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement,

Saint Francis River. Ark.

 eighty-three thousand dollars, seventy-five thousand dollars of which to be expended by the Mississippi River Commission for the prevention

Prevention of ent, Mississippi River Commission.

 of a formation of a cut through to the Saint Francis River by the action of the overflow water from the Mississippi River, as recommended in the report of Colonel Charles R. Suter, dated May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Improving Arkansas River: Removing obstructions and operating

Arkansas River.

 snag boats,

Snag boats, etc.

 twenty thousand dollars. Improving Black River, Arkansas and Missouri: Continuing improvement.

Black River. Ark. and Mo.

 nine thousand live hundred dollars. Improving White River, Arkansas: Continuing improvement, fifty-two

White River. Ark.

 thousand dollars, of which two thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in removing obstructions in Cache River, and eight thousand dollars in the rectification of the channel of the White River at Batesville. Improving Ouachita and Black rivers, Arkansas and Louisiana:

Ouachita and Black rivers, Ark. and La.

 Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of War is directed to submit, with his next report on the Ouachita River, plans and estimates for the improvement of said Ouachita River by locks and dams, to give slackwater navigation as far above its mouth as in his judgment such improvement is practicable, the cost of the same to be paid out of this appropriation. Improving Red River above Fulton, Arkansas: Continuing improvement

Red River, Ark.

 three thousand five hundred dollars. 354 Improving Current River, Arkansas and Missouri: Continuing

Current River, Ark. and Mo.

 improvement in accordance with the project submitted by H. S. Tabor, captain of engineers, on December eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, eight thousand dollars, of which four thousand three hundred and fifty dollars may be used in building a snag boat and rock barge. Improving Clinch River. Tennessee: Continuing improvement, two

Clinch River. Tenn.

 thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Cumberland River, Kentucky and Tennessee: Continuing

Cumberland River.

 improvement above Nashville, two hundred thousand dollars, of which five thousand dollars may be used, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, above the town of Burnside. Improving Cumberland River below Nashville, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Improving French Broad and Little Pigeon rivers, Tennessee: Continuing

French Broad and Little Pigeon rivers, Tenn.

Tennessee River.

Below Chattanooga. Tenn.

Distribution.

 improvement, seven thousand dollars. Improving Tennessee River below Chattanooga, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, four hundred thousand dollars, of which twenty-five thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in continuing the work at Livingston Point, Kentucky, and ten thousand dollars in improving the river between Hobbs Island and Guntersville, and one hundred thousand dollars below Riverton, of which last stun ninety-thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in the removal of snags and other obstructions to navigation between Riverton and the mouth of said Tennessee River, and the remainder of said sum of one hundred thousand dollars, as so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used in making a survey of said Tennessee River below Riverton and submitting plans for its improvement. Improving Tennessee River above Chattanooga, Tennessee, fifty

Above Chattanooga, Tenn.

 thousand dollars, to be expended in accordance with the project submitted by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry M. Robert, on February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and printed in House Executive Document numbered two hundred and fifty-two, second session of Fifty-second Congress. Improving Obion River, Tennessee, from its mouth to the town of

Obion River. Tenn.

 Obion on the Newport News and Mississippi Valley Railroad, in Obion County: Continuing improvement, seven thousand five, hundred dollars. Improving Kentucky River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement

Kentucky River.

, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars shall be used in improving Rough River, Kentucky. Improving the Falls of the Ohio River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement,

Falls of the Ohio River, Ky.

 sixty thousand dollars. Improving Indiana Chute, Falls of the Ohio River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement,

Indiana Chute, Ky.

 twenty thousand dollars. Improving Rough River, Kentucky: Continuing improvement,

Rough River, Ky.

 twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Levisa Fork, Big Sandy River, Kentucky: For maintenance.

Big Sandy River. Ky.

Levisa Fork.

Tag Fork.

 two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Tug Fork, Big Sandy River, Kentucky: For maintenance, two thousand five hundred dollars. Improving Green River, Kentucky, above the mouth of Big Barren

Green River, Ky.

 River: For lock number five, according to report and recommendation of Major D. W. Lockwood, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, submitted August eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Green River, Kentucky: For rebuilding lock number two

Lock No. 2.

 in accordance with the existing plans, one hundred and five thousand dollars. Improving Big Sandy River,near Louisa, Kentucky: For continuing

Big Sandy River. Ky.

 construction of movable dam in accordance with the existing plans, forty thousand dollars. 355

Ice harbor at the mouth of the Muskingum River, Ohio: For the

Muskingum River, Ohio.

Ice harbor, etc.

completion of the ice harbor at the mouth of the Muskingum River in Ohio, and for the completion of the lock machinery at Taylorsville, Ohio, the sum of thirteen thousand dollars remaining to the credit of the Taylorsville lock appropriation is hereby appropriated, and the Secretary of War is authorized and directed to require the necessary changes to be made in the county bridge at Taylorsville and in the bridge of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway Company at Marietta, Ohio, necessary to make said bridges conform to and accommodate the commerce of said river and to the improvements made therein by the United States, and to use for that purpose so much of the funds for the care and maintenance of public works as may be necessary to complete and perfect such changes, requiring that the county commissioners of Muskingum County and the managers of the railway line aforesaid shall construct the superstructure of the draws in said bridges, under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, and maintain the same in good order to protect the navigation of said river; and a survey shall be made of said river from Zanesville to Dresden with a view to its improvement.

That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to

Canal connecting Lake Erie and Ohio River.

Commission to examine and report on.

Post, p. 967.

appoint a board of three engineers of the Army, whose duty it shall be to survey the Miand and Erie Canal, the Ohio Canal and such branches thereof and such river and stream channels as may in their judgment form available portions of a continuous canal connecting the waters of Lake Erie with the Ohio River through the State of Ohio, and to report as to the feasibility and advisability of improving and widening such canal to seventy feet at the water line, and deepening the same to seven feet, and by construction of new locks not less than one hundred and fifty feet in length and twenty one feet in width, with a capacity for vessels of at least two hundred and eighty tons burden, and to report to the next session of Congress with detailed plans and an estimate of the cost of such improvement; and twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the cost of said survey, is hereby appropriated: Pro tided. That nothing herein shall be construed to

Proviso.

Construction not binding.

 commit the Government to proceed with the construction of said improvement.

Improving Ohio River. Ohio: Continuing improvement, two hundred

Ohio River.

and fifty thousand dollars, of which twelve thousand dollars shall be used in continuing the work at Shawneetown: twenty-five thousand

Shawneetown.

 dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in preventing the cutoff threatened at the peninsula near Evansville, Indiana; eighteen

Evansville, Ind.

 thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as maybe necessary, in constructing an additional ice pier at Middleport, Ohio,

Middleport. Ohio.

 pursuant to the plans of the Chief of Engineers, and in enlarging and improving the ice pier at Pomeroy, Ohio, and in constructing an ice

Ice piers.

 pier at or near Syracuse, Ohio, or at or near Hartford, West Virginia, upon the plans heretofore adopted for such piers in the Ohio River. The precise points for the construction of said piers at said localities shall be fixed by the Secretary of War so as to best accommodate the commerce of those sections of said river.

Improving Ohio River by the construction of a movable dam at or

Ohio River.

Movable dam.

below the mouth of Beaver River, Pennsylvania: Continuing improvement, seventy-five thousand dollars.

Improving Saginaw River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, forty thousand dollars, of which sixteen thousand dollars, or such less

Saginaw River. Mich.

sum as may be necessary, shall be expended on the river above Bay City.

Improving Saint Clair Flats Ship Canal. Michigan: All work pertaining

Saint Clair Flats Canal, Mich.

Character of work.

to this canal is hereby declared to be embraced within the project adopted by the Act approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 27, p. 108.

 and ninety-two, and the Secretary of War is directed to perform the same in accordance therewith.

356 Improving Black River, at Port Huron, Michigan: Continuing

Black River, Mich.

 improvement up to Washington avenue, four thousand dollars. Improving mouth of Black River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, four thousand dollars. Improving Clinton River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, five

Clinton River, Mich.

 thousand dollars. Improving Rouge River, Michigan: Continuing improvement, five

Rouge River, Mich.

thousand dollars. Improving Detroit River, Michigan, by removal of shoals

Detroit River, Mich.

 from the city of Detroit to Lake Erie: Continuing improvement, thirty thousand dollars. Improving Alpena Harbor, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Alpena Harbor. Mich.

 four thousand dollars. Improving the water communication across Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior,

Waterway, Koweenaw Bay to Lake Superior.

 from Keweenaw Bay to Lake Superior, in the State of Michigan, in accordance with the existing project, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. Improving Saint Joseph River, Michigan: Continuing improvement,

Saint Joseph River, Mich.

 five hundred dollars. Improving Chippewa River, including Yellow Banks, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement,

Chippewa River, Wis.

 including a survey of the river for two miles south of the Dells Dam, ten thousand dollars. Improving Fox River, Wisconsin: Continuing improvement, thirty-seven

Fox River, Wig.

 thousand five hundred dollars, of which twenty-five hundred 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; of which said sum, two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be used in the removal of the bar that exists at the intersection of Fox River with Big Lake Buttesdesmorts, and five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be used in erecting, operating, and maintaining on the Menasha dam slash boards to be so adjusted as to raise said dam one foot in height:

Precise, Raising dam.

Provided, however, That said dam shall not be raised if, in the judgment of the engineers or the Secretary of War, there is any possibility of any damage whatsoever being inflicted upon any private property by flowage of water or otherwise. Improving Saint Croix River, Wisconsin and Minnesota: Continuing

Saint Croix River, Win, and Minn.

 improvement, four thousand dollars. Improving Menominee River, Michigan and Wisconsin: Continuing

Menominee River, Mich, and Wis.

 improvement, six thousand dollars. Improving Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal: Continuing

Sturgeon Buy and Lake Michigan Canal.

 improvement, twenty thousand dollars. Improving Red River of the North, Minnesota: Continuing

Red River of the North, Minn.

 improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, above Vincennes: Continuing

Wabash River, Ind. and Ill.

 improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Wabash River, Indiana and Illinois, below Vincennes: Continuing improvement, fifteen thousand dollars. Improving White River, Indiana: Continuing improvement, including

White River, Ind.

 a resurvey of said river, five thousand dollars. Improving Calumet River, Indiana and Illinois: Continuing improvement,

Calumet River, Ind. and Ill.

 forty-five thousand dollars, of which thirty-five thousand dollars is to be used below the forks of the river and ten thousand dollars above the forks to one-half mile east of Hammond. Improving Illinois River, Illinois: Continuing improvement, thirty-five

Illinois River, Ill..

 thousand dollars. For construction of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal: Continuing

Illinois and Michigan Canal.

 construction, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars. So much of the Iowa River within the State of Iowa as lies between

Iowa River.

 the town of Toolsboro and the town

Part declared not navigable.

 of Wapello, in the county of Louisa, shall not be deemed a navigable river or public highway, but dams and bridges may be constructed across it. 357

For examination and survey Tor the location of a canal connecting

Lake Superior and Mississippi Riven

Lake Superior and the

Survey of canal to connect.

 Mississippi River, ten thousand dollars; and the engineers making said examination and survey shall report the most feasible route for such canal, either by way of the Saint Croix, Rum, or Upper Mississippi rivers: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed

Proviso.

Construction not binding.

 to commit the Government to proceed with the construction of said improvement.

For care and maintenance of reservoirs at the head-waters of the

Mississippi River.

Mississippi River,

Reservoirs at headwaters.

 fifty-one thousand dollars, and so much thereof as shall be required shall be expended in completing connections with the reservoir dams; in completing Sandy Lake dam; and any balance may be used for the construction of a reservoir and dam at Gull Lake, Minnesota: Provided, That the United States shall not be subject to any

Proviso

 cost or expense

No cost for lands, etc.

 for lands, mills, or other property necessarily taken or injured for the last-named reservoir and dam. The provisions of section four of an Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the

Maintenance.

Vol. 23, p. 147.

 construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, are hereby made applicable to said reservoirs so far as concerns their care, preservation, and maintenance. For dredging the channel at Quincy Bay, at Quincy, Illinois, the Secretary of

Quincy, Ill.

 War is hereby

Post, p. 404.

 authorized to set apart, out of any appropriations heretofore made, or which may be made, by this Congress for continuing the improvement of the Mississippi River, from the mouth of the Missouri River to Minneapolis, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, if, in his discretion, said sum shall be necessary for that purpose. And out of said appropriation lie shall cause a survey to be made on the west side of

Survey to prevent overflows.

 the Mississippi River, commencing at the mouth of Flint Creek, in Des Moines County, State of Iowa, and running along the west bank of the river to the month of the Iowa River, and along the east bank of the Mississippi River from the city of Warsaw to the city of Quincy, with a view to improving the navigation by preventing the water from over-Mowing the natural and artificial banks along those parts of the river and deepening the channel.

Improving the Mississippi River between the Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad bridge at Saint Paul

From Saint Paul to Minneapolis, Minn.

to the Washington Avenue bridge at Minneapolis, fifty-one thousand dollars, which together with the unexpended balance standing to the credit of this improvement shall be expended under the project or plan to extend navigation from Saint Paul to the, flour mills at Minneapolis, estimated for by Major A. McKenzie as appears by bis report made to General Thomas L. Casey, Chief of Engineers, United States Army, under date of March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, by the construction of lock and dam numbered two in the same project.

For work in accordance with the plans and specifications of the Mississippi

Work under Mississippi River Commission.

 River Commission: At the harbor of Greenville, Mississippi: Continuing improvement,

Greenville, Miss.

 eighty thousand dollars. At the harbor of New Madrid, Missouri: Continuing improvement,

New Madrid, Mo.

 twenty thousand dollars. At the harbor of New Orleans, Louisiana: Continuing improvement,

New Orleans, T.n,

 one hundred and ten thousand dollars. At the harbor of Natchez and Vidalia, Mississippi and Louisiana:

Nate boa and Vidalia, Miss, and La.

 Continuing improvement, eighty thousand dollars. At the harbor of Memphis, Tennessee: Continuing improvement, fifty

Memphis, Tenn.

 thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars may be used in dredging at the mouth of Wolf River, in the discretion of the Secretary of War. The Mississippi River Commission shall cause to be expended on the

Hickman, Ky.

 harbor at Hickman,

Unexpended balance.

Kentucky, the unexpended balance, of any appropriation heretofore made for improving the harbor at that point.

At the head of the Atchafalaya and the mouth of Red River, Louisiana,

Atchafalaya and Red rivers, La.

for the rectification thereof: Continuing improvement, seventy 358 thousand dollars, of which two thousand five hundred dollars may be used in improving Bayou Des Glaises, in the parish of Avoyelles, and the said Commission is directed to report to Congress in their next regular report their views on the advisability of effecting a separation between the Mississippi and Bed Rivers at the present junction thereof and maintaining navigation between the same through Bayou Plaque-mine or by means of a canal.

Improving Saint Francois River, in Missouri, five thousand dollars.

Saint Francis River, Mo.

Improving Gasconade River, Missouri: Continuing improvement, five

Gasconade River, Mo.

thousand dollars;

Osage River, Mo.

 and improving Osage River, Missouri: Continuing improvement, forty-six thousand dollars, to be expended by the Missouri River Commission.

Missouri River, from its mouth to the lower limits of Sioux City,

Missouri River commission.

Iowa; The Missouri

Distribution.

 River Commission is authorized and directed to expend from the appropriations for the improvement of said river seventy-five thousand dollars in the rectification of the river at Omaha, Nebraska; thirty five thousand dollars at Atchison. Kansas; and fifty thousand dollars at Saint Joseph and other localities on the river in the State of Missouri where the Commission may deem such improvement necessary.

Improving Upper Missouri River between Stubbs’ Ferry, in Montana,

Upper Missouri River. between Stubb’s Ferry, Mont., and Sioux City, Iowa.

and the lower limits of Sioux City, Iowa: One hundred and ten

Distribution.

thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars may be expended in the protection and completion of the works at Sioux City; forty thousand dollars are to be expended in the rectification of the river at Pierre and Fort Pierre; forty thousand dollars, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, may be used for the protection of Bismarck Harbor and the rectification of the river by works to prevent the river from eroding the banks and cutting a new channel at or near that mint; twenty thousand dollars shall be expended between the Great Falls of said river, in Montana, and Stubbs’ Ferry, in Montana.

Improving Sacramento and Feather Rivers, California: Continuing

Sacramento and

improvements,

Feather rivers, Cal

 including treatment of the Yuba River, near and above Marysville, and of the Bear River, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars; of which ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in snagging and other work between Tehama and Redding, on the Sacramento River; and, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in making a cutoff to avoid

Proviso.

Right of way.

Shanghai bend on Feather River: Provided, That no money shall be expended in making said cutoff until the right of way therefor shall have been conveyed to the United States free of expense.

Improving San Joaquin River, California, including making cut-off at

San Joaquin River, Cal.

Twenty-one Mile Slough; and if, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, it is deemed beneficial to navigation by preventing deposit of sediment in Stockton Channel, or otherwise, the making of a double

cutoff, etc.

cut-off beginning at Mormon Slough immediately above its junction with Stockton Channel, thence across the same, entering the. San Joaquin River immediately below junction therewith of Stockton Channel: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars, of which ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be expended in snagging and other work in aid of navigation on the San Joaquin River, above the city of Stockton and in the Tuolumne River

Proviso.

Right of way.

and other tributaries of the former: Provided, That no money shall be expended in making said double cutoff until the right of way therefor shall have been conveyed to the United States free of charge.

Improving Petaluma Creek, California: Continuing improvement,

Petaluma Creek,Cal.

fifteen thousand dollars.

Improving Mokelumne River, California: Continuing improvement,

Mokelumne River, Cal

two thousand five hundred dollars, including snagging as far as county

Proviso.

bridge at Thornton’s, on said river: Provided, That no part of said 359 sum shall be used until the drainage canal cut by private parties near

Drainage canal.

 New Hope landing shall have been closed.

Improving Napa River, California: Continuing improvement, four

Napa River, Cal.

 thousand dollars. Improving Upper Columbia River, including Snake River as far

Columbia River.

 up as

Upper.

Asotin, Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving Columbia River from Rock Island Rapids to Foster Creek

Rapids, Rock Island to Foster Creek.

 Rapids: The Secretary

Sung boat, etc.

 of War may, in his discretion, expend the unexpended balance, eight thousand two hundred and ten dollars and ninety-two cents, of the appropriation heretofore made for the improvement of the Columbia River between the head of Rock Island Rapids and the foot of Priest Rapids, Washington, for the building of a snag boat for use on the Columbia River between Rock Island Rapids and Foster Creek Rapids, and for such other work as may be necessary for the improvement of navigation of said river within the above-named limits. Improving mouth of Columbia River, Oregon, and Washington:

Mouth.

 Completing improvement, three hundred and thirty-eight thousand one hundred and eighty dollars. Improving Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, at Three-Mile

Boat railway at The Dalles Rapids.

 Rapids, and the construction and equipment of a boat railway from the foot of The Dalles Rapids to the head of Celilo Falls, said boat railway to be provided at each terminus with hydraulic lifts, and other necessary appliances, tor the purpose of raising and lowering the boats on suitable cars to and from its tracks, the whole to be located, constructed, and equipped for the passage of eight boats of six hundred tons each in each direction in twelve hours, on the south side of the Columbia River, substantially in accordance with the location and plans submitted by the board of engineers, appointed by the President in pursuance of the provision of the Act of Congress approved July thirteenth, eighteen

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 hundred and ninety-two, and entitled “An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” with their report, which is contained in Senate Executive Document Numbered Seven, Fifty-third Congress, first session, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

 That the Secretary

Right of way, etc., to be secured.

 of War is hereby authorized and directed to proceed to acquire without unnecessary delay by purchase or condemnation, in the manner and according to the conditions now prescribed bylaw, the necessary right of way for said boat railway and the right to the use of lands required for terminal and other facilities for said boat railway, and to expend so much of the amount hereby appropriated as may be necessary for that purpose. Improving Lower Willamette River in front of and below Portland,

Lower Willamette and Columbia rivers, Oreg, and Wash.

 Oregon and Columbia River below the Willamette River in Oregon and Washington: Continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars. Improving Willamette River above Portland, Oregon: Continuing

Willamette River, Oreg.

 improvement, twenty-three thousand dollars, of which eight thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be used at Corvallis, and two thousand dollars may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be used in the removal of obstructions in Yam Hill River up to McMinnville. Improving Coquille River, Oregon: Continuing improvement, twenty

Coquille Rivez,Oreg.

 thousand dollars. Improving Upper Coquille River, between Coquille City and Myrtle

Upper Coquille River, Oreg.

 Point, Oregon: Continuing improvement, five thousand dollars. Improving the mouth of Siuslaw River: Continuing improvement,

Siuslaw River, Oreg.

 twenty-five thousand dollars. For gauging waters of the Columbia River, measuring tidal and river

Ganging Columbia River.

 volumes, one thousand dollars. Improving Upper Snake River, Idaho, between Seven Devils mining

Upper Snake River, Idaho.

 district and Huntington bridge, twenty-five thousand dollars. 360 Improving Cowlitz River, Washington: Continuing improvement,

Cowlitz River, Wash.

 three thousand dollars. Improving Puget Sound and its tributary waters, Washington: Coutinuing

Puget Sound, etc., Wash.

improvement, fourteen thousand dollars, which, together with the unexpended balance, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, be used for repairs to snag boat. Improving Swinomish Slough, Washington: Continuing improvement

Swinomish Slough, Wash.

 in accordance with existing plan, twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving Willapa River and Harbor, Washington: For completion,

Will a pa River, Wash.

 thirteen thousand

Proviso.

Be moving obstructions.

 three hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That in the discretion of the Secretary of War two thousand five hundred dollars of the amount hereby appropriated tor said river and harbor may be used in removing obstructions in North River. For dredging Salmon Bay, and the improvement of the waterway

Water way, Puget Sound to hikes Union and Washington.

 connecting the waters of Puget Sound, at Salmon Bay, with lakes Union and Washington by enlarging the said waterway into a ship canal, with the necessary locks and appliances in connection therewith,

Proviso.

Right of way to be secured free

twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of said amount shall be expended on the improvement of the waterway connecting the waters of Puget Sound with lakes Union and Washington until the entire right of way and a release from all liability, to adjacent property owners have been secured to the United States free of cost and to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War. For dredging Everett Harbor, including mouth of Snohomish River

Everett, Wash.

, and Snohomish River from mouth to Lowell, in the State bf Washington, the sum of ten thousand dollars.
Sec. 2.

It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to engage in

New York Harbor

fishing or dredging

Fishing, etc., in ship channels forbidden.

 for shell fish in any of the channels leading to and from the harbor of New York, or to interfere in any way with the safe navigation of those channels by ocean steamships and ships of deep draft.

Any person or persons violating the foregoing provisions of this section shall

Penalty for violations.

be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, such fine to be not more than two hundred and fifty dollars nor less than fifty dollars, and the imprisonment to be not more than six months nor less than thirty days, either or both united, as the judge before whom conviction is obtained shall decide.

It shall be the duty of the United States Supervisor of the harbor to

Arrests.

enforce this Act, and the deputy inspectors of the said supervisor shall have authority, to arrest and take into custody, with or without process, any person or persons who may commit any of the acts or offenses

Proviso.

Process.

prohibited by this Act: Provided, That no person shall be arrested without process for any offense not committed in the presence of the supervisor or his inspector or deputy inspectors, or either of them: And provided further, That whenever any such arrest is made the person

Proceedings.

 or persons so arrested shall be brought forthwith before a commissioner, judge, or court of the United States for examination of the offenses alleged against him; and such commissioner, judge or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in case of crimes against the United States.
Sec. 3. That section three of the “Act to prevent obstructive and

New York Harbor.

 injurious deposits

Law prohibiting injurious deposits amended.

 within the harbor and adjacent waters of New York City, by dumping or otherwise, and to punish and prevent such

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offenses,” approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, shall be, and hereby, is, amended so as to read as follows:
“Sec. 3.

That in all cases of receiving on board of any scows or boats

Supervisor to designate place of deposit.

such forbidden matter or substance as herein described, the owner or master, or person acting in such capacity on board of such scows or boats, before proceeding to take or tow the same to the place of deposit, shall apply for and obtain from the supervisor of the harbor appointed 361 hereunder a permit defining the precise limits within which the discharge

Permits.

 of such scows or boats may be made; and it shall not be lawful for the owner or master, or person acting in such capacity, of any tug or towboat to tow or move any scow’ or boat so loaded with such forbidden matter until such permit shall have been obtained: and every

Penalty for violating.

 person violating the foregoing provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand nor less than five hundred dollars, and in addition thereto the master of any tug or towboat so offending shall have his license revoked, or suspended for a term to be fixed by the judge before whom tried and convicted.

“And any deviation from such dumping or discharging place specified

Penalty for is charging at other places.

in such permit shall be a misdemeanor, and the owner and master, or person acting in the capacity of master, of any scows or boats dumping or discharging such forbidden matter in any place other than that specified in such permit shall be liable to punishment therefor as provided insection one of the said Act of Juno twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; and the owner and master, or person acting in the

Persons liable.

 capacity of master, of any tug or towboat towing such scows or boats shall be liable to equal punishment with the owner and master, or person acting in the capacity of master, of the scows or boats; and, further, every scowman or other employee on board of both scows and towboats shall be deemed to have knowledge of the place of dumping specified in such permit, and the owners and masters, or persons acting in the capacity of masters, shall be liable to punishment, as aforesaid, for any unlawful dumping, within the meaning of this Actor of the said Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, which maybe caused by the negligence or ignorance of such scowman or other employee; and, further, neither defect in machinery nor avoidable accidents to scows or towboats, nor unfavorable weather, nor improper handling or moving of scows or boats of any kind whatsoever, shall operate to release the owners and masters and employees of scows and towboats from the penalties hereinbefore mentioned.”

Every scow or boat engaged in the transportation of dredgings, earth,

Boats to have name, etc., painted.

sand, mud, cellar dirt, garbage, or other offensive material of any description shall have its name or number and owner’s name painted in letters and numbers at least fourteen inches long on both sides of the scow or boat; these names and numbers shall be kept distinctly legible at all times, and no scow or boat not so marked shall be used to transport or dump any such material.

The supervisor of the harbor of New York, designated as provided

Appointment of in spec turn.

in section

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 five of the said Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, is authorized and directed to appoint inspectors and deputy inspectors, and, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act and of the Act aforesaid, and of detecting and bringing to punishment offenders against the same, the said supervisor of the harbor, and the inspectors and deputy inspectors so appointed by him, shall have power and authority:

First. To arrest and take into custody, with or without process, any

Duties.

person or

Arrests.

 persons who may commit any of the acts or offenses prohibited by tins section and by the Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, aforesaid, or who may violate any of the provisions of the same: Provided, That no person shall be arrested

Proviso.

Process.

 without process for any offense not committed in the presence of the supervisor or his inspectors or deputy inspectors, or either of them: And provided further, That whenever any such arrest is made the

Custody of offender,.

 person or persons so arrested shall be brought forthwith before a commissioner, judge, or court of the United States for examination of the offenses alleged against him; and such commissioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in case of crimes against the United States.

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Second. To go on board of any scow or towboat engaged in unlawful

Seizure of boats.

dumping of prohibited material, or in moving the same without a permit as required in this section of this Act, and to seize and hold said boats until they are discharged by action of the commissioner, judge, or court of the United States before whom the offending persons are brought.

Third. To arrest and take into custody any witness or witnesses to

Custody of witness.

such unlawful dumping of prohibited material, the said witnesses to be released under proper bonds.

Fourth. To go on board of any towboat having in tow scows or

Accompanying towboats

boats loaded with such prohibited material, and accompany the same to the place of dumping, whenever such action appears to be necessary to secure compliance with the requirements of this Act and of the Act aforesaid.

Fifth. To enter gas and oil works and all other manufacturing works

Inspecting gas, etc., works.

for the purpose of discovering the disposition made of sludge, acid, or other injurious material, whenever there is good reason to believe that such sludge, acid, or other injurious material is allowed to run into the tidal waters of the harbor in violation of section one of the aforesaid Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

Every person who, directly or indirectly, gives any sum of money or

Penalty for bribing, etc.

other bribe, present, or reward or makes any offer of the same to any inspector, deputy inspector, or other employee of the office of the supervisor of the harbor with intent to influence such inspector, deputy inspector, or other employee to permit or overlook any violation of the provisions of this section or of the said Act of June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, shall, on conviction thereof, be lined not less than live hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not less than six months nor more than one year.

Every permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this section

Return of permits.

of this Act which may not be taken up by an inspector or deputy inspector shall be returned within forty-eight hours after issuance to the office of the supervisor of the harbor; such permit shall bear an

Indorsement.

indorsement by the master of the towboat, or the person acting in such capacity, stating whether the permit has been used, and if so the time and place of dumping. Any person violating the provisions of

Penalty.

this section shall be liable to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars nor less than one hundred dollars.
Sec. 4.

That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to prescribe

Use of canals, etc., to be regulated by Secretary of War.

such rules and regulations for the use, administration, and navigation of any or all canals and similar works of navigation that now are, or that hereafter maybe, owned, operated, or maintained by the United States as in his judgment the public necessity may require.

Such rates and regulations shall be posted, in conspicuous and appropriate

Posting rules-

places, for the information of the public; and every person and every corporation which shall knowingly and willfully violate such rules and regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof in any district court in the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed, shall be punished by a tine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of all persons owning, operating,

Drawbridges.

 and tending the

Regulations for use to be published.

 drawbridges now built, or which may hereafter be built across the navigable rivers and other waters of the United States, to open, or cause to be opened, the draws of such bridges under such rules and regulations as in the opinion of the Secretary of War the public interests require to govern the opening of drawbridges for the passage of vessels and other water crafts, and such rules and regulations, when so made and published, shall have the force of law. Every such person who shall willfully fail or refuse to open, or cause to be opened, 363 the draw of any such bridge for the passage of a boat or boats, or who shall unreasonably delay the opening of said draw after reasonable signal shall have been given, as provided in such regulations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars nor less than

Penalty for violations.

 one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) for not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That the proper action

Proviso.

 to enforce

Proceedings.

 the provisions of this section may be commenced before any commissioner, judge, or court of the United States, and such Commissioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in ease of crimes against the United States: Provided further, That whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, the public

Secretary of War may make rules, etc.

 interests require it, he may make, rules and regulations to govern the opening of drawbridges for the passage of vessels and other water crafts, and such rules and regulations, when so made and published, shall have the force of law, and any violation thereof shall be punished as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 6. That it shall not be lawful to place, discharge, or deposit, by

Deposits of refuse, etc., in navigable waters forbidden.

 any process or in any manner, ballast, refuse, dirt, ashes, cinders, mud, sand, dredgings, sludge, acid, or any other matter of any kind other than that flowing from streets, sewers, and passing therefrom in a liquid state, in the waters of any harbor or river of the United States, for the improvement of which money has been appropriated by Congress, elsewhere than within the limits defined and permitted by the Secretary of War; neither shall it be lawful for any person or persons to move,

Injuries to jetties, etc., forbidden.

 destroy, or injure in any manner whatever any sea wall, bulkhead, jetty, dike, levee, wharf, pier, or other work built by the United States, in whole or in part, for the preservation and improvement of any of its navigable waters, or to prevent floods, or as boundary marks, tide gauges, surveying stations, buoys, or other established marks; any and every such net is made a misdemeanor, and every person knowingly engaged in or who shall knowingly aid, abet, authorize, or instigate a violation of this section shall, upon conviction, be punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, such fine to be not less than

Penalties.

 two hundred and fifty dollars nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars, and the imprisonment to be not less than thirty days nor more than one year, either or both united, as the judge before whom conviction is obtained shall decide, one-half of said fine to be paid to the person or persons giving information which shall lead to conviction of this misdemeanor.
Sec. 7. That any and every master, pilot, and engineer, or person or persons

Masters, pilots, etc., injuring works, etc,, to have licenses revoked or suspended.

 acting in such capacity, respectively, on board of any boat or vessel who may willfully injure or destroy any work of the United States contemplated in section six of this Act, ox who shall knowingly engage in towing any scow, boat, or vessel loaded with any such prohibited matter to any point or place of deposit or discharge in any harbor contemplated in section six of this Act, elsewhere than within the limits defined and permitted by the Secretary of War, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this Act and shall, upon conviction, be punishable as hereinbefore provided for offenses in violation of section six of this Act, and shall also have his license revoked or suspended for a term to be fixed by the judge before whom tried and convicted.
Sec. 8. Any boat, vessel, scow or other craft used or employed in

Libel against boats violating deposit,etc., prohibitions.

 violating any of the provisions of sections six and seven of this Act shall be liable to the pecuniary pénalités imposed thereby, and in addition thereto to the amount of the damages done by said boat, vessel, scow, or other craft, which latter sum shall be placed to the credit of the appropriation for the improvement of the harbor in which the damage occurred, and said boat, vessel, scow, or other craft may be proceeded against summarily by way of libel in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof.
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Sec. 9. That whenever the Secretary of War grants to any person or

Displacement of tide waters by piers. etc.

 persons permission

Compensating basin.

 to extend piers, wharves, bulkheads, or other works, or to make deposits in any tidal harbor or river of the United States beyond any harbor lines established under authority of the United States, he shall cause to be ascertained the amount of tide water displaced by any such structure or by any such deposits, and he shall, if he deem it necessary, require the parties to whom the permission is given to make compensation for such displacement either by excavating in some part of the harbor, including tidewater channels between high and low water mark, to such an extent as to create a basin for as much tide water as may be displaced by such structure or by such

Proviso.

Dredging.

deposits, or in any other mode that may be satisfactory to him: Provided, That all such dredging or other improvement shall be carried on under the direction of the Secretary of War, and shall in no wise injure any existing channels.
Sec. 10. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause preliminary

Preliminary examinations.

 examinations to be made at the following localities, to wit: arkansas.

Arkansas

 Little River, from Fulton to White Clifts. Bayou Macon above Floyd. Boueff River above Wallaces Landing, Cache River to Riverside, with a view to low-water navigation. Upper White River, to determine the proper method of improvement. arizona.

Arizona.

 Colorado River above Yuma to the highest point of navigation. connecticut.

Connecticut.

 Harbor of West Haven, and West River from the steam railroad crossing to the main channel of New Haven Harbor. Black Rock Harbor. Greenwich Harbor. Byram Harbor. california.

California.

 San Francisco Harbor, obstructions therein and in the approaches thereto, as follows: Noonday Rocks, Mile Rocks, the Sunken Rocks off Fort Point, Anita Rock, near Fort Point; Arch Rock, Shag Rock, Blossom Rock, Two Mission Rocks, Invincible Rock, one-half mile southerly from The Brothers lighthouse; Whiting Rock, one-eighth of a mile north of Invincible Rock, and Fifteen Feet Rock, a quarter of a mile west of said lighthouse, with a view to their removal. San Rafael Greek and Mendocino Harbor. Georgiana River. San Joaquin River, above the mouth of Stanislaus River, with a view to improvement, including closure of sloughs to a height sufficient to maintain current in main channel during low-water period. Feather River, above Marysville. American River, with a view to prevention of sand flowing into the Sacramento River, near the city of Sacramento. Harbor of El Moro, Napa River, between North and South Vallejo, with a view of improvement and confinement of current to keep channel open. Steamboat Channel, and from junction thereof with Sacramento River to mouth of said river, with a view to improvement, enlargement of navigable channel, and to increase capacity for flood discharge. Suisun Creek, with a view to improvement of channel. 365 delaware.

Delaware.

 Christiana River above Wilmington to Newport. For a canal from Pocomoke River to Indian River. Mouth of Broad Kiln River. Mahon River. maryland.

Maryland.

 Harbor at Claiborne, the west terminus of the Baltimore and Eastern Shore Railroad. Chapel Point Harbor, at the junction of the Potomac and Port Tobacco rivers, with a view to the improvement of said harbor and its approaches. florida.

Florida.

 Tampa Bay, from Port Tampa to the mouth of the bay. Crystal River, at its mouth. Carabelle bar and harbor. Saint Johns River, at Orange Mills Flats, near Palatka and for the improvement of the channel of the Saint John’s River to Sandford and points above with a view to obtaining sufficient water for seagoing vessels. Saint Lucia Inlet and River. Withlacoochee River, from its mouth to head of navigation. Entrance to Biscayne Bay. An dote River. illinois.

Illinois.

 Quincy Bay. kentucky.

Kentucky.

 For ice-harbor, including lock and dam at a point about three miles from mouth of Licking River. louisiana.

Louisiana.

 Bayou Teche, from Saint Martinsville to Port Barre. Bayou Bonfuea in Saint Tammany Parish. Harbor at Baton Rouge. Harbor at Bayou Sara. Chefuncte River and Bogue Falia. Tickfaw River and tributaries. Bayou Dugdamona. Bayou Castor. Little River. massachusetts.

Massachusetts.

 Manchester Harbor, from mouth of the river below the Point of Rocks, with a view to a channel one hundred feet wide and five feet deep, and removal of sand bar at mouth of liver and removal of sand bar and rocks at the Point of Rocks. Plymouth Harbor, with a view to the removal of the obstructions known as “Splitting Knife” and “Middle Ground,” and the north and south sides of the excavated channel in said harbor with a view to deepening and improving the same. Onset Harbor. Bass River. Hyannis Harbor. Chatham New Harbor. Mount Hope Bay and harbor of Fall River. Byrams Cove Harbor. 366 maine.

Maine.

 Glen Cove Harbor. Parkers Head harbor and channel. Royals River, from the village of Yarmouth to Casco Bay. Harbor of Cape Porpoise. missouri.

Missouri.

 Saint Francis River, from the Sunk Lands to Greenville, Missouri. michigan.

Michigan.

 Kalamazoo River, from its mouth to the city of Kalamazoo. White Fisli River, for a harbor at the mouth in Little Badenock Bay Clinton River. Shiawassee River, from Saginaw River to Bad River; Bad River to village of Saint Charles; Flint River to head of navigation. Kawkawlin River. Tittabawassee River, from Saginaw to the head of navigation. minnesota.

Minnesota.

 Big Stone Lake, with a view to construction of reservoirs. Minnesota River, with a view to protecting the banks opposite the borough of Belle Plain, so as to prevent the river from cutting through the narrow neck of land at that point and with a view of protecting the banks at and near the city of Mankato. Red Lake River, with the view of improving Red Lake River from Thief River Falls to the Red Lake. mississippi.

Mississippi.

 Yallabusha River. Noxubee River, from Macon to mouth of Hashuqua Creek. Bogue Phalia, especially at the point known as “ The Narrows.” Bear Creek, from where it empties into the Yazoo, up stream. Big Sunflower River, with a view to its improvement as high as Clarksdale by locks and dams. The bar recently formed in Horn Island Pass. montana.

Montana.

 Flathead River, from Columbia Falls, in Montana, to its mouth at Flathead Lake, and from its outlet on the south at Flathead Lake to the Clarkes Fork of the Columbia River. Kootenai River, from Jennings, in Montana, to the international boundary, with a view of removing rocks and obstructions in the canyon above the town of Jennings. Pend d’Oreille River, from Flathead Lake to Jocko Station, Montana. Tongue River, with a view of straightening its channel along the eastern edge of the Fort Keogh military reservation. nebraska.

Nebraska.

 The Nebraska side of the Missouri river opposite Sioux City, Iowa from a point in Nebraska where an extension of the lower limits of Sioux City, Iowa, would intersect the Nebraska side of the river and up the river to a point in Nebraska opposite the mouth of Big Sioux River. new york.

New York.

 Echo Bay and New Rochelle Harbor. Channel connecting Irondequoit Bay with Lake Ontario.367 Port Chester. Woodsburg Channel, in Hempstead Bay. Oarrls River. West branch of Newtown Creek, from Metropolitan Avenue bridge to the head of navigation. Harbor of Waddington. Harbor of Greenport. Milton Harbor at, Milton Point. Gravesend Bay. Dunkirk. Cold Spring Harbor. Hempstead Harbor. Peekskill. north carolina.

North Carolina.

 Core Sound, from mouth of North River to Beaufort Harbor, and Cape Lookout. Harbor of Refuge, with a view to improvement of navigation. Drum Inlet, between Portsmouth and Cape Lookout. Tar River, from Washington to Greenville, with a view to obtaining a depth of three feet. South Creek, from mouth to head of navigation. Turners Cut, a branch of Pasquotank River. Scuppernong River. new jersey.

New Jersey.

 Mantua Creek. Buckshutem. Cold Spring Inlet. Ran cocas River. Inside of Absecon Inlet, near the southwesterly point of Brigantine Beach, with a view to uniting the waters of that part of the water bed known as the “main channel,” now flowing under or along Bringantine Beach, with said water bed now flowing under or along Rum Point, and with the waters of Absecon Channel, so as to improve and shorten steamboat or ferry navigation between the termini of railroad transportation at Atlantic City and Brigantine Beach. Delaware River, between Trenton and Burlington, for improvement of river and protection of banks. Inlet, at mouth of Shark River, for harbor of refuge. Elizabeth River, to report upon the desirability of placing locks in the mouth of said river, and the cost of same. The Lumberton branch of the Rancocas River as far as Lumberton. Salem River from the mouth of said river as far as Salem City. Rahway River, to report upon the desirability of placing locks in the mouth of said river and the cost of same. ohio.

Ohio.

 Ironton, with a view of protecting the Ohio River front within the limits of the city. oregon.

Oregon

 Yaquina Bay Bar, for increased depth. Tualiton River to Hillsboro, and to the head of navigation. Clatskanie River, from mouth to town of Clatskanie. Umpqua River, from Scottsburg to Elkton Rapids. pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania

 Clarion River. Tionesta River. Susquehanna River between Nanticoke and Pittston. 368 rhode island.

Rhode Island.

 Connanicnt Island, with a view of cutting a channel through the same. Seaconnet Point. Stone Bridge over Seaconnet River to ascertain the cost of widening and deepening the passage at the draw of said bridge to the same extent as prescribed in the recent order of the Secretary of War, respecting the railroad bridge across said river, and the Secretary of War is directed to prepare and submit to Congress an estimate of the cost of such work. tennessee.

Tennessee.

 Wolf River, from its mouth to a point five miles above. texas.

Texas.

 Channel through Sabine Lake, from the mouth of the Sabine and Neelies rivers to the head of the pass from said lake to the Gulf of Mexico. Brazos River, from the city of Waco, to the town of Richmond. Bar and Harbor at Brazos Santiago. Colorado River from the mouth to the city of Wharton, Guadalupe River from its mouth to the city Cuero. virginia.

Virginia.

 Deep Creek branch of Elizabeth River, with a view of obtaining a depth equal to that of the Lake Drummond Canal, formerly the Dismal Swamji Canal, and the western branch of the said Elizabeth River. Harris Creek prong of Back River. Lyons Creek. For internal waterway, extending from Franklin City southward to Cape Charles. The chief obstructions exist in what is known as Boggs Bay, Cat Creek, Kegotauk Bay, Weir Passage, and Burtons Bay. Jacksons Creek, near mouth of Piankatank River. Ware River. Quantico Creek. Great Wicomico River, from Cedar Point to Indian Point. Little Wicomico River, at its mouth. Hunting Creek from its mouth to head of navigation. vermont.

Vermont.

 Missisqnoi River, particularly between the village of Swanton and the lake. washington.

Washington.

 North River, from its mouth in Wallapa Bay, upward twenty-five miles. Quillaynte Harbor and River. Okanagon River, from mouth to head of navigation. Bellingham Bay. Clallam Bay, with a view to its improvement as a harbor of refuge. Lewis River, from La Center to its mouth, with a view of deepening the channel and improving the navigation. From Hood’s Canal in Puget Sound to North Bay in said sound, with a view of constructing a water way and channel between the two bodies of water at the most practicable place, of sufficient depth to be navigable for all classes of vessels. 369 wisconsin.

Wisconsin.

 Month of Iron River, Lake Superior. Flag Lake and mouth of Flag River. La Cross Harbor, for removal and prevention of bar. Oconto River, to obtain a channel sixteen feet deep and one hundred and fifty feet wide. Habers of Superior, Wisconsin, and Duluth, Minnesota, with a view of deeping said harbors and entrances thereto to twenty feet. west virginia.

West Virginia.

 Little Kanawha River, with a view of improvement by locks and dams, including an estimate of the probable cost to the Government of each lock and dam now in existence on said river and not owned by the Government. Guyandotte River, with a view of improvement by locks and dams. Big Coal River. Little Coal River. Elk River, with a view of locking and damming same.
Sec. 11. That the preliminary examinations ordered in this Act shall

Making preliminary examinations.

 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 to Chief of Engineers.

 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 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 submitting plan and estimate for its improvement; and the Chief of Engineers shall submit to the Secretary of War the reports of the local

Report to Secretary.

 and division engineers, with his views thereon and his opinion of the public necessity or convenience to be subserved by the proposed improvement; and all such reports of preliminary examinations, with such recommendations as he may see proper to make, shall be transmitted by

Report to House of Representatives to be printed.

 the Secretary of War to the House of Representatives, and are hereby ordered to be printed when so made.
Sec. 12. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed, at his discretion,

Surveys and estimates ordered.

 to cause surveys to be made and the cost of improvement to be estimated at the following localities, to wit: california.

California.

 Old River Branch of San Joaquin River. Crescent City Harbor. connecticut.

Connecticut.

 Westport Harbor. Norwalk Harbor. Stonington Harbor. delaware.

Delaware.

 Nanticoke River, in Delaware. florida.

Florida.

Canaveral Harbor.

Saint John’s River from Jacksonville to the ocean. The Secretary of War is hereby directed to prepare and submit plans and estimates for continuing the work with a view to secure an increase of the depth of the channel to twenty-four feet.

 370 georgia.

Georgia.

 Savannah River, between Spirit Island and the point where the Charleston and Savannah Railroad crosses said river. The Secretary of War is hereby directed to cause the project to be prepared and an estimate of cost of improvement of this locality to be made. idaho.

Idaho.

 The Secretary of War is hereby directed to prepare and submit plans and estimates for the improvement of the Kootenai River, Idaho, as recommended by Captain Symonds in the preliminary examination submitted by him under date of October twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. indiana.

Indiana.

 Harbor of Evansville. illinois.

Illinois.

 Harbor of Elizabeth town. maine.

Maine.

 Georges River, from Thomaston to mouth. Carvers Harbor. Machias River Channel, and Sasanoa River, from Bath to Boothbay. maryland.

Maryland.

 Pocomoke River, with a view of uniting the waters of said river with the waters of Sinepuxent Bay, at a point above Snow Hill, and of improving said river between Snow Hill and Shad Landing. Rock Hall Harbor. Baltimore Harbor, to widen the ship channel to one thousand feet. massachusetts.

Massachusetts.

 Chelsea River, from Grand Junction Railroad bridge to Boston and Maine Railroad bridge. East Boston Channel. Tarpaulin Cove, Nanshon Island. Woods Holl, and Little Woods Holl Harbor. michigan.

Michigan.

 Belle River. Sebewaing River. Pine River, at Saint Clair City, Michigan. The Secretary of War is directed to cause the project to be prepared and an estimate of the cost of the improvement of this locality to be made. new jersey.

New Jersey.

 Cooper Creek. Dennis Creek. north carolina.

North Carolina.

 North East (Cape Fear) River, from the old County Ferry to Juniper Swamp, or Creek, a point about one mile north of Hilton railroad bridge, with a view to obtaining an increased depth of channel. Alligator River. Cape Fear River, above Fayetteville. oregon.

Oregon.

 Coos River. Yam Hill River, up to town of McMinnville with a view of improving the same by locks or dams or otherwise.371 Columbia River, below Tongue Point, by way of the southern Channel in front of Astoria. Willamette River from Portland to Eugene. Alsea River. Nestucca River from town of Woods to the ocean. Port Orford, with a view to improving the same for shipping purposes and as a harbor of refuge, commencing at Graveyard Point and by jetty, sea wall, or other proper construction extending southerly or southeasterly into the. ocean three hundred or more feet, if necessary, and suitable for vessels of middle draft; and, secondly, if necessary, by another jetty, sea wall, or other constructive work, extending from the next high point or headland southwesterly four hundred or more feet, so as to accommodate vessels of maximum draft. pennyslvania.

Pennsylvania.

 Allegheny River, for lock and dam at or near Tarentum, and lock and dam at the most practicable point for navigation between the proposed dam at Tarentum and Herrs Island Dam. Ohio River, movable dams, numbered three, four, and live. rhode island.

Rhode Island.

 Wickford Harbor, in Narragansett Bay. Great Salt Pond, Block Island, with a view to making harbor of refuge therein. Pawcatuck River, with reference to its further improvement from Westerly, Rhode Island, to Stonington, Connecticut. south carolina.

South Carolina.

 Steamboat Channel, seven feet deep at mean low water, between Beaufort, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia. tennessee.

Tennessee.

 Forked Deer River from Dyersburg, Tennessee, to its junction with the Obion River, and thence to the Mississippi River, so as to make said stream navigable all the year. texas.

Texas.

 Brazos River from the town of Velasco to the. town of Richmond. For determining the causes of the erosion of the easterly end of Galveston Island, and estimating the cost of works to prevent the same. virginia.

Virginia.

 Barat the northwest entrance of Milford Haven from Piankatank River. Mouth of Cranes Creek, a tidal estuary of Great Wicomico River. washington.

Washington.

 Columbia River, from Rock Island Rapids to the Okanogan River. Nootsack River. Grays Harbor and its bar entrance, with a view to the improvement of its channels. wisconsin.

Wisconsin.

 Alouez Bay.
Sec. 13. For preliminary examinations, surveys, except where otherwise

Appropriation for preliminary examinations, surveys, etc.

 herein especially provided for, contingencies, expenses connected with inspection of bridges, the service of notice required in such cases, the examination of bridge sites and reports thereon, and for incidental 372 repairs for which there is no special appropriation for rivers and

Provisos.

Restriction.

harbors, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That no preliminary examinations, survey, project, or estimate for new works other than those designated in this Act shall be made: And provided further,

Additional reports forbidden.

 That after the regular or formal report on any examination, survey, project, or work under way or proposed is submitted, no supplemental or additional report or estimate, for the same fiscal year,

No project authorized until appropriated for.

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 waterway or harbor mentioned in this Act until funds tor the commencement of the proposed work shall have been actually appropriated by law.
Received by the President, August 7, 1894.
[Note by the Department of State.—

The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the Tinted 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. 300.—
An Act To amend section two of the Act approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled “An Act granting additional quarantine powers and imposing additional duties upon the Marine-Hospital Service.”

August 18, 1894

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

Marine-Hospital Service.

Quarantine duties.

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That section two of the Act approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled “ An Act granting additional quarantine powers and imposing additional duties upon the Marine-Hospital Service,” is hereby amended by adding to the end of said section the following:

“The provisions of this section shall not apply to vessels plying

Consular bills of health not required from ports near frontier.

between foreign ports on or near the frontiers of the United States and ports of the United States adjacent thereto; but the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, when, in his discretion, it is

Regulations.

expedient for the preservation of the public health, to establish regulations governing such vessels.”
Approved, August 18, 1894.
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CHAP. 301.—
An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and fir other purposes.

August 18, 1894

. 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-five, namely: UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Treasury Department.

 public buildings.

Public buildings.

 Building for Bureau of Engraving and Printing: For two additional

Engraving and Printing Bureau.

 stories on old boiler house, thirty-eight thousand dollars. For post-office at Buffalo, New York: For continuation of building

Buffalo, N. Y.

 under present limit, sixty-four thousand dollars. For post-office and courthouse at Charleston, South Carolina: For

Charleton, S. C.

 completion of building under present limit, fifty thousand dollars.373 For public building at Clarksville, Tennessee: The limit of cost of site

Clarksville, Tenn.

 and building

Cost extended.

 is hereby extended

Davenport. Iowa.

 fifteen thousand dollars. For public building at Davenport, Iowa: To enable the Secretary oi the Treasury to construct all portions of the public building so as to make t he same fireproof, and also make all portions of said building two stories high, twenty-five thousand dollars. For post-office at Fort Worth, Texas: The limit of cost pf site and

Fort Worth, Tex.

 building, including

Cost extended.

 fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches complete, is hereby extended forty thousand dollars. That, in order to give the necessary full and free ingress

Philadelphia.

 and egress to the wagons carrying the United States mails into and out from

Purchase of additional land for post office.

 the Philadelphia post office, the Secretary of the Treasury, acting for and in behalf of the Government of the United States, is hereby authorized to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, a certain lot or piece of ground in the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, adjoining or adjacent to the Philadelphia post-office building on the west, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Al) that certain lot or piece of ground late of John J. Ridgeway,

Description.

 deceased, situate on the south side of Market street, in the Ninth ward of the said city of Philadelphia, beginning at a point on the line of said Market street where the same intersects the west side of Post-Office street, containing in front on Market street sixteen feet eight inches, and extending in length or depth of that width southwardly between parallel lines at right angles with said Market street two hundred and thirty-one and three-fourths feet, to the north side of Chant street, and for this purpose not exceeding the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated. For post-office and courthouse at Kansas City, Missouri: For continuation

Kansas City, Mo.

 of building under present limit, one hundred thousand dollars. That the Secretary of the Treasury may authorize a contract or contracts

Contracts authorized.

 to be entered into for the construction of any portion or the whole of the post-office at Buffalo, New York; post-office and courthouse

Buffalo. N. Y.

 at Kansas City. Missouri; the courthouse, customhouse, and

Kansas City, Mo.

 post-office at Omaha, Nebraska; and the post office, courthouse, and customhouse

Omaha, Nebr.

 at Saint Paul, Minnesota, within the respective limits of cost prescribed

Saint Paul, Minn.

 by law for said buildings and subject to appropriations to be made therefor by Congress. For post-office and courthouse at New York, New York: For general

New York.

 repairs and

Repairs.

 improvements, ninety thousand dollars. For marine hospital at Portland, Maine: For steam laundry plant,

Portland, Me.

 one thousand dollars. For public building at Sioux City, Iowa: The limit of cost of site and

Sioux City, Iowa.

 building is hereby

Cost extended.

 extended twenty-five thousand dollars, said increase being necessary by increased cost of foundation, and the Secretary of the Treasury may authorize a contract or contracts to be entered into for the construction of any portion or the whole of said building, subject to appropriations to be made therefor by Congress. For public building at Topeka, Kansas: For the construction of an

Topeka, Kans.

 elevator, including new steam boiler, eight thousand dollars. For post office at Worcester, Massachusetts: For continuing building

Worcester, Mass.

 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

Treasury buildings.

 repairs to Treasury, .Butler, and Winder buildings, eight thousand dollars.

For repairs and preservation of public buildings: Repairs and preservation

Repairs and preservation.

of customhouses, courthouses, post-offices, marine-hospitals, 374 quarantine, stations, and other public buildings under control of Treasury Department, two hundred and ten thousand dollars; of which amount the sum of thirty thousand dollars to be used for the marine

Proviso.

Superintendents, etc.

 hospitals and quarantine stations: Provided, That of the sum 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.

Heating apparatus foe 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 twenty-five 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, 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.

 Boston Harbor Light-Ship, Massachusetts: For constructing, equipping,

Boston Harbor, Mass.

 and outfitting, complete

Light-ship.

 for service, a first-class steam light-vessel with a steam fog signal, thirty-five thousand dollars, and the total cost of said steam light vessel with a steam fog signal, under a contract which is hereby authorized therefor, shall not-exceed seventy thousand dollars. Staten Island Light House Depot, New York: For continuing the

Staten Island depot.

 construction of the sea wall, rebuilding the south wharf, and dredging the basin at the general lighthouse depot at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, twenty-five thousand dollars. Bridgeport Light Station, Connecticut: To complete the work on the

Bridgeport, Conn.

 beacon at Bridgeport breakwater, two thousand five hundred dollars. Baltimore Light and Fog-Signal Station, Maryland: For establishing

Baltimore, Md.

 a light and fog-signal station at or near the junction of New Cut off Channel and Craighill Channel, Baltimore Harbor, Maryland, sixty thousand dollars. For Hog Island Light Station, Virginia: For completion of Hog

Hog Island, Va.

 Island Light Station, on Hog Island, Great Machipaugo Inlet,seacoast of Virginia, seventy-live thousand dollars. Grassy Point range lights, Ohio: For moving range

Grassy Point. Ohio.

 lights, Maumee River, Ohio, two thousand dollars. Grassy Island Range Lights, Michigan: For completing the range lights

Grassy Island, Mich.

 above Grassy Island, Detroit River, Michigan, one thousand five hundred dollars. Soul Choix Pointe Light and fog signal, Michigan: For beginning a

Seul Choix, Mich.

 fog signal

Fog signal.

 at Seul Choix Point, Lake Michigan, Michigan, two thousand two hundred dollars. Seal Choix Pointe. Light Station, Michigan: For completing the

Completing structures.

 structures at Seul Choix Pointe, Lake Michigan, Michigan, the

Vol. 27, p. 352.

appropriation by the Act of August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for moving Saint Marys River upper range lights, five thousand dollars, is made available therefor. South Boston Range Lights, Massachusetts: Establishing range

Boston, Mass.

Range lights.

 lights at or near Marine Park pier and City Point. Boston Harbor, one thousand dollars. 375 South Pass light-vessel: Authority is hereby given for the establishment

South Pass, Mississippi River.

 of a

Light-vessel.

light-vessel

Proviso.

Trinity Shoal, discontinued

 off the South Pass of the Mississippi River in the Gulf of Mexico: Provided, That the light-vessel now established off Trinity Shoal. Gulf of Mexico, be first discontinued. Tampa Bay, Florida, additional aids to navigation: For the establishment

Tampa Bay.

 of additional aids to navigation in Tampa Bay, Florida, in addition to the sum of six thousand dollars appropriated by the Act-approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one

Vol. 27, p. 275.

 thousand six hundred and seventy dollars and eighty-one cents. Oil houses for light stations: For establishing isolated oil houses for

Oil houses.

 the storage of mineral oil, five thousand dollars: Provided, That no oil

Proviso.

Cost.

 house erected hereunder shall exceed five hundred and fifty dollars in cost. Two Bush Island Light and Fog-Signal Station, Maine: For establishing

Two Bush Island, Me.

a light and fog-signal station at Two Bush Island, west entrance to Penobscot .Bay, Maine, nineteen thousand dollars. Absecon. Absecon Inlet, New Jersey: For the completion of the buoy

Absecon Inlet,N.J. Buoy depot.

 depot, one thousand two hundred dollars in addition to the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars appropriated by the Act approved

Vol. 25, p. 509.

 August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Cape May, New Jersey: For the completion of the boathouse for

Cape May, N. J.

 lightships’ boats at that place, five hundred dollars in addition to the seven hundred and fifty dollars appropriated by the Act approved

Vol. 25, p. 508.

 October second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. Salem Creek Light-Station, New Jersey: For establishing a light-station

Salem Creek,N.J.

 at or near the mouth of Salem Creek, southern side, New Jersey, eight hundred dollars. Mobile ship-channel lights, Alabama: For establishing additional

Mobile, Ala.

 lights

Ship channel.

 in the Mobile ship channel, Alabama, thirty thousand dollars, and the total cost of establishing said additional lights, under a contract

Contracts.

 which is hereby authorized therefor, shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars. Chandeleur Light Station, Louisiana: For the reestablishment upon

Chandeleur, La.

 a safer site near by, the Chandeleur, Louisiana, light-station, which was wrecked on October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, by a hurricane, thirty-five thousand dollars. Sandusky Bay Range Light Station, Ohio: For moving and rebuilding

Sanduskv Bay, Ohio.

 range lights and building Keeper’s dwelling, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, twenty-five thousand dollars. South Bass Light-Station, Ohio: For establishing a light-station on

South Bass Island, Ohio.

 or near South Bass Island, Lake Erie, Ohio, eight thousand six hundred dollars. For lighting Hay Lake Channel, St. Marys River, forty-three thousand

Hay Lake Channel, Saint Marys River.

 five hundred and fifty dollars; and the lighthouse Board is hereby authorized to lease the necessary land for the sites of needed

Leases, etc.

 lights herein provided for, and for the sites of the lights in Saint Marys River, Michigan, provided for by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred

Vol. 20, p. 954.

 and ninety-one, pending the acquisition of the. titles in accordance with sections three hundred and thirty-five and forty-six hundred

R.S., secs. 335, 4661, pp. 56,907.

 and sixty-one, United States Revised Statutes, or where such lights are for temporary use or are used to point out changeable channels. Pere Marquette Fog Signal, Michigan: For establishing a steam fog

Pere Marquette, Mich.

 signal at or near Pere Marquette light station, Ludington, Lake Michigan, Michigan, five thousand five hundred dollars. Big Bay Point Light and Fog-Signal Station, Michigan: For establishing

Big Bay Point, Mich.

 a light and fog signal at or near Big Bay Point, Lake Superior, Michigan, twenty five thousand dollars. Forty-Mile Point Light and Fog-Signal Station, Michigan: For

Forty-Mile Point, Mich.

 establishing a light and steam fog signal in the vicinity of Hammonds Bay. about halfway between Cheboygan and Presqu’ile lights, Lake Huron, Michigan, twenty-five thousand dollars. 376 Round Island Light and Fog Signal Station, Michigan: For the

Round Island,Mich.

 establishment of a light and steam fog signal at Round Island, Lake Huron, Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars. Devils Island Light-Station, Wisconsin: To enable full payment to

Devils Island, Wis. Costs, etc., of title.

 be made of the amount of the award, taxed costs, and clerk’s fees in the matter of obtaining title by proceedings in condemnation to Devils Island, Apostle Group, Lake Superior, Wisconsin, required as a site for said light station, two hundred and eighty-three dollars and ninety-four cents. Willamette River Light and Fog-Signal Station, Oregon: For establishing

Willamette River, Oreg.

 a light and fog-signal station at or near the mouth of the Willamette River, Oregon, six thousand dollars. Umpqua River Light Station, Oregon; For completing Umpqua

Umpqua River, Oreg.

 River Light Station, Oregon, two thousand three hundred and seventy-one dollars. That fifteen thousand five hundred dollars of the remaining balance

Cape Arago, Oreg.

Balance from Coquille River light available.

Vol. 26, p. 955

 of the sum appropriated by the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for the establishment of a light and fog signal at the mouth of the Coquille River, Oregon, be used in the erection of light keepers’ dwellings and a fog signal at the Cape Arago light station. North Head Light-Station, Washington: Toward establishing a first order

Cape Disappointment, Wash.

 light on North Head, Cape Disappointment, seacoast of Washington, twenty five thousand dollars, and the total cost of said light station, under a contract which is hereby authorized therefor, shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars. 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,

Proviso.

Free entry of lenses.

three hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That lenses and lens glass for the use of the lighthouse 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 pier-head 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 ninety thousand dollars.

Salaries of keepers of lighthouses: For salaries, fuel, rations,

Keepers’ salaries.

rent of quarters where necessary, and similar incidental expenses of not exceeding one thousand two hundred and fifty lighthouse and fog-signal keepers, and laborers attending other lights, six hundred and eighty 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-six 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, etc.

of the lighthouse Board, including rewards paid for information as to collisions, and for the apprehension of those who damage lighthouse property, two thousand five hundred dollars.

377

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; York River. Virginia; 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 Light House Board being hereby authorized to lease the necessary ground for all such lights and beacons as are for temporary use or arc used to point out changeable channels, and which in consequence can not be. made permanent, three hundred thousand dollars.

Survey of lighthouse 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.

 lifesaving 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 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 five hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, one thousand eight 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 coast 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 six hundred dollars. For salaries of two hundred and fifty-three keepers of life-saving and

Keepers.

 lifeboat stations and of houses of refuge, including the old Chicago station, two hundred and twenty thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of crews of surfmen employed at the life-saving and lifeboat

Crews, etc.

 stations, including the old Chicago station, during the period of actual employment; compensation of volunteers at life-saving and lifeboat stations, for actual and deserving service rendered upon any occasion 378of 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 under orders from the Treasury Department; for carrying out the provisions of sections seven and eight of the Act approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two: for draft animals and their maintenance; and contingent expenses, including freight, storage, repairs to apparatus, labor, medals, stationery,

Miscellaneous.

newspapers for statistical purposes, advertising, and miscellaneous expenses that can not be included under any other head of life-saving stations on the coasts of the United States, one million and eighty-nine thousand and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents. For establishing new life saving stations and lifeboat stations on the

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.

lieutenants, engineers, cadets, and pilots employed, and for rations for

Proviso.

Cadets’ pay.

the same: Provided, That on and after the passage of this Act the pay of cadets in the Revenue-Cutter Service shall be five hundred dollars per annum and one ration per day, in lieu of the rates at present

Vol. 19, p. 107.

authorized by law, chapter two hundred and forty-six, paragraph four, Act July thirty first, eighteen hundred and seventy-six; 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;

Seal fisheries.

for protection of the seal fisheries in Bering Sea and the 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

New York Harbor.

Vol. 25, p. 151.

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 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.

For constructing a revenue steamer of the first class, under the direction

Steamer for New England coast.

of the Secretary of the Treasury, for service on the New England coast, seventy-five thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to contract for building said vessel, in terms not to exceed one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, in

Ante, p. 4.

accordance with the provisions of an Act approved October thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three;

For constructing a-revenue steamer of the first class, under the direction

Steamer for Great Lakes.

of the Secretary of the Treasury, for service on the Great. Lakes, seventy-five thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to contract for building said vessel, in terms not to exceed one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, in accordance

Ante, p. 6.

with the provisions of an Act approved November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

 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 379 printers’ assistants, 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.

Large notes.

 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 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 expended

Proviso.

Large notes.

 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 paper,

Materials, etc.

and for miscellaneous expenses one hundred and eighty-one thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That no part of the appropriation herein for

Proviso.

 engraving and printing shall be held to be contingent expenses under

Not contingent expenses.

 sections two hundred and forty and thirty six hundred and eighty-three

R. $., aces. 240, 3683, pp. 40, 723.

 of the Revised Statutes.

For rental of office for the agent of the Post-Office Department to

Office for stamp agent.

supervise distribution of stamps by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, two hundred dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to rent suitable rooms for such office.

 coast and geodetic survey.

Coast and Geodetic Survey.

For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the

Expenses of survey of Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific and Alaska coasts, etc.

survey of the 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 appropriates! 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 lighthouse 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 by the Secretary of the Treasury, and under the following heads: Provided, That no advance of money to chiefs of field parties

Proviso.

Advances.

 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 field expenses:

Field expenses.

For survey of unfinished portions of the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida, including the coast of New Brunswick eastward to Point Lepreau; Grand Mauan Island; Portsmouth Harbor, and Piscataqua River; Newburyport Harbor and Merrimac River to Haverhill; Hudson River to Troy; Bogue Inlet and interior waters along the coast of North Carolina; Cooper and Ashley rivers, South Carolina, and necessary resurveys, including Boston Harbor, Buzzards Bay, Nantucket 380 Sound, Chesapeake Bay and tributaries, coast of New Jersey from Sandy Hook to Cape May, bar and entrance to Brunswick Harbor, 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, seven thousand lour hundred dollars;

To make offshore soundings along the Atlantic coast and current and temperature observations in the Gulf Stream, live thousand 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, and the resurvey of San Francisco Harbor triangulation, topography, and hydrography, fifteen thousand dollars; and the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey is hereby directed to make a survey of the Harbor of San Francisco and the water approaches thereto.

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 harbors and bars, including computations and plottings, and for Continuing tidal and current observations on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, ten thousand five 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 five hundred dollars;

To continue magnetic observations, including the maintenance of the Magnetic Observatory, two thousand 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 Saint Augustine and Cedar Keys, Florida, and from the vicinity of Chicago, Illinois, to Lake Erie, two thousand five 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 marking 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 from Greenwich, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars;

For determinations of geographical positions and to continue gravity observations, three thousand five bundled 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 five hundred 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, four thousand seven hundred dollars;

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For contribution to the International Geodetic Association for the

International Geodetic Association.

Measurement of the Earth, five hundred and fifty dollars, or so much

Post, p. 587.

 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 ten per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably

Interchangeable expenditures.

 for expenditure on the objects named, but no more than ten per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation

In all, for field expenses, one hundred and seven thousand eight hundred dollars.

For repairs and maintenance of vessels: For repairs and

Repairs of vessels, etc.

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 five hundred dollars; For four assistants, at three thousand dollars each; For four assistants, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; For eight assistants, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; For eight assistants, at two thousand dollars each; For four assistants, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; For four assistants, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; For three assistants, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For four assistants, 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, ninety-nine thousand three hundred dollars. Pay of office force: For not exceeding the following number

Pay of office force.

 employed in the office force at not exceeding the amounts herein stated, namely: For one disbursing agent, two thousand two 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 atone thousand two hundred dollars each; For three atone 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; 382 For three at nine hundred dollars each;

Office force—Continued.

 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; For copperplate engravers, namely: 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 atone 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, for pay of office force, not exceeding one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars.

Reductions.

And the Secretary of the Treasury shall reduce the number or compensation, or both, of said office force, so as to make the whole of said compensation equal to the sum of one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five:

Proviso.

Civil service rules not affected.

Estimates.

Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed to affect the civil service rules in so far as now applicable to the Coast and Geodetic Survey; and he shall submit estimates in detail for the said office force, as reorganized hereunder, in his annual estimates to Congress for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six. And the Secretary of the

Report on reductions.

Treasury shall examine and report to the 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 without serious detriment to the service.

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, eight thousand dollars.

For copper plates, 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 photolithographiiig charts and printing from stone and copper for immediate use, eighteen 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.

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For miscellaneous expenses, contingencies of all kinds, office furniture,

Office expenses—Continued.

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.

For the discussion and publication of observations, one thousand dollars.

That hereafter the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby,

Standard weight and measures to replace those lost, etc.

authorized and directed to furnish precise copies of standard weights and measures bearing the seal of the. office of construction of standard weights and measures of the United States, and accompanied by a suitable certificate, to any State, Territory, or institution heretofore furnished with the same, upon application in writing by the governor in the ease of a State or Territory, or by the official head in the ease of an institution, setting forth that the copies of standards applied for are to replace similar ones heretofore furnished, in accordance with law, by the office of construction of standard weights and measures of the United States which have been lost or destroyed: Provided, That the

Proviso.

Deposit for expenses.

 applicant shall, before the said standards are delivered, first deposit with the Secretary of the Treasury the amount of money necessary to defray all expenses incurred by the office of construction of standard weights and measures in furnishing the same, which amount shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of miscellaneous receipts, as soon as the weights or measures are delivered for transportation into the hands of such persons as are designated by the officers ordering the same.

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 tor 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.

Smithsonian Institution.

National Museum: For continuing the preservation, exhibition,

National Museum.

Preserving collections.

and increase of the collections from the surveying am I exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, one hundred and forty-three thousand 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, thirteen thousand dollars.

For postagestamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum,

Postage.

five hundred dollars.

For tearing down and rebuilding the brick walls of the steam boilers,

Repairs.

providing tie-rods and buck staves and grates for the same; removing, replacing, and resetting the fronts; and replacing worn-out boiler tubes, and for covering heating pipes with fireproof material, including all necessary labor and material, four thousand dollars.

For rent for workshops for the National Museum, six hundred dollars.

Rent.

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 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; one-half of which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District

One-half from District revenues.

 of Columbia and the other half from the Treasury of the United States; 384 and hereafter a report in detail of the expenses on account of the

Report.

 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, seventeen thousand dollars.

North American Ethnology: For continuing ethnological

North American Ethnology.

researches 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.

 FISH COMMISSION.

Fish Commission.

Office of Commissioner: For compensation of the Commissioner,

Pay of Commissioner, clerks, etc.

five thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars; stenographer to Commissioner, one thousand six hundred dollars; librarian. one thousand two 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 firemen, 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-five thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.

Office of accounts: Disbursing agent, two thousand two hundred

Office of accounts.

dollars: examiner of accounts.one thousand six hundred dollars: property clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand and eighty dollars; clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, seven thousand two 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.

five hundred dollars; superintendent of ear and messenger service,

Office.

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 four hundred and twenty dollars.

Division of fish culture, station employees: Central station, Washington,

Central station.

District of Columbia: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; one skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer, at four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, three thousand six hundred dollars.

Aquaria, Central station: Superintendent, nine hundred anti sixty

Fish ponds, D. C.

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

Aquaria, Central station.

thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, eight hundred and forty dollars; two laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, three thousand six hundred and sixty dollars.

Green Lake (Maine) station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred

Green Lake, 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.

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Craigs Brook (Maine) station: Superintendent, one thousand five

Craigs Brook, Me.

hundred dollars; foreman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer, at five hundred and forty dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.

Gloucester (Massachusetts) station: Custodian and fish culturist, nine

Gloucester, Mass.

hundred dollars.

Woods Holl (Massachusetts) station: Superintendent, one thousand

Woods Holl, 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 ail, six thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.

Battery Island (Maryland) station: Custodian, three hundred and

Battery Island, Md.

sixty dollars.

Bryans Point (Maryland) station: Custodian, three hundred and

Bryans Point, Md.

sixty dollars.

Wytheville (Virginia) station: Superintendent, one thousand two

Wytheville. 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, Ohio.

dollars; foreman, one thousand dollars; skilled laborer, six hundred dollars; machinist, nine hundred and sixty dollars; in all, four thousand and sixty dollars.

Northville (Michigan) station: Superintendent, one thousand five

Northville, Mich.

hundred dollars; foreman,nine hundred and sixty dollars; fish culturist, six hundred dollars; skilled laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; three laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, four thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.

Alpena (Michigan) station: Foreman, one thousand two hundred

Alpena, Mich.

dollars; fish culturist, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.

Duluth (Minnesota) station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, nine hundred

Duluth, Minn.

dollars; machinist, eight hundred and forty dollars, two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand four hundred and forty dollars.

Neosho (Missouri) station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred

Neosho. Ato.

dollars: foreman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer, at six hundred dollars: in all, two thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.

Leadville (Colorado) station; Superintendent, one thousand five

Leadville, 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, four thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars.

Baird (California) and Fort Gaston (California) stations: superintendent,

Baird and Fort Gaston, Cal.

one thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, one thousand and eighty dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars; in all, three thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.

Clackamas (Oregon) station: Superintendent, one thousand five

Clackamas, Oreg.

hundred dollars; one laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer, six hundred dollars; in all, two thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars.

Division offish 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; one 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 386 assistant car messenger, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; three car laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three ear 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 inquiries 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, etc.

charge, two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, class four; one clerk, class one; two clerks, atone thousand dollars each; one clerk, at nine hundred dollars; two clerks, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; statistical agent, at one thousand two 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, fourteen thousand nine hundred and forty dollars.

Vessel service: Steamer Albatross: One naturalist, one thousand

Vessels.

eight hundred

“Albatross.”

 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.

“Fish Hawk.”

Schooner Grampus: Master, one thousand five hundred dollars; first

“Grampus.”

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.

Expenses of administration: For the contingent expenses of the office of the

Administration expenses

Commissioner, including stationery, purchase of special reports, books tor 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 operations of the fish-cultural stations of the Commission, the general propagation of food fishes and their distribution, including movement,

Propagation of food-fishes.

maintenance, and repairs of curs, purchase of equipment and apparatus, contingent expenses, temporary labor, and including not exceeding seven thousand five hundred dollars for necessary employees for the conduct of the fish-cultural stations in Texas, Vermont, Montana, and New York, authorized by Act of Congress and now being located, ninety-one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

Maintenance of vessels: For the maintenance of the vessels and

Statistical inquiry.

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

Maintenance of vessels.

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 interests 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, and preparation of reports, ten thousand eight hundred dollars.

Statistical inquiry: For necessary traveling and contingent expenses

Inquiry respecting food-fishes.

in the collection and compilation of the statistics of the fisheries and the study of their methods and relations, three thousand five hundred dollars.

Fish hatchery, Iowa: For the establishment of a fish-cultural station

Fish hatchery, Iowa.

in the

Established.

 State of Iowa, at a point to be selected by the United States 387 Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, including the purchase of the

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 necessary lands and water rights, the erection of buildings, construction of ponds, equipment, and such other expenditures necessary to place the station on an efficient basis, fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Fish hatchery, Tennessee: For the establishment of a fish-cultural

Fish hatchery, Tennessee.

Established.

station in the State of Tennessee at some suitable point to be

Fish hatchery, Colorado.

selected by the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, including purchase of site, construction of buildings and ponds, and its equipment, twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Fish hatchery, Lake County, Colorado: For the completion of the

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United States fish-cultural station in Lake County, Colorado, authorized by Act approved .March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine,

Fish butchery, New York.

 six thousand five hundred dollars.

Fish hatchery. New York: For the completion of the United States

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fish-cultural station on or near the Saint Lawrence River, New York, authorized by the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and

Interchangeable expenses.

 ninety-one, seven thousand dollars.

And ten per centum of the foregoing amounts for the miscellaneous

Interstate Commerce Commission.

expenses of the work of the Commission shall be available interchangeably for expenditure on the objects named, but no more than ten per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation.

 interstate commerce commission.

Salaries.

 For salaries of Commissioners, as provided by the “Act to regulate

Vol. 24, p. 386.

 commerce,”

Expenses.

 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

Miscellaneous. Treasury, Department.

 give effect to the provisions of the “ Act to regulate commerce,” and all Acts and amendments supplementary thereto, one hundred and eighty-four thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars may be expended in the employment of counsel; In all, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; miscellaneous objects under the treasury department.

World’s Columbian Exposition.

The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and directed to investigate

Investigation of French losses by fire, etc.

and report to Congress at its next session, what amount of losses was sustained by the Republic of France and by French exhibitors at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago by fire on the night of January eighth and ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, in the building of Manufactures and Liberal Arts of said Exposition; he shall cause proofs to be taken, satisfactory to himself, to determine the amount of such losses sustained by the French Government and by the several French exhibitors, and also by whose fault or negligence, if any, the losses occurred.

The President of the United States is hereby authorized, in such

President to signify appreciation for contribution of foreign governments.

form and manner as he shall deem most suitable, to signify to the governments of the several countries duly represented at the World’s Columbian Exposition, and to their leading official representatives thereat, the grateful appreciation of the Government and people of the United States of America for their valued contributions to the success of said exposition, and for their friendly participation in the commemoration of one of the most important events in human history; and the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for this purpose, to be paid upon the order of the President.

To enable the committee on final report to arrange the reports of the

Departmental reports.

various Departments and prepare a synopsis of the same, three thousand five hundred dollars, or so much as may be necessary, to be 388 expended in the discretion of the committee; and said reports, with synopsis, including index for each volume, shall not exceed ten quarto volumes in all, of not exceeding one thousand pages each.

That James D. McBride be, and he is hereby, authorized and permitted

Fac simile copies of seals allowed on certain documents.

to have engraved, on stone or wood true and fac simile copies of the seal of the Supreme Court of the United States, the seal of the United States, the seal of the Senate of the United States, the seal of the House of Representatives, and the seal of the Department of State, which have been authoritatively affixed to the following documents originating with him, and to print the same on true and facsimile copies thereof: The Centennial memorial entitled, “The Administrators of the United States Government at the beginning of Its Second Century;” also, the Columbian State paper entitled “The Administration of the United States Government at the beginning of the Four Hundredth Anniversary of the Discovery of America;” and also, to have engraved in like manner, true and fac simile copies of the seals of the Executive Departments, and to print the same in combination with the seals before mentioned, in a group under the following title: “The seal of the United States and seals of the Executive, Judicial and Legislative

Proviso.

Relief copies forbidden.

departments of the Government:” Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as authorizing the said James D. McBride to make, or cause to be made any die or dies, whereby a copy of the said seals could be printed with raised characters or in relief.

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 violations of internal-venue 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, fifty thousand dollars; and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall make a detailed statement to Congress once in each year as to how he has expended this sum, and also a detailed statement of all miscellaneous expenditures in the Bureau of Internal Revenue for which appropriation is made in this Act.

Contingent expenses, Independent Treasury: For contingent

Expenses of focal agents, etc.

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, 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 of silver coin: For transportation of silver coin,

Transporting silver coin.

including fractional silver coin, by registered mail or otherwise, forty thousand dollars; and in expending this sum the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transport from the Treasury or subtreasuries, free of charge, silver coin when requested to do so:

Proviso.

Deposits.

Provided, That an equal amount in coin or 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.

Recoinage, reissue, and transportation of minor coins: The

Recoinage, etc., minor coins.

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 three 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 two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to reimburse the Treasury for the loss on such recoinage; in all, five hundred dollars.

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Recoinage of uncurrent fractional silver coins: For recomage

Recoinage, silver coins.

of the uncurrent fractional. silver coins 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.

including transportation, salaries of register, two counters,

Paper, etc.

five watchmen, one laborer, and expenses of officer detailed from the Treasury as superintendent, sixty thousand dollars.

Sealing and separating United States securities: For

Sealing and separating.

materials required to seal and separate United States notes and certificates, such as ink, printer’s varnish, sperm oil, white printing paper, manila paper, thin muslin, benzine, gutta-percha belting, and other necessary articles and expenses, one‘thousand dollars.

Special, witness of destruction of United States securities:

Witness, destruction.

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.

For extra knives for cutting machines 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 of

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 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, seven hundred and fifty 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

Inspector of furniture, etc.

buildings: 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, personal services, 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 same 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 current for light and power purposes, 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, firemen, or engineers 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 and fifty 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 390 other device for reducing the expenses of gas, when first approved by

Proviso.

Gas governors, etc.

 the Secretary of the Treasury and ordered by him in writing: Provided, That 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 counter felting, etc.

incurred under the authority or with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury in 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 (he 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

R. S. sec. 4718, p. 919.

last sickness and burial of deceased pensioners under section forty-seven hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes, and tor no other

Proviso.

Witnesses.

purpose whatever, sixty thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this amount be used in defraying the expenses of any person subpumaed by the United States courts to attend any trial before a United States court or preliminary examination before any United States Commissioner, which expenses shall be paid from the appropriation for “fees of witnesses, United States courts.”

Lands and other property of the United States: For custody,

Lands, etc.

care, and protection of lands and other property belonging to the United States, the examination of titles, recording of deeds, advertising, and auctioneers’ fees, four hundred dollars.

Publication of Supplement to Revised Statutes: To enable

Supplement to Revised Statutes.

the Secretary of the Treasury to pay William A. Richardson, when the

Payment to William A. Richardson.

work shall be completed, in full for preparing and editing two pamphlets of the Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the United States, one for the extra session and one for the first session of the Fifty-third

Vol. 27, p. 477.

Congress, under the Act of February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one thousand dollars.

Compensation in lieu of

Compensation in lieu modeties.

moieties: For compensation in lieu of moieties in certain cases under the customs revenue laws, fifteen thousand dollars.

Expenses of local appraisers’ meetings: For defraying th

Local appraisers’ meetings.

e necessary expenses of local appraisers at annual meetings Cor the purpose of securing uniformity in the appraisement of dutiable goods at different ports of entry, eight 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, one hundred 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,

Vol. 27, p. 52.

 and tor enforcing the provisions of the Act approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States,” fifty thousand .dollars.

In every case where an alien is excluded from admission into the

Decision of immigration. etc., officers excluding aliens, final.

United States under any law or treaty now existing or hereafter made, the decision of the appropriate immigration or customs officers, if adverse to the admission of such alien, shall be final, unless reversed 011 appeal to the Secretary of the Treasury.

391

Bureau of Immigration: The head money from alien passengers

Bureau of immigration.

on and after the first day of October next, collected under the Act of August

Head money increased.

 third, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to regulate immigration,

Vol. 22, p. 214.

 shall be one dollar in lieu of the fifty cents as provided in said Act, and such head money and all other receipts which shall be collected on and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, in connection with immigration shall be covered into the Treasury; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to the next regular session of

Service to be organized, report

 Congress a plan for the organization of the service in connection with immigration and make detailed estimates of the employees necessary for such service, and their compensation and all other expenses.

The commissioners of immigration at the several ports shall be

Commissioners to be appointed.

appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to hold their offices for the term of four years, unless sooner removed, and until their successors are appointed; and nominations for such offices shall be made to the Senate by the President as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act.

That section thirty-six hundred and eighty-seven of the Revised

Payment of acting customs inspectors.

Statutes is

R. S., sec. 3687, p.

 hereby amended

724, amended.

 by adding thereto the following: “And to pay the salaries of watchmen and night watchmen in customhouses, who may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to act as inspectors of customs.”

Alaskan seal fisheries: For salaries and traveling expenses of

Alaskan seal fisheries.

agents at seal fisheries in Alaska, as follows: For one agent,

Agents’ salaries,etc.

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.

For the protection of the salmon fisheries of Alaska, under the direction

Salmon fisheries.

of the Secretary of the Treasury, four thousand dollars.

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish food, fuel, and

Food to Alaskans.

clothing to the native inhabitants on the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, Alaska, nineteen thousand five hundred dollars, and of the portion of said sum to be distributed to the inhabitants of Saint Paul Island, three thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars shall be paid to the bishop of the Greek Church, San Francisco, California, in full satisfaction of that amount contributed by members of said church of said island and placed in the hands of the agent of the North American Commercial Company for delivery to the bishop of said church, and afterwards, under instructions of the Treasury Department, expended in furnishing the natives of said island necessary supplies to prevent suffering and starvation, a pro rata amount being allowed each of the families on said island; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby required to fix a reasonable price to be paid the natives of said island for blue fox skins secured by them.

For two coal houses on the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George,

Coal houses, seal islands.

Alaska, eight hundred dollars.

For publishing the President’s proclamation concerning seal fisheries

Publishing proclamation.

of Bering Sea, and for protecting salmon fisheries of Alaska, as required by Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, “to provide

Vol. 25, p. 1009.

 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 nineteen hundred and fifty

R.S., secs. 1959, 1971, pp. 344, 346.

 nine and nineteen hundred and seventy-one. Revised Statutes, five hundred dollars.

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay necessary expenses

Fur sealing log bonks, expenses.

of enforcing the conditions of section four of the Act approved April sixth

Ante, p. 54.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-four, giving effect to the award rendered by the Tribunal of Arbitration, at Paris, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one thousand five hundred dollars.

392

That a Joint Commission, consisting of the select committee of five

Joint commission tn investigate Ford’s Theater disaster.

Senators, appointed by the President of the Senate, to investigate the Ford Theater disaster and five members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,

Report.

shall investigate the Ford Theater disaster and report to the Senate and House, whether in equity and justice the Government should

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compensate the sufferers of that disaster for the injuries sustained by them, and, if it shall be decided that they should be compensated, then the

Clerks etc.

Commission will investigate each individual case, and report the amount of compensation that should be allowed in each case. The commission may employ a clerk who is a stenographer, and who shall do the stenographic work of the Commission as clerk, and that the commission shall have power to send tor persons and papers, and the chairman of the Commission or of any subcommittee may administer

Expenses.

oaths. The expenses of said investigation shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate and House of Representatives on vouchers approved by the chairman, and the Commission may report by bill or otherwise.

Report upon explosives: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury

Report on explosives.

to investigate and report upon the importation, use, transportation, and manufacture of high and low explosives, with the view of securing by legislation greater security to life and property, four thousand dollars.

That there shall be appointed in the district of Baltimore, State of

Baltimore, Md.

Maryland,

Assistant appraiser authorized.

 one assistant appraiser of merchandise, at an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, who shall reside at the port of Baltimore.

Massachusetts avenue: For grading Massachusetts avenue as

Massachusetts avenue, D. C.

Grading.

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extended around the Naval Observatory Circle, seven thousand dollars, one-half of which sum shall be paid out of the revenues 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, Reedy Island, Cape Charles and supplemental station, South Atlantic Station (Sapelo Sound), Brunswick, Key West, Gulf, San Diego, San Francisco, and Port Townsend, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

For ballast scows, small hospital, repairs to buildings, and boat

Repairs, Gulf station.

landings, for the Gulf Quarantine Station, Ship Island, Mississippi (transferred from Chandeleur Island), five thousand dollars.

For establishing a quarantine station, and maintenance of same, at

Station, Southport, N.C.

or near Southport, North Carolina, twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

 prevention of epidemics.

Prevention of epidemics.

 The President of the United States is hereby authorized in case of

Unexpended balance available.

 threatened or actual epidemic of cholera, yellow fever, smallpox, or Chinese plague or black death to use the unexpended balance of the sums appropriated and reappropriated by the sundry civil

Vol. 27, p, 590.

appropriation Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, 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 in force. 393 UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Interior Department.

 public buildings.

Public buildings.

Repairs of buildings, Interior Department: For repairs of

Repairs.

Interior Department and Pension Buildings, five thousand dollars.

For a new copper roof for the Pension Office building, and a corrugated metal ceiling for the great hall, twenty-eight thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.

For the Capitol: For work at Capitol, and for general repairs

Capital.

Repairs, etc.

thereof, including wages of mechanics, and laborers, twenty-live thousand dollars.

For repairs and improvements to the steam-heating apparatus, including elevators and machinery of the Senate wing of the Capitol, to be expended under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, two thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars.

For removal of the ranges, steamers, and apparatus of the Senate restaurant, the work to be done under the supervision of the Architect of the Capitol extension, one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For construction of an elevator leading to the Supreme Court rooms, to be expended under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, two thousand three hundred dollars.

To provide flags for the east and west fronts of the center of the Capitol, to be hoisted daily under the direction of the Capitol Police board, one hundred dollars, or so much thereof an may be necessary.

For the repair of paintings in the Capitol, including repairs to the frames of the same, to be expended under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, one thousand dollars.

Improving the Capitol Grounds: For continuing the work of

Capitol grounds.

the improvement of the Capitol Grounds and tor care of the grounds, one clerk, and the pay of mechanics, gardeners, and laborers, and for artificial stone pavement, twelve thousand dollars.

For reconstructing eastern elevator House wing, United States

Elevator, House wing.

Capitol, to insure increased speed; and for extending the western elevator of same wing to cellar story, including opening passageway in the, cellar towards Terrace rooms, five thousand one hundred 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.

 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 and receivers of district land offices, at not exceeding three thousand dollars each, five hundred and twenty thousand dollars.

Contingent expenses of land offices: For clerk hire, rent,

Contingent expenses. land offices.

and other incidental expenses of the district land offices, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

Expenses of depositing public moneys: For expenses of

Depositing moneys.

depositing 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 swampland indemnity: To meet the expenses of protecting timber on the public 394 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

Proviso.

Agents’ per diem.

lands, and indemnity for swamp lands,sixty thousand dollars: Provided, 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 pay each and actual necessary expenses for transportation; and the Secretary of the Interior shall so apportion the foregoing appropriation as to prevent a deficiency therein.

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 plate 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, two thousand dollars.

Transcripts of records and plats: For furnishing transcripts

Transcripts from records.

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 of public lands, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars,

Surveys, rates.

at rates not exceeding nine dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, seven dollars for township, and five dollars for section lines:

Proviso.

Preferences.

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.

Act approved February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine,

Vol. 26, pp. 215, 222.

 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

Extra rates for heavily timbered, etc., lands.

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 can not be contracted for at these rates, compensation for surveys 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

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dollars for section lines. And of the sum hereby appropriated not

Resurveys, etc.

exceeding forty-five thousand dollars maybe 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 defective or

Inspecting mineral and timber lands.

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.

That it shall be lawful for the governors of the States of Washington,

Surveys for grants to new States.

Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming to apply to the Commissioner of the General Land Office for the survey of any township or townships of public land then remaining unsurveyed in any of the several surveying districts, with a view to satisfy the public land grants made by the several Acts admitting the said States into the Union to the extent of the full quantity of land called for thereby; and

Application of governors

upon the application of said governors the Commissioner of the General 395 Land Office shall proceed to immediately notify the Surveyor-General of the application made by the governor of any of the said States of the application made for the withdrawal of said lands, and the Surveyor-General shall proceed to have the survey or surveys so applied for made, as in the cases of surveys of public lands; and the lands that may be found to fall within the limits of such township or townships, as ascertained by the survey, shall be reserved upon the filing of the application for survey from any adverse appropriation by settlement or otherwise except under rights that may be found to exist of prior inception. for a period to extend from such application for survey until the expiration of sixty days from the date of the filing of the township plat of survey in the proper district land office, during which period of sixty days the State may select any of such lands not embraced in any valid adverse claim, for the satisfaction of such grants, with the condition, however, that the governor of the State, within thirty days from the date of such tiling of the application for survey, shall cause a notice to be published,

Public notice.

 which publication shall be continued for thirty days from the first publication, in some newspaper of general circulation in the vicinity of the lands likely to be embraced in such township or townships, giving notice to all parties interested of the fact of such application for survey and the exclusive right of selection by the State for the aforesaid period of sixty days as herein provided for; and after the expiration of such period of sixty days any lands which may remain unselected by the State, and not otherwise appropriated according to law, shall be subject to disposal under general laws as other public lands: And provided further,

Proviso.

Notice of townships withdrawn.

 That the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall give notice immediately of the reservation of any township or townships to the local land office in which the land is situate of the withdrawal of such township or townships, for the purpose hereinbefore provided: And provided further, That the governors of the several States herein

Advance.

 named are authorized to advance money from time to time for the survey of the townships withdrawn at such United States depository as may be designated by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the moneys so advanced shall be reimbursable. The foregoing provisions shall be applicable to Utah when admitted as a State into

Applicable to Utah.

the Union and a governor is duly inaugurated and acting.

For the survey of the public lands lying within the limits of land

Survey of railroad land grant.

grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, and the selection therein of such lands as are granted therefor, to enable

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 the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the provisions of section one of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled

Vol. 24, p. 556.

 “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, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, which was appropriated therefor by the Act approved

Reappropriation.

 August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An

Vol. 27, p. 370.

 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,” is hereby reappropriated and continued, and any money which shall have been expended of such appropriation and reimbursed and paid into the Treasury is hereby reappropriated, and the said sum shall remain a continuing appropriation, and so often as

Continuing appropriation.

 any part of the same shall, after being expended.be reimbursed by any railroad company as hereinafter provided, the same shall be again available for the purposes aforesaid: Provided, That any portion of

Proviso.

Reimbursements.

 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 the Act of July fifteenth,

Vol. 16, p. 305.

 eighteen hundred and seventy, chapter two hundred and ninety-two, volume sixteen, pages three hundred and five and three hundred 396 and six, and Act of July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-six,

Vol. 18, p. 121.

 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 in interest ”:

Florida excluded.

Provided, That no part of the foregoing moneys shall be used for any land embraced in any grain to the State of Florida.

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

Vol. 26, p. 854.

Utah, confirmed under the provisions of the Act of Congress 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,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for the resurvey of such private land claims heretofore confirmed as may be deemed necessary, twenty thousand dollars.

For a proper survey of thirty-two thousand acres of land, more or

Survey of certain land in North Carolina.

less, in southwestern part of North Carolina, conveyed to the United

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States in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine in compromise of an indebtedness due to the United States from E. B. Olmsted, formerly disbursing clerk of the Post-Office Department, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For the retracement of so much of the boundary line between the

Boundary between Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas.

States of Louisiana and Arkansas and of the boundary line between said States and the State of Texas, and the lines of public land surveys closing thereon, as will enable the surveyor-general of Louisiana to construct a proper plat of certain lands in township twenty-three north, range sixteen west, in the State of Louisiana, over which, owing to discrepancies in existing surveys, neither Arkansas nor Louisiana now claims jurisdiction, and to enable the United States land officers to admit entries of said lands, five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the purpose.

For necessary expenses of survey, appraisal, and sale, and pay of

Abandoned military reservation a.

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 a custodian of the ruin of Casa Grande, five thousand dollars.

For the purpose of making a resurvey of the lands of Grant and

Resurvey directed in Nebraska.

Hooker Counties in the State of Nebraska, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, the sum of sixteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid out of the appropriation for surveys of public lands made by this Act.

Port Angeles Town-site, Washington: That suburban blocks

Port Angeles, Wash.

numbered eighty-seven, eighty-eight, eighty-nine, ninety, ninety-one,

Lots granted for cemetery.

ninety two, ninety three, and ninety-four, within the limits of the Government town-site reserve of Port Angeles, in the State of Washington, shall be, and are each hereby, granted and confirmed to the town or city of Port Angeles, Washington, for use as a burial ground or cemetery; and upon application therefor by the proper municipal authorities of said town or city to the Secretary of the Interior, patent shall be issued for said blocks, respectively, to said authorities and for the purpose herein expressed.

Des Moines River lands settlers: To adjust the claims of

Des Moines River lands, Iowa.

settlers on the so-called Des

Commissioner to hear, etc., claims of settlers.

Moines River lands, in the State of Iowa, two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended by the Secretary of the Interior, in the following manner: The Secretary of the Interior shall appoint a special commissioner to investigate, hear, and determine the claims of all settlers, their heirs 397 and assigns, who, being duly qualified thereunto, have, under the homestead, preemption, or other public land laws, entered or filed upon lands included in the grant made by an Act entitled “An Act granting

Vol. 9, p. 77.

 certain lands to the Territory of Iowa to aid in the improvements of the navigation of the Des Moines River, in said Territory,” approved August eighth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and by the “Joint

Vol. 12, p. 251.

 Resolution to quiet title to lands in the State of Iowa,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, whose title thereto from the United States has failed. Said commissioner shall find the reasonable sum due, if anything, to the respective claimants, and the measure of damages of said claimants shall be the amount heretofore expended

Damages, etc.

 by them to purchase the paramount title to said lands, or in case they have not heretofore purchased the outstanding paramount title, the measure of their damages shall be the reasonable value of such paramount title, if they arc still in possession, or the reasonable value of same at time of eviction, in cases of eviction. Said commissioner, in making such examination, shall find and determine:

First. The amount of the just claims of persons, their heirs or assigns,

Continuous holdings.

holding patents or other written evidences of title from the United States, who are now and who have, been in continuous possession thereunder.

Second. The claims of persons, their heirs or assigns, holding written

Evicted claimants.

evidences of title from the United States, who have been evicted from said lands by process of court at the suit of the Des Moines River Navigation Company or its assigns.

Third. The claims of persons, their heirs or their assigns, for a valuable

Purchasers.

consideration, whose chain of title runs back to the person making the original entry of said lands, and who have heretofore purchased the paramount title: Provided, That if the amount herein appropriated

Provisos.

Reports of claims unpaid.

 is not sufficient to settle all the claims hereinbefore described and included in Schedule 15 of special report submitted to Congress by the Secretary of the Interior May fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, being Senate Executive Document Numbered Ninety-seven, present session, those remaining unpaid shall be submitted to Congress by the Secretary of the Interior, giving the amount of each claim, and such payments shall not include any claim of any preemptor or homesteader who had actual notice of the adverse claim of the Des Moines River Navigation Company at the time of making such preemption or home-. stead claim and only paid the necessary fees to the land officers, and who made no valuable improvements on the land so preempted or homesteaded. All such claims shall be reported to Congress, and all the facts in regard to any claim of preemption and homestead entry, in such cases, shall be reported to Congress: Provided further, That

Payments.

 said claims, except those hereinbefore indicated, shall be paid in the order of their approval by the Secretary of the Interior, and no money shall be paid hereunder, in any case, until the findings of the Commissioner, in such case, are approved by the Secretary of the Interior, who shall have full authority to control all proceedings authorized by this paragraph. To pay the expenses arising under the preceding paragraph.

Expenses.

 in addition to the appropriation to pay said claims, twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

That all soldiers’ additional homestead certificates heretofore issued

Soldiers’ certificates sold, declared valid.

under the rules and regulations of the General Land Office under section

R. S., sec. 2308, p. 422.

twenty-three hundred and six of the Revised Statutes of the United States, or in pursuance of the decisions or instructions of the Secretary of the Interior, of date March tenth, eighteen hundred and seventy seven, or any subsequent decisions or instructions of the Secretary of the Interior or the Commissioner of the General Land Office, shall be, and are hereby, declared to be valid, notwithstanding any attempted sale or transfer thereof; and where such certificates have been or may hereafter be sold or transferred, such sale or transfer shall 398 not be regarded as invalidating the light, but the same shall be good and valid in the bands of bona fide purchasers for value; and all entries heretofore or hereafter made with such certificates by such purchasers shall be approved, and patent shall issue in the name of the assignees.

 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.

 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 Held 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, thirteen

Laborers.

 thousand dollars; For topographic surveys in various portions of the United States, one-hundred

Topographic surveys.

 and fifty thousand dollars; thirty-five 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-third 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.

 one hundred thousand dollars; For paleontologic researches relating to the geology of the United States, ten

Paleontolegic researches.

 thousand dollars; For chemical and physical researches relating to the geology of

Chemical researches.

 the United States, seven thousand dollars; For the preparation of the illustrations of the Geological Survey, thirteen

Illustrations.

 thousand dollars; For the preparation of the report of the mineral resources of the United States,

Mineral Resources report.

 fifteen 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 collars; For engraving and printing the geological maps of the United States,

Maps.

 sixty-five thousand dollars; For gauging the streams and determining the water supply of the

Gauging water supply.

 United States, including the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells in arid and semiarid sections, twelve thousand five hundred 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 twenty-one thousand six hundred dollars. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.

Miscellaneous.

 supreme court reports.

Supremo 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-five to one hundred and fifty-nine, inclusive, of the United States 399 Reports, at a rate not exceeding two dollars per volume, under the provisions of section two of the Act of February twelfth, eighteen hundred

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 and 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:

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 huudred and sixty-six thousand live hundred and twenty 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 detached kitchen for the Toner building, two thousand two hundred and forty dollars. For electric plant, ten thousand dollars.

Electric plant.

 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 general repairs and improvements, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars.

For special repairs to the buildings and to complete the inclosure of the grounds, one thousand dollars.

 howard university.

Howard University.

 For maintenance of the Howard University, to be used in payment

Maintenance, etc.

 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. 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, three hundred dollars. For books for the library of the law department, one thousand dollars. For material and apparatus lor chemical, physical, and natural history and laboratory, two hundred dollars. For improvement of grounds, five hundred dollars. For repairs of buildings, one thousand dollars. In all, twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars. education in alaska.

Education in Alaska.

 For the industrial and elementary education of children in the Territory of Alaska, without reference to race, thirty thousand dollars. reindeer for alaska.

Reindeer for Alaska.

 For support of the reindeer station at Port Clarence, Alaska, and

Support of station.

 for the purchase and introduction of reindeer from Siberia for domestic purposes, seven thousand five hundred dollars. 400 UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT.

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 and renewal of steam plant, ten

Machinery.

thousand dollars.

For general care, preservation, and improvements; for painting and

Care, etc.

care and preservation of permanent buildings, and shores of the island; for building fences and sewers and grading grounds, ten thousand dollars.

For extraordinary repairs of the dikes, and dams of the Rock

Repairs, etc.

Island water power, and for repairing Moline dam wall and counter-ports and foundations, thirty thousand dollars, and the Secretary of

Contract.

War is authorized to contract for all of said works at an additional cost not exceeding thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.

For the Rock Island Bridge, as follows:

Bridge expenses.

For operating and care, and preservation of Rock Island bridges and viaducts, twelve thousand dollars.

For protecting Rock Island Bridge by means of sheer booms, two hundred and fifty dollars.

Benicia Arsenal, Benicia, California: For establishing a complete

Benicia, Cal.

and proper system of sewerage and to perfect the plumbing system at officers’ quarters numbered one, two, three, and tour, fifteen thousand dollars.

Columbia Arsenal, Columbia, Tennessee: For steam engine,

Columbia, Tenn.

one thousand dollars; for one thousand feet of tire hose, two and one-half inches in diameter, with necessary couplings, nozzles, and hose reels, one thousand tour hundred dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred dollars.

Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For purchase

Frankford, Pa.

or manufacture of new machinery, fifteen thousand dollars.

Indianapolis Arsenal, Indianapolis, Indiana: For construction

Indianapolis, Ind.

of sewers to connect with the Indianapolis city sewer on Clifford, avenue, eight thousand five hundred dollars.

For constructing a new fence along the west side of the arsenal on Hanna street, five thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine dollars.

Sandy Hook Proving Ground, New Jersey: For building and

Springfield, Mann.

repairing roads and walks, and for general repairs to shops and storehouses and quarters, two thousand live hundred dollars.

Springfield Arsenal, Springfield, Massachusetts: For

Proving ground, Sandy Hook, N. J.

repairs 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.

Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, New York: For increase of

Watervliet, West Troy, N. Y.

the independent water supply in addition to the supply from the West Troy waterworks, eleven thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight dollars and eighty cents.

Authority is hereby granted to use any balance that may remain of

Paving.

the appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars made by the Act of Congress

Use of balance.

approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, for

Vol. 27, p,461.

paving the highway to the extent of the arsenal frontage at the Watervliet Arsenal, for the purpose of paving the roadways inside the arsenal grounds.

Repairs of arsenals: For repairs and improvements at arsenals

Repairs.

and to meet such unforeseen expenditures as accidents or other contingencies during the year may render necessary, fifty thousand dollars.

 401 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 Executive Mansion, five 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 ordinary care of Lincoln Square, one thousand dollars. For care and improvement of Monument grounds, two thousand dollars. For continuing improvement of reservation numbered seventeen and

Old canal, etc.

Proviso.

 site of old canal northwest of same, three thousand dollars: Provided, That no part thereof shall be expended upon other than property

Condition.

 belonging to the United States. For construction and repair of post-and-chain fences, repair of high iron fences, and constructing stone coping around reservations, one thousand five hundred dollars. For manure, and hauling the same, four thousand dollars. For painting Pitchmen’s lodges, iron fences, vases, lamps, and lampposts, one thousand 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, trees and stock for nursery to be purchased by con tract or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may determine, 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, live hundred dollars. For improvement, care, and maintenance of various reservations, ten thousand dollars. For improvement, maintenance, and care of Smithsonian Grounds, two thousand five hundred dollars. For improvement, care, and maintenance of Judiciary Square, two thousand five hundred 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 replacing the old flagging pavement of the sidewalks in the grounds north of the Executive Mansion by a granolithic pavement, two thousand five hundred dollars. For repairs and fuel at the Executive Mansion, as follows;

Executive Mansion.

 For care, repair,

Repairs, fuel, etc.

 and refurnishing the Executive Mansion, twenty-five 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 superstructure of one greenhouse connected with the Executive Mansion, one thousand five hundred dollars. For repairs to conservatory, Executive Mansion, two thousand dollars. For portrait and frame for same of Honorable Benjamin Harrison,

Portrait of ex-President Benjamin Harrison.

 ex-President of the United States, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Lighting the Executive Mansion and Public Grounds: For

Lighting Executive Mansion and public grounds.

gas, pay of lamplighters, gas-fitters, and laborers; purchase, erection, 402 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

Proviso.

Maximum per lamp.

dollars: Provided, That for each six-foot burner not connected with a meter in the lamps on the public grounds no more than twenty 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 Limps shall burn not less than three thousand hours per annum; and authority is hereby given to subsitute 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 appropriations herein provided for, the contracting gas company shall equip each lamp

Burners.

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 live nights from seven

Electric lights.

posts, at thirty cents per light per night, seven hundred and sixty six dollars and fifty cents.

Repair of water pipes: For repairing and extending water pipes,

Repair of water pipes, etc.

purchase of apparatus for cleaning them, purchase of hose, mid 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:

Proviso.

Investigation of water rights’ etc.

Provided, That the Secretary of War and the Attorney-General are hereby authorized to investigate and ascertain what action has been taken by them or their predecessors in office, or by any Secretary of

Vol. 22, p. 168.

the Interior, under the Act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled “An Act to increase the water supply of the city of Washington,” and under any previous Acts; and also the existing claims, if any, of the State of Maryland, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, the Great Falls Manufacturing Company, and any other owner of land and water rights, or either, at the Great Falls; and also, further, the cost of acquiring the title or titles to such lands and water rights, or either, as maybe necessary to vest in the Government complete ownership of the water rights and necessary lands, and to make a full report of all the facts to Congress; and the sum of four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for such investigation, examination and report.

Telegraph to connect the Capitol with the Departments

Telegraph, Capitol, Departments, and 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.

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-live dollars per month; one conductor of elevator car, at seventy-five dollars per month; one attendant on floor, at sixty dollars per month; one attendant on top floor, at sixty dollars per month; three night and day watchmen, at sixty dollars per month each; hi all eight thousand live 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 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.

For one new engine, complete, in position, to replace the old engine

New engine.

which runs the dynamo for the electric lights, six hundred and fifty dollars.

 403 military posts.

Military posts.

For the construction of buildings at, and the enlargement of such

Construction.

military posts as, in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary, two hundred thousand dollars. And the limit of expenditure for the construction of Fort Crook. Nebraska, is hereby increased

Fort Crouk, Nebr.

 to seven hundred thousand dollars, and of Fort Harrison, Montana, to

Fort Harrison Mont.

 three hundred thousand dollars.

Fort Ethan Allen Military Reservation: To enable the Secretary

Fort Ethan Allen.

of War to acquire the title, for military purposes, to

Purchase of additional land.

additional lands, not exceeding one hundred and ninety acres, required to extend the military reservation of Fort Ethan Allen, near Essex Junction, Vermont, to the Winooski River, subject to the right of way through said lands of the Winooski and Essex highway and the right of way of the Central Vermont Railway, seven thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

Title.

 That in acquiring the land for the purpose the Secretary of War is authorized to proceed in accordance with the Act approved March

Vol. 20, p. 079.

 third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, making appropriations for sundry civil expenses, under title “Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park.”

Improvement of the Yellowstone National, Park: For the

Yellowstone National Park.

improvement of the Yellowstone National Park, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, thirty thousand dollars.

For salary of commissioner provided for in the Act to protect the

Commissioner.

birds and animals in Yellowstone National Park and to punish crimes in said

Ante, p. 74.

park, approved May seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one thousand dollars.

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 in accordance with the terms of existing laws, including road construction, maps, tablets, surveys, continuing the restoration of the field, foundations for State monuments, the purchase of the north end of Missionary Ridge, and monument sites in the vicinity of Glass’s Mill, compensation of two civilian commissioners and their assistant in historical work, labor, clerical and other assistance, and office, expenses; in all, seventy-live thousand dollars.

 war department.

That the proviso in the paragraph for the Medical Department

Assistant surgeons.

Ante, p. 235.

under title “ For pay of the general staff” in the Act making appropriations for the support of the Army tor the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Provided, That hereafter no appointments

Proviso.

Number of grade fixed at 110.

 shall be made to the office of assistant surgeon until the number of assistant surgeons shall be reduced below one hundred and ten, and thereafter the number of officers in that grade in the Medical Department shall be fixed at one hundred and ten.

The Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed

Payment for unused leaves to discharged-clerks.

to pay, out of any unexpended balance of the appropriation for salaries .of the War Department for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to those persons who have been discharged as clerks of the War Department since June first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, because of the reduction of employees in such Department, their salaries for such period of leave of absence, at the rate of two and one-half days’ leave for each month of service from January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to the date of their discharge, as may have been allowable to and unused by said clerks at the date of their discharge.

That all military records, such as muster and pay rolls, orders, and

All Revolutionary army records transferred to Secretary of War.

reports relating to the personnel or the operations of the armies of the Revolutionary war and of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, 404 now in any of the Executive Departments, shall be transferred to the Secretary of War to be preserved, indexed and prepared for publication.

 engineer department.

Engineer Department.

 For continuing improvement of harbor at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

River and harbor improvements.

 Continuing improvement, removal of Smiths Island and Windmill

Philadelphia, Pa.

Island, Pennsylvania, and Petty Island, New Jersey, and adjacent shoals, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Galveston. Texas: Continuing improvement,

Galveston, Tex.

 six hundred thousand dollars, one hundred thousand dollars of which may be expended for dredging, under the direction of the Secretary of War, by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and advantageous to the United States. For improving Hay Lake Channel, Saint Marys River, Michigan:

Hay Lake channel, St. Marys River, Mich.

 Continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For improving Hudson River, New York: Continuing improvement

Hudson River N.Y.

 one hundred and forty five thousand dollars. For improving Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River

Mississippi River, mouth of the Ohio to 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, seven hundred and fifty-eight thousand three hundred and thirty three dollars and thirty-three cents; continuing improvement from the mouth of Missouri River

Ante, p. 357.

to Minneapolis, eight hundred and sixty-six thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty seven cents; in all, one million six hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For improving Saint Marys River at the Falls, Michigan: Continuing improvement, three hundred

St. Marys River at the Falle, Mich.

 thousand dollars. For harbor of refuge at Point Judith, Rhode Island: Continuing improvement,

Point Judith, R. I.

 one hundred thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, including Sullivan Island

Charleston, S. C.

 and Mount Pleasant Shore: Continuing improvement, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Savannah, Georgia; Continuing improvement, nine

Savannah, Ga.

 hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Mobile. Alabama: Continuing improvement, three

Mobile, Ala.

 hundred and ninety thousand dollars. Under Mississippi River Commission: For improving Mississippi

Mississippi River Commission.

 River from Head of the Passes to the mouth of the Ohio River,

Mississippi 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 Com mission.

 from its mouth to the south line, of Sioux City, Iowa, including

Missouri River.

salaries, clerical, office, traveling, and miscellaneous expenses of the Missouri

Ante, p. 358.

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, from the south hue thereof, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War. national cemeteries.

National cemeteries.

For national cemeteries: For maintaining and improving national

Maintenance.

cemeteries, including fuel for superintendents of national cemeteries, pay of laborers and other employees, purchase oi 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.

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Headstones for graves of soldiers: For eon tinning 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.

 and seventy-three, and February third,

Vol. 20, p. 281.

eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, twenty-five thousand dollars, and of this sum the Quartermaster-general is authorized to expend not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars in suitably marking the grave of Captain Samuel Chester Reid,

Grave of Capt S. C. Reid.

 the designer of the American flag, and a hero of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

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.

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, three thousand dollars.

Road to national cemetery, Presidio of San Francisco,

Road to Presidio.

California: For continuing the work of improving the

Cal.

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.

Gettysburg battlefield: For continuing the work of surveying,

Gettysburg battlefield.

locating, and preserving the lines of battle at Gettysburg,

Continuing surveys, etc.

Pennsylvania, and for purchasing, opening, constructing, and improving avenues along the portions occupied by the various commands of the armies of the Potomac and Northern Virginia on that field, and for fencing the same; and for the purchase, at private sale or by condemnation, of such parcels of land as the Secretary of War may deem necessary for the sites of tablets, and for the construction of the said avenues; for determining the leading tactical positions and properly marking the same with tablets of batteries, regiments, brigades, divisions, corps, and other organizations with reference to the study and correct understanding of the battle,each tablet bearing a brief historical legend, compiled without praise and without censure; fifty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War.

And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to accept on behalf

Donations may be accepted.

of the United States donations of land for road or other purposes.

 miscellaneous objects.

Miscellaneous objects.

Survey of northern and northwestern lakes: For printing

Survey of northern, etc., 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, to be available until expended, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Transportation of reports and maps to foreign countries:

Transporting map.

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.

commutation therefor, and necessary transportation, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War, one hundred and ninety-four 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 406 United States, and not entitled to artificial limbs or trusses for the same disabilities, to be disbursed tinder the direction of the Secretary of War, two thousand dollars.

Support and medical treatment of destitute patients:

Providence Hospital D. C.

For the support and medical treatment of ninety-five medical and

Sunport of destitute patients.

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 Hospital D C.

provide medical and surgical treatment to persons unable to pay

Maintenance.

therefor, nineteen thousand dollars.

Expenses of military convicts: For payment of costs and charges

Military convicts.

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.

For continuing the publication of the Official Records of the

Continuing publication.

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 the

Civilian board.

Vol. 25, p. 970.

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 t he purchase of stationery and for additional rent, not exceeding one thousand eight hundred dollars, and for traveling expenses of the Agent for collection of records, to be disbursed under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, not exceeding five hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars.

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 live hundred dollars.

Harbor of New York: For prevention of obstructive and injurious

New York Harbor.

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

Steamers, etc.

 dollars; For pay of crew and maintenance of steamer Nimrod, eight thousand dollars. For purchase or construction of one steam tug, forty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. In all, seventy-six thousand dollars.

Arming and equipping the militia: The permanent annual

Militia.

appropriation made by the Act of April twenty-third, eighteen hundred

Appropriation not to lapse.

and eight, designated as section sixteen hundred and sixty-one of the

Vol. 24, p. 111.

Revised Statutes, and which was increased to four hundred thousand dollars by the Act of February twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, being for the procurement of ordnance and ordnance stores and quartermaster’s stores and camp equipage for the use of the militia of the country, shall not lapse with the end of any fiscal year nor be turned into the surplus fund, but shall remain a permanent appropriation and be available for the several States and Territories and District of Columbia until expended as provided in said Acts, or otherwise disposed of by Congress.

 407 united states military prison at port leavenworth.

Military prison, Fort Leavenworth. Kans.

For the support of the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as follows:

Support.

For subsistence of prisoners, five teamsters, and two watchmen, and

Expenses.

for prisoners en route 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 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 machinery, heating buildings and cooking purposes; materials for repair of steam-heating Apparatus and water circulation; hose, belting, machinery, castings, horses and mules, horse and mule shoes, and nails, stoves and stovepipe, lime, cement, lire clay, tire brick, iron, tin, solder, blacksmiths’coal, charcoal, putty, nails, paint and whitewash brushes, painting materials, disinfectants, axes, shovels, spades, wheelbarrows, glass, horse medicines and dressings, articles for police of buildings and grounds, articles for repairing wagons and harness, 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 electrical supplies; blankets, bedsacks, and bunks for prisoners’ use, and miscellaneous articles which can not properly be included under other heads of expenditure, twenty thousand dollars;

For materials for manufacture of clothing, and to purchase articles of clothing that can not be made at the prison, all for prisoners’ wear at prison and issue to prisoners on release from confinement at the prison and at military posts; and for donation of five dollars each to prisoners on release from confinement at prison and 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; 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 tor 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

Civilian employees

hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand two 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 plant; in all, fifteen thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.

For construction of buildings and repairs of all buildings on prison

Repairs, etc.

grounds, including plumbing and all other civilian labor which can not be done by prison labor, four thousand dollars.

In all, seventy-six thousand and forty dollars.

 408 national home for disabled volunteer soldiers.

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

For the support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, as follows:

Support.

At the Central Branch, at Dayton, Ohio: For current

Day ton. Ohio.

expenses, namely: Fay 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, guards, policemen, watchmen, and tire company; for all property and materials purchased tor 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, and for repairs not done by the home; for librarians and musicians; also for stationery, advertising, legal advice, and for such other expenditures as can not properly be included under other heads of expenditure, one

Proviso.

Posthumous fund available.

thousand dollars: Provided, That in addition to this amount not exceeding sixty-four thousand dollars of the balance of the “ Posthumous fund,” in the hands of the treasurer of this Branch on July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, may be used for payments authorized under this head.

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 household, namely: Expenditures for furniture for officers’ quarters;

Household.

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 fuel, including fuel tor cooking, heat, and light; 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 are made by the home; also for all labor and material for upholstery shops, broom and soap shops, ninety thousand six hundred dollars;

For hospital, namely: Pay of assistant surgeons, matrons, druggists,

Hospital.

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, carnage, hearse, stretchers, coffins, and materials; for tools of gravediggers, and for all repairs not done by the Home, fifty-three thousand nine hundred dollars;

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, quarrymen, whitewashers, and laborers, and for all machines, tools, appliances, and materials used under this head, seventy thousand dollars;

For farm, namely: Pay of farmer, chief gardener, harness-makers,

Farm.

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 409 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, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars.

In all, five hundred and fifty-two thousand five, hundred dollars.

At the Northwestern Branch, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

Milwaukee, Wis.

For current expenses, including the same objects specified under this

Current expenses.

 head for the Central Branch, ten thousand dollars:

Proviso.

Posthumous fund.

 Provided, That in addition to this amount not exceeding seventeen thousand dollars of the balance of the “Posthumous fund” in the hands of the treasurer of this branch on July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, may be used for payments authorized under this head.

For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

for the Central Branch, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars.

For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the Central Branch, sixty-one 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;

For transportation of members of the Home, one thousand eight

Transportation.

hundred dollars;

For construction and repairs, including the same objects specified

Construction.

under this head for the Central Branch, twenty four thousand dollars;

For building for central boiler plant, including coal sheds and smokestacks, seven boilers in place, and water-heater, twenty-seven thousand three hundred dollars.

For tunnel for connection with main building, hospital, and barracks, including excavation, seven thousand two hundred dollars.

For perfecting a system of sewerage, six thousand dollars.

For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for

Farm.

the Central Branch, eight thousand eight hundred dollars;

In all, three hundred and one thousand nine hundred and two dollars;

At the Eastern Branch at Togus, Maine: For current expenses,

Togus, Me.

including the same objects specified under this head for the Central

Current expenses.

Branch, ten thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That in addition

Proviso.

Posthumous fund.

 to this amount, not exceeding fourteen thousand dollars of the balance of the “Posthumous fund” in the hands of the treasurer of this branch on July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, may be used for payments authorized under this head.

For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

for the Central Branch, one hundred and eight thousand five hundred dollars;

For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the Central Branch, fifty-five thousand one hundred dollars;

For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head

Hospital.

for the Central Branch, twenty-three thousand seven hundred dollars;

For transportation of members of the home, two thousand dollars;

Transportation.

For construction and repairs, including the same objects specified

Construction.

under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-four thousand dollars;

For alteration of boiler plant, five thousand dollars;

Farm.

For farm, including the same objects specified under this head

Hampton, Va.

for the Central Branch, ten thousand four hundred dollars;

In all, two hundred and thirty-nine thousand two hundred dollars.

At the Southern Branch, at Hampton, Virginia: For current

Current, expenses.

expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, ten thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That

Proviso.

Posthumous fund.

 in addition to this amount not exceeding seventeen thousand dollars of the balance of the “Posthumous fund” in the hands of the Treasurer 410 of this Branch on July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, maybe used for payments authorized under this head.

For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

for the Central Branch, one hundred and eighty-eight thousand dollars;

For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the Central Branch, fifty-six thousand dollars;

For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head

Hospital.

for the Central Branch, twenty-seven thousand four hundred and fifty dollars;

For transportation of members of the Home, two thousand dollars;

Transportation.

For construction and repairs, including the same objects specified

Construction.

under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-five thousand dollars;

For farm, including the same objects specified under this head

Farm.

for the Central Branch, fifteen thousand dollars;

In all, three hundred and twenty-three thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars.

At the Western Branch, at Leavenworth, Kansas: For current

Leavenworth, Kans.

expenses, including the same objects specified under this

Current expenses.

head for the Central Branch, eighteen thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

That in addition to this amount not exceeding seven thousand dollars

Posthumous fund.

of the balance of the “Posthumous fund” in the hands of the treasurer of this branch on July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, may be used for payments authorized under this head;

For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

for the Central Branch, one hundred and thirty-six thousand four hundred dollars;

For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the Central Branch, fifty-eight thousand dollars;

For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head

Hospital.

for the Central Branch, thirty thousand four hundred and fifty dollars;

For transportation of members of the Home, three thousand dollars;

Transportation. Construction.

For construction and repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-four thousand dollars;

For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for

Farm.

the Central Branch, nine thousand seven hundred dollars;

In all, two hundred and seventy-nine thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.

At the Pacific Branch, at Santa Monica, California: For

Santa Monica, Cal.

Current expenses.

Proviso.

Posthumous fund.

current expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That in addition to this amount not exceeding three thousand dollars of the balance of the “Posthumous fund” in the hands of the treasurer of this branch on July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-tour, may be used for payments authorized under this head;

For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

tor the Central Branch, eighty-two thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars;

For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the Central Branch, thirty 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.

For construction and repairs, including the same objects specified

Construction.

under this head for the Central Branch, thirty thousand dollars;

For construction of quarters for governor of home, nine thousand dollars;

For fire protection, including pumps, pipes, hydrants, and placing and locating same, eight thousand one hundred dollars;

For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for

Farm.

the Central Branch, ten thousand dollars;

In all, two hundred and eight thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars.

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At the Marion Branch, at Marion Indiana: For current

Marion, Ind.

expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the

Current expenses.

Central Branch, twenty one thousand dollars: Provided, That in addition

Proviso.

Posthumous fund.

 to this amount the balance of the “ Posthumous fund” in the hands of the treasurer of this Branch on July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, may be used for payments authorized under this head:

For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

for the Central Branch, eighty thousand dollars;

For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

for the. Central Branch, twelve thousand dollars;

For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head

Hospital.

for the Central Branch, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars;

For transportation, including the same, objects specified under this head

Transportation.

for the Central Branch, two thousand dollars;

For construction and repairs, including the same objects specified under this head

Construction.

for the Central Branch, twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of the appropriations for construction and repairs for any of the Branch Homes shall be used for the construction of any

Proviso.

No new buildings.

new building;

For one new barrack, twenty-five thousand dollars;

Barrack.

For farm, including the same objects specified under this head-for the

Farm.

Central Branch, four thousand eight hundred dollars;

In all, one hundred and eighty-one thousand three hundred dollars.

For clothing for all of the Branches, namely: Expenditures for

Clothing for all branches

clothing, underclothing, hats, caps, boots, shoes, socks, and overalls; also all sums expended for labor, materials, machines, tools, and appliances employed in the tailor shops, knitting shops, and shoe shops, or other home shops in which any kind of clothing is made or repaired, two hundred thousand dollars.

For salaries of officers and employees of the Board of Managers,

Salaries, etc., Board of Managers.

and for outdoor relief and incidental expenses, namely:

For president of the Board of Managers, four thousand dollars;

R. S., sec. 4827, p. 036

secretary of the Board of Managers, two thousand dollars; one general treasurer, who shall not be a member of the Board of Managers, three thousand dollars; one inspector-general, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant inspector-general, two thousand dollars; clerical service for the offices of the President and general treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; messenger service for President’s office, one hundred and forty-four dollars; messenger service for Secretary’s office, fifty-two dollars; clerical services for managers, one thousand five hundred dollars; agents, two thousand four hundred dollars; for traveling expenses of the Board of Managers, their officers

Expenses.

 and employees, eleven thousand five hundred dollars; for outdoor relief, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for rent, medical examinations, stationery, telegrams and other incidental expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and .forty-six dollars.

In all, two million three hundred and twenty-four thousand four hundred and seventy-three dollars: Provided, That all amounts disbursed

Proviso.

Accounts.

from the appropriation of a Branch Home shall be disbursed and accounted for monthly to the general treasurer by the treasurer of that Branch, except such expenditures for services, stationery, tableware, clothing and bedding as may be required by the Board of Managers to be legally made by the general treasurer, and all such stationery, tableware, clothing and bedding as may be required for each Branch Home shall be shipped directly from the place of purchase or manufacture to such Branch Home; and all disbursements shall be made, in conformity

Disbursements.

 with Sections thirty-six hundred and seventy-eight and thirty-six

R. S., secs. 3678, 3679, p. 723.

hundred and seventy-nine, Revised Statutes: Provided further, That the balance of the posthumous fund, including the amount invested in bonds

Use of posthumous fund.

 pertaining to that fund, that may be in the hands of the treasurer of any Branch of the Home on July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, 412 shall be transferred to the appropriation for “ current expenses, eighteen hundred and ninety-live,” of that Branch Home, and thereafter all

Receipts from deceased members to be credited to current expenses.

receipts on account of the effects of deceased members shall be credited to the appropriation for “ current expenses” of the fiscal year during which such amounts were received, and all repayments of such amounts shall be made from and charged to the like appropriation for the fiscal year in which such repayments shall be made.

The general treasurer shall give good and sufficient bond to the

Bond of general treasurer.

United States in a sum not less than one hundred thousand dollars, as the Secretary of War may direct, and to be approved by him, faithfully to account for all public moneys and property which he may receive, and the treasurers of the several Branch Homes shall give good and sufficient bonds to the general treasurer in such sums as he may require, and to be approved by him, faithfully to account for all public moneys and property which they may receive.

That the provisions of the fifth and sixth sections of the Act entitled

Mail matter to be sent free.

“An Act establishing post-routes, and for other

Vol. 19, p. 335.

purposes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven,” for the transmission of official mail-matter, be, and they are hereby, extended and made applicable to all official mail-matter of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

That all sums received from sales of subsistence stores or other

Receipts from sales.

property of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers shall be taken up by the disbursing officer under the proper current appropriation and be available for disbursement on account of that appropriation.

That the Board of Managers shall classify all the officers and

Rates of pay to be classified.

employees of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and establish a rate of pay and allowance for each class, and the rate so established shall not be increased by fees, perquisites, allowances, or advantages under any pretense whatever; and no employee shall be borne on more than one pay roll or voucher.

That when an officer of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer

Traveling expenses of officers.

Soldiers, not a member of the Board of Managers thereof, travels under orders on business for the Home he shall be allowed seven cents in lieu of all other expenses for each mile actually traveled, distance to be computed by the most direct through route.

That hereafter no member of the Board of Managers of the National

Expenses of Board of Managers.

Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers shall receive any compensation or pay for any services or duties connected with the Home; but the traveling and other actual expenses of a member, incurred while upon the

Proviso.

Officers who may receive salaries.

business of the Home, may be reimbursable to such member: Provided, That the president and secretary of the Board of Managers may receive a reasonable compensation for their services as such officers, not exceeding four thousand dollars and two thousand dollars, respectively, per annum.

That hereafter, once in each fiscal year, the Secretary of War shall

Annual inspection.

cause a thorough inspection to be made of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, its records, disbursements, management, discipline, and condition, such inspection to be made by an officer of the Inspector-General’s Department, who shall report thereon in writing, and said report shall be transmitted to Congress at the first session thereafter.

State or Territorial homes: For continuing aid to State or

State and Territorial homes.

Territorial homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers in

Vol. 25, p. 450.

conformity with the Act approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen

Proviso.

Pensions deductions.

hundred and eighty-eight, five hundred and seventy thousand dollars: Provided, That one-half of any sum or sums retained by State homes 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 pay

Arrears of pay.

of two and three year volunteers that may be certified to be due by 413 the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, two hundred 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-five, two hundred 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 (luring the. fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, twenty-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-five, fifteen thousand dollars.

 UNDER NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Navy Department.

Naval Academy: That the provision in the Act making appropriations

Naval Academy.

for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,

Appointment of cadets.

eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes, approved on the twenty-sixth day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and reading as follows: “That every Member or Delegate of Congress

Ante, p. 137.

 whose district or Territory is now unrepresented at the Naval Academy

Districts not represented.

 by a cadet who is not an actual resident of the district shall be permitted on or before the first day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to recommend a candidate for appointment as a cadet at-the Naval Academy, and the Secretary of the Navy shall nominate such candidate for appointment to the Academy, subject to qualifications now prescribed by law,” is hereby amended so as to read as follows: That every Member or Delegate in Congress whose district or

New candidate if district not represented by resident at time appointed.

 Territory is not represented at the Naval Academy by a cadet who was at the time of his appointment an actual resident of such district shall be permitted on or before the first day of September,

Post, pp. 663, 838.

eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to recommend a candidate for appointment as cadet at the Naval Academy subject to the qualifications prescribed by law.

Dry Dock at Puget Sound, Washington: To continue the construction

Dry Dock, Puget

of the dry dock at the Puget Sound United States naval station,

Sound, Wash.

Port Orchard, Kitsap County, Washington, and for erecting office buildings and other necessary structures, approaches to dry dock, quarters for civil engineer and inspector, pay of superintendents, inspectors, and draftsmen, necessary dredging, cleaning, and clearing up station, incidental expenses, unforeseen emergencies, and contingent expenses, forty-five thousand dollars.

 UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Department of Justice.

 Court-house. Washington, District of Columbia: For annual

Court house, D. C.

 repairs, per estimate of the Architect of the Capitol, one thousand dollars. miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.

Opinions of the Attorney-General: To enable the Attorney-General

Opinions of the Attorney-General.

to employ a competent person or persons to edit and prepare for

Editing, etc,, vol. 20.

publication and superintend the printing of the twentieth volume of the Opinions of the Attorneys General, five hundred dollars; and the Attorney-General is hereby authorized to expend that sum in such manner as will, in his judgment, best accomplish the work of editing and preparing for publication and superintending the printing of the volume above mentioned.

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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 States

French spoliation claims.

in the matter of French spoliation claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, twenty live thousand dollars.

Punishing violations of the intercourse acts and frauds:

Punishing violations,intercourse acts.

For detecting and punishing violations of the intercourse Acts of

Indian service.

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, live 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-live thousand dollars.

Expenses of Territorial courts in Utah Territory: For

Utah courts.

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, to be approved by the courts; the expense 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

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.

and necessary expenses of the judge, clerk, marshal, and attorney,

Traveling expenses.

when traveling in the discharge of their official duties, five hundred dollars.

Kent and incidental expenses. Territory of Alaska: For

Rout, etc.

rent of offices for the marshal, district attorney, and commissioners; furniture, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.

For collecting and printing the decisions of the United States District

Decisions.

court of Alaska, five hundred dollars.

Defense in Indian depredation claims: For expenses in defense

Defense, Indian depredation claims.

of the Indian depredation claims, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars, and in expending said sum the Attorney-General may direct such action as will accomplish the disposition of those eases which were

Vol. 26, p. 853.

given priority of consideration by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and the preparation of the defenses for the Government in other cases in which the claimants have closed then proof.

Indian Territory: For expenses of judge, Indian Territory, holding

Judge, Indian Territory.

court at places other than at Muscogee, six hundred dollars.

Repairs to United States jails: For repairs to United States

Repairs to jails.

jails, five thousand dollars.

That the “Act to repeal all statutes relating to supervisors of elections

Supervisors of elections, etc.

and special deputy marshals and for other purposes,” approved 415 February eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, shall not be deemed

Pending claims not barred.

 to have repealed the appropriation contained in section thirty-six

R. S., sec. 3689, p. 729.

hundred and eighty-nine of

Ante, p. 36.

 the Revised Statutes for “Fees of supervisors of elections” so far as the same is necessary to pay all claims for services legally rendered prior to February eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and said appropriation shall continue available for the purpose of paying all such claims accruing prior to February eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

Penitenttary building, North Dakota: That the Secretary

North Dakota.

of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the treasurer

Penitentiary.

of the State of North Dakota the unexpended

Balance for feeble minded institution.

 balance of thirty thousand dollars appropriated by “An Act making appropriations to supply

Vol. 26, p. 522.

 deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for prior years, and for other purposes,” approved September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, for the construction, under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, of a penitentiary building in the State of North Dakota, upon such tract or parcel of land, at or near the city of Grafton, in the county of Walsh, as should be designated by the Secretary of the Interior, said unexpended balance to be used by said State of North Dakota for the erection of an institution for the feeble-minded upon the tract or parcel of land designated and secured by the Secretary of the Interior for the site of the penitentiary building provided for in said Act. And when said sum so to be paid to the treasurer of the State of North Dakota shall have been expended by said State in the erection of an institution for the feeble-minded, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to release and

Conveyance.

convey to said State of North Dakota the title of the United States in and to the parcel of land upon which said building shall have been erected, including all interest in said building; and the money so paid to the treasurer of the State, of North Dakota shall be in full settlement of all claims of said State under section fifteen of the Act approved

Vol. 25, p. 680.

 February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, 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.”

 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 of the Indian Territory; of the circuit court 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; specifically the expenses stated under the following appropriations, namely:

For payment of the fees and expenses of the United States marshals

Marshals’ fees, etc.

and deputies, six hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided,

Provisos.

Accounts.

 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 eight hundred and fifty-six, Revised Statutes: Provided further,

R. S., sec. 856, p, 161.

 416 That hereafter no marshal or deputy marshal be allowed more than

Limit of mileage.

 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 or when the travel was without cost to marshal or deputy.

For defraying expenses incurred by marshals in executing orders,

Protecting property in receivers’ hands.

warrants, and processes of United States courts for the protection of property in the hands of receivers of such courts, and for the arrest and detention until trial of persons arrested for violating such orders and resisting the execution of such warrants and processes, to be audited and allowed by the Attorney-General, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and said sum shall also be available for expenses incurred during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

For payment of United States district attorneys, the same being in

District attorneys.

payment for the regular fees provided by law for official services, two

Fees.

hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

Mileage.

That hereafter the United States district attorney shall be allowed one mileage actually traveled to and from the place of bearing 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 such

Special compensation.

special compensation as may be fixed by the Attorney-General for services not covered by salaries 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

Warrants under internal-revenue laws.

hereafter no part of any money appropriated to pay any fees to 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

Sworn complaints required.

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 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

Proviso.

Arrests, etc.

been committed or the indictment is found: Provided, That it shall be the 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 nearest circuit court commissioner or the nearest judicial officer having jurisdiction under existing laws fora 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

Jurisdiction, etc.

the complaint attached, shall confer jurisdiction upon such officer as fully as if the complaint had 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’ foes.

For fees of witnesses, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Witnesses’ fees.

For support of United States prisoners, including necessary clothing

Support of prisoners.

417 and medical aid and transportation to place of conviction, or place of bona fide residence in the United States, and including support of prisoners becoming insane during imprisonment, as well before as after conviction, and continuing insane after expiration of sentence, who have no friends to whom they can be sent, three hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter one-half of all expenses incurred for

Proviso.

Half of jail, D.C.., expense from District revenues.

 maintenance of the jail of the District of Columbia and for support of prisoners therein shall be paid out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, and estimates for such expenses shall each year hereafter be submitted in the annual estimates for the expenses of the Government of the District of Columbia.

For rent of United States court rooms, fifty thousand dollars.

Rent.

For pay of bailiffs and criers, not exceeding three bailiffs and one

Bailiffs etc.

crier in each court, except in the southern district of Hew 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 and of bailiffs in attendance upon the same, when ordered by 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.

For salary of the additional circuit judge for the eighth judicial District,

Judge, eighth circuit.

authorized by the Act of July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and

Ante, p. 115.

ninety-four, six thousand dollars.

For assistant or deputy clerk of court of appeals of the District

Court of appeals, Assistant clerk, D. C.

of Columbia, not exceeding two thousand dollars, in the discretion of

Expenses.

Repeal of former amount.

Ante, p. 204.

said court.

For necessary expenditures in the conduct of the office of the clerk of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, five hundred dollars; and the clause in the act entitled “ 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-five, and for other purposes,” making an appropriation of two thousand dollars for clerical assistance and necessary expenditures in the conduct of such clerk’s office be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

To enable the Attorney-General to represent and protect the interests

Pacific railroads, suits.

of the United States in matters and suits affecting the Pacific railroads, and for expenses in connection therewith, thirty thousand dollars.

To pay the supervisors of election at Lynchburg, Virginia, for their

Supervisors of election, Lynohburg, Va.

services on the election held November fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, in the sum of fifty dollars to each of the following supervisors, namely: Ft. E. Latham, John T. Edwards, Robert Cox, W. L. Lewis, M. B. Hancock, Thomas Y, Mosby, Robert L, Dudley, IL B. Dameron, James M. Harris, W. G. Leftwich, five hundred dollars.

 UNDER DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

Department of State.

That the appropriation of five thousand dollars made by the sundry

Canadian boundary.

civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four

Appropriation Continued.

 for the United States moiety of the cost of marking the boundary

Vol. 27. p. 591.

 line between the United States and Canada in Passamaquoddy Ray, opposite and adjacent to Eastport, Maine, and for the expenses of a commissioner on the part of the United States, as provided for by the convention of July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two,

Vol. 27, p. 956.

 with Great Britain, be, and the same is hereby, continued and made available until the completion of the work.

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The Secretary of State is hereby directed to cause the Revolutionary

Revolutionary archives.

archives, except the military records, now deposited in his

Report on publishing.

Department to be carefully examined, and to ascertain what portions are of sufficient importance and historical value to publish, and the number of printed volumes they would make and the reasonable cost of their publication and editing, and report the result to Congress with such recommendations as he may deem proper.

For the Bureau of American Republics: For preparing, printing

Bureau of American Republics.

and circulating publications, five thousand dollars.

Publications.

The Bureau of American Republics shall be placed under the control and direction

Secretary of State to report on continuing.

of the Secretary of State, who shall report to Congress at its next regular session the propriety of continuing said Bureau, or if any obligation exists upon the part of the United States requiring the continuance thereof.

For the execution of the obligations of the United States and the

Samoan Islands.

protection of the interests and property of the United States

Protecting American interests.

in the Samoan Islands under any existing treaty with the Government of said islands and with the Governments of Germany and Great Britain, six thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the President.

 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 and second sessions of

Vol. 25, p. 587.

the Fifty-third 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 lo do said work.

Index to Congressional documents: To pay for the work done

Index to Congressional documents.

in preparing and completing the document index of the Fifty-second Congress, by Alonzo W. Church, one thousand dollars.

To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to the officers and

Senate.

employees of the Senate who were borne on the rolls of the Senate

One month’s pay to certain employees’ 1st. session, 53d Congress.

August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and who were not borne on said rolls November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, at the closed Hie first session of the Fifty-third Congress, a sum equal to one month’s pay at the rate of compensation paid them at the time of their discharge, eleven thousand dollars, or so much thereof us may be

Proviso.

Reappointments.

necessary: Provided, That no payment shall be made hereunder to any officer or employee who was reemployed in the service of the

Deceased employees.

Senate within the period named: Provided, That in case any of the employees above referred to have deceased since November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the amount herein provided shall be paid to the widow of such deceased employee.

For beating apparatus and repairs of Maltby building, four thousand

Maltby Building.

dollars.

For the rent of warehouse for storage of public documents, formerly

Storage of documents.

in the Maltby building, nine hundred and forty-five dollars.

To pay Charles H. Evans extra compensation for preparing statistical

Charles H. Evans.

tables and for services rendered to the Committee on Finance, one

Payment to.

thousand dollars.

To pay Florence. S. Vance, widow of the Honorable Zebulon B.

Florence S. Vance.

Vance, deceased, late a Senator from the State of North Carolina, five thousand dollars.

To pay Bessie A. Stockbridge, widow of the Honorable Francis B.

Bessie A. Stock bridge.

Stockbridge, deceased, late a Senator from the State of Michigan, five thousand dollars.

 419 building for the library of congress.

Library of Congress.

For containing the construction of the building for the Library of

Continuing construction.

Congress, and for each and every purpose connected with the same, seven hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That contracts may be

Proviso.

Contracts authorized.

 entered into for any work or materials required for the construction of said building, not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars, to be paid for as appropriations may from time to time be made by law; and the officer in charge of said building is hereby directed to report to Congress

Report on tunnel.

 at its next session plans and estimates of cost for a tunnel, with suitable

Post, p. 050.

 conveying apparatus for the rapid transmission of books, papers, and messages at all times between the said building and the Senate and House wings of the Capitol.

Botanic Garden: For repairs to buildings at Botanic Garden,

Botanic Garden.

including extending concrete walks, and for erecting “shading” of iron construction under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, live thousand dollars.

 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

Amount.

seventeen 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 and 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, including not exceeding twenty thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars for the Coast and Geodetic Survey two hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars;

For the War Department, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, of which sum twelve thousand dollars shall be for the index catalogue of the library of the Surgeon-General’s Office;

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;

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For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks and for the “Bulletins” and annual volumes of the “Proceedings” of the National Museum, eleven thousand dollars;

For binding scientific books and pamphlets presented to and acquired by the National Museum Library, one thousand dollars.

For the United States Geological Survey as follows:

For engraving the illustrations necessary for the report of the Director, live 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;

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.

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.

To enable the Public Printer, during the fiscal year ending June

Storage, etc.

Vol. 22, p. 637.

thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to comply with the provisions of the Joint Resolution, approved February sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, for the removal and storage of certain property of the Government mentioned therein, seven thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

Government printing Office.

 To enable the Chief of Engineers of the Army, under the direction of

Repairs, fire escapes, etc.

 the Joint Committee on Printing, to repair the Government Printing

Post, p. 062.

Office, provide fire escapes, and put said building in a safe and secure condition, and to enable the Public Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, to rent, if necessary, any buildings for use of the printing office, seventy-five thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. That all sums appropriated by this Act tor salaries of officers

Sums to be in full for salaries.

 and employees of the Government shall be in full for such salaries for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
cotton states and international exposition at atlanta, georgia.

Cotton States anti International Exposition.

 Sec. 3.

For an exhibit by the Government of the United States of

Government exhibit.

such articles and materials as illustrate the function and administrative faculty of the Government, to be made at the Cotton States and international Exposition, to be held at Atlanta, Georgia, in the year eighteen 421 hundred and ninety-live, and for the employment of proper persons as officers and assistants by the board of management hereinafter created, and for the maintenance of the building hereinafter provided for, and for other contingent expenses incidental to the Government exhibit, to be approved by the chairman of the board of management and by the Secretary of the Treasury upon itemized accounts and vouchers, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be disbursed by the board of management, of which not exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be expended for clerical services. And to secure a complete and harmonious arrangement of said Government

Board of management.

 exhibit a board of management shall be created, to be charged with the selection, purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, safekeeping, exhibition and return of such articles and materials as the heads of the Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, and the United States Fish Commission may respectively decide shall be embraced in said Government exhibit. The President may also designate additional articles for exhibition. Such board shall be composed of one member to be detailed by the

Composition.

 head of each Executive Department, one by the head of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, and one by the head of the United States Fish Commission, and the President shall name one of said members as chairman.

But the United States shall not in any manner nor under any circumstances

Nonliability of the United States.

be liable for any of the acts, doings, proceedings, or representations of the said Cotton States and International Exposition organized under the laws of the State of Georgia, its officers, agents, servants, or employees, or any of them, or fin the service, salaries, labor, or wages of said officers, agents, servants, or employees, or any of them, or for any subscriptions to the capital stock, or tor any certificates of stock, bonds, mortgages, or obligations of any kind issued by said corporation, or for any debts, liabilities, or expenses incidental to the exposition; Provided, however, That all articles which shall be imported

Provisos.

Free entry of articles for exhibition.

 from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition, upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulation as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during the exhibition to sell for delivery at the

Sales.

 close of the exposition, any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition in the exposition buildings or on its grounds, subject to such regulation for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; and all such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United

Duty on articles sold.

 States, shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such article by the revenue laws in force at the date of importation, and all penalties prescribed by law shall be applied and enforced against such articles and against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal: And provided further, That medals with appropriate devices,

Medals to be prepared.

 emblems, and inscriptions commemorative of said Cotton States and International Exposition, and of the awards to be made to exhibitors thereat, be prepared at some mint of the United States for the board of directors thereof, subject to the provisions of the fifty-second section of the coinage Act of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, upon the

Vol. 17, p. 432.

R. S., sec. 3551, p. 702.

 payment of a sum not less than the cost thereof; and all the provisions, whether penal or otherwise, of said coinage Act against the counterfeiting or imitating of coins of the United States shall apply to the medals struck and issued under this Section.

For taking down the Government main building erected for the Government exhibital

Government building at Chicago Fair may be removed.

the World’s Columbian Exposition.and its transportation, or so much of the material thereof as may be available, and its re-erection upon the site selected for the said Cotton States and International Exposition, including the purchase of such new material as may be found necessary, fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be 422 necessary, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided,

Proviso.

New buildings if removal impracticable.

 That if it be found impracticable to take down, transport, and re-erect said building for the sum herein appropriated, then the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a new building to be erected upon said site of the Cotton States and International Exposition for the Government exhibit, at a cost not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, for which purpose the

Limit of Government liability.

amount herein appropriated is hereby made available: Provided always, That the United States shall in no manner and under no circumstances be liable for any bond, debt, contract, expenditure, expense, or liability of any kind whatever of the said Cotton States and International Exposition, its officers, agents, servants, or employees, or incident to or growing out of said Exposition, nor for any amount whatever in excess of the one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and of the fifty thousand dollars herein authorized; and the heads of the Executive Departments, the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, and the United States Fish Commission, and the board of management herein authorized, their officers, agents, servants, or employees, shall in no manner and under no circumstances expend, or create any liability of any kind for, any sum in excess of the appropriations herein made, or create any deficiency.
Sec. 4.

That to aid the public land States in the reclamation of the

Desert lands.

Grants to States Irrigating.

desert lands therein, and the settlement, cultivation and sale thereof in small tracts to actual settlers, the Secretary of the Interior with the approval of the President, be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, upon proper application of the State to contract and agree, from time to time, with each of the States in which there may be situated

Vol. 19, p. 377.

desert lands as defined by the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the sale of desert land in certain States and Territories,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and the Act amendatory

Vol. 26, p. 1096.

thereof, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, binding the United States to donate, grant and patent to the State free of cost for survey or price such desert lands, not exceeding one million acres in each State, as the State may cause to be irrigated, reclaimed occupied, and not less than twenty acres of each one hundred and sixty-acre tract cultivated by actual settlers, within ten years next after the passage of this Act, as thoroughly as is required of citizens who may enter under the said desert land law.

Before the application of any State is allowed or any contract or

Plan of proposed irrigation to be filed.

agreement is executed or any segregation of any of the land from the public domain is ordered by the Secretary of the Interior, the State shall file a map of the said land proposed to be irrigated which shall exhibit a plan showing the mode of the contemplated irrigation and which than shall be sufficient to thoroughly irrigate and reclaim said land and prepare it to raise ordinary agricultural crops and shall also show the source of the water to be used for irrigation and reclamation,

Regulations.

and the Secretary of the Interior may make necessary regulations for the reservation of the lands applied for by the States to date from the date of the tiling of the map and plan of irrigation, but such Reservation shall be of no force whatever if such map and plan of irrigation

Contracts authorized.

shall not be approved. That any State contracting under this section is hereby authorized to make all necessary contracts to cause the said lands to be reclaimed, and to induce their settlement and cultivation in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this section; but the State shall not be authorized to lease any of said lands or to use or dispose of the same in any way whatever, except to secure their reclamation, cultivation and settlement.

As fast as any State may furnish satisfactory proof according to such

Issue of patents for lands reclaimed.

rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, that any of said lands are irrigated, reclaimed and occupied by actual settlers, patents shall be issued to the State or its assigns for said lands so reclaimed and settled: Provided, That

Proviso.

Limit to one person.

said States shall not sell or dispose of more than one hundred and sixty acres of said 423 lands to any one person, and any surplus of money derived by any State from the sale of said lands in excess of the cost of their reclamation, shall be held as a trust fund for and be applied to the reclamation of other desert lands in such State. That to enable the Secretary of the Interior to examine any of the lands that may be selected

Examination.

under the provisions of this section, there is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, one thousand dollars.
Approved, August 18, 1894.
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CHAP. 302.—
An Act To amend sections twenty-four hundred and one and twenty-four hundred and three of the Revised Statutes.

August 20, 1894

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

Public lands.
That section twenty-four hundred and one of the Revised. Statutes of the United States is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
“Sec. 2401. When the settlers in any township not mineral or

Applications for surveys by settlers, grantees or lands, etc.

reserved by the Government, or persons and associations lawfully possessed of coal lands and otherwise qualified to make entry thereof, or

R. S.. sec. 2401, p. 440, amended.

 when the owners or grantees of public lands of the United States, under any law thereof, desire a survey made of the same under the authority of the surveyor-general and shall file an application therefor in writing, and shall deposit in a proper United States depository to the credit of the United States a sum sufficient to pay for such survey, together with all expel id it tires incident thereto, without cost or claim for indemnity on the United States, it shall be lawful for the surveyor-general, under such instructions as may be given him by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and in accordance with law,

Survey.

 to survey such township or such public lands owned by said grantees of the Government, and make return therefor to the general and proper local land office: Provided, That no application shall be granted unless

Proviso.

Condition.

 the township so proposed to be surveyed is within the range of the regular progress of the public surveys embraced by existing standard lines or bases for township and subdivisions! surveys.”
Sec. 2. That section twenty-four hundred and three of the Revised Statutes of the United States as heretofore amended is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
“Sec. 2403. Where settlers or owners or grantees of public lands

Certificates of deposits by settlers, etc., receivable for purchaser.

R. S. sec. 2403, p. 441. amended.

 make deposits in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-four hundred and one, as hereby amended, certificates shall be issued for such deposits which may be used by settlers in part payment for the lands settled upon by them, the survey of which is paid for out of such deposits, or said certificates may be assigned by indorsement and may be received by the. Government in payment for any public hinds of the United States in the States where the surveys were made, entered or to be entered under the laws thereof.”
Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Received by the President, August 8, 1894.
[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. 307.—
An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

August 23, 1894

. 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-four, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stilted, namely: STATE DEPARTMENT.

Department of State.

Contingent expenses.

Contingent expenses: For care and subsistence of horses 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, four hundred and seventy dollars and ninety-five cents.

Intercontinental Railway Commission.

Salaries of commissioners.

Intercontinental Railway Commission: To pay the salaries of the three United States commissioners of the Intercontinental Railway Commission in full for all services heretofore rendered or that may hereafter be rendered, and to reimburse them for expenses incurred or to be incurred, ten thousand six hundred and forty-three dollars and twenty-two cents each, thirty-one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine dollars and sixty-six cents.

Mexican boundary.

Disbursements to officers to be allowed by Comptroller.

Vol. 22. p. 986.

Vol. 26. p. 1493.

United States and Mexican Boundary Survey: That the disbursements made to the members of the Boundary Commission, under the conventions of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, between the United States and Mexico, by the disbursing officer of said commission, under the authority and with the approval of the Secretary of State, out of moneys heretofore appropriated to enable the President to execute the engagements of said conventions, shall be allowed by the Comptroller of the Treasury, notwithstanding any of the members of said commission may hold a civil or military office under the Government of the United States.

Slave trade.

Bureau at Brussels to prevent.

Vol. 27, p. 917.

Bureau at Brussels: To meet the share of the United States in the expenses of the special bureau created by article eighty-two of the general act concluded at Brussels July second, eighteen hundred and ninety, 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, for the first year of service, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and six dollars and eighty-three cents.

Bering Sea Arbitration.

Counsel.

Vol. 27, pp. 28, 648.

Bering Sea Arbitration: To enable the Secretary of State to pay E. J. Phelps and James C. Carter for their services as counsel before the Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration the sum of fifteen thousand dollars each, thirty thousand dollars.

 foreign intercourse.

Foreign intercourse.

Chargés d’affaires.

Salaries, charges d’affaires ad interim: To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of salaries, charges d’affaires ad interim, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, eight thousand nine hundred and fifty-six dollars and ninety-eight cents.

Contingent expenses, foreign missions.

Contingent expenses, foreign missions: To enable the Department of State to pay the bill of the Western Union Telegraph Company for cablegrams sent during the month of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-nine cents;

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To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of contingent expenses foreign missions, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, twenty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars and eighty-live cents; in ail, twenty-five thousand one hundred and eighty-two dollars and fourteen cents.

Contingent expenses, United States consulates: For contingent

Contingent ex pen sea, consulates.

expenses United States consulates, forty thousand dollars.

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-three, forty-seven thousand three hundred and eighty-three dollars and eighty-eight cents.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of contingent expenses, United States consulates, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, three thousand five hundred and four dollars.

That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized

Emory H. Taunt.

Credit in accounts.

and directed to settle the accounts of Emory H. Taunt, late United States commercial agent at Boma, in the Lower Congo Basin, for salary and expenses, by crediting him with the following sums, namely, three thousand nine hundred and ninety-six dollars for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety and four thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, being the sums advanced to said Emory H. Taunt on account of said fiscal years, respectively, and for which no vouchers for the portion of the same used for his expenses can be obtained by reason of his death and the loss of his papers.

The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and

A. G. Studer.

Allowance in accounts.

directed to examine the accounts of A. G. Studer, late consul at Singapore, and allow him credit for unofficial fees received by him for notarial and unofficial services performed by him during the period of his said consulship at Singapore, from the beginning of same to March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and by mistake paid by him into the Treasury, and to pay the balance, if any, which may be found due thereon.

 TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Treasury Department.

Contingent expenses: For newspapers, law books, city directories,

Contingent expenses.

and other books of reference, relating to the business of the Department, and purchase of material for binding important records, on account of fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, seventeen dollars.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury for books, eighteen dollars.

For freight, expressage, telegraph, and telephone service, two thousand eight hundred dollars.

For purchase of horses and wagons, for office and mail service, to be used only for official purposes, care and subsistence of horses, including shoeing, and of wagons, harness, and repairs of the same, three hundred dollars.

For horses and wagons: To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury for services rendered from July to November. eighteen hundred and ninety-two, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, eighty-three dollars and seventeen cents.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department for advertising fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two dollars and eighty-seven cents.

Contingent expenses, Independent Treasury: For contingent

Contingent expenses, Independent Treasury.

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. 3853. p. 719

 safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, thirty-five thousand dollars.

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Furniture, public buildings.

Furniture for public buildings: To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department on account of furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, being for the service of the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety and three, two hundred and seventy-three dollars.

Assistant custo dians, etc.

John Kilroy and John G. Malloy.

Assistant custodians and janitors: To pay John Kilroy ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents and John G. Malloy seventy-eight dollars for services rendered during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine as engineer and watchman, respectively, of the public building at Columbus, Ohio; in all, one hundred and seventy-five dollars and fifty cents.

Landa, etc.

Lands and other property of the United States: For care, custody, and protection of lands and other property of the United States, one hundred and two dollars.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department on account of care, custody, and protection of lands and other property of the United States, being for the service of the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, three dollars and eighty five cents.

Sam Yuen.

Payment to Sam Yuen: To pay Sam Yuen the value of certain opium destroyed by order of the Treasury Department in eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, two thousand four hundred dollars.

North American Commercial Company.

Aid to wrecked whalers.

Payment to North American Commercial Company: To pay the North American Commercial Company for transportation and subsistence afforded the surviving officers and crew of the American whaling bark Sea Ranger, wrecked off Kayak Island, in the North Pacific Ocean, May sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, nine hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty five cents.

To pay the North American Commercial Company the sum of four hundred and fifty nine dollars, and Messrs. S. Foster and Company the sum of fifteen dollars and fifty-five cents; in all, four hundred and seventy-four dollars and fifty-five cents, for transportation and clothing furnished nine men belonging to the crew of the wrecked bark James Allen, rescued by the Bear June twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

“Octavia.”

Refund of fine to steamer.

Refund of fine, steamer Octavia: To refund to the collector of customs, Tampa, Florida, for repayment by him to the person or persons entitled thereto, the sum of seventy-five dollars, being that portion of a fine of one hundred dollars imposed in the case of the steamer

R. S., sec. 4438, p. 869.

Octavia for a violation of 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 the said remission, seventy-five dollars.

Charles W. Foster.

Credit in accounts.

Relief of Charles W. Foster: That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized to credit Major Charles W. Foster, United States Army, retired, the sum of two thousand one hundred and thirty-three dollars and twenty-eight cents, now suspended against him on account of payment made for the services of a clerk employed and detailed, incompliance with instructions of the Secretary of War, for duty with General W. T. Sherman, United States Army, retired.

J. G. McCoy.

Counsel fees.

Payment to J. G. McCoy: To reimburse Chinese Inspector J. G. McCoy amount paid for counsel to represent the interests of the United States in the ease of Charles Bodman, twenty dollars.

Customs officers.

Payment to, holding over.

Customs officers: That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to all officers of the customs whose terms of office have expired, or shall expire, before the appointment and qualification of their successors, and who have been performing, or shall perform, the duties of-their respective offices after the date of such expiration, the salaries, compensation, fees, or emoluments authorized or provided by law, in each ease, for the respective

Proviso.

incumbents of the offices: Provided, That no such payment shall be made

Exception.

for any services rendered by any such officer wrongfully holding after the appointment and qualification of his successor.

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Internal revenue.

For salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, fees and expenses

Agents, etc.

of gaugers, salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses, being a deficiency Cor the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four thousand dollars.

To pay C. H. Rodes, Collector of Internal Revenue for the eighth

C. H. Rodes.

Salary.

district of Kentucky, his salary for the period from November fourth to November sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, inclusive, thirty .six dollars and sixty-eight cents.

 revenue cutter service.

Revenue-Cutter Service.

 To pay the Alaska Commercial Company for coal furnished United

Coal.

 States revenue steamer Corwin in July, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, three hundred and seventy-five dollars. life-saving service.

Life-Saving Service.

 Authority is hereby granted the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to

J. W. Etheridge.

Payment to widow.

 the widow of J. W. Etheridge, deceased, late superintendent of the Sixth Life-Saving district, the sum of fifty dollars, out of appropriation “Life-Saving Service,” eighteen hundred and ninety-three, being for the expenses of his last inspection trip through his district in January, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, on which he encountered hardships and exposure which resulted in his death soon after, and for which expenses, owing to this circumstance, vouchers can not be procured. light-house establishment.

Light-House Establishment.

Expenses of buoyage: To pay amounts set forth in House Executive

Buoyage.

Document Numbered One hundred and three of this session for expenses of buoyage, excluding Pacific-railroads, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two thousand four hundred and fourteen dollars and forty-three cents.

To pay amounts set forth in Senate Executive Document Numbered One hundred and forty eight of this session, for expenses of buoyage, fiscal years eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and eighteen hundred and ninety-three, nine hundred and forty-eight dollars and eighty cents.

Supplies of Light-Houses: To pay the Chicago, Rock Island and

Supplies.

Pacific. Railway Company for transportation furnished in January and March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one thousand live hundred and eighty-five dollars and sixty-two cents.

Reimbursement to Albert H. Stilwell and Charles Olsen: To reimburse Albert H. Stilwell, assistant engineer, and Charles Olsen,

Albert H. Stilwell, Charles Olsen.

Reimbursement.

seaman, survivors of the Five Fathom Bank Light Vessel Numbered Thirty-seven, wrecked and lost in the storm of August twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, in full for loss of their personal effects while in the discharge of their duties, as follows: To Albert H. Stilwell, fifty-four dollars and forty cents; to Charles Olsen, eighty-two dollars and eighty cents; in all, one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and twenty cents.

Payment to F. R. Warner: The Secretary of the Treasury is

F. R. Warner.

Legal services.

hereby authorized to settle and pay from the unexpended balance of the appropriation for Saint Marys River lights, Michigan, the account of F. H. Warner for fifty dollars for professional services rendered by him between Maytwentyfifth and June sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, in connection with the acquisition of sites for range lights on Saint Marys River, Michigan.

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Teter Terrient.

Services.

Payment to Peter Terrient: To pay Peter Terrient for services, at the rateof forty dollars per month, as watchman at Seal Choix Pointe (Michigan) Light-House, from November sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, the time it was finished, until April eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, when lie was relieved by the regularly appointed Light-House keeper, one hundred and ninety dollars and sixty-seven cents.

Telegrams.

San Luis Obispo Light-Station, California: To pay the Western Union Telegraph Company for telegrams sent for the officers of the Light-House Establishment, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, forty-seven cents.

Chandeleur, La.

Chandeleur Light Station, Louisiana: The expenditure of three thousand two hundred and twenty-six dollars and twenty-one cents from

Repairs, etcand, allowed.

Vol. 25, p. 945.

the appropriation for repairs and incidental expenses of Light-Houses, eighteen hundred and ninety, for building an assistant keeper’s dwelling and a plank walk at Chandelenr Light Station, Louisiana, which has been already expended by the Light-House Board and requires no further expenditure of money from the Treasury, is hereby authorized, the same having been disallowed in the accounts of Captain W. L. Fisk, United States Army, by the Commissioner of Customs.

Thomas G. Hayes.

Legal services.

Payment to Thomas G. Hayes: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Thomas G. Hayes, late United States attorney for the district of Maryland, six hundred dollars, the amount approved by the Attorney-General for legal services rendered, under direction of the Attorney-General, in defending the Government’s title to the site of Hawkins Point Light-House, -Maryland.

 public buildings.

Public buildings.

Birmingham, Ala.

For courthouse and post office at Birmingham, Alabama: For completion of building, including elevator and improvement of approaches, fifteen thousand dollars.

Bridgeport, Conn.

For post-office at Bridgeport, Connecticut: For payment of outstanding contract liabilities, two hundred and nineteen dollars and three cents.

Bay City, Mich.

For post-office and court house at Bay City, Michigan: For completion of brick walk, eleven hundred dollars.

Canton, Ohio.

For post-office at Canton, Ohio: For completion of building, five thousand dollars.

El Paso, Tex.

For customhouse, post office, and courthouse at El Paso, Texas: For elevator, seven thousand dollars.

Galveston, Tex.

For customhouse at Galveston, Texas: For elevator, four thousand dollars,

Galesburg, Ill.

For the potdoffice at Galesburg, Illinois: For completion of building, seven thousand five hundred dollars.

Helena, Ark.

For courthouse and post-office at Helena, Arkansas: For approaches and completion of building, six thousand dollars.

Hoboken, N. J.

For post office at Hoboken, New Jersey: For payment of outstanding contract liabilities, four hundred and seventy-two dollars and twenty-seven cents.

Lewiston, Me.

For post office at Lewiston, Maine: For completion of building, uine thousand five hundred dollars.

Martinsburg, W. Va.

For courthouse and post-office at Martinsburg, West Virginia: For completion of building, ten thousand dollars.

Port Towns end, Wash.

For custom house and post-office at Port Townsend, Washington: For approaches, elevator, and completion of building, eleven thousand dollars.

Pittsburg, Pa.

For customhouse at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: For payment of expenses incurred in the sale of the old customhouse property, one thousand three hundred and seventy-two dollars and thirty-five cents.

Portsmouth, Ohio.

For post-office at Portsmouth, Ohio: For payment of outstanding contract liabilities, one hundred dollars and ninety-seven cents. 429 For post-office at Sacramento, California: For elevator and completion

Sacramento, Cal.

 of building, ten thousand dollars. For quarantine station at San Diego, California: For payment of

San Diego, Cal.

 outstanding contract liabilities, three hundred and five dollars and fifty-nine cents. For quarantine station at San Francisco, California: For payment of

San Francisco, Cal.

 outstanding contract liabilities, one hundred and fifty-seven dollars. For post-office and courthouse at Syracuse, New York: For payment

Syracuse. N. Y.

 of outstanding contract liabilities, two hundred and eighty-three dollars and fifty cents. For post-office at Scrantoh, Pennsylvania: Forelevator and approaches

Scranton, Pa.

 and completion of building, fifteen thousand dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Sioux Falls, South Dakota: For

Sioux Fails, S. Dak.

 completion of building, fifteen thousand dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Tallahassee, Florida: For completion

Tallahassee, Fla.

 of building, six thousand dollars. Richards property and Maltby Building, Washington, District of

Richards and Malt-by buildinhs, D. C.

 Columbia: For payment of outstanding contract liabilities, thirty-two dollars and fifty cents. For post office at York, Pennsylvania.; For completion of building,

York, Pa.

 five thousand dollars. For post-office and courthouse at Syracuse, New York: To pay

Syracuse, N. Y.

Approaches.

 amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department on account of post-office, courthouse, and so forth, Syracuse,New York, approaches, being for the service of the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, seventy dollars and ten cents. For Marine Hospital, Chicago, Illinois: To meet outstanding liability

Chicago, Ill.

Marine Hospital.

 for work on approaches, incident to the improvement of grounds, six hundred and seven dollars and forty-one cents. mints and assay offices.

Mints and assay offices.

Mint at Philadelphia: For incidental and contingent expenses,

Philadelphia.

sixteen thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine dollars and thirty-seven cents.

Assay Office at Helena, Montana: For contingent expenses,

Helena, Mont.

including the items set forth hereunder in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and three, of this session, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, fifty-lour dollars and nine cents.

Freight on Bullion and Coin: To pay the accounts set forth

Freight on bullion and coin.

hereunder in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and three, of this session, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four hundred and sixtyoue dollars.

For freight on bullion and coin, by registered mail or otherwise, between mints and assay offices, five thousand five hundred and three dollars and eighty-five cents.

 territorial governments.

Territories.

Territory of Oklahoma: To pay the salaries of the two additional

Oklahoma.

Additional judges.

associate justices of the supreme court of the Territory of Oklahoma, at three thousand dollars each per annum, authorized by the Act approved December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three,

Ante, p. 20.

 from the date of the oath of office of each to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, two thousand three hundred dollars.

For contingent expenses, Territory of Oklahoma, to be expended by

Contingent expenses.

the governor, one thousand dollars.

Utah Commission: To pay amounts found due by the accounting

Utah Commission.

Expenses.

officers of the Treasury Department on account of contingent expenses, Utah Commission (except for service over Pacific railroads), being for 430 the service of the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one dollar and fifty cents.

Industrial Christian Home.

Industrial Christian Home, Utah: The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby granted authority to credit and allow in the accounts of Henry Page, disbursing agent of the Industrial Christian Home Association of Utah Territory, without the further payment of any money from the Treasury, the sum of three hundred and

Repairs.

ninety-five dollars and forty-five cents, expended by him for repairs of the building for the Industrial Christian Home Association of Utah Territory from the appropriation for the erection of said building.

Idaho.

Constitutional Convention, State of Idaho; That the

Expenses, constitutional convention.

Vol. 26. p. 217.

Secretary of the Treasury is directed to cause to be paid, out of the appropriation for the payment of the expenses of the constitutional convention for the State of Idaho, made July third, eighteen hundred and ninety, the sum of four thousand three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and sixteen cents, or so much thereof as remains as an unexpended balance of said appropriation, pro rata, upon each certificate issued by the said constitutional convention for the per diem pay of the

Proviso.

In full.

members thereof: Provided, That the amount so paid to the holders of such certificates shall be in full satisfaction of the same as against the Government of the United States.

 UNDER SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

Smithsonian Institution.

National Zoological Park.

Coal.

National Zoological Park: For amount necessary to pay the bill of V. Baldwin Johnson for coal furnished by him for the National Zoological Park, the certificate of inspection required by section thirty-seven hundred and eleven, Be vised Statutes, being hereby waived, four dollars and seventy-live cents. FISH COMMISSION.

Fish Commission.

San Marcos, Tex., hatchery.

Vol. 27, p. 301.

Fish hatchery, Texas: For the completion of the fish-cultural station at San Marcos, Texas, authorized by the Act approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, eight thousand three hundred dollars, to be available until expended.

Bozeman, Mont., hatchery.

Vol. 27, p. 301.

Fish hatchery, Montana: For the completion of the fish-cultural station near Bozeman, Montana, authorized by the Act approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, six thousand four hundred dollars, to be available until expended.

St. Jobusbury, Vt., hatchery.

Vol. 26, p. 964.

Vol. 27, p. 361.

Fish hatchery, Vermont: For the completion of the fish-cultural station at Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, authorized by the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eight thousand five hundred dollars, to be available until expended.

Propagation, etc.

Propagation of food-fishes: For the payment of outstanding liabilities incurred during the fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and eighteen hundred and ninety-three, on account of the propagation and distribution of food-fishes and the collection of statistics of the fisheries, nine hundred and thirty-one dollars and ninety-four cents.

 INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION.

Interstate Commere it Commission.

Balances reappropriated.

That the unexpended balances of the appropriations for the Interstate Commerce Commission for eighteen hundred and ninety-two and eighteen hundred and ninety-three are hereby reappropriated and made available for expenditure during the fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-four and eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to enable the

Vol. 24, p, 386.

Commission to properly carry out the objects of the “Act to regulate 431 commerce,” including expenditures for counsel employed with the approval of the Attorney-General to give, effect to the provisions of said Act and all Acts and amendments supplementary thereto. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

District of Columbia.

 Contingent and miscellaneous expenses: For rent of office

Contingent expenses.

 for superintendent of charities, three hundred dollars. For advertising notice of taxes in arrears duly first, eighteen hundred

Advertising taxes in arrears.

Vol. 26, p. 24.

 and ninety three, as required to be given by Act of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to be reimbursed by acharge of one dollar and twenty cents for each lot or piece of property advertised, ten thousand one hundred and sixty six dollars and eleven cents. For advertising notice of taxes in arrears July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as required to be given by Act of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to be reimbursed by a charge of one dollar and twenty cents for each lot or piece of property advertised, one thousand four hundred and fifty eight dollars and sixty-six cents. For general advertising on account of the following fiscal years:

Advertising.

 For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, seventeen dollars and fifty cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars and thirteen cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, seventeen dollars and thirty-two cents. Expenses of assessing real property: That the sum of three

Assessing real property

 hundred and seventy-five dollars for clerical services be allowed, and that the accounting officers of the United States Treasury be authorized and directed to credit the same in the settlement of the accounts of Commissioners J. W. Douglass, J. W. Ross, and Captain William T. Rossell, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety two. Grading streets, alleys, and roads: To pay D. Knowlton the

Grading streets, etc.

 balance due on contract for grading Half street southwest, between M and N streets, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, ninety nine dollars. Improving High street: To enable the Commissioners of the

Improving High street.

Redemption of certificates.

 District of Columbia to redeem two certificates of indebtedness erroneously issued against the Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway Company for paving High street, in Georgetown, bearing date August eleventh and August twenty first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, respectively, two thousand five hundred and thirteen dollars and seven cents, together with a further sum sufficient to pay the interest on said certificates, at the rate of ten per centum per annum, from the date of their issue until the date of the passage of this Act. Permit work: To meet the retain of ten per centum on the cost of

Contractors’ bond.

 work done under contract numbered thirteen hundred and ten, with George Drew and Sons, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, sixty-nine dollars and twenty-one cents. Streets—sprinkling, sweeping, and cleaning: For rent of

Sprinkling, etc., streets.

 offices and storeroom, four hundred and twenty dollars. To pay Edward Harpur fifty cents per diem from November first,

Edward Harpur.

Payment to.

eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four hundred and eighty-six days, he having been employed as inspector over the street sweeping by night during the aforesaid period, at a compensation of three dollars and fifty cents per diem, but was paid three dollars per diem, two hundred and forty-three dollars. Fire Department: For forage, one thousand three hundred and

Fire Department.

 fifty dollars. 432 For forage on account of fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one thousand four hundred and fifty-five dollars and eighty-eight cents. For repairs to apparatus, and new appliances, on account of fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, eleven dollars and fifty cents. Tor contingent expenses: That the sum of ninety-five dollars for papering engine house be allowed, and that the accounting officers of the United States Treasury be authorized and directed to credit the same in the settlement of the accounts of Commissioners J. W. Hoss, M. M. Parker, and Captain Charles F. Powell, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

Public schools.

Public schools: To pay E. E. King, janitor of Filmore School, from July twenty-seventh to September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to make his pay live hundred dollars per annum, twenty dollars and eighty-eight cents. To pay the janitor of Pierce School from February first to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, at five hundred dollars per annum, two hundred and eight dollars and thirty three cents. For fuel on account of the following fiscal years: For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, six thousand seven hundred dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, nine hundred and seventy-eight dollars and sixty four cents. For contingent expenses on account of the following fiscal years: For eighteen hundred and ninety four, one thousand one hundred and thirty dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and sixty five cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, five hundred and twenty-nine dollars and twenty three cents.

Police court.

Police court: For witness fees on account of fiscal years,as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one thousand five hundred dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, ten dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety, one dollar and twenty-five cents. To pay William Gale, engineer, from March first, eighteen hundred and ninety three, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred arid ninety three, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, three hundred and two dollars and fifty cents.

Supported convicts.

Support of convicts: To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of support of convicts, District of Columbia, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, thirteen thousand live hundred and sixty dollars and eighteen cents.

Relief of the poor.

Relief of the poor: To pay amounts on account, of the municipal lodging house and stone yard set forth in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and three, of this session, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-nine cents.

Payment of judgments.

Judgments: For payment of judgments against the District of Columbia, as follows: To Charles H. Anderson, by his next friend, Mary Alice Anderson, four hundred dollars, together with sixty dollars and ten cents costs; To John L. Bartlett, five hundred dollars, together with seventy dollars and twenty-live cents costs; To the Anglo-American Insurance Company, use of William A, Meloy, one thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars, together with one hundred and fifty-one dollars and eighty-five cents costs: To William A. Hedrick, eighty-one dollars, together with sixteen dollars and sixty-five cents costs; 433 To David Murphy, thirty-eight dollars and thirty-four cents, together with two dollars and ten cents costs; To George W. Bolling, one hundred dollars, together with forty-two dollars and fifty-five cents costs; To William Ballantyne and Sons, forty-three dollars and twenty-one cents, together with two dollars and ten cents costs; in all, two thousand seven hundred and eighty-three dollars and fifteen cents, together with a 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. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and

Post, p. 852.

 directed to pay the judgment in favor of Charles Cowles Tucker, administrator of David Patterson, deceased, for six hundred and fifty-six dollars and ten cents, together with forty-three dollars and thirty cents costs, out of the police relief fund. To pay William Forsyth for making three plats of block forty-three,

William Forsyth.

 “Holmead Manor” (county), showing lines of alley proposed to be condemned therein,computing lines of lots and areas to be taken therefrom, preparing three petitions for signature of applicants, and recording plat of condemnation of said alley, twenty dollars. Militia: For rent, fuel, light, care, and repair of armories on account

Militia.

 of fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety four, two thousand one hundred and eighty-five dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety three, two thousand and fifty-one dollars and sixty five cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety one, seven hundred and fifty three dollars and fifty cents. For printing and stationery on account of fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety four, fifteen dollars For eighteen hundred and ninety three, thirty two dollars and forty-three cents. For general incidental expenses on account of fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety three, fifty dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, two hundred and eight dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety, five hundred and forty-four dollars and seventy-one cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to pay B. L. Cranford for furniture for armories, seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and fifty cents. That one-half of the foregoing amounts, to meet deficiencies in the 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. WAR DEPARTMENT.

War Department.

Sale of land at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: For payment of

Pittsburg, Pa.

Sale of land.

advertising accounts, job printing, and services of auctioneer attending the proposed sale, at various times, of the land belonging to the United States, located at the corner of Penn avenue and Garrison alley, in the city of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, under authority and provision of the Act of Congress approved May twenty-first, eighteen hundred and

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 ninety, four thousand three hundred and fifty-six dollars and seven cents.

Rent of building: For rent of two floors of the Union Building,

Record and Pension Office.

Rent.

on G street, between Sixth and Seventh streets northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, for the use of the Record and Pension Office from June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, until not later than August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, fourteen thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

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Rifle range, Omaha, Nebr.

Pay for rent of rifle Range: For rent of rifle range at Bellevue, near Omaha, Nebraska, to Henry T. Clarke, rent being from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one thousand three hundred dollars, in addition to the sum of five hundred dollars heretofore appropriated, to be received in full of all claims for said rifle range to the last-named date.

Military prison.

Military Prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: For subsistence of prisoners, teamsters, and watchmen, and for prisoners en route to insane asylum at Washington, District of Columbia, five thousand six hundred dollars.

For expenses of pursuing escaped prisoners and rewards for their capture, one hundred and thirty-tour 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 ease shall not be greater than to the place of last enlistment, one thousand five hundred dollars.

State, etc., Homos for Volunteers.

State and Territorial homes: For continuing aid to State and Territorial homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers, in

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conformity with the Act of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, fifty thousand dollars.

Mileage, officers.

Pay of the Army: Mileage to officers when authorized by law, being a deficiency for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, three thousand dollars.

Military Academy.

Pay Military Academy: For Superintendent,colonel, in addition to pay as major, five hundred dollars.

For one sergeant, field musician, twelve dollars.

For Superintendent, colonel, in addition to pay as major, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.

Minnesota.

Reimbursement, anus, etc.

Payment to State of Minnesota: To enable the Secretary of War to reimburse the State of Minnesota the sum paid in liquidation of the charge against said State for arms and equipments overdrawn by it prior to February twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, like charges not having been exacted of nor paid by other States, five thousand three hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty-eight cents.

 NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Navy Department.

 naval establishment.

Naval Establishment.

Advances.

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To reimburse “general account of advances,” created by the Act of 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, as follows:

Pay.

For pay, miscellaneous, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, twenty-seven thousand and fifty-five dollars and fifty seven cents: For pay, miscellaneous, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one thousand one hundred dollars and thirty-seven cents: For contingent, Navy, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, thirty-nine dollars and fifty cents;

Marine Corps.

For transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, five hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighty cents;

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

For Medical Department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-eight cents; For contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, eighteen hundred and ninetydhree, four hundred and seventy dollars and eighty-five eciits; 435 For contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, eighteen hundred

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

 and ninety-three, two hundred and twenty dollars and twenty-two cents; in all, twenty-nine thousand nine hundred and sixteen dollars and seventy-nine cents. Pay, miscellaneous: For the payment of vouchers for advertising,

Pay, miscellaneous.

 telephone, and telegraph service, notary fees, transportation, postage, and miscellaneous expenses, to supply a deficiency under the appropriation “Pay, miscellaneous,” for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one thousand dollars; To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of freight and transportation of officers traveling under orders under the appropriation “Pay, miscellaneous” (except tor service over Pacific railroads), being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four thousand one hundred and ten dollars and thirty-seven cents; in all, five thousand one hundred and ten dollars and thirty-seven cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of freight and transportation of officers traveling under orders under the appropriation “Pay, miscellaneous,” being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, forty-four dollars and ninety-two cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of transportation of officers traveling under orders under the appropriation “Pay, miscellaneous,” being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one thousand and eight dollars and seventy-six cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of transportation of officers traveling under orders under the appropriation “Pay, miscellaneous,” being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, six hundred and eighty-five dollars and twelve cents. marine corps.

Marine Corps.

 Clothing: To pay for kersey, blue cloth, shoes, flannel, blankets,

Clothing.

 trimmings, and pay of operatives for the making of the materials into garments, ten thousand dollars. Provisions: For amount due Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy

Provisions.

 Department, on account of commuted rations stopped from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, on account of sick in hospital, to be transferred to Naval Hospital fund, three thousand six hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fifty-six cents; For amount due on account of rations to retired men from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to reimburse appropriation “Pay, Marine Corps,” three thousand nine hundred and fifty-two dollars and seventy-four cents; To pay accounts and reservations on file due contractors, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, eleven thousand nine hundred and seventy-six dollars and sixty-six cents; To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of commutation of rations under the appropriation “Provisions, Marine Corps,” being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, fifty-five dollars and twenty cents; in all, nineteen thousand six hundred and fourteen dollars and sixteen cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of commutation of rations under the appropriation “Provisions, Marine Corps,” being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, sixteen dollars and twenty cents. Transportation and recruiting: To pay accounts on file, being

Transportation and recruiting.

 for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, 436two thousand one hundred and fourteen dollars and ninety-four cents.

Contingent.

Contingent: To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of freight, under the appropriation “Contingent, Marine Corps,” being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, seventy-six dollars and fifty-six cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of freight under the appropriation “Contingent, Marine Corps,” being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and four cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of freight and traveling expenses under the appropriation “Contingent, Marine Corps,” being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, ninety-two dollars and eleven cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of travelling expenses under the appropriation “Contingent, Marine Corps,” being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety two, seventeen dollars and fifty cents. To pay accounts on file for burial expenses of marines, freight, straw, express charges, gas, and water, being a deficiency to the appropriation “Contingent, Marine Corps,” eighteen hundred and ninety-three and prior years, four hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents.

Mare Island. Cal.

Authority is hereby granted the Secretary of the Navy to expend, from the appropriation for “Contingent, Marine Corps,” for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the sum of three hundred and ten dollars and ninety-six cents, for completing the sanitary improvements at the Marine Barracks, Mare Island, California. naval academy.

Naval Academy.

 For fuel, and for heating and lighting the Academy and school ships, including the accounts set forth in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and three of this session, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one thousand six hundred and twenty dollars and twenty-six cents. bureau of navigation.

Bureau of Navigation.

Contingent.

To pay bill of the United States Express Company for transportation of stores in April and May, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, thirty-five dollars and forty-five cents. bureau of ordnance.

Bureau of Ordnance.

Contingent.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of freight, under the appropriation “Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance” (except for service over Pacific railroads), being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two hundred dollars and fifty-six cents.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of freight under the appropriation, “Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance,” being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, eighty-two dollars and twenty-nine cents.

 bureau of medicine and surgery.

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

Medicaldepartment.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of medicines and medical attendance, under the appropriation “Medical Department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery,” being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, ninety-one dollars and twenty-five cents.

437 To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of

Contingent.

 freight, transportation, and ice, under the appropriation “Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery” (except for service over Pacific railroads), being for service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and forty-nine dollars and twenty-six cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of freight and traveling expenses underlie appropriation, “Contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery,” being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, three hundred and forty-six dollars and eighteen cents. bureau of supplies and accounts.

Bureau of Supplies anti Accounts.

Provisions: To supply a deficiency in the appropriation “Provisions,

Provisions.

Navy,” by reason of an increase of seven hundred and fifty enlistments in the Navy, authorized by the Act approved March third, eighteen

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 hundred and ninety-three, making appropriations for the naval service, fifty thousand dollars.

Contingent: To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers

Contingent.

on account of freight, under the appropriation “Contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts” (except for service over Pacific railroads), being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two thousand two hundred and forty-two dollars and thirty-four cents.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of freight, under the appropriation “Contingent, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing ” (now Bureau of Supplies and Accounts) (except for service over Pacific railroads), being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and forty cents.

 navy-yards and stations. To pay claim of the Old Dominion Creosoting Company for one hundred

Norfolk navy-yard.

 and sixteen railroad ties used by the Government at the United States navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia, in extension of the yard railroad track, one hundred and two dollars and thirty cents. navy, miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.

Norwegian bark Speranza: To pay the owners of the Norwegian

“Speranza.”

Pay to owners of bark.

bark Speranza for injuries sustained by that vessel by collision with the United States steamship Monongahela, in the harbor of Funchal, Madeira, on January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, found to be due by court of inquiry convened at the navy-yard, New York, by order of the Secretary of the Navy, dated June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety three, two thousand one hundred and eighty dollars and eighty-two cents.

Schooner J. Nickerson: To compensate the owners of the schooner

“J. Nickerson.”

Pay to owners.

J. Nickerson for damages sustained by that vessel in consequence of a collision with the United States steamship Dolphin in the harbor of New London, Connecticut, in December, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, as determined by a board of survey appointed under the regulations of the Navy Department, two hundred and thirty-six dollars.

Payment on account of the Amphitrite: To pay to the Harlan

Harlan and Hollings worth Company.

Payment to.

and Hollingsworth (Company, of Wilmington, Delaware, for work done and materials furnished in connection with the rebuilding of the double-turreted monitor Amphitrite, four thousand eight hundred and ninety-one dollars and seventy-three cents.

Payment to Theodore D. Wilson: For payment to Naval Constructor

Theodore D. Wilson.

Difference in pay.

Theodore D. Wilson, United States Navy, for services as acting chief constructor, one thousand and eighteen dollars and sixty-three 438 cents, being the difference in his pay as a naval constructor and that of chief constructor from March fourth to December fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, inclusive.

T.T. Caswell.

Allowance of accounts.

Accounts of T. T. Caswell: The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to pass the following vouchers under the respective appropriations from which paid by PayInspecter T. T. Caswell, United States Navy, Navy Pay Office, Washington, District of Columbia, namely: Charles P. Calvert, one hundred and ninety dollars, appropriation “Naval War College and Torpedo School, eighteen hundred and ninety-two,” paid October twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two: C. P. Calvert, sixty-five dollars, appropriation “Naval War College and Torpedo School, eighteen hundred and ninety-three,” paid November fourteenth, eighteen hundred and-ninety-two, and F. R. Hanna, forty dollars and fifty cents, appropriation “Pay, Miscellaneous, eighteen hundred and ninety-three,” paid February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Interior Department.

Contingent expenses.

Contingent expenses: To pay the amounts set forth in House Executive Document Numbered Thirty-seven of this session on account of contingent expenses for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, including not exceeding three hundred and thirty dollars and sixty-two cents to the El Reno Eagle of Oklahoma, one thousand and twenty-nine dollars and seventy-seven cents.

Rent.

Rent of buildings: For this amount to pay rent of the Union Building on G street, between Sixth and Seventh streets northwest, used as a model exhibit of Patent Office, eight thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-four cents.

For rent of stables, for use of the Interior Department, for part of fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, five hundred and forty dollars.

Lighting Capitol and grounds.

Lighting the Capitol and grounds: For lighting the Capitol 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, ten thousand eight hundred and eighty-two dollars and seventy-four cents.

For the payment of balance due Washington Gas Light Company for gas service for mouths of May and June, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine dollars and fifty cents.

 public land service.

Public lands.

Registers and receivers.

For salaries and commissions of registers of land offices and receivers of public moneys at district land offices, at not exceeding three thousand dollars each,on account of fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, seven thousand six hundred and fifty-four dollars and nine cents.

Reproducing plats, etc.

To enable the Commissioner of the General Laud 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, forty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents.

Samuel W. McGee.

Expenses.

To reimburse Samuel W. McGee, special agent of the Land Office, for expenses incurred while traveling under orders of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, forty-one dollars and fifty cents.

B. F. A lien.

Expenses.

To reimburse B. F. Allen, special agent of the Land Office, for services and expenses incurred as such agent from August twenty- 439 sixth to September twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, inclusive, under direction of the United States district attorney of the southern district of California, one hundred and sixty dollars and fifty cents.

 geological survey.

Geological Survey.

 To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury

Expenses.

 for pasturing public animals in June, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, seventy-seven dollars. indian affairs.

Indian affairs.

Transportation of Indian supplies: For this amount for necessary

Supplies, transporting, etc.

expenses of transportation of such goods, provisions, and other articles for the various tribes of Indians provided for by Act approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, including pay and expenses of transportation agents and rent of warehouses, being a deficiency for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, three thousand dollars.

Surveying and allotting Indian reservations: For survey

Survey and allotment, reservations.

and 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, three thousand five hundred dollars.

Surveying a portion of Fort Hall Reservation: This amount,

Fort Hall, Idaho.

Survey of reservation.

or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the expense of the survey of a portion of the Fort Hall Reservation, in Idaho, as provided by section two of an Act to accept and ratify the agreement submitted

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 by the Shoshones, Bannocks, and Sheepeaters, of the Fort Hall and Lemhi Reservation, in Idaho, May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes, approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, seven hundred dollars.

Incidentals in California: For amount due Baker and Handlton

California.

Incidental expenses.

for hardware and machine work furnished Round Valley Agency, California, from October twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty six, to July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, being a deficiency for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and prior years, eighty-seven dollars and. twenty seven cents.

Contingencies: For amount due Isaiah Lightner, special Indian

Isaiah Lightner.

Expenses.

agent, for expenses incurred in eighteen hundred and eighty seven, under orders of the Secretary of the Interior, in visiting Washington, District of Columbia, on official business, forty dollars and fifty cents.

 eleventh census.

Eleventh Census.

Any balance of the appropriation made March third, eighteen hundred

Balances, farms, etc. division.

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and ninety-three, for the completion of the work of the division of farms, homes, and mortgages, of the Eleventh Census, remaining unexpended on the completion of the work of that division, may be placed to the credit of the Eleventh Census.

The Commissioner of Labor in charge of the Eleventh Census is

Social statistics monograph.

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hereby authorized to print the report upon social statistics of cities as a monograph instead of as a final report, as provided in “An Act to provide for the publication of the Eleventh Census,” approved February twenty third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

Instead of the Digest of the Eleventh Census, provided in “An Act

A batract to be issued instead of Digest.

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to provide for the publication of the Eleventh Census,” approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, there shall be prepared and printed from existing plates, so far as practicable, and not to exceed three hundred octavo pages, a second edition of the 440

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Abstract of the Eleventh Census, as provided in “An Act to provide for further deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes,” approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. The number of copies and distribution of such abstract shall be as provided for the Digest of the Eleventh Census.

 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Department of Agri culture.

Botany Division.

To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department on account of botanical investigations and experiments, being for the service of the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two hundred and forty-six dollars and forty cents.

Vegetable Pathology Division.

To adjust the accounts of B. F. Fuller, late disbursing clerk, Department of Agriculture, involving the expenditure of no money from the Treasury, being a deficiency in the appropriation for vegetable pathological investigations and experiments, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, seventy-six dollars and forty-seven cents.

 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Department of Justice.

Stationery.

Stationery: To pay accounts on file in the Department for stationery, set forth in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and three of this session, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, eighteen dollars.

For stationery, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, sixty-seven dollars and twenty-seven cents.

Miscellaneous items.

Miscellaneous items: To pay accounts on file in the Department for miscellaneous items, set forth in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and three of this session, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and ninety-one dollars and fifty-four cents.

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, on account of fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety to eighteen hundred and ninety-three, inclusive, four thousand five hundred dollars.

For miscellaneous expenditures as set forth in Senate Executive Document Numbered One hundred and fifty five, of this session, as follows:

For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, four hundred and eighty-four dollars and sixteen cents.

For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, thirty-nine dollars and forty-seven cents.

For eighteen hundred and ninety-two and prior years, thirty-one dollars and sixty-seven cents.

For transportation, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, three hundred and eighty-two dollars and thirteen cents.

Books.

For purchase of books for Department library, eight hundred and fifty-five dollars and fifty-five cents.

Cecil Clay.

Expenses.

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For reimbursement of Cecil Clay for actual expenses incurred under the direction of the Attorney-General in the matter of the sale of certain land near Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania, under Act January sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, seventeen dollars and twenty cents.

Alaska.

Court expenses.

United States court in Alaska: To pay Barton Atkins, late marshal of the United States court for the district of Alaska, the salary due him from August fifth to September third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, one hundred and ninety dollars and twenty-two cents.

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Traveling expenses, Alaska: To supply a deficiency in the

Traveling expenses.

appropriation for traveling expenses, Territory of Alaska, five hundred dollars.

Bent and incidental expenses, Alaska: To supply deficiencies

Rent, etc.

in the appropriations for rent and incidental expenses, Territory of Alaska, on account of fiscal years, as follows:

For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one thousand five hundred and eighteen dollars and thirty-three cents.

For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, five hundred and twenty-one dollars and fifty-two cents.

Territory of Arizona: The Attorney-General shall pay out of

Arizona.

Expenses, Indian convicts.

the appropriation for support of United States prisoners for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, such sums as may be found equitably due upon examination, to the Territory of Arizona for maintenance of Indian convicts in Territorial prisons heretofore convicted under the provisions of section nine of the Indian appropriation Act,

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 approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five: Provided,

Proviso.

No further payments.

 That hereafter no payment shall be made to any State or Territory for maintenance and keeping in prison of Indian convicts convicted in any State or Territorial court for violation of the provisions of said section nine of the said Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five.

Court of Private Land Claims: For fees and expenses in the

Court of Private Land Claims.

suit of PeraltaBeavis against the United States, in the Court of Private Land Claims in New Mexico, to be available until expended, ten thousand dollars.

Indian Territory: To pay the actual traveling and other expenses

Judge, Indian Territory.

of the judge of the United States court holding court in Indian Territory, other than at Muscogee, in accordance with the Act of May second,

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 eighteen hundred and ninety, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two hundred and sixty-one dollars and ninety-eight cents.

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians: For this amount, or so

Eastern Band, Cherokee Indians.

much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General for the purpose of carrying into effect the two agreements of compromise in the two suits, respectively of the Eastern

Com prom iaeof suits.

 Band of Cherokee Indians versus William H. Thomas and others, and of the United States versus William H. Thomas and others, both now pending in the United States circuit court for the western district of North Carolina, set forth in detail on pages seven, eight, and nine of House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and twenty-eight, Fifty-third Congress, second session, which agreements are hereby confirmed, made by A. C, Avery, attorney for B. D. Gilmer, trustee and administrator of J. B. Love, and for the cestui quo trust, for which he holds, and as attorney for the heirs at law of W. H. Thomas, deceased, and George H. Smathers, special assistant United States attorney, attorney for complainants, indorsed and approved January twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, by K. B, Glenn, United States attorney, western district, North Carolina, in the one suit, and George H. Smathers, special assistant United States attorney, counsel for complainants, and W. B. Ferguson and G. S. Ferguson, attorneys for defendants, in the other suit, to settle and quiet title to lauds in Quail a boundary, claimed by said Indians, and more fully set forth in said agreements of compromise: to perfect the title to other lands elsewhere in North Carolina to said Indians; to pay attorneys’ fees and expenses in securing said compromise and carrying the same into effect; to pay the expenses of survey, preparing and executing deeds, and recording the same, and any other expenses incident to carrying said agreements into effect, sixty-eight thousand dollars.

Expenses of Territorial courts in Utah Territory: For

Utah courts.

defraying the contingent expenses of the courts, including fees of the United States district attorney and his assistants, the fees and per 442 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, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, four thousand four hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-three cents.

Greer County, Tex.

Suits to settle.

Settling title to Greer County, Texas: To enable the. Attorney-General to employ special counsel to assist in bringing suits in equity in the Supreme Court of the United States, provided by section

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twenty-five of the Act 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,” passed May second, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for taking testimony, stenographer’s tees, and other expenses necessary to be incurred in the preparation and trial of such suit, five thousand dollars.

Oklahoma.

Deputy marshals’ claims.

Deputy marshals in Oklahoma: The Attorney-General is hereby authorized to pay the claims of certain deputy marshals named in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and seven of this session, amounting to one thousand five hundred and forty-two dollars, for services at the opening of the Iowa and the Sac and Fox Indian agencies hi Oklahoma and the claims of W. C. Jones, late United States marshal for the district of Kansas, amounting to eight hundred and thirty dollars, and of Edward P. Kelly and Jesse J. Graham, amounting to six hundred and forty-two dollars each, for services and expenses in preparing for and in the opening of Oklahoma Territory to settlement, and to pay John F. Stone, an assistant to the United States attorney for said Territory, for services and expenses in making investigation of the claim of said W. C. Jones to ascertain what portion thereof was properly payable by the United States, the sum of forty-six dollars

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and sixty cents, from the unexpended balance of the appropriation of twenty thousand dollars, made by the deficiency Act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for “deputy marshals in Oklahoma.”

 judicial.

Judicial.

Alabama, attorney.

To pay the salary of the attorney of the United States for the middle district of Alabama, two hundred dollars.

Marshal.

To pay the salary of the marshal of the United States for the middle district of Alabama, two hundred dollars.

Judge, Indian Terriand lory.

For expenses of the judge of the United States court in the Indian Territory, five hundred dollars. expenses united states courts.

United States courts.

Marshals.

Protecting property in receivers’ bands.

Fees of marshals: For defraying expenses incurred by marshals in executing orders, warrants, and processes of United States courts for the protection of property in the hands of receivers of such courts, and for the arrest and detention until trial of persons arrested for violating such orders, and resisting the execution of such warrants and processes, to be audited and allowed by the Attorney-General, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

Fees.

For fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

District attorneys.

Fees of district attorneys: To supply deficiencies in the

Fees.

appropriations for fees of district attorneys, United States courts, for the fiscal years, as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, twenty-six thousand two hundred and eighty-eight dollars and thirty-two cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, nine hundred and four dollars. 443 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, five thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one thousand five hundred dollars. To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for pay of special assistant

Special assistants.

 attorneys, United States courts, for the fiscal years, as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, twenty-two thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, four thousand dollars. To pay Alexander and Chalmers, of Arizona Territory, for services

Alexander and Chaimers.

 rendered by themselves and associates in defense of certain Indians, two thousand dollars. To pay Richard W. Young and C. S. Varian, one thousand dollars

Richard W. Young, C. S. Varian.

 each, in full for services rendered in the matter of the indictment of Lieutenant B. D. Buck, Sergeant Frederick Li use, and Private Edward C. Sheffield, charged with homicide, at the Fort Douglas military reservation, of J. W. Leonard, two thousand dollars. . Fees of clerks: To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for

Clerks’ fees.

 fees of clerks, United States courts, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, twenty-three thousand one hundred and thirty dollars and forty-eight cents. 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, twenty-eight thousand and seventy-two dollars and thirty-seven cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, seven thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifty-six cents. Fees of jurors: To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for

Jurors’ fees.

 fees of jurors, United States courts, for the fiscal years, as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, eighty thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, twenty thousand three hundred and eighty-four dollars and twelve cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety, six dollars. For eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, twelve dollars. For eighteen hundred and seventy-three, five hundred and six dollars and fifty cents. Fees of witnesses: To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for

Witnesses’ fees.

 fees of witnesses, United States courts, for the fiscal years, as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, sixteen thousand four hundred and ninety-two dollars and thirty-five cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three hundred and forty-three dollars and ten cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety, three hundred and seventy dollars and forty cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, eight hundred and seventy-four dollars and forty cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, six hundred and forty-five dollars and sixty cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, two hundred and thirty-five dollars and eighty cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-six, two hundred and fifty-three dollars and thirty-five cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-five, forty-four dollars and seventy cents.

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 sen- 444 tence, 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-four, sixty-five thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and forty thousand eight hundred and thirty-four dollars and thirty-seven cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, ninety-three dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, nine hundred and fifty dollars and fifty-seven cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety, four hundred and ninety-nine dollars and seventy-nine cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and seventy-nine cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and fourteen dollars and fifty-five cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-five, forty-four dollars.

Rent.

Rent of court rooms: For rent of court rooms,’United States courts, being for fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, seven hundred and forty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents.

Bailiffs, criers, etc.

Pay of bailiffs: 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; of meals and lodging for jurors in United States cases when ordered by court; of compensation for jury commissioners, five dollars per day, not exceeding three days for anyone term of court, being for deficiencies on account of fiscal year as follows:

For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, twenty thousand dollars For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one thousand and nineteen dollars. For eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, eighty dollars. For eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and fourteen dollars and fifty cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, sixty dollars.

Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous expenses: For payment of such 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 for services 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-four, twenty thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, five thousand and thirty-four dollars and fifty-two cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, two hundred and fifty-five dollars. For eighteen hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and six dollars and twenty cents.

O. P. Fitzsimons.

To pay the fees and expenses of the deputies of O. P. Fitzsimons,

Payment to deputies.

marshal of Georgia, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, eighteen hundred and eighty, and eighteen hundred and eighty-one, four thousand three hundred and seventy dollars and thirty-eight cents. Said sum to be paid direct from the Treasury to said deputies now holding claims against said marshal’s office, in the following manner, namely: First, one thousand dollars to James B. Gaston, and the balance to be pro rated among all said deputies, according to the amounts found due said deputies, by honorable W. R. Hammond, auditor of the United States circuit court, northern district of Georgia, in the suit of United States versus O. P. Fitzsimons and others.

Edwin Walker.

Services

For payment to Edwin Walker, special assistant United States attorney, in full satisfaction for services in the suit of Ephraim Sells and another against the province of New South Wales, in the superior court of Cook County, Illinois, November, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, five hundred dollars.445 For payment to, Patrick H. Winston for legal services rendered the

Patrick H. Winston.

 United States in eighteen hundred and ninety-three, as reported in

Services.

 House Executive Document Numbered Ninety-two, Fifty-third Congress, second session, six hundred dollars. POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT.

Post-Office Department.

Contingent expenses: For miscellaneous items for the fiscal year

Contingent expenses.

ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. seventy dollars and forty-seven cents.

For gas and electric lights for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four hundred and fourteen dollars and thirty-nine cents.

For fuel and repairs to heating apparatus for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and five dollars and eighty cents.

Rent of buildings: For rent, of part of basement of the Union

Rent.

Building, on G street, between Sixth and Seventh streets northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, two thousand dollars.

 Postal Service.

Postal service.

 out of the postal revenues. Mail transportation: For inland mail transportation by railroad

Transportation, railroad routes.

 routes, exclusive of Pacific railroads, one million two hundred and sixty-nine thousand dollars. To pay amounts set forth in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and three, of this session, for inland mail transportation by railroad routes, being deficiencies, as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, exclusive of Pacific railroads, two hundred and seventy-one thousand one hundred and seventy-four dollars and thirty-nine cents. To pay amounts set forth in Senate Executive Documents Numbered One hundred and forty-eight, and One hundred and sixty-five, of the present session, for inland mail transportation by railroad routes, exclusive of Pacific railroads, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, forty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty-six dollars and sixty-one cents. Mail depredations: To pay amounts set forth in House Executive

Mall depredations.

 Document Numbered One hundred and three of this session for mail depredations and post-office inspectors for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, three thousand seven hundred and nine dollars and twenty-nine cents. To pay amounts set forth in Senate Executive Document Numbered One hundred and forty-eight, of the present session, for mail depredations and post-office inspectors, being deficiencies, as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, eight dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two thousand five hundred dollars. Advertising: To pay amounts set forth in House Executive Document

Advertising.

 Numbered One hundred and three, of this session, for advertising, being deficiencies, as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two thousand and fifty-six dollars and ninety-nine cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one thousand one hundred and seventeen dollars and thirty cents. To pay amounts set forth in Senate Executive Document Numbered One hundred and forty-eight, of the present session, for advertising, being deficiencies, as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and forty dollars and seventy-five cents. 446 For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, four hundred and thirty-two dollars and ninety cents. For advertising, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, five thousand dollars.

Rent, etc., first-class offices.

Rent, fuel, and light: For rent, fuel, and lights for first-class post-offices, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two thousand one hundred and forty-nine dollars and sixty-six cents.

Mail messengers.

Mail messenger service: To pay amounts set forth in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and three, of this session, for mail messenger service, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one thousand six hundred and seventy-two dollars and forty cents. To pay amounts set forth in Senate Executive Document Numbered One hundred and forty-eight; of the present session, for mail messenger service, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, three hundred and eleven dollars and forty cents.

Railway post-office clerks.

Railway post-office clerks: To pay amounts set forth in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and three, of this session, for railway post-office clerks for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, nine hundred and six dollars and three cents.

Foreign mails.

Foreign mail transportation: To pay amounts set forth in

Transportation.

House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and three of this session for foreign mail transportation for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred and thirteen thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars and seven cents.

Railway post-office clerks.

Railway post-office clerks: To pay amounts set forth in Senate Executive Documents Numbered One hundred and forty-eight and One hundred and sixty-five, of the present session, for railway post office clerks, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four hundred and eighty-two dollars and sixty-one cents.

Postmasters.

Compensation of postmasters: For amounts to reimburse the postal revenues, being the amount retained by postmasters in excess . of the appropriations, including the amounts set forth in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and three and Senate Executive Document Numbered One hundred and sixty-five, of the present session, for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, six hundred and thirty-six thousand and twenty-seven dollars and seventy-seven cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, thirteen thousand four hundred and fifty-three dollars and fifty cents. Compensation of postmasters: To pay amounts set forth in Senate Executive Document Numbered One hundred and forty-eight, of the present session, for wmpensation of postmasters, being deficiencies as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, nine thousand and eighteen dollars and fifty-three cents; For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two thousand two hundred and ninety-three dollars and forty-four cents.

H, A. W. Tabor.

Reimbursement.

To reimburse H. A. W. Tabor, late postmaster at Leadville, Colorado, for expenditures incurred by him for rent, light, fuel, and for clerk hire from April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to February fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, three thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine dollars and ninety-four cents.

William M. Keightley.

Reimbursement.

To reimburse William M. Keightley, late postmaster at Durango, Colorado, for clerk hire paid by him from January fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.

Royal M. Hubbard.

Payment to legal representatives.

To reimburse the legal representatives of Royal M. Hubbard, late postmaster at Longmont, Colorado, for rent of office paid by him from April first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, six hundred dollars. 447 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

Department of Labor.

 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 eases and furniture, fuel and lights, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, and other absolutely necessary expenses, one hundred and forty-one dollars and sixty-six cents. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

Government Printing Office.

 To make the daily wages of Stephen Caldwell, laborer, and Samuel

Stephen Caldwell, Samuel Robinsonand William Madden.

Payment to.

 Robinson and William Madden, messengers on night duty, three dollars and sixty cents per day, from March fourth to April fifteenth, and from August seventh to November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, inclusive, and from December fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, inclusive, one thousand two hundred and twenty-eight dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. SENATE.

Senate.

 For expenses of maintaining and equipping horses and mail wagons

Moraca, wagons, etc.

 for carrying the mails, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and fifty cents. For purchase of furniture, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three,

Furniture and repairs.

 one hundred and sixty-one dollars and twenty-five cents. To pay P. Hanson Hiss Manufacturing Company for carpeting, decorating, and furnishings in rooms sixty-three and sixty-five, Maltby Building, two hundred and twenty dollars and thirty-one cents. For materials for furniture and repairs of same, exclusive of labor, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, twenty-one dollars and two cents. For fuel, oil, and cotton waste, and advertising, for the heating

Fuel, oil, etc.

 apparatus, exclusive of labor, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, forty-one dollars and forty-five cents. For packing boxes, fifty-five dollars and forty-four cents.

Packing boxes.

 For the rent of warehouse for the storage of public documents formerly

Storage.

 in the Maltby Building, from June seventeenth to thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, seventy-three dollar’s and fifty cents. For services rendered and expenses incurred in protecting the building and property of the Senate of the United States, from April twenty-fifth to May tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety four, one hundred and sixty-nine dollars. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, eleven thousand dollars.

Miscellaneous.

 To reimburse the Official Reporter of the Senate for moneys paid by

Official Reporter.

 him during the first and second sessions of the Fifty-third Congress for clerical hire and extra clerical expenses, seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. To pay W. F. Wright, for services rendered as messenger of the

W. F. Wright.

Services.

 Senate from September first to September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, inclusive, one hundred and eight dollars and six cents. To pay Watson Boyle for services rendered and expenses incurred

Watson Boyle.

Services.

 in furnishing copy and superintending the publication and editing volumes of memorial addresses on deceased Senators, four hundred dollars, and hereafter the preparation of memorial addresses on deceased Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall be done under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing without extra expense therefor. 448

Benjamin Durfee.

Extra services.

To pay Benjamin Durfee for extra services in preparing, under the direction of the Committee on Finance, four editions of the Coinage Laws and Statistics Relating Thereto, two thousand five hundred dollars.

J. E. Johnson.

Services.

To pay J. E. Johnson for services as stenographer on special hearings before the Committee on Education and Labor, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

House of Representatives.

Stationery.

For stationery, for Members of the House of Representatives, six hundred and twenty-five dollars.

Miscellaneous, etc.

For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, eleven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

Doorkeeper.

For hire of horses, teed, repair of wagons and harness, office of the doorkeeper, one hundred dollars.

William Mutchler.

Pay to widow.

To pay to the widow of William Mutchler, late a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania, five thousand dollars.

W. H. Enochs.

Pay to widow.

To pay to the widow of W. H. Enochs, late a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio, live thousand dollars.

J. L. Chipman.

Pay to widow.

To pay to the widow of J. L. Chipmat), late a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, five thousand dollars.

Charles O’Neill.

Pay to nieces.

To pay to Sally B. Orne, for her use and the use of her sister, Susan J. Orne, dependent nieces of Charles O’Neill, late a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania, five thousand dollars.

G. W. Houk.

Pay to widow.

To pay to the widow of G. W. Houk, late a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio, five thousand dollars.

R. F. Brattan.

Pay to widow.

To pay to the widow of R. F. Brattan, late a Representative in Congress from the State of Maryland, four thousand two hundred and fifty-five dollars and seventy-one cents.

M. C. Lisle.

Pay to child.

To pay the guardian of the only child of M. C. Lisle, late a Representative in Congress from the State of Kentucky, three thousand five hundred and eight dollars and sixty cents.

Contested elections.

For allowance to the following contestants and contestees, audited and recommended by the Committee-on Elections, for expenses incurred by them in contested-election cases, namely:

B. A. Enloe.

To B. A. Enloe, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one dollars;

P. H. Thrasher.

To P. H. Thrasher, one thousand seven hundred and forty-five dollars;

Thomas E. Watson.

To Thomas E. Watson, one thousand seven hundred dollars;

J. F. Stallings.

To J. F. Stallings, one thousand dollars;

John J. O’Neil.

To John J. O’Neil, two thousand dollars;

Charlea F. Joy.

To Charles F. Joy, two thousand dollars;

Samuel G. Hilboru.

To Samuel G. Hilborn, two thousand dollars;

Martin W. Whatley.

To Martin W. Whatley, two thousand dollars;

J. C. C. Black.

To J. C. C. Black, one thousand seven hundred dollars;

Thomas Settle.

To Thomas Settle, two thousand dollars;

J. E. Cobb.

To J. E. Cobb, one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars;

A. H. A. Williams.

To A. H. A. Williams, two thousand dollars;

W. B. English.

To W. B. English,two thousand dollars;

B. F. Grady.

To B. F. Grady, one thousand one hundred and one dollars and fifty cents;

E. H. Funston.

To E. H. Funston, two thousand dollars;

H. L. Moore.

To H. L. Moore, two thousand dollars; in all, twenty-eight thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents.

O. B. Hallam.

Services.

To pay O. B. Hallam, attorney at law, for services in defending N. T. Crutchfield, journal clerk, in the suit of H. H. Smith, to enjoin him from publishing the digest of the House of Representatives, one thousand dollars.

Charles Carter.

Services.

To pay Charles Carter, for services in caring for subcommittee room of Committee on Appropriations, sixty dollars.

Official reporters and stenographers.

To reimburse the official reportersof the proceedings and debates of the House of Representatives and the official stenographers to committees 449 for moneys actually paid by them so far during the present Congress, for clerical hire and extra clerical expenses, one thousand live hundred dollars each, and to John J. Cameron, assistant official reporter, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, ten thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

To pay James Kerr, Clerk of the House of Representatives of the

Janies Kerr.

Contesteed - election testimony.

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 Fifty-second 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,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the sum of five hundred dollars, and an additional sum of nine hundred dollars to such employees as were actually engaged in the work designated by the said James Kerr, and in such proportion as he may deem just, for assistance rendered in the work; in all, one thousand four hundred dollars. To pay the following employees who were necessarily employed by

Doorkeeper.

Employees.

 the Doorkeeper during the period from November fourth to December third, eighteen hundred and ninety three, namely: Two session folders, at sixty-nine dollars and sixty-six cents each; teniaborers, at fifty-nine dollars and seventy-nine cents each; one riding page, seventy-five dollars, and one page in the folding room, seventy-five dollars; in all, eight hundred and eighty-seven dollars and twenty-two cents. To pay the following employees who were necessarily employed by

Postmaster.

Employees.

 the Postmaster during the period from November fourth to December third,eighteen hundred and ninety-three, namely: Three messengers, at one hundred and fourteen dollars and sixty cents each,and four messengers, at ninety-nine dollars and sixty-seven cents each; in all, seven hundred and forty-two dollars and forty-eight cents. To reimburse T. O. Towles, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives,

T. O. Towles.

 for cab hire and other expenses incurred in the service of the House, two hundred dollars. To pay J. F. Snyder, disbursing clerk, and Thomas B. Kalbfiis, assistant

J. F. Snyder, Thomas, B. Kalbfus.

 disbursing clerk, for extra services rendered, three hundred dollars each; in all, six hundred dollars. To pay T. F. Dennis as extra compensation for services rendered as

T. F. Dennis.

 assistant clerk to the Committee on Invalid Pensions during the first and second sessions of the Fifty-third Congress, five hundred dollars. To pay Clifford Lucas tor additional compensation for services

Clifford Lucas.

 as messenger under the Clerk during the first and second sessions of the Fifty-third Congress, one hundred dollars. To pay James M. Hall, for services in the document room, forty

James M. Hall.

 dollars. To reimburse Spencer Greene for expanses incurred from January

Spencer Greene.

 first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, for assistant laborer in earing for building rented for use of the folding room, House of Representatives, one hundred and thirty-five dollars. To pay the following accounts, which have been audited and recommended by the Committee on Accounts, namely: To pay William J. Assman the difference bet ween the pay of a laborer

William J. Assman.

 and that of a messenger in the Hall Library at the rate of three dollars and sixty cents per day from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, inclusive, five hundred and ninety-four dollars. To pay George L. Browning and Alphonso Gibbs, for extra services

George L. Browning. Alphonso Gibbs.

 rendered in the folding room, three hundred dollars each, six hundred dollars. To pay M. M. Robinson the difference between the amount of his

H. M. Robinson.

 salary and twelve hundred dollars per annum, for extra services rendered as assistant to the Sergeant-at-Arms, three hundred dollars.

To pay Joseph Y. Brattan, for services rendered as clerk to the late

Joseph Y. Brattan.

Robert F. Brattan, from April first to May tenth, eighteen hundred and 450 ninety-four inclusive, one hundred and thirty-two dollars and twenty-five cents.

Augustus Hull.

To reimburse Augustus Hall for amount expended for assistance in earing for the annex folding room to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, two hundred and thirteen dollars.

J. Martin McKay.

To pay J. Martin McKay for extra services as foreman of the folding room, one hundred and seventy-one dollars and thirty-six cents.

Isaac F. Smith.

To pay Isaac F. Smith for services rendered as messenger to the Committee on Indian Affairs, two hundred dollars.

Peter J. McDonald.

To pay Peter J. McDonald the difference between his salary as folder and that of acting assistant foreman of the folding room, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, from January twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety three to January twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, three hundred dollars.

H. G. Clement.

To pay H. G. Clement for services rendered as clerk to the late Charles O’Neill from the first to the third day of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, inclusive, ten dollars.

Louis G. Olt.

To pay Louis G. Olt for services rendered as clerk to the late George W. Houk from the first to the ninth day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety four, inclusive, thirty-five dollars and thirty-five cents.

Sergeant-at-Arms.

To pay the Western Union Telegraph Company for services

Telegrama.

rendered the Sergeant-at-Arms during the years eighteen hundred and ninety aiid eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and seventy-two dollars and sixty-three cents.

E. J. McCristal.

Pay to widow.

To pay the widow of E. J. McCristal the amount expended by him for assistance as telegraph operator of the House, two hundred and eight dollars.

Elevator conductors.

To pay the conductors of the elevators in the House wing of the Capitol the difference between their respective salaries and twelve hundred dollars per annum each, as follows: To L. B. Cook, George Winters, H. W. Goudelock, and C. L. Williams, for fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-three and eighteen hundred and ninety-four, two hundred dollars each, eight hundred dollars. JUDGMENTS, COUNT OF CLAIMS.

Payment of judgments of Court of Claims.

 For payment of judgments of the Court of Claims, as follows: To the Pottawatomie Indians of Michigan and Indiana, one hundred and four thousand six hundred and twenty-six dollars: To Charles C. Slade, four hundred and thirty-one dollars and ninety-nine cents; To Hue H. Sholes, three hundred and sixty-four dollars mid seventy-three cents; To William W. Wiseomb, four hundred and thirty-one dollars and ninety-nine cents: To Samuel It. Skidmore, three hundred and fifty-eight dollars and one cent; To Charles E. Hayward, two hundred and thirty-three dollars and seventy-five cents; To Walter Wiseomb, one hundred and ninety-three dollars and eighty-nine cents; . To Joseph L. Weiler, three hundred and ninety dollars and forty-four cents; To Brigham L. Morse, one hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents; To John N. Snowdon, surviving partner of Snowdon and Mason, ninety-one thousand and seventy-two dollars; To Charles W. Durant, survivor of the firm of C. W. Durant and Sou, eight thousand and twenty-one dollars and thirty-eight cents; To Henry T, Harvey and William C. Pollock, executors of James Pollock, deceased, four thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars and thirty-one cents; 451 To Thoma’s N. King, two hundred and nine dollars and twenty-five

Judgments, Court of Claims—Continued.

 cents; To Mary A. Payne, executrix of John W. Payne, deceased, five hundred and twenty-six dollars and sixty-five cents; To W. C. Robards, eight hundred and thirty-one dollars and fifty cents; To James T. Beach, nine hundred and seventy-one dollars; To Henry C. Cowles, seven hundred and eleven dollars and forty-five cents; To T. Carlos Jewett, two hundred and eighty-three dollars and seventy-five cents; To Judson T. Coffill, one hundred and seventy-three dollars and seventyth rec cents; To Albion S. Pollard, fifty-four dollars and fifty-eight cents: To Hannah M. Cronin, administratrix of Philip J. Cronin, three hundred and eighteen dollars and sixty-one cents; To Horton D. Banfield, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and thirty-five cents; To Alexander Mack, seventy-one dollars and fifty-two cents; To Thomas McNamara, two hundred and sixty dollars; To James Bell, one hundred and fifty-eight dollars; To Cornelius Denver, one hundred and four dollars and thirty-six cents; To John H. Rawlings, one hundred and four dollars and thirty-six cents; To William H. Pindell, one hundred and one dollars and forty-three cents; To Aaron S. Post, five.hundred and two dollars and twelve cents; Interest on this judgment from March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, twenty-two dollars and four cents; Frank Gates, fifty-six dollars and forty-eight cents; Interest on this judgment from March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two dollars and twenty-five cents. The “Old Settlers”or Western Cherokee Indians, by Joel M. Bryan,

Ante, p. 308.

 William Wilson, and William H. Hendricks, commissioners, and Joel M. Bryan, treasurer, and so forth, eight hundred thousand three hundred and eighty-six dollars and thirty-one cents; and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is directed to withhold from distribution among said Indians only so much of that part of the said judgment set apart by the said Indians for the prosecution of their claim as is necessary for him to pay the expenses, and for legal services justly or equitably payable on account of said prosecution; John W. Payne, five hundred and fourteen dollars and twenty cents; Thomas O. Selfridge, four hundred and sixteen dollars and twenty-two cents; James E. Hagood, three hundred and sixty-six dollars; Isaac G. Baker, five thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars and twenty cents; To Bushrod W. Bell, one thousand two hundred and eighty-five dollars and eighty-five cents; To Maurice O’Shea, four hundred and twenty-five dollars and four cents; . To Charles V. S. Wilson, two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and three cents; To Stephen C. McCandless, one hundred and thirteen dollars and ninety cents; To Jolin H. Martin, sixty-five dollars and twenty cents; To Franklin Rives, Wright Rives: Wright Rives, administrator with the will annexed of John C. Rives; Wright Rives and Samuel T. Williams, executors of Lucy Rives, deceased; and Samuel T. Williams, 452

Judgments, Court of Claims—Continued.

executor of Caroline R. Williams, deceased, one thousand live hundred and ninety-six dollars and sixty-six cents; To John M. Parry, two hundred and thirty dollars and seventy-five cents; To Nathaniel W. Trimble, one thousand five hundred and twenty-six dollars and eighty cents; To Richard Jones, one hundred and fifty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents; To pay interest at lour per centum per annum from June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to March sixth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 26, p. 536.

ninety-three, under the provisions of the Act of September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, on a,judgment for three thou sand dollars rendered by the Court of Claims in case numbered fourteen thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, in favor of George Truesdell, three hundred and twenty eight dollars and forty-four cents; To pay interest at four per centum per annum from June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to March sixth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 26, p. 536.

ninety-three, under the provisions of the Act of September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, on a judgment for one thousand five hundred dollars, rendered by the Court, of Claims in-case numbered fourteen thousand eight hundred and one, in favor of Finella M. Alexander and Sophia L. Little, one hundred and sixty-four dollars and twenty-two cents; To Thomas B. Coyle, two thousand nine hundred and twenty-two dollars and nine cents; To Martin L. Noerr, nine hundred dollars; To Helen R. Tindall, nine hundred dollars; To Max Lansburgh, one thousand seven hundred dollars; The amounts of the four last-named judgments, together with the amount of the judgment of the Court of Claims in favor of Patrick Maloney and Andrew Gleason, appropriated by the deficiency

Vol. 26, p. 536.

appropriation Act of September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety,

Vol. 22, p. 168.

shall be subject to all the provisions and restrictions of the Act to increase the water supply of the city of Washington, and for other purposes, approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,

Vol. 23, p. 132.

and of the Act approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, making appropriations for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, as to apportionment and settlement between the United States and the District of Columbia, and the refunding thereof; To Marion Erwin, two hundred and fifteen dollars, with interest thereon from May twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to March sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, six dollars and seventy-two cents; To Ellen M. Marston, administratrix of Charles A. Marston, three hundred and thirty-nine dollars arid seventy seven cents; To Charles H. Leduum, four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents; To George A. Williams, John G. M. Appleton, and Frank B. Pease, constituting the firm of Williams and Company, for the use of George A. Williams, forty eight dollars and forty cents; To Charles M. Guild, two hundred and twenty-six dollars and six cents; To Curtis L. Sears, two hundred and nine dollars and sixty-seven cents; To Levi T. Williams, fifty-two dollars and thirty-six cents; To William Young, one hundred and thirty-three dollars and six cents; To Charles P. Dyer, forty-five dollars and thirty-five cents; To Nathaniel W. White, two hundred and forty dollars and thirty-seven cents;

Letter-carriers’ extra pay.

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To John F. Appleton, four hundred and twelve dollars and ninety-four cents; 453 To Anthony Baines, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents;

Judgments. Court of Claims—Continued.

 To Sidney D. Baker, fifty-one dollars and thirty-nine cents; To Frank Barnett, one hundred and sixty-two dollars and eighty cents; To Frank J, Beattie, forty-eight dollars and forty-six cents; To William H. Berjew, fifty-one dollars and twenty-nine cents; To John J. Bettinger, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Benjamin Bolton, sixty-three dollars and forty-four cents; To Cornelius V. Bowles, three hundred and fifty dollars and thirty-six cents; To Fred. A. Brockmeier, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To WilHnm H. Brown, twenty-eight dollars and eighty-six cents; To Edward Burkhart, eighty-seven dollars and six cents; To Edward J. Burns, six hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-two cents; To Henry J. Butler, fifty-one dollars and ninety-two cents; To Jacob C. Campbell, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Frank P. Carniaux, two hundred and seventy-one dollars and seventy-five cents; To Thomas F. Clarke, fifty-nine dollars and eighty cents; To Alexander M. Cochran, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars and thirty-seven cents; To Benjamin Cohen, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Thomas W. Collins, two hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty-two cents: To Thomas A. Colwell, two hundred and fifty dollars and ten cents; To James J. Conklin, one hundred and sixty-three dollars and nine cents; To William Coombs, five hundred and eleven dollars and thirty-seven cents; To James Cosgrove, twenty-three dollars and sixty-three cents; To Abraham L. Cox, thirty-six dollars and thirty-five cents; To Charles Crawford, number one, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Charles Crawford, number two, eighty-seven dollars and thirty-nine cents; To James Crosby, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Andrew N, Crow, seventy-eight dollars and thirty-six cents; To Silas D. Davis, one hundred and eighty dollars and thirty-eight cents; To William Deale, two hundred and ninety-nine dollars and seventy-three cents; To Charles H. De La Montaigne, two hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-eight cents; To Charles Dever, forty-eight dollars and forty-six cents; To Solomon Devries, one hundred and eighty-nine dollars and eighty-six cents; To William J. Donovan, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Maurice Downing, live hundred and eleven dollars and thirty-seven cents; To John 11. Dunne, three hundred and thirty-seven dollars and forty cents; To George E. L. Egi 11 ton, administrator of Henry Z. Egin ton, deceased, fifty-six dollars and twelve cents; To Daniel E. Farmer, one hundred and forty-nine dollars and twenty-four cents; To Abram F. Ferdon, two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and eighty-one cents; To William J. Finn, one hundred and eleven dollars and fifty-three cents; To John E. Fitzpatrick, nine hundred and seventy dollars and sixty-eight cents; 454

Judgments. Court of Claims—Continued.

To Dennis J. Flanagan, thirty-eight dollars and twenty-eight cents; To Michael Flanagan, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Eugene Fliediier, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Michael J. Gaffney, fifty-two dollars and eighty-seven cents; To Louis Gates, four hundred dollars and sixty seven cents; To John W. Goodwin, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To William H. Gordon, nine hundred and thirty five dollars and nineteen cents; To James F. Graham, four hundred and eightyotie dollars and seventy-six cents; To John L. Graham, two hundred and sixty-two dollars and eighty-eight cents; To Charles F. Hague, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To John Hanley, ninety-five dollars and forty-seven cents; To Arthur W. Hanna, nine hundred and ninety-two dollars and five cents; To Michael J. Harney, twenty-five dollars and thirty-three cents; To Oswald R. Hartwig, three hundred dollars and seventy-six cents; To Frederick Hatfield, eighty-seven dollars and eighty-one cents; To Gustav 1and. Helfrich, thirty dollars and five cents; To A. H. Hendrickson, one hundred and forty-one dollars and ninety-three cents; To Theodore C. Hennings, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Martin L. Henry, six hundred and seventy-two dollars and six cents; To James E. Hernon, two hundred and seventy-three dollars and seventy cents; To William F. Hickey, one hundred and thirty-four dollars and forty-eight cents: To Leslie Horan, two hundred and forty-one dollars and seventy cents; To William C. Hull, five hundred and ten dollars and sixty-nine cents; To Aaron Jacobs, two hundred and sixty dollars and fifty-nine cents; To Bernard J. Kane, sixty-seven dollars and fifteen cents; To Constant Katz, thirty-five dollars and eighty-seven cents; To Timothy Keefe, sixty-three dollars and forty-four cents; To Robert N. Kiernan, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Theodore F. Klentzin, one hundred and ten dollars and twenty-one cents; To William H. Koehler, ninety-seven dollars; To George C. Koerber, five hundred and eleven dollars and thirty-seven cents; To Vincent Kozaak, four hundred and eighty-two dollars and three cents; To George S. Lamarche, six hundred and four dollars and twenty-five cents; To Henry J. Lautemann, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To William M. Lawlor, seven hundred and fifty-two dollars and thirty-nine cents; To Herman Lewin, three hundred and ninety-two dollars and fifty-seven cents; To Richard H. Lewis, two hundred and ninety-eight dollars and eighty-six cents; To James Lynn, fifty-six dollars and forty-six cents; To James E. Locktuin, fifty three dollars and eighty-one cents; To John F. Loonie, eight hundred dollars and ninety one cents; To John W. McCort, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Thomas J. McDermott, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Thomas E. MeEneaney, eight hundred and twenty-four dollars and fifty-two cents: To Patrick J. McMahon, sixty-three dollars and forty-four cents; To Daniel J. McNamara, three hundred and twenty-five dollars and eighty-three cents; 455 To William Marx, five hundred and eleven dollars and thirty-seven

Judgments, Court of Claims—Continned.

 cents; To George S. Mason, one hundred and eighty dollars and twenty Jive cents; To Peter H. Mauborgne, eight hundred and ten dollars and seventy cents; To Peter Mauch, four hundred and twenty-one dollars and fifty-three cents; To Oscar J. Mendel, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and sixty-one cents; To Thomas J. Merchant, twenty-four dollars and twenty cents; To Frank B. Merritt, one hundred and ten dollars and sixteen cents; To Prosper H. Mignard, three hundred and ninety-three dollars and ninety-seven cents; To Charles E. Miller, one hundred and forty dollars and seventy-six cents; To John Miller, two hundred and seventy-two dollars and seventy-five cents; To Janies H. Montgomery, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Hugh .Morris, five hundred and eleven dollars and thirty-seven cents; To David Mullan, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To William W. Munro, six hundred and thirty-six dollars and thirty-seven cents; To John J. Murphy, number one, live hundred and fifty-one dollars and twenty-two cents; To Thomas J. Newman, two hundred and ninety-nine dollars and forty-nine cents; To John F. O’Brien, four hundred and twelve dollars and ninety-three cents; To William G. Osmond, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Benjamin W. Pitcher, four hundred dollars and sixty-seven cents; To Walter Pitt, five hundred and eleven dollars and thirty-seven cents; To George Price, five hundred and eleven dollars and thirty-seven cents; To Jeremiah F. Quill, three hundred , and thirty-six dollars and nineteen cents; To John Quinn, three hundred and forty-two dollars and forty-seven cents; To Wesley J. Randolph, one hundred and ninety-three dollars and thirty-seven cents; To Owen J. Reilly, four hundred and forty-three dollars and forty-five cents; To Frederick H. Reynolds, eight hundred and twenty-nine dollars and twenty-eight cents; To Louis Reynolds, nine hundred and ninety-seven dollars and ninety-two cents; To Jacob Rosenthal, one hundred and ninety-five dollars and fifteen cents; To Robert E. Sasserath, two hundred and thirty-five dollars and eighty two cents; To Christian Schilling, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To August Schulz, four hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty-three cents; To Benjamin F. Seckerson, one hundred and fifty-three dollars and sixty-nine cents; To Charles H. Sedgwick, two hundred and thirty-two dollars and thirty two cents; To Owen Seery, seven hundred and fifty-two dollars and thirty-nine cents; and. 456

Judgments, Court of Claims—Continued.

To Julius Simons, thirty-five dollars and fifty-six cents; To Henry Spalding, one hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty-four cents; To Leopold Stern, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To John H. Stark, two hundred and sixty dollars and thirty-two cents; To Frank Start, two hundred and ten dollars and seventy-six cents; To Edwin P. Sutton, five hundred and eleven dollars and thirty-seven cents; To Joint F. Tancil, forty-six dollars and forty-one cents; To William F. Taylor, one hundred and forty-two dollars and ninety-three co 11 ts; To Edward H. Thieling, fifty-eight dollars and forty-six cents; To Charles R, Tice, seven hundred and twenty-three dollars and five cents; . To Thomas W. Vought, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Thomas J. Walker, one hundred and eighty-six dollars and sixty-five cents; To Stephen D. Walsh, two hundred and twenty-six dollars and thirty-three cents; To Edward Wellenkamp, fifty-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To George W. Whitney, one thousand and three dollars and twenty-two cents; To William J. Willett, one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and eighty cents; To John Wobbe, forty-three dollars and twenty-nine cents; To Adolph J. Xylander, thirty-four dollars and fifty-eight cents; To John T. Abrams, six hundred dollars and eighty-three cents; To George W. Ackerly, two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and seventy-two cents; To William H. Ackerman, forty-eight dollars and seven cents; To Frank T. Allen, two hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifteen cents; To Frederick W. Althisar, fifty-one dollars and seventy-seven cents; To Frederick W, Althisar, eighty-six dollars and ninety-eight cents; To John D. Anderson, two hundred and six dollars and fifty-five cents; To Robert H. Arents, seventy-nine dollars and ninety-one cents; To Robert H, Arents, one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and forty-nine cents; To Charles H Ashton, three hundred and ninety-three, dollars and eleven cents; To James M. Ball, one hundred and forty-two dollars and sixty-one cents. To Edwin F. Barker, sixty dollars and forty-two cents; To George J, Barrett, two hundred and sixty-one dollars and twenty-nine cents; To Thomas Barrett, eighty-six dollars and twelve cents; To William S. Baulsir, four hundred and eight dollars and one cent; To Fannie H. Beck and William Jackson, administrators of George E, Beck, deceased, two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty-nine cents; To Henry V. Becker, six hundred and twenty-two dollars and thirty-two cents; To Andrew Beckwith, four hundred and fifty-four dollars and twenty-three cents; To Thomas P. Bergin, three hundred and forty-three dollars and six cents; To George A. Blackmer, seventy-six dollars and ninety cents; To Catharine A. Blatchford, administratrix of Thomas A. Blatchford, deceased, one hundred and eighty-one dollars and sixty-one cents; 457 To Charles Boyle, one hundred and thirty-two dollars and sixty-four

Judgments, Court of Claims—Continued.

 cents; To Charles Boyle, sixty-four dollars and thirty-two cents; To Henry A. Boyle, thirty-four dollars and thirty-three cents: To John T. Brady, ninety-six dollars and sixty cents; To Dulton L. Breed, two hundred and ten dollars and seventy-seven cents; To William H. Brice, thirty-three dollars and ninety--four cents; To Jacob Brock, sixty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents; To Patrick E. Broden, seven hundred and sixty-three dollars and sixty-three cents; To William W. Brodie, thirty-four dollars and twelve cents; To John Brosnan, four hundred and twenty-five dollars and four cents; To Charles F. Brower, seventy-two dollars and thirty-four cents; To Thomas Brown, one hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-one cents; To Erastus E. Bryant, four hundred and thirteen dollars and nineteen cents; To Hannah M. Burtis, administratrix of Benjamin G. Burtis, deceased, seventy-six dollars and ninety cents; To Thomas B. Butler, seventy-six dollars and ninety cents; To Frederick Byrd, three hundred and fourteen dollars and thirty-two cents; To Bernard J. Byrne, seventy-six .dollars; To William P. Byrne, three hundred and six dollars and twenty-five cents; To Cyrus W. Cabble, three hundred and sixty-four dollars and eighty-nine cents; , To John L. Cain, seventy-six dollars and ninety cents; To Frederick K. Calnan, one hundred and twenty-one dollars and fifty-four cents; To Frederick K. Calnan, two hundred and fifty-four dollars and twenty-three cents; To John L. Callanan, thirty-two dollars and ninety nine cents; To Joseph J. Campbell, five hundred dollars and fifty-six cents; To Thomas Campbell, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To Edward J. Cantwell, ninety-one dollars and eighty-three cents; To John F. Carey, one hundred and sixty-two dollars and twenty-four cents; To Peter Cleary, one hundred and eleven dollars and eighty-nine cents; To Richard J. Coad, seventy-six dollars and ninety cents: To James Coll, one hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-one cents; To Michael Collins, five hundred and six dollars and seventy-five cents; To John F. Connolly, thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents; To .John F. Connolly, ninety-six dollars and fourteen cents; To John W. Cooke, five hundred and forty-seven dollars and twenty-seven cents; To John F, Corcoran, twenty-seven dollars and eighty-four cents; To John F. Corcoran, two hundred and seventeen dollars and eight cents; To Reuben L. Cornell, three hundred and seven dollars and seventy-nine cents; To Jeremiah Costello, two hundred and ninety-seven dollars and seventy-four cents; To Edward J, Cross, three hundred and sixteen dollars and fourteen cents; To Samuel J. Cross, one hundred and sixty-three dollars and seventy-eight cents; 458

Judgments, Court of Claims—Continued.

To Edwin M. Crysler, live hundred and thirty-one dollars and fifty-seven cents; To William J. Davidson, two hundred and twenty dollars and sixty-one cents; To William J. Davidson, eight dollars and sixty-five cents: To Susan Davis, administratrix of Solomon G. Davis, deceased, three hundred and nineteen dollars and twenty-nine cents; To James F. 1 Jempsey, one hundred and seventy-one dollars and sixty-six cents: To Nicholas T. Devlin, five hundred and twenty-one dollars and eighty cents; To Christopher J. Donohue, forty-four dollars and sixty-four cents; To Joseph I. Donahue, five hundred and six dollars and seventy-five cents;. To Dennis Donlan, thirty two dollars and ninety-nine cents; To Meshach F. Dorsey, one hundred and thirty-one dollars and seventy-seven cents; To Joseph Dowd, one hundred and forty-two dollars and sixty-nine cents; To Joseph JI. Downing, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To John J. Duffy, two hundred and thirty-three dollars and four cents; To William W. Dunbar, five hundred and forty-live dollars and fifteen cents; To Thomas J. Easop, eighty-four dollars and ninety-eight cents; To Thomas J. Easop, one hundred and twenty-five dollars and forty-three cents; To James J. Eggo, sixty dollars and eight cents; To James J. Eggo, sixty-one dollars and eighty-seven cents; To Charles F. Embleton, eighty-four dollars and forty-eight cents; To George A. Eales, forty-one dollars and eighty-six cents; To William A. Ferris, fifty-seven dollars and thirty three cents; To Bichard 8. Fischer, forty-four dollars and nineteen cents; To Thomas Flanagan, ninety-five dollars and forty nine cents; To James Fletcher, junior, forty-one dollars and eighty-six cents; To John F. Fletcher, fifty-four dollars amt ninety-three cents; To William K. Fletcher, five hundred and fifty-two dollars and forty-two cents; and To John S. Folk, thirty-one dollars and forty cents; To Karl 11. Forsberg, thirty dollars and thirteen cents; To Edward Fowler, one hundred and sixty-three dollars and seventy-seven cents; To Edgar I. Francis, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To John Freelan, forty-three dollars and ninety-four cents; To William 11. Galloway, one hundred and twenty-six dollars and thirty-three cents; To John S. Gaynor, two hundred and ninety-three dollars and eighty-one cents; To Charles J. Graham, five hundred and six dollars and seventy-five cents: To James H. Graham, one hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-three cents; To James H. Graham, one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighty-nine cents; To Harry B. Gray, five hundred and forty dollars and six cents: To William H. O. Green, one hundred and four dollars and forty-nine cents; To Delbert Greene, six hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty-nine cents; To William A. Greisch, one hundred and ninety dollars and ninety cents; 459 To William A. Greisch, one hundred and fifteen dollars and seventy-three

Judgments, Court of Claims—Continued.

 cents; To Charles H. Hahn, two hundred and sixty dollars and sixteen cents; To William IT. Hall, five hundred and seven dollars and twenty-seven cents; To Emery J. Hampton, six hundred and thirteen dollars and eightyeightcents; To Thomas J . Hanan, four hundred and ninety dollars and seventy-six cents; To George E. Handy, five hundred and twenty-five dollars and sixty-one cents; To Joseph A. Haven, four hundred and fourteen dollars and forty-one cents; To Joseph n. Heath, one hundred and fifty-five dollars and eighteen cents; . To II, A, Hendrickson, three hundred and four dollars and thirty-one cents; To Thomas D. Henry, three hundred and eleven dollars and five cents; To Wjlliam J, Heydinger, five hundred and thirteen dollars and eighty cents; To Henry L, Hilbert, forty-five dollars and forty-two cents; To Robert Hill, three hundred and forty one dollars and one cent; To William F. Hill, two hundred and ten dollars and seventy-six cents; To Joseph A. Hirsch, five hundred and seven dollars and twenty-seven cents; To James S. Hodnett, twenty dollars and ninety-three cents; To Alfred S. Hooper, four hundred and thirty-two dollars and forty-nine cents: To John 8. Hovell, two hundred and forty two dollars and five cents; To Johnson C. Hull, one hundred and forty-seven dollars and twelve cents; To Frederick A. Hunt, two hundred and two dollars and fourteen cents; To George W. Hutcheck, six hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixty-nine cents; To Manuel A. Ireland, one hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty-seven cents; To John E. Irvine, forty-two dollars and thirty-one cents; To Ralph Jacobs, two hundred and fifty-four dollars and fifty-four cents; To William H. Jennings, seventy-three dollars and forty-seven cents; To Frank Johnson, three hundred and eighty-six dollars and forty-four cents; To Martin Kaufman, four hundred and seven dollars and thirty-six cents; To Robert M. Keleher, two hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy cents; To Charles Keller, seventy-five dollars and seven cents; To Charles Keller, forty-six dollars and nineteen cents; To August G. Kellerman, two hundred and ninety-seven dollars and seventy-four cents; To John Kelly, two hundred dollars and thirty-seven cents; To Thomas A. Kelly, seventy-six dollars and ninety cents; To John W. King, two hundred and ninety-four dollars and ninety-six cents; To Robert F. King, three hundred and seventy-one dollars and fifteen cents; To Matthew Kinn, three hundred and two dollars and sixty-six cents; To Francis J. Knapp, sixty-nine dollars and nine cents; To Francis J. Kuapp, one hundred and three dollars and seventy-eight cents; 460

Judgments, Court of Claims—Continued.

To John H. Kollock, junior, two hundred and eleven dollars and seven cents: To Frank F. Krey, one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and three cents; To Joseph Lahancka, fifty-six dollars and thirty-eight cents; To Alonzo Lake, four hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifteen cents; To Joseph T. Lakeman, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To William It. Lame, six hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixty-nine cents; To Henry B. Lamy, six hundred and sixty-one dollars and sixty cents; . To John Lane, three hundred and nine dollars and seventy cents; To Daniel Lang, two hundred and seventy dollars and four cents; To Charles J. Latour, one hundred and eighty-eight dollars and ninety-six cents; To Charles J. Latour, one hundred and forty-one dollars and seventy-nine cents: To Alexander B. Lawrence, three hundred and eighty dollars and thirty-four cents; , To Jolin Leask, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To Jolin J, Leddy, five hundred and twenty-five dollars and fifty-three cents; To Harry C. Lee, seventy-six dollars and ninety cents; To August Lehnert, five hundred and fifty-two dollars and forty-two cents: . To Janies Lock wood, five hundred and seven dollars and nine cents; To Frank P. Loder, six hundred and thirty-eight dollars and thirty-two cents; To Thomas P, Lougking, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To William H. Lynch, five hundred and seven dollars and forty-one cents; To Hiram 8. Lyon, forty-three dollars and twenty-six cents; To Hiram S. Lyon, twenty-seven dollars and sixty-four cents; To E. W. McFadden, three hundred and twenty-nine dollars and three cents; To William F. McIntyre, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To Joseph McKenna, two hundred and fourteen dollars and thirty-six cents; To J. H. McLaughlin, three hundred and eighty-two dollars and eighty-eight cents; To James A. Mc.Leer, seventy-six dollars and ninety cents; To Joseph IL McMullan, sixteen dollars and seventy-two cents; To James E. J. McNally, thirty-two dollars and ninety nine cents; To James T. McNally, fifty dollars and fifty-five cents; To J. H. McPhilliamy, nineteen dollars and forty-five cents; To William A. Mackenzie, two hundred and ninety dollars and eighty cents: To Dermott M. Madden, one hundred and eleven dollars and ninety-two cents; To John J. Maher, two hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy-seven cents; To John J. Maher, fifty-five dollars and eighty cents: To Frank M. Manson, five hundred and forty-three-dollars and seventy-nine cents; To Charles Marks, three hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-eight cents; To John Marston, ninety-six dollars and eighty-two cents; To Edward T. Martin, two hundred and twenty-two dollars and sixty-five cents; To George W. Matthews, ninety-four dollars and seventy-four cents; 461 To John J. Meehan, four hundred and thirty-one dollars and ninety-one

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 cents: To Percy P. Middleton, four hundred and eighty-one dollars and thirty-five cents; To Edward J. Milde, forty-six dollars and eighteen cents; To Christian H. Moller, five hundred and fifty-four dollars and eighty-two cents: To Francis A. Morris, two hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixty-one cents; To William F. Morris, one hundred and twenty-six dollars and nine cents: To William J. Morrison, one hundred and seventy-six dollars and eighty-one cents; To David J, Mott, five hundred and twenty-six dollars and eighty cents; To Theodore F. Munn, five hundred and fifty-two dollars and forty-two cents; To Patrick J. Murphy, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To Bernard Murrin, seventy-three dollars and forty seven cents; To Frederick W. Nash, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To Sylvester J. Nash, one hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty eight cents; To William Nathan, five hundred and thirty dollars and ten cents; To George W. Naylor, five hundred and six dollars and seventy-five cents; To Joseph F. Newman, four hundred and twenty-one dollars and fifty-three cents; To John J. Nolan, ninety-six dollars and thirty cents; To John J. Nolan, two hundred and forty-two dollars and five cents; To Hassell Nutt, two hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty-eight cents; To Charles A. O’Brien, one hundred and forty-nine dollars and seventy-five cents; To Patrick F. O’Brien, four hundred and sixty-two dollars and thirty seven cents; To John D. O’Connell, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To William O’Donnell, two hundred and seventy-six dollars and fifty .seven cents; To Johu O’Grady, four hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifty-two cents; To John O’Keefe, three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and sixteen cents; To Frank L. Ohle, three hundred and ninety-four dollars and sixty three cents; To William J. Palmer, three hundred and six dollars and ninety-two cents; To Thomas W. Peek, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To George W. Pettey, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars and twenty-six cents; To George P. Phelps, seventy-six dollars and ninety cents; To John M. Powers, five hundred and fifty-two dollars and forty two cents; To Ralph E. Price, two hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy six cents; To James Pringle, three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy three cents; To Robert H. Quayle, two hundred and sixteen dollars and seventy three cents; To Patrick H. Quinn, three hundred and ninety-two dollars and twenty-five cents; To Thomas J. Quinn, two hundred and thirty-nine dollars and seventy-four cents; 462

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To Peter F. Ralph, thirty-two dollars and ninety-nine cents; To William 1). Reiber, lour hundred and thirty-four dollars and sixty-five cents; To Thomas F. Beil, one hundred and seventeen dollars and forty-eight cents; To Francis EI. Reilly, three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and ninety-seven cents; To Francis H. Reilly, forty-nine dollars and forty-four cents; To Francis H. Reilly, as substitute, twenty-six dollars and sixty-one cents; To Thomas Reilly, three hundred and forty-four dollars and sixty cents; To Thomas E. Reilly, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars and eleven cents: To Albert Kigali, two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and seventy-eight cents; To Joseph H. Rode, thirty-seven dollars and sixty-four cents; To Frederick A. Rose, forty-two dollars and thirty-one cents; To Thomas 0. Rothwell, two hundred and twenty-nine dollars and fourteen cents; To John H. Rugen, seven hundred and eighty-six dollars and seventy-four cents; To Michael J. Rutledge, two hundred and sixty-seven dollars and thirty-nine cents; To Joseph A. Ryan, fifty-four dollars and ninety three cents; To Lewis D. Ryno, seventy-two dollars and thirty-four cents: To Francis E. Savage, three hundred dollars and ninety-two cents; To William Schermerhorn, three hundred and eighty-seven dollars and eighty cents; To Peter W. Schneider, five hundred and fifty-two dollars and forty-two cents; To William J. Scoft, one hundred and four dollars and thirty-seven cents; To Henry W. Seimer, one hundred and eight dollars and eighteen cents; To William H. Shaw, three hundred and eighty-nine dollars and eighty-nine cents; To John W. Sheppard, junior, forty-four dollars and sixty-five cents; To James Shields, three hundred and ten dollars and seven cents: To Abraham L. Skelton, one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and thirty-three cents; To Samuel F. Skelton, fifty-six dollars and sixty-five cents; To Samuel F. Skelton, four hundred and eighty-three dollars and forty-one cents; To George H. Slater, two hundred and seventy-four dollars and sixty-five cents: To William W. Slocum, one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents; To George W. Smith, five hundred and twenty-eight dollars and seventy-two cents; To John M. Smith, six hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixty-nine cents; To Samuel E. Smith, one hundred and ninety-eight dollars and thirteen cents; To Samuel E. Smith, eighty dollars and thirty-two cents; To Thomas C. Smith, three hundred and five dollars and fifty-six cents; To Augustus F. Soer, two hundred and eighty-seven dollars and thirty cents; To George W. Sparrow, five hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixty-six cents; 463 To Arthur W. Spooner, three hundred and forty-one dollars and

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 eighteen cents; To Nora J. Spooner, administratrix of Edward Spooner, deceased, one hundred and three dollars; To George C. Stadtler, seventy-two dollars and thirty-four cents; To George Stanton, five hundred and forty dollars and six cents; To John C. Steinmann, two hundred and forty-one dollars and seventy-eight cents; To William Stevens, two hundred and eighteen dollars and eighty-seven cents; To Harry Stout, fifty four dollars and ninety-three cents: To August T. Stroller, forty-four dollars and nineteen cents; To Peter J. Sullivan, five hundred and fifty-two dollars and eight cents; To William A. Swinson, two hundred and ninety-one dollars and thirty-eight cents; To Edward Thomas, seventy-two dollars and thirty-four cents; To Wiley C. Thomas, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To William E. Thomas, sixty-three dollars and seventeen cents; To Charles A, Thompson, forty four dollars and nineteen cents; To Charles L. Tiemann, five hundred and sixty-eight dollars and eighty-eight cents; . To Henry Toelke, forty-six dollars and eight-four cents; To Albert E. Triquet, one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and thirty-eight cents; To Ernest H. Trumpler. five hundred and twenty-six dollars and eighty cents; To John C. Tully, four hundred and ten dollars and ninety-six cents; To Thomas 8. Turner, fifty-four dollars and ninety three cents; To Paul D. Vaill, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents: To James 11. Valentine, one hundred and ninety-eight dollars and ninety-six cents; To James R. Valentine, seventy-six dollars and thirty-nine cents; To Abraham Van Alst, seven hundred and ninety-one dollars and eighty-nine cents; To Albert Van Wynen, one hundred and seventy-five dollars and twenty-one cents; To William H. Wall, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To Walter J. Walsh, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To John E. Walworth, one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and thirty-three cents: To John E. Walworth, fifty-six dollars and ninety-nine cents; To John E. Walworth, one hundred and twenty-five dollars and eighty-two cents; To Thomas H. Ward, forty-two dollars and thirty-one cents; To Holly D. Waterbury, four hundred and thirteen dollars and twenty-eight cents; To Louis A. Webber, one hundred and ninety dollars and nineteen cents: To William G. Wehr, four hundred and ninety dollars and ninety-nine cents; To James 8. Weir, five hundred and twenty-three dollars and thirty-five cents; To Charles H. Wetherel, junior, forty-two dollars and thirty-one cents; To John J. Whelan, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To John 8. Whistance, one hundred and seventy-nine dollars and ninety cents; To Augustus White, two hundred and eighty-two dollars and seventy-three cents; To Frederick F. White, one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and forty-three cents; 464

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To Adam P. Wick, five hundred and forty seven dollars and twenty-seven cents; To George E. Wildey, four hundred and seventy-seven dollars and thirty four cents; To Harry A. Wille, two hundred and thirty-five dollars and sixty-three cents; To Howard Wilson, one hundred and sixty-two dollars and eighty-one rents; To Thomas F. Wilson, four hundred and ninety eight dollars and eighty six cents; To Charles 11. Young, three hundred and eight dollars and eighty-two cents; To George J. Young, three hundred and thirteen dollars and ninety-seven cents; To Henry C. Young, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To Louis F. Zehner, lour hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-three cents; To Alexander Zundt, forty-two dollars and thirty-one cents; To Charles S. Bagley, thirty-three dollars and forty-nine cents; To George W. Bessant, one hundred and twenty-nine dollars and sixty-nine cents; To John Coneannon, one hundred and twenty-five dollars and eighty-three cents; To Edward E. Earl, fifty-five dollars and two cents; To John A. MacDonald, fifty-two dollars and fifty-live cents; To Teter J. Murray, one hundred and seventy dollars and eighty-one cents; To Edwin A. Odell, three hundred and six dollars and twelve cents; To Charles Patterson, one hundred and seventy dollars; To Gustavus Fieriez, three hundred and eleven dollars and thirty-eight cents; To Jolin J. Quinn, fifty-five dollars and thirty-nine cents; To John J. Ryan, seventy-seven dollars and fifty-six cents; To Sylvester A. Ryan, thirty-nine dollars and eighty-six cents; To Leonhard Schroeder, ninety-eight dollars and sixty cents; To Leonhard Schroeder, administrator of George C. Schroeder, deceased, ninety-five dollars and ninety-eight cents; To Patrick A. Sullivan, ninety-three dollars and eighty-seven cents; To George H. Von Dreele, one hundred and twenty-five dollars and ninety-three cents; To-John V. Williams, one hundred and forty-two dollars and ninety-six cents; To John W. Carkhuff, two hundred and six dollars and eighty-seven cents; To Theresa Connolly, administratrix of William Connolly, deceased, two hundred and forty-seven dollars and eighty-seven cents; To Franklin N. Lockman, fifty-five dollars and six cents; To William Mann, three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and sixty-eight cents: To Cornelius B. Mettler, three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and sixty-eight cents; To Thomas Reilly, three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and sixty-eight cents; To James M. Ryan, three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and sixty-eight cents; To Frederick J. Schmidt, one hundred and ninety eight dollars and twenty-two cents; To Susan S. Sill, administratrix of Charles H. Sill, deceased, three hundred and twenty-four dollars and thirty-nine cents; To Charles H. Westendorf, three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and sixty eight cents; 465 To Joseph Ackroyd, six hundred and forty-two dollars and ninety

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 cents; To William 0. Anderson, three hundred and fifty-two dollars and forty-six cents; To GeorgeII. Armstrong, five hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighty-four cents; To Charles Asmus, two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and seventy-nine cents; To Louis M. Augustine, six hundred and seventy-five dollars and two cents; To Isaac Bonsall, five hundred and thirty-nine dollars and ninety-one cents; To Oscar M. Bradbury, six hundred and fifty-four dollars and ninety-one cents; To Michael Bradley, sixty-three dollars and seventeen cents; To Robert Cassidy, three hundred and eighty-two dollars and thirty-one cents; To John Chase, four hundred and forty dollars and thirty-three cents; To Frank Clinger, three hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-eight cents; To Edward F. Connor, two hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixteen cents; To Nicholas B. Coogan, six hundred and thirty-nine dollars and ninety-one cents; To John W. Curran, six hundred and nine dollars and sixty-eight cents; To Joseph H. Curtis, one hundred and twenty dollars; To William Dale, six hundred and sixty-nine dollars and thirty-three cents; To Edwin C. Davis, four hundred and forty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents; To William J. Donnelly, six hundred and fifteen dollars and fifty-six cents; To James J. Drew, three hundred and fifty-one dollars and twenty-one cents; To William B. Dugan, four hundred and two dollars and seventeen cents; To Levi S. Erney, three hundred and fifty-nine dollars and sixty-five cents; , To Joseph B. Evans, six hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-five cents; To John Feaster, four hundred and thirty-seven dollars and thirty-nine cents; To William E. Fetters, junior, six hundred and twenty-one dollars and eighty-six cents; . To George P. Fitzpatrick, four hundred and twenty-eight dollars and twenty cents; , To Joseph Gifford, four hundred and twenty-eight dollars and sixty-five cents; To James L. Gihon, junior, five hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents; To Edward F. Gorman, four hundred and sixty dollars and twenty-one cents; To John J. Griffin, three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and seventy cents; To John Hasson, six hundred and eighty-nine dollars and seventy-six cents; To Harry P. Hinkel, three hundred and ninety-one dollars and forty-nine cents; To Henry Holl, six hundred and forty-one dollars and fifty-nine cents; To Godfrey Kraus, one hundred dollars; 466

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To Edward M. Lane, five hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty-two cents; To Henry F. Lilly, six hundred and seventy eight-dollars and ninety-four cents; To Edward Little, one hundred and twenty-three dollars and seventy-seven cents; To William F. Madden, four hundred and three dollars and twenty-seven cents; To Louis J. Martin, three hundred and nine dollars and forty one cents; To James A. McGowan, three hundred and fifty-five dollars; To Harding J. Morrell, three hundred and thirty dollars and forty-six cents; To Frank A. Mutter, three hundred and twenty-two dollars and eighteen cents; To Michael Naughton, four hundred and fifteen dollars and fifty-two cents; To John D. Orr, four hundred and eighteen dollars and forty cents; To Christopher C. Purcell, three hundred and twenty-five dollars and twenty-seven cents; To Richard F. Quinn, six hundred and seven dollars and eighty-two cents; To Charles H. Rigby, five hundred and twenty-six dollars and eighteen cents; To Alfred E. Rumske, four hundred and twelve dollars and ninety-one cents; To James A. Shay, three hundred and ninety-six dollars and twenty-two cents; To William Slavin, three hundred and three dollars and thirteen cents; To Frank E. Trout, six hundred and twenty four dollars and eighty-three. cents; To William J. Turner, six hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifty-two cents; To Charles A. Urian, four hundred and forty-three dollars and twenty-one cents; To Charles G. Wilfong, five hundred and forty-eight dollars and six cents; To Milton L. Williams, three hundred arid sixty-seven dollars and fourteen cents; To Charles C. Young, two hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-two cents; To John Barry, six hundred and seventy-one dollars and thirteen cents; To James P. Bracken, six hundred and seventy-six dollars and thirty-six cents; To Hugh B. Carberry, three hundred and forty-five dollars and sixty-nine cents; To Maurice P. Carroll, six hundred and four dollars and forty five cents; To John E. Connolly, two hundred and eighty-five dollars and forty-eight cents; To Edward J. Daily, seventy-seven dollars and thirty-five cents; To Thomas A. Dames, seventy-seven dollars and thirty five cents; To Dennis J. Driscoll, four hundred and twelve dollars and seventy-six cents; To Benedict J. Federal, seventy-seven dollars and thirty-five cents; To Michael F. Fitzgerald, five bundled and ninety-three dollars and ninety-four cents; To James W. Ford, seventy-seven dollars and thirty-five cents; To Janies C. Glackcn, seventy seven dollars and thirty-five cents; To Harry P. Hinkle, two hundred dollars and fifty cents; 467 To TI, P. M. Hort), sixty-seven dollars and eighty-eight cents;

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 To Arthur H. Jordan, six hundred and eighty-eight dollars and four cents; To James V. Loughran, seven hundred and two dollars and eighty-two cents; To A. A. McHugh, junior, six hundred and four dollars and sixty-three cents; To Thomas McKeever, ninety-six dollars and thirteen cents; To Daniel E. McMouagle, live hundred and ninety-four dollars and se ve n t yth ree ce 111 s; To Edmund B. Maxwell, three hundred and twenty-live dollars and fifty-nine cents; To C. H. Morley, three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and five cents; To Jolin J. Nathans, seventy-seven dollars and thirty-live cents; To Francis X. Ryan, sixty dollars and seventy-six cents; To Samuel B. Trout, six hundred and eighty-six dollars and eighty-three cents; To Carson J. Tally, three hundred and ninety-two dollars and thirty-six cents; To Leonard W. Atwood, sixty-two dollars and twenty-nine cents; To William T. Bradley, sixty-two dollars and twenty-nine cents: To Arthur M. Cooke, one hundred and forty-four dollars and twenty-seven cents; To George W. Dawley, one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and twelve cents: To Joseph J. Edwards, administrator of George E. Edwards, sixty-six dollars and twenty-one cents; To E. W. Halstead, one hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifteen cents; To William J. Hudgins, two hundred and sixteen dollars and eighty-five cents; To James T. Marshall, two hundred and two dollars and sixty-three cents; To Max Morris, one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and sixty-four cents; To William H. Mosley, one hundred and twenty-six dollars and twenty-seven cents; To William G. Pettis, one hundred and forty-five dollars and forty-six cents; To John R. Ross, one hundred and sixty-six dollars and seventy-nine cents; To Walter Ruddiek, one hundred and nineteen dollars and sixty-two cents; To Cornelius F. Rudolph, one hundred and seventy-three dollars and fifty cents; To William R. Russell, one hundred and twenty-two dollars and ninety-four cents; To Samuel B. Seymour, thirty-nine dollars and fifty cents; To R. Pollard Walker, one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and ninety-eight cents; To Maurice D. Cannon, one hundred and seventy dollars and twenty-one cents; To Joseph F. Bild, thirteen dollars and eight cents; To Peter Boyle, thirty-two dollars and forty-nine cents; To Andrew M. Clemons, thirty-two dollars and fifty-two cents; To O. Edward Collins, thirty-two dollars and fifty-four cents; To Thomas F. Daly, thirty-two dollars and fifty-two cents; To George A. Dougherty, thirty-four dollars and eighty-five cents; To Henry C. Dwight, thirty four dollars and eighty-five cents; To John Gallagher, thirty-four dollars and eighty-live cents; To Edward Halpin, twenty-four dollars and sixty cents; To Frank E. Healey, twenty-seven dollars and twenty-four cents; 468

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To Stephen J. Hughes, thirty-one dollars and thirty-four cents; To Timothy Kelley, thirty-four dollars and eighty-three cents; To Edward B. Laugel, thirty-four dollars and eighty cents; To Valentine Lohner, thirty-four dollars and eighty cents; To Charles MeBrien, twenty-nine dollars and thirty-six cents; To Peter J. Mattimore, thirty-four dollars and eighty three cents; To Charles H. Mayne, twenty four dollars and sixty cents; To Otto E. Meissner, thirty two dollars and fifty-four cents; To Margaret Memminger, administratrix of Adolph Memminger, deceased, thirty-four dollars and eighty-five cents: To William H. Schoonmaker, thirty-four dollars and seventeen cents; To Spencer Stewart, twenty seven dollars and ninety cents; To William 11. Taft, twenty-four dollars and sixty cents; To Cleveland B. Taylor, nineteen dollars and seventy-one cents; To .John H. Tripp, thirty-four dollars and eighty-live cents; To William M. Wagner, six dollars and fifty-two cents; To Frank P. Weiss, twenty-five dollars and fifty-one cents; To Emory P. Willey, thirty-seven dollars and eleven cents; To John B. Willoh, thirty-two dollars and fifty-two cents; To Louis A. Berg, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Thomas J. Brown, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To William Collister, two hundred and six dollars and sixty-five cents; To Charles Colstad, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To M. A. Concannoii, one hundred and eighty-two dollars and twenty-two cents; . To Martin S. Cunningham, two hundred and twenty dollars and eight cents; To Daniel Curran, two hundred and fifty-eight dollars and twenty-six cents; To Harry A. Duncan, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To George H. Foster, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Luke GafTey, one hundred and sixty-four dollars and ninety-one cents; To Thomas Galbraith, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To David D. Geary, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Edwin F, Gibbs, three hundred and fifty-eight dollars and nine cents; To Jolin J. Hanrahan, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Thomas M. Heaney, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To William H. Hogan, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Charles Holt her, two hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty-eight cents; To Peter B. Klein, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Theodore Kramer, one hundred and ninety-seven dollars and seven cents; To John Kuelzow, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To August Leeseberg, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; 469 To Michael H. Lyons, three hundred and thirty-four dollars and six

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 cents; To Frank McGirr, fifty-one dollars and fifty-six cents; To John F. McGrew, three hundred and twenty-two dollars and four cents; To Albert C. Melhorn, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Henry G. Moran, two hundred mid fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Edward O’Connell, two hundred and twenty-six dollars and ninety-four cents; To Peter J. O’Connor, one hundred and thirty one dollars and fifty cents; To Thomas O’Neil, three hundred and thirty-four dollars and six cents; To Matthew Rankin, four hundred and sixty-eight dollars and nine cents; To Robert R. Sampson,two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To William Schaefer, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Valentine Steele, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Henry Sumner, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; T Maurice D. Sweig, three hundred and twenty-two dollars and four cents; To Walter Tallman, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To W. H. Thompson, two hundred and twenty-one dollars and fifty-two cents; To Maurice J. Wallace, one hundred and eighty-three dollars and fifty-three cents; To William Weber, two hundred and fifteen dollars and forty-one cents; To William H. Wiley, twenty-two dollars and seventy-two cents; To William H. Wilson, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Rudolph R. Albrecht, fifty-eight dollars and thirty-seven cents; To Michael Baldwin, two hundred and ten dollars and eighty-one cents; To Henry C. Barlow, two hundred and eighty-one dollars and nineteen cents; To Henry P. Barnum, ninety-seven dollars and sixteen cents; To George Bartlett, two hundred and four dollars and four cents; To Melvin R. Beard, one hundred and sixty-five dollars and sixteen cents; To Michael J. Bellamy, one hundred and eighteen dollars and sixteen cents; , To Charles Boland, two hundred and forty-three dollars and ninety-two cents; To George W. Bormann, two hundred and seventy-nine dollars and thirteen cents; To Henry D. Buechel, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To James Burke, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Terrence Cairns, two hundred and thirty-nine dollars and sixty-two cents; To Stephen Carmody, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To James Carney, eighteen dollars and seventy-seven cents; To James F.Caulfield, two hundred and thirty-one dollars and forty-six cents; 470

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To Abram C. Christian, one hundred and thirty-one dollars and fifteen cents; To William T. Clayton, one hundred and eight dollars and fifty-three cents; To Charles A. Closson, two hundred and eighty-six dollars and thirty-eight cents; To Hartwig Goetz, three hundred and forty-six dollars and eight cents; To La Fayette Collins, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To George W. Cook, two hundred and eighty-one dollars and nineteen cents; To John H. Coughlan, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To John T. Croke, two hundred and thirty-six dollars and seventeen cents; To Nils J. Grona, two hundred and forty-six dollars and eighty-six cents; To William F. Culloton, two hundred and fifty-eight dollars and ninety-seven cents; To Bryan F. Daly, two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and forty-nine cents; To Edward Devereaux, two hundred and forty six dollars and eighty-eight cents; To Harry F. De Wolf, one hundred and seventeen dollars and fourteen cents; To Charles E. Doyle, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Henry Ebert, junior, one hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifteen cents; To Joseph B. Field, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To August C. Fischer, two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and forty-nine cents; To Edward C. Fluegge, sixty-one dollars and five cents; To Oliver P. Ford, two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and eighty-three cents; To Charles IL Foley, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Frank Foley, one hundred and eighty dollars and forty-five cents; To James Foley, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Thomas J. Foley, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Thomas J. Furlong, two hundred and thirty-six dollars and seventeen cents: To John D. Gallivau, one hundred and ninety-six dollars and five cents; To Albert E. Garnett, three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and eight cents; To John J. Gavigan, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Patrick J. Gerrity, one hundred and eighty-five dollars and seven cents; To Frank F. Gilbert, three hundred and twenty-two dollars and four cents; To Conrad Grau, two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and eighty-three cents; To John Hale, one hundred and eighteen dollars and fifty cents; To Wesley A. Hammond, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Herman Harms, one hundred and fifty-three dollars and twenty-nine cents; 471 To Frank E. Hartney, two hundred and forty-one dollars and ninety-six

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 cents; To Richard A. Haussner, one hundred and eighteen dollars and sixteen cents; To Joseph L. Hazen, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Edwin C. Hearn, one hundred and sixty dollars and fifty cents; To Thomas Hennegan, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Berent J. Hermanson, three hundred and eleven dollars and eighty cents; , To John Heron, one hundred and four dollars and ninety-eight cents; To Henry Hildebrecht, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; . To Justin B. Hodge, two hundred and two dollars and twenty-three cents; To James M. Hopper, two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and eighty-three cents; To John B. Hubbard, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To John Jacobson, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To James D. Jensen, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; . To Abram D. Jones, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Joseph Kaiser, fifty-nine dollars and eighty-one cents; To Francis Kearney, two hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighty-two cents; To John Kearney, one hundred and eighteen dollars and sixteen cents; To Thomas F. Kiernan, one hundred and fifty-five dollars and seventy-four cents; To Conrad Klein, two hundred and ninety-eight dollars and thirty-five cents; To Nicholas C. Knerr. one hundred and seventy dollars and nineteen cents; To Herman Kosehmieder, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Willliam Krelle, two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and forty-nine cents: To Gustave A. Kuehn, one hundred and eighty-five dollars and forty cents; To Louis N. Kurt, three hundred and forty-six dollars and eight cents; To Alexius Lampe, two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty-two cents; To August E. Larsen, fifty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents; To John F. Lavin, two hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty-nine cents; To John J. Lee, two hundred and fifteen dollars and forty-three cents; To James Lynch, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Timothy IL Lynch, three hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifty-nine cents; To Francis J. McDonnell, two hundred and thirty-nine dollars and seventy nine cents; To James H. McGee, three hundred and sixteen dollars and twenty-one cents; 472

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To Peter McGlinn, three hundred and fourteen dollars and twelve een ts; To Stephen McGrath, three hundred and twenty-two dollars and four cents; To John B. Manning, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Thomas J. Maroney, two hundred and fourteen dollars and fifty-eight cents; To Robert A. Matthews, one hundred and twenty-four dollars and eighty-nine cents; To George.U. Miller, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To John O. Mingo, two hundred and seven dollars and ninety-five cents; To Jolin H. Mitchell, one hundred and eighteen dollars and eighty-one cents; To Richard J. Moran, two hundred and seventeen dollars and thirty-two cents; To John E. Mullin, seventy dollars and thirty-three cents; To Herman A. Naper, two hundred and twenty-four dollars and nineteen cents; To Francis J. Nelligan, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Nick L. Neudorf, one hundred and eighty-six dollars and eighty cents; To Peter E. Nouses, junior, one hundred and eighteen dollars and sixteen cents; To James E. Nolan, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To James F. Nolan, two hundred and thirty-six dollars and seventeen cents; To Frank J. O’Brien, one hundred and eighteen dollars and sixteen cents; To Peter O’Brien, two hundred and fifty-four dollars and nine cents; To Patrick O’Kane, two hundred and eighteen dollars and fifteen cents; To Charles A. Olander, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To William G. Peters, two hundred and four dollars and sixty-five cents; To Conrad A. Peterson, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Joseph B. Petrie, one huudred and seventy-three dollars and thirty-eight cents; To Peter G. Pinter, two hundred and fourteen dollars and forty-four cents; To James V. A. Proudfoot, three hundred and fifty-seven dollar’s and seventy-two cents; To Herman F. Putz, two hundred and four dollars and sixty-nine cents; To James B. Raymond, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To, Thomas Reath, two hundred and seventeen dollars and thirty-three cents; To Thomas Roney, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Joseph J. Ryan, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Thomas J. Ryan, two hundred and thirty-five dollars and eighty-six cents; To Michael J. Scanlan, one hundred and eighteen dollars and sixteen cents; 473 To Charles Schlieckert, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three

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 cents; To Charles Schoen thaler, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three-cents: To Philip Schmitt, two hundred and sixty-three dollars and twelve cents; To Herman Schumann, five hundred and seventy-two dollars and thirty-four cents; To Moritz Schweim, two hundred and forty-six dollars and seventeen cents; To August Seefurth, two hundred and fifty dollars-and sixty-three cents; To Joseph J. Simmons, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Albert Stockman, thirty-one dollars and fourteen cents; To Charles H. Swift, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Fred. labeling, two hundred and twenty-four dollars and twenty-six cents; To Charles L. Tantow, one hundred and eighty-two dollars and twenty-two cents; To Jeremiah Tierney, one hundred and seventy-four dollars and twenty-two cents; To Swan Turrell, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To Ernst Von Danden, two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents; To John T, Wallace, one hundred and seventy-seven dollars and ninety-one cents: To Philip J. Walsh, two hundred and twenty-three dollars and fifty-one cents; To Edward Ward, twenty-five dollars and sixteen cents; To Swan A. Warn, one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and thirty-six cents; To John M. Williams, two hundred and fourteen dollars and fifty-eight cents; To John G. Witt, one hundred and eighteen dollars and sixteen cents; To Charles Woodward, one hundred and ninety-eight dollars and forty-one cents; To Theodore Zech, two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and forty-nine cents; To James H. Burbige, two hundred and sixteen dollars and sixteen cents; To Thomas J. Fitzsimmons, three hundred and thirty-four dollars and seventy-nine cents; To Frank Gerwe, one hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty-nine cents; To Charles A. Hallam, one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and eighty-one cents; To William F. Hengelbrok, four hundred and eighty-four dollars and twenty-seven cents; To J. Frederick Knarr, five hundred and two dollars and fifty-three cents; To Frank X. Holl, four hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-seven cents; To John J. Stretch, three hundred and seventy eight dollars and ninety-eight cents; lo Fred Blandin, one hundred and eleven dollars and fifty-seven cents; To Charles W. Bull, thirty-six dollars; To George H. Covert, seven hundred and forty dollars; 474

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To Gust Felgenhauer, one hundred and thirty dollars and twenty-live cents; To Ehas W. Fisher, three hundred and six dollars and and sixty-live cents; To Frank Friauf, three hundred and forty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents; To James W, Greeley, seven hundred and forty-eight dollars and seventy-three cents; To Waney Haman, six hundred and twelve dollars and sixteen cents; To Max W. Heck, two hundred and nine dollars and eighty cents; To Jens Johnson, six hundred and one dollars and thirteen cents; To Lucius H. Lewis, seven hundred and forty dollars; To James W. Mason, two hundred and thirty-one dollars and fifty-seven cents; To Nicholas Murray, five hundred and sixty-eight dollars and ninety-seven cents; To Louis P. Nelson, seventy-nine dollars and sixty-one cents; To John T. Price, one hundred and five dollars: To Charles J. Skow. one hundred and five dollars and forty cents; To James F. Smolleu, six hundred and fifty-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents; To William Weinecke, seven hundred and forty eight dollars and seventy-three cents; To Daniel Shea, four thousand and eighty-seven dollars; interest on this judgment from January seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, live hundred and fifty-two dollars and seventy cents; To Annie M. La Tourrette, executrix of James A. M. La, Tourrette, deceased, three hundred and thirty three dollars and seventy-five cents; interest on this judgment from December twenty-seven th, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to March ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. two dollars and sixty-three cents; To James M. Patterson and Jonathan N. Wise, executors of Alpha Wright, deceased, four hundred and fifty dollars; To Robert 8. Shields, one thousand seven hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty cents; To Gilbert H. Ferris, three hundred dollars; To Alexander B. Cooper, three hundred and eighty-three dollars and twenty cents; To Miles B. McMahan, one hundred and twenty-six dollars and fifty cents; To Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company, two thousand one hundred and fourteen dollars and seventy-one cents; To Frank J. Holt, executor of Parley C. Holt, deceased, three hundred and sixty-nine dollars and twenty cents: Provided, That this judgment shall not be paid until the Government shall be reimbursed for the amount wrongfully paid the widow of said Holt by the Post-Office Department November fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, on account of the claim covered by said judgment; To Elbert Wallace, three hundred and forty-five dollars; To N. M. E. Slaughter, two hundred and fifty-four dollars and twenty-five cents; To Uyleman A. Lockwood, seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents; To Ashland T. Patrick, sixty-nine dollars and ten cents; To Thomas W. Campbell, thirty-six dollars and forty-five cents; To James W. Parker, six thousand nine hundred and sixty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents; To Benjamin Z. Herndon, thirty-six dollars and eighty cents; To Abner Hazeltine, seven hundred and seventy-four dollars and ninety-five cents; To H. H. King, one hundred and thirty-five dollars; 475 To William H. Faucett, one hundred and sixty-four dollars and forty-five

Judgments, Court of Claims—Continued.

 cents; To Benjamin B. Grymes, William Jackson, and Robert Jackson, one hundred and eighty dollars: To Morris Wickersham, ninety dollars; To Charles C. Goodwin, five hundred and twelve dollars and sixty cents: To William W. Gilbert, sixty-four dollars and five cents; To William Zabriskie, sixty-two dollars and five cents; To Edward W. Turner, two hundred and fifty-six dollars; To Archibald B. Calvert, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three dollars and sixty five cents; To McLain Joues, three hundred and seventy-two dollars and ninety cents; To Charles H. Gorham, one hundred and forty-six dollars and five cents; To J. A. Thorn, two hundred and fifty-nine dollars and fifty-five cents; To Elbert Wallace, one hundred and eleven dollars and fifty cents; To Charles C. Waters, three hundred and fifteen dollars; To Frank M. Hunter, three hundred and eighty-two dollars and ¿sixty cents; . To William M. Van Dyke, nine hundred dollars; To the Boston lee Company, two thousand three hundred dollars; . To John T. Green, live hundred and ten dollars and seventy-five cents; To William T. Dryden, one hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty-seven cents; To Thomas W. Hotchkiss, three thousand and fifty-four dollars and fifty cents; To P. W. Magruder, executor of Henry C. Allen, deceased, two hundred and forty-eight dollars and eighty vents; To William M. Van Dyke, one thousand one hundred and six dollars and fifty-five cents; To Jolin A. Sigler, five dollars and seventy cents; To Henry K. White, administrator of Samuel Thompson, deceased, one hundred and sixty-five dollars and fifty-three cents; To William Nelson, one thousand one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and sixty cents; To George W. Ackerly, forty-one dollars and forty-three cents; To Patrick F. Doherty, three hundred and seventy-eight dollars and twenty-three cents; To Charles 11. Hahn, one hundred and sixteen dollars and fifty-seven cents; To John W. Hunter, fifty-five dollars and sixty-two cents; To Robert M. Kelleher, twenty-four dollars and thirteen cents; To Percy P. Middleton, fifty-six dollars and sixty-five cents; To Charles W. Morton, four hundred and thirty-four dollars and sixty-six cents; To John F. Pool, fifty-four dollars and ninety-three cents; To Daniel J. Reardon, three hundred and ninety six dollars and thirty-two cents: To John Sharkey, one hundred and ninety dollars and fifty-eight cents: To Solomon Styler, two hundred and forty dollars and thirty-seven cents; To William E. Thomas, three hundred and thirty-nine dollars and seventy-three cents; To David L. Van Houten, three hundred and five dollars and fifty-six cents; To Frederick H. Webber, three hundred and eleven dollars and seventy-four cents; 476

Judgments, Court of Claims—Continued.

To James H. Woodward, forty-four dollars and twenty-nine cents; To Thomas C. McMahon, two hundred and thirty-one dollars and six cents; To Morris Kirkpatrick, eighty-two dollars; in all, one million two hundred and seventy-four thousand two hundred and forty-six dollars

Proviso.

Appeal.

and fifteen cents: Provided, That none of the judgments herein provided for shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired. JUDGMENTS, UNITED STATES COURTS.

Judgments, United States courts.

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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 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 Fifty-nine and Two hundred and forty-two, and Senate Executive Documents Numbered One hundred and forty-nine and One hundred and sixty-one. and which have not been appealed, forty-nine thousand and sixty dollars and eighteen 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

Proviso.

Appeal.

for shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired. JUDGMENTS IN INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAIMS.

Indian depredation claims.

Judgments, Court of Claims.

For payment of judgments of the Court of Claims in Indian depredation cases in the order in which they are certified to Congress in Senate Executive Documents Numbered Seven, parts one and two, Numbered Eighty-two and One hundred and twenty-eight and Senate Miscellaneous Document Numbered Two hundred and forty-nine of the present session, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay and discharge such judgments

Deductions

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as have been rendered against the United States, after the deductions required to lie 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 after the passage of this Act, and such deductions shall be made according to the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, having due regard to the educational and other

Reimbursement.

necessary requirements of the tribe or tribes affected: and the amounts paid shall be reimbursed to the United States at such times and in such proportions as the Secretary of the Interior may decide to be for the interests of the Indian service: Provided, That no one of the said

Proviso.

Examination of judgments, etc.

judgments shall be paid until the Attorney-General shall have certified to the Secretary of the Treasury that he has caused to be examined the evidence heretofore presented to the Court, of Claims in support of said judgment and such other pertinent evidence as lie shall be able to procure as to whether fraud, wrong or injustice has been done to the United States or whether exorbitant sums have been allowed, and finds upon such evidence no grounds sufficient in his opinion to support a new trial of said case; or until there shall have been filed with said Secretary a duly certified transcript of the proceedings of the Court of Claims denying the motion made by the Attorney-General for a new

Certification.

trial in any one of said judgments: Provided further. That any and all judgments included in said documents which the present Attorney-General has already examined, and is willing to certify under the provisions of this Act, and any and all judgments rendered during bis 477 term of office which lie shall be willing to certify nuclei’ the, provisions of this Act may be certified notwithstanding the order of payment herein specified.

For the defense of Indian depredation claims which shall include the

Defense, etc., Indian depredation claims.

investigation and examination, under the direction of the Attorney-General, of judgments of the Court of Claims rendered under the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An

Vol, 20, p. 851.

 Act to provide for the adjustment and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations,” which have not been appropriated for, ten thou sand dollars, which sum shall continue available until expended, and the Attorney-General shall report to Congress at its next regular session all of said judgments concerning which, in his opinion, after such investigation and examination, there is no evidence, cumulative or otherwise, that any fraud, wrong, or injustice has been done to the United States.

Fox and Wisconsin River Improvement: To pay the judgments

Fox and Wisconsin rivers improvement.

Flowage damages.

and awards rendered against the United States for flowage damages caused by the improvement of the. Fox and Wisconsin rivers, Wisconsin, under the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five,

Vol. 18, p. 506.

 as reported to Congress by the Attorney-General and set forth in Senate Executive Document Numbered Ninety, of the present session, six thousand two hundred and sixty-three dollars and thirty-four 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

Vol. 18, p. 110.

 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 ninety-one, 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,

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 as fully set forth in House Executive Document Numbered Ninety-three, Fifty-third Congress, second session, there is appropriated as follows: CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER.

Claims allowed by Fix st Comptroller.

 state department.

State Department.

 Foreign intercourse: For salaries, consular officers not citizens,

Consular officers, not citizens.

 one hundred and fifty-three dollars. For allowance for clerks at consulates, two hundred and forty-two

Clerks, consulates.

 dollars and eighty-two cents. For loss by exchange, diplomatic service, six hundred and forty

Loss by exchange, missions.

 dollars and eight cents. For loss by exchange, consular service, one thousand two hundred

Consulates.

 and seventeen dollars and ninety cents. For relief and protection of American seamen, two hundred and

Relief, etc,, seamen.

 ninety-seven dollars and twenty-six cents. treasury department.

Treasury Department.

 Internal revenue: For salaries and expenses of collectors of internal

Internal Revenue.

Collectors’ salaries.

 revenue, one hundred and sixteen dollars and ninety-nine cents. For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal

Agents, etc.

 revenue, one hundred and fifty-three dollars and eighty-eight cents. For refunding taxes illegally collected, live hundred and forty-nine

Refunding taxes.

 dollars and seventy-two cents. Coast and Geodetic Survey: For party expenses, Coast and

Coast Survey.

 Geodetic Survey, fourteen dollars and ninety-five cents. Smithsonian Institution: For preservation of collections, National

National Museum.

 478Museum, except for service over Pacific railroads, nineteen dollars and sixty-two cents.

Independent Treasury.

Independent Treasury: For contingent expenses, Independent Treasury, one dollar and four cents.

Public buildings.

Repairs.

Miscellaneous: For repairs and preservation of public buildings, ninety-five dollars and forty-eight cents.

Assistant custodians.

For pay of assistant custodians and janitors, thirty dollars and ninety-seven cents. ,

Furniture.

For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, twenty-five dollars and eighty-two cents.

Fuel, etc.

For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, seven dollars and eighty-three cents.

Heating apparatus.

For heating apparatus for public buildings, forty-four dollars and seventy-five cents. war department.

War Department.

Public buildings, etc.

For contingent expenses, public buildings and grounds, under Chief Engineer, five dollars and eleven cents. interior department.

Interior Department.

Publicand lands.

Public Land Service: For surveying the public lands, thirteen

Surveying.

thousand nine hundred and forty-five dollars and ninety-three cents.

Geological Survey.

For Geological Survey, nine dollars and fifty-two cents.

Reimbursing receivers.

For reimbursements to receivers of public moneys, excess of deposits,, live hundred and ten dollars and fifty cents. department of agriculture.

Department of Agriculture.

Botany Division.

For botanical investigations and experiments, eleven dollars and nineteen cents. department of justice.

Department of Justice.

Marshals.

For fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts, five thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars and eighty-three cents.

District attorneys.

For fees of district attorneys. United States courts, one hundred and six dollars.

Special compensation.

For special compensation of district attorneys, United States courts, one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars.

Assistants.

For pay of special assistant attorneys, United States courts, two hundred and fifty dollars.

Clerks.

For fees of clerks, United States courts, one hundred and ninety-seven dollars and ninety-five cents.

Coinm issioners.

For fees of commissioners, United States courts, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and thirty cents.

Jurors.

For fees of jurors. United States courts, seventy-nine dollars and ninety cents.

Witnesses.

For fees of witnesses, United States courts, two hundred and forty-one dollars and sixty-five cents.

Support of prisoners.

For support of prisoners, United States courts, six hundred and ninety-eight dollars and ninety-two cents.

Peut.

For rent of court rooms. United States courts, three hundred and twenty-five dollars.

Bailiffs, etc.

For pay of bailiffs, and so forth, United States courts, three hundred and thirty-eight dollars.

Miscellaneous.

For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, six hundred and ninety-two dollars and fifty-six cents.

Indian Territory courts.

For expenses, United States courts at South McAlester and Ardmore, Indian Territory, seventy-three dollars and eighty cents.

Siqiervisors of elections.

For lees of supervisors of elections, thirty-five dollars. 479 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST AUDITOR AND COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.

Claims allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of Customs.

 For repayment of importers, excess of deposits, customs, five hundred

Repaying importers.

 and sixteen dollars and eighty-nine cents. For Life-Saving Service, four hundred and two dollars and sixty-six

Life-Saving service.

 cents. For supplies of Light-Houses, eighty-seven dollars and sixty-two

Light-Houses, supplies.

 cents. For expenses of buoyage, fifteen dollars and twenty-five cents.

Buoyage.

 For salaries, keepers of Light-Houses, one hundred and eighty-one

Keepers.

 dollars and four cents. For expenses of fog signals, ten dollars and twenty cents.

Fog signals.

 For expenses of Revenue Cutter Service, seventy-two dollars and

Revenue Marine.

 ninety-two cents. For collecting the revenue from customs, one thousand three hundred

Customs revenue.

 and forty-two dollars and nineteen cents. For enforcement of Chinese exclusion Act, two thousand three hundred

Chinese exclusion.

 and sixty dollars and thirty cents. WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS CERTIFIED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

War Depart mens claims, Second Auditor and Comptroller.

 For pay, and so forth, of the Army, nine thousand and four dollars

Army pay.

 and forty-seven cents. For pay of mounted riflemen (volunteers), under Lieutenant-Colonel

Mounted riflemen.

 John C. Fremont, seventy-five dollars. For traveling expenses of First Michigan Cavalry, one hundred and

First Michigan Cavalry.

 seventy-six dollars and seventy-four cents. For traveling expenses of California and Nevada volunteers, one

California and Nevada volunteers.

 hundred and eighty-seven dollars and twenty-one cents. For collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers, thirty-five dollars

V ohintecrs.

 and ninety-live cents. For expenses of recruiting, one dollar and sixty-six cents.

Recruiting.

 For Medical and Hospital Department, one hundred and fifty-two

Medical department.

 dollars and seventy-five cents. For ordnance stores, mounting guns, and so forth, twenty-six dollars

Ordnance steres.

 and sixty cents. INDIAN CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Indian claims, Section Auditor and Comptroller.

 For pay of Indian agents, six hundred and sixteen dollars and forty-six

Indian agents.

 cents. For contingencies, Indian Department, one hundred and six dollars

Contingencies.

 and twenty-six cents. For support of Pawnees, schools, ninety-five dollars and seventy-two

Pawnees.

 cents. For collecting and subsisting Apaches of Arizona and New Mexico,

Apaches.

 five hundred and eighty-three dollars and twenty cents. For Indian schools, support, one thousand and ninety-eight dollars

Schools.

 and sixty-nine cents. For Indian school, Genoa, Nebraska, support, one hundred and forty-eight

Genoa, Nebr.

 dollars and twenty cents. For Indian school, Salem, Oregon, support, twelve dollars and thirty-three

Salem, Oreg.

 cents. For incidentals in New Mexico, including employees, support and

Incidentals.

New Mexico.

 civilization, fifteen dollars. For incidentals in Oregon, including support and civilization, one

Oregon.

 dollar and thirty-seven cents. For incidentals in Washington, including employees, support and

Washington.

 civilization, one hundred and ninety-one dollars and fifty-five cents. 480

Supplies, purchasing.

For telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies, one hundred and fifty one dollars and ten cents.

Transporting.

For transportation of Indian supplies, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, six thousand one hundred and fifty-five dollars and eighty-two cents. For transportation of Indian supplies, eighteen hundred and ninety-one and prior years, three hundred and eighty-nine dollars and seventy-one cents. WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED RY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Claimand allowed by Third Auditor mid Second Comptroller..

War Department.

For subsistence of the Army, six hundred and seventy-five dollars

Army subsistence.

and ninety-five cents.

Quartermaster’s Department. supplies.

For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, three hundred and fifty-nine dollars and ninety-seven cents.

Incidental expensed.

For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department (except for service over Pacific railroads), three hundred and thirty four dollars and seventy-eight cents.

Transportation.

For transportation of the Army and its supplies (except for service over Pacific railroads), one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five dollars and three cents.

Fifty percent arrears.

For fifty per centum of arrears of Army transportation due certain land-grant railroads, six dollars and twenty-eight cents.

Clothing, etc.

For clothing, and camp and garrison equipage, seventy dollars.

Horses.

For horses for cavalry and artillery, one hundred and sixty-five dollar’s.

Barracks and quarandters.

For barracks and quarters, four thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty-three cents.

Cemeteries.

For national cemeteries, sixty-two dollars and nineteen cents.

Observation of storms.

For observation and report of storms (except for service over Pacific railroads), twelve dollars and sixty-six cents.

Transportation, Signal Service.

For Signal Service, transportation (except for service over Pacific railroads), thirty-two dollars and twenty-eight cents.

Military Academy.

For current and ordinary expenses, Military Academy, five dollars and fifty cents.

Fortifications.

For contingencies of fortifications, one hundred and sixty-one dollars.

Manatee Rivers Fla.

For improving Manatee River, Florida, fifty-six dollars and thirty-seven cents.

Marietta, Ga., come tery.

For road from Marietta to national cemetery, Georgia, sixteen dollars and six cents.

Hot Springs hospital.

For Army and Navy Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas, forty-eight dollars and eighty-one cents.

Volunteers.

For refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers, two thousand four hundred and forty-four dollars and fifty-nine cents.

Horses, etc., chums.

For horses and other property lost in the military service, except the claim of the Security Insurance Company for four thousand dollars, ten thousand nine hundred and fifty-two dollars and eleven cents.

Oregon and Washand ingloii volunteers.

For pay, transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon and Washington volunteers in eighteen hundred and fifty five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, fifteen dollars and seventy-two cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Claims allowed by Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller.

Pay, Navy.

For pay of the Navy, thirteen thousand six hundred and ninety-eight dollars and seventy-six cents.

Miscellaneous.

For pay, miscellaneous (except for services over Pacific railroads), twenty-eight dollars and one cent.

Marine Corps.

For pay, Marine Corps, two hundred and fifty-two dollars and twenty-seven cents. For provisions, Marine Corps, fifty-two dollars and eighty-four cents. 481 For contingent, Marine Corps, thirty-two dollars and fifty-seven cents. For contingent, Bureau of Ordnance, one hundred and twenty-seven

Bureau of Ordinance.

 dollars and eighty-six cents. For maintenance, yards and docks, Bureau of Yards and Docks,

Bureau of Yards and Docks.

 thirty-eight dollars and sixty six cents. For commission on dry docks, Bureau of Yards and Docks, three dollars and ninety-six cents. For contingent, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, eighty-three

Bureau of Equip, merit mid Recruiting.

dollars and seventy-four cents. For contingent, Bureau of Navigation, ninety-nine cents.

Bureau of Navigation.

 For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair,

Bureau of Construction and Repair.

 ninety-two dollars and fifty-three cents. For steam machinery, Bureau of Steam Engineering, twenty-seven

Bureau of Steam Engineering.

cents. For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, one hundred

Bureau of Supplies and Account and.

 and ninety dollars and forty cents. For contingent, provisions and clothing, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, three hundred and one dollars and twenty-nine cents. For medical department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, fourteen

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

 dollars. For enlistment bounties to seamen, three thousand eight hundred

Enlistment bounties.

 and nineteen dollars and twenty-two cents. For bounty for the destruction of enemies’ vessels, one hundred and

Bounty, destruction of enemies’ vessels.

 fifty dollars and ninety-one cents. . For destruction of clothing and bedding for sanitary reasons, seventy-nine

Destroyed clothing.

 dollars and eighty-four cents. For indemnity for lost clothing, nine hundred and forty-five

Lost clothing.

 dollars and eighty-seven cents. For mileage, Navy: Graham decision—For the payment of claims for

Mileage, Navy.

 difference between actual expenses and mileage allowed under the

Graham decision.

 decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Graham versus the United States, sixteen thousand one hundred and eighty-two dollars and nine cents. For Navy pensions, fifty-eight dollars.

Navy pensions.

 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SIXTH AUDITOR.

Claims allowed by Sixth Auditor.

 For deficiency in the postal revenue, eighteen hundred and ninety-one

Deficiency, postal revenue.

 and prior years, as follows: For railroads, six thousand six hundred and thirty-six dollars and

Railroads.

 fourteen cents; For letter-carriers, two hundred and fifty-three dollars and sixty-six

Letter-carriers.

 cents; For mail messenger, eighty dollars;

Mail messenger.

 For star routes, forty dollars and thirty-five cents;

Star routes.

 For railway postal clerks, one hundred and sixty-four dollars and

Postal dorks.

 thirty-five cents; For miscellaneous, First Assistant Postmaster-General, forty dollars;

Miscellaneous.

 For special delivery, eight cents;

Special delivery.

 For compensation of postmasters, thirty-nine thousand three hundred

Postmasters.

 and ninety-three dollars and ninety cents; For clerk hire, one thousand and twenty-three dollars and sixty-seven

Clerk hire.

 cents; For rent, light, and fuel, two thousand three hundred and nine dollars

Rent, etc.

 and fifty-five cents; in all, forty-nine thousand nine hundred and forty-one dollars and seventy 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 balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the

Vol. 18, p. 110.

 Act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and under 482 appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress

Vol. 23, p. 254.

under section two of the Act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-lour, as fully set forth in Senate Executive Document Numbered One hundred and fifty-two, Fifty-third Congress, second session, there is appropriated as follows: CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER.

Claims allowed by First comptroller.

 state department.

State Departmenu

Consular salaries.

Foreign Intercourse: For salaries, consular service, two hundred and ninety-eight dollars and eighteen cents.

Services to Ameriean vessels.

For pay of consular officers for services to American vessels and seamen, one hundred and five dollars and fifty cents. treasury department.

Treasury Department.

Internal revenue.

Internal Revenue: For salaries and expenses of agents and

Agents etc.

subordinate officers of internal revenue, fifty-two dollars and seventy-five cents.

Refunding taxes.

For refunding taxes illegally collected, two hundred and fifty-three dollars and sixty-seven cents.

Independent Treasury.

Independent Treasury: For contingent expenses Independent Treasury, five dollars and fourteen cents.

National Museum.

Under Smithsonian Institution: For preservation of collections, National Museum, twenty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents.

Suppressing counterfeiting, etc.

Miscellaneous: For suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes, five dollars.

Fuel, lights, etc.

For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, nine dollars and fifty cents.

Furniture, etc. and

For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, seventy-five cents.

Washington Territory.

For salaries, governor, and so forth, Territory of Washington, one hundred and ninety-five dollars and sixty-eight cents.

Marshals.

For salaries of district marshals, two hundred and fifty dollars. war department.

War Department.

Lighting Executive Mansion.

For lighting, and so forth, Executive Mansion, and so forth, twenty-four dollars and seventy-five cents. interior department.

Interior Department.

Stationery.

For stationery, Department of the Interior, twelve dollars.

Pension investigation.

For investigation of pension cases, Pension Office, ten dollars and two cents.

Geological Survey.

Public land service: For Geological Survey (except for service over Pacific railroads), five hundred and forty-seven dollars and twelve cents.

Surveying.

For surveying the public lands, three thousand two hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-four cents.

Land offices.

For contingent expenses of laud offices, one dollar and twenty cents.

Reimbursing receivers.

For reimbursement to receivers of public moneys for excess of deposits, five hundred and fifty-three dollars. department of agriculture.

Department of Agriculture.

Vegetable pathology.

For vegetable pathological investigations and experiments (except for service over Pacific railroads), thirty-three dollars and eighty-five cents. 483 department of justice.

Depnrhiient of Justice.

 For fees of commissioners, United States courts, one thousand two

Commissioners.

 hundred and forty-two dollars and seventy cents. For rent and incidental expenses, Territory of Alaska, one hundred

Alaska, expenses.

 and seven dollars and fifty cents. For rent of court rooms, United States courts, three hundred and

Beat.

 fifty dollars. For fees of district attorneys, United States courts, two thousand

District attorneys.

 and thirty-live dollars. For pay of special assistant attorneys, United States courts, fifteen

Special assistants.

 thousand dollars. For fees of clerks, United States courts, thirty-seven dollars and

Clerks.

 thirty cents. For fees of supervisors of elections, three thousand three hundred

Supervisors of elections.

 and sixty-five dollars. For excess of deposits, one hundred and twenty dollars and sixty

Excess of deposits.

 cents. For fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts, seven hundred

Marshals.

 and thirteen dollars and seventy-six cents. For fees of witnesses, United States courts, one hundred mid ninety-seven

Witnesses.

 dollars and seventy cents. For support of prisoners, United States courts, one thousand six

Support of prisoners.

 hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty cents. For pay of bailiffs, and so forth, United States courts, one hundred

Bailiffs, etc.

 dollars. For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, six hundred and

Miscellaneous.

 forty-five dollars and fifty-three cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST AUDITOR AND COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.

Claims allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of Customs.

 For repayment to importers excess of deposits, customs, one hundred

Repaying importers.

 and thirty-seven dollars and eighty-one cents. For expenses of .Revenue-Cutter Service, one hundred and forty-seven

Revenue Marine.

 dollars and ninety-eight cents. For Life-Saving Service, twenty-eight dollars and nine cents.

Life-Saving Service.

 For collecting the revenue from customs, fifty three dollars.

Customs revenue.

 For repairs and incidental expenses of light houses, ten dollars and

Light-Houses.

 twenty-four cents. WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS CERTIFIED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Claims,Second Auditor and Comptroller.

 For pay, and so forth, of the Army (except for service over Pacific

Anny pay.

 railroads), nine thousand six hundred and seventeen dollars and ninety-four cents. For contingencies of the Army, sixty-two dollars and eighty-nine

Contingencies.

 cents. For Medical and Hospital Department, twelve dollars and twenty-five

Medical department.

 cents. For publication of Official Records, War of the Rebellion, three

Rebellion Records.

 dollars and twenty-two cents. INDIAN CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Indian claims, second Auditor and Comptroller.

 For incidentals in California, including support and civilization, five

California.

 dollars. For incidentals in South Dakota, thirty dollars and fifty cents.

South Dakota.

 For incidentals in Washington, including employees, support, and

Washington.

 civilization, two hundred and fifteen dollars and fifty five cents. 484

Agency buildings.

For buildings at agencies and repairs, twelve dollars and ninety-eight cents.

Supplies, transporting

For transportation of Indian supplies, two thousand two hundred and thirty-six dollars and forty-three cents.

Schools.

For Indian schools, support, live dollars. For Indian school, Phoenix, Arizona, three thousand eight hundred and ninety-six dollars and eleven cents. For support of Pawnees, schools, forty-three dollars and twenty-one cents.

Delawares.

For fulfilling treaties with Delawares, proceeds of lands, six thousand and ten dollars and fifty cents.

Iowas.

For fulfilling treaties with lowas, proceeds of hands, fifty-eight dollars and thirty-four cents.

Kaskaskias. Peoreas, Weas, and Piankehaws.

For fulfilling treaties with KaskaskiaS, Peorías, Weas, and Piankeshaws, proceeds of lands, one thousand two hundred and eighty-seven dollars.

Navajoes.

For support of Navajoes, forty dollars and six cents.

Sioux.

For support of Sioux of different tribes, subsistence and civilization, one dollar.

Agents.

For pay of Indian agents, five hundred and eighty-five dollars and eighty-seven cents.

Supplies, purchase, etc.

For telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies (except for service over Pacific railroads), four thousand and seventy-four dollars and thirty-four cents. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE

Interior Department.

THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Claims, Third Auditor and Second Comptroller.

Examining surgeons.

For fees of examining surgeons, Army pensions, two hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents.

Pensions.

For Army pensions, nine hundred and twenty-four dollars and ten cents. WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Claims, Third Auditor and Second Comptroller.

Army, subsistence.

For subsistence of the Army, two hundred and sixty dollars and one cent.

Transportation.

For transportation of the Army and its supplies (except for service over Pacific railroads), eight hundred and forty-nine dollars and forty-one cents.

Quartermasters Department, supplies.

For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, three thousand five hundred and twenty-seven dollars and sixty-eight cents.

Incidental expenses.

For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department, two hundred and fifty-one dollars and eighty-five cents.

Barracks anti quarters.

For barracks and quarters, five thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars and eleven cents.

Horses.

For horses for cavalry and artillery, three hundred and seventy-five dollars.

Trans pot tat ion, fifty per cent.

For fifty per centum of arrears of Army transportation due certain laud-grant railroads, thirty-three dollars and eighteen cents.

Oregon and Washington volunteers.

For pay, transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon and Washington Volunteers in eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, twenty-one dollars and sixty-three cents.

Officers, transportation.

For transportation of officers and their baggage, one hundred and fifty-four dollars and sixty cents.

Horses, etc., claims.

For horses and other property lost in the military service, except the claims of the Globe Mutual Insurance Company of Saint Louis, Missouri, Gilbert Elliott, receiver, and the claim of the Security Insurance Company of the city of New York, fourteen thousand four hundred and sixty-two dollars and fourteen cents 485 For improving Little River, Missouri, thirteen cents.

Little River, Mo.

 For improving Little Red River, Missouri and Arkansas, one dollar

Little Red River, Mo. and Ark.

 and five cents. For improving Little Red River, Arkansas, four dollars and nine cents. For improving Grass River, New York, thirty cents.

Grass River, X. Y.

 For Signal Service, pay, and so forth, two hundred and twenty-two

Signal Service.

 dollars and twenty six cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY TILE FOURTH AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Chilins allowed by Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller.

 For pay of the Navy, eight thousand live hundred and thirty-nine

Navy pay.

 dollars and ten cents. For pay, miscellaneous, eight hundred and ninety-three dollars and

Miscellaneous.

 forty-one cents. For pay. Marine Corps, thirty-six dollars and twenty cents.

Marina Corps.

 For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair, one

Bureau of Construction and Repair.

 hundred and thirty-eight dollars and ninety-five cents. For steam machinery, Bureau of Steam Engineering, twelve dollars.

Bureau of Steam Engineering,

 For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, twenty-one

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

 dollars and thirty four cents. For medical department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, fifty-four

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

 dollars and seventy-eight cents. For enlistment bounties to seamen, three hundred and sixty-six dollars

Enlistment bounties.

 and sixty-seven cents. For bounty tor the destruction of enemies’ vessels, three dollars.

Bounty, destroying euemier vessels.

 For destruction of clothing and bedding for sanitary reasons, one

Destroyed clothing.

 thousand one hundred and thirty dollars and sixteen cents. For indemnity for lost clothing, one thousand and eighteen dollars

Lost clothing.

 and thirty-four cents. For gratuity to seamen, one hundred dollars.

Graturity.

 For mileage, Navy, Graham decision; For the payment of claims for

Mileage.

 difference between actual expenses and mileage allowed under the

Graham decision.

 decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Graham versus The United States, nine thousand six hundred and thirty-seven dollars and one cent. For Navy pensions, twenty-seven dollars.

Navy pensions.

 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SIXTH AUDITOR.

Claims allowed by Sixth Auditor.

 For deficiency in the postal revenue, as follows:

Postal revenues.

 For canceling machines, fourteen thousand and ninety-three dollars

Canceling machines.

 and seventy-two cents. For rent, light, and fuel, two thousand one hundred and fifteen dollars

Rent, etc.

 and twenty-four cents. For clerk hire, one thousand two hundred and seventy-four dollars

Clerk hire.

 and thirty-one cents. For compensation of postmasters, one thousand eight hundred and

Postmasters.

 forty-three dollars and eighty-nine cents. For special-delivery service, two dollars.

Special delivery.

 For mail bags and catchers, twenty-five cents.

Bags. etc.

 For railway post-office clerks, seventy-three dollars and thirty-six

Railway postal clerks.

 cents. For inland mail transportation, railroads, four hundred and seventy-five

Transportation, railroads.

 dollars and fifty cents. For advertising, forty-one dollars and forty cents.

Advertising.

 For inland mail transportation, star routes, three hundred and eighty-eight

Star routes.

 dollars and eighty-four 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 486

Vol. 18, p. 110.

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 ninety-two, and prior years, unless

Vol. 24, p. 254.

otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section two of the Act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in Senate Executive Document Numbered One hundred and sixty-four, Fifty-third Congress, second session, there is appropriated as follows: CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER.

Claims allowed by First Comptroller.

 state department.

State Department.

Consular salaries.

Foreign intercourse: For salaries, consular service, one thousand one hundred and forty-pine dollars and forty-five cents.

Paris Exposition.

For International Exposition at Paris in eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, four dollars and sixty-six cents. treasury department.

Treasury Department

New York, assay office.

Mints and assay offices: For contingent expenses, assay office at New York, forty-nine dollars and thirty-three cents. interior department.

Interior Department.

Surveying.

Public lands service: For surveying the public lands, four thousand seven hundred and sixty-three dollars and seventy-three cents. department of justice.

Department of Justice.

Marshals.

Judicial: For fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts, two thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and thirty-five cents.

Special assistant attorneys.

For pay of special assistant attorneys, United States courts, two hundred and fifty dollars.

Commissioners.

For fees of commissioners, United States courts, fourteen dollars and ninety cents.

Jurors.

For fees of jurors, United States courts, four hundred and thirty-one dollars and ninety cents,

Support of prisoners.

For support of prisoners, United States courts, two hundred and twenty dollars and sixty-six cents.

Bailiffs, etc.

For pay of bailiffs, and so forth, United States courts, one hundred and fifty-four dollars.

Miscellaneous.

For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, ten dollars and fifty cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY FIRST AUDITOR AND COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.

Claims allowed by First Auditor and Commisstoner of Customs.

Light-House supplies.

For supplies of Light-Houses, eighteen hundred and ninety, sixty-nine cents.

Buoyage.

For expenses of buoyage, eighteen hundred and ninety, eighty cents.

Life-Saving service.

For Life-Saving Service, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifty-two cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Claim a allowed by Second Auditor and Comptroller.

 war department.

War Department.

Army pay, etc.

For pay, and so forth, of the Army, eight hundred and ninety-five dollars and seven cents. 487 interior department.

Interior Department.

 For telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies, eighteen hundred

Tmlinn supplies, purchase, etc.

 and ninety-four, one thousand and thirteen dollars and seventy-four cents. WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Chime allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller.

 For transportation of the Army and its supplies, ninety-eight dollars

War Department

 and fifty cents.

Army transportation.

Quartermaster’s Department, supplies.

 For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, seventeen dollars and thirty cents. For barracks and quarters, ten dollars.

Barracks and quarters.

 NAVY DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Claims allowed by Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller.

 For pay of the Navy, three hundred and thirteen dollars and four

Navy Department.

Navy pay.

 cents. For bounty for the destruction of enemies’ vessels, two dollars and

Bounty, destroying enemies vessels.

 ninety-two cents. For mileage, Navy, Graham decision, for the payment of claims for

Mileage.

Graham decision.

 the difference between actual expenses and mileage, allowed under the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Graham versus The United States, four hundred and thirty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents. For Navy pensions, sixty dollars.

Navy pensions.

 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SIXTH AUDITOR.

Claims allowed by Sixth Auditor.

 For rent, light, and fuel, eighteen dollars.

Rent, light, etc.

 For mail bags and catchers, ten cents.

Bags and catchers.

 For clerk hire, twenty-three dollars and thirty-two cents.

Clerk hire.

 For star service, two thousand two hundred and forty-seven dollars

Star service.

 and sixteen cents. For railroad transportation, one dollar and seventeen cents.

Transportations, railroads.

Postmasters.

 For compensation of postmasters, one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and eighty-seven cents. For canceling machines, thirty-two dollars and ninety-seven cents.

Canceling machines.

 For payment to the Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad Company

Annapolis and Elk Ridge-Railroad Company.

 amount of certified claim heretofore reported to Congress, and re examined and reported in Senate Executive Document Numbered One hundred and eighteen, Fifty-third Congress, second session, nine thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars. To pay William Fl. Moore amount certified to be due for mail service,

William H. Moore

Mail service.

 fiscal year eighteen hundred and sixty-one, in House Executive Document Numbered Thirty-two. page fifty-two, Fiftieth Congress, first session, ninety-three dollars and twenty-five cents. That the sum of thirty-five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars

John Gilliat.

Payment of French spoliation claim.

Vol. 26. p. 200.

 and forty-four cents appropriated to be paid to John A. Brimmer, junior, administrator of John Gilliat, deceased, in the Act entitled “An 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,” 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.
Sec. 5. That the sum appropriated to be paid to William Milligan,

George Wattles.

Payment of French spoliation claim.

Vol. 26. p. 004.

 administrator of George Wattles, deceased, in the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled, “An Act making appro- 488 priations 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,” be paid instead to William Mulligan, administrator of George Wattles, deceased, but the amount thus appropriated 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 was a widow, then that said sum be paid to the executor, personal Representative, or next of kin of such widow.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 308: To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to appoint ii deputy coroner, and for other purposes. Chapter 308 28 Stat. 488 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 308.—
An Act To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to appoint ii deputy coroner, and for other purposes.

August 23, 1894

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

District of Columbia.

Deputy coroner authorized.

Duties.
That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to appoint a deputy coroner in and for the District of Columbia. That it shall be the duty of the deputy coroner to assist the coroner in the performance of his duties and to perform the duties pertaining to the office of coroner in the absence or disability of the coroner. The deputy coroner shall, while acting as such, receive compensation at a rate not exceeding five dollars per diem, to be paid As other expenses of the

Bond.

government of the District of Columbia are paid, and shall give bond, to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 309: Extending the time for the completion of a railroad bridge over the Columbia River at or near Vancouver, in the State of Washington. Chapter 309 28 Stat. 488 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 309.—
An Act Extending the time for the completion of a railroad bridge over the Columbia River at or near Vancouver, in the State of Washington.

August 23, 1894

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

Bridge across Columbia River, Vancouver. Wash.

Time of completion extended.

Vol. 20, p. 309.
That the time for the completion of the bridge across the Columbia River at or near Vancouver, in the State of Washington, under the Act of Congress approved August twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River by the Oregon Railway Extensions Company,” be, and the same is hereby, extended until the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 310: To extend the privileges of the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement to the city of Ocala, in the State of Florida. Chapter 310 28 Stat. 488 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 310.—
An Act To extend the privileges of the transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement to the city of Ocala, in the State of Florida.

August 23, 1894

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

Ocala. Fla.

Immediate transportation privileges.

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 city of Ocala, in the State of Florida. And the said city of Ocala is hereby

Port of delivery.

constituted a port of delivery.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
489 Chap. 311: Granting to the Northern Mississippi Railway Company right of way through certain Indian reservations in Minnesota. Chapter 311 28 Stat. 489 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 311.—
An Act Granting to the Northern Mississippi Railway Company right of way through certain Indian reservations in Minnesota.

August 23, 1894

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

Northern Mississippi Railway Company granted right of way, Loech Lake, Chippewa, and Winand nebagoshish reservations, Minn.
That there is hereby granted to the Northern Mississippi Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, and its assigns the light of way for the extension of its railroad through the Leech Lake Indian, Chippewa, Indian, and Winnebagoshish Indian reservations, in the State of Minnesota; such right of way to be fifty feet in

Width.

 width on each side of the center line of said railroad; and said Company shall also have the right to take from the land adjacent to the line of said road materials, stone, and earth necessary for the Construction of said railroad; also ground adjacent to such right of way for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and

Stations, etc.

 water stations, not to exceed in amount two hundred feet in width and three thousand feet in length for each station, to the extent of one station for every ten miles of road constructed within the limits of said reservations: Provided, That no part of such lands herein granted shall

Proviso.

Reversion, etc.

 be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as are necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad 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 be taken.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to

Damages.

 fix the amount of compensation to be paid to the Indians for such right of way and provide the time and manner for the payments thereof; and also to ascertain and fix the amount to be paid to individual members of the tribe for damages, if any, by them sustained by reason of the construction of said road. But no right of way of any kind shall vest in said railway company in or to any part of the right of way herein provided for until plats thereof, made upon actual survey for the

Plats, etc., to be approved.

 definite location of such railroad, and including the grounds for station houses, depots, machine shops, sidetracks, turnouts, and water stations, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and until the compensation aforesaid shall have been fixed and paid, and the

Compensation.

 consent of the Indians on such reservations, as to the amount of said compensation and right of way, shall have been first obtained in a manner satisfactory to the President of the United States. Said Company is hereby authorized to enter upon said reservations for the purpose of surveying and locating its line of railroad, provided that said

Survey, etc.

 line of railroad shall be located, constructed, and operated with due regard to the rights of the Indians, and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe.
Sec. 3. That the rights herein granted shall be forfeited by said

Construction.

 company unless the road is constructed through said reservations within three years.
Sec. 4. That Congress may at any time amend, add to, alter, or

Amendment.

 repeal this Act.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 312: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Contentuea Creek at Grifton, Lenoir County, North Carolina, and to establish it as a post road. Chapter 312 28 Stat. 489 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 312.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Contentuea Creek at Grifton, Lenoir County, North Carolina, and to establish it as a post road.

August 23, 1894

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

Wilmington anti Weldon Railroad Company may bridge Conand tontnea Creek, Grifton, N. C.
That it shall be lawful for the Kinston Branch of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of North Carolina, or its successors or assigns, to.construet a bridge across the Contentnea Creek, at or near the town of Grifton, in the county of Lenoir and State of North Carolina; that said bridge may be constructed for railway,

Railway and wagon bridge.

 wagon, and postal service, with single or double track, for railway 490 traffic, and shall be constructed under the conditions and limitations hereinafter specified.
Sec. 2.

Free navigation.

 That said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river beyond what may be necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges herein granted, and in ease of any litigation

Litigation.

arising 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.

Draw.

 That the bridge hereby authorized to be constructed must be constructed with a draw of such dimensions and character as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 4.

Lawful structure and post route.

 That any bridge constructed under this Act shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known as 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 and telephone companies. The United States

Postal telegraph.

shall also have the right of way over said bridge for postal-telegraph purposes.
Sec. 5.

Use by other companies.

 That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall be entitled to equal rights and privileges in 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 ease they shall not be able to agree upon such terms and conditions.
Sec. 6.

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 That the said railway company, before entering upon the 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, giving the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high and low water, showing 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 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

Alterations.

of War may direct 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.

Aids to navigation.

 That the, said bridge herein authorized to be constructed shall be so kept and managed at. all times as to afford proper ways and means for the passage, of vessels, barges, or rafts under it both by day and night. There shall be displayed on said bridge from sunset to

Lights, etc.

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.

Commencement and completion.

Post, p. 597.

 That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within thirty days and completed within ninety days from the date of the approval of this Act.
Sec. 9.

Amendment, etc.

 That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby specially reserved.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 313: To authorize the construction of a lifesaving station at or near Rocky Point or East Marion. Long Island, New York. Chapter 313 28 Stat. 491 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 491

CHAP. 313.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a lifesaving station at or near Rocky Point or East Marion. Long Island, New York.

August 23, 1894

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

Bock y Point, N. T.

Lifesaving station authorized.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, anti he hereby is, authorized to construct or cause to be constructed a proper and sufficient lifesaving station at or near Rocky Point or East Marion, Long Island, New York, tor the uses and purposes of the lifesaving Service of the United States.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 314: To provide for the opening of certain abandoned military reservations, and for other purposes. Chapter 314 28 Stat. 491 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 314.—
An Act To provide for the opening of certain abandoned military reservations, and for other purposes.

August 23, 1894

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

Military reservations.

Lands on abandoned, opened to entry.

Vol, 23. p. 103.

Post. p. 665.
That all lands not already disposed of included within the limits of any abandoned military reservation heretofore placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior for disposition under the Art approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, the disposal of which has not been provided for by a subsequent Act of Congress, where the area exceeds five thousand acres, except such legal subdivisions as have Government improvements thereon, and except also such other parts as are now or may be reserved for some public use, are hereby opened to settlement under the public land laws of the United States, and a preference right of

Preferences to homestead act tiers.

 entry for a period of six mouths from the date of this Act shall be given all bona fide settlers who are qualified to enter under the homestead law and have made improvements and are now residing upon any agricultural lands in said reservations, and for a period of six months from the date of settlement when that shall occur after the date of this Act: Provided, That persons who enter under the homestead law shall

Proviso.

Payments.

 pay for such lands not less than the value heretofore or hereafter determined by appraisement, nor less than the price of the land at the time of the entry, and such payment may, at the option of the purchaser, be made in five equal installments, at times and at rates of interest to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 2. That nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to suspend

Appraisements, etc.

 or to interfere with the operation of the said Act approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as to all lands included in abandoned military reservations hereafter placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior for disposal, and all appraisements required by the first section of this Act shall be in accordance with the provisions of said Act of July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 315: To repeal House Resolution numbered one hundred and four, first session Fifty-first Congress, granting to Secretary of War n permit to license to use a pier at mouth of Chicago River. Chapter 315 28 Stat. 491 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 315.—
An Act To repeal House Resolution numbered one hundred and four, first session Fifty-first Congress, granting to Secretary of War n permit to license to use a pier at mouth of Chicago River.

August 23, 1894

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

Chicago, Ill.

Licenses of pier revoked.

Vol. 26, p. 685.
That House Resolution numbered one hundred and tour, first session of the Fifty-first Congress, approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “Joint Resolution to permit the Secretary of War to grant a revocable license to use a pier as petitioned by vessel owners of Chicago, Illinois,” be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and the property mentioned in the said Joint Resolution, to wit. the south pier of the Chicago River, shall be excepted from the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act authorizing

Vol. 27. p. 321.

 the Secretary of War to lease public property in certain cases,” approved 492 July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and said pier

Proviso.

Exception.

 shall not be, subject to be leased by the Secretary of War: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to abrogate the permit already granted by the Secretary of War to the Western Seamen’s Friend Society for the use of a part of the said pier.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 316: To amend section forty-eight hundred and thirty-three, Revised Statutes, and for other purposes. Chapter 316 28 Stat. 492 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 316.—
An Act To amend section forty-eight hundred and thirty-three, Revised Statutes, and for other purposes.

August 23, 1894

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

National Home for Volunteer Soldiers.
That section forty-eight hundred and thirty-three of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 4833. The Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer

Outdoor relief.

R. S., sec. 4833. p. 937, amended.

 Soldiers are authorized to aid persons who are entitled to its benefits by outdoor relief, in such manner and to such extent as they may deem proper, but such relief shall not exceed the average cost of

Proviso.

Use of funds to transfer inmates, in case of Are, etc.

maintaining an inmate of the Home: Provided, That in the even t that buildings at any Branch of the Home shall be destroyed by tire or rendered unfit for habitation because of pestilence or by the elements, then and in that event the Board of Managers shall have authority to remove the members of said Branch so afflicted or destroyed to any other Branch not so affected, and to do this, they may use any funds appropriated for the Home, notwithstanding they may have been specifically appropriated for other purposes, to the extent that such funds shall be necessary to effect such a transfer and the maintenance and support thereafter of said members so transferred, and shall report their doings therein to the Con gross and their expenditures

Limit.

as in other eases of expenditures: Provided further, That the appropriations for any fiscal year shall not be exceeded.”
Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect from and after its passage.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
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CHAP. 317.—
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway.”

August 23, 1894

. 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, D, C.

Charter amended.

Vol. 27. p. 326.

That the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to incorporate the Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company,” approved July twenty ninth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out all that part of the first section of said Act commencing with the word “beginning,” in line seventeen, and ending with the words “is to run,” in line forty-nine, and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

Beginning at a passenger station to be erected and maintained on the

Location and construction changed.

square bounded by Prospect, Thirty-fifth, M, and Thirty-sixth streets, northwest, as hereinafter provided for; thence westerly along Prospect street to or near Thirty-eighth street northwest; thence westerly and northerly on land to be acquired, except at street crossings, by said company to and across the Foxhall road; thence

At the end of Section one add: Every car shall be brought to a full

Crossings.

Vol. 27. p. 329.

Inspection regulations, etc.

stop before crossing the Foxball road. It shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to inspect, or to cause to be inspected, from time to time, the cars operated on said road, and to require of the said company that all cars and stations shall be of the first class, and shall be maintained in good condition, and that ears shall be run according to schedules which shall accommodate the public; the 493 said Commissioners shall also have the power to make such regulations as to the rate of speed, the use, of tracks, the removal of ice and snow’ from of the tracks, as the public interests may require; failure to comply

Penalties.

 with any such requirement or regulation, or failure to stop cars before crossing the Foxhall road, shall subject the company to a line of fifty dollars for each such failure, which line may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 2. That section six of said charter be, and the same is hereby,

Time extended for construction.

Proviso.

Completion.

Vol. 27, 333.

 repealed: Provided, however, That the said road shall be completed to the boundary of the District of Columbia and have cars running thereon regularly for the accommodation of the public within twelve months and to Cabin John Creek within eighteen months after the passage of this Act; otherwise this Act shall be null and void.
Sec. 3. That in order to accommodate the street railway traffic that

Passenger station at Aqueduct bridge.

 may converge at or near the Aqueduct bridge, under authority granted or to be granted by Congress, a passenger station is hereby authorized. Such station shall have ample provision for the safe, convenient, and comfortable transfer of passengers to and from the cars of the street railways using the same. All plans for such station and its necessary

Plans, etc.

 approaches shall be subject to the written approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. The said Commissioners shall have the power to settle any differences which may arise between the companies using the said station as to compensation or rentals or as to the necessary regulations for the control of said station. The said passenger

Washington and Georgetown Railway to build.

 station shall be constructed and maintained as a union passenger station, for the use of street railways only, by the Washington and Georgetown Railway Company. Said station shall be located on land already owned or hereafter to be acquired by the aforesaid company, which land shall be bounded on the north by Prospect street, on the east by a line drawn not less than one hundred and twenty feet west of the west line of Thirty-fifth street, on the south by M street, and on the west by Thirty-sixth street northwest. Within one year from the approval of

Extension of Washington and Georgetown tracks.

 this Act the said Washington and Georgetown Railway Company shall complete the said station and shall extend its tracks on M street northwest to a point not less than one hundred and twenty feet west of Thirty-fifth street, and thence into said station: and thereafter the said

Switching to cease on M street.

 company shall cease entirely to switch cars on M street northwest.
Sec. 4. That the street railway companies mentioned in this Act,

Expense of changes, water mains, etc.

 and hereafter all street railway companies in the District of Columbia, respectively, shall bear all the expenses that may be incurred by the United States in making and inspecting such changes to the water mains, fixtures, or apparatus of the Washington Aqueduct as may be rendered necessary by the construction or extension of such several roads; and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to make all regulations to carry into effect the provisions of this section.
Sec. 5.

That the Act to amend the charter of the Eckington and

Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company.

Extension of route changed.

Vol. 27, p. 65.

Soldiers’ Home Railway Company, approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, is hereby amended by striking out in Section one, beginning in line six with the words, “Beginning at the intersection of” to and including the words “point of beginning” in line twenty-nine, and inserting in place thereof the following:

Beginning at the intersection of Fifth and G streets northwest, east

Extension to Fifteenth and D streets northeast, etc.

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 (around the south side of Stanton Square by single track) to Fifteenth street northeast; thence north on Fifteenth street to D street northeast; thence west on D street to Fourth street northeast; thence south on Fourth street to C street northeast; thence west on C street to New Jersey avenue; thence north on New Jersey avenue to D street northwest; thence west on D street to First street, and to the point of beginning; also beginning at the intersection of G street northwest and New Jersey avenue, thence across New Jersey avenue to and along 494 G street to North Capitol street, thence north on North Capitol street to New York avenue, connecting with the main line and the North Capitol street branch; also beginning at the intersection of G and Filth streets northwest; thence south on Fifth street to Louisiana avenue, thence along Louisiana avenue to Sixth street west; thence south along Sixth street to B street northwest; thence west on B street (over its own tracks for such a distance as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall determine) to a point to be located by the said District Commissioners near the east curb line of Seventh street northwest, and returning by the same route to Fifth street northwest.

Also by inserting in Section two after the word

Increase of capital.

“hundred” the words, “and fifty.”

Also by inserting in Section three, as amended, after the words “two

Completion.

Vol. 27. pp. 66, 445.

years” the words, “and three months.”
Sec. 0. That Congress reserves the right at any time to alter, amend,

Amendments etc.

 or repeal this Act.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
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CHAP. 318.—
An Act To authorize the Washington Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company to extend its line of road into and within the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

August 23, 1894

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

Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company may lay tracks, etc., D. C.

That the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company, a body incorporated under the laws of the State of Virginia, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and lay down a double-track street railway, except as hereinafter provided, with the necessary switches, turn outs, and other mechanical devices, the number and location of which shall he approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, said street railway to be constructed and laid down through and along the following routes:

Commencing on B street, between Seventh and Eighth streets northwest,

Location.

at a point to be designated by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, thence westward along B street to Thirteen-and-a-half street, thence northward on Thirteen-and-a-half street to E street by single track, thence westward on E street to Fourteenth street on a single track, thence southward on Fourteenth street using the tracks of the Belt Line Street Railway, to the Potomac River, thence across the Potomac River by a suitable ferry or transfer barge to the Virginia shore, with the privilege of a double track on B street, from Thirteen-and-a-half street, connecting with the Belt Line Street Railway tracks at Fourteenth street.

And said company is authorized to construct its road across the

Crossing tracks.

tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad at or near the long bridge, under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

And the said Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric

Ferry slip.

Railway Company is hereby authorized and empowered to construct and maintain, after acquiring title to the same, at the loot of Fourteenth street, a necessary landing and slip for the operation of a ferryboat or transfer steamer, said landing and slip to be constructed on plans approved by the Secretary of War, and tor the purpose of connection

Overhead, wire.

to use an overhead wire for a distance of not exceeding four hundred feet, commencing at the extreme southern end of the slip.

And said company is also authorized and empowered to construct,

Steam Transfer boat.

maintain, and operate, subject to the supervision of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, a double-end steamboat or transfer barge for the transfer of its cars, with all the modern improvements for the

Proviso.

Condemnation of land.

safety and protection of its passengers: Provided, That the said company be authorized to condemn for its use for said landing and slip, as 495 provided for In this Act, a space not exceeding one hundred and fifty by two hundred feet.
Sec. 2. That whenever the roadway of any street occupied by the

Expense of widening street roadways.

 said railway company is Widened, one half of the cost of widening and improvement of such widened part shall be charged to the said railway company, and collected from said company in the same manner as the cost of laying or repairing pavements 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, is collectible under the provisions of section five of the Act entitled “An

Vol. 20, p. 105.

 Act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia, approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.”
Sec. 3. That when the route described coincides with that of a

Country roads.

 country road of less width than sixty-six feet, the railway shall be constructed entirely outside the road.
Sec. 4. That the said railway shall be constructed in a substantial

Construction.

 and durable manner; and all rails, electrical and mechanical appliances, conduits, stations, and so forth, shall be of approved pattern, and subject to the approval of the District Commissioners.
Sec. 5. That the said corporation shall at all times keep the space

Keeping street, etc., in repair.

 between its tracks and rails and two feet exterior thereto in such condition as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or their successors may direct, and whenever any street occupied by said railway is paved or repaired or otherwise improved the said corporation shall bear all the expense of improving the spaces above described. Should the said corporation fail to comply with the orders of the Commissioners the work shall be done by the proper officials of the District of Columbia and the amounts due from said corporation shall be collected as provided by section live of the Act entitled “An

Vol. 20, p. 105.

 Act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia, approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.” But no overhead

Overhead wires.

 wires shall be used or constructed except as hereinbefore provided nor shall steam power be used within the limits of the city of Washington: Provided, That the tracks of said road shall not be used

Proviso.

Use of tracks.

 for the transportation of any ears other than those used for the transportation of passengers on street railways.
Sec. 6. That nothing in this Act shall prevent the District of

Altering grades.etc.

 Columbia at any time, at its option, from altering the grade of any avenue, street, or highway occupied by said railway, or from altering and improving streets, avenues, and highways, and the sewerage thereof; in such event it shall be the duty of said company at once to change its said railway and the pavement so as to conform to such grades and improvements as may have been established.
Sec. 7. That it shall be lawful for said railway company, its successors

Construction.

 or assigns, having first obtained the permission of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, to make all needful and convenient trenches and excavations in any of said streets or places where said company 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 same manner and by the means herein provided, but shall forthwith restore the streets to a like good condition as they were before. 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 railroad company.
Sec. 8. That the said company shall, before commencing work on

Deposit for expenses of inspection, etc.

 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 496 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 consider 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 tor said purposes at such times

Proviso.

Disbursement.

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 street

Return of balance

shall be returned to said company on the order of the Secretary of War, with an account of its disbursement in detail: And provided, That disbursements of said deposits shall, except in cases of emergency, be

Neglect, etc., to terminate rights.

made only on the order of the Secretary of War. 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. 9. That it shall also be lawful for said corporation, its successors

Engine, etc. houses.

 or assigns, to erect and maintain, upon private grounds, 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 street rail way.
Sec. 10. That the said railroad shall be commenced within one year

Commencement and completion.

 and completed within two years from the passage of this Act.
Sec. 11. That the said company shall run street railway cars propelled

Underground power.

Provisos.

Crossings.

 by underground cable or underground electric power: Provided, That for the purpose of making a continuous connection over the route hereinbefore described and designated the said company shall have the right to cross all streets, avenues, and highways that may be along the

Use of coinciding tracks.

designated route: 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

Terms.

to use such tracks in common, upon such 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 amount and manner of

No general stopping places on coinciding tracks.

compensation to be paid therefor: And provided further, That neither of the companies using such track 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 ordinary passage of its cars, with the ordinary halts for taking up and dropping

Stations existing.

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 to propel its cars 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 conditions hereinbefore contained; and

Repairs, etc.

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 hue of road is thus 497 used, such disagreement may be summarily determined upon the application of either road to any court in said District having competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 12. That the said company shall furnish and maintain passenger

Passenger stations.

 houses and transfer stations as required by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia but no such passenger house or transfer station shall he built upon the public streets or sidewalks or upon public property and shall place first-class cars on said railway with all the modern improvements for the convenience, comfort, and safety of passengers, and shall run ears as often as the public convenience may require in accordance with a timetable approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Every failure to comply with the conditions of this section shall render the said corporation liable to a fine of fifty dollars for each day said failure occurs, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the Commissioners of said District.
Sec. 13. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may

Speed, etc., regulations.

 make such regulations as to rate of speed, mode of use of tracks, and removal of ice and snow as in their judgment the interest and convenience of the public may require. Should the servants or agents of said company willfully or negligently violate such an ordinance or regulation as aforesaid shall be liable to the District of Columbia for a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Sec. 14. 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. 15. That said company shall, on or before the fifteenth of February

Annual report.

 of each year, make a. report to Congress, through the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, of the names of all the stockholders

Contents.

 therein and the amount of stock held by each, together with a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures within the District of Columbia, from whatever source and on whatever account, for the preceding year ending December 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 the affidavit of the president and secretary of said company, and, if said report is not made within ten days thereafter, such failure shall of itself operate as a forfeiture of the privileges and rights hereby granted to said company, and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners to cause to be instituted proper judicial proceedings therefor: and said company shall pay to the District of Columbia, in

Taxes.

 lieu of personal taxes upon personal property, including ears and motive power, each year, four per centum of its gross earnings in the District of Columbia, 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

Sale for non payment.

 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 shall be taxed as other real estate in the District of Columbia: Provided, That its tracks shall

Proviso.

Tracks not real estate.

Fare.

 not be taxed as real estate.
Sec. 16. That said company shall receive a rate of fare not exceeding five cents per passenger, including transportation to the Virginia shore; 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 within the

Proviso.

Tickets.

 limits of the District of Columbia six tickets shall be sold for twenty-five cents.
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Sec. 17. That the said company shall have at all times the tree and

Penalty for obstructing passage of cars, etc.

 uninterrupted use of the roadway, subject to the rights of the public, and if any person or persons shall willfully, mischievously, and unlawfully obstruct or impede the passage of cars of said railway company with a vehicle or vehicles, or other wise, 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 the 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 be recovered as other lines 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. 18. That the said company shall have the right of way across

Crossing other roads.

 such other railways as are now in operation within the limits of the lines granted by this Act, and is hereby authorized to construct, at its own cost, its said road across such other railways, under the supervision and control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia:

Proviso.

Not to hinder travel.

Provided, That it shall not interrupt the travel of such other railways in such construction.
Sec. 19. That no person shall be prohibited the right to travel on any

Ejection of passengers, etc.

 part of said road or ejected from the cars by the company’s employees for any other cause than that, of being drunk, disorderly,or contagiously diseased, or refusing to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply with the lawful general regulations of the company.
Sec. 20, That in the event the company should not be able to come

Condemnation of lands for use.

 to an agreement with the owner or owners of any land through which the said road may be located or 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, may be instituted under the provisions

R. S. D. C. chap. 11. p. 28.

Proviso.

Owners’ rights.

of chapter eleven, Revised Statutes, relating to the District of Columbia: Provided, That any property owner shall have the right of trial by jury in any such issue.
Sec. 21 That all plans relating to the location and construction of

Approval of plans, etc.

 said railway shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or their successors, and all work shall at all

Inspection, etc.

times be subject to their supervision. The said corporation shall from time to time deposit with the collector of taxes, District of Columbia, such amounts as may be deemed necessary by said Commissioners to cover the cost of inspection, supervision, pavement, and repairs.
Sec. 22. That the tracks and ferry of said company within the District

Tracks and ferry a highway.

 of Columbia shall be deemed and taken to be a public highway, to

Use by other company.

the extent that they may be freely used for the passage of cars by the Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company from such point as said company may connect with the Washington, Alexandria and .Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company, and may run its cars to the eastern

Use of same motive power.

terminus of said latter-named company’s road. And the cars of said Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company shall be propelled over the said line, from said junction to said eastern terminus, by the motive power of said Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company, and the said Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company shall have the right to collect fares on its said cars as fully as

Compensation for tracks, etc.

if operating that portion of the line in its own right. But said Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company shall make just compensation for the use of said track, ferry, and motive power; and in ease any dispute should arise concerning such compensation or manner of use any party in interest may apply to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, which court is hereby empowered to fix the amount to be paid for such use and motive power and the mode in which such use

Proviso.

Restrictions etc.

may be enjoyed: Provided, That the limitations, requirements, and restrictions imposed by this Act upon the Washington, Alexandria 499 and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company shall apply to the Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company; and the said Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company shall be subject, in ease of any violation of the limitations, requirements, and restrictions aforesaid, to the same lines, penalties, and forfeiture of the privileges and rights herein granted as the Washington. Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company is subject to.
Sec. 23. That should the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon

Rights forfeited on failure to extend tracks to Arlington.

Post, p. 593.

 Electric Railway Company fail or refuse to construct a double-track street, railway on the Virginia side of the Potomac River to the Arlington Reservation and provide accommodations for the necessary travel from the-city of Washington to Arlington within one year from the approval of this Act, then all the rights, powers, privileges, and franchises conferred upon said company by this Act within the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia shall be, and the same are hereby, forfeited.
Sec. 24. That all the conditions, requirements, and obligations

Conditions, etc., binding on assigns.

 imposed by the terms of this Act upon the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company shall be complied with by any and all the successors to and assigns of said company.
Sec. 25. That this Act may at any time be altered, amended, or

Amendment, etc.

 repealed by the Congress of the United States.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
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CHAP. 319.—
An Act Empowering fourth-class postmasters to administer oaths to pensioners.

August 23, 1894

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

Pensions.
That hereafter, in addition to the officers now authorized to administer oaths in such cases, fourth-class

Fourth-class postmasters may administer oaths, etc.

 postmasters of the United States are hereby required, empowered, and authorized to administer any and all oaths required to be made by pensioners and their witnesses in the execution of their vouchers with like effect and force as officers having a seal; and such postmaster shall affix the stamp of his office to his signature to such vouchers, and he is authorized to charge and receive for each voucher

Fees.

 not exceeding twenty-live cents, to be paid by the pensioner.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
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CHAP. 320.—
An Act To authorize the Saint Louis, Avoyelles and Southwestern Railway Company to bridge Bayou Des Glaises and Atchafalaya River in the State of Louisiana.

August 23, 1894

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

St Louis, Avoyelles and Southwestern Railway Company may bridge Bayou Des Glaises and Atchafalaya River, La.
That the Saint Louis, Avoyelles and Southwestern Railway Company, its successors or assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a railway bridge and approaches thereto over and across Bayou Des Glaises, in the parish of Avoyelles, State of Louisiana, and also a railway bridge and approaches thereto over and across the Atchafalaya River, between Melville and the mouth of Red River, in said State, at such point as may be selected by said railway company for crossing said bayou and river with its railroad line, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. Said bridges shall be constructed to provide for the passage of railway

Railway, wagon, and foot bridges.

 trains, and, at the option of said company, 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

Toll.

 from time to time by the Secretary of War. That the bridges over the said streams shall be constructed as draw or pivot bridges; the draw

Draw piers.

 500 or pivot pier shall be over the main channel of the stream at an accessible navigable point, and the openings on each side of the pivot pier shall not be less than one hundred feet in the clear, unless otherwise expressly directed by the Secretary of War, and if so directed shall be according to such direction, and the said openings shall be accessible at all stages of water, and the spans shall be not less than ten feet above extreme high water, as understood at the point of location, to the lowest part of the superstructure of the bridge, and the piers and draw rests shall be parallel with, and the bridge or bridges at right angles to, the current of the stream or streams, and no riprap or other outside protection for imperfect foundations shall be permitted to approach nearer than four feet to the surface of the water at its extreme low stage, or otherwise to encroach upon the channel ways provided for in this Act; and all and each of said draws shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signals for the passage of boats; and said company shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset till sunrise, throughout

Lights, etc.

the season of navigation, such lights or other signals on said bridges as the Light-House Board may prescribe.
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, 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 the said bridge; and it shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States.
Sec. 3. That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under .the

Free navigation.

 authority of this Act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said streams; and if any bridge erected under such authority shall, in the opinion of the Secretary of War,

Changes.

obstruct such navigation he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge or bridges 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

Litigation.

of said bridge. And in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said streams, caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the case may be brought in the district court of the United States for the western district of

Proviso.

Existing laws.

Louisiana: 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 said bridges from the operation of the same.
Sec. 4. That all railway companies desiring the use of said bridges,

Use by other companies.

 or either of them, shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to t he passage of railway trains over the same, and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use.
Sec. 5. That the bridges authorized to be constructed under this

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 Act shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of said streams 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 bridges, and each of them, 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 streams, 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 or bridges are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge or bridges shall not be built; and should 501 any change be made in the plan of said bridges, or either of them,

Changes.

 during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to approval of the Secretary of War. 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 streams, and the authority to erect and continue any and all of said bridges shall be subject to revocation by the Secretary of War whenever the public good, in his judgment, so requires.
Sec. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Sec. 7. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction

Commencement and completion.

 of the bridge or bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the approval of this Act.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 328: To open, widen, and extend alleys in the District of Columbia. Chapter 328 28 Stat. 501 1894-08-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 328.—
An Act To open, widen, and extend alleys in the District of Columbia.

August 24, 1894

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

District of Columbia.

Opening streets through squares.

Vol. 27. p. 255.
That the Act of Congress approved July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An Act to provide for the opening of alleys in the District of Columbia,” be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize the Commissioner.^ of the District of Columbia, under the terms and Conditions of said Act in regard to the opening, extending, widening, or straightening of alleys, to open minor streets in said District of a width not less than forty feet, nor more than sixty feet, to run through a square from one street to another, whenever in the judgment of said Commissioners the public interests require it.
Sec. 2. That the words, “one copy of which (plat) shall be filed with

Filing plats.

Vol. 27. p. 250.

 the recorder of deeds and the other in the office of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia,” in section three of said Act be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to read “one copy of said plat shall be filed and recorded ;n the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia, one in the office of the recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia, and one in the office of the Commissioners of said District.”
Sec. 3. That the words “six dollars for the services of said marshal,”

Marshal’s fee.

Vol. 27, p. 256.

 in section five of said Act, be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to read, “five dollars per diem for the services of said marshal when actually employed.”
Approved, August 24, 1894.
Chap. 329: To prevent the recording of subdivisions of land in the District of Columbia in the office of the recorder of deeds. Chapter 329 28 Stat. 501 1894-08-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 329.—
An Act To prevent the recording of subdivisions of land in the District of Columbia in the office of the recorder of deeds.

August 24, 1894

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

District of Columbia.

Filing plats in recorder of deeds’ office unlawful.
That hereafter it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to record any map or plat of the subdivision of land in the District of Columbia in the office of the recorder of deeds for said District, whether such map or plat be attached to a deed or other document or is offered separately for record.
Approved, August 24, 1894.
Chap. 330: To authorize purchasers of the property and franchises of the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company to organize a corporation and to confer upon the same all the powers privileges, and franchises vested in that company. Chapter 330 28 Stat. 502 1894-08-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 502

CHAP. 330.—
An Act To authorize purchasers of the property and franchises of the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company to organize a corporation and to confer upon the same all the powers privileges, and franchises vested in that company.

August 24, 1894

. Whereas the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, a corporation created

Preamble.

 under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Minnesota, and now doing business in the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory under and by virtue of certain Acts of Congress empowering it so to do, is insolvent, and in order to enable the creditors and stockholders of the same to reorganize said company in such a way as to secure the completion of the railroad authorized to be constructed by said company, a sale; of its property and franchises is necessary: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled

Choctaw Coal and Railway Company.

,
That the purchasers of the rights of way, railroads, mines, coal leasehold estates, and other

Rights, etc., vested in purchaser.

property, and the franchises of the said Choctaw Coal and Railway Company at any sale made under or by virtue of any process or decree of any court having jurisdiction thereof, shall be, and are hereby, constituted a corporation and shall be vested with all the right, title, interest, property, possession, claim, and demand in law and equity, of, in, and to such rights of way, railroads, mines, coal leasehold estates, and property of the said Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, and with all the

Vol. 25, pp. 35, 668.

Vol. 20. pp. 640, 765.

Ante, p. 27.

rights, powers, immunities, privileges, and franchises which have been heretofore granted to or conferred upon said company by any Act or Acts of Congress, or which it possesses by virtue of its charter under

Proviso.

Land at South McAlerter.

the laws of Minnesota: Provided, That such new corporation shall not have the right to acquire and hold any houses or buildings at South McAlester situate off the right of way and depot grounds of said Choctaw Coal and Railway Company.
Sec. 2. That the said purchasers of the hereinbefore-mentioned property

Organization of new corporation.

 of the said Choctaw Coal and Railway Company shall meet within thirty days after the conveyance thereof shall have been delivered to them, and organize such new corporation by electing a president and board of nine directors (to continue in office until the Second Monday of .January succeeding such meeting, when, and annually thereafter, on the said day, a like election for a president and nine directors shall be held to serve for .one year), and shall adopt a corporate name and

Capital, etc.

common seal, determine the amount of capital stock and bonds to be issued to the persons for or on whose account said property may have been purchased, and shall have power and authority to make and issue certificates for the said capital stock in shares of fifty dollars each and bonds, and may then, or at any time thereafter, create and issue preferred stock to such an amount and on such terms as they may deem necessary, and from time to time may issue bonds, and may secure all bonds by one or more mortgages upon the real and personal property and corporate rights and franchises, or either or any part or parts thereof:

Proviso.

Stock limit.

Provided. That the capital stock shall not be fixed at an amount in excess of the capital of the said Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, and that no bonds shall be issued except for value received in cash or property.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of such new corporation, within one

Certiticate of organization, etc., to be filed.

 calendar month after its organization, to make a certificate thereof under its common seal, attested by the signature of its president, specifying the date of such organization, the name so adopted, the amount of capital stock, and the names of its president and directors, and transmit the said certificate to the Secretary of the Interior, to be tiled in his office, and there remain of record; and a certified copy of such certificate so filed shall be evidence of the corporate existence of said new corporation. And such new corporation shall also, within the said calendar month, cause to be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior a copy certified to as correct by the clerk of the court under whose orders or decrees said sale shall have been made, of any conveyance made to it under or by virtue of said sale of the rights of way, 503 railroads, mines, coal leasehold estates, and other property of the said Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, and this Act shall be construed and treated as an assent upon the part of the United States to the acquisition and holding by such new corporation of the estates and premises thereby conveyed, subject to the right of said corporation to thereafter acquire, and hold such additional property as it may lawfully do by virtue hereof: Provided, however, That as to all coal leasehold

Proviso.

Coal leases.

 estates or leases of coal claims or rights to mine coal in the Choctaw Nation, such assent shall be upon condition that the said new corporation shall conform to all the provisions, conditions, and limitations contained in the Act approved October first, eighteen hundred

Vol. 26, p. 640.

 and ninety, entitled “An Act giving, upon conditions and limitations therein contained, the assent of the United States to certain leases of right to mine coal in the Choctaw Nation.”
Sec. 4. That it shall and may be lawful for such new corporation to

Construction of branch roads.

 construct and operate branches from its said railroad and for such purpose to take and use rights of way not exceeding one hundred feet in width upon making compensation therefor as provided in the case of taking land for its main line, and to lease its railroads and mines and other property to any company owning or operating a railroad connecting with the railroad of said new corporation on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon : Provided, That the right to construct

Proviso.

Condition.

 branches conferred by this section shall exist and be exercised in the Indian Territory only for the purpose of developing and working the leases mentioned in the Act of Congress of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety.
Sec. 5. That the said corporation, when organized as hereinbefore

Corporate rights.

 provided, shall have and possess perpetual succession and shall be able to sue anti be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of record and elsewhere, and shall have power to ordain, establish, and put in execution such bylaws and regulations as shall be proper, necessary, or convenient for the government of the said corporation, not being contrary to the Constitution and laws of the United States, and generally to do all and singular the matters and things which shall be necessary or convenient to enable the said company to maintain, use, and operate their railroads and mines which it may become possessed of by virtue hereof in conformity with the provisions of the Acts of Congress relating to or affecting the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company.
Sec. 6. That the stockholders of the company shall meet on the

Annual election of officers.

 second Monday in January in every year at such place as may be fixed on by the bylaws, notice of which meeting shall be given in the manner that may be designated by the bylaws, and choose, by a majority of the voters present or represented, a president and nine directors for the ensuing year, who shall continue in office until the next annual election and until others are chosen; at which annual meeting the said stockholders

Action on by-laws, etc.

 shall have full power and authority to make, order, or repeal, by a majority of votes given, any or all such bylaws, rules, orders, and regulations as aforesaid, and to do and perform every other corporate act authorized by their charter; the stockholders may meet at such

Meetings.

 other times and places as they may be summoned by the president and directors, in such manner and form and giving such notice as may be prescribed by the by laws. At all meetings stockholders may be represented and vote by proxy.
Sec. 7. That, the election for president and directors provided for in

Planner of elections

 this Act shall be conducted as follows: The directors for the time being shall appoint three stockholders to be judges of the said election and to hold the same; the persons so appointed shall not be eligible to an election as president or director at said election and shall, respectively, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before a notary public or other officer qualified to administer oaths well and truly and according to law to conduct such election to the best of their knowledge and ability; and the said judges shall decide upon the qualifications of voters and when 504 the election is closed shall count the votes and declare who have been elected; and if at any time it shall happen that an election of directors shall not be made at the time specified, the corporation shall not for that reason be dissolved, but it shall be. lawful to hold and make such election of directors on any day within three months thereafter by giving at least ten days’ previous notice of the time and place of holding said election in the manner aforesaid, and the directors of the preceding year shall in that case continue in office, and be invested with all powers belonging to them as such until others are elected in their

Vacancies.

stead. In case of the death or resignation of a director, or a failure to elect in case of a tie vote, the vacancy may be filled by the board of

Votes of shareholders.

directors. At all general meetings or elections by the stockholders, each share of stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote, and each ballot shall have indorsed thereon the number of shares represented; but no share or shares transferred within sixty days next preceding any election or general meeting of the stockholders shall entitle the holder or holders thereof to vote at any such election or general meeting, nor shall any proxy be received or entitle the holder to vote unless the same shall bear date and have been duly executed within the three months next preceding such election or general meeting.
Sec. 8. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal this

Amendment, etc.

 Act.
Approved, August 24, 1894.
Chap. 341: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to create a new division of the northern judicial district of Georgia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. Chapter 341 28 Stat. 504 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 341.—
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to create a new division of the northern judicial district of Georgia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

August 27, 1894

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

Georgia northern judicial district.

Terms of court.

Columbus.
That the terms of the circuit and district courts for the western division of the northern judicial District of Georgia, held at Columbus, shall convene on the first Monday in May and the first Monday in December, instead of the first Monday

Vol. 26, p. 1110.

in June and the first Monday in January, as now provided by law. And each of said terms shall continue as long as the presiding judge may deem necessary.
Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws conflicting with this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
Chap. 342: Granting to the Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad Company a right of way through the Chippewa and White Earth Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota. Chapter 342 28 Stat. 504 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 342.—
An Act Granting to the Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad Company a right of way through the Chippewa and White Earth Indian reservations in the State of Minnesota.

August 27, 1894

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

Duluth and Winnipeg Railway Company granted right of way, Chippewa and White Earth reservations, Minn.
That there is hereby granted to the Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, and to its assigns, the right of way for the extension of its railroad, and for a telegraph and telephone line, through the Chippewa and White Earth Indian

Location.

reservations in said State, commencing at some point on its already constructed line in said State and running in a general westerly or northwesterly direction, by such route as shall be deemed advisable, to some point on the western boundary line of the said State, or to some point on the northern boundary line thereof, between the Red River of the

Width, etc.

North and the Lake of the Woods, or to both such points. Such right of way shall be fifty feet in width on each side of the central line of said railroad, and said company shall also have the right to take from the lands adjacent to the line of said road material, stone, arid earth necessary for the construction of said railroad; also grounds adjacent to such 505 right of way for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks,

Stations, etc.

 turnouts, and water stations, not to exceed in amount two hundred feet in width and three thousand feet in length for each station, and to an extent not exceeding one station for each ten miles of road within the limits of said reservations: Provided, That no part of such lands herein

Proviso.

Reversion for nonuser.

granted shall be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as are necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad 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 be taken.
Sec. 2. That before said railroad shall be constructed through any

Damages to individuals.

 land, claim, or improvement held by individual occupants according to any treaties or laws of the United States, compensation shall be made such occupant or claimant for all property to betaken or damage done by reason of the construction of said railroad. In case of failure to make

Litigation.

 satisfactory settlement with any such claimant, the United States District court at Saint Paul or Duluth, Minnesota, shall have jurisdiction upon petition of either party to determine such just compensation in accordance with the laws of Minnesota provided for determining the damage when property is taken for railroad purposes; and the amount of damages resulting to the tribe or tribes of Indians pertaining to said reservations in their tribal capacity, by reason of the construction of said railroad through such lands of the reservations as are not occupied in severalty, shall be ascertained and determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, and be subject to his final approval: Provided, however, That said railroad company may file with

Proviso.

Work may begin on filing bond.

 the Secretary of the Interior a bond, in such amount and with such sureties as the Secretary shall approve, conditioned for the payment of just compensation for said right of way to said individual occupants and to said tribe or tribes, as hereinfore provided, and said company may thereupon proceed to construct and operate its railroad across said reservations.
Sec. 3. That said company shall cause maps, showing the route of its

Maps, etc.. to be filed.

 line through said reservations, and including the grounds for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations, to be tiled in the office of the Secretary of the Interior before constructing any portion of said railroad.
Sec. 4. That said company is hereby authorized to enter upon said

Surveys.

 reservations for the purpose of surveying and locating its line of railroad: Provided. That said railroad shall be located and constructed

Proviso.

Regulations.

 with due regard to the rights of the Indians, and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe.
Sec. 5. That the right herein granted shall be forfeited by said company,

Construction.

 unless the road shall be. constructed through the said reservations within three years alter the passage of this act.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
Chap. 343: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act granting the right of way Io the Hutchison and Southern Railroad company through the Indian Territory.’” Chapter 343 28 Stat. 505 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 343.—
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act granting the right of way Io the Hutchison and Southern Railroad company through the Indian Territory.’”

August 27, 1894

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

Hutchison and Southern Railroad Company.

Time for right of way extended.

Vol. 26, p. 488; Vol. 27, p. 2.
That the provisions of section two of the Act entitled “An Act to amend ‘An Act granting the right of way to the Hutchison and Southern Railroad Company through the Indian Territory,’” approved February third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be, and the same hereby are, extended for a further period of three years.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
Chap. 344: To provide tor the improvement of the building and grounds of the United States court and post-office at Little Rock, Arkansas. Chapter 344 28 Stat. 506 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 506

CHAP. 344.—
An Act To provide tor the improvement of the building and grounds of the United States court and post-office at Little Rock, Arkansas.

August 27, 1894

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

Little Rock, Ark.

Extension, etc., of public building.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the following improvements to be made on the building and grounds of the United States court and post-office at Little Rock, Arkansas, and at a cost not exceeding the following, to wit: First. To construct an addition to said building for the purpose of creating more room therein, and enlarging the judge’s chamber and the offices of the marshal and clerk of the circuit and district courts, at a cost not exceeding fifty-four thousand dollars. Second. To put an elevator in said building, at a cost not exceeding four thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause proper plans

Plans and estimates.

 and estimates to be made for each of the improvements above contemplated, so that no expenditure shall be made or authorized for the full completion of either of them beyond the amount, above provided therefor; said amount to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
Chap. 345: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Saint Croix River between Wisconsin and Minnesota. Chapter 345 28 Stat. 506 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 345.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Saint Croix River between Wisconsin and Minnesota.

August 27, 1894

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

Osceola, Wis.. may bridge Saint Croix River.
That the village of Osceola, Polk County, in the State of Wisconsin, a municipal corporation existing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, is hereby authorized and empowered to erect, establish, and maintain, or authorize the erection,

Wagon and foot bridge.

establishment, and maintenance of a foot and wagon bridge across the Saint Croix River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, from a point in section twenty-seven, township thirty three, range nineteen west, in Polk County, Wisconsin, so as to connect with the opposite shore of said river in the State of Minnesota; that said bridge

Free navigation.

shall 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 may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in and for any district in which any portion of said bridge or obstruction is located. Said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, and for foot

Toll.

passengers, for such reasonable rates of toll as may be fixed by the said village of Osceola from time to time and approved by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 2. That the bridge under this Act shall be constructed as a

Drawbridge.

 pivot drawbridge, with the draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with a low-water span.of not less than one hundred and ten feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, measured at right angles to

Proviso.

Opening draw.

the axis of the channel: Provided, That the said draw shall be opened promptly on reasonable signal for the passage of boats, vessels, and other water craft, whose construction shall be such as not to admit of their passage under said bridge.
Sec. 3. That any bridge constructed under this Act and according

Lawful structure.

 to its provisions and conditions shall be a lawful structure, over which may be transmitted the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States free of charge; and the United States shall have the

Postal telegraph.

right of way for postal-telegraph purposes across said bridge.
507
Sec. 4. That the structure herein authorized shall be built and

Secretary of War to approve plane, etc.

 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 corporation named 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 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, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed 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 plans and location of the bridge are decided by the Secretary of War to be such as will not materially affect the interest of navigation the bridge shall not be commenced or built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the

Changes.

 progress of construction such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the said structure shall at all times be 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 as may be prescribed by the

Lights.

 Light-House Board; and the said structure shall be changed or removed, at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as Congress 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 bylaw when the public good shall, in the .judgment of Congress, so require, without any expense or charge to the United States.
Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Sec. 6. 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 thereof.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
Chap. 346: Authorizing the issue of a patent to the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions for certain lands on the Omaha Indian reservation for school purposes. Chapter 346 28 Stat. 507 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 346.—
An Act Authorizing the issue of a patent to the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions for certain lands on the Omaha Indian reservation for school purposes.

August 27, 1894

. Whereas the location of the old mission school on the Omaha Indian

Preamble.

 reservation, in the State of Nebraska, has become unsuitable for school purposes, and it being necessary to replace the buildings thereon by such as shall be more convenient and commodious, the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions propose to relinquish all claims to the land situate in section twelve, township twenty-live,range nine east of the sixth principal meridian, on said reservation, in the State of Nebraska, occupied tor mission purposes for nearly forty years, to the United States, the same to become a part of the reservation wherein it is located; and Whereas the Omaha Indians, in consideration of said relinquishment and the promise of said board to erection a proposed new site a building, to be used for school purposes, of the value of seven thousand five hundred dollars, for the benefit of the children and youth of the Omahas, have agreed to relinquish to said board all their right and title in and to the following-described land, for the purpose above named, to wit: the southwest quarter of northeast quarter and west half of southeast quarter and northeast quarter of southeast quarter of fractional section numbered twenty-nine, township twenty-live, range eight cast, of the sixth principal meridian, on said Omaha reservation, in Thurston County, Nebraska: Therefore, 508 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Omaha Indian Reservation, Nebr.
That the President of the United States of America, upon the execution by the Presbyterian

Patent to issue for Presbyterian school, etc., site.

Board of Home Missions of a patent to the United States of the lands now occupied by them, as described in the first preamble herein, is hereby authorized and directed to issue to the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions a patent for the following’ described land, to wit: the southwest quarter of northeast quarter and west half of southeast quarter and northeast quarter of southeast quarter of fractional section numbered twenty-nine, township twenty-five, range eight east of the sixth principal meridian, on the Omaha Indian reservation, in Thurston County, Nebraska, containing one hundred and sixty acres, more or less, to have and to hold the same, so long as the said Presbyterian Board of Home Missions shall use and occupy the premises for educational, charitable, and religions purposes. and no longer.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
Chap. 347: For the registry or enrollment of the bark Skudesnaes. Chapter 347 28 Stat. 508 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 347.—
An Act For the registry or enrollment of the bark Skudesnaes.

August 27, 1894

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

“Skudesnaes.”
That the Commissioner of

American register granted.

Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to admit to registry as a bark of the United States the bark Skudesnaes, a foreign-built vessel, wrecked in American waters, purchased, repaired, and owned by C. C. Pinckney, junior, of Charleston, South Carolina, a citizen of the United States.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
Chap. 348: To provide for the collection of internal revenue and for other purposes. Chapter 348 28 Stat. 508 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 348.—
An Act To provide for the collection of internal revenue and for other purposes.

August 27, 1894

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

Appropriation for internal revenue, etc.

That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, namely:

To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to employ such additional

Collecting internal revenue.

force as may be necessary for the collection of internal revenue, nine thousand dollars.

To carry into effect the Convention between the United States and

Venezuela Steam Transportation company arbitration.

Venezuela providing for a reference to arbitration of the claim of the Venezuela Steam Transportation Company against the Government of

Post, p. 1183.

Expenses, etc.

Venezuela, signed at Caracas on the nineteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, five thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary 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 and agent on the part of the United States, and for the contingent expenses of the commission, including

Proviso.

Limit of compensation.

the moiety of the compensation of the third commissioner: Provided, That the compensation of the commissioner on the part of the United States shall not exceed the rate of five thousand dollars a year, and that of the agent of the United States four thousand dollars a year.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
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CHAP. 349.—
An Act To reduce taxation, to provide revenue for the Government, the for other purposes.

August 27, 1894

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

Tariff of 1894.

R. S. sec. 2504, p. 4 60.

Vol. 26, p. 567.
That on the after the first day of August, eighteen hundred the ninety-four, unless otherwise specially provided for in this Act, there shall be levied, collected, the paid upon all articles imported from foreign countries or withdrawn for

Duties on imports.

 consumption, the mentioned in the schedules herein contained, the rates of duty which are, by the schedules the paragraphs, respectively prescribed, namely: Schedule A.— Chemicals, Oils, the Paints.

Schedule A.

 Acids.—

Chemicals, oils, the paints.

Acids.

 1. Acetic or pyroligneous acid, twenty per centum ad valorem. 2. Boracic acid, three cents per pound. 3. Chromic acid, four cents per pound. 4. Citric acid, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 5. Tannic acid or tannin, sixty cents per pound. 6. Tartaric acid, twenty per centum ad valorem. 7. Alcoholic perfumery, including cologne water the other toilet waters, the alcoholic compounds not specially provided for in this Act, two dollars per gallon arid fifty per centum ad valorem. 8. Alumina, alum, alum cake, patent alum, sulphate of alumina, the aluminous cake, the alum in crystals or ground, four-tenths of one cent per pound. 8 12. Ammonia, carbonate of, twenty per centum ad valorem; muriate of, or sal ammoniac, ten per centum ad valorem; sulphate of, twenty per centum ad valorem. 9. Blacking of all kinds, twenty per centum ad valorem. Bone char suitable for use in decolorizing sugars, twenty per centum ad valorem, 10. Borax, crude, or borate of soda, two cents per pound; borate of lime, one the one-half cents per pound. Refined borax, two cents per pound. 10 12. Camphor, refined, ten per centum ad valorem. 11. Chalk, prepared, precipitated, French, red, the all other chalk preparations not specially provided for in this Act, twenty per centum ad valorem. 12. Chloral hydrate, twenty-five per centum ad valorem, 13. Chloroform, twenty-five cents per pound. Coal-tar preparations.—

Coal-tar preparations.

 14. All coal tar colors or dyes, by whatever name known, the not specially provided for in this Act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 14 12. Cobalt, oxide of, twenty-five cents per pound. 15. Collodion the all compounds of pyroxyline, by whatever name known, forty cents per pound; rolled or in sheets, but not made up into articles, fifty cents per pound; if in finished or partly finished articles, forty-five per centum ad valorem. 16. Coloring for brandy, wine, beer, or other liquors, fifty per centum ad valorem. 16 12. Drugs, such as barks, beans, berries, balsams, buds, bulbs, bulbous roots, excrescences, fruits, flowers, dried fibers, dried insects, grains, gums the gum resin, herbs, leaves, lichens, mosses, nuts, roots the stems, spices, vegetables, seeds (aromatic, not garden seeds), seeds of morbid growth, weeds, the woods used expressly for dyeing; any of the foregoing which are not edible, but which are advanced in value or condition by refining or grinding, or by other process of manufacture, the not specially provided for in this Act, ten per centum ad valorem. 17. Ethers, sulphuric, forty cents per pound; spirits of nitrons ether, twenty-five cents per pound; fruit ethers, oils, or essences, two dollars 510 per pound; ether of all kinds not specially provided for in this Act,

Schedule a.

 one dollar

Chemicals, oils, the paints—Continued.

 per pound. 18. Extracts the decoctions of logwood the other dyewoods, extract of sumac, the extracts of barks, such as are commonly used tor dyeing or tanning, not specially provided for in this Act, the extracts of hemlock bark, ten per centum ad valorem. 19. Gelatine, glue, isinglass or fish glue, the prepared fish bladders or fish sounds, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 20. Glycerine, crude, not purified, one cent per pound: refined, three cents per pound. 21. Ink the ink powders, printers’ ink, the all other ink not specially provided for in this Act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 22. Iodoform, one dollar per pound. 23. Licorice, extracts of, in paste, rolls, or other forms, five cents per pound. 24. Magnesia, carbonate of, medicinal, three cents per pound; calcined, seven cents per pound; sulphate of, or Epsom salts, one-fifth of one cent per pound. 25. Morphia, or morphine, the all salts thereof, fifty cents per ounce. Oils.—

Oils.

 26. Alizarine assistant, or soluble oil, or oleate of soda, or Turkey red oil, thirty per centum ad valorem. 27. Castor oil, thirty-five cents per gallon. 28. Cod-liver oil, twenty per centum ad valorem, 29. Flaxseed or linseed the poppy-seed oil, raw, boiled, or oxidized., twenty cents per gallon of seven the one half pounds weight. 30. Fusel oil, or amylic alcohol, ten per centum ad valorem. 31. Hemp seed oil the rapeseed oil, ten cents per gallon. 32. Olive oil, fit for salad purposes, thirty-five cents per gallon. 33. Peppermint oil, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 34. Seal, herring, whale, the other fish oil not specially provided for in this Act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 35. Opium, aqueous extract of, for medicinal uses, the tincture of, as landanum, the all other liquid preparations of opium, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty per centum ad valorem. 36. Opium containing less than nine per centum of morphia, the opium prepared for smoking, six dollars per pound; but opium prepared for smoking and other preparations of opium deposited in bonded warehouse shall not be removed therefrom without payment of duties., the such duties shall not be refunded. Paints, colors, the varnishes.—

Paints, colors, the varnishes.

 37. Baryta, sulphate of, or barytes, manufactured, three dollars per ton. 38. Blues, such as Berlin, Prussian, Chinese, the all others, containing ferrocyanide of iron, dry or ground in or mixed with oil, six cents per pound; the in pulp or mixed with water, six cents per pound on the material contained therein when dry. 39. Blancfixe, or artificial sulphate of barytes the satin white, or artificial sulphate of lime, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 40. Black, made from bone, ivory, or vegetable, under whatever name known, including bone black the lampblack, dry or ground in oil or water, twenty per centum ad valorem. 41. Chrome yellow, chrome green, the all other chromium colors in which lead the bichromate of potash or soda are component parts, dry or ground in or mixed with oil, or in pulp or mixed with water, three cents per pound on the material contained therein when dry. 42. Ocher the ochery earths, sienna, the sienna earths, umber the umber earths, ground in oil, one the one-fourth of one cent per pound. 511 43. Ultramarine blue, whether dry, in pulp, or mixed with water,

Schedule A.

Chemicals, oils, the paints—Continued.

 and wash blue containing ultramarine, three cents per pound. 44. Varnishes, including so-called gold size or japan, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; the on spirit, varnishes for the alcohol contained therein, one dollar the thirty-two cents per gallon additional. 45. Vermilion red, the other colors containing quicksilver, dry or ground in oil or water, twenty per centum ad valorem; vermilion red, not containing quicksilver but made of lead or containing lead, six cents per pound. 46. Whiting the Paris white, dry, one-fourth of one cent per pound; ground in oil, or putty, one-half of one cent per pound. 47. Zine, oxide of, the white paint or pigment containing zine, dry or ground in oil. one cent per pound. 48. All other paints, colors, the pigments, whether dry or mixed, or ground in water or oil, or other solutions, including all colors in tubes, lakes, crayons, smalts, the frostings, the not specially provided for in this Act. twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Lead products.—

Lead products.

 49. Acetate of lead, white, two the three-quarters cents per pound; brown, one the three-quarters cents per pound; litharge, one the one-half cents per pound. 50. Nitrate of lead, one the one-half cents per pound. 51. Orange mineral, one the three-quarters cents per pound; red lead, one the one-half cents per pound. 52. White lead, the white paint the pigment containing lead, dry or in pulp, or ground or mixed with oil, one the one half cents per pound. 53. Phosphorus, fifteen cents per pound. Potash.—

Potash.

 54. Bichromate the chromate of, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 55. Hydriodate, iodide, the iodate of, twenty-five cents per pound. 56. Nitrate of, or saltpeter, refined, one-half of one cent per pound. 57. Prussiate of, red, or yellow, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Prevarations.—

Preparations.

 58. All medicinal preparations, including medicinal coal-tar preparations and medicinal proprietary preparations, of which alcohol is a component part, or in the preparation of which alcohol is used, not specially provided for in this Act, fifty cents per pound: Provided, That no such preparation shall pay less than

Proviso.

Minimum.

 twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 59. All medicinal preparations, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty five per centum ad valorem. 59 12. Paris green the Loudon purple, twelve the one-half per centum ad valorem. 60. Products or preparations known as alkalies, alkaloids, distilled oils, essential oils, expressed oils, rendered oils, the all combinations of the foregoing, the all chemical compounds the salts, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 61. Preparations used as applications to the hair, mouth, teeth, or skin, such as cosmetics, dentifrices, pastes, pomades, powders, the all toilet preparations, the articles of perfumery, not specially provided for in this Act, forty per centum ad valorem. 62. Santonine, the all salts thereof containing eighty per centum or over of santonine, one dollar per pound. Soap.—

Soap.

 63. Castile soap, twenty per centum ad valorem; fancy, perfumed, the all descriptions of toilet the medicinal or medicated soap, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; all other soaps, not spe cially provided for in this Act, ten per centum ad valorem. 512 Soda.—

Schedule A.

Chemicals, oils, the paints—Continued.

Soda.

 64. Bicarbonate of soda or supercarbonate of soda or saleratus, one-half cent per pound. 65. Hydrate of, or caustic soda, one-half of one cent per pound. 66. Bichromate the chromate of, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 67. Sal soda, or soda crystals, one-eighth of one cent per pound; soda ash, one-fourth of one cent per pound. 68. Silicate of soda, or other alkaline silicate, three-eighths of one cent per pound. 69. Sponges, sea moss or Iceland moss, ten per centum ad valorem. 70. Strychnia, or strychnine, the all salts thereof, thirty cents per ounce. 71. Sulphur, refined, sublimed, or flowers of, twenty per centum ad valorem. 72. Sumac, ground, ten per centum ad valorem. 73. Tartar, cream of, the patent tartar, twenty per centum ad valorem. 74. Tartars the lees crystals, partly refined, twenty per centum ad valorem. 75. Tartrate of soda the potassa, or Bochelle salts, two cents per pound. Schedule B.— Earths, Earthenware, the Glassware.

Schedule B.

Earths, earthenware, the glassware.

 Brick the Tile:

Brick the tile.

 76. Brick, not glazed, enameled, ornamented, or decorated in any manner, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; glazed, enameled, ornamented, or decorated, thirty per centum ad valorem. 77. Magnesia firebrick, one dollar per ton. 78. Tiles, plain, not glazed, ornamented, painted, enameled, vitrified, or deeorated, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; ornamented, glazed, painted, enameled, vitrified, or decorated, the eucaus tie, forty per centum ad valorem. Cement, lime, the plaster:

Cement, etc.

 79. Roman, Portland, the other hydraulic cement, in barrels, sacks, or other packages, eight cents per one hundred pounds, including weight of barrel or package; in bulk, seven cents per one hundred pounds; other cement, ten per centum ad valorem. 86. Lime, five cents per one hundred pounds, including weight of barrel or package. 81. Plaster of Paris, or gypsum, ground, one dollar per ton; calcined, one dollar the twenty-five cents per ton. Clays or earths: 82. Clays or earths, unwrought or unmanufactured, not specially provided for in this Act, one dollar per ton; wrought or manufactured, not specially provided for in this Act, two dollars per ton; china clay or kaolin, two dollars per ton. Earthenware the china:

Earthen ware the china.

 83. Common yellow the brown earthenware, plain or embossed, common stoneware, the crucibles, not decorated in any manner, twenty per centum ad valorem. 84. China, porcelain, parian, bisque, earthen, stone the crockery ware, including placques, ornaments, toys, charms, vases, the statuettes, white, not changed in condition by superadded ornamentation or decoration, thirty per centum ad valorem. 85. China, porcelain, parian, bisque, earthen, stone, the crockery ware, including plaques, ornaments, toys, charms, vases, the statuettes, painted, tinted, enameled, printed, gilded, or otherwise decorated in any manner, thirty five per centum ad valorem. 513 86. All articles composed of earthen or mineral substances, including

Schedule B.

Earths, earthen ware, and glassware—Continued.

 lava tips for burners, not specially provided for in this Act, if decorated in any manner, forty per centum ad valorem: if not decorated, thirty per centum ad valorem. 87. Gas retorts, twenty per centum ad valorem. Glass the glassware:

Glass and glassware

 88. Green the colored, molded, or pressed, the flint the lime glass bottles holding more than one pint, the demijohns the carboys, covered or uncovered, whether filled or unfilled the whether their contents be dutiable or free, the other molded or pressed green the colored the flint or lime bottle glassware, not specially provided for in this Act, three-fourths of one cent per pound; the vials, holding not more than one pint the not less than one-quarter of a pint, one the one-eighth cents per pound; if holding less than one-fourth of a pint, forty cents per gross; all other plain green the colored, molded or pressed, the flint lime the glassware, forty per centum ad valorem, 89. All articles of glass, cut, engraved, painted, colored, printed, stained, decorated, silvered, or gilded, not including plate glass silvered, or looking-glass plates, flirty per centum ad valorem. 90. All glass bottles, decanters, or other vessels or articles of glass, when cut, engraved, painted, colored, printed, stained, etched, or otherwise ornamented or decorated, except such as have ground necks the stoppers only, not specially provided for in this Act. including porcelain or opal glassware, forty per centum ad valorem: Provided, That if such articles shall be

Proviso.

Filled bottles.

 imported filled, the same shall pay duty, in addition to any duty chargeable upon the contents as if not tilled, unless otherwise specially provided for in this Act. 91. Unpolished cylinder, crown the common window glass, not exceeding ten by fifteen inches square, one cent per pound; above that, the not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches square, one the one-fourth cents per pound; above that, the not exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches square, one the three-fourths cents per pound; above that, the not exceeding twenty-four by thirty-six inches square, two cents per pound; all above that, two the one-eighth cents per pound: Provided,

Proviso.

Packing window glass.

 That unpolished cylinder, crown the common window glass, imported in boxes, shall be packed fifty square feet per box as nearly as sizes will permit, the the duty shall be computed thereon according to the actual weight of glass. 92. Cylinder the crown glass, polished, not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches square, two the one-half cents per square foot; above that, the not exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches square, four cents per square foot; above that, the not exceeding twenty-four by sixty inches square, fifteen cents per square foot; above that, twenty cents per square foot. 93. Fluted, rolled, or rough plate glass, not including crown, cylinder, or common window glass, not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches square, three-fourths of one cent per square foot; above that, the not exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches square, one cent per square foot; all above that, one the one-half cents per square foot; the all fluted, rolled, or rough plate glass, weighing over one hundred pounds per one hundred square feet, shall pay an additional duty on the excess at the same rates herein imposed: Provided, That all of the above plate

Proviso.

Ground, etc., glass.

 glass when ground, smoothed, or otherwise obscured, shall be subject to the same rate of duty as cast polished plate glass unsilvered. 94. Cast polished plate glass, finished or unfinished the unsilvered, not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches square, five cents 514 per square foot; above that, the not exceeding twenty-four by

Schedule B.

Earths, earthenware, the glassware—Continued.

 thirty inches square, eight cents per square foot; above that, the not exceeding twenty-four by sixty inches square, twenty-two the one-half cents per square foot; all above that, thirty-five cents per square foot. 95. Cast polished plate glass, silvered, the looking-glass plates, exceeding in size one hundred the forty-four square inches, the not exceeding sixteen by twenty-four inches square, six cents per square foot; above that, the not. exceeding twenty-four by thirty inches square, ten cents per square foot; above that, the not exceeding twenty-four by sixty inches square, twenty-three cents per square foot: all above that, thirty-eight cents per square foot. 96. But no looking-glass plates or plate glass, silvered, when framed,

Minimum«

 shall pay less rate of duty than that imposed upon similar glass of like description not framed, but shall pay in addition thereto upon such frames the rate of duty applicable thereto when imported separate. 97. Cast polished plate glass, silvered or unsilvered, the cylinder, crown, or common window glass, when bent, ground, obscured, frosted, sanded, enameled, beveled, etched, embossed, engraved, flashed, stained, colored, painted, or otherwise ornamented or decorated, shall be subject to a duty of ten per centum ad valorem in addition to the rates otherwise chargeable thereon. 98. Spectacles, eyeglasses, goggles, opera glasses, the other optical instruments the frames for the same, forty per centum ad valorem. 99. Glass beads, loose, strung, or carded, ten per centum ad valorem. 100. Lenses of glass or pebble, wholly or partly manufactured, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 101. Fusible enamel, the glass slides for magic lanterns, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 102. All stained or painted glass windows, or parts thereof, the all mirrors not exceeding in size one hundred the forty four square inches, with or without frames or cases, the all manufactures of glass, or of which glass is the component of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. Marble the stone, the manufactures of:

Marble, etc.

 103. Marble of all kinds in block, rough or squared only, fifty cents per cubic foot. 104. Marble, sawed, dressed or otherwise, including marble slabs, mosaic cubes, arid marble paving tiles, eighty-five cents per cubic foot (no slab to be computed at less than one inch in thickness). 105. Manufactures of marble, onyx, or alabaster not specially provided for in this Act, forty-five per centum ad valorem. Stone:

Stone.

 105. Freestone, granite, sandstone, limestone the other building or monumental stone, except marble, unmanufactured, or undressed, not. specially provided for in this Act, seven cents per cubic foot. 106. Freestone, granite, sandstone, limestone, the other building or monumental stone, except marble, not specially provided for in this Act, hewn, dressed, or polished, thirty per centum ad valorem. 107. Grindstones, finished or unfinished, ten per centum ad valorem. 515 Slate:

Schedule B.

Earths, earthenware, the glassware—Continued.

State.

 108. Slates, slate chimney pieces, mantels, slabs for tables, the all other manufactures of slate not specially provided tor in this Act, twenty per centum ad valorem. 109. Roofing slates, twenty per centum ad valorem. Schedule C.— Metals the Manufactures of.

Schedule C.

Metals and manufactures of.

 iron and steel.

Iron the steel.

 109½ . Iron ore, including manganiferous iron ore, also the dross or

Ore.

 residuum from burnt pyrites, forty cents per ton. 110. Iron in pigs, iron kentledge, spiegeleisen, ferro-manganese,

Pig iron, etc.

 ferro-silicon, wrought the cast scrap iron, the scrap steel, four dollars per ton; but nothing shall be deemed scrap iron or scrap steel except waste or refuse iron or steel fit only to be remanufactured. 111. Round iron, in coils or rods, less than seven-sixteenths of one

Round iron, etc.

 inch in diameter, the bars or shapes of rolled iron, not specially provided for in this Act, eight-tenths of one cent per pound: Provided,

Provisos.

 That all iron in slabs, blooms, loops, or other forms less finished than

Slabs, etc.

 iron in bars, the more advanced than pig iron, except castings, shall be subject to a duty of five tenths of one cent per pound: Provided further,

Charcoal iron.

 That all iron bars, blooms, billets, or sizes or shapes of any kind, in the manufacture of which charcoal is used as fuel, shall be subject to a duty of twelve dollars per ton, 112. Bar iron, rolled or hammered, comprising Hats not less than one

Bar iron, etc.

 inch wide nor less than three-eighths of one inch thick, six-tenths of one cent per pound; round iron not less than three-fourths of one inch in diameter, the square iron not less than three fourths of one inch square, six-tenths of one cent per pound; fiats less than one inch wide, or less than three-eighths of one inch thick; round iron less than three-fourths of one inch the not less than seven-sixteenths of one inch in diameter; the square iron less than three-fourths of one inch square, six-tenths of one cent per pound. 113. Beams, girders, joists, angles, channels, car-truck channels,

Structural iron.

 T T, columns the posts Or parts or sections of columns the posts, deck the bulb beams, the building forms together with all other structural shapes of iron or steel, whether plain or punched, or fitted for use, six-tenths of one cent per pound. 114. Boiler or other plate iron or steel, except saw plates hereinafter

Plate iron, etc.

 provided tor, not thinner than number ten wire gauge, sheared or unsheared, the skelp iron or steel sheared or rolled in grooves, valued at one cent per pound or less, five-tenths of one cent per pound; valued above one cent the not above one the one-half cents, six-tenths of one cent per pound: valued above one the one-half cents the not above four cents per pound, thirty per centum ad valorem: valued at over four cents per pound, twenty-five per centum ad valorem: Provided, That

Proviso.

Sheets.

 all plate iron or steel thinner than number ten wire gauge shall pay duty as iron or steel sheets. 115. Forgings of iron or steel, or forged iron or steel combined, of

Forgings.

 whatever shape, or in whatever stage of manufacture, not specialty provided for in this Act, one the one-half cents per pound: Provided,

Proviso.

Minimum.

 That no forgings of iron or steel, or forgings of iron the steel combined, by whatever process made, shall pay a less rate of duty than thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 116. Hoop, band, or scroll iron or steel, except as otherwise provided

Hoop etc.

Post, p. 539.

 for in this Act, thirty per centum ad valorem. 117. Railway bars, made of iron or steel, the railway bars made in

Railway bars, etc.

 part’of steel, Trails, the punched iron or steel flat rails, seven-twentieths of one cent per pound. 516 118. Sheets of iron or steel, common or black, including all iron or

Schedule C.

Metals and manufactures of—Continued.

Sheet iron or steel.

 steel commercially known as common or black taggers iron or steel, the skelp iron or steel, valued at three cents per pound or less, thinner than number ten the not thinner than number twenty wire gauge, seven-tenths of one cent per pound; thinner than number twenty wire gauge the not thinner-than number twenty-five wire gauge, eight-tenths cent per pound: thinner than number twenty-five wire gauge, one the one-tenth cents per pound; corrugated or crimped, one the one-tenth

Proviso.

Plates.

 cents per pound: Provided, That all common or black sheet iron or sheet steel not thinner than number ten wire gauge shall pay duty as plate iron or plate steel. 119. All iron or steel sheets or plates, the all hoop, band or scroll

Galvanized sheets, etc.

 iron or steel, excepting what are known commercially as tin plates, terne plates, the taggers tin. the hereinafter provided for, when galvanized or coated with zinc or spelter, or other metals, or any alloy of these metals, shall pay one-fourth of one cent per pound more duty than the rates imposed by the preceding paragraph upon the corresponding gauges or forms of common or black sheet or taggers iron or steel. 120. Sheetiron or sheet steel, polished, planished, or glanced, by whatever

Polished sheets, etc.

 name designated, one the three-fourths cents per pound: Provided,

Proviso.

Cleaned, cold rolled, etc.

 That plate or sheet or taggers iron or steel, by whatever name designated, other than the polished, planished, or glanced herein provided for, which has been pickled or cleaned by acid, or by any other material oi’ process, or which is cold-rolled, smoothed only, not polished, shall pay one-eighth of one cent per pound more duty than the corresponding gauges of common or black sheet or taggers iron or steel. 121. Sheets or plates of iron or steel, or taggers iron or steel, coated

Tin plates.

 with tin or lead, or with a. mixture of which these metals, or either of them, is a component part, by the dipping or any other process, the commercially known as tin plates, terne plates, the taggers tin, one the

Proviso.

one-fifth cents per pound: Provided, That the reduction of duty herein

In effect October 1, 1894

.

Minimum rates.

provided tor shall take effect on the after October first, eighteen hundred the ninety-four. No article not specially provided for in this Act, wholly or partly manufactured from tin plate, terne plate, or the sheet, or plate iron or steel herein provided for, or of which such tin plate, terne plate, sheet, or plate iron or steel shall be the material of chief value, shall pay a lower rate of duty than that imposed on the tin plate, terne plate, or sheet, or plate iron or steel from which it is made, or of which it shall be the component thereof of chief value. 122. Steel ingots, cogged ingots, blooms, the slabs, by whatever

Steel ingots, etc.

 process made: die blocks or blanks; billets the bars the tapered or beveled bars; steamer, crank, the other shafts; shafting; wrist or crank pins; connecting rods the piston rods; pressed, sheared, or stamped shapes; saw plates, wholly or partially manufactured; hammer molds or swaged steel; gun-barrel molds not in bars; alloys used as substitutes for steel in the manufacture of tools; all descriptions the shapes of dry sand, loam, or iron-molded steel castings; sheets the plates not specially provided for in this Act; the steel in all forms the shapes not specially provided for in this Act, all of the above valued at one cent per pound or less, three-tenths of one cent per pound; valued above one cent the not above one the four-tenths cents per pound, four-tenths of one cent per pound; valued above one the four-tenths cents the not above one the eight-tenths cents per pound, six-tenths of one cent per pound; valued above one the eight-tenths cents the not above two the two-tenths cents per pound, seven-tenths of one cent per pound; valued above two the two-tenths cents the not above three cents per pound, nine-tenths of one cent per pound; valued above three cents per pound the not above four cents per pound, one the two-tenths cents per pound; valued above four cents the not above seven cents per pound, one the three-tenths cents per pound; valued above seven cents the not above ten cents per 517 pound, one the nine-tenths cents per pound; valued above ten cents

Schedule C.

Metals and manufactures of—Continued.

 the not above thirteen cents per pound, two the four-tenths cents per pound; valued above thirteen cents the not above sixteen cents per pound, two the eight-tenths cents per pound; valued above sixteen cents per pound, four the seven-tenths cents per pound. Wire:

Wire.

 123. Wire rods: Rivet, screw, fence, the other iron or steel wire rods, whether round, oval, Hat, or square, or in any other shape, the nail rods, in coils or otherwise, valued at four cents or less per pound, four-tenths cent per pound; valued over four cents per pound, three-fourths cent per pound: Provided,

Proviso.

Small rods.

 That all round iron or steel rods smaller than number six wire gauge shall be classed the dutiable as wire. 124. Wire: Round iron or steel wire, all sizes not smaller than thirteen wire gauge, one the one-fourth cents per pound; smaller than thirteen wire gauge, the not smaller than sixteen wire gauge, one the one-half cents per pound; smaller than sixteen wire gauge, two cents per pounds all other iron or steel wire the wire or strip steel, commonly known as crinoline wire, corset wire, drill rods, needle wire, piano wire, clock the watch wires, the all steel wires, whether polished or unpolished, in coils or straightened, the cut to lengths, drawn cold through dies, the hat wire, flat steel wire, or sheet steel in strips, uncovered or covered with cotton, silk, or other material, or metal, the all the foregoing manufactures of iron or steel, of whatever shape or form, valued above four cents per pound, shall pay a duty of forty per centum ad valorem: Provided, That articles manufactured from iron or steel wire

Proviso.

Manufactures.

 shall pay the maximum rate of duty which would be imposed upon any wire used in the manufacture of such articles the in addition thereto one cent per pound. general provisions.

General provisions.

 125. No allowance or reduction of duties for partial loss or damage in

No rust allowance.

 consequence of rust or of discoloration shall be made upon any description of iron or steel, or upon any article wholly or partly manufactured of iron or steel. manufactures of iron and steel.

Manufacturer of iron the steel.

 126. Anchors, or parts thereof, of iron or steel, mill irons the mill cranks of wrought iron, the wrought iron for ships, the forgings of iron or steel, or of combined iron the steel, for vessels, steam engines the locomotives, or parts thereof, one the two-tenths cents per pound. 127. Axles, or parts thereof, axle bars, axle blanks, or forgings for axles, whether of iron or steel, without reference to the stage, or state of manufacture, one the one-half cents per pound: Provided, That when

Proviso.

Axles fitted in wheels.

Post, p. 619.

 iron or steel axles are imported fitted in wheels, or parts of wheels,-of iron or steel, they shall be dutiable at the same rate as the wheels in which they are lifted. 128. Anvils of iron or steel, or of iron and steel combined, by whatever process made, or in whatever stage of manufacture, one the three-fourths cents per pound. 129. Blacksmiths’ hammers the sledges, track tools, wedges, the crowbars, whether of iron or steel, one the one-half cents per pound. 130. Boiler or other tubes, pipes, tines, or stays of wrought iron or steel, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 131. Bolts, with or without threads or nuts, or bolt blanks, the finished hinges or hinge blanks, whether of iron or steel, one the one-half cents per pound. 518 132. Card clothing manufactured from tempered steel wire, forty cents

Schedule C.

Metals and manufactures of—Continued.

 per square foot; all other, twenty cents per square foot. 133. Cast-iron pipe of every description, six tenths of one cent per

Cast iron.

 pound. 134. Cast-iron vessels, plates, stove plates, andirons, sadirons, tailors’ irons, hatters’ irons, the castings of iron, not specially provided for in this Act, eight-tenths of one cent, per pound. 135. Castings of malleable iron not specially provided for in this Act, nine-tenths of one cent per pound. 136. Cast hollow ware, coated, glazed, or tinned, two cents per pound. 137. Chains of all kinds, made of iron or steel, thirty per centum ad valorem. Cutlery:

Cutlery.

 138. Penknives, pocketknives, or erasers, of all kinds, valued at not more than thirty cents per dozen, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; valued at more than thirty cents per dozen the not exceeding fifty cents per dozen, twelve cents per dozen; valued at more than fifty cents per dozen the not exceeding one dollar per dozen, twenty-five cents per dozen; valued at more than one dollar per dozen the not exceeding one dollar the fifty cents per dozen, forty cents per dozen; valued at more than one dollar the fifty cents per dozen and not exceeding three dollars per dozen, seventy-five cents per dozen; valued at more than three dollars per dozen, fifty per centum ad valorem; the in addition thereto, on all the foregoing valued at more than thirty cents per dozen the not more than three dollars per dozen,

Proviso.

Parts of knives, etc.

twenty-five per centum ad valorem: Provided, That blades, handles, or any other parts of any or either of the articles named in this paragraph, imported in any other manner than assembled in penknives, pocketknives, or erasers, shall be subject to no less rate of duty than herein provided for penknives, pocketknives, or erasers valued at more than thirty cents per dozen. 139. Swords, sword blades, the side arms, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 140. Table the carving knives the forks, valued at more than four dollars per dozen pieces, razors the razor blades, wholly or partly finished, scissors the shears, forty-five per centum ad valorem; all other table knives, forks, steels, the all hunting, kitchen, bread, butter, vegetable, fruit, cheese, plumbers’, painters’, palette, the artists’ knives; also all cooks’, the butchers’ knives, forks, the steels, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 141. Files, file blanks, rasps, the floats, of all cuts the kinds, four inches in length the under, thirty-five cents per dozen; over four inches in length the under nine inches, sixty cents per dozen; nine inches in length or over, one. dollar per dozen. Firearms:

Firearms.

 142. Muskets, muzzle-loading shotguns, the sporting rifles, the parts thereof, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 143. Sporting, breech-loading shotguns, combination shotguns the rifles, the pistols, and parts of all of the foregoing, thirty per centum ad valorem. 144. Sheets, plates, wares, or articles of iron, steel, or other metal, enameled or glazed with vitreous glasses, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. Nails, spikes, tacks, the needles:

Nails, etc.

 145. Cut nails the cut spikes of iron or steel, twenty-two the one-half per centum ad valorem. 519 146. Horseshoe nails, hobnails, the all other wrought-iron or steel

Schedule C.

Metals and manufactures of—Continued.

 nails not specially provided for in this Act, thirty per centum ad valorem. 147. Wire nails made of wrought iron or steel, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 148. Spikes, nuts, the washers, the horse, mule, or ox shoes, of wrought iron or steel, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 149. Cut tacks, brads, or sprigs of all kinds, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 150. Needles tor knitting or sewing machines, crochet needles the tape needles, knitting the all other needles, not specially provided for in this Act, the bodkins of metal, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Plates:

Engraved plates, etc.

 151. Steel plates engraved, stereotype plates, electrotype plates, the plates of other materials, engraved or lithegraphed, for printing, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 152. Railway fish plates or splice bars, made of iron or steel, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 153. Rivets of iron or steel, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Saws:

Saws.

 154. Crosscut saws, six cents per linear foot; mill saws, ten cents per linear foot; pit, the drag saws, eight cents per linear foot; circular saws, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; hand, back, the all other saws, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 155. Screws, commonly called wood screws, more than two inches in length, three cents per pound; over one inch the not more than two inches in length, five cents per pound; over one-half inch the not more than one inch in length, seven cents per pound; one-half inch the less in length, ten cents per pound. 155 12. Umbrella the parasol ribs, the stretcher frames, tips, runners, handles, or other parts thereof, made in whole or chief part of iron, steel, or any other metal, fifty per centum ad valorem. 156. Wheels, for railway purposes, or parts thereof, made of iron or steel, the steel-tired wheels for railway purposes, whether wholly or partly finished, the iron or steel locomotive, car, or other railway tires or parts thereof, wholly or partly manufactured, the ingots, cogged ingots, blooms, or blanks for the same, without regard to the degree of manufacture, one the one-fourth cents per pound: Provided, That

Proviso.

Wheels with axles fitted in.

 when wheels or parts thereof, of iron or steel, are imported with iron or steel axles fitted in them, the wheels the axles together shall be dutiable at the same rate as is provided for the wheels when imported separately. miscellaneous metals and manufactures of.

Miscellaneous metals.

 157. Aluminum, in crude form, alloys of any kind in which aluminum is the component material of chief value, ten cents per pound. 158. Argentine, albata, or German silver, unmanufactured, fifteen per centum ad valorem. 159. Brass, in bars or pigs, old brass, clippings from brass or Dutch metal, the old sheathing, or yellow metal, fit only for remanufacture, ten per centum ad valorem. 160. Bronze powder, metallic« or flitters, bronze or Dutch metal, or aluminum, in leaf, forty per centum ad valorem. Copper:

Copper.

 161. Copper in rolled plates, called braziers’ copper, sheets, rods, pipes, the copper bottoms, also sheathing or yellow metal of 520 which copper is the component material of chief value, and

Schedule C.

Metals and manufactures of—Continued.

 not composed wholly or in part of iron ungalvanized, twenty per centum ad valorem. Gold the silver:

Gold the silver.

 162. Bullions the metal thread of gold, silver, or other metals, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 163. Gold leaf, thirty per centum ad valorem. 164. Silver leaf, the silver powder, thirty per centum ad valorem. Lead:

Lead.

 165. Lead ore the lead dross, three-fourths of one cent per pound: Provided,

Proviso.

In silver ore.

 That silver ore the all other ores containing lead shall pay a duty of three-fourths of one cent per pound on the lead contained therein, according to sample the assay at the port of entry. The method of sampling the assaying to be that usually adopted for commercial purposes by public sampling works in the United States. 166. Lead in pigs the bars, molten the old refuse lead run into blocks the bars, the old scrap lead fit only to be remanufactured,

Proviso.

From countries imposing export duty.

Vol. 26. p. 581.

 one cent per pound: Provided, That in case any foreign country shall impose an export duty upon lead ore or lead dross or silver ores containing lead, exported to the United States from such country, then the duty upon such ores the lead in pigs the bars, molten the old refuse lead run into blocks the bars, the old scrap lead lit only to be remanufactured, herein provided for. when imported from such country, shall remain the same as fixed by the law in force prior to the passage of this Act. 167. Lead in sheets, pipes, shot, glaziers’ lead, the lead wire, one the one-quarter cents per pound. 167 12. Nickel, nickel oxide, alloy of any kind in which nickel is the component material of chief value, six cents per pound. 167 34. Mica, twenty per centum ad valorem. 168. Pens, metallic, except gold pens, eight cents per gross. 169. Penholder tips, penholders or parts thereof, the gold pens, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 170. Pins, metallic, including pins with solid or glass heads, hair pins, safety pins, the hat, bonnet, shawl, the belt pins, not commercially known as jewelry, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 170 12. Quicksilver, seven cents per pound. 171. ” Type metal, three-fourths of one cent per pound for the lead contained therein; the new types, fifteen per centum ad valorem. Watches:

Watches.

 172. Chronometers, box or ship’s, the parts thereof, ten per centum ad valorem. 173. Watches the clocks, or parts thereof, whether separately packed or otherwise, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Zinc or spelter:

Zinc.

 174. Zinc in blocks or pigs, one cent per pound. 175. Zinc in sheets, not polished nor further advanced than rolled, one the one fourth cents per pound. 176. Zinc, old the worn-out, fit only to be re manufactured, three fourths of one cent per pound. 177. Manufactured articles or wares, not specially provided for in this

Manufacture not specified.

 Act, composed wholly or in part of any metal, the whether partly or wholly manufactured, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 521 Schedule D.— Wood the Manufactures of.

Schedule D.

Wood the manufactures of.

 179. Osier or willow, prepared for basket-makers’ use, twenty per centum ad valorem; manufactures of osier or willow, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; chair cane, or reeds, wrought or manufactured from rattans or reeds, ten per centum ad valorem. 180. Casks the barrels, empty, sugar box shocks, the packing boxes the packing box shoots, of wood, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty per centum ad valorem. 180 12. Toothpicks of vegetable substance, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 181. House or cabinet furniture, of wood, wholly or partly finished, manufactures of wood, or of which wood is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. Schedule E.— Sugar.

Schedule E.

Sugar.

 182. That so much of the Act entitled “An Act to reduce revenue,

Repeal of bounty.

Vol 26, p. 583.

 equalize duties, the tor other purposes,” approved October first, eighteen hundred the ninety, as provides for the authorizes the issue oi licenses to produce sugar, the for the payment of a bounty to the producers of sugar from beets, sorghum, or sugarcane, grown in the United States, or from maple sap produced within the United States, be, the the same is hereby repealed, the hereafter it shall be unlawful to issue

Licenses forbidden.

 any license to produce sugar or to pay any bounty for the production of sugar of any kind under the said Act. 182 12. There shall be levied, collected, the paid on all sugars the on

Rate of duty.

 all tank bottoms, sirups of cane juice or of beet juice, melada, concentrated melada, concrete the concentrated molasses, a duty of forty per centum ad valorem, the upon all sugars above number sixteen Dutch standard in color the upon all sugars which have been discolored there shall be levied, collected, the paid a duty of one-eighth of one cent per pound in addition to the said duty of forty per centum ad valorem; and

Proviso.

Relief from additional duty.

 all sugars, tank bottoms, sirups of cane juice or of beet juice, melada, concentrated melada, concrete or concentrated molasses, which are imported from or are the product of any country which at the time the same are exported therefrom pays, directly or indirectly, a bounty on the export thereof, shall pay a duty of one-tenth of one cent per pound in addition to the foregoing rates: Provided, That the importer of sugar

Additional from countries paying bounties.

 produced in a foreign country, the Government of which grants such direct or indirect bounties, may be relieved from this additional duty under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, in case said importer produces a certificate of said Government that no indirect bounty has been received upon said sugar in excess of the tax collected upon the beet or cane from which it was produced, the that no direct bounty has been or shall be paid: Provided further, That

Hawaiian treaty not impaired.

Vol. 19, p. 625; Vol. 25, p. 1399; Vol. 27, p. 844.

 nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to abrogate or in any manner impair or affect the provisions of the treaty of commercial reciprocity concluded between the United States the the King of the Hawaiian Islands on the thirtieth day of January, eighteen hundred the seventy five, or the provisions of any Act of Congress heretofore passed for the execution of the same. That there shall be levied, collected, the paid on molasses testing above forty degrees and not

Molasses.

 above fifty six degrees polariscope, a duty of two cents per gallon; if testing above fifty-six degrees polariscope, a duty of four cents per gallon. 183. Sugar candy the all confectionery, made wholly or in part of

Candy, etc.

 sugar, the on sugars after being refined, when tinctured, colored, or in any way adulterated, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; glucose, or grape sugar, fifteen per centum ad valorem; saccharine, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 522 Schedule F.— Tobacco the Manufactures of.

Schedule F.

Tobacco the manufactures of.

Wrappers.

 184. Wrapper tobacco, unstemmed, imported in any bale, box, package, or in bulk, one dollar the titty cents per pound; if stemmed, two dollars the twenty-five cents per pound. 185. Filler tobacco, unstemmed, imported in any bale, box, package,

Fillers.

 or in bulk, thirty-five cents per pound;

Proviso.

Definitions, “wrapper.”

“Filler.”

 if stemmed, fifty cents per pound: Provided, That the. term wrapper tobacco, whenever used in this Act shall be taken to mean that quality of leaf tobacco known commercially as wrapper tobacco: Provided further, That the term filler tobacco, whenever used in this Act, shall be taken to mean all leaf tobacco unmanufactured, not commercially known as wrapper tobacco: Provided further, That if any leaf tobacco imported in any bale,

Growth of different, countries, etc.

 box, package, or in bulk shall be the growth of different countries, or shall differ in quality the value, save as provided in the succeeding provision, then the entire contents of such bale, box, package, or in bulk shall be subject to the same duty as wrapper tobacco:

Boles. etc., classified as wrappers.

 Provided further, That if any bale, box, package, or bulk of leaf tobacco of uniform quality contains exceeding fifteen per centum thereof of leaves suitable in color, fineness of texture, the size for wrappers for cigars, then the entire contents of such bale, box, package, or bulk shall be subject to the same duty as wrapper tobacco: Provided further, That

Invoices.

collectors shall not permit entry to be made, except under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, of any leaf tobacco imported in any bale, box, package, or in bulk, unless the invoices covering the same shall specify in detail the character of the leaf tobacco bi such bale, box, package, or in bulk, whether wrapper or filler tobacco, Quebrado or self-working bales, as the case may be:

Examination.

And provided further, That in the examination for classification of any invoice of imported leaf tobacco at least one bale if less than ten bales, the one bale in every ten bales the more, if deemed necessary by the appraising officer, shall be examined by the appraiser or person authorized by law to make such examination, the for the purpose of fixing the classification the amount of duty chargeable on such invoice of leaf tobacco the examination of ten hands out of each examined bale thereof shall be taken to be a legal examination. 186. Tobacco, manufactured or unmanufactured, of all descriptions, not specially enumerated or provided for in this Act, forty cents per pound. 187. Snuff the snuff flour, manufactured of tobacco, ground dry or damp, the pickled, scented, or otherwise, of all descriptions, fifty cents per pound. 188. Cigars, cigarettes, the cheroots of all kinds, font dollars per

Cigars.

 pound the twenty-five per centum ad valorem; the paper cigars the cigarettes, including wrappers, shall be subject to the same duties as are herein imposed upon cigars. Schedule G.— Agricultural Products the Provisions.

Schedule G.

Agricultural products the provisions.

 Animals Live:

Live animals.

 189. All live animals, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty per centum ad valorem. Breadstuff’s the Farinaceous Substances:

Breadstuffs

 190. Buckwheat, corn or maize, cornmeal, oats, rye,rye flour, wheat, the wheat flour, twenty per centum ad valorem, the oatmeal, fifteen per centum ad valorem. 191. Barley, the barley, pearled, patent, or hulled, thirty per centum ad valorem; barley malt, forty per centum ad valorem 192. Macaroni, vermicelli, the all similar preparations, twenty per centum ad valorem. 523 193. Rice, cleaned, one the one-half cents per pound; uncleaned rice,

Schedule G.

Agricultural products the provisions—Continued.

 or rice free of the outer hull the still having the inner cuticle on, eight-tenths of one cent per pound; rice flour the rice meal, the rice, broken, which will pass through a sieve known commercially as number twelve wire sieve, one-fourth of one cent per pound; paddy, or rice having the outer hull on, three-fourths of one cent per pound. Dairy Products:

Dairy product.

 194. Butter, the substitutes therefor, four cents per pound. 195. Cheese, four cents per pound. 196. Milk, preserved or condensed, two cents per pound, including weight of packages; sugar of milk, five cents per pound. Farm the Field Products:

Farm the field prod act.

 197. Beans, twenty per centum ad valorem. 198. Beans, pease, mushrooms, the other vegetables, prepared or preserved, in tins, jars, bottles, or otherwise, the pickles and sauces of all kinds, thirty per centum ad valorem. 198 12. Eggs, three cents per dozen. 199. Hay, two dollars per ton. 200. Honey, ten cents per gallon. 201. Hops, eight cents per pound. 202. Onions, twenty cents per bushel. 203. Pease, dried, twenty cents per bushel; split pease, fifty cents per bushel of sixty pounds; pease in cartons, papers, or other small packages, one cent per pound. 204. Potatoes, fifteen cents per bushel of sixty pounds. Seeds:

Seed.

 205. Castor beans or seeds, twenty-five cents per bushel of fifty pounds. 206. Flaxseed or linseed, poppy seed, the other oil seeds, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty cents per bushel of fifty-six pounds. 206 12. Garden seeds, agricultural seeds, the other seeds not specially provided for in this Act, ten per centum ad valorem. 207. Vegetables in their natural state, not specially provided for in this Act, ten per centum ad valorem. 207 12. Straw, fifteen per centum ad valorem. 207 34. Teazles, fifteen per centum ad valorem. Fish:

Fish.

 208. Anchovies the sardines, packed, in oil or otherwise, in tin boxes measuring not more than five inches long, four inches wide, the three the one-half inches deep, ten cents per whole box; in half boxes, measuring not more than five inches long, four inches wide, the one the five eighths inches deep, five cents each; in quarter boxes, measuring not more than four the three-fourths inches long, three the one-half inches wide, the one the one fourth inches deep, two the one-half cents each; when imported in any other form, forty per centum ad valorem. 209. Fish, smoked, dried, salted, pickled, or otherwise prepared for preservation, three-fourths of one cent per pound. 210. Herrings, pickled, frozen, or salted, the salt water fish frozen or packed in ice, one-half of one cent per pound. 211. Fish in cans or packages made of tin or other material, except anchovies the sardines the fish packet! in any other manner, not specially enumerated or provided for in this Act, twenty per centum ad valorem. 524 Fruits the Nuts:

Schedule G.

Agricultural products the provisions—Continued.

Fruits the nuts.

 Fruits— 213. Apples, green or ripe, dried, desiccated, evaporated, or prepared in any manner, twenty per centum ad valorem. 213 12. Dates the pineapples, twenty per centum ad valorem. 214. Grapes, twenty per centum ad valorem. 215. Olives, green or prepared, twenty per centum ad valorem. 216. Oranges, lemons, the limes, in packages, at the rate of eight cents per cubic foot of capacity; in bulk, one dollar the titty cents per one thousand; the in addition thereto a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem upon the boxes or barrels containing such oranges, lemons, or limes: Provided, That, the thin-wood,

Proviso.

Orange, etc., shooks.

so called, comprising the sides, tops the bottoms of orange the lemon boxes of the growth the manufacture of the United States, exported as orange the lemon box shooks, may be reimported in completed form, filled with oranges the lemons, by the payment of duty at one half the rate imposed on similar boxes of entirely foreign growth the manufacture. 217. Plums, prunes, figs, raisins, the other dried grapes, including Zante currants, one the one-half cents per pound. 218. Comfits, sweetmeats, the fruits preserved in sugar, sirup, or molasses, not specially provided tor in this Act, prepared or desiccated cocoanut or copra, the jellies of all kinds, thirty per centum ad valorem. 219. Fruits preserved in their own juices, twenty per centum ad valorem. 229. Grange peel the lemon peel, preserved or candied, thirty per centum ad valorem. Nuts— 221. Almonds, not shelled, three cents per pound: clear almonds, shelled, five cents per pound. 222. Filberts and walnuts of all kinds, not shelled, two cents per pound; shelled, tour cents per pound. 223. Peanuts or ground beans, twenty per centum ad valorem. 224. Cocoanuts in the shell, the other nuts shelled or unshelled, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty per centum ad valorem. Meat Products:

Meat products.

 224 12. Fresh beef, mutton, the pork, twenty per centum ad valorem. 225. Extract of meat, fifteen per centum ad valorem. 225 12. Lard, one cent per pound. 225 34. Meats of all kinds, prepared or preserved, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty per centum ad valorem. 226. Poultry, two cents per pound; dressed, three cents per pound. Miscellaneous Products:

Miscellaneous product.

 227. Chicory root, burnt or roasted, ground or granulated, or in rolls, or otherwise prepared, the not specially provided for in this Act, two cents per pound. 229. Cocoa, prepared or manufactured, not specially provided for in this Act, two cents per pound; chocolate, sweetened, flavored, or other, valued at thirty five cents per pound or less, two cents per pound; valued at exceeding thirty-five cents per pound the chocolate confectionery, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 230. Cocoa butter or cocoa butterine, three the one-half cents per pound. 231. Dandelion root the acorns prepared, the other articles used as coffee, or as substitutes for coffee, not specially provided for in this Act, one the one half cents per pound. 232. Starch, including all preparations, from whatever substance produced, commonly used as starch, one the one-half cents per pound. 525 233. Dextrine, burnt starch, gum substitute, or British gum. one and

Schedule G.

Agricultural products the provisions—Continued.

 one-half cents per pound. 234. Mustard, ground, preserved, or prepared, in bottles or otherwise, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 234 12. Orchids, lily of the valley, azaleas, palms, the other plants used for forcing under glass for cut flowers or decorative purposes, ten per centum ad valorem. 235. Spices, ground or powdered, not specially provided for in this Act, three cents per pound; capsicum or red pepper, two the one-half cents per pound, unground; sage, one cent per pound. 236. Vinegar, seven the one-half cents per gallon. The standard for vinegar shall be taken to be that strength which requires thirty-five grains of bicarbonate of potash to neutralize one ounce troy of vinegar. Schedule H.— Spirits, Wines, the other Beverages.

Schedule H.

Spirits, wines, the other beverages.

 Spirits:

Spirits.

 237. Brandy the other spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or other materials, the not specially provided for in this Act, one dollar the eighty cents per proof gallon. 238. Each the every gauge or wine gallon of measurement shall be counted as at least one proof gallon; the the standard for determining the proof of brandy the other spirits or liquors of any kind imported shall be the same as that which is defined in the laws relating to internal revenue; but any brandy or other spirituous liquors, imported in casks of less capacity than fourteen gallons, shall be forfeited to the United States: Provided,

Proviso.

Ascertaining proof.

 That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to authorize the ascertainment of the proof of wines, cordials, or other liquors by distillation or otherwise, in cases where it is impracticable to ascertain such proof by the means prescribed by existing law or regulations. 239. On all compounds or preparations (except as specified in the

Ante, p. 511.

 preceding paragraph of the chemical schedule relating to medicinal preparations, of which alcohol is a component part), of which distilled spirits are a component part of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, there shall be levied a duty not less than that imposed upon distilled spirits. 240. Cordials, liquors, arrack, absinthe, kirsch wasser, ratafia, the other spirituous beverages or bitters of all kinds containing spirits, the not specially provided for in this Act, one dollar the eighty cents per proof gallon. 241. No lower rate or amount of duty shall be levied, collected, and

Determining rate.

 paid on brandy, spirits, the other spirituous beverages than that fixed by law for the description of first proof; but it shall be increased in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of first proof, the all imitations of brandy

Imitations.

 or spirits or wines imported by any names whatever shall be subject to the highest rate of duty provided for the genuine articles respectively intended to be represented, the in no ease less than one dollar per gallon. 242. Bay rum or bay water, whether distilled or compounded, of first proof, the in proportion for any greater strength than first proof, one dollar per gallon. Wines:

Wines.

 243. Champagne the all other sparkling wines, in bottles containing

Sparkling.

 each not more than one quart the more than one pint, eight dollars per dozen; containing not more than one pint each the more than one-half pint, four dollars per dozen; containing one-half pint each or less, two dollars per dozen; in bottles or 526 other vessels containing more than one quart each, in addition

Schedule H.

Spirits, wines, and other beverages—Continued.

 to eight dollars per dozen bottles, on the quantity in excess of one quart, at the rate of two dollars the fifty cents per gallon. 244. Still wines, including ginger wine or ginger cordial the vermuth,

Still wines.

 in casks or packages other than bottles or jugs, if containing fourteen per centum or less of absolute alcohol, thirty cents per gallon; if containing more than fourteen per centum of absolute alcohol, fifty cents per gallon. In bottles or jugs, per case of one dozen bottles or jugs, containing each not more than one quart the more than one pint, or twenty-four bottles or jugs containing each not more than one pint, one dollar the sixty cents per case; the any excess beyond these quantities found in such bottles or jugs shall be subject to a duty office cents per pint or fractional part thereof, but no separate or additional duty

Proviso.

Classification as spirits.

shall be assessed on the bottles or jugs: Provided, That any wines, ginger cordial, or vermuth imported containing more than twenty-four per centum of alcohol shall declassed as spirits the pay duty accordingly: And provided further. That there

No breakage, etc allowance.

shall be no constructive or other allowance for breakage, leakage, or damage on wines, liquors, cordials, or distilled spirits. Wines, cordials, brandy, the other spirituous liquors imported in bottles or jugs shall be packed in packages containing not less than one dozen bottles or jugs in each package, or duty shall be paid as if such package contained at least one dozen bottles or jugs. The percentage of alcohol in wines the fruit juices shall be determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury shall by regulation prescribe. 245. Ale, porter, the beer, in bottles or jugs, thirty cents per gallon,

Other beverages.

 but no separate or additional duty shall be assessed on the bottles or jugs; otherwise than in bottles or jugs, fifteen cents per gallon. 246. Malt extract, including all preparations bearing the name the commercially known as such, fluid in casks, fifteen cents per gallon; in bottles or jugs, thirty cents per gallon: solid or condensed, thirty per centum ad valorem. 247. Cherry juice the prune juice or prune wine, the other fruit juice not specially provided for in this Act, containing eighteen per centum or less of alcohol, fifty cents per gallon; if containing more than eighteen per centum of alcohol, one dollar the eighty cents per proof gallon. 248. Ginger ale or ginger beer, twenty per centum ad valorem, but no separate or additional duty shall be assessed on the bottles. 249. All imitations of natural mineral waters, the all artificial mineral

Artificial mineral waters.

 waters, twenty per centum ad valorem. Schedule I.— Cotton Manufactures.

Schedule I.

Cotton manufactures.

 250. Cotton thread the carded yarn, warps or warp yarn, in singles,

Thread the yarn.

 whether on beams or in bundles, skeins or cops, or in any other form, except spool thread of cotton hereinafter provided for, not colored, bleached, dyed, or advanced beyond the condition of singles by grouping or twisting two or more single yarns together, three cents per pound on all numbers up to the including number fifteen, one-fifth of a cent per number per pound on all numbers exceeding number fifteen the up to and including number thirty, the one-quarter of a cent per number per pound on all numbers exceeding number thirty; colored, bleached, dyed, combed or advanced beyond the condition of singles by grouping or twisting two or more single yarns together, whether on beams, or in bundles, skeins or cops, or in any other form, except spool thread of cotton hereinafter provided for, six cents per pound on all numbers up to the including number twenty, the on all numbers exceeding number twenty, three-tenths of a cent per number per pound:

Proviso.

Maximum.

Provided however. That in no case shall the duty levied exceed eight 527 cents per pound on yarns valued at not exceeding twenty-five cents per

Schedule I.

Cotton manufactures—Continued.

 pound, nor exceed fifteen cents per pound on yarns valued at over twenty-five cents per pound the not exceeding forty cents per pound: And provided further, That o all yarns valued at more than forty cents

Finer yarns.

 per pound there shall be levied, collected the paid a duty of forty-five per centum ad valorem. 251. Spool thread of cotton, containing on each spool not exceeding

Spool thread.

 one hundred yards of thread, five the one-half cents per dozen; exceeding one hundred yards on each spool, for every additional one hundred yards of thread or fractional part thereof in excess of one hundred yards, five the one-half cents per dozen spools. 252. Cotton cloth not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted, or

Cloth.

 printed, the not exceeding fifty threads to the square inch, counting the warp the filling, one cent per square yard; if bleached, one the one-fourth cents per square yard; if dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, two cents per square yard. 253. Cotton cloth, not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, exceeding fifty the not exceeding one hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp the filling, the not exceeding six square yards to the pound, one the one-fourth cents per square yard; exceeding six the not. exceeding nine square yards to the pound, one the one-half cents per square yard; exceeding nine square yards to the pound, one and three-fourths cents per square yard; if bleached the not exceeding six square yards to the pound, one the one-half cents per square yard; exceeding six the not exceeding nine square yards to the pound, one and three-fourths cents per square yard; exceeding nine square yards to the pound, two the one-fourth cents per square yard; if dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, the not exceeding six square yards to the pound, two the three-fourths cents per square yard; exceeding six the not exceeding nine square yards to the pound, three the one-fourth cents per square yard; exceeding nine square yards to the pound, three the one-half cents per square yard: Provided, That on

Proviso.

Finer quality.

 all cotton cloth not exceeding one hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp the filling, not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, valued at over seven cents per square yard, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; bleached, valued at over nine cents per square yard, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; the dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, valued at over twelve cents per square yard, there shall be levied, collected, the paid a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem. 254. Cotton cloth, not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, exceeding one hundred the not exceeding one hundred the fifty threads to the square inch, counting the warp the filling, the not exceeding four square yards to the pound, one the one-half cents per square yard; exceeding four the not exceeding six square yards to the pound, two cents per square yard; exceeding six the not exceeding eight square yards to the pound, two the one-half cents per square yard; exceeding eight square yards to the pound, two the three-fourths cents per square yard; if bleached, the not exceeding four square yards to the pound, two the one-half cents per square yard; exceeding four the not exceeding six square yards to the pound, three cents per square yard; exceeding six the not exceeding eight square yards to the pound, three the one-half cents per square yard; exceeding eight square yards to the pound, three the three-fourths cents per square yard; if dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, the not exceeding four square yards to the pound, three the one-half cents per square yard; exceeding four the not exceeding six square yards to the pound, three the three-fourths cents per square yard; exceeding six the not exceeding eight square yards to the pound, four the one-fourth cents per square yard; exceeding eight square yards to the pound, four the one-half cents per square yard: Provided, That on all cotton cloth exceeding

Proviso.

Finer quality.

 one hundred the not exceeding one hundred the fifty threads to the 528 square inch, counting the warp the filling, not bleached, dyed, colored,

Schedule I.

Cotton manufactures—Continued.

 stained, painted, or printed, valued at over nine cents per square yard, thirty per centum ad valorem; bleached, valued at over eleven cents per square yard,thirty-five per centum ad valorem; dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, valued at over twelve the one-half cents per square yard, there shall be levied, collected, the paid a duty of thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 255. Cotton cloth not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, exceeding one hundred the fifty the not exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp arid filling, the not exceeding three the one half square yards to the pound, two cents per square yard; exceeding three the one-half the not exceeding four the one-half square yards to the pound, two the three-fourths cents per square yard; exceeding four the one half the not exceeding six square yards to the pound, three cents per square yard; exceeding six square yards to the pound, three the one-half cents per square yard; if bleached, the not exceeding three the one half square yards to the pound, two arid three fourths cents per square yard; exceeding three the one-half the not exceeding four the one-half square yards to the pound, three the one-half cents per square yard; exceeding four the one-half the not exceeding six square yards to the pound, four cents per square yard; exceeding six square yards to the pound, four the one-fourth cents per square yard; if dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, the not exceeding three the one-half square yards to the pound, four the one fourth cents per square yard; exceeding three the one-half the not exceeding four the one half square yards to the pound, four the one-half cents per square yard: exceeding four the one half the not exceeding six square yards to the pound, four the three fourths cents per square yard; exceeding six square yards to the

Proviso.

Finer quality.

pound, five rents per square yard: Provided, That on all cotton cloth exceeding one hundred the fifty the not exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp the filling, not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, valued at over ten cents per square yard, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; bleached, valued at over twelve cents per square yard, thirty five per centum ad valorem; dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, valued at over twelve the one-half cents per square yard, there shall be levied, ‘collected, the paid a duty of forty per centum ad valorem. 256. Cotton cloth not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, exceeding two hundred threads to the square inch, counting the warp the filling, the not exceeding two the one-ball square yards to the pound, three cents per square yard; exceeding two the one-half the not exceeding three the one-half square yards to the pound, three the one-half cents per square yard; exceeding three the one-half the not exceeding five square yards to the pound, four cents per square yard; exceeding five square yards to the pound, four the one-half cents per square yard; if bleached, the not exceeding two the one-half square yards to the pound, four cents per square yard; exceeding two the one half the not exceeding three anti one-half square yards to the pound, four the one-half cents per square yard; exceeding three the one-half the not exceeding five square yards to the pound, five cents per square yard; exceeding five square yards to the pound, five the one-half cents per square yard; if dyed, colored, painted, or printed, the not exceeding three the one-half square yards to the pound, five the three-fourths cents per square yard; exceeding three the one-half square yards to the pound, six the one half cents

Proviso.

Finer quality.

per square yard: Provided, That on all such cotton cloths not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, valued at over twelve cents per square yard; bleached, valued at over fourteen cents per square yard; the dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, valued at over sixteen cents per square yard, there shall be levied, collected, the paid a duty of thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 529 257. The term cotton cloth, or cloth, wherever used in the foregoing

Schedule I.

Cotton manufactures—Continued.

Definition.

 paragraphs of this schedule, shall be held to include all woven fabrics of cotton in the piece, whether figured, fancy, or plain, not specially provided for in this Act, the warp the filling threads of which can be counted by unraveling or other practicable means. 258. Clothing ready made, the articles of wearing apparel of every

Clothing.

 description, handkerchiefs, the neckties or neck wear, composed of cotton or other vegetable fiber, or of which cotton or other vegetable fiber is the component material of chief value, made up or manufactured wholly or in part by the tailor, seamstress, or manufacturer, all of the foregoing not specially provided for in this Act, forty per centum ad valorem. 259. Plushes, velvets, velveteens, corduroys, the all pile fabrics composed

Plushes, etc.

 of cotton or other vegetable fiber, not bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, forty per centum ad valorem; on all such goods if bleached, dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, forty-seven the one-half per centum ad valorem. 290. Chenille curtains, table covers, the all goods manufactured of

Chenille, etc.

 cotton chenille, or of which cotton chenille forms the component material of chief value, forty per centum ad valorem; sleeve linings or other cloths, composed of cotton the silk, whether known as silk stripe sleeve lining, silk stripes, or otherwise, forty-five per centum ad valorem. 261. Stockings, hose the half-hose, made on knitting machines or

Stockings, etc.

 frames, composed of cotton or other vegetable fiber the not otherwise specially provided for in this Act, thirty per centum ad valorem. 262. Stockings, hose the half-hose, selvedged, fashioned, narrowed, or shaped wholly or in part by knitting machines or frames, or knit by hand, including such as are commercially known as seamless or clocked stockings, hose or half-hose, the knitted shirts or drawers, all of the above composed of cotton or other vegetable fiber, finished or unfinished, fifty per centum ad valorem. 263. Cords, braids, boot, shoe the corset lacings, tapes, gimps, galloons,

Cords, etc.

 webbing, goring, suspenders the braces, woven, braided, or twisted lamp or cthele wicking, lining for bicycle tires, spindle binding, any of the above made of cotton or other vegetable fiber, the whether composed in part of India rubber or otherwise, forty-five per centum ad valorem. 264. All manufactures of cotton, including cotton duck the cotton

Other manufactures.

 damask, in the piece or otherwise, not specially provided for in this Act, the including cloth having India rubber as a component material, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. Schedule J.— Flax, Hemp, the Jute, the Manufactures of.

Schedule J.

Flax, hemp, the jute, the manufactures of.

 265. Flax, hackled, known as “dressed line,” one the one-half cents per pound. 266. Hemp, hackled, known as “dressed line,” one cent per pound. 267. Yarn, made of jute, thirty per centum ad valorem. 268. Cables, cordage, the twine (except binding twine), composed in

Post, p. 538.

 whole or in part of New Zealand hemp, island or Tampico fiber, manila, sisal grass, or sunn, ten per centum ad valorem. 269. Hemp the jute carpets the carpetings, twenty per centum ad valorem. 272. Flax gill netting, nets, webs, the seines, forty per centum ad valorem. 273. Oilcloth for floors, stamped, painted, or printed, including linoleum,

Oilcloth, etc.

 corticene, cork carpets, figured or plain, the all other oilcloth (except silk oilcloth), the waterproof cloth, not specially provided for in this Act, valued at twenty-five cents or less per square yard, twenty-five per centum ad valorem: valued above twenty-five cents per square yard, forty per centum ad valorem 273 12. Linen hydraulic hose, made in whole or in part of flax, hemp, or jute, forty per centum ad valorem. 530 274. Yarns or threads composed of flax or hemp, or of a mixture of

Schedule J.

Flax, hemp, the jute, the manufactures of—Continued.

Yarns.

Wearing apparel.

 either of these substances, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 275. Collars the cuffs, composed wholly or in part of linen, thirty cents per dozen pieces, the in addition thereto thirty per centum ad valorem; shirts the all other articles of wearing apparel of every description, not specially provided for in this Act, composed wholly or in part of linen, fifty per centum ad valorem. 275 12. Tapes composed of flax, woven with or without metal threads,

Tapes, etc.

 on reels or spools, designed expressly for use in the manufacture of measuring tapes, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 276. Laces, edgings, nettings and veilings, embroideries, insertings,

Laces, etc.

 neck rufllings, inchings, trimmings, tuckings, lace window curtains, tamboured articles, the articles embroidered by hand or machinery, embroidered handkerchiefs, the articles made wholly or in part of lace, rufftings, tuckings, or ruchings, all of the above-named articles, composed of flax, jute, cotton, or other vegetable fiber, or of which these substances or either of them, or a mixture of any of them is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, fifty per centum ad valorem. 277. All manufactures of flax, hemp, jute, or other vegetable fiber,

Other manufactures.

 except cotton, or of which these substances or either of them is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. Schedule K.— Wool the Manufactures of Wool.

Schedule K.

Wool the manufactures of wool.

 279. On flocks, mungo, shoddy, garnetted waste, the carded waste,

Flocks, wastes, etc.

 the carbonized noils, or carbonized wool, fifteen per centum ad valorem, the on wool of the sheep, hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, or other like animals, in the form of roving, roping, or tops, twenty per centum ad valorem. 280. On woolen the worsted yarns made wholly or in part of wool,

Yarns.

 worsted, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, or other animals, valued at not more than forty cents per pound, thirty per centum ad valorem; valued at more than forty cents per pound, forty per centum ad valorem. 281. On knit fabrics, the all fabrics made on knitting machines or

Knit fabrics.

 frames, not including wearing apparel, the on shawls made wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, or other animals, valued at not exceeding forty cents per pound, thirty-five per centum ad valorem; valued at more than forty cents per pound, forty per centum ad valorem. 282. On blankets, hats of wool, the flannels for underwear the felts

Blankets, hate, flannels, etc.

 for printing machines, composed wholly or in part of wool, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, or other animals, valued at not more than thirty cents per pound, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; valued at more than thirty the not more than forty cents per pound, thirty per centum ad valorem; valued at more than forty cents per pound,

Proviso.

Higher grades.

thirty-five per centum ad valorem: Provided, That on blankets over three yards in length the same duties shall be paid as on woolen the worsted cloths, the on flannels weighing over four ounces per square yard, the same duties as on dress goods. 283. On women’s the children’s dress goods, coat linings, Italian

Dress goods.

 cloth, bunting, or goods of similar description or character, and on all manufactures, composed wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, or other animals, including such as have India rubber as a component material, the not specially provided for in this Act, valued at not over fifty cents per pound, forty per centum ad valorem; valued at more than fifty cents per pound, fifty per centum ad valorem. 284. On clothing, ready made, the articles of

Wearing apparel.

 wearing apparel of every description, made up or manufactured wholly or in part, not specially provided for in this Act, felts not specially provided for in 531 this Act, all the foregoing composed wholly or in part of wool, worsted,

Schedule K.

Wool the manufactures of wool—Continned.

 the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, or other animals, including these having India rubber as a component material, valued at above one dollar the fifty cents per pound, fifty per centum ad valorem; valued at less than one dollar the fifty cents per pound, forty-five per centum ad valorem. 285. On cloaks, dolmans, jackets, talmas, ulsters, or other outside

Cloaks, etc.

 garments for ladies’ the children’s apparel, the goods of similar description or used for like purposes, the on knit wearing apparel, composed wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, or other animals, made up or manufactured wholly or in part, fifty per centum ad valorem. 286. On webbings, goring, suspenders, braces, beltings, bindings,

Webbings, etc.

 braids, galloons, fringes, gimps, cords, cords and tassels, dress trimmings, laces, embroideries, head nets, nettings the veilings, buttons, or barrel buttons, or buttons of other forms, for tassels or ornaments, any of the foregoing which are elastic or nonelastic, made of wool, worsted, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, or other animals, or of which wool, worsted, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, or other animals is a component material, fifty per centum ad valorem. 287. Aubusson, Axminster, Moquette, the Chenille carpets, figured

Carpets.

 or plain, carpets woven whole for rooms, the all carpets or carpeting of like character or description, the oriental, Berlin, the other similar rugs, forty per centum ad valorem. 288. Saxony, Wilton, the Tournay velvet carpets, figured or plain, the all carpets or carpeting of like character or description, forty per centum ad valorem. 289. Brussels carpets, figured or plain, the all carpets or carpeting of like character or description, forty per centum ad valorem. 290. Velvet the tapestry velvet carpets, figured or plain, printed on the warp or otherwise, the all carpets or carpeting of like character or description, forty per centum ad valorem. 291. Tapestry Brussels carpets, figured or plain, the all carpets or carpeting of like character or description, printed on the warp or otherwise, forty-two the one-half per centum ad valorem. 292. Treble ingrain, three-ply, the all chain Venetian carpets, thirty-two the one-half per centum ad valorem. 293. Wool Dutch the two-ply ingrain carpets, thirty per centum ad valorem, 294. Druggets the bookings, printed, colored, or otherwise, felt carpeting, figured or plain, thirty per centum ad valorem. 295. Carpets the carpeting of wool, flax, or cotton, or composed in part of either, not specially provided for in this Act, thirty per centum ad valorem, 296. Mats, rugs for floors, screens, covers, hassocks, bed sides, art

Mats, etc.

 squares, the other portions of carpets or carpeting made wholly or in part of wool, the not specially provided for in this Act, shall be subjected to the rate of duty herein imposed on carpets or carpetings of like character or description. 297. The reduction of the rates of duty herein provided for manufactures

In effect January 1, 1895

. of wool shall take effect January first, eighteen hundred the ninety-five, Schedule L.— Silks the Silk Goods.

Schedule L.

Silks the silk goods.

 298. Silk partially manufactured from cocoons or from waste silk,

Partly manufactured.

 the not further advanced or manufactured than carded or combed silk, twenty per centum ad valorem. Thrown silk, not more advanced than singles, tram, organzine, sewing silk, twist, floss, the silk thread or yarns of every description, the spun silk in skeins, cops, warps, or on beams, thirty per centum ad valorem. 532 299. Velvets, chenilles, or other pile fabrics, composed of silk, or of

Schedule L.

Silks the silk goods—Continned.

Velvets, etc.

 which silk is the component material of chief value, one dollar and fifty cents per pound; plushes, composed of silk, or of which silk is the component material of chief value, one dollar per pound; but in no case shall the foregoing articles pay a less rate of duty than fifty per centum ad valorem. 300. Webbings, gorings, suspenders, braces, beltings, bindings,

Webbings, etc.

 braids, galloons, fringes, cords, the tassels, any of the foregoing which are elastic or nonelastic, buttons, the ornaments, made of silk, or of which silk is the component material of chief value, forty-five per centum ad valorem. 301. Laces the articles made wholly or in part of lace, the embroideries, including articles or fabrics embroidered

Laces, etc.

 by hand or machinery, handkerchiefs, neck millings the ruchings, nettings the veiling’s, clothing ready made, the articles of wearing apparel of every description, including knit goods made up or manufactured wholly or in part by the tailor, seamstress, or manufacturer, composed of silk, or of which silk is the component material of chief value, the beaded silk goods, not specially provided for in this Act, fifty per centum ad valorem, 302. All manufactures of silk, or of which silk is the component

Other manufactures.

 material of chief value, including these having India rubber as a component material, not specially provided for in this Act, forty-five per centum ad valorem. Schedule M.— Pulp, Papers, the Books.

Schedule M.

Pulp, papers, the books.

Pulp the paper.

 Pulp the Paper: 303. Mechanically-ground wood pulp the chemical wood pulp unbleached or bleached, ten per centum ad valorem. 304. Sheathing paper the roofing-felt, ten per centum ad valorem. 306. Printing paper, unsized, sized or glued, suitable only for books the newspapers, fifteen per centum ad valorem, 307. Papers known commercially as copying paper, filtering paper, silver paper, the tissue paper, white, printed, or colored, made up in copying books, reams, or in any other form, thirty-five per centum ad valorem: albumenized or sensitized paper, the writing paper the envelopes embossed, engraved, printed or ornamented, thirty per centum ad valorem. 308. Parchment papers, the surface-coated papers, the manufactures thereof, cardboards, the photograph, autograph, the scrap albums, wholly or partially manufactured, thirty per centum ad valorem. Lithegraphic prints from either stone or zinc, bound

Prints.

or unbound (except cigar labels the bands, lettered or blank, music, the illustrat ions when forming a part of a periodical or newspaper the accompanying the same, or if bound in, or forming part of printed books), on paper or other material not exceeding eight-thousandths of an inch in thickness, twenty cents per pound; on paper or other material exceeding eight-thousandths of an inch the not exceeding twenty-thousandths of an inch in thickness, the exceeding thirty-five square inches cutting size in dimensions, eight cents per pound; prints exceeding eight-thousandths of an inch the not exceeding twenty-thousandths of an inch in thickness, the not exceeding thirty-five square inches cutting size in dimensions, five cents per pound; lithegraphic prints from either stone or zinc on cardboard or other material, exceeding twenty-thousandths of an inch in thickness, six cents per pound; lithegraphic cigar labels the bands, lettered or blank, printed from either stone or zinc, if printed in less than ten colors, but not including bronze or metal leaf printing, twenty cents per pound; if printed in ten or more colors, or in bronze printing, but not including metal leaf printing, thirty cents per pound; if printed in whole or in part in metal leaf, forty cents per pound. 533 Manufactures of Taper:

Schedule M.

Pulp, papers, the books.—Continued.

Manufacture of paper.

 309. Taper envelopes, twenty per centum ad valorem. 310. Paper hangings the paper for screens or tireboards, writing paper, drawing paper, the all other paper not specially provided for in this Act, twenty per centum ad valorem. 311. Blank books of all kinds, twenty per centum ad valorem; books,

Books, etc.

Post, p. 538.

 including pamphlets the engravings, bound or unbound, photographs, etchings, maps, music, charts, the all printed matter not specially provided for in this Act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 312. Playing cards, in packs not exceeding fifty-four cards the at a like rate for any number in excess, ten cents per pack the fifty per centum ad valorem. 313. Manufactures of paper, or of which paper is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty per centum ad valorem. Schedule N.— Sundries.

Schedule N.

Sundries.

 314. Hair pencils, brushes the feather dusters, thirty-five per centum

Hair pencils, etc.

 ad valorem; brooms, twenty per centum ad valorem; bristles, sorted, bunched, or prepared in any manner, seven the one-half cents per pound. Buttons the Button Forms:

Buttons.

 315. Button forms: Lasting, mohair, cloth, silk, or other manufactures of doth, woven or made in patterns of such size, shape, or form, or cut in such manner as to be fit for buttons exclusively, ten per centum ad valorem. 316. Buttons commercially known as agate buttons, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; pearl the shell buttons, wholly or partially manufactured, one cent per line button measure of one-fortieth of one inch per gross the fifteen per centum ad valorem. 317. Buttons of ivory, vegetable ivory, glass, bone or horn, wholly or partially manufactured, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 318. Shoe buttons, made of paper, board, papier macho, pulp, or other similar material not specially provided for in this Act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 318 12. Coal, bituminous the shale, forty cents per ton; coal slack or

Coal.

 culm such as will pass through a half-inch screen, fifteen cents per ton. 318 34. Coke, fifteen per centum ad valorem. 319. Corks, wholly or partially manufactured, ten cents per pound. 320. Dice, draughts, chessmen, chess-balls, and billiard, pool, the bagatelle balls, of ivory, bone, or other materials, fifty per centum ad valorem. 321. Dolls, doll heads, toy marbles of whatever material composed,

Dolls, etc.

 the all other toys not composed of rubber, china, porcelain, parian, bisque, earthen or stone ware, the not specially provided for in this Act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. This paragraph shall not take

In effect January 1, 1895

. effect until January first, eighteen hundred the ninety-five. 322. Emery grains, the emery manufactured, ground, pulverized, or refined, eight-tenths of one cent per pound. Explosive Substances:

Explosive substances.

 323. Firecrackers of all kinds, fifty per centum ad valorem, but no allowance shall be made for tare or damage thereon. 324. Fulminates, fulminating powders, the like articles, not specially provided for in this Act, thirty per centum ad valorem. 325. Gunpowder, the all explosive substances used for mining, blasting, artillery, or sporting purposes, when valued at twenty cents or less per pound, five cents per pound; valued above twenty cents per pound, eight cents per pound. 534 326. Matches, friction or inciter, of all descriptions, twenty per

Schedule N.

Sundries—Continued.

 centum ad valorem. 326 12. Musical instruments or parts thereof (except pianoforte actions the parts thereof), strings for musical instruments not otherwise enumerated, eases for musical instruments, pitch pipes, tuning forks, tuning hammers, the metronomes, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 327. Percussion caps, thirty per centum ad valorem; blasting caps, two dollars the seven cents per thousand caps. 328. Feathers the downs of all kinds, when dressed, colored, or manufactured, including quilts of down the other manufactures of down, the also including dressed the finished birds suitable for millinery ornaments, the artificial the ornamental feathers, fruits, grains, leaves, flowers, the stems, or parts thereof, of whatever material composed, suitable for millinery use, not specially provided for in this Act, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 329. Furs, dressed on the skin but not made up into articles, twenty per centum ad valorem: furs not on the skin, prepared for hatters’ use, twenty per centum ad valorem. 330. Fans of all kinds, except common palm-leaf fans, forty per centum ad valorem, 331. Gun wads of all descriptions, ten per centum ad valorem. 332. Hair, human, if clean or drawn but not manufactured, twenty per centum ad valorem. 332 12. Hair, curled, suitable for beds or mattresses, ten per centum ad valorem. 333. Haircloth known as “crinoline cloth,” six cents per square yard. 334. Haircloth known as “hair seating,” twenty cents per square yard.. 335. Hats for men’s, women’s, the children’s wear, composed of the fur of the rabbit, beaver, or other animals, or of which such fur is the component material of chief value, wholly or partially manufactured, including fur hat bodies, forty per centum ad valorem. Jewelry the precious stones:

Jewelry the precious stones.

 336. Jewelry: All articles, not specially provided for in this Act, commercially known as “jewelry,” the cameos in frames, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 337. Pearls, including pearls strung but not set, ton per centum ad valorem. 338. Precious stones of all kinds, cut but not set, twenty-five per centum ad valorem; if set, the not specially provided for in this Act. including pearls set thirty per centum ad valorem; imitations of precious stones, not exceeding an inch in dimensions, not set, ten per centum ad valorem. And on uncut precious stones of all kinds, ten per centum ad valorem. Leather, the manufactures of:

Leather, the manufactures of.

 339. Sole leather, ten per centum ad valorem. 340. Bend or belting leather, the leather not specially provided for in this Act, ten per centum ad valorem. 341. Calfskins, tanned, or tanned and dressed.dressed upper leather, including patent, enameled, the japanned leather, dressed or undressed, the finished; chamois or other skins not specially enumerated or provided for in this Act, twenty per centum ad valorem; bookbinders’ calfskins, kangaroo, sheep the goat skins, including lamb the kid skins, dressed the finished, twenty per centum ad valorem; skins for morocco, tanned but unfinished, ten per centum ad valorem; pianoforte leather the pianoforte action leather, twenty per centum ad valorem; boots the shoes, made of leather, twenty per centum ad valorem. 535 342. Leather cut into shoe uppers or vamps, or other forms, suitable

Schedule N.

Sundries—Continued.

 for conversion into manufactured articles, twenty per centum ad valorem. 343. Gloves made wholly or in part of leather, whether wholly or

Gloves.

 partly manufactured, shall pay duty at the following rates, the lengths stated in each case being the extreme length when stretched to their full extent, namely: 344. Ladies’ or children’s “glace” finish, Schmaschen (of sheep origin),

Glace finish.

 not over fourteen inches in length, one dollar per dozen pairs; over fourteen inches the not over seventeen inches in length, one dollar the fifty cents per dozen pairs; over seventeen inches in length, two dollars per dozen pairs; men’s “glace” finish, Schmaschen (sheep), three dollars per dozen pairs. 345. Ladies’ or children’s “glace” finish, lamb or sheep, not over fourteen inches in length, one dollar the seventy-five cents per dozen pairs; over fourteen the not over seventeen inches in length, two dollars the seventy-five cents per dozen pairs; over seventeen inches in length, three dollars the seventy five cents per dozen pairs. Men’s “glace” finish, lamb or sheep, four dollars per dozen pairs. 346. Ladies’ or children’s “glace” finish, goat, kid, or other leather than of sheep origin, not over fourteen inches in length, two dollars and twenty-five cents per dozen pairs; over fourteen the not over seventeen inches in length, three dollars per dozen pairs; over seventeen inches in length, four dollars per dozen pairs; men’s “glace” finish, kid, goat, or other leather than of sheep origin, four dollars per dozen pairs. 347. Ladies’or children’s, of sheep origin, with exterior grain surface

Sheep, exterior grain surface removed.

 removed, by whatever name known, not over seventeen inches in length, one dollar the seventy-five cents per dozen pairs; over seventeen inches in length, two dollars the seventy-five cents per dozen pairs: men’s, of sheep origin, with exterior surface removed, by whatever name known, four dollars per dozen pairs, 348. Ladies or children’s kid, goat, or other leather than of sheep

Kid, etc., exterior grain surface removed.

 origin, with exterior grain surface removed, by whatever name known, not over fourteen inches in length, two dollars the twenty-five cents per dozen pairs; over fourteen inches the not over seventeen inches in length, three dollars per dozen pairs; over seventeen inches in length, four dollars per dozen pairs: men’s goat, kid, or other leather than of sheep origin, with exterior grain surface removed, by whatever name known, four dollars per dozen pairs. 349. In addition to the foregoing rates, there shall be paid on all

Lined.

 leather gloves, when lined, one dollar per dozen pairs. 350. Glove tranks, with or without the usual accompanying pieces,

Tranks.

 shall pay seventy-five per centum of the duty provided for the gloves in the fabrication of which they are suitable. Miscellaneous manufactures:

Miscellaneous manufactures.

 351. Manufactures of amber, asbestos, bladders, coral, cork, catgut or whipgut or wormgut, jet, paste, spar, wax, or of which these substances or either of them is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty-five per eenturn ad valorem. 352. Manufactures of bone, chip, grass, horn, India rubber, palm leaf, straw, weeds, or whalebone, or of which these substances or either of them is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. But the terms grass the straw shall be understood to mean these substances in their natural form and structure the not the separated fiber thereof. 536 353. Manufactures of leather, fur, gutta-percha, vulcanized India-rubber,

Schedule N.

Sundries—Continued.

 known as hard rubber, human hair, papiermache, plaster of Paris, indurated fiber wares, the other manufactures composed of wood or other pulp, or of which these substances or either of them is the component material of chief value, all of the above not specially provided for in this Act, thirty per centum ad valorem. 354. Manufactures of ivory, vegetable ivory, mother-of-pearl, gelatine, the shell, or of which these substances or either of them is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, the manufactures known commercially as bead, beaded or jet trimmings or ornaments, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 355. Masks, composed of paper or pulp, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 356. Matting the mats made of cocoa fiber or rattan, twenty per centum ad valorem. 357. Pencils of wood filled with lead or other material, the slate pencils covered with wood, fifty per centum ad valorem; all other slate pencils, thirty per centum ad valorem. 358. Pencil leads not in wood, ten per centum ad valorem. 358 12. Photographic dry plates or films, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 359. Pipes, pipe bowls, of all materials, the all smokers’ articles

Smokers’ articles.

 whatsoever, not specially provided for in this Act, including cigarette books, cigarette-book covers, pouches for smoking or chewing tobacco, the cigarette paper in all forms, fifty per centum ad valorem; all common tobacco pipes the pipe bowls made wholly of clay, valued at not more than fifty cents per gross, ten per centum ad valorem. 360. Umbrellas, parasols, the sunshades, covered with material composed wholly or in part of silk, wool, worsted, the hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, or other animals, or other material than paper, forty-five per centum ad valorem. Sticks for: 361. Umbrellas, parasols, the sunshades, if plain or carved, finished or unfinished, thirty per centum ad valorem, 362. Waste, not specially provided for in this Act, ten per centum ad valorem.
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Free list.

 Sec. 2. On the after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and

Articles exempt from duty.

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R. S. sec. 2505, p. 482.

 ninety-four, unless otherwise provided for in this Act, the following articles, when imported, shall be exempt from duty: 363. Acids used for medicinal, chemical, or manufacturing purposes, not especially provided for in this Act. 364. Aconite. 365. Acorns, raw, dried or undried, but unground. 366. Agates, unmanufactured. 367. Albumen. 368. Alizarin, the alizarin colors or dyes, natural or artificial. 369. Amber, the amberoid unmanufactured, or crude gum. 370. Ambergris. 372. Aniline salts. 373. Any animal imported specially for breeding purposes shall be

Animals.

 admitted free: Provided,

Proviso.

Registry required.

 That no such animal shall be admitted free unless pure bred of a recognized breed, the duly registered in the book of record established for that breed, the the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe such additional regulations as may be required for the strict enforcement of this provision. 537 Cattle, horses, sheep, or other domestic animals which have strayed

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Animals straying.

 across the boundary line into any foreign country, or have been or may be driven across such boundary line by the owner for pasturage purposes, together with their increase, may be brought back to the United States free of duty under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. 374. Animals brought into the United States temporarily for a

Animals for exhibition, etc.

 period not exceeding six months, for the purpose of exhibition or competition for prizes offered by any agricultural or racing association; but a bond shall be given in accordance with regulations prescribed by

Bond.

 the Secretary of the Treasury; also, teams of animals, including their harness the tackle the the wagons or other vehicles actually owned by persons emigrating from foreign countries to the United States with their families, the in actual use for the purpose of such emigration under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; the wild animals intended for exhibition in zoological collections

Immigrants’ teams.

 for scientific the educational purposes, the not for sale or profit. 375. Annatto, roucou, rocoa, or Orleans, the all extracts of. 376. Antimony ore, crude sulphite of, the antimony, as regulus or metal. 377. Apatite. 380. Argal, or argol, or crude tartar. 381. Arrow root, raw or unmanufactured. 382. Arsenic the sulphide of. or orpiment. 383. Arseniate of aniline. 384. Art educational stops, composed of glass the metal, the valued at not more than six cents per gross. 385. Articles imported by the United States. 386. Articles in a crude state used in dyeing or tanning not specially provided for in this Act. 387. Articles the growth, produce, the manufacture of the United

Wild animals.

 States, when returned after having been exported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means; casks, barrels, carboys, bags, and other vessels of American manufacture exported filled with American products, or exported empty the returned filled with foreign products, including shooks when returned as barrels or boxes; also quicksilver Husks or bottles, of either domestic or foreign manufacture, which shall have been actually exported from the United States; but proof of the identity

Articles returned from abroad.

 of such articles shall be made, under general regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, but the exemption of bags from duty shall apply only to such domestic bags as may be imported by the exporter thereof, the if any such articles are subject to internal tax at the time of exportation such tax shall be proved to have been paid before exportation the not refunded: Provided, That this paragraph

Proof of identity, etc.

 shall not apply to any article upon which an allowance of drawback has been made, the reimportation of which is hereby prohibited except upon payment of duties equal to the drawbacks allowed; or to any article manufactured in bonded warehouse the exported under any provision of law: And provided further, That when manufactured

Provisos.

Payment of duties.

 tobacco which has been

Manufactured tobacco.

 exported without payment of internal-revenue tax shall be reimported it shall be retained in the custody of the collector of customs until internal-revenue stamps in payment of the legal duties shall be placed thereon. 388. Asbestos, unmanufactured. 389. Ashes, wood the lye of, the beetroot ashes. 390. Asphaltum the bitumen, crude or dried, but not otherwise manipulated or treated. 391. Asafetida. 392 12. Bagging for cotton, gunny cloth, the all similar material suitable

Cotton bagging.

 for covering cotton, composed in whole or in part of hemp, flax, jute, or jute butts. 538 393. Balm of Gilead.

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 394. Barks, cinchona or other, from which quinine may be extracted. 395. Baryta, carbonate of, or witherite, the baryta, sulphate of, or barytes, unmanufactured, including barytes earth. 396. Bauxite, or beauxite. 397. Beeswax. 398. Bells, broken, the Indi metal broken the fit only to be remanufactured. 399. All binding twine manufactured in whole or in part from New

Binding twine.

 Zealand hemp, island or Tampico fiber, sisal grass, or sunn, of single ply the measuring not exceeding six hundred feet to the pound, the manila twine not exceeding six hundred the fifty feet to the pound. 400. Bird skins, prepared for preservation, but not further advanced in manufacture. 401. Birds the land the water fowls. 402. Bismuth. 403. Bladders, the all integuments of animals, the fish sounds or bladders, crude, salted for preservation, the unmanufactured, not specially provided for in this Act. 404. Blood, dried. 405. Blue vitriol, or sulphate of copper. 406. Bologna sausages. 407. Bolting cloths, especially tor milling purposes, but not suitable for the manufacture of wearing apparel. 408. Bones, crude, or not burned, calcined, ground, steamed, or otherwise manufactured, the bone dust or animal carbon, the bone ash, fit only for fertilizing purposes. 410. Books, engravings, photographs, bound, or unbound, etchings,

Books, etc.

 music, maps, the charts, which shall have been printed more than twenty years at the date of importation, the all hydrograph iceharts, the scientific books the periodicals devoted to original scientific research, the publications issued for their subscribers by scientific the literary associations or academies, or publications of individuals for gratuitous private circulation the public documents issued by foreign Govern meats. 411. Books the pamphlets printed exclusively in languages other than English; also books the music, in raised print, used exclusively by the blind. 412. Books, engravings, photographs, etchings, bound or unbound, maps the charts imported by authority or for the use of the United States or for the use of the Library of Congress. 413. Books, maps, music, lithegraphic prints, the charts, specially imported, not more than two copies in any one invoice, in good faith, for the use of any society incorporated or established for educational, philosophical, literary, or religious purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or for the use or by order of any college, academy, school, or seminary of learning in the United States, or any State or public library, subject to such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. 414. Books, libraries, usual furniture, the similar household effects of persons or families from foreign countries, if actually used abroad by them not less than one year, the not intended for any other person or persons, nor for sale, 416. Brazil paste. 417. Braids, plaits, laces, the similar manufactures composed of straw, chip, grass, palm leaf, willow, osier, or rattan, suitable for making or ornamenting hats, bonnets, the hoods. 418. Brazilian pebble, unwrought or unmanufactured. 419. Breccia, in block or slabs. 420. Bristles, crude, not sorted, bunched, or prepared. 421. Bromine. 422. Broom corn. 539 423. Bullion, gold or silver.

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 424. Burgundy pitch. 424 12. Burlaps, and bags for grain made of burlaps. 425. Cabbages. 426. Old coins the medals, the other antiquities, but the term “antiquities” as used in this Act shall include only such articles as are suitable for souvenirs or cabinet collections, the which shall have been produced at any period prior to the year seventeen hundred. 427. Cadmium. 428. Calamine. 429. Camphor, crude. 430. Castor or castoreum. 431. Catgut, whipgut, or wormgut, unmanufactured, or not further manufactured than in strings or cords. 432. Cerium. 433. Chalk, unmanufactured. 434. Charcoal. 435. Chicory root, raw, dried, or undried, but unground. 436. Cider. 437. Civet, crude. 438. Chromate of iron or chromic ore. 439. Clay—Common blue clay in casks suitable for the manufacture of crucibles. 441. Coal, anthracite, the coal stores of American vessels, but none shall be unloaded. 443. Coal tar, crude, the all preparations except medicinal coal-tar preparations the products of coal tar, not colors or dyes, not specially provided for in this Act. 444. Cobalt the cobalt ore. 445. Cocmlus indicus. 446. Cochineal. 447. Cocoa, or cacao, crude, leaves, the shells of. 448. Coffee. 449. Coins, gold, silver, the copper. 450. Coir, the coir yarn. 451. Copper imported in the form of ones. 452. Old copper, tit only for manufacture, clipping from new copper, the all composition metal of which copper is a component material of chief value not specially provided for in this Act. 453. Copper, regulus of, the black or coarse copper, the copper cement. 454. Copper in plates, bars, ingots, or pigs, the other forms, not manufactured, not specially provided for in this Act. 455. Copperas, or sulphate of iron. 456. Coral, marine, uncut, the unmanufactured. 457. Cork wood or cork bark, unmanufactured, 458. Cotton, the cotton waste or flocks. 459. Cotton ties of iron or steel cut to lengths, punched or not

Cotton ties.

 punched, with or without buckles, for baling cotton. 460. Cryolite, orkryolith. 461. Cudbear. 462. Curling stones, or quoits, the curling-stone handles. 463. Curry, the curry powder. 464. Cutch. 465. Cuttlefish bone. 466. Dandelion roots, raw, dried, or undried, but unground. 467. Diamonds; miners’, glaziers’, the engravers’ diamonds not set,

Diamonds.

 the diamond dust or bort, the jewels to be used in the manufacture of watches or clocks. 468. Divi-divi. 469. Dragon’s blood. 540 470. Drugs, such a sharks, beans, berries, balsams, buds, bulbs, bulbous

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 roots, excrescences, fruits, Howers, dried fibers, dried insects, grains, gums the gum resin, herbs, leaves, lichens, mosses, nuts, roots the stems, spices, vegetables, seeds aromatic, seeds of morbid growth, weeds, the woods used expressly for dyeing; any of the foregoing drugs’which are not edible, the which have not been advanced in value or condition by refining or grinding, or by other process of manufacture, the not specially provided for in this Act. 471. Eggs of birds, fish, the insects: Provided, however, That this

Proviso.

Game birds’ eggs excluded.

 shall not be held to include the eggs of game birds the importation of which is prohibited except specimens for scientific collections. 472. Emery ore. 473. Ergot. 474. Common palm leaf fans, the palm leaf unmanufactured. 475. Farina. 476. Fashion plates, engraved on steel or copper or on wood, colored or plain. 477. Feathers the downs for beds, the feathers the downs of all kinds, crude or not dressed, colored, or manufactured, not specially provided for in this Act. 478. Feldspar. 479. Felt, adhesive, for sheathing vessels. 480. Fibrin, in all forms. 481. Fish, frozen or packed in ice fresh.

Fish.

 482. Fish for bait. 483. Fish skins. 484. Flint, flints, the ground Hint stones. 485. Floor matting manufactured from round or split straw, including what is commonly known as Chinese matting. 486. Fossils. 487. Fruit plants, tropical the scm¡tropical, for the purpose of propagation or cultivation. Fruits the Nuts:

Fruits the nuts.

 489. Fruits, green, ripe, or dried not specially provided for in this Act. 490. Tamarinds. 491. Brazil nuts, cream nuts, palm nuts, the palm-nut kernels not otherwise provided for. 492. Furs, undressed; dressed fur pieces suitable only for use in the manufacture of hatter’s fur. 493. Fur skins of all kinds not dressed in any manner, 494. Gambier. 495. Glass, broken, the old glass, which can not be cut for use, the fit only to be remanufactured. 496. Glass plates or disks, rough-cut or unwrought, for use in the manufacture of optical instruments, spectacles, the eyeglasses, the

Proviso.

Glass disks.

suitable only for such use: Provided, however, That such disks exceeding eight inches in diameter may be polished sufficiently to enable the character of the glass to be determined. Grasses the Fibers: 497. Island or Tampico fiber,jute, jute butts, manila, sisal grass, sunn, flax straw, flax not hackled, tow of flax or hemp, hemp not hackled, hemp, flax, jute, the tow wastes, the all other textile grasses or fibrous vegetable substances, unmanufactured or undressed, not specially provided for in this Act. 498. Gold-beaters’ molds the gold-beaters’ skins. 499. Grease the oils, including cod oil, such as are commonly used in soap-making or in wire drawing, or for stuffing or dressing leather, and which are fit only for such uses, not specially provided for in this Act. 500. Guano, manures, the all substances expressly used for manure. 541 501. Gunny bags the gunny cloths, old or refuse, fit only for

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 remanufacture. 503. Gutta-percha, crude. 504. Hair of horse, cattle, the other animals, cleaned or uncleaned, drawn or undrawn, not specially provided for in this Act; the human hair, raw, uncleaned, the not drawn. 505. Hides the skins, raw or uncured, whether dry, salted, or pickled.

Hides the skins.

 500. Hide cuttings, raw, with or without hair, the all other glue stock. 507. Hide rope. 508. Hones the whetstones. 500. Hoofs, unmanufactured. 510. Hop roots for cultivation. 511. Horns, the parts of, unmanufactured, including horn strips the tips. 512. lee. 513. India rubber, crude, the milk of, the old scrap or refuse India rubber, which has been worn out by use the is lit only for remanufacture. 514. Indigo, the extracts or pastes of, the carmines. 515. Iodine, crude, the resublimed. 516. Ipecac. 517. Iridium. 519. Ivory, sawed or cut into logs, but not otherwise manufactured, the vegetable ivory. 520. Jalap. 521. Jet, unmanufactured. 522. Joss stick, or Joss light. 523. Junk, old. 524. Kelp. 525. Kieserite. 526. Kyanite, or cyanite, and kainite. 527. Lac-dye, crude, seed, button, stick, the shell. 528. Lac spirits. 529. Lactarine. 531. Lava, unmanufactured. 532. Leeches. 533. Lemon.juice, lime juice, the sour-orange juice. 534. Licorice root, unground. 535. Lifeboats the lifesaving apparatus specially imported by societies incorporated or established to encourage the saving of human life. 536. Lime, citrate of. 537. Lime, chloride of, or bleaching powder. 538. Lithegraphic stones not engraved. 539. Litmus, prepared or not prepared. 540. Loadstones. 541. Madder the munjeet, or Indian madder, ground or prepared, the all extracts of. 542. Magnesia, sulphate of, or Epsom salts. 543. Magnesite, or native mineral carbonate of magnesia. 544. Magnesium. 545. Magnets. 540. Manganese, oxide the ore of. 547. Manna. 548. Manuscripts. 549. Marrow, crude. 550. Marsh mallows. 551. Medals of gold, silver, or copper, the other metallic articles manufactured as trophies or prizes, the actually received or bestowed the accepted as honorary distinctions. 553. Meerschaum, crude or unmanufactured. 554. Milk, fresh. 542 555. Mineral waters, all not artificial, the mineral salts of the same,

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Mineral waters.

 obtained by evaporation, when accompanied by duly authenticated certificate, showing that they are in no way artificially prepared, the are the product of a designated mineral spring; lemonade, soda-water, the all similar waters. 556. Minerals, crude, or not advanced in value or condition by refining or grinding, or by other process of manufacture, not specially provided for in this Act. 557. Models of inventions the of other improvements in the arts, including patterns for machinery, but no article shall be deemed a model or pattern which can be fitted for use otherwise. 557 12. Molasses testing not above forty degrees polariscope test,

Molasses.

 the containing twenty per centum or less of moisture. 558. Moss, seaweeds, the vegetable substances, crude or unmanufactured, not otherwise specially provided for in this Act. 559. Musk, crude, in natural pods. 560. Myrobolan. 561. Needles, hand sewing the darning. 562. Newspapers the periodicals; but the term “periodicals” as herein used shall be understood to embrace only unbound or paper-covered publications, containing current literature of the day the issued regularly at stated periods, as weekly, monthly, or quarterly. 564. Nux vomica. 565. Oakum. 566. Ocher the ochery earths, sienna the sienna earths, umber the umber earths, not specially provided for in this Act, dry. 567. Oil cake. 568. Oils: Almond, amber, crude the rectified ambeigris, anise or

Oils.

 anise seed, aniline, aspic or spike lavender, bergamot, cajeput, caraway, cassia, cinnamon, cedrat, chamomile, citronella or lemon grass, civet, cotton seed, croton, fennel, Jasmine or Jasimine, Juglandium, Juniper, lavender, lemon, limes, mace, neroli or orange Hower, enfleurage grease, nut oil or oil of nuts not otherwise specially provided for in this Act, orange oil,-olive oil for manufacturing or mechanical purposes unfit for eating the not otherwise provided for in this Act, ottar of roses, palm the cocoanut, rosemary or anthess, sesame or sesamum seed or bean, thyme, origanum red or white, valerian; the also spermaceti, whale, the other fish oils of American fisheries, the all fish the other products, of such fisheries: petroleum, crude or refined:

Paintings, etc.

Provided, That if there be imported into the United States crude petroleum, or the products of crude petroleum produced in any country which imposes a duty on petroleum or its products exported from the United States, there shall be levied, paid the collected upon said crude petroleum or its products so imported, forty per centum ad valorem. 569. Opium, crude or unmanufactured, the not adulterated, containing nine per centum the over of morphia. 570. Orange the lemon peel, not preserved, candied, or otherwise prepared. 571. Orchil, or orchil liquid. 573. Ores, of gold, silver, the nickel, the nickel matte. 574. Osmium. 575. Paintings, in oil or water colors, original drawings the sketches,

Proviso.

Petroleum from country imposing duty.

 the artists’ proofs of etchings the engravings, the statuary, not

Definitions.

otherwise provided for in this Act, but the term “statuary” as herein used shall be understood to include only professional productions, whether round or in relief, in marble, stone, alabaster, wood, or metal, of a. statuary or sculptor, the the word “painting,” as used in this Act, shall not be understood to include such as are made wholly or in part by stenciling or other mechanical process. 576. Palladium. 577. Paper stock, crude, of every description, including all grasses, fibers, rags, waste, shavings, clippings, old paper, rope ends, waste 543 rope, waste bagging, old or refused gunny bags or gunny cloth, and

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 poplar or other woods, lit only to be converted into paper. 578. Paraffine. 579. Parchment the vellum. 580. Pearl, mother of, not sawed or cut, or otherwise manufactured. 581. Pease, green, in bulk or hi barrels, sacks, or similar packages. 582. Peltries the other usual goods the effects of Indians passing or

Peltries, etc., of Indians.

 repassing the boundary line of the United States, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe: Provided, That

Proviso.

Applicable only to usual bales, etc.

 this exemption shall not apply to goods in bales or other packages unusual among Indians. 583. Personal the household effects not merchandise of citizens of the United States dying in foreign countries. 584. Pewter the britannia metal, old, the fit only to be re-manufactured. 585. Philosophical the scientific apparatus, utensils, instruments the preparations, including bottles the boxes containing the same; statuary, casts of marble, bronze, alabaster, or plaster of Paris; paintings, drawings, the etchings, specially imported in good faith for the use of any society or institution incorporated or established for religious, philosophical, educational, scientific, or literary purposes, or for encouragement of the fine arts, the not intended for sale. 586. Phosphates, crude or native. 587. Plants, trees, shrubs, the vines of all kinds commonly known as nursery stock, not specially provided for in this Act. 588. Plaster of Paris the sulphate of lime, ungrouud. 589. Platina, in ingots, bars, sheets, the wire. 590. Platinum, unmanufactured, the vases, retorts, the other apparatus. vessels, the parts thereof composed of platinum, adapted tor chemical uses. 591. Plows, tooth the disk harrows, harvesters, reapers, agricultural

Agricultural implements.

 drills, the planters, mowers, horserakes, cultivators, threshing machines the cotton gins: Provided, That all articles mentioned in this

Proviso.

Imports from countries imposing duties.

 paragraph if imported from a country which lays an import duty on like articles imported from the United States, shall be subject to the duties existing prior to the passage of this Act. 592. Plumbago. 593. Plush, black, known commercially as hatters’ plush, composed of silk, or of silk the cotton, the used exclusively for making men’s hats. 594. Polishing-stones, the burnishing-stones. 595. Potash, crude, carbonate of, or “black salts.” Caustic potash,

Potash.

 or hydrate of, including refined in sticks or rolls. Nitrate of potash, or saltpeter, crude. Sulphate of potash, crude or relined. Chlorate of potash. Muriate of potash. 556. Professional books, implements, instruments, the tools of trade,

Professional books, etc.

 occupation, or employment, in the actual possession at the time of persons arriving in the United States; but this exemption shall not be construed to include machinery or other articles imported for use in any manufacturing establishment, or for any other person or persons, or for sale, nor shall it be construed to include theatrical scenery,

Theatrical effects.

 properties, the apparel, but such articles brought by proprietors or managers of theatrical exhibitions arriving from abroad for temporary use by them in such exhibitions the not for any other person the not for sale the which have been used by them abroad shall be admitted free of duty under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; but bonds shall be given for the payment to the United

Bonds.

 States of such duties as may be imposed by law upon any the all such articles as shall not be exported within six months after such importation: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may in his

Proviso.

Extending term.

 discretion extend such period for a further term of six months in case application shall be made therefor. 544 597. Pulu.

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 598. Pumice. 600. Quills, prepared or unprepared, but not made up into complete articles. 601. Quinia, sulphate of, the all alkaloids or salts of cinchona bark. 602. Rags, not otherwise specially provided for in this Act. 603. Regalia the gems, statues, statuary, the specimens or casts of

Regalia, etc.

 sculpture where specially imported in good faith for the use of any society incorporated or established solely for educational, philosophical, literary, or religious purposes, or for the encouragement of tine arts, or for the use or by order of any college, academy, school, seminary of learning, or public library in the United States; but the term “regalia” as herein used shall be held to embrace only such insignia of rank or office or emblems, as may be worn upon the person or borne in the hand during public exercises of the society or institution, the shall not include articles of furniture or fixtures, or of regular wearing apparel, nor personal property of individuals. 694. Rennets, raw or prepared. 605. Saffron the safflower, the extract of, the saffron cake. 606. Sago, crude, the sago flour. 607. Salacine. 608. Salt in bulk, the salt in bags, sacks, barrels, or other packages,

Salt, etc.

 but the coverings shall pay the same rate of duty as if imported

Proviso.

Imports from countries imposing duty.

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separately: Provided, That if salt is imported from any country whether , independent or a dependency which imposes a duty upon salt exported from the United States, then there shall be levied, paid, the collected upon such salt the rate of duty existing prior to the passage of this Act. 609. Sauerkraut. 610. Sausage skins. 611. Seeds; anise, canary, caraway, cardamom, coritheer, cotton, croton, cummin, fennel, fenugreek, hemp, hoarhound, mustard, rape, Saint John’s bread or bene, sugar beet, mangelwurzel, sorghum or sugar cane for seed, the all flower the grass seed; bulbs the roots, not edible; all the foregoing not specially provided for in this Act. 612. Selep, or saloup. 613. Shells of all kinds, not cut, ground, or otherwise manufactured. 614. Shotgun barrels, forged, rough bored. 615. Shrimps, the other shellfish, canned or otherwise. 616. Silk, raw, or as reeled from the cocoon, but not doubled, twisted, nor advanced in manufacture in any way. 617. Silk cocoons the silk waste. 618. Silk worm’s eggs. 619. Skeletons the other preparations of anatomy. 620. Snails. 621. Soda, nitrate of, or cubic nitrate, the chlorate of. 622. Sulphate of Soda, or salt cake, or niter cake. 623. Sodium. 624. Sparterre, suitable for making or ornamenting hats. 625. Specimens of natural history, botany, the mineralogy, when imported for cabinets or as objects of science, the not for sale. Spices:

Spices.

 626. Cassia, cassia vera, the cassia buds, unground. 627. Cinnamon, the chips of, unground. 628. Cloves the clove stems, unground. 629. Ginger-root, unground the not preserved or candied. 630. Mace. 631. Nutmegs. 632. Pepper, black or white, unground. 633. Pimento, unground. 635. Spunk. 545 636. Spurs the stilts used in the manufacture of earthen, porcelain,

Free list—Continued.

 the stone ware. 636 12. Stamps: Foreign postage or revenue stamps, canceled oruneanceled. 638. Stone the sand: Burr stone in blocks, rough or manufactured, or bound up into millstones: cliff stone, unmanufactured; pumice stone, rotten stone, the sand, crude or manufactured. 639. Storax or styrax. 640. Strontia, oxide of, the protoxide of strontian, the strontianite, or mineral carbonate of strontia. 642. Sulphur, lac or precipitated, the sulphur or brimstone, crude, in bulk, sulphur ore, as pyrites, or sulphuret of iron in its natural state, containing in excess of twenty-five per centum of sulphur, the sulphur not otherwise provided for. 643. Sulphuric acid: Provided, That upon sulphuric acid imported

Sulphuric acid.

Proviso.

From countries imposing import duty.

Vol. 26, p. 567.

 from any country, whether independent or a dependency, which imposes a duty upon sulphuric acid exported from the United States, there shall be levied, the collected the rate of duty existing prior to the passage of this Act. 644. Sweepings of silver the gold. 645. Tallow the wool grease, including that known commercially as degras or brown wool grease. 646. Tapioca, cassava or cassady. 647. Tar the pitch of wood, the pitch of coal tar. 648. Tea the tea plants. 650. Teeth, natural, or unmanufactured. 651. Terra alba. 652. Terrajapouica. 653. Tin ore, cassiterite orblack oxide of tin, the tiu in bars, blocks, pigs, or grain or granulated. 654. Tinsel wire, lame, or lahn. 655. Tobacco stems. 656. Tonquin, tonqua, or tonka beans. 657. Tripoli. 658. Turmeric. 659. Turpentine, Venice. 660. Turpentine, spirits of.. 661. Turtles. 662. Types, old, the fit only to be remanufactured. 663. Uranium, oxide the salts of. 664. Vaccine virus. 665. Valonia. 666. Verdigris, or subacetate of copper. 667. Wafers, unmedicated, the not edible. 668. Wax, vegetable or mineral. 669. Wearing apparel the other personal effects (not merchandise)

Wearing apparel.

 of persons arriving in the United States; but this exemption shall not be held to include articles not actually in use the necessary the appropriate for the use of such persons for the purposes of their journey the present comfort the convenience, or which are intended for any other person or persons, or for sale. 671. Whalebone, unmanufactured. Wood:

Wood.

 672. Logs, the round unmanufactured timber not specially enumerated or provided for in this Act. 673. Firewood, handle bolts, heading bolts, stave bolts, the shingle bolts, hop poles, fence posts, railroad ties, ship timber, the ship planking, not specially provided for in this Act. 674. Timber, hewn the sawed, the timber used for spars the in building wharves. 675. Timber, squared or sided. 546 676. Sawed boards, plank, deals, the other lumber, rough or dressed,

Free list—Continued.

 except boards, plank, deals the other lumber of cedar, lignum vita, lancewood, ebony, box, granadilla, mahogany, rosewood, satinwood, the all other cabinet woods. 677. Pine clapboards, 678. Spruce clapboards. 679. Hubs for wheels, posts, last blocks, wagon blocks, oar blocks, gun blocks, heading, the all like blocks or sticks, rough hewn or sawed only. 680. Laths, 681. Pickets the palings. 682. Shingles. 683. Staves of wood of all kinds, wood unmanufactured: Provided,

Proviso.

From countries imposing duties.

 That all of the articles mentioned in paragraphs six hundred the seventy-two to six hundred the eighty-three, inclusive, when imported from any country which lays an export duty or imposes discriminating stumpage dues on any of them, shall be subject to the duties existing prior to the passage of this Act. 684. Woods, namely, cedar, lignumvita, lancewood, ebony, box, granadilla, mahogany, rosewood, satinwood, the all forms of cabinet woods, hi the log, rough or hewn; bamboo the rattan unmanufactured; briar root or briar wood, the similar wood unmanufactured, or not further manufactured than cut into blocks suitable for the articles into which they are intended to be converted; bamboo, reeds, the sticks of partridge, hair wood, pimento, orange, myrtle, the other woods, not otherwise specially provided for in this Act, in the rough, or not further manufactured than cut into lengths suitable for sticks for umbrellas, parasols, sunshades, whips, or walking canes; the India malacca joints, not further manufactured than cut into suitable lengths for the manufactures into which they are intended to be converted. 685. All wool of the sheep, hair of the camel, goat, alpaca, and other

Wool.

 like animals, the all wool the hair on the skin, noils, yarn waste, card waste, bur waste, slubbing waste, roving waste, ring waste, the all waste, or rags composed wholly or in part of wool, all the foregoing not otherwise herein provided for 686. Works of art, the production of American artists residing temporarily

Works of art.

 abroad,or other works of art, including pictorial paintings on glass, imported expressly for presentation to a national institution, or to any State or municipal corporation, or incorporated religious society, college, or other public institution, including stained or painted window glass or stained or painted glass windows; but such exemption shall be subject to such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. 687. Works of art, drawings, engravings, photographic pictures, and

Exhibitions.

 philosophical the scientific apparatus brought by professional artists, lecturers, or scientists arriving from abroad for use by them temporarily for exhibition the in illustration, promotion, the encouragement of art, science, or industry in the United States, the not for sale, the photographic pictures, imported for exhibition by any association established in good faith the duly authorized under the laws of the United Stat es, or of any State, expressly the solely for the promotion the encouragement of science, art, or industry, the not intended for sale, shall be admitted free of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary

Bonds.

of the Treasury shall prescribe; but bonds shall be given for the payment to the United States of such duties as may be imposed by law upon any the all such articles as shall not be exported within six

Proviso.

months after such importation: Provided, That the Secretary of the

Extending time.

 Treasury may, in his discretion, extend such period for a further term of six months in cases where applications therefor shall be made. 547 688. Works of art, collections in illustration of the progress of the

Free list—Continued.

 arts, science, or manufactures, photographs, works in terra cotta,

Permanent exhibitions.

 parian, pottery, or porcelain, the artistic copies of antiquities in metal or other material, hereafter imported in good faith for permanent exhibition at a fixed place by any society or institution established for the encouragement of the arts or of science, the all like articles imported in good faith by any society or association for the purpose of erecting a public monument, the not intended for sale, nor for any other purpose than herein expressed; but bonds shall be given under such rules

Bonds.

 the regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, for the payment of lawful duties which may accrue should any of the articles aforesaid be sold, transferred, or used contrary to this provision, the such articles shall be subject, at any time, to examination the inspection by the proper officers of the customs: Provided, That the privileges

Proviso.

Commercial associations. etc.

 of this the the preceding section shall not be allowed to associations or corporations engaged in or connected with business of a private or commercial character. 689. Yams. 690. Zafter.
Sec. 3. That there shall be levied, collected, the paid on the importation

Duty of raw articles, etc., not specified.

R. S., sec. 2516, p. 491.

 of all raw’ or unmanufactured articles, not enumerated or provided for in this Act,

Manufactures.

 a duty of ten per centum ad valorem; the on all articles manufactured, in whole or in part, not provided for in this Act, a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem.
Sec. 4. That each the every imported article, not enumerated in this

Nonenumerated to pay duty on similar articles.

R. S., sec. 2499, p. 458.

 Act, which is similar, either in material, quality, texture, or the use to which it may be applied, to any article enumerated in this Act as chargeable with duty shall pay the same rate of duty which is levied on the enumerated article which it most resembles in any of the particulars before mentioned; the if any nonenumerated article equally

Resembling two, etc., articles to pay highest rate.

 resembles two or more enumerated articles on which different rates of duty are chargeable there shall be levied on such nonenumerated article the same rate of duty as is chargeable on the article which it resembles paying the highest rate of duty; the on articles not enumerated, manufactured of two or more materials, the duty shall be assessed

Of two or more materials.

 at the highest rate at which the same would be chargeable if composed wholly of the component material thereof of chief value; the the words component material of chief value,” wherever used in this Act,

“Component material of chief value.”

 shall be held to mean that component material which shall exceed in value any other single component material of the article; the the value of each component material shall be determined by the ascertained value of such material in its condition as found in the article. If two or more rates of duty shall be applicable to any imported article it shall pay duty at the highest of such rates
Sec. 5. That all articles of foreign manufacture, such as are usually

Country of origin and quantity to be marked.

 or ordinarily marked, stamped, branded, or labeled, the all packages containing such or other imported articles, shall, respectively, be plainly marked, stamped, branded, or labeled in legible English words, so as to indicate the country of their origin the the quantity of then’contents: the until so marked, stamped, branded, or labeled they shall not be delivered to the importer should any article, of imported merchandise

Corrections.

 be marked, stamped, branded, or labeled so as to indicate a quantity, number, or measurement in excess of the quantity, number, or measurement actually contained in such article, no delivery of the same shall be made to the importer until the mark, stamp, brand, or label, as the case may be, shall be changed so as to conform to the facts of the case.
Sec. 6. That no article of imported merchandise which shall copy or

Articles simulating domestic trademarks’ etc., not admitted.

 simulate the name or trademark of any domestic manufacture or manufacturer shall be admitted to entry at any custom house of the United States. And in order to aid the officers of the customs in enforcing this prohibition any domestic manufacturer who has adopted trade- 548 marks may require his name anti residence the a description of his

Record of trademarks.

 trademarks to be recorded in books which shall be kept for that purpose in the Department of the Treasury under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, the may furnish to the Department facsimiles of such trade marks; the thereupon the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause one or more copies of the same to be transmitted to each collector or other proper officer of the customs.
Sec. 7. That all materials of foreign production which may be necessary

Admission of materials for building ships for foreign trade.

R. S., sec. 2513, p. 491, amended.

 for the construction of vessels built in the United States for foreign account the ownership or for the purpose of being employed in the foreign trade including the trade between the Atlantic the Pacific ports of the United States, the all such materials necessary for the building of their machinery, the all articles necessary for their outfit the equipment, after the passage of this Act, may be imported in bond under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe; the upon proof that such materials have, been used for such purposes no duties shall be paid thereon. But vessels receiving the benefit of this section shall not be allowed to engage in the coastwise trade of the United States more than two months in any one year except upon the payment to the United States of the duties of which a rebate is herein

Proviso.

Foreign vessels not allowed coastwise trade.

allowed: Provided, That vessels built in the United States for foreign account the ownership shall not be allowed to engage in the coastwise trade of the United States.
Sec. 8. That all articles of foreign production needed for the repair

Admission free of articles to repair ships in foreign trade.

R. S., sec. 2514, p. 491, amended.

 of American vessels engaged in foreign trade, including the trade between the Atlantic the Pacific ports of the United States, may be withdrawn from bonded warehouses free of duty, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
Sec. 9.

That all articles manufactured in whole or in part of imported

Bonded manufacturing warehouses.

materials, or of materials subject to internal-revenue tax, the intended for exportation without being charged with duty the without having an internal-revenue stamp affixed thereto shall, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, in order to be so manufactured the exported be made the manufactured in bonded warehouses similar to these known the designated in Treasury Regulations

Provisos.

Bond.

as bonded warehouses, class six: Provided, That the manufacturer of such articles shall first give satisfactory bonds for the faithful observance of all the provisions of law the of such regulations as shall be

Spirits not permitted.

prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided further, That the manufacture of distilled spirits from grain, starch, molasses or sugar, including all dilutions or mixtures of them or either of them, shall not be permitted in such manufacturing warehouses.

Whenever goods manufactured in any bonded warehouse established

Exemption from tax on exportations.

under the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be exported directly therefrom or shall be duly laden for transportation the immediate exportation under the supervision of the proper officer who shall be duly designated for that purpose, such goods shall be exempt from duty the from the requirements relating to revenue stamps.

Any materials used in the manufacture of such goods, the any packages,

Transfer of materials to warehouse.

coverings, vessels, brands, the labels used in putting up the same may, under the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, be conveyed without the payment of revenue tax or duty into any bonded manufacturing warehouse, the imported goods may, under the aforesaid regulations, be transferred without the exaction of duty from any bonded warehouse into any

Machinery, etc., excluded.

bonded manufacturing warehouse; but this privilege shall not be held to apply to implements, machinery, or apparatus to be used in the construction or repair of any bonded manufacturing warehouse or for the prosecution of the business carried on therein.

No articles or materials received into such bonded manufacturing

Supervision of articles withdrawn.

warehouse shall be withdrawn or removed therefrom except for direct 549 shipment the exportation or for transportation the immediate exportation in bond under the supervision of the officer duly designated therefor by the collector of the port, who shall certify to such shipment the exportation, or ladening for transportation, as the case may be, describing the articles by their mark or otherwise, the quantity, the date of exportation, the the name of the vessel. All labor performed the services rendered under these provisions shall be under the supervision of a duly designated officer of the customs the at the expense of the manufacturer.

A careful account shall be kept by the collector of all merchandise

Accounts the returns.

delivered by him to any bonded manufacturing warehouse, the a sworn monthly return, verified by the customs officers in charge, shall be made by the manufacturers containing a detailed statement of all imported merchandise used by him in the manufacture of exported articles.

Before commencing business the proprietor of any manufacturing

Statement of manufacture, etc.

warehouse shall file with the Secretary of the Treasury a list of all the articles intended to be manufactured in such warehouse the state the formula of manufacture the the names the quantities of the ingredients to be used therein.

Articles manufactured under these provisions may be withdrawn

Transfer for exportation.

under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe for transportation the delivery into any bonded warehouse at an exterior port for the sole purpose of immediate export therefrom.

The provisions of Revised Statutes thirty-four hundred the thirty-three

Regulations.

R. S., sec. 3433, p. 676.

shall, so far as may be practicable, apply to any bonded manufacturing warehouse established under this Act the to the merchandise conveyed therein.
Sec. 10. That all persons are prohibited from importing into the

Importing obscene books, lottery tickets, etc., prohibited.

Vol. 26, p. 614.

 United States from any foreign country any obscene book, pamphlet, paper, writing, advertisement, circular, print, picture, drawing, or other representation, figure, or image on or of paper or other material, or any cast, instrument, or other article of an immoral nature, or any drug or medicine, or any article whatever for the prevention of conception or for causing unlawful abortion, or any lottery ticket or any advertisement of any lottery. No such articles, whether imported separately or contained in packages with other goods entitled to entry, shall be admitted to entry; the all such articles shall be proceeded against, seized, the forfeited by due course of law. All such prohibited articles

Detention of prohibited goods.

 the the package in which they are contained in the course of importation shall be detained by the officer of customs, the proceedings taken against the same as hereinafter prescribed, unless it appears to the satisfaction of the collector of customs that the obscene articles contained in the package were inclosed therein without the knowledge or consent of the importer, owner, agent, or consignee; Provided, That the drugs

Proviso.

Drugs in bulk.

 hereinbefore mentioned, when imported in bulk the not put up for any of the purposes hereinbefore specified, are excepted from the operation of this section.
Sec. 11. That whoever, being an officer, agent, or employee of the

Penalty to officer, etc., aiding violations.

 Government of the United States, shall knowingly aid or abet any person engaged in any violation of any of the provisions of law prohibiting importing, advertising, dealing in, exhibiting, or sending or receiving by mail obscene or indecent publications or representations, or means for preventing conception or procuring abortion, or other articles of indecent or immoral use or tendency, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, the shall for every offense be punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor for not more than ten years, or both.
Sec. 12. That any judge of any district or circuit court of the United

Proceedings for seizure, etc.

 States, within the proper district, before whom complaint in writing of any violation of the two preceding sections is made, to the satisfaction of such judge, the founded on knowledge or belief, the if upon belief, 550 setting forth the grounds of such belief, the supported by oath or affirmation of the complainant, may issue, conformably to the Constitution. a warrant directed to the marshal or any deputy marshal in the proper district, directing him to search for, seize, the take possession of any such article or thing mentioned in the two preceding sections, the to make due the immediate return thereof to the end that the same may be condemned the destroyed by proceedings, which shall be conducted in the same manner as other proceedings in the case of municipal seizure, the with the same right of appeal or writ of error.
Sec. 13. That machinery for repair may be imported into the United

Machinery for repair admitted without paying duty.

R. S., sec. 2511, p. 490.

 States without payment of duty, under bond, to be given in double the appraised value thereof, to be withdrawn the exported after said machinery shall have been repaired; the the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized the directed to prescribe such rules the regulations as may be necessary to protect the revenue against fraud the secure the identity the character of all such importations when again withdrawn the exported, restricting the limiting the export the withdrawal to the same port of entry where imported, the also limiting all bonds to a period of time of not more than six months from the date of the importation.
Sec. 14. That a discriminating duty of ten per centum ad valorem

Discriminating duty on goods in foreign vessels.

R. S., sec. 2502. p. 459.

, in addition to the duties imposed by law, shall be levied, collected, the paid on all goods, wares, or merchandise which shall be imported in

Treaty, etc., exceptions.

vessels not of the United States; but this discriminating duty shall not apply to goods, wares, the merchandise which shall be imported in vessels not of the United States, entitled, by treaty or any Act of Congress, to be entered in the ports of the United States on payment of the same duties as shall then be paid on goods, wares, the merchandise imported in vessels of the United States.
Sec. 15. That no goods, wares, or merchandise, unless in cases provided

Importations only in American ships or of country of origin.

R. S., sec. 2497. p, 458.

 for by treaty, shall be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place, except in vessels of the United States, or in such foreign vessels as truly the wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of which the goods are the growth, production, or manufacture, or from which such goods, wares, or merchandise can only

Penalty.

be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation. All goods, wares, or merchandise imported contrary to this section, the the vessel wherein the same shall be imported, together with her cargo, tackle, apparel, the furniture, shall be forfeited to the United States; and such goods, wares, or merchandise, ship, or vessel, the cargo shall be liable to be seized, prosecuted, the condemned in like manner, the under the same regulations, restrictions, the provisions as have been heretofore established for the recovery, collection, distribution, the remission of forfeitures to the United States by the several revenue laws.
Sec. 16. That the preceding section shall not apply to vessels or

Exceptions.

R. S., sec. 2498, p. 458.

 goods, wares, or merchandise imported in vessels of a foreign nation which does not maintain a similar regulation against vessels of the United States.
Sec. 17. That the importation of neat cattle the the hides of neat

Importing neat cattle the hides prohibited.

Proviso.

Admission in absence of disease, etc.

R. S., sec. 2493, p. 457, amended.

 cattle from any foreign country into the United States is prohibited: Provided, That the operation of this section shall be suspended as to any foreign country or countries, or any parts of such country or countries, whenever the Secretary of the Treasury shall officially determine, the give public notice thereof that such importation will not tend to the introduction or spread of contagious or infectious diseases among

Regulations.

the cattle of the United States; the the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized the empowered, the it shall be his duty, to make all necessary orders the regulations to carry this section into effect, or to suspend the same as herein provided, the to send copies thereof to the proper officers in the United States, the to such officers or agents of the United States in foreign countries as he shall judge necessary.
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Sec. 18. That any person convicted of a willful violation of any of

Penalty.

R, S., sec. 24 95, p. 458.

 the provisions of the preceding section shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 19. That upon the reimportation of articles once exported of

Reimported articles allowed drawbacks, etc.

 the growth, product, or manufacture of the United States, upon which no internal tax has been assessed or paid, or upon which such tax has been paid the refunded by allowance or drawback, there shall be levied, collected, the paid a duty equal to the tax imposed by the internal-revenue laws upon such articles, except articles manufactured in bonded warehouses the exported pursuant to law, which shall be subject tc the same rate of duty as if originally imported.
Sec. 20. That whenever any vessel laden with merchandise in whole

R. S., sec. 2500, p. 459.

 or in part subject to duty has been sunk in any river, harbor, bay, or waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, the within its limits, for the period of two years, the is abandoned by the owner

Free entry from abandoned, sunken vessels after two years.

R. S., sec. 2507, p. 490 amended.

 thereof, any person who may raise such vessel shall be permitted to bring any merchandise recovered therefrom into the port nearest to the place where such vessel was so raised free from the payment of any duty thereupon, but under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
Sec. 21. That the works of manufacturers engaged in smelting or

Smelting works may be tn ado bonded warehouses.

 refining metals, or both smelting the refining, in the United States may be designated as bonded warehouses under such regulations as

Vol. 26, p. 617.

 the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe: Provided, That such

Provisos.

Bonds.

manufacturers shall first give satisfactory bonds to the Secretary of the Treasury. Ores or metals in any crude form requiring smelting or

Entry of ores, etc., in bond.

 refining to make them readily available in the arts, imported into the United States to be smelted or refined the intended to he exported in a relined but unmanufactured state, shall, under such rules as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, and under the direction of the proper officer, be removed in original packages or in bulk from the vessel or other vehicle on which they have been imported, or from the bonded warehouse in which the same may be, into the bonded warehouse in which such smelting or refining, or both, may be carried on, for the purpose of being smelted or refined, or both, without payment of duties thereon, the may there be smelted or refined, together with other metals of home or foreign production: Provided, That each day

Quantity of refined metal to be daily set aside for export, etc.

 a quantity of relined metal equal to the amount of imported metal smelted or refined that day shall be set aside, the such metal so set aside shall not be taken from said works except for transportation to another bonded warehouse or for exportation, under the direction of the proper officer having charge thereof as aforesaid, whose certificate, describing the articles by their marks or otherwise, the quantity, the date of importation, the the name of vessel or other vehicle by which it was imported, with such additional particulars as may from time to time be required, shall be received by the collector of customs as sufficient evidence of the exportation of the metal, or it may be removed under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, upon entry the payment of duties, for domestic consumption.

Supervision.

 All labor performed the services rendered under these regulations shall be under the supervision of an officer of the customs, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, the at the expense of the manufacturer.
Sec. 22, That where imported materials on which duties have been

Drawbacks.

 paid are used in the manufacture of articles manufactured or produced in the United States, there shall be allowed on the exportation of such articles a drawback equal in amount to the duties paid on the materials used, less one per centum of such duties: Provided, That when

Provisos.

Articles partly of domestic material.

 the articles exported are made in part from domestic materials the imported materials, or the parts of the articles made from such materials, shall so appear in the completed articles that the quantity or 552 measure thereof maybe ascertained: And provided further, That the

Existing law.

 drawback on any article allowed under existing law shall be continued

Identifying imported articles.

at the rate herein provided. That the imported materials used in the manufacture or production of articles entitled to drawback of customs duties when exported shall, i n all cases where drawback of duties paid on such materials is claimed, be identified, the quantity of such materials used the the amount of duties paid thereon shall be ascertained, the facts of the manufacture or production of such articles in the United States the their exportation therefrom shall be determined, the the drawback due thereon shall be paid to the manufacturer, producer, or exporter, to the agent of either or to the person to whom such manufacturer, producer, exporter, or agent shall in writing order such drawback paid, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe.
Sec. 23. That the collector or chief officer of the customs at any

Custom house brokers.

 port of entry or delivery shall issue a license to any reputable the competent person desiring to transact business as a customhouse broker. Such license shall be granted for a period of one year, the may be

Licenses required.

revoked for cause at any time by the Secretary of the Treasury. From the after the first day of August, eighteen hundred the ninety-four, no person shall transact business as a customhouse broker without a license granted in accordance with this provision; but this Act shall not be so construed as to prohibit any importer from transacting business at a customhouse pertaining to his own importations.
Sec. 24. That all goods, wares, articles, the merchandise manufactured

Manufactures by convict labor forbidden entry.

 wholly or in part in any foreign country by convict labor shall not be entitled to entry at any of the ports of the United States, the the importation thereof is hereby prohibited, the the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this provision.
Sec. 25. That the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money

Value of foreign coins.

 of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value; the the values of the standard coins in circulation

Quarterly circular.

 of the various nations of the world shall be estimated quarterly by the Director of the Mint, the be proclaimed by the Secretary of the Treasury immediately after the passage of this Act the thereafter quarterly on the first day of January, April, July, the October in each

Invoices to be estimated from circular.

year. And the values so proclaimed shall be followed in estimating the value of all foreign merchandise exported to the United States during the quarter for which the value is proclaimed, the the date of the consular certification of any invoice shall, for the purposes of this

Proviso.

Reliquidation of excess.

section, be considered the date of exportation: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may order the rcliqnidation of any entry at a different value, whenever satisfactory evidence shall be produced to him showing that the value in United States currency of the foreign money specified in the invoice was, at the date of certification, at least ten per centum more or less than the value proclaimed during the quarter in which the consular certification occurred.
Sec. 26. That section twenty-eight hundred the four of the Revised

Cigars.

 Statutes be amended so as to read:
“Sec. 2804. No cigars shall be imported unless the same are packed

Entry.

R. S., sec. 2804, p. 542, amended.

 in boxes of not more than five hundred cigars in each box; the no entry of any imported cigars shall be allowed of less quantity than three thousand in a single package; the all cigars on importation shall be placed in public store or bonded warehouse, the shall not be removed therefrom until the same shall have been inspected the a stamp affixed to each box indicating such inspection, the also a serial number to be

Serial number, instead of date, on stamp.

recorded in the customhouse. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to provide the requisite stamps, the to make all necessary regulations for carrying the above provisions of law into effect.”
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Sec. 27. That from the after the first day of January, eighteen hundred

Internal Revenue.

Income tax.

Two per cent on yearly gains, etc., above $4,000, from 1895 to 1900.

 the ninety-five, the until the first day of January, nineteen hundred, there shall be assessed, levied, collected, the paid annually upon the gains, profits, the income received in the preceding calendar year by every citizen of the United States, whether residing at home or abroad, the every person residing therein, whether said gains, profits, or income be derived from any kind of property, rents, interest, dividends, or salaries, or from any profession, trade, employment, or vocation carried on in the United States or elsewhere, or from any other source whatever, a tax of two per centum on the amount so derived over the above four thousand dollars, the a like tax shall be levied, collected, the paid annually upon the gains, profits, the income from all property owned the of every business, trade, or profession carried on in the United States by persons residing without the United States. And the tax herein provided for shall be assessed, by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue the collected, the paid upon the gains, profits, the income for the year ending the thirty-first day of December next preceding the time for levying, collecting, the paying said tax.
Sec. 28. That in estimating the gains, profits, the income of any

Estimating income.

 person there shall be included all income derived from interest, upon notes, bonds, the other securities, except such bonds of the United States the principal the interest of which are by the law of their issuance exempt from all Federal taxation; profits realized within the year

Real estate sales.

Interest from loans, etc.

 from sales of real estate purchased within two years previous to the close of the year for which income is estimated; interest received or accrued upon all notes, bonds, mortgages, or other forms of indebtedness bearing interest, whether paid or not, if good the collectible, less the interest which has become due from said person or which has been paid by him during the year; the amount of all premium on bonds, notes, or coupons; the amount of sales of live stock, sugar, cotton,

Sales.

 wool, butter, cheese, pork, beef, mutton, or other meats, hay, the grain, or other vegetable or other productions, being the growth or produce of the estate of such person, less the amount expended in the purchase or production of said stock or produce, the not including any part thereof consumed directly by the family; money the the value of

Gifts, etc.

 all personal property acquired by gift or inheritance; all other gains, profits, the income derived from any source whatever except that portion of the salary, compensation, or pay received for services in the

Official Federal salaries excepted.

 civil, military, naval, or other service of the United States, including Senators, Representatives, the Delegates in Congress, from which the tax has been deducted, the except that portion of any salary upon which the employer is required by law to withhold, the does withhold the tax the pays the same to the officer authorized to receive it. In computing

Deductions.

 incomes the necessary expenses actually incurred in carrying on any business,

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 occupation, or profession shall be deducted the also all interest due or paid within the year by such person on existing indebtedness. And all national, State, county, school, the municipal taxes, not including these assessed against local benefits, paid within the year shall be deducted from the gains, profits, or income of the person who has actually paid the same, whether such person be owner, tenant, or mortgagor: also losses actually sustained during the year, incurred in trade or arising from tires, storms, or shipwreck, the not compensated for by insurance or otherwise, the debts ascertained to be worthless, but excluding all estimated depreciation of values the losses within the year on sales of real estate purchased within two years previous to the year for which income is estimated: Provided, That no deduction

Provisos.

Payments for improvements excepted.

 shall be made for any amount paid out for new buildings, permanent improvements, or betterments, made to increase the value of any property or estate: Provided further, That only one deduction of four

Only one deduction for a family, etc.

 thousand dollars shall be made from the aggregate income of all the members of any family, composed of one or both parents, the one or 554 more minor children, or husband the wife; that guardians shall be allowed to make a deduction in favor of each the every ward, except that in case where two or more wards are comprised in one family, the have joint property interests, the aggregate deduction in their favor

Salaries to be included with other gains.

shall not exceed four thousand dollars: And provided further, That in eases where the salary or other compensation paid to any person in the employment or service of the United States shall not exceed the rate of four thousand dollars per annum, or shall be by fees, or uncertain or irregular in the amount or in the time during which the same shall have accrued or been earned, such salary or other compensation shall be included in estimating the annual gains, profits, or income of the person to whom the same shall have been paid, the shall include that portion of any income or salary upon which a tax has not been paid by the employer, where the employer is required by law to pay on the

Tax paid dividends excepted.

excess over four thousand dollars: Provided also, That in computing the income of any person, corporation, company, or association there

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shall not be included the amount received from any corporation, company, or association as dividends upon the stock of such corporation, company, or association it the tax of two per centum has been paid upon its net profits by said corporation, company, or association as required by this Act.
Sec. 29.

That it shall be the duty of all persons of lawful age having

Returns by persona receiving more than $3,500 a year.

an income of more, than three thousand five hundred dollars for the taxable year, computed on the basis herein prescribed, to make the render a list or return, on or before the day provided by law, in such form the manner as may be directed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to the collector or a deputy collector of the district in which they reside, of the amount of

Trustees, etc.

their income, gains, the profits, as aforesaid; the all guardians the trustees, executors, administrators, agents, receivers, the all persons or corporations acting in any fiduciary capacity, shall make the render a list or return, as aforesaid, to the collector or a deputy collector of the district in which such person or corporation acting in a fiduciary capacity resides or does business, of the amount of income, gains, the profits of any minor or person for whom they act, but persons having Jess than three thousand five hundred dollars income

Verification.

are not required to make such report; the the collector or deputy collector, shall require every list or return to be verified by the oath or affirmation of the party rendering it, the may increase the amount of any list or

Return by collector, etc.

return if he has reason to believe that the same is understated; the in case any such person having a taxable income shall neglect or refuse to make the render such list the return, or shall render a willfully false or fraudulent list or return, it shall be the duty of the collector or deputy collector, to make such list, according to the best information he can obtain, by the examination of such person, or any other evidence, the to

Penalty for refusal.

add fifty per centum as a penalty to the amount of the tax due on such list in all cases of willful neglect or refusal to make, the render a list or

Penalty for fraudulent returns.

return; the in all eases of a willfully false or fraudulent list or return having been rendered to add one hundred per centum as a penalty to the amount of tax ascertained to be due, the tax the the additions thereto as a penalty to be assessed the collected in the manner provided for in other cases of willful neglect or refusal to render a list or return, or of rendering a false or fraudulent return:

Proviso.

Declarations for exemptions before collector, etc.

Provided, That any person, or corporation in his, her, or its own behalf, or as such fiduciary, shall be permitted to declare, under oath or affirmation, the form the manner of which shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, that he, she, or his or her, or its ward or beneficiary, was not possessed of an income of four thousand dollars, liable to be assessed according to the provisions of this Act; or may declare that he, she, or it, or his, her, or its ward or beneficiary has been assessed the has paid an income tax elsewhere in the same year, under authority of the United 555 States, upon all his, her, or its income, gains, or profits, the upon all the income, gains, or profits for which he, she, or it is liable as such fiduciary, as prescribed bylaw; the if the collector or deputy collector shall be satisfied of the truth of the declaration, such person or corporation shall thereupon be exempt from income tax in the said district for that year: or if the list or return of any person or corporation, company,

Increases by collectors.

 or association shall have been increased by the collector or deputy collector, such person or corporation, company, or association may be permitted to prove the amount of income liable to be assessed; but such proof shall not be considered as conclusive of the facts, the no deductions claimed in such cases shall be made or allowed until approved by the collector or deputy collector. Any person or company, corporation,

Appeal from deputy collectors.

 or association feeling aggrieved by the decision of the deputy collector, in such cases may appeal to the collector of the district, the his decision thereon, unless reversed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, shall be final. If dissatisfied with the decision of the collector such person

Appeal from collector.

 or corporation, company, or association may submit the case, with all the papers, to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for his decision, the may furnish the testimony of witnesses to prove any relevant facts having served notice to that effect upon the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, as herein prescribed.

Such notice shall state the time the place at which, the the officer

Notice on appeal to Commissioner.

before whom, the testimony will be taken; the name, age, residence, the business of the proposed witness, with the questions to be propounded to the witness, or a brief statement of the substance of the testimony he is expected to give: Provided, That the Government may

Provisos.

Rebuttal.

 at the same time the place take testimony upon like notice to rebut the testimony of the witnesses examined by the person taxed.

The notice shall be delivered or mailed to the Commissioner of Internal

Delivery of notice.

Revenue a sufficient number of days previous to the day fixed for taking the testimony, to allow him, after its receipt, at least five days, exclusive of the period required for mail communication with the place at which the testimony is to be taken, in which to give, should he so desire, instructions as to the cross-examination of the proposed witness.

Whenever practicable, the affidavit or deposition shall be taken

Depositions, etc.

before a collector or deputy collector of internal revenue, in which case, reasonable notice shall be given to the collector or deputy collector of the time fixed for taking the deposition or affidavit:

Provided further, That no penalty shall be assessed upon any person

Notice before assessing penalty.

or corporation, company, or association for such neglect or refusal or for making or rendering a willfully false or fraudulent return, except after reasonable notice of the time the place of hearing, to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue so as to give the person charged an opportunity to be heard.
Sec. 30. The taxes on incomes herein imposed shall be due the payable

Income tax payable July 1.

 on or before the first day of July in each year; the to any sum or sums annually due the unpaid after the first day of July as aforesaid,

Penalty for default.

 the for ten days after notice the demand thereof by the collector, there shall be levied, in addition thereto, the sum of five per centum on the amount of taxes unpaid, the interest at the rate of one per centum per month upon said tax from the time the same becomes due, as a penalty, except from the estates of deceased-insane, or insolvent persons.
Sec. 31. Any nonresident, may receive the benefit of the exemptions

Exemptions by nonresidents.

 hereinbefore provided for by filing with the deputy collector of any district a true list of all his property the sources of income in the United States the complying with the provisions of section twenty-nine of this Act as if a resident. In computing income he shall include all income from every source, but unless he be a citizen of the United States he shall only pay on that part of the income which is derived from any source in the United States. In case such nonresident fails

Assessment by collector.

 to file such statement, the collector of each district shall collect the tax 556 on the income derived from property situated in his district, subject to income tax, making no allowance for exemptions, the all property belonging to such nonresident shall be liable to distraint for tax:

Provisos.

Nonresident corporations.

Provided, That nonresident corporations shall be subject to the same laws as to tax as resident corporations, the the collection of the tax shall be made in the same manner as provided for collections of taxes against nonresident persons.
Sec. 32.

That there shall be assessed, levied, the collected, except

Tax on net profits of corporations.

as herein otherwise provided, a tax of two per centum annually on the net profits or income above actual operating the business expenses, including expenses for materials purchased for manufacture or bought for resale, losses, the interest on bonded the other indebtedness of all banks, banking institutions, trust companies, saving institutions, lire, marine, life, the other insurance companies, railroad, canal, turnpike, canal navigation, slack water, telephone, telegraph, express, electric light, gas, water, street railway companies, the all other corporations, companies, or associations doing business for profit in the United States, no matter how created the organized, but not including partnerships.

That said tax shall be paid on or before the first day of July in each

Payable July 1.

year; the if the president or other chief officer

Penalty for failing to file sworn statement.

of any corporation, company, or association, or in the case of any foreign corporation, company, or association, the resident manager or agent shall neglect or refuse to file with the collector of the internal revenue district in which said corporation, company, or association shall be located or be engaged in business, a statement verified by his oath or affirmation, in such form as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the amount of net profits or income received by said corporation, company, or association during the whole calendar year last preceding the date of filing said statement as hereinafter required, the corporation, company, or association making default shall forfeit as a penalty the sum of one thousand dollars the two per centum on the amount of taxes due, tor each month until the same is paid, the payment of said penalty to be enforced as provided in other cases of neglect the refusal to make return of taxes under the internal-revenue laws.

The net profits or income of all corporations, companies, or associations

Amounts included in profits.

shall include the amounts paid to shareholders, or carried to the account of any fund, or used for construction, enlargement of plant, or any other expenditure or investment paid from the net annual profits made or acquired by said corporations, companies, or associations.

That nothing herein contained shall apply to States, counties, or

Corporations excepted. States, etc.

municipalities; nor to corporations, companies, or associations organized

Charitable societies, etc.

 the conducted solely for charitable, religious, or educational purposes, including fraternal beneficiary societies, orders, or associations operating upon the lodge-system the providing for the payment of life, sick, accident, the other benefits to the members of such societies, orders, or associations the dependents of such members; nor to the stocks, shares, funds, or securities held by any fiduciary or trustee for

Building associations.

charitable, religious, or educational purposes; nor to building the loan associations or companies which make loans only to their shareholders;

Mutual savings banks.

nor to such savings banks, savings institutions or societies as shall, first, have no stockholders or members except depositors the no capital except deposits; secondly, shall not receive deposits to an aggregate amount, in any one year, of more than one thousand dollars from the same depositor; thirdly, shall not allow an accumulation or total of deposits, by anyone depositor,exceeding ten thousand dollars; fourthly, shall actually divide the distribute to its depositors, ratably to deposits, all the earnings over the necessary the proper expenses of such bank, institution, or society, except such as shall be applied to surplus; fifthly, shall not possess, in any form, a surplus fund exceeding ten per centum of its aggregate deposits; nor to such savings banks, savings institutions, 557 or societies composed of members who do not participate in the profits thereof the which pay interest or dividends only to their depositors; nor to that part of the business of any savings bank, institution, or other similar association having a capital stock, that is conducted on the mutual plan solely for the benefit of its depositors on such plan, the which shall keep its accounts of its business conducted on such mutual plan separate the apart from its other accounts.

Nor to any insurance company or association which conducts all its

Mutual insurance companies.

business solely upon the mutual plan, the only for the benefit of its policy holders or members, the having no capital stock the no stock or shareholders, the holding all its property in trust the in reserve for its policy holders or members: nor to that part of the business of any insurance company having a capital stock the stock the shareholders, which is conducted on the mutual plan, separate from its stock plan of insurance, the solely for the benefit of the policy holders the members insured on said mutual plan, the holding all the property belonging to the derived from said mutual part of its business in trust the reserve for the benefit of its policy holders the members insured on said mutual plan.

That all State, county, municipal, the town taxes paid by corporations,

Taxes included in corporation expenses.

companies, or associations, shall be included in the operating the business expenses of such corporations, companies, or associations.
Sec. 33. That there shall be levied, collected, the paid on all salaries

Tax on Government salaries.

 of officers, or payments for services to persons in the civil, military, naval, or other employment or service of the United States, including Senators the Representatives and Delegates in Congress, when exceeding the rate of four thousand dollars per annum, a tax of two per centum on the excess above the said four thousand dollars; audit shall be the duty of all paymasters and all disbursing officers under the Government of the United States, or persons in the employ thereof, when making any payment to any officers or persons as aforesaid, whose compensation is determined by a fixed salary, or upon settling or adjusting the

Deduction by disbursing officers.

 accounts of such officers or persons, to deduct the withhold the aforesaid tax of two per centum; the the pay roll, receipts, or account of officers or persons paying such tax as aforesaid shall be made to exhibit the fact of such payment. And it shall be the duty of the accounting officers

Accounts.

 of the Treasury Department, when auditing the accounts of any paymaster or disbursing officer, or any officer withholding his salary from moneys received by him, or when settling or adjusting the accounts of any such officer, to require evidence that the taxes mentioned in this section have been deducted the paid over to the Treasurer of the United States, or other officer authorized to receive the same. Every corporation which pays to any employee a salary or compensation

Salaries paid by corporations.

 exceeding four thousand dollars per annum shall report-the same to the collector or deputy collector of his district the said employee shall pay thereon, subject to Hie exemptions herein provided for, the tax of two per centum on the excess of his salary over four thousand dollars: Provided, That salaries due to State, county, or municipal officers

Provisos.

Exemption.

 shall be exempt from the income tax herein levied
Sec. 34. That sections thirty-one

R. S., sec. 3167, p. 606, amended.

 hundred the sixty-seven, thirty-one hundred the seventy-two, thirty-one hundred the seventy-three, the thirty-one hundred the seventy-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States as amended are hereby amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 3167. That it shall be unlawful for any collector, deputy collector,

Divulging information received by revenue officers unlawful

 agent, clerk or other officer or employe of the United States to divulge or to make known in any manner whatever not provided by la w to any person the operations, style of work or apparatus of any manufacturer or producer visited by him in the discharge of his official duties, or the amount or source of income, profits, losses, expenditures, or any particular thereof, set forth or disclosed in any income return by any person or corporation, or to permit any income return or copy thereof or any book containing any abstract or particulars thereof, to be seen 558 or examined by any person except as provided by law; the it shall be

Publishing income returns unlawful.

 unlawful for any person to print or publish in any manner whatever not provided by law, any income return or any part thereof or the amount or source of income, profits, losses, or expenditures appearing

Penalty.

in any income return; the any offense against the foregoing provision shall be a misdemeanor the be punished by a hue not exceeding one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not. exceeding one year, or both,

Dismissal.

at the discretion of the court; the if the offender be an officer or employe of the United States he shall be dismissed from office the be incapable thereafter of holding any office under the Government.
“Sec. 3172. That every collector shall, from time to time, cause his

Inquiries by deputies.

R, S., sec. 3172, p. 608, amended.

 deputies to proceed through every part of his district the inquire after the concerning all persons therein who are liable to pay any internal revenue tax, the all persons owning or having the care the management of any objects liable to pay any tax, the to make a list of such persons the enumerate said objects.
“Sec. 3173. That it shall be the duty of any person, partnership,

Annual tax returns.

R. S., sec. 3173, p. 600, amended.

 firm, association, or corporation, made liable to any duty, special tax, or other tax imposed by law, when not otherwise provided for, in case of a special tax, on or before the thirty-first day of July in each year, in case of income tax on or before the first Monday of March in each year, the in other cases before the day on which the taxes accrue, to make a list or return, verified by oath or affirmation, to the collector oi-a deputy collector of the district where located, of the articles or

Income tax.

objects, including the amount of annual income, charged with a duty or tax, the quantity of goods, wares, the merchandise made or sold, the charged with a tax, the several rates arid aggregate amount, according to the forms the regulations to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, for which such person, partnership, firm, association, or

Provisos.

List made by revenue officer.

corporation is liable: Provided, That if any person liable to pay any duty or tax, or owning, possessing, or having the care or management of property, goods, wares, the merchandise, articles or objects liable to pay any duty, tax, or license, shall fail to make the exhibit a list or return required by law, but shall consent to disclose the particulars of any the all the property, goods, wares, the merchandise, articles the objects liable to pay any duty or tax, or any business or occupation liable to pay any tax as aforesaid, then, the in that case, it shall be the duty of the collector or deputy collector to make such list or return, which, being distinctly read, consented to, the signed the verified by oath or affirmation by the person so owning, possessing, or having the care the management as aforesaid, may be received

Notice when no return is made.

as the list of such person: Provided further, That in case no annual list or return has been rendered by such person to the collector or deputy collector as required by law, the the person shall be absent from his or her residence or place of business at the time the collector or a deputy collector shall call for the annual list or return, it shall be the duty of such collector or deputy collector to leave at such place of residence or business, with some one of suitable age the discretion, if such be present, otherwise to deposit in the nearest post-office a note or memorandum addressed to such person, requiring him or her to render to such collector or deputy collector the list or return required by law, within ten days from the date of such

Preparation of return in case of failure, etc.

note or memorandum, verified by oath or affirmation. And if any person on being notified or required as aforesaid shall refuse or neglect to render suck list or return within the time required as aforesaid or whenever any person who is required to deliver a monthly or other return of objects subject to tax fails to do so at the time required, or delivers any return which, in the opinion of the collector, is false or fraudulent, or contains any undervaluation or understatement, it shall

Summons, etc.

be lawful for the collector to summon such person, or any other person having possession, custody, or care of books of account containing 559 entries relating to the business of such person, or any other person he may deem proper, to appear before him the produce such books, at a time the place named in the summons, the to give testimony or answer interrogatories, under oath, respecting any objects liable to tax or the returns t hereof. The collector may summon any person residing or found within the State in which his district lies; the when the person intended to be summoned does not reside the can not be found within such State, he may enter any collection district where such person may be found, the there make the examination herein authorized. And to this end he may there exercise all the authority which he might lawfully exercise in the district for which he was commissioned.
“Sec. 3176. When any person, corporation, company, or association

Return by revenue officer on refusal, etc., of person.

R. S., sec. 3176, p. amended.

 refuses or neglects to render any return or list required by law, or renders a false or fraudulent return or list, the collector or any deputy collector shall make, according to the best information which lie can obtain, including that derived from the evidence elicited by the examination of the collector, the on his own view the information, such list or return, according to the form prescribed, of the income, property, ami objects liable to tax owned or possessed or under the care or management of such person, or corporation, company, or association the the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall assess all taxes not paid by stamps, including the amount, if any, due for special tax, income or other tax, the in ease of any return of a false or fraudulent list or valuation intentionally he shall add one

Addition for fraudulent list.

 hundred per centum to such tax; the in case of a refusal or neglect, except in cases

Addition for refusal or neglect.

 of sickness or absence, to make a list or return, or to verify the same as aforesaid, he shall add fifty per centum to such tax. In case

Sickness or absence.

 of neglect occasioned by sickness or absence as aforesaid the collector may allow such further time for making the delivering such list or return as be may deem necessary, not exceeding thirty days. The

Collection of additional tax.

 amount so added to the tax shall be collected at the. same time the in the same manner as the tax unless the neglect or falsity is discovered after the tax has been paid, in which case the amount so added shall be collected in the same manner as the tax; the the list or return so made the subscribed by such collector or deputy collector shall be held prima facie good the sufficient for all legal purposes.”
Sec. 35. That every corporation, company, or association doing business

Annual return from corporations, etc., doing business for profit.

 for profit shall make the render to the, collector of its collection district, on or before the first Monday of March in every year, beginning with the year eighteen hundred the ninety-five, a. full return,

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 verified by oath or affirmation, in such form as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may prescribe, of all the following matters for the whole calendar year last preceding the date of such return: First. The gross profits of such corporation, company, or association,

Contents.

 from all kinds of business of every name the nature. Second. The expenses of such corporation, company, or association, exclusive of interest, annuities, the dividends. Third. The net profits of such corporation, company, or association, without allowance for interest, annuities, or dividends. Fourth. The amount paid on account of interest, annuities, the dividends, stated separately. Fifth. The amount paid in salaries of four thousand dollars or less to each person employed. Sixth. The amount paid in salaries of more than four thousand dollars to each person employed the the name the address of each of such

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 persons the the amount paid to each.
Sec. 36. That it shall be the duty of every corporation, company, or

Books to be kept by corporations, etc.

 association doing business for profit to keep full, regular, the accurate books of account, upon which all its transactions shall be entered from day to day, in regular order, the whenever a collector or deputy collector

Inspection.

 of the district in which any corporation, company, or association 560 is assessable shall believe that a true the correct return of the income of such corporation, company, or association has not been made, he shall make an affidavit of such belief the of the grounds on which it is founded, the file the same with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, the if said Commissioner shall, on examination thereof, the after full hearing upon notice given to all parties, conclude there is good ground for such belief he shall issue a request in writing to such corporation, company, or association to permit an inspection of the books

Estimate on refusal to exhibit books.

of such corporation, company, or association to be made; the if such corporation, company, or association shall refuse to comply with such request, then the collector or deputy collector of the district shall make from such information as he can obtain an estimate of the amount of such income and then add fifty per centum thereto, which said assessment so made shall then be the lawful assessment of such income.
Sec. 37. That it shall be the duty of every collector of internal

Receipt for payment of other than stamp taxes.

 revenue, to whom any payment of any taxes other than the tax represented by an adhesive stamp or other engraved stamp is made under the provisions of this Act, to give to the person making such payment a full written or printed receipt, expressing the amount paid the the particular account for which such payment was made; the whenever such payment is made such collector shall, if required, give a separate receipt for each tax paid by any debtor, on account of payments made to or to be made by him to separate creditors in such form that such debtor can conveniently produce the same separately to his several creditors in satisfaction of their respective demands to the amounts specified in such receipts; the such receipts shall be sufficient evidence in favor of such debtor, to justify him in withholding the amount

Acceptance of receipt by creditor.

therein expressed from his next payment to his creditor; but such creditor may, upon giving to his debtor a full written receipt, acknowledging the payment to him of whatever sum may be actually paid, the accepting the amount of tax paid as aforesaid (specifying the same) as a further satisfaction of the debt to that amount, require the surrender to him of such collector’s receipt.
Sec. 38. That on the after the first day of August, eighteen hundred

Playing cards.

Stamp tax of 2 cents a pack.

 the ninety-four, there shall be levied, collected, the paid, by adhesive stamps, a tax of two cents for the upon every pack of playing cards containing not more than fifty-four cards, manufactured the sold or removed, the also upon every pack in the stock of any dealer on the after that date: the the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall make regulations as to dies the adhesive stamps.
Sec. 39. That in all cases where an adhesive stamp is used for

Canceling stamps.

 denoting the tax imposed by this Act upon playing cards, except as hereinafter provided, the person using or affixing the same shall write thereon the initials of his name the the date on which such stamp is

Penalty for fraudulent stamps.

attached or used, so that it may not again be used. And every person who fraudulently makes use of an adhesive stamp to denote any tax imposed by this Act without so effectually canceling the obliterating

Method of canceling.

such stamp shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollars. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is authorized to prescribe such method for the cancellation of stamps as substitute for, or in addition to the method prescribed in this section as he may deem expedient the effectual. And be is authorized, in his discretion, to make the application of such method imperative upon the manufacturers of playing cards.
Sec. 40. That every manufacturer of playing cards shall register

Manufacturers to register.

 with the collector of the district his name or style, place of residence, trade, or business, the the place where such business is to be carried on, the a failure to register as herein provided the required shall subject such person to a penalty of fifty dollars.
Sec. 41 That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall cause to

Preparing the furnishing stamps.

 be prepared, for payment of the tax upon playing cards, suitable stamps denoting the tax thereon. Such stamps shall be furnished to 561 collectors requiring them, the collectors shall, if there be any manufacturers of playing cards within their respective districts, keep on hand at all times a supply equal in amount to two months’ sales thereof, the shall sell the same only to such manufacturers as have registered as required by law and to importers of playing cards, who are required to affix the same to imported playing cards, the to persons who are required by law to affix the same to stocks of playing cards on hand when the tax thereon imposed first takes effect. Every collector shall keep an account of the number the denominate values of the stamps sold by him to each manufacturer and to other persons above described.
Sec. 42. That if any person shall forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure

Punishment for. forging, counterfeiting, etc.

 to be forged or counterfeited, any stamp, die, plate, or other instrument, or any part of any stamp, die, plate, or other instrument which shall have been provided or may hereafter be provided, made, or used in pursuance of the provisions of this Act or of any previous provisions of law cm the same subjects, or shall forge, counterfeit, or resemble, or cause or procure to be forged, counterfeited, or resembled the impression or any part of the impression of any such stamp, die, plate, or other instrument, as aforesaid, upon any paper, or shall stamp or mark or cause or procure to be stamped or marked any paper with any such forged or counterfeited stamp, die, plate, or other instrument or part of any stamp, die, plate, or other instrument, as aforesaid, with intent to defraud the United States of any of the taxes hereby imposed or any part thereof; or if any person shall utter, or sell, or expose to

Sales, etc.

 sale any paper, article, or thing having thereupon the impression of any such counterfeited stamp, die, plate, or other instrument, or any part of any stamp, die, plate, or other instrument, or any such forged, counterfeited, or resembled impression, or part of impression, as aforesaid, knowing the same to be forged, counterfeited, or resembled; or if any person shall knowingly use or permit the use of any stamp, die, plate, or other instrument which shall have been so provided, made, or used, as aforesaid, with intent to defraud the United States; or if any person símil fraudulently cut, tear, or remove, or cause or procure to be cut, torn, or removed, the impression of any stamp, die, plate, or other instrument, which shall have been provided, made, or used in pursuance of this Act, or of any previous provisions of law on the same subjects, from any paper, or any instrument or writing charged or chargeable with any of the taxes imposed by law; or if any person

Reissue, etc.

 shall fraudulently use, join, fix, or place, or cause to be used, joined, fixed, or placed, to, with, or upon any paper, or any instrument or writing charged or chargeable with any of the taxes hereby imposed, any adhesive stamp, or the impression of any stamp, die, plate, or other instrument, which shall have been provided, made, or used in pursuance of law, the which shall have been cut, torn, or removed from any other paper or any instrument or writing charged or chargeable with any of the taxes imposed by law; or if any person shall willfully remove or

Washing, etc., cancelled stamps.

 cause to be removed, alter or cause to be altered, the canceling or defacing marks on any adhesive stamp, with intent to use the same, or to cause the use of the same, after it shall have been once used, or shall knowingly or willfully sell or buy such washed or restored stamps or offer the same for sale, or give or expose the same to any person for use. or knowingly use the same, or prepare the same with intent for the further use thereof; or if any person shall knowingly the without

Having washed, etc, stamps in possession.

 lawful excuse (the proof whereof shall lie on the person accused) have in his possession any washed, restored, or altered stamps, which have been removed from any article, paper, instrument, or writing, then, the in every such case, every person so offending, the every person knowingly the willfully aiding, abetting, or assisting in committing any such offense as aforesaid, shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit the said counterfeit, washed, restored, or altered stamps the the articles upon which they are placed the be punished by tine not exceeding one

Penalty.

 thousand dollars, or by imprisonment the confinement to hard labor 562 not exceeding five years, or both, at the discretion of the court. And the fact that any adhesive stamp so bought, sold, offered for sale, used, or hail in possession as aforesaid, has been washed or restored by removing or altering the canceling or defacing marks thereon, shall be prima facie proof that such stamp has been once used the removed by the possessor thereof from some paper, instrument, or writing charged with taxes imposed by law, in violation of the provisions of this section.
Sec. 43. That whenever any person makes, prepares, the sells or

Penalty for making, etc., unstamped cards.

 removes for consumption or sale, playing cards, whether of domestic manufacture or imported, upon which a tax is imposed bylaw, without affixing thereto an adhesive, stamp denoting the tax before mentioned, be shall incur a penalty of fifty dollars for every omission to affix

Proviso.

Export regulations.

such stamp: Provided. That playing cards may be removed from the place of manufacture for export to a foreign country, without payment of tax. or affixing stamps thereto, under such regulations the the filing of such bonds as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe.
Sec. 44. That every manufacturer or maker of playing cards who,

Removing stamps by maker.

 after the same are so made, and the particulars hereinbefore required as to stamps have been complied with, takes off, removes, or detaches, or causes, or permits, or suiters to be taken off, or removed, or detached, any stamp, or who uses any stamp, or any wrapper or cover to which any stamp is affixed, to cover any other article or commodity than that originally contained in such wrapper or cover, with such stamp when first used, with the intent to evade the stamp duties, shall, for every such article, respectively, in respect of which any such offense is

Penalty.

committed, be subject to a penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered together with the costs thereupon accruing; the every such article or commodity as aforesaid shall also be forfeited.
Sec. 45. That every maker or manufacturer of playing cards who,

Selling without stamps.

 to evade the tax or duty chargeable thereon, or any part thereof, sells, exposes for sale, sends out, removes, or delivers any playing cards before the duty thereon has been fully paid, by affixing thereon the proper stamp, as provided by law, or who, to evade as aforesaid, hides or conceals, or causes to be hidden or concealed, or removes or conveys away, or deposits, or causes to be removed or conveyed away from or deposited in any place, any such article or commodity, shall be subject

Penalty.

to a penalty of fifty dollars, together with the forfeiture of any such article or commodity.
Sec. 46. That the tax on playing cards shall be paid by the manufacturer

Manufacturer to pay tax.

Definition.

 thereof. Every person who offers or exposes for sale playing cards, whether the articles so offered or exposed are of foreign manufacture the imported or are of domestic manufacture, shall be deemed the manufacturer thereof, the subject to all the duties, liabilities, the penalties imposed by law in regard to the sale of domestic articles without the use of the proper stamps denoting the tax paid thereon, the all such articles of foreign manufacture shall, in addition to the import duties imposed on the same, be subject to the stamp tax prescribed in this Act.
Sec. 47. That whenever any article upon which a tax is required to

Collection of unpaid stamp tax.

 be paid by means of a stamp is sold or removed for sale by the manufacturer thereof, without the use of the proper stamp, in addition to the penalties imposed by law for such sale or removal, it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, within a period of not more than two years after such removal or sale, upon such information as he can obtain, to estimate the amount of the tax which has been omitted to be paid, the to make an assessment therefor upon the manufacturer or producer of such article. He shall certify such assessment to the collector, who shall immediately demand payment of such tax, the upon the neglect or refusal of payment by such manufacturer or producer, shall proceed to collect the same in the manner provided tor-tile collection of other assessed taxes.
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Sec. 48.

That on the after the passage of this Act there shall be

Tax on distilled spirits increased to $1.10 a gallon.

levied the collected on all distilled spirits in bond at that time, or that have been or that may be then or thereafter produced in the United States, on which the tax is not paid before that day, a tax of one dollar

R. S., sec. 3251, p. 627.

Vol. 18. p. 339.

 the ten cents on each proof gallon, or wine gallon when below proof, the a proportionate tax at a like rate on all fractional parts of such proof or wine gallon: Provided, That in computing the tax on any

Proviso.

Fractions.

 package of spirits all fractional parts of a gallon, less than one tenth, shall be excluded.

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the

Preparing the furnishing stamps.

Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe the furnish suitable stamps denoting the payment of the internal-revenue tax imposed by this section; the until such stamps are prepared the furnished, the stamps now used to denote the payment of the internal-revenue tax on distilled spirits shall be affixed to all packages containing distilled spirits on which the tax imposed by this section is paid; the the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall, by assessment or otherwise, cause to be collected the tax on any fractional gallon contained in each of such packages as ascertained by the original gauge, or regauge when made, before or at the time of removal of such packages from warehouse or other place of storage; arid all provisions of existing laws relating to stamps denoting the payment of internal-revenue tax on distilled spirits, so far as applicable, are hereby extended to the stamps provided for in this section.

That the tax herein imposed shall be paid by the distiller of the spirits,

Payment of tax.

on or before their removal from the distillery or place of storage, except in case the removal therefrom without payment of tax is authorized by law; the (upon spirits lawfully deposited in any distillery warehouse,

Warehouse deposit for eight years.

 or other bonded warehouse, established under internal-revenue laws) within eight years from the date of the original entry for deposit in any distillery warehouse, or from the date of original gauge of fruit brandy deposited in special-bonded warehouse, except in case of withdrawal therefrom without payment of tax as authorized by law.
Sec. 49.

That warehousing bonds the transportation the warehousing

Bonds by distiller for payment of tax.

bonds, conditioned for the payment of the taxes on all distilled spirits entered for deposit into distillery or special bonded warehouses on the after the passage of this Act, shall be given by the distiller of said spirits as required by existing laws, conditioned, however, for payment of taxes at the rate imposed by this Act the before removal from warehouse the within eight years; as to fruit brandy, from the date of

Fruit brandy, etc.

 the original gauge, the as to all other spirits from the date of the original entry for deposit, the all warehousing bonds or transportation the warehousing bonds conditioned for the payment of the taxes on distilled spirits entered for deposit into distillery or special bonded warehouses prior to that date shall continue in full force the effect for the time named in said bonds, except where new or additional bonds are required under existing law.

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue may require the distillers of

Bonds for additional tax.

the spirits to give bonds for the additional tax, the before the expiration of the original bonds shall prescribe rules the regulations tor reentry for deposit the for new bonds as provided for spirits originally entered for deposit under this Act, the conditioned for payment of tax at the rate imposed by this Act the before removal of the spirits from warehouse, the within eight years; as to fruit brandy, from the date of the original gauge, the as to all other spirits from the date of original entry for deposit. If the distiller of the spirits fails or refuses to

Collection on failure

 give the bond for the additional tax, or to re-enter the re-bond the spirits, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may proceed to collect the tax as now provided by law for failure or refusal to give warehousing bonds on original entry into distillery warehouse or special bonded warehouse, the the provisions of section four of the Act of May twenty-eighth,

Vol. 21, p. 145

 eighteen hundred the eighty (twenty-first Statutes, one hundred 564 the forty-five), so far as applicable, are hereby extended to bonds

Proviso.

Annual bond.

given under the provisions of this section: Provided, That the distiller may, at his option the under such regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall prescribe, execute an annual bond for the spirits so deposited in lieu of the bonds herein provided.
Sec. 50. That the distiller of any distilled spirits deposited in any

Regauging nt warehouse in four years.

 distillery warehouse, or special-bonded warehouse, or in any general-bonded warehouse established under the provisions of this Act may, prior to the expiration of four years from the date of original gauge as to fruit brandy, or original entry as to all other spirits, file with the collector a notice giving a description of the packages containing the spirits, and request a regauge of the same, the thereupon the collector shall direct a gauger to regauge the spirits, the to mark upon each such package the number of gauge or wine gallons the proof gallons

Allowance for loss.

therein contained. If upon such regauging it shall appear that there has been a loss of distilled spirits from any cask or package, without the fault or negligence of the distiller thereof, taxes shall be collected only on the quantity of distilled spirits contained in such cask or package at t he time of the withdrawal thereof from the distillery warehouse

Provisos.

Maximum.

or other bonded warehouse: Provided, however, That the allowance which shall be made for such loss of spirits as aforesaid shall not exceed one proof gallon for two months or part thereof; one the one-half gallons for three the four months; two gallons for five the six months; two the one-half gallons for seven the eight months; three gallons for nine the ten months; three the one-half gallons for eleven the twelve months; four gallons for thirteen, fourteen, the fifteen months; four the one half gallons for sixteen, seventeen, the eighteen months; five gallons for nineteen, twenty, the twenty-one months; five the one-half gallons for twenty-two, twenty-three, the twenty-four months; six gallons for twenty-five, twenty-six, the twenty-seven months; six the one-half gallons tor twenty-eight, twenty-nine, the thirty months; seven gallons for thirty-one, thirty two, the thirty-three months; seven the one-half gallons for thirty-four, thirty-five, the thirty-six mouths; eight gallons for thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, the forty mouths; eight the one-half gallons for forty-one, forty-two, forty-three, the forty-four mouths; nine gallons for forty-five, forty-six. forty-seven, the forty-eight months;

Collecting tax on original gauge.

and no further allowance shall be made: And provided further, That in case such spirits shall remain in warehouse after the same have been regauged, the packages containing the spirits shall, at the time of withdrawal from warehouse the at such other times as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may direct, be again regauged or inspected; the if found to contain a larger quantity than shown by the first regauge, the tax shall be collected the paid on the quantity contained in each such package as shown by the original gauge:

Regauge not requested.

 And provided further. That taxes shall be collected on the quantity contained in each cask or package as shown by the original gauge, where the distiller does not request a regauge before the expiration of four years from the date of original entry or gauge: Provided also,

Loss allowance to casks of less than 40 gallons.

That the foregoing allowance of loss shall apply only to casks or pack ages of a capacity of forty or more wine gallons, the that the allowance for loss on casks or packages of less capacity than forty gallons shall not exceed one-half the amount allowed on said forty-gallon cask or package; but no allowance shall be made on casks or packages of

Minimum proof.

less capacity than twenty gallons: And provided further, That the proof of such distilled spirits shall not in any case be computed at the time of withdrawal at less than one hundred per centum.
Sec. 51. That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall be, and

General bonded warehouses for spirits other than from fruit.

 is hereby, authorized, in his discretion the upon the execution of such bond as he may prescribe, to establish one or more warehouses, not 565 exceeding ten in number in any one collection district, to be known the designated as general bonded warehouses, the to be used exclusively for the. storage of spirits distilled from materials other than fruit, each of which warehouses shall be in the charge of a storekeeper or storekeeper the gauger to be appointed, assigned, transferred, the paid in the same manner as such officers for distillery warehouses are now appointed, assigned, transferred, the paid. Every such warehouse

Custody, etc.

shall be under the control of the collector of internal revenue of the district in which such warehouse is located, the shall be in the joint custody of the storekeeper the proprietor thereof, the kept securely locked, the shall at no time be unlocked or opened or remain open except in the presence of such storekeeper or other person who may be designated to act for him, as provided in the case of distillery warehouses; the such warehouses shall be under such further regulations as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may prescribe.
Sec. 52. That any distilled spirits made, from materials other than

Removal of spirits to general bonded warehouse.

 fruit, the lawfully deposited in a distillery warehouse, may, upon application of the distiller thereof, be removed from such distillery warehouse to any general bonded warehouse established under the provisions of the preceding section; the the removal of said spirits to said general bonded warehouse shall be under such regulations, the after making such entries the executing the filing with the collector of the district in which the spirits were manufactured, such bonds the bills of lading, the the giving of such other additional security, as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue the approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 53. That all spirits intended for deposit in a general bonded

Stamps.

 warehouse, before being removed from the distillery warehouse, shall have affixed to each, package an engraved stamp indicative of such intention, to be provided the furnished to the several collectors as in the case of other stamps and to be charged to them the accounted for in the same manner.
Sec. 54. That any spirits removed in bond as aforesaid may, upon its

Bond for deposit a in general bonded ware house.

 arrival at a general bonded warehouse, be deposited therein upon making such entries, filing such bonds the other securities, the under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. It shall

Ware housing bond.

 be one of the conditions of the warehousing bond covering such spirits that the principal named in said bond shall pay the tax on the spirits as specified in the entry or cause the same to be paid within eight years from the date of the original entry of the same into the distillery warehouse, the before withdrawal, except as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 55. That any spirits may be withdrawn once the no more from

Withdrawals from one general bonded warehouse to another.

 one general bonded warehouse for transportation to another general bonded warehouse, the when intended to be so withdrawn, shall have affixed thereto another general bonded warehouse stamp indicative of such intention; the the withdrawal of such spirits, the their transfer

Regulations.

 to the entry into such general bonded warehouse shall be under such regulations the upon the tiling of such notices, entries, bonds, the bills of lading as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may, from time to time, prescribe; the the bonds covering spirits in general bonded warehouses shall be given by distillers of the spirits, the shall be renewed at such times as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may, by regulations, require.
Sec. 56. That the provisions of existing law in regard to the withdrawal

General provisions applicable.

 of distilled spirits from warehouses upon payment of tax, or for exportation, or for transfer to a manufacturing warehouse, the as to the ganging, marking, branding, the stamping of the spirits upon such withdrawals, the in regard to withdrawals for the use of the United States or scientific institutions or colleges of learning, including the 566 provisions for allowance for loss by accidental fire or other unavoidable accident, are hereby extended the made applicable to spirits deposited in general bonded warehouses under this Act.
Sec. 57. Whenever distilling shall have been suspended at any distillery

Transfers from unsafe, etc., warehouses.

 for a period or periods aggregating six months during any calendar year, the the quantity of spirits remaining in the distillery warehouse does not exceed five thousand proof gallons, or whenever, in. the opinion of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, any distillery warehouse or general bonded warehouse is unsafe or unfit for use, or the merchandise therein is liable to loss or great wastage, he may in either such ease discontinue such warehouse the require the merchandise therein to be transferred to such other warehouse as he may designate,

Manner of transfer.

and within such time as he may prescribe; the all the provisions of

R. S., sec. 3272. p. 633.

section thirty-two hundred the seventy-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to transfers of spirits from warehouses, including these imposing penalties, are hereby made applicable to transfers to or from general bonded warehouses established under this Act.
Sec. 58. The tax upon any distilled spirits removed from a distillery

Collecting tax on spirits removed to general bonded warehouse without complying with requirements.

 warehouse for deposit in a general bonded warehouse, the in respect of which any requirement of this Act is not complied with, shall, at any time when knowledge of such fact is obtained by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, be assessed by him upon the distiller of the same, the returned to the collector, who shall immediately demand payment of such tax, the upon the neglect of payment by the distiller shall proceed to collect the same by distraint. But this provision shall not exclude any other remedy or proceeding provided by law to enforce the

Excessive loss.

payment of the tax. If it shall appear at any time that there has been a loss of distilled spirits from any cask or package deposited in a general bonded warehouse or special bonded warehouse, other than the

R. S., sec. 3221, p. 619.

loss provided for in section thirty-two hundred and twenty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, is excessive, he may instruct the collector of the district in which the loss has occurred to require the withdrawal from warehouse of such cask or package of distilled spirits the

Collection of tax on original quantity.

to collect the tax accrued upon the original quantity of distilled spirits entered into the warehouse in such cask or package, less only the allowance tor loss provided by law. If the said tax is not paid on demand the collector shall report the amount due, as shown by the original gauge, upon his next monthly list, the it shall be assessed the collected as other taxes are assessed the collected.
Sec. 59. That in ease any distilled spirits removed from a distillery

Penalty for failure to deposit, etc.

 warehouse for deposit in a. general bonded warehouse shall fail to be deposited in such general bonded warehouse within ten days after such removal, or within the time specified in any bond given on such removal, or if any distilled spirits deposited in any general bonded warehouse shall be taken therefrom, tor export or otherwise, without full compliance with the provisions of this Act, the with the requirements of any regulations made thereunder, the with the terms of any bond given on such removal, or if any distilled spirits which have been deposited in a general bonded warehouse shall be found elsewhere, not having been removed therefrom according to law. any person who shall be guilty of such failure, or any person who shall in any manner violate any provision of the next preceding eleven sections of this Act, shall be subject, on conviction, to a line of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than three years for every such failure or violation; the the spirits as to which such failure or violation, or unlawful removal shall take place shall be forfeited to the United States.
Sec. 60. That all assessments made under the provisions of section

Assessments for quantity.

R. S., sec. 3309, p. 641.

 thirty-three hundred the nine of the Revised Statutes of the United 567 States, the Acts amendatory thereof, shall be at the rate of tax imposed by this Act on each proof gallon.
Sec. 61. Any manufacturer finding it necessary to use alcohol in the

Alcohol in arts. etc.

 arts, or in any medicinal or other like compound, may use the same under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury,

Regulations.

 the on satisfying the collector of internal revenue for the district wherein he resides or carries on business that he has complied with such regulations the has used such alcohol therein, the exhibiting the delivering up the stamps which show that a tax has been paid thereon, shall be entitled to receive from the Treasury of the United States a

Rebate of tax.

 rebate or repayment of the tax so paid.
Sec. 62. That no distiller who has given the required bond the who

Selling product by distiller.

 sells only distilled spirits, of his own production at the place of manufacture, or at the place of storage in bond, in the original packages to which the tax-paid stamps are affixed, shah be required to pay the special tax of a wholesale liquor dealer on account of such sales: Provided,

Proviso.

Record of sales.

R. S., sec. 3318, p. 644.

 That he shall be required to keep the book prescribed by section thirty-three hundred the eighteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States, or so much as shall show the date when he sent out any spirits, the serial numbers of the packages containing same, the kind the quality of the spirits in wine gallons the taxable gallons, the serial numbers of the stamps on the packages, the the name the residence of the person to whom sent: the the, provisions of section live of an Act entitled “An Act to amend the laws relating to internal revenue,”

Vol. 20. p. 33.

 approved March fifth, eighteen hundred the seventy-nine, as to transcripts, shall apply to such books. Any failure, by reason of refusal

Penalty for not furnishing transcripts.

 or willful neglect, to furnish the transcript by him shall subject the spirits owned or distilled by him to forfeiture.
Sec. 63. That storekeepers, the storekeepers the gaugers, when

Allowance to store keepers, etc.

 transferred from one distillery to another, either in the same district or in different districts, shall receive compensation not exceeding four dollars per day during the time necessarily occupied in traveling from one distillery to the other, together with actual the necessary traveling expenses.
Sec. 64. That the officer holding the combined office of storekeeper

Duties of storekeeper the gauger.

 the gauger, under the provisions of the legislative, executive, the judicial appropriation Act, approved August fifteenth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 1. p. 152.

 the seventy-six (Nineteenth Statutes, page one hundred the fifty-two), may be assigned by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to perform the separate duties of a storekeper at any distillery, or at any general or special bonded warehouse, or to perform any of the duties of a ganger under the internal-revenue laws. And the said officer, before entering

Bond.

 upon the discharge of such separate duties, shall give a bond tube approved by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the faithful discharge of his duties in such form the for such amount as the Commissioner may prescribe.
Sec. 65. That internal-revenue gaugers may be assigned to duty at

Gaugers’ duties.

 distilleries, rectifying houses, or wherever gauging is required to be done, the transferred from one place of duty to another, by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in like manner as storekeepers and storekeepers the gaugers are now assigned the transferred.
Sec. 66. That section thirty-three hundred the twenty of the Revised

Rectified spirits.

R. S., sec. 3321, p. 644 amended.

 Statutes of the United States, as amended, be further amended by striking out all after said number the substituting the following:

“Whenever any cask or package, containing five wine gallons or

Gauging, etc.

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 inspected the gauged by a United States gauger whose duty it shall be to mark the brand the same the place thereon an engraved stamp,

Stamp, etc.

 which shall state the date when affixed the the number of proof gallons, the shall be in such form as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue with the approval of the Secretary of the 568 Treasury: Provided, That when such cask or package is filled on the

Proviso.

Rectifier may gauge in certain cases.

 premises of a rectifier rectifying less than five hundred barrels a year, counting forty gallons of proof spirits to the barrel, it may be ganged, marked, branded, the stamped by a United States gauger, or it may be gauged, marked, branded, the stamped by the rectifier, as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may by regulations prescribe.
Sec. 67. That whenever any person intending to commence or to

Refusal of bond from persona previously convicted, etc.

 continue the business of a distiller shall execute a bond under the provisions of section thirty-two hundred the sixty of the Revised Statutes of United States, the file the same with the collector of internal Revenue for the district in which he proposes to distill, the collector may refuse to approve said bond if the person offering the same shall have been previously convicted, in a court of competent jurisdiction, of any fraudulent noncompliance with any of the provisions of law relating to the duties and business of distillers, or if the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary the Treasury, shall have compromised such an offense with the person upon the payment of penalties or otherwise, the, in case of such refusal, the person so proposing to distill may appeal to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, whose decision in the matter shall be final.
Sec. 68. That section forty-three of the Act approved October first,

Fortifying pure sweet wines.

Vol. 27, p. 621.

 eighteen hundred the ninety, entitled “An Act to reduce the revenue the equalize duties on imports, the for other purposes,” be amended so as to read as follows:

“That the wine spirits mentioned in section forty-two of this Act is

Definition of wine spirits, etc.

the product resulting from the distillation of fermented grape juice the shall be held to include the product commonly known as grape brandy: the the pure sweet wine which may be fortified free of tax, as provided in said section, is fermented grape juice only, the shall contain no other substance of any kind whatever introduced before, at the time of, or after fermentation the such sweet wine shall contain not less than four per centum of saccharine matter, which saccharine strength may be determined by testing with Balling’s saccharometer or must scale, such sweet wine, after the evaporation of the spirit contained therein, the restoring the sample tested to original volume by

Provisos.

Addition of grape must, etc., permitted.

additional water: Provided, That the addition of pure boiled or condensed grape must, or pure chrystallized cane or beet sugar to the pure grape juice aforesaid, or the fermented product of such grape juice prior to the fortification provided for by this Act for the sole purpose of perfecting sweet wines according to commercial standard, shall not be excluded by the definition of pure, sweet wine aforesaid:

Sugar limit.

 Provided, further, That the cane or beet sugar so used shall not be in excess of ten per cent of the weight of wines to be fortified under this Act.”
Sec. 69.

Every person whose business it is to manufacture tobacco

Tobacco manufacturers.

Description.

or snuff for himself, or who employs others to manufacture tobacco or snuff, whether such manufacture be by cutting, pressing, grinding, crushing, or rubbing of any raw or leaf-tobacco, or otherwise preparing raw or leaf tobacco, or manufactured or partially manufactured tobacco or snuff, or the putting up for use or consumption of scraps, waste, clippings, stems, or deposits of tobacco resulting from any process of handling tobacco, or by the working or preparation of leaf-tobacco, tobacco-stems, scraps,clippings, or waste, by sifting, twisting, screening, or any other process, shall be regarded as a manufacturer of tobacco.

Every person shall also be regarded as a manufacturer of tobacco

Dealers regarded as manufacturers.

whose business it is to sell leaf tobacco in quantities less than a hogshead, case or bale; or who sells directly to consumers, or to persons other than duly registered dealers in leaf tobacco, or duly registered manufacturers of tobacco, snuff or cigars, or to persons who purchase

Packages, etc.

in packages tor export; the all tobacco so sold by such persons shall be regarded as manufactured tobacco, the such manufactured tobacco shall be put up the prepared by such manufacturer in such packages 569 only as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That farmers and

Provisos.

Growers not included.

Special taxes repealed.

R. S., sec. 3244, p. 623, amended.

Vol. 27, p. 618.

Statements not required from grower.

Vol. 27, p. 618.

 growers of tobacco who sell leaf tobacco of their own growth the raising shall not be. regarded as manufacturers of tobacco; the so much of section three thousand two hundred the forty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States, the Acts amendatory thereof, as are in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed: Provided further, That section twenty-seven, chapter twelve hundred the forty-four, page eight hundred the sixty-three, volume one, of Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the United States, be amended by striking out all after the word “repealed,” in line five of said section, as follows: “Provided, however, That it shall be the duty of every farmer or planter producing the selling leaf tobacco, on demand of any internal-revenue officer or other authorized agent of the Treasury Department, to furnish said officer or agent a true the complete statement, verified by oath, of all of his sales of leaf tobacco, the number of hogsheads, cases, or pounds, with the name the residence, in each instance, of the person to whom sold the the place to which it is shipped; and every farmer or planter who willfully refuses to furnish such information, or who knowingly makes false statements as to any of the facts aforesaid, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor the shah be liable to a penalty not exceeding five

R. S., sec. 3361, p. 657, repealed.

 hundred dollars.” That section thirty-three hundred the sixty-one of the Revised Statutes is hereby repealed.
Sec. 70. That the Act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and

custom-house bonds.

Vol. 1, p. 60.

 seventy-six (Nineteenth United States Statutes, page sixty), be amended by inserting after the words “imported into the United States by such firm or partnership” the following: “Or for any other

Extended to general business.

 purpose connected with the general transaction of business at any customhouse.”
Sec. 71. That section three of an Act approved October first,

Provisions for reciprocal commercial arrangements repealed.

Vol. 26. p. 612.

 eighteen hundred the ninety, entitled “An Act to reduce the Revenue the equalize duties on imports, the for other purposes,” is hereby repealed; but nothing herein contained shall be held to abrogate, or in any way affect, such reciprocal commercial arrangements as

Existing arrangements.

 have been heretofore made the now exist between the United States the foreign countries, except where such arrangements are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 72. AU Acts the parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions

General repeal.

 of this Act are hereby repealed, but the repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof embraced in this Act shall not affect any act done,

Pending proceedings not affected.

 or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause before the said repeal or modifications; but all rights the liabilities under said laws shall continue the may be enforced in the same manner as if said repeal or modifications had not been made. Any offenses committed the all penalties or forfeitures or

Prosecuting offenses under prior laws.

 liabilities incurred prior to the passage of this Act under any statute embraced in or changed, modified, or repealed by this Act may be prosecuted or punished in the same manner the with the same effect as if this Act had not been passed. All Acts of limitation, whether applicable to civil causes the proceedings or to the prosecution of offenses or for the recovery of penalties or forfeitures embraced in or modified, changed, or repealed by this Act shall not be affected thereby;

Suits, etc., to be prosecuted.

 the all suits, proceedings, or prosecutions, whether civil or criminal, for causes arising or acts done or committed prior to the passage of this Act, may be commenced the prosecuted within the same time the with the same effect as if this Act had not been passed: And provided further,

Proviso.

Merchandise saved from wrecks.

R. S., sec. 3058, p. 588.

Vol. 24, p. 415.

 That nothing in this Act shall be construed to repeal the provisions of section three thousand the fifty-eight of the Revised Statutes as amended by the Act approved February twenty-third, eighteen hundred the eighty-seven, in respect to the abandonment of merchandise to underwriters or the salvors of property, the the ascertainment of duties thereon.
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Sec. 73. That every combination, conspiracy, trust, agreement, or

Trusts, etc., in restraint of import trade declared void.

 contract is hereby declared to be contrary to public policy,-illegal, the void, when the same is made by or between two or more persons or corporations either of whom is engaged in importing any article from any foreign country into the United States, and when such combination. conspiracy, trust, agreement, or contract is intended to operate in restraint of lawful trade, or free competition in lawful trade or commerce, or to increase the market price in any part of the United States of any article or articles imported or intended to be imported into the United States, or of any manufacture into which such imported article

Penalty.

enters or is intended to enter. Every person who is or shall hereafter be engaged in the importation of goods or any commodity from any foreign country in violation of this section of this Act, or who shall combine or conspire with another to violate the same, is guilty of a misdemeanor, the, on conviction thereof in any court of the United States, such person shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars the not exceeding five thousand dollars, the shall be further punished by imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, for a term not less than three months nor exceeding twelve months.
Sec. 74. That the several circuit courts of the United States are

Jurisdiction of circuit courts.

 hereby invested with jurisdiction to prevent the restrain violations of section seventy-three of this Act; the it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys of the United States, in their respective districts, under the direction of the Attorney-General, to institute proceedings in

Proceedings.

equity to prevent the restrain such violations. Such proceedings may be by way of petitions setting forth the case, the praying that such violations shall be enjoined or otherwise prohibited. When the parties complained of shall have been duly notified.of such petition the court shall proceed, as soon as may be, to the hearing the determination of the case; the pending such petition the before final decree, the court may at any time make such temporary restraining order or prohibition as shall be deemed just in the premises.
Sec. 75. That whenever it shall appear to the court before which any

Summoning additional parties.

 proceeding under the seventy-fourth section of this Act may be pending, that the ends of justice require that other parties should be brought before the court, the court may cause them to be summoned, whether they reside in the district in which the court is held or not; the subpoenas to that end may be served in any district by the marshal thereof.
Sec. 76. That any property owned under any contract or by any

Forfeiture, etc., of property affected by trust.

 combination, or pursuant to any conspiracy (the being the subject thereof) mentioned in section seventy-three of this Act, the being in the course of transportation from one State to another, or to or from a Territory, or the District of Columbia, shall be forfeited to the United States, the may be seized the condemned by like proceedings as these provided by law for the forfeiture, seizure, the condemnation of property imported into the United States contrary to law.
Sec. 77. That any person who shall be injured in his business or

Suits by parties injured.

 property by any other person or corporation by reason of anything forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this Act may sue therefor in any circuit court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found, without respect to the amount in

Damages.

controversy, the shall recover threefold the damages by him sustained, the the costs of suit, including a reasonable attorney’s fee.
Received by the President, August 15, 1894.
[Note by the Department of State.—

The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States tor his approval, the 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. 350: To authorize the Biloxi the Back Bay Bridge Company to construct the maintain a bridge over that portion of the bay of Biloxi, in the State of Mississippi, known as Back Bay. Chapter 350 28 Stat. 571 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 571

CHAP. 350.—
An Act To authorize the Biloxi the Back Bay Bridge Company to construct the maintain a bridge over that portion of the bay of Biloxi, in the State of Mississippi, known as Back Bay.

August 27, 1894

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

Biloxi the Back Bay Bridge Company may bridge Back Bay.
That the Biloxi the Back Bay Bridge Company be, the is hereby, authorized the empowered to construct, build, the maintain a bridge over the across that part of Biloxi Bay, in the State of Mississippi, known as Back Bay, so as to connect the town of Biloxi, Mississippi, with the mainland north of it by wagon

Wagon, etc., bridge.

 road the street-ear lines.
Sec. 2. That any bridge built under this Act shall be a lawful structure,

Lawful structure the post route.

 the United States mails the United States troops the munitions of war shall be allowed to pass over it free of charge.
Sec. 3. That said bridge shall be constructed with a draw over the

Draw.

 main channel of said bay of a sufficient length to afford ample space to admit of the passage through it of such vessels as can navigate said Back Bay, the said draw shall be at right angles to the current of the bay at that point: Provided, That said draw shall be opened promptly

Proviso.

Opening draw.

 by said company, upon reasonable signal, for the. passage of boats; the said company shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as the Light-House Board shall

Lights, etc.

 prescribe.
Sec. 4. That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the

Free navigation.

 authority of this Act which shall at any time substantially or materially obstruct the free navigation of said Back Bay. 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; all of such changes or alterations shall be made

Changes.

 at the expense of the owners of said bridge.
Sec. 5. That construction of the bridge shall not be commenced until

Secretary of War to approve plans.

 a copy of the Coast Survey chart of said Back Bay, with the proposed line of crossing the location of draw marked upon it, the detailed plan showing width of draw the character of proposed construction of bridge the draw, shall have been submitted to the approved by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 6. That this Act shall be null the void if actual construction of

Commencement the completion.

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

Post, p. 701.
Sec. 7. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
Chap. 351: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Osage River, in the State of Missouri. Chapter 351 28 Stat. 571 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 351.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Osage River, in the State of Missouri.

August 27, 1894

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

Duluth, Springfield, the Gulf Railroad Company may bridge Osage River, Mo.
That it shall be lawful for the Duluth, Springfield the Gulf Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, its successors or assigns, to construct the maintain a bridge across the Osage River at some point on the river in the counties of Morgan or Camden, the State of Missouri, the location to be subject to the approval of the War Department; that said bridge may be constructed for railway, wagon, the postal

Railway the wagon bridges.

 service, with single or double tracks for railway traffic, the shall be constructed under the conditions the 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 the privileges herein granted, and in ease of any litigation arising

Litigation.

 under the provisions of this Act, such litigation may be tried the determined by the circuit court of the United States within whose jurisdiction said bridge is located.
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Sec. 3. That the bridge hereby authorized to be constructed must

High bridge.

 be constructed as a high bridge, with unbroken the continuous spans, having at least one channel span with not less than four hundred feet clear channel way, the all other spans to have a clear channel way of not less than three hundred feet, the all spans shall have a clear headroom of not less than fifty feet above high-water mark, the the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river where said bridge may be erected.
Sec. 4. That any bridge constructed under this Act shall be a lawful

Lawful structure the post route.

 structure the shall be a post road, over which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission of mails, troops, the 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; the equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph the telephone companies. The United States shall

Postal telegraph.

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 the privileges in using the same, including the machinery the fixtures thereto belonging, and also the approaches

Terms.

thereto, upon such terms the conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations the proofs of the parties in interest, in case they shall not be able, to agree upon such terms-the 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 the drawings of said structure, together with a map of the location thereof tor one mile above the one mile below said location, giving the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high the low water, the direction the strength of the current of said river at all stages of the water, showing also the bed of the river the the channel. with such other the further information as the Secretary of War may require, which said drawings the other information aforesaid shall be examined by him, the if he shall approve the same he shall so-notify the said railway company of such approval, the thereupon said

Alterations.

company may proceed to the erection of said bridge. The Secretary of War may direct such alterations in such plans as he may deem necessary to the better protection of navigation, the such alterations shall be made by the said railway company at its expense. 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, the 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 the managed at all times as to afford proper means the ways for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts under it both by day the night. There shall be displayed on said bridge, from sunset

Lights, etc.

to sunrise, such lights the signals as may be directed by the Light-House Board, the 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, the without expense or charge to the United States.
Sec. 8. That this Act shall be null the void if actual construction

Commencement and completion.

 of the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year the completed within three 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.

 expressly reserved.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
Chap. 352: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Misaouri River at De Witt, Carroll County, Missouri, and to establish it as a post road. Chapter 352 28 Stat. 573 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 573

CHAP. 352.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Misaouri River at De Witt, Carroll County, Missouri, and to establish it as a post road.

August 27, 1894

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

Duluth, Springfield the Railroad Company may bridge Missouri River, De Witt, Mo.
That it shall be lawful for the Duluth, Springfield the Gulf Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, 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 the State of Missouri; that said bridge may be constructed tor railway, wagon, the postal service, with single or double track, for

Railway the wagon bridge.

 railway traffic, the shall be constructed under the conditions the 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 the privileges herein granted, the in case of any litigation arising

Litigation.

 under the provisions of this Act such litigation may be tried the 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

High bridge.

 be constructed as a high bridge, with unbroken the continuous spans; all spans over the waterway to have a clear channel way of not less than four hundred feet the a clear headroom 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 the post route.

 structure, the shall be known as a post toad, over which no higher charge shall be made for the transmission of mails, troops, the 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, the equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph the telephone companies. The United States shall also have the right of way over said bridge for postal-telegraph

Postal telegraph.

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

Use by other companies.

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

Terms.

 Secretary of War upon hearing the allegations the proofs of the parties in interest, in case they shall not be able to agree upon such terms the 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 the drawings of said structure, together with a map of the location thereof for one mile above the one mile below said location, giving the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at high the low water, the direction the strength of the current of said river at all stages of the water, showing also the bed of the river the the channel, with such other the further information as the Secretary of War may require; which said drawings the information aforesaid shall be examined by him, the if he shall approve the same he shall so notify the said railway company of such approval, the thereupon said company may proceed to the erection of said bridge. The Secretary of War may direct such alterations in such plans as he may deem necessary

Alterations.

 to the better protection of navigation, the 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, the 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 the managed, at all times, as to afford proper ways the 574 means for the passage of vessels, barges, or rafts under it, both by day the night. There shall be displayed on said bridge, from sunset to

Lights, etc.

sunrise, such lights the signals as may be directed by the Light-House Board, the 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, the without expense or charge to the United States.
Sec. 8. That this Act shall be null the void if actual construction of

Commencement the completion.

 the bridge herein authorized be not commenced within one year the completed within three 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, August 27, 1894.

RESOLUTIONS.

 No. 1: Providing for the payment of salaries and expenses of additional Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue to carry out the provisions of the Chinese Exclusion Act of Hay fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by the Act of November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Public Resolution 1 28 Stat. 575 1893-12-07 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 1.]
Joint Resolution Providing for the payment of salaries and expenses of additional Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue to carry out the provisions of the Chinese Exclusion Act of Hay fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by the Act of November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

December 7, 1893

. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,

Chinese exclusion.

Appropriation for expenses of internal revenue registration.
That there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the salaries and actual and necessary expenses of as many additional deputy collectors of internal revenue as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine to be necessary for the collectors in the several districts to appoint in order to the more thorough and effective execution of the Act of May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as

Vol. 27, p. 25.

Ante, p. 7.

 amended by the Act of November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, relating to the registration of, and the issuance of certificates of

Post, p. 581.

Deputy internal revenue collectors.

 residence to, Chinese laborers who are entitled to remain in the United States under the provisions of these, laws, which additional deputy collectors shall be paid, out of the sum hereby appropriated, by such allowances as shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue: Provided,

Proviso.

Collectors not to receive fees.

 That collectors of internal revenue shall not receive any fee or other compensation for the registration, and issuance of certificates of residence

Vol. 27, p. 26.

 to, Chinese laborers who are entitled to remain in the United States under the provisions of the said laws.
Approved, December 7, 1893.
No. 3: Conferring diplomas upon designers, inventors, and expert artisans. Public Resolution 3 28 Stat. 575 1893-12-15 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 3.]
Joint Resolution Conferring diplomas upon designers, inventors, and expert artisans.

December 15, 1893

. Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

World’s Columbian Exposition.

Diplomas to designers, etc., by Board of Lady Managers.
That a diploma of honorable mention may be conferred upon designers, inventors, and expert, artisans who have assisted in the production and perfection of such exhibits as are awarded diplomas in the World’s Columbian Exposition or are formally commended by the Director-General thereof; and authority is hereby given to the Board of Lady Managers of the World’s Columbian Commission, to present said diplomas of honorable mention to said designers, inventors, and expert artisans whenever a certificate is filed with said Board of Lady Managers by an exhibitor who has received a medal and diploma or the formal commendation of the Director-General setting forth the name or names of designers, inventors, and expert artisans who have assisted in the production and perfection of the exhibits for which said medals and diplomas were awarded or commendation made, the aggregate expense thereof not to exceed five thousand

Payment of expenses.

 dollars to be paid from the sum of one hundred thousand dollars appropriated by an Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three,

Vol. 27, p. 588.

 making appropriations for the sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and (575) 576FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 3–6. 1893. ninety-four, and for other purposes, for the payment of judges, examiners,

Vol. 26, p. 63.

 and members of the committees to be appointed by the Board of Lady Managers as authorized by section six of an Act approved April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, authorizing the World’s Columbian Exposition and appropriating money therefor.
Approved, December 15, 1893.
No. 4: 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-three, on the twenty-first day of said month. Public Resolution 4 28 Stat. 576 1893-12-19 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 4.]
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-three, on the twenty-first day of said month.

December 19, 1893

. 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, 1893.
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-three, on the twenty-first day of said month.
Approved, December 19, 1893.
No. 5: For the protection of those parties who have heretofore been allowed to make entries for lands within the former Mille Lac Indian Reservation in Minnesota. Public Resolution 5 28 Stat. 576 1893-12-19 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 5.]
Joint Resolution For the protection of those parties who have heretofore been allowed to make entries for lands within the former Mille Lac Indian Reservation in Minnesota.

December 19, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Public lands.

Bona fide irregular entries on Mille Lac Reservation, Minn., continued.
That all bona fide pre-emption or homestead filings or entries allowed for lands within the Mille Lac Indian Reservation in the State of Minnesota between the ninth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, the date of the decision of the Secretary of the Interior holding that the lands within said Reservation were subject, to disposal as other public lands under the general laud laws, and the date of the receipt at the district land office at Taylors Falls, in that State, of the letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, communicating to them the decision of the Secretary of the Interior of April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, in which it was definitely determined that said lands were not so subject to disposal, but could only be disposed of according to the provisions of the special Act of January fourteenth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 25, p. 642.

and eighty-nine (twenty-five Statutes, six hundred and forty-two), be, and the same are hereby, confirmed where regular in other respects, and

Patents.

patent shall issue to the claimants for the lands embraced therein, as in other cases, on a satisfactory showing of a bona fide compliance on their part with the requirements of the laws under which said filings and entries were respectively allowed.
Approved, December 19, 1893.
No. 6: To authorize the Secretary of War to grunt permits for the use of the Monument grounds and reservations or public spaces in the City of Washington, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 6 28 Stat. 576 1893-12-19 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 6.]
Joint Resolution To authorize the Secretary of War to grunt permits for the use of the Monument grounds and reservations or public spaces in the City of Washington, and for other purposes.

December 19, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Knights of Pythias encampment.

Permit to use Monument grounds and reservations, D. C., in August, 1894.
that the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to grant permits to the Executive Committee, Knights of Pythias, for the use of the Monument grounds for temporary camp purposes, and the reservations or public spaces along the line of Pennsylvania Avenue for the erection of stands with seats thereon on the occasion of the Pythian Conclave and Encampment to be held in the City of FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 6–9. 1893, 1894.577 Washington in August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, if, in his opinion such use will inflict no serious or permanent injury upon such grounds, reservations or public spaces; and the District Commissioners are hereby authorized to designate such streets, avenues and sidewalks in the District as they may deem necessary and proper for the purposes of the occasion.
Approved, December 19, 1893.
No. 7: Relieving the employees of the Record and Pension Office who were injured in the Ford’s Theater disaster from the operation of the law restricting the amount of sick leave with pay that may be granted by heads of Departments. Public Resolution 7 28 Stat. 577 1893-12-25 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 7.]
Joint Resolution Relieving the employees of the Record and Pension Office who were injured in the Ford’s Theater disaster from the operation of the law restricting the amount of sick leave with pay that may be granted by heads of Departments.

December 25, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Pension and Record Office.

Emp1oyees exempted from limitation of leaves for fiscal year 1894.
That those employees of the Record and Pension Office of the War Department who were injured by the falling of the floors in the Ford’s Theater building on the ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be, and they are hereby, exempted during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety four, in the discretion of the Secretary of .War from the operation of so much of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, as limits the amount of sick leave with pay that may be granted by heads of Departments; and that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to said

Payment of salaries to injured. Ford’s Theater disaster.

 employees such portions of their salaries as have been withheld because of absence on account of injuries received in the Ford’s Theater disaster.
Approved, December 25, 1893.
No. 8: Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to permit the owners of cattle and horses transporting them into Mexico to reimport same into the United States at any time within twelve months from date of the passage of this Resolution, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 8 28 Stat. 577 1894-01-15 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 8.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to permit the owners of cattle and horses transporting them into Mexico to reimport same into the United States at any time within twelve months from date of the passage of this Resolution, and for other purposes.

January 15, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Cattle and horses.

Permission to remove to Mexico for grazing and re-enter free of duty.
That any owner or owners of cattle or horses in the United States be, and they are hereby, authorized to remove their herds across the Rio Grande into Mexico, for the purpose of grazing, and reintroduce, them into the United States without charge for import duties, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.
Sec. 2. That the same privilege above given to citizens of the United

Similar privilege to Mexicans in United States.

 States is hereby granted to citizens of Mexico who may desire to introduce their cattle and horses into the United States for like purpose.
Sec. 3. That the provisions of this Act shall expire within twelve

Duration.

 months from the date of its passage.
Approved, January 15, 1894.
No. 9: Authorizing the chief justice and associate justices of the court of appeals and of the supreme court of the District of Columbia to use and take books from the Library of Congress. Public Resolution 9 28 Stat. 577 1894-01-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 9.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the chief justice and associate justices of the court of appeals and of the supreme court of the District of Columbia to use and take books from the Library of Congress.

January 27, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia Courts.

Privileges of Library of Congress granted justices.
That the chief justice and associate justices of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia and the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court of said District be authorized to use and take books from the Library of Congress in the same manner and subject to the same regulations as Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Approved, January 27, 1894.
No. 10: Providing for the erection of fire-escapee and bridges at the Government Printing Office and fire-escapes at the Maltby Building. Public Resolution 10 28 Stat. 578 1894-02-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 578FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Secs. II. Res. 10, 12, 13. 1894. [No. 10.]
Joint Resolution Providing for the erection of fire-escapee and bridges at the Government Printing Office and fire-escapes at the Maltby Building.

February 2, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Appropriation for fire escapes, etc., Government Printing Office and Maltby building.
That there be erected three fire-escapes and three bridges at the Government Printing Office at a cost not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, and two fire-escapes at the Maltby Building not to exceed one thousand three hundred dollars; and that said work shall be done in strict accordance, with the instructions of and under the supervision of the Architect of the Capitol Extension, and under the regulations made by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and that the sum of three thousand eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not

Immediately available.

otherwise appropriated, and this appropriation is hereby made immediately available.
Approved, February 2, 1894.
No. 12: Providing for the appointment of a commission to the Antwerp International Exposition. Public Resolution 12 28 Stat. 578 1894-03-12 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 12.]
Joint Resolution Providing for the appointment of a commission to the Antwerp International Exposition.

March 12, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Antwerp International Exposition.

Invitation to be represented accepted.
That the invitation of the Government of Belgium to the Government of the United States, to be represented at the International Exposition to be held at Antwerp, on the first of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is accepted. And the

Commission to be appointed.

President of the United States is authorized to appoint five commissioners, one of whom shall be designated by the President as commissioner-general, which commission will represent the United States at said exposition, and shall co-operate with the special commissioner of the King of the Belgians toward encouraging the participation of American producers and manufacturers in the said International Exposition.

Cooperation of Departments.

And the heads of the various Departments of the Government of the United States are hereby authorized and instructed to co-operate with the said commission, to the end that a proper representation of the Government and people of the United States may be made at the said

Proviso.

No pecuniary liability incurred.

Antwerp International Exposition: Provided, however, That nothing in this joint resolution shall be so construed as to create any liability of the United States, director indirect, for any debt or obligation incurred, nor for any claim for aid or pecuniary assistance from Congress or the Treasury of the United States, in supporter liquidation of any debts or obligations that may be created by the said commission, and that no appropriation whatever is to be made by Congress for the making of a United States Government exhibit, or for the carrying out of any of the provisions of this joint resolution.
Approved, March 12, 1894.
No. 13: To provide for the printing of the report of the Joint Committee of Congress and proceedings at the Centennial Celebration of the Laving of the Corner Stone of the Capitol. Public Resolution 13 28 Stat. 578 1894-03-14 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 13.]
Joint Resolution To provide for the printing of the report of the Joint Committee of Congress and proceedings at the Centennial Celebration of the Laving of the Corner Stone of the Capitol.

March 14, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Capitol Centennial.

Appropriation for printing report of Congressional committee.
That the report of the Joint Committee of Congress, appointed under the joint resolution approved August seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, upon the

Ante, p. 10.

ceremonials at the celebration of the One-hundredth Anniversary of the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Capitol of the United States, together with the proceedings and public addresses on the commemoration of that event, be printed in a memorial volume, with such illustrations as may be approved by the Joint Committee on Printing, and that FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 13–16. 1894.579 five thousand five hundred copies be printed, one thousand five hundred

Distribution.

 for the use of the Senate, three thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and one thousand copies for distribution by the Citizens’ Committee on the celebration, and the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry this joint resolution into effect.
Approved, March 14, 1894.
No. 14: To fill a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Public Resolution 14 28 Stat. 579 1894-03-19 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 14.]
Joint Resolution To fill a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

March 19, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Smithsonian Institution.

Andrew D. White reappointed regent.
That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than Members of Congress, shall be filled by the reappointment of Andrew D. White, of New York, whose term of office expires on February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
Approved, March 19, 1894.
No. 15: Authorizing the transfer of furniture and carpets to the rooms now occupied by the United States courts at Chicago. Public Resolution 15 28 Stat. 579 1894-03-30 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 15.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the transfer of furniture and carpets to the rooms now occupied by the United States courts at Chicago.

March 30, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Chicago, Ill.

Transfer of furniture from public building to rooms occupied by United States courts.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to transfer to the rooms now occupied and used by the United States courts at Chicago the furniture and carpets heretofore used by the said courts and the officers thereof in the public building at said city, and the United States Marshal for the northern district of the State of Illinois shall execute a receipt to the custodian of the public buildings at Chicago for the articles so transferred, and such articles shall be returned when required by the

Return.

 Secretary of the Treasury.
Approved, March 30, 1894.
No. 16: Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to receive at the sub-treasury in the city of New York from R. T. Wilson and Company, or assigns, the money amounting to six million seven hundred and forty thousand dollars, to be paid to the Cherokee Nation, and to place the same to the credit of the Cherokee Nation. Public Resolution 16 28 Stat. 579 1894-03-31 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 16.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to receive at the sub-treasury in the city of New York from R. T. Wilson and Company, or assigns, the money amounting to six million seven hundred and forty thousand dollars, to be paid to the Cherokee Nation, and to place the same to the credit of the Cherokee Nation.

March 31, 1894

. Whereas, by an Act of the national Council of the Cherokee Nation

Preamble.

 approved January sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, said Cherokee Nation accepted an offer of R. T. Wilson and Company, to purchase and agreed to sell and assign to said R. T. Wilson and Company, and assigns, the second, third, fourth and fifth installments of the money, together with the interest thereon, from the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to be paid by the United States to said Cherokee Nation for the Cherokee outlet as provided by a contract made pursuant to section ten of “An Act making appropriations

Vol. 27, p. 640.

 for current and contingent expenses and fulfilling treaty stipulations with Indian tribes for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and in accordance with the provisions of said Act of the National Council of the Cherokee Nation the consideration for said sale and assignment amounting to six million seven hundred and forty thousand dollars was to be placed in the sub-treasury 580FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 16–18. 1894. of the United States in the city of New York to the credit of the Cherokee Nation subject to the action of the national council of said Cherokee Nation, and Whereas, it is necessary in order to carry out said contract that authority be conferred to receive said money at the sub-treasury in New York and to place the same to the credit of said Cherokee Nation, Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Cherokee Nation.

Treasury authorized to receive money paid to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he hereby is authorized and directed to receive at the sub-treasury in the city of New York from R. T. Wilson and Company, or assigns,

Ante, p. 336.

the said money so to be paid to said Cherokee Nation in consideration of said assignment and to place the same to the credit

Credit.

of said Cherokee Nation.
Approved, March 31, 1894.
No. 17: Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to cause the settlement of the accounts of Special Agents Moore and Woodson, under the treaty of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, with the Delaware Indians, and so forth. Public Resolution 17 28 Stat. 580 1894-04-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 17.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to cause the settlement of the accounts of Special Agents Moore and Woodson, under the treaty of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, with the Delaware Indians, and so forth.

April 2, 1894

. Whereas the accounts of Ely Moore, deceased, as special register

Preamble.

 and superintendent, and of Daniel Woodson, as special receiver and superintendent, for the expenses; of the sale of the Iowa, and of the eastern and western portions of the Delaware, and of the Wea, and so forth, Indian trust lands in Kansas, under the several treaties of May, eighteen hundred and fifty four, with said Indians, require further adjustment and final settlement: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ely Moore and Daniel Woodson.

Allowance to settle claims for services, sale of Indian lands in Kansas.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause administrative action to be taken upon the accounts of said Moore and Woodson, and to allow to the said Moore the sum of three thousand six hundred and fifty-eight dollars, and to the said Woodson the sum of three thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars and eighty-four cents, in full settlement and satisfaction of their respective claims for services under the treaties aforesaid, and pass the said accounts to the proper accounting officers of the Treasury for final settlement; and the acceptance

Acceptance.

 of the said sums by said claimants, or their legal representatives, shall be taken as a full and complete relinquishment and satisfaction of their claims for services under the treaties aforesaid.
Approved, April 2, 1894.
No. 18: Resolution To provide for the printing of a History and Digest of the International Arbitrations to which the United States was a party, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 18 28 Stat. 580 1894-04-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 18.]
Joint Resolution Resolution To provide for the printing of a History and Digest of the International Arbitrations to which the United States was a party, and for other purposes.

April 2, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Digest of International arbitration.

To be printed.
That there be printed the usual number of copies of a history of the international arbitrations to which the United States was a party, together with a digest of the decisions rendered in such arbitrations, and that, in addition to said usual number,

Distribution.

 there be printed and bound in sheep one thousand copies for the use of the Senate, two thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and one thousand copies for the use of the Department of State; said history and digest to be printed under the editorial supervision

John Bassett Moore to edit.

 of John Bassett Moore, and the editing to be paid for out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, on the direction FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 18–21. 1894.581 of the Secretary of State, at a price, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated, and is to be in full

Appropriation.

 payment for said work, except the cost of printing and binding the same.
Approved, April 2, 1894.
No. 19: Providing for the payment of salaries and expenses of additional Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue to carry out the provisions of the Chinese Exclusion Act of May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by the Act of November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Public Resolution 19 28 Stat. 581 1894-04-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 19.]
Joint Resolution Providing for the payment of salaries and expenses of additional Deputy Collectors of Internal Revenue to carry out the provisions of the Chinese Exclusion Act of May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by the Act of November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

April 4, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Chinese exclusion.

Appropriation for expenses of registration.
That there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as .may be necessary, to pay the salaries and actual and necessary expenses of as many additional deputy collectors of internal revenue as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine to be necessary for the collectors in the several districts to appoint in order to the more thorough and effective execution of the Act of May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended

Vol. 27, p. 25.

Ante, pp.7, 575.

 by the Act of November third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, relating to the registration of, and the issuance of certificates of resilience to, Chinese laborers who are entitled to remain in the United States under the provisions of these laws, which additional deputy

Deputy internal-revenue collectors.

 collectors shall be paid, out of the sum hereby appropriated, by such allowances as shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue: Provided,

Proviso.

Collectors not to receive fees.

Vol. 27, p. 20.

 That collectors of internal revenue shall not receive any fee or other compensation for the registration, and issuance of certificates of residence to, Chinese laborers who are entitled to remain in the United States under the provisions of the said laws.
Approved, April 4, 1894.
No. 20: To print Agricultural Report fur eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Public Resolution 20 28 Stat. 581 1894-04-10 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 20.]
Joint Resolution To print Agricultural Report fur eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

April 10, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Agricultural Report 1893.

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-three; 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

Illustrations.

 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, April 10, 1894.
No. 21: Providing for the placing of a tablet upon the Capitol to commemorate the laying of the corner stone of the building September eighteenths seventeen hundred and ninety-three. Public Resolution 21 28 Stat. 581 1894-04-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 21.]
Joint Resolution Providing for the placing of a tablet upon the Capitol to commemorate the laying of the corner stone of the building September eighteenths seventeen hundred and ninety-three.

April 27, 1894

. Whereas the general committee of citizens of the United States, of

Preamble.

 which Lawrence Gardner is chairman, have donated to the United 582FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 21–24. 1894. States a bronze tablet to be placed upon the Capitol to commemorate the laying of the corner stone of the building September eighteenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-three: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Capitol centennial.
That the United States accept the said

Acceptance of commemorative tablet.

tablet, and that the Architect of the Capitol be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the same, when approved by the joint committee

Ante, p. 10.

appointed under joint resolution of Congress of August seventeenth,

To be placed in wall of original building.

eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to be placed in or upon the south east wall of the north wing of the original Capitol building, upon such suitable place as he, the said Architect, may select, at such distance above the corner stone laid by George Washington September eighteenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-three, as in the judgment of said Architect may be best suited to display the same, without detracting from the architectural effect of the building.
Approved, April 27, 1894.
No. 22: Providing additional clerical force for the Librarian of Congress. Public Resolution 22 28 Stat. 582 1894-05-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 22.]
Joint Resolution Providing additional clerical force for the Librarian of Congress.

May 4, 1894

. Whereas by the passage of the copyright law additional labor was

Preamble.

 placed upon the Librarian of Congress: and Whereas in consequence of insufficient clerical force the work of furnishing copyrights is several months in arrears: Therefore be, it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Library of Congress.

Appropriation for extra clerks.
That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be available for expenditure until the close of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, for the employment of additional clerical force under the direction of the Librarian of Congress.
Approved, May 4, 1894.
No. 23: Directing the Secretary of War to cause an examination to be made to determine if there is probability and danger of the Mississippi River cutting through the space dividing such river from the Saint Francis River in the vicinity of Walnut Bend, Arkansas. Public Resolution 23 28 Stat. 582 1894-05-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 23.]
Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to cause an examination to be made to determine if there is probability and danger of the Mississippi River cutting through the space dividing such river from the Saint Francis River in the vicinity of Walnut Bend, Arkansas.

May 4, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Mississippi River.

Examination near Walnut Bend, Ark., as to danger to Saint Francis River.

Ante, p. 353.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause an examination to be made to determine if there is probability and danger of the Mississippi River cutting through the space dividing such river from the Saint Francis River in the vicinity of Walnut Bend, Arkansas, some twenty miles above the mouth of the Saint Francis River, and if such danger exists, to cause to be made a survey and estimate of the amount necessary to prevent damage to the navigation of the Saint Francis River.
Approved, May 4, 1894.
No. 24: Providing for partial payments for work, and so forth, for vessels constructed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. Public Resolution 24 28 Stat. 582 1894-05-05 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 24.]
Joint Resolution Providing for partial payments for work, and so forth, for vessels constructed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury.

May 5, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Treasury Department.

Partial payments allowed on vessels contracted for.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to make partial payments, from time to time, upon existing contracts and all contracts hereafter made for FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 24, 26–29. 1894.583 the construction of vessels for the Treasury Department, but not in excess of seventy-five per cent of the amount of the value of the work already done; and that the contracts hereafter made shall provide for a lieu upon such vessels for all advances so made: Provided, That

Proviso.

Stipulations in contracts.

 nothing in this Joint Resolution shall be construed to hereafter authorize any partial payments, except on contracts stipulating for the same and then only in accordance with such contract stipulation.
Approved, May 5, 1894.
No. 26: Authorizing the wearing of tint distinctive badge adopted by the Regular Army and Navy Union upon all occasions of ceremony. Public Resolution 26 28 Stat. 583 1894-05-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 26.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the wearing of tint distinctive badge adopted by the Regular Army and Navy Union upon all occasions of ceremony.

May 11, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Budge, Army and Nary Union may be worn in the service by members.
That the distinctive badge adopted by the Regular Army and Navy Union of the United States may be worn, in their own right, upon all public occasions of ceremony by officers and enlisted men of the Army and Navy of the United States who are members of said organization.
Approved, May 11, 1894.
No. 27: Instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Iowa the flag of Twenty-second Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Public Resolution 27 28 Stat. 583 1894-05-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 27.]
Joint Resolution Instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Iowa the flag of Twenty-second Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry.

May 11, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Iowa.

Return of flag.
That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, instructed to return to the State of Iowa the regimental flag of the Twenty-second Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
Approved, May 11, 1894.
No. 28: 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-four, on the twenty-ninth day of said month. Public Resolution 28 28 Stat. 583 1894-05-28 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 28.]
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-four, on the twenty-ninth day of said month.

May 28, 1894

. 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 29, 1894

.
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-four, on the twenty-ninth of said month.
Approved, May 28, 1894.
No. 29: Making an appropriation to defray expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate. Public Resolution 29 28 Stat. 583 1894-06-05 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 29.]
Joint Resolution Making an appropriation to defray expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate.

June 5, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Senate.

Appropriation for inquiries and investigations.
That there be appropriated and made immediately available, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand dollars for expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate of the United States, 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.
Approved, June 5, 1894.
No. 30: Authorizing the purchase or condemnation of land in the vicinity of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Public Resolution 30 28 Stat. 584 1894-06-05 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 584FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 30, 31. 1894. [No. 30.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the purchase or condemnation of land in the vicinity of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

June 5, 1894

. Whereas Congress appropriated by the Act of March third, eighteen

Preamble.

Vol. 27, p. 599.

 hundred and ninety-three, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars to acquire certain lands for the purpose of preserving the lines of battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and for properly marking the positions occupied by the various commands of the armies of the Potomac and Northern Virginia, on that held, and for opening and improving avenues along the positions occupied by the troops, and for determining the leading technical positions of both armies; and Whereas an appropriation for the further sum of fifty thousand dollars is now under consideration by Congress for like purposes which has passed the House of Representatives during the present session and is now pending in the Senate; and Whereas it has been recently decided by the United States Court, sitting in Pennsylvania, that authority has not yet been distinctly given for the acquisition of such lands as may be necessary to enable the War Department to execute the purposes declared in the Act aforesaid; and Whereas there is imminent danger that portions of said battle field may be irreparably defaced by the construction of a railway over the same, thereby making impracticable the execution of the provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Gettysburg battlefield.

Acquiring lauds, etc., authorized.

Vol. 25, p. 357.

Post, p. 652.
That the Secretary of War is authorized to acquire by purchase (or by condemnation) pursuant to the Act of August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, such lands or interests in lands, upon, or in the vicinity of said battle field, as, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, may be necessary for the complete execution of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and

Proviso.

Liability, etc.

ninety-three: Provided, That no obligation or liability upon the part of the Government shall be incurred under this Resolution nor any expenditure made except out of the appropriations already made and to be made during the present session of this Congress.
Approved, June 5, 1894.
No. 31: Granting full permission to the State of Maryland and to the several State courts within the city of Baltimore to occupy the old United States courthouse in the city of Baltimore for the period of five years. Public Resolution 31 28 Stat. 584 1894-06-22 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 31.]
Joint Resolution Granting full permission to the State of Maryland and to the several State courts within the city of Baltimore to occupy the old United States courthouse in the city of Baltimore for the period of five years.

June 22, 1894

. Whereas consent to the acquisition by the United States of the title

Preamble.

 to the ground upon which the old United States courthouse in the city of Baltimore was erected was given by the State of Maryland by the act of the general assembly of said State, passed at the session of eighteen hundred and fifty-six, chapter one hundred and seventy-six; and Whereas by said act jurisdiction over the said ground was ceded to the United States Government, reserving, nevertheless, to the State of Maryland concurrent jurisdiction over said ground so far as may be necessary to authorize the service thereon of process issued by any court or officer of said State and the punishment of said State of crimes thereon committed; and Whereas the said old courthouse building is not now occupied or needed for any purpose by the United States Government; and Whereas pending the construction of the new courthouse in the city of Baltimore, for the use of the State courts within said city, the State of Maryland desires to obtain the privilege of occupying said old United States courthouse building for the purpose of holding therein the sessions of the State courts within the said city; and FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 31, 32. 1894.585 Whereas at the time the United States was acquiring title to the square bounded by Calvert, Lexington, North, and Fayette streets in Baltimore city, for the purpose of erecting thereon a Government building to contain the post-office and the United States circuit and district courts, the mayor and city council of Baltimore made a gift to the United States of two lots of ground forming part of the said square, valued at over fifty thousand dollars: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Baltimore, Md.

Old courthouse may be used by State courts.

That full permission be, and the same is hereby, granted to the State of Maryland and to the several State courts within the city of Baltimore to occupy the said old United States courthouse building for the period of five years from the time such occupation shall begin, for the purpose of holding the sessions of said courts therein, and that during said period concurrent jurisdiction, so far as is necessary, over said property be, and the same is hereby, ceded to the State of Maryland for said purpose, so that the sessions of said courts in said old courthouse building may be during said period fully legalized: Provided however, That said building shall be

Proviso.

Repairs, etc.

kept in good repair, and be insured to a reasonable amount for the benefit of the United States, all at the expense of the State of Maryland, and that said building shall at the end of the period of five years be returned to the United States, by the said State of Maryland, in as good condition as at the time it was received by the said State of Maryland.

And it is further resolved that the Act of Congress approved July

Sale deferred.

Vol. 26, p. 221.

ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, providing for the sale of said building, be suspended for and during said term of five years.

Approved, June 22, 1894.
No. 32: To provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. Public Resolution 32 28 Stat. 585 1894-06-29 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 32.]
Joint Resolution To provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.

June 29, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Appropriations for the last fiscal year extended thirty 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 remain unprovided for on the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and they are hereby, continued and made available for a period of thirty 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-five; and a sufficient

Post, pp. 586, 587, 590.

 amount is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry on the same: Provided, That no

Proviso.

Proportionate amounts.

 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-four as thirty days’ time bears to the whole of said fiscal year: Provided further, That the total expenditures for the whole of

Total expenditure not to exceed final appropriations.

 the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, under the several appropriations hereby continued, and under the several appropriation bills now pending, 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 thirty three hundred and sixty-fifths of the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and three hundred and thirty-five three hundred and sixty-fifths of the appropriations contained in the several bills now pending when the same shall have been finally passed, 586FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 32–35. 1894. 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

Session employees continued.

and run from the beginning thereof: Provided further, That the session employees of the Senate and House of Representatives now authorized by law, shad be continued upon the rolls until the end of the present session of Congress and paid at the rate per diem or month at which they are now paid; and a sufficient amount is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to pay the

Clerk hire for Members and Delegates.

same: Provided further, That there be and is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated a sum sufficient to enable the Clerk of the House to pay to Members and Delegates the amount which they certify they have paid or agreed to pay for clerk hire necessarily employed by them in the discharge of their

Vol. 27, p. 757.

official and representative duties, as provided in the Joint Resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, until the end of the present session of Congress.
Approved, June 29, 1894.
No. 33: Directing the Secretary of War to appoint a commission of engineers to examine and report upon the cost of deepening the harbors of Superior and Duluth and their entrances to a uniform depth of twenty feet. Public Resolution 33 28 Stat. 586 1894-06-29 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 33.]
Joint Resolution Directing the Secretary of War to appoint a commission of engineers to examine and report upon the cost of deepening the harbors of Superior and Duluth and their entrances to a uniform depth of twenty feet.

June 29, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Harbors of Duluth and Superior.

Commission to examine cost of deepening entrance.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, directed to appoint a commission, to consist of three engineers, to examine the harbors of Superior and Duluth and (he entrances thereto, with a view of ascertaining the cost of deepening

Ante, p. 345.

said harbors and entrances to a uniform depth of twenty feet, and to report their conclusions to the Secretary of War without delay, to be by him transmitted to Congress.
Approved, June 29, 1894.
No. 34: To appoint three members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Public Resolution 34 28 Stat. 586 1894-07-03 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 34.]
Joint Resolution To appoint three members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

July 3, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

National Volunteers’ Home.

Managers appointed Charles M, Anderson, Sidney G. Cooke, A. L. Pearson.
That Charles M. Anderson, of Greenville, Darke County, Ohio; Sidney G. Cooke, of Herington, Dickerson County, Kansas, and A. L. Pearson, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, be, and the same hereby are, appointed as members of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers of the United States; Charles M. Anderson to succeed General A. L. Barnett, whose term of service has expired; Sidney G. Cooke to succeed Major E. N. Morrill, whose term of service has expired, and A. L. Pearson to succeed himself, his term of service having expired. All to take effect from and after the passage of this Resolution.
Approved, July 3, 1894.
No. 35: Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to continue the employment of certain mechanics and laborers. Public Resolution 35 28 Stat. 586 1894-07-09 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 35.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to continue the employment of certain mechanics and laborers.

July 9, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Navy.

Appropriations continued until

July 31, 1894

.

Ante, p. 585.
That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to continue, until the thirty-first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the employment of mechanics and laborers paid from the appropriation “Increase of the Navy: Construction and Machinery,” whose services are required upon work in progress, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 35, 37–30. 1894.587 and a sufficient amount is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for this purpose, such sum to be immediately available: Provided, That the amount which may be

Proviso.

To be deducted from annual appropriation.

 expended by the Secretary of the Navy under the authority herein conferred shall be deducted from the amount which may be appropriated for “Increase of the Navy: Construction and Machinery,” for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
Approved, July 9, 1894.
No. 37: Authorizing the President to appoint delegates to attend the meetings of the International Geodetic Associaton. Public Resolution 37 28 Stat. 587 1894-07-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 37.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to appoint delegates to attend the meetings of the International Geodetic Associaton.

July 23, 1894

. Whereas the Government of the United States was invited in the

Preamble.

 year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine by the Imperial German Government to become a party to the International Geodetic Association; and Whereas this Government duly accepted said invitation by a joint

Vol. 25, p. 1019.

 resolution of Congress approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

International Geodetic Association.

Delegates to be appointed.
That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint delegates, who shall be officers of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, to attend the meetings of the said International Geodetic Association whenever and wheresoever the same shall be held; but no extra, salary or additional compensation shall be paid to such officers by reason of such attendance.
Approved, July 23, 1894.
No. 38: To continue the provisions of a Joint Resolution approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.” Public Resolution 38 28 Stat. 587 1894-07-31 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 38.]
Joint Resolution To continue the provisions of a Joint Resolution approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.”

July 31, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Annual appropriations continued until

August 14, 1894

.

Ante, p. 585.

Post, p. 590.
That the provisions of a Joint Resolution entitled a “Joint Resolution to provide temporarily for the expenditures of the Government,” approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same are hereby, extended and continued in full force and effect to and including the fourteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
Approved, July 31, 1894.
No. 39: Providing for an investigation relative to the work and wages of women and children. Public Resolution 39 28 Stat. 587 1894-08-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 39.]
Joint Resolution Providing for an investigation relative to the work and wages of women and children.

August 1, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Wages of women and children.

Commissioner of Labor to investigate.
That the Commissioner of Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed “to investigate and make report upon the conditions attending the employment of women and children; their wages, earnings, sanitary surroundings, and cost of living; the effect of various employments upon their health and longevity; what measures are taken to protect their physical condition and to protect them from accidents; the rates of wages paid them in comparison with the rates paid men; and the effect, if any, their employment has had upon the wages and employment of men: Provided, That the investigation

Proviso.

Expenses.

 hereby authorized shall be carried out under the regular appropriations made for the Department of Labor.”
Approved, August 1, 1894.
No. 40: To establish an observatory circle as a provision for guarding the delicate astronomical instruments at the United States Naval Observatory against smoke or currents of heated air in their neighborhood and undue vibrations from traffic upon the extension of public thoroughfares in the vicinity, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 40 28 Stat. 588 1894-08-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 588FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 40. 1894. [No. 40.]
Joint Resolution To establish an observatory circle as a provision for guarding the delicate astronomical instruments at the United States Naval Observatory against smoke or currents of heated air in their neighborhood and undue vibrations from traffic upon the extension of public thoroughfares in the vicinity, and for other purposes.

August 1, 1894

. Whereas in order to insure within practicable limits the success of

Preamble.

 astronomical observations, it is of the highest importance that the delicate instruments employed in that work be guarded against smoke or currents of heated air in their neighborhood, and also against undue vibrations from traffic upon public thoroughfares, all of which can only be, attained by controlling a reasonable area of ground in the immediate vicinity of the buildings wherein the said instruments are mounted; and Whereas from experiments it has been ascertained that a circle described with a radius of one thousand feet from a central point of the said buildings is the least inclosure that will accomplish such desired protection: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Stages of America in Congress assembled,

Naval Observatory.

No street, etc. within 1,000 feet of clock room.
That no street, avenue, or public thoroughfare in the neighborhood of the buildings erected upon the United States Naval Observatory grounds, Georgetown Heights, District of Columbia, shall extend within the area of a circle described with a radius of one thousand feet from the center of the building known as the clock room of the said Observatory.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorized

Massachusetts avenue.

Right of way through grounds.

 to grant the right of way for the extension of Massachusetts avenue though the limits of the said Observatory grounds exterior to said circle in accordance with the foregoing proviso, and that Massachusetts avenue, as laid down in conformity with that proviso upon the maps of the engineer department of the District of Columbia, through the grounds of the United States Naval Observatory be, and the same hereby is, declared to be a public street in all respects as the other public streets of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorized

Sale of lands outside of limits.

 to sell and convey two plats of ground contiguous to the said Massachusetts avenue extended, and situated without the hereinbefore described circle, but within the limits of the said Observatory site, the ground in said plats amounting to fourteen and thirty-one one-hundredths acres, more or less, on the north and east, and one and eighteen one-hundredths acres, more, or less, on the south and west of the said Massachusetts avenue extended.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorized

Mode of sale.

 to sell the aforesaid described plats by advertisement or, at his discretion, in such manner as will best serve the interests of the Government.
Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Navy be, and hereby is, authorized

Purchase of land within limits.

 to acquire, by purchase, legal title to the several plats of ground, not now belonging to the United States, that are situated within the hereinbefore described circle, amounting to nineteen and twenty-seven one-hundredths acres, more or less, being parts of lands adjoining the present said Observatory site, and comprised in the following portions of land as generally known, namely: Plat east, Norman stone, one and seventy-eight one-hundredths acres, more or less; plat west, Robert Weaver, eight and twenty-five one-hundredths acres, more or less; plat west, Barnes, thirty eight one-hundredths acre, more or less; plat west, Young, sixty-seven one-hundredths acre, more or less; plat west, Barbour, thirty-two one-hundredths acre, more or less; plats north and west, Dunbarton, seven and eighty-seven one-hundredths acres, more or less.
Sec. 6. That said plats of land, when acquired by purchase, hereinbefore

Added to Observatory grounds.

 described, shall form a part of the said Naval Observatory grounds.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 40, 42. 1894.589
Sec. 7. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to

Board of appraisers.

 appoint a board of three appraisers to determine and fix the price at which the said public land, or any part thereof, shall be sold, and to determine the value, of the parcels of private property to be purchased.
Sec. 8. That within ‘sixty days from their appointment the said

Appraisement.

 appraisers, or a majority thereof, shall report in writing to the Secretary of the Navy, first, the estimated value agreed upon by them of the two plats of land hereinbefore described for sale and conveyance; second, they shall cause a careful map to be made of the said Observatory circle, showing the location, quantity, and character of each parcel of hereinbefore described property to be taken to complete the said circle, with the names of the respective owners inscribed thereon; and the

Condemnation.

 said map shall be filed and recorded in the public records of the District of Columbia, and from and after that date the several tracts and parcels of land, not hereinbefore public property and embraced in said Observatory circle, shall be held as condemned for public uses, subject to payment of just compensation, to be determined by said appraisers and approved by the Secretary of the Navy: Provided, That such compensation

Proviso.

Acceptance by owners.

 be accepted by the owner or owners of the several parcels of land.
Sec. 9. That if the Secretary of the Navy shall be unable to purchase

Application to supreme court, D. C., for assessment of value, etc.

 any portion of the land so condemned within thirty days after such condemnation, by agreement with the respective owners, at the price determined by the said appraisers, and approved as before mentioned, the said appraisers shall, at the expiration of such period of thirty days, make application to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, by petition, at a general or special term, for an assessment of value of such land, and such petition shall contain a particular description of the property condemned, with the name of the owner or owners thereof, and his, her, or their residence, as far as the same may be ascertained, together with a copy of the recorded map of the said Observatory circle, and the said court is hereby authorized and required, upon such application, without delay, to notify the, owners and occupants of the land, and to ascertain and assess the value of the land so condemned, by appointing three commissioners to appraise the value or values thereof, and to return the appraisement to the court; and when the

Payment.

 values of the laud are thus ascertained and the Secretary of the Navy shall deem the same reasonable, said values shall be paid to the owner or owners, and the United States shall be deemed to have a valid title to said lands.
Sec. 10. That the said appraisers are hereby authorized to call upon

Surveys.

 the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey to make such surveys as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Act, and the said Superintendent is authorized and required to make such surveys under the direction of the said commissioners.
Sec. 11. That the Secretary of the Navy, after deducting the

Proceeds of sale.

 expenses of appraisal and condemnation, shall pay into the Treasury of the United States the net amount received from the sale of any portion of the United States Naval Observatory site, the same to remain there, subject to the draft of the Secretary of the Navy, for purchasing the additional lands within the hereinbefore described circle and for improvements to the said Naval Observatory grounds.
Approved, August 1, 1894.
No. 42: Authorizing proper officers of the Treasury Department to examine and certify claims in favor of certain counties in Arizona. Public Resolution 42 28 Stat. 589 1894-08-06 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 42.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing proper officers of the Treasury Department to examine and certify claims in favor of certain counties in Arizona.

August 6, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Arizona.

Indian expenses incurred by counties.
That the First Auditor and the First Comptroller of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized to examine all claims which may be presented in proper form by the different 590FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 42–45. 1894. counties in Arizona Territory, and to ascertain the amount due to each of said counties on account of legal costs and expenses incurred from March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, in the prosecution of Indians under the

Vol. 23, p.386.

Act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, Twenty-third Statutes, page three hundred and eighty five, for which the United States is liable under Act of March third, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 25, p. 1004.

eighty-nine, Statutes at Large, volume twenty-five, page one thousand and four; and which have been paid by said counties: and the amounts so

Post, p. 870.

found due shall be certified by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Speaker of the House of Representatives for a deficiency appropriation.
Approved, August 6, 1894.
No. 43: Providing for on investigation relating to the effects of machinery on labor. Public Resolution 43 28 Stat. 590 1894-08-15 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 43.]
Joint Resolution Providing for on investigation relating to the effects of machinery on labor.

August 15, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Machinery on labor.

Appropriation for investigating effects of.
That the Commissioner of Labor be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to investigate and report upon the effect of the use of machinery upon labor and the cost of production, the relative productive power of hand and machine labor, the cost of manual and machine power as they are used in productive industries, the effect upon wages of the use of machinery operated by women and children, and whether changes in the creative cost of products are due to a lack or to a surplus of labor or to the introduction of power machinery. To enable the Commissioner of Labor to carry out the provisions of this Resolution the sum often thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, but should not this sum be sufficient to complete the investigation called for herein the Commissioner of Labor is hereby authorized to complete it under the regular appropriations for the Department of Labor.
Approved, August 15, 1894.
No. 44: To continue the provisions of existing lawn providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government. Public Resolution 44 28 Stat. 590 1894-08-15 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 44.]
Joint Resolution To continue the provisions of existing lawn providing temporarily for the expenditures of the Government.

August 15, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Annual appropriations extended to

August 20, 1694

.

Ante, pp. 565, 587.
That the provisions of joint resolutions approved June twenty-ninth and July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, 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 twentieth day of August, eighteen bundled and ninety-four.
Approved, August 15, 1894.
No. 45: To extend the charter of the Maryland and Washington Railway Company. Public Resolution 45 28 Stat. 590 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 45.]
Joint Resolution To extend the charter of the Maryland and Washington Railway Company.

August 23, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Maryland and Washington Railway Company.

Time for completion extended.

Vol. 27, p.343.
That the time for building and completing the railway provided for in an Act entitled “Au Act to incorporate the Maryland and Washington Railway Company,” approved August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, be and the same is hereby, extended six months from and after the first day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
No. 46: Providing for clerical assistance in the Health Department of the District of Columbia. Public Resolution 46 28 Stat. 591 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 46, 49–51. 1894.591 [No. 46.]
Joint Resolution Providing for clerical assistance in the Health Department of the District of Columbia.

August 23, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Additional clerks. Health Department, continued.

Ante, p. 2.
That the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for clerical assistance in the Health Department of the District of Columbia,” approved October second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, are hereby continued and declared to be in full force and effect from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and until the date of the approval of the Act making appropriations

Ante, p. 258.

 for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
No. 49: Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide rooms for the accommodation of the United States circuit and district courts and their officers, at Meridian, Mississippi. Public Resolution 49 28 Stat. 591 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 49.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to provide rooms for the accommodation of the United States circuit and district courts and their officers, at Meridian, Mississippi.

August 27, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Meridian, Miss.

Public building to provide court rooms.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause the public building heretofore authorized to be erected in the city of Meridian, in the State of Mississippi, to be so constructed as to provide rooms for the accommodation of the United States circuit and district courts and their officers.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
No. 50: Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer a certain piece of hind in the State of Michigan to the city of Saginaw. Public Resolution 50 28 Stat. 591 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 50.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer a certain piece of hind in the State of Michigan to the city of Saginaw.

August 27, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Saginaw, Mich.

Land transferred to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury lie, and is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be transferred to the city of Saginaw, in the State of Michigan, the following piece or parcel of land, described as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of Germania and Warren avenues; thence running two hundred and forty-five feet four inches along the west side of Warren avenue; thence running ninety feet, at right angles to Warren avenue, along the boundary between the grounds belonging to the United States and the grounds belonging to the Hoyt Library; thence two hundred and forty-five feet four inches, northerly, parallel to the line of Warren avenue, to Germania avenue; thence ninety feet along the line of Germania avenue, easterly, to the point of beginning; which was transferred by the city of Saginaw to the Government of the United States, in connection with other lands, for the purpose of erecting thereon a Government building. This parcel of land is not required by the Government for that purpose: Provided, That neither the land itself, nor

Proviso.

Use.

 any building or buildings erected thereon, shall ever be put to any use or uses detrimental or objectionable to the Government.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
No. 51: Instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Massachusetts the flags of certain regiments of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Public Resolution 51 28 Stat. 591 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 51.]
Joint Resolution Instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Massachusetts the flags of certain regiments of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.

August 27, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress’ assembled,

Massachusetts.

Flags returned to.
That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, instructed to return to the State of Massachusetts the regi- 592FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 51–53. 1894. mental flags of the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-third, and Fifty-eighth Regiments of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, as requested by the governor of said State.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
No. 52: To pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, on the twenty-third day of said month. Public Resolution 52 28 Stat. 592 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 52.]
Joint Resolution To pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, on the twenty-third day of said month.

August 27, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Officers, etc., of Congress to be paid August salaries

August 23, 1894

.
That the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, on the twenty-third day of said month.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
No. 53: To change the initials of a name in the Indian appropriation bill. Public Resolution 53 28 Stat. 592 1894-08-28 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public [No. 53.]
Joint Resolution To change the initials of a name in the Indian appropriation bill.

August 28, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

W.F. Niedringhaus.

Name corrected.

Ante, p. 307.
That the appropriation to pay “F. G.” Niedringhaus, for beef cows delivered at Fort Peck agency, be corrected to read “W. F.” Niedringhaus.
Approved, August 28, 1894.
53 3 1894 1895

PUBLIC ACTS OF THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS

of the

UNITED STATES

 Passed at the third session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the third day of December, 1891, and was adjourned without day on Saturday, the second day of March, 1895. Grover Cleveland, President; Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice-President; Isham G. Harris, President pro tempore of the Senate; M. W. Ransom was elected President pro tempore of the Senate January seventh, 1895; Isham G. Harris was elected President pro tempore of the Senate January tenth, 1895; Charles F. Crisp, Speaker of the House of Representatives; James D. Richardson was elected Speaker pro tempore January twenty-first, 1895; Mr. Crisp resumed the duties of Speaker January thirty-first, 1895. Chapter 1: Granting the right of way through the Arlington reservation for electric railway purposes. Chapter 1 28 Stat. 593 1894-12-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 1.—
An Act Granting the right of way through the Arlington reservation for electric railway purposes.

December 8, 1894

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

Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company may cross Arlington reservation. Va.

Ante, p, 499

 and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company, a body incorporated under the laws of the State of Virginia, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and thereafter maintain and operate its electric railroad across the lower and eastern portion of the grounds of the United States Government known as the Arlington reservation, in the State of Virginia, opposite the city of Washington, said line to be east

Location.

 of and contiguous to the river road, except that said line running northerly may be diverted from said river road easterly at a point not more than twenty rods southerly from the intersection of the river road with the northerly line of said reservation: Provided, That this diversion

Proviso.

Width, etc.

 shall not exceed twenty rods from said river road easterly; and for such purpose said company is hereby granted a right of way fifty feet in width, not including slopes, through the grounds aforesaid. And the said company shall repair at its own expense, in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of War, any damage, injury, or displacement that may be done to roads, footways, bridges, or fences upon or through the Government lands referred to in this Act by the construction or operation of the said electric railway company, and shall erect such sheds or other shelter for the comfort and convenience of passengers and at such points as the Secretary

Approval of route.

 of War shall direct: Provided, That said line or route shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and when such right of way shall cease to be used for the purpose aforesaid, the same shall revert to the United States Government.

Reversion.

 And said road shall be commenced within one year from the date of the passage of this Act and finished within three years: And provided further,

Construction.

Steam forbidden.

Cemetery land, etc.

 That, nothing in this Act shall allow the use of steam power: And provided further, That the said railway company shall not cross, enter, touch upon, or be granted any right whatsoever upon that part of the Government land set aside and known as the Arlington National Cemetery, And that material for the building, grading, or ballasting (593) 594FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 1, 3. 1894. of said electric railway shall not be obtained from, nor shall the trees

Use by Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company.

be disturbed on, the Arlington reservation: And provided further, That the tracks of said company may be freely used for the passage of ears by the Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company from such point as said company may connect with the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company. And the cars of said Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company shall be propelled over the said line, from its junction therewith, by the motive power of said Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company; and the said Falls Church and Potomac

Compensation.

Railway Company shall have the right to collect fares on its cars as fully as if operating that portion of the line in its own right. But said Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company shall make just compensation for the use of said track and motive power; and in case any dispute should arise concerning such compensation or manner of use, any party in interest may apply to the supreme court of the District of Columbia, which court is hereby empowered to fix the amount to be paid for such use and motive power and the mode in which such use may be enjoyed: Provided, That the

Restrictions, etc., on both companies.

limitations, requirements, and restrictions imposed by this Act upon the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company shall apply to the Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company. And the said Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company shall be subject, in case of any violations of the limitations, requirements, and restrictions aforesaid, to the same time, penalties, and forfeiture of the privileges and rights herein granted as the Washington, Alexandria and

Steam traction prohibited.

Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company is subject to: Provided, That no cars owned or used by any steam railroad company shall be drawn over the tracks of this road lying within the reservation, and that the sidings and turnouts within the reservation shall not be used for the assembling or storage of ears, except for the purpose of the accommodation and transportation of passengers on the same day.
Sec. 2. That the right to repeal, alter, or amend this Act is reserved

Amendment, etc.

 to Congress.
Approved, December 8, 1894.
Chapter 3: To provide for the location and satisfaction of outstanding military bounty land warrants and certificates of location under section three of the Act approved June second, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. Chapter 3 28 Stat. 594 1894-12-13 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 3.—
An Act To provide for the location and satisfaction of outstanding military bounty land warrants and certificates of location under section three of the Act approved June second, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight.

December 13, 1894

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

Public lands.

Bounty land warrants and indemnity certificates receivable for certain land entries.

Vol. 11, p. 295.
That in addition to the benefits now given thereto by law, all unsatisfied military bounty land warrants under any act of Congress, and unsatisfied indemnity certificates of location under the Act of Congress approved June second, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, whether heretofore or hereafter issued, shall be receivable at the rate of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre in payment or part payment for any lands entered under the desert land law of

Vol. 19, p. 377.

March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An Act to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain States and Territories,” and the amendments thereto, the timber-culture law of March third,

Vol. 17 p. 605; Vol. 20 p. 113; Vol. 26, p. 1994.

Vol. 20, p. 89; Vol. 27, p. 348.

eighteen hundred and seventy-three, entitled “An Act to encourage the growth of timber on the Western prairies,” and the amendments thereto; the timber and stone law of June third, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled “An Act for the sale of timber lands in the States of California, Oregon, Nebraska, and Washington Territory,” and the amendments thereto, or for lands which may be sold at public auction,

Indian lands excluded.

except such lands as shall have been purchased from any Indian tribe within ten years last past.
Approved, December 13, 1894.
Chapter 6: Providing for the dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park. Chapter 6 28 Stat. 595 1894-12-15 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 6–8. 1894.595

CHAP. 6.—
An Act Providing for the dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park.

December 15, 1894

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

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park.

Dedication September 19 and 20, 1895.
That a national dedication of the Chickamauga, and Chattanooga National Military Park shall take place on the battlefields of Chickamauga and Chattanooga September nineteenth and twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, under the direction of the Secretary of War, who is hereby authorized to fix upon

Secretary of War to direct exercises.

 and determine the arrangements, ceremonies, and exercises connected with the dedication; to request the participation of the President,

Invitations.

 Congress, the Supreme Court, the heads of executive departments, the General of the Army and the Admiral of the Navy therein; to invite the governors of States and their staffs, and the survivors of the several armies there engaged, and have direction and full authority in all matters which he may deem necessary to the success of the dedication. He shall have authority to procure such supplies and services, and to

Supplies, etc.

 call upon the heads of the several staff departments of the Army for such material and stores as he may deem necessary in connection with the dedication.
Sec. 2. That to carry out the purposes of this Act the sum of twenty

Appropriation.

 thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War: Provided, That the total expenses to carry out the provisions

Proviso.

Limit to expenses.

 of this Act, including the supplies furnished, shall not exceed the sum herein named.
Approved, December 15, 1894.
Chapter 7: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to remit or mitigate fines, penalties, and forfeitures. Chapter 7 28 Stat. 595 1894-12-15 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 7.—
An Act To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to remit or mitigate fines, penalties, and forfeitures.

December 15, 1894

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

Remission of fines, etc.
That section fifty-two hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and is hereby, amended by the striking out of the words “steam vessels” and the insertion in lieu thereof of the words “vessels,”

R. S., sec. 5294, p. 1098, amended.

 so that said section will read as follows:
“SEC. 5294. The Secretary of the Treasury may, upon application

Remission of penalties under laws relating to vessels.

 therefor, remit or mitigate any tine or penalty provided for in laws relating to vessels, or discontinue any prosecution to recover penalties denounced in such laws, excepting the penalty of imprison meat, or of removal from office, upon such terms as he, in his discretion, shall think proper; and all rights granted to informers by such laws shall be held subject to the Secretary’s power of remission, except in cases where the claims of any informer to the share of any penalty shall have been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, prior to the application for the remission of the penalty; and the Secretary shall have authority to ascertain the facts upon all such applications, in such manner and under such regulations as he may deem proper.”
Approved, December 15, 1894.
Chapter 8: To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River above New Orleans,” approved January twenty-six, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Chapter 8 28 Stat. 595 1894-12-24 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 8.—
An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River above New Orleans,” approved January twenty-six, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

December 24, 1894

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

Time for bridging Mississippi River at New Orleans extended.
That the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi 596FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 8–11. 1894. River above New Orleans,” approved January twenty-six, eighteen

Vol. 27, p. 426.

 hundred and ninety-three, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to extend the time for the commencement of the construction of said bridge to three years and its completion to six years from the approval of this Act.
Approved, December 24, 1894.
Chapter 9: Making an appropriation to supply nil urgent deficiency in the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, for public printing and binding. Chapter 9 28 Stat. 596 1894-12-24 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 9.—
An Act Making an appropriation to supply nil urgent deficiency in the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, for public printing and binding.

December 24, 1894

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

Deficiency appropriation.
That the following sum be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 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, one hundred thousand dollars.
Approved, December 24, 1894.
Chapter 10: Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the Eleventh Census, and for other purposes. Chapter 10 28 Stat. 596 1894-12-24 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 10.—
An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the Eleventh Census, and for other purposes.

December 24, 1894

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

Deficiency 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 Eleventh Census, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, namely:

For salaries, rents, and necessary expenses for completing the work

Eleventh Census.

of compiling the results of the Eleventh Census, to continue available until exhausted, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.

For printing, engraving, and binding the final reports of the Eleventh Census, to continue available until exhausted, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

UNITED STATES COURTS. For fees of witnesses, one hundred thousand dollars.

Witness fees.

 Approved, December 24, 1894.
Chapter 11: To amend section eight of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Contentnea Creek, at Grifton, Lenoir County, North Carolina, and to establish it as a post road,” approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Chapter 11 28 Stat. 596 1894-12-26 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 11.—
An Act To amend section eight of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Contentnea Creek, at Grifton, Lenoir County, North Carolina, and to establish it as a post road,” approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

December 26, 1894

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

Time for bridging Contentnea Creek, N. C., at Grifton extended.
That section eight of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Contentnea Creek at Grifton, Lenoir County, North Carolina, and to FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 11, 12. 1894.597 establish it as a post road,” approved August twenty-third, eighteen

Ante, p. 490.

 hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to extend the time for the completion of said bridge to six months from the approval of this Act.
Approved, December 26, 1894.
Chapter 12: To establish a national military park at the battlefield of Shiloh. Chapter 12 28 Stat. 597 1894-12-27 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 12.—
An Act To establish a national military park at the battlefield of Shiloh.

December 27, 1894

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

Shiloh National Military Park established at the battlefield.
That in order that the armies of the south west which served in the civil war, like their comrades of the eastern armies at Gettysburg and those of the central west at Chickamauga, may have the history of one of their memorable battles preserved on the ground where they fought, the battlefield of Shiloh, in the State of Tennessee, is hereby declared to be a national military park, whenever title to the same shall have been acquired by the United States and the usual jurisdiction over the lands and roads of the same shall have been granted to the United States by the State of Tennessee; that is to say, the area inclosed by the following lines, or so much thereof as the commissioners of the park may deem necessary, to wit: Beginning at low-water

Location.

 mark on the north bank of Snake Creek where it empties into the Tennessee River; thence westwardly in a straight line to the point where the river road to Crumps Landing, Tennessee, crosses Snake Creek; thence along the channel of Snake Creek to Owl Creek; thence along the channel of Owl Creek to the crossing of the road to Purdy, Tennessee; thence southwardly in a straight line to the intersection of an east and west line drawn from the point where the road to Hamburg, Tennessee, crosses Lick Creek, near the mouth of the latter; thence eastward along the said east and west line to the point where the Hamburg Road crosses Lick Creek; thence along the channel of Lick Creek to the Tennessee River; thence along low-water mark of the Tennessee River to the point of beginning, containing three thousand acres, more or less, and the area thus inclosed shall be known as the Shiloh National Military Park: Provided, That the boundaries of the

Proviso.

Changes.

 land authorized to be acquired may be changed by the said commissioners.
Sec. 2. That the establishment of the Shiloh National Military Park

Secretary of War to acquire land, etc.

 shall be carried forward under the control and direction of the Secretary of War, who, upon the passage of this Act, shall proceed to acquire title to the same either under the Act approved August first, eighteen

Vol. 25, p. 357.

 hundred and eighty-eight, entitled “An Act to authorize the condemnation of land for sites of public buildings, and for other purposes,” or under the Act approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred

Vol. 14, p. 400.

 and sixty-seven, entitled “An Act to establish and protect national cemeteries,” as he may select, and as title is procured to any portion of the lands and roads within the legal boundaries of the park he may proceed with the establishment of the park upon such portions as may thus be acquired.
Sec. 3. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to enter into

Leases, etc., authorized.

 agreements whereby he may lease, upon such terms as he may prescribe, with such present owners or tenants of the lands as may desire to remain upon it, to occupy and cultivate their present holdings upon condition that they will preserve the present buildings and roads and the present outlines of held and forest, and that they only will cut trees or underbrush under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, and that they will assist in caring for and protecting all tablets, monuments, or such other artificial works as may from time to time be erected by proper authority.
598FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 12. 1894.
Sec. 4. That the affairs of the Shiloh National Military Park shall,

Commissioners to be appointed.

 subject to the supervision and direction of the Secretary of War, be in charge of three commissioners, to be appointed by the Secretary of War, each of whom shall have served at the time of the battle in one of

Selection.

the armies engaged therein, one of whom shall have served in the Army of the Tennessee, commanded by General U. S. Grant, who shall be chairman of the commission; one in the Army of the Ohio, commanded by General D. C. Buell; and one in the Army of the Mississippi, commanded by General A. S. Johnston. The said commissioners

Post, p. 940.

Compensation, etc.

shall have an office in the War Department building, and while on actual duty shall be paid such compensation out of the appropriations provided by this Act as the Secretary of War shall deem reasonable and just; and for the purpose of assisting them in their duties and in ascertaining the lines of battle of all troops engaged and the history of their movements in the battle, the Secretary of War shall have authority to employ, at such compensation as he may deem reasonable, to be paid out of the appropriations made by this Act, some person recognized as well informed concerning the history of the several armies engaged at Shiloh, and who shall also act as secretary of the commission.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the commission named in the preceding

Duty of commission.

 section, under the direction of the Secretary of War, to open or repair such roads as may be necessary to the purposes of the park, and to ascertain and mark with historical tablets or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may determine, all lines of battle of the troops engaged in the battle of Shiloh and other historical points of interest pertaining to the battle within the park or its vicinity, and the said commission in establishing this military park shall also have authority, under the direction of the Secretary of War, to employ such labor and services and to obtain such supplies and material as may be necessary to the establishment of the said park under such regulations as he may consider best for the interest of the Government, and the Secretary of War shall make and enforce all needed regulations for the care of the park.
Sec. 6. That it shall be lawful for any State that had troops engaged

Marking lines of battle, etc.

 in the battle of Shiloh to enter upon the lands of the Shiloh National Military Park for the purpose of ascertaining and marking the lines

Proviso.

Approval of designs, etc.

of battle of its troops engaged therein: Provided, That before any such lines are permanently designated the position of the lines and the proposed methods of marking them by monuments, tablets, or otherwise shall be submitted to and approved by the Secretary of War, and all such lines, designs and inscriptions for the same shall first receive the written approval of the Secretary, which approval shall be based upon formal written reports, which must be made to him in each case by the

Discriminations forbidden.

commissioners of the park: Provided, That no discrimination shall be made against any State as to the manner of designating lines, but any grant made to any State by the Secretary of War may be used by any other State.
Sec. 7. That if any person shall, except by permission of the Secretary

Penalty for destroying monuments, etc.

 of War, destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any monument, column, statues, memorial structures, or work of art that shall be erected or placed upon the grounds of the park by lawful authority, or shall destroy or remove any fence, railing, inclosure, or other work for the protection or ornament of said park, or any portion thereof, or shall destroy, cut, hack, bark, break down, or otherwise injure any tree, bush, or shrubbery that may be growing upon said park, or shall cut down or fell or remove any timber, battle relic, tree or trees growing or being upon said park, or hunt within the limits of the park, or shall remove or destroy any breastworks, earthworks, walls, or other defenses or shelter on any part thereof constructed by the armies formerly engaged in the battles on the lands or approaches to the park, any person so offending and found guilty thereof, before any justice of the peace of the county in which the offense may be committed or any court of competent jurisdiction shall for each and every such offense FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 12, 14, 15, 19. 1694.599 forfeit and pay a fine, in the discretion of the justice, according to the aggravation of the offense, of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, one half for the use of the park and the other half to the informer, to be enforced and recovered before such justice in like manner as debts of like nature are now by law recoverable in the several counties where the offense may be committed.
Sec. 8. That to enable the Secretary of War to begin to carry out

Appropriation for expenses.

 the purpose of this Act, including the condemnation or purchase of the necessary land, marking the boundaries of the park, opening or repairing necessary roads, restoring the field to its condition at the time of the battle, maps and surveys, and the pay and expenses of the commissioners and their assistant, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or such portion thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and disbursements under this Act shall require the approval of the Secretary of War, and he shall make annual report of the same to Congress.
Approved, December 27, 1894.
Chapter 14: To amend section three of an Act to withdraw certain public lands from private entry, and for other purposes, approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. Chapter 14 28 Stat. 599 1894-12-29 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 14.—
An Act To amend section three of an Act to withdraw certain public lands from private entry, and for other purposes, approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.

December 29, 1894

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

Public lands.

Completion of entry by settlers unavoidably absent.

Vol. 25, p. 854.
That section three of the said Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, be amended by adding thereto the following provision: That if any such settler has heretofore forfeited his or her entry for any of said reasons, such person shall be permitted to make entry of not to exceed a quarter section on any public land subject to entry under the homestead law, and to perfect title to the same under the same conditions in every respect as if he had not made the former entry.
Approved, December 29, 1894.
Chapter 15: To perfect the title to a quarter section of land in the town of Yuma, Colorado. Chapter 15 28 Stat. 599 1894-12-29 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 15.—
An Act To perfect the title to a quarter section of land in the town of Yuma, Colorado.

December 29, 1894

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

Public lands.

Entry of George F. Weed, Yuma, Colo., confirmed.
That the preemption cash entry numbered forty-nine hundred and ninety, of George F. Weed, made at the district land office at Denver, Colorado, on the nineteenth of September, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, for the southeast quarter of section twenty-two, township two north of range forty-eight west, which tract embraces the town of Yuma, Colorado, the county seat of Yuma County, Colorado, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed; and that patent of the United States issue therefor to said Weed.
Approved, December 29, 1894.
Chapter 19: Supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act establishing a court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Chapter 19 28 Stat. 599 1895-01-07 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 19.—
An Act Supplementary to an Act entitled “An Act establishing a court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.

January 7, 1895

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

District of Columbia.

Potomac Hats suit to be tried in supreme court. D. C.

Vol. 27, p. 434.
That nothing contained in the Act approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled “An Act to establish a court of appeals for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” shall be construed to affect in any 600FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 19, 20. 1895. manner the power and jurisdiction conferred upon the supreme court

Vol. 24, p. 335.

of the District of Columbia by the Act approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An Act to provide for protecting the interests of the United States in the Potomac River Hats in the District of Columbia;” and that the suit instituted by the Attorney General in said last-mentioned court, in accordance with the terms of said last-mentioned Act, shall proceed to a final hearing in said supreme court and in the Supreme Court of the United States in the, same manner as if said Act establishing a court, of appeals for said District had not been passed.
Approved, January 7, 1895.
Chapter 20: To exempt the articles of foreign exhibitors at the Portland Universal Exposition, at Portland, Oregon, from the payment of duties. Chapter 20 28 Stat. 600 1895-01-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 20.—
An Act To exempt the articles of foreign exhibitors at the Portland Universal Exposition, at Portland, Oregon, from the payment of duties.

January 8, 1895

. Whereas there will be held in the city of Portland, and county of

Preamble.

 Multnomah, State of Oregon, from and after December first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, an exposition to be known as the Portland Universal Exposition, in which foreign nations and foreign exhibitors have been invited and have agreed to participate: Therefore Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the, United States of America in Congress assembled,

Portland Universal Exhibition.

Articles for exhibition admitted free.
That all articles which shall be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition, upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be admitted free of payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; a

Articles transferred from other fairs.

nd all articles which have been imported from foreign countries and which have been on exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, or which have been on exhibition at the California Midwinter International Exposition, or at the Interstate Fair at Tacoma, Washington, upon which there is a tariff or customs duty and which have been heretofore admitted free of the payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, be transferred to the city of Portland, in the State of Oregon, for the sole purpose of exhibition at said exposition.
Sec. 2. That it shall be lawful at any time during such exposition to

Sales.

 sell for delivery at the close of the exposition any of the goods or property imported for, and actually on exhibition in the exposition buildings or on its grounds, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of

Proviso.

Payment of duties.

the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of sale; and all penalties prescribed by law shall be enforced and applied against such articles and against the persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal thereof.
Sec. 3. That all of the provisions of public resolution numbered thirty,

Admission of contract laborers, etc.

Vol. 27, p. 402.

 entitled “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,” approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, are hereby extended to and made applicable to said Portland Universal Exposition to the same extent as if said exposition was therein specifically named.
Approved, January 8, 1895.
Chapter 21: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of n bridge across the Missouri River at some point within one mile below and one mile above the present limits of the city of Jefferson, Missouri,” approved May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Chapter 21 28 Stat. 601 1895-01-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 21, 23. 1895.601

CHAP. 21.—
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the construction of n bridge across the Missouri River at some point within one mile below and one mile above the present limits of the city of Jefferson, Missouri,” approved May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

January 8, 1895

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

Bridge across Missouri River, Jefferson City, Mo.

Provisos.
That section three of the Act aforesaid be amended by adding the following after the word “prescribed” in the last line of said section, to wit: Provided, That said bridge may be a pivot drawbridge; and if the same shall be constructed

Pivot draw.

 as a pivot drawbridge it shall have one draw span affording

Ante, p. 81.

 two clear openings of not less than two hundred feet each, which draw span shall be maintained over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point and with a fixed span or spans each not less than three hundred feet in length in the clear; and the headroom under each span shall not be less than ten feet above the standard high-water grade line, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with and the bridge itself at right angles to the current of the river: Provided, also,

Opening draw.

 That said draw shall be opened promptly by said Company, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats and rafts: Provided, further, That the said Jefferson City Bridge and Transit Company

Aids to navigation.

 shall, at its own expense, build and maintain, under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of War, such wings, dams, and booms, or other work necessary to maintain the channel within the draw span of said bridge, and shall, at their own expense, maintain a depth of water through said draw span not less than that now existing, as shown by the report of the War Department, at the point where said bridge may be located; and if said Jefferson City Bridge and Transit Company shall fail to maintain such channel aforesaid, then the Secretary of War may cause said channel to be opened and maintained at proper depth for navigation through said span, at the expense of the owners of said bridge.
Approved, January 8, 1895.
Chapter 23: Providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents. Chapter 23 28 Stat. 601 1895-01-12 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 23.—
An Act Providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents.

January 12, 1895

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

Public printing.

Joint Congressional Committee.

R. S., sec. 3756, p. 741.
That there shall be a Joint Committee on Printing, consisting of three members of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives, who shall have the powers hereinafter stated.
Sec. 2. The Joint Committee on Printing shall have power to adopt

General powers.

R. S., sec. 3757, p. 742, amended.

 such measures as may be deemed necessary to remedy any neglect or delay in the execution of the public printing; and the committee shall have power to order reprinted not exceeding three hundred copies of

Reprint of bills.

 a public bill pending before either House of Congress, when the supply shall have become exhausted, and the interests of the public service demand immediate action.
Sec. 3. The Joint Committee on Printing shall fix upon standards of

Paper.

 paper for the different descriptions of public printing and binding, and the Public Printer shall, under their direction, advertise in two newspapers,

Advertising for bids.

R. S., sec. 3767, p. 742, amended.

 published in each of the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati, Saint Louis, Louisville, Omaha, Denver, San Francisco, and Chicago, for sealed proposals to furnish the Government with paper, as specified in the schedule to be furnished to applicants by the Public Printer, setting forth in detail the quality and quantities required for the public printing. And the

Standard samples.

R. S., sec. 3769, p. 743, amended.

 Public Printer shall furnish samples of the standard of papers fixed upon to applicants therefor who shall desire to bid.
Sec. 4. The advertisements shall specify the minimum portion of

Quantity.

R. S., sec. 3768, p. 742, amended.

 each quality of paper required for either three months, six months, or 602FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. one year, as the Joint Committee on Printing may determine; but when the minimum portion so specified exceeds, in any case, one thousand reams, it shall state that proposals will be received for one thousand reams or more.
Sec. 5. The sealed proposals to furnish paper shall be opened in the

Awarding contracts.

R. S., sec. 3770, p. 743, amended.

 presence of the Joint Committee on Printing, and the contracts shall be awarded by them to the lowest and best bidder for the interest of the Government; but they shall not consider any proposal which is

Bond, etc.

not accompanied by a bond approved by a judge or clerk of a court of record in the penalty of five thousand dollars that the bidder or bidders, if his or their proposal is accepted, shall enter into a contract to furnish the articles proposed for and by satisfactory evidence that the person making it is a manufacturer of or dealer in the description of paper which he proposes to furnish.
Sec. 6. No contract for furnishing paper shall be valid until it has

Approving contracts.

R. S., sec. 3772, p. 743, amended.

 been approved by the Joint Committee on Printing, if made under their direction, or by the Secretary of the Interior, if made under his

R. S., sec. 3771, p. 743.

direction, according to the provisions of section nine of this Act. The award of each contract for furnishing paper shall designate a reasonable time

Bond.

for its performance. The contractor shall give bond in such amount as may be fixed by, and to the approval of, the Joint Committee on Printing.
Sec. 7. The Public Printer shall compare every lot of paper delivered

Paper to conform to standard.

R S., sec. 3773, p. 743, amended.

 by any contractor, with the standard of quality fixed upon by the Joint Committee on Printing, and shall not accept any paper which does not conform to it in every particular.
Sec. 8. In case of difference of opinion between the Public Printer

Disputes as to quality.

R. S., sec. 3774, p. 743, amended.

 and any contractor for paper respecting its quality, the matter of difference shall be determined by the Joint Committee on Printing or by the Secretary of the Interior when Congress is not in session, and the decision of said Joint Committee or of the Secretary of the Interior shall be final as to the United States.
Sec. 9. If any contractor shall fail to comply with his contract, the

Default by contractor.

R. S., sec. 3775, p. 743, amended.

 Public Printer shall report such default to the Joint Committee on Printing, when Congress is in session, or to the Secretary of the Interior

New contract

when Congress is not in session; and he shall, under the direction of the Committee, or of the Secretary of the Interior, as the case may.be, enter into a new contract with the lowest, best and most responsible bidder for the interest of the Government among those whose proposals were rejected at the last opening of bids, or he shall advertise for new proposals, under the regulations hereinbefore stated; and during the interval which may thus occur he shall, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing, or of the Secretary of the Interior, purchase in open market, at the lowest market price, all paper necessary for the public printing.
Sec. 10.

In case of the default of any contractor to furnish paper,

Contractor’s liability.

R. S., sec. 3776, p. 743.

he and his sureties shall be responsible for any increase of cost to the Government in procuring a supply of such paper which may be consequent upon such default.

The Public Printer shall report every such default, with a full statement

Suit on bond.

R. S., sec. 3777, p. 743.

of all the facts in the case, to the Solicitor of the Treasury, who shall prosecute the defaulting contractor and his sureties upon their bond, in the circuit court of the United States in the district in which such defaulting contractors reside.
Sec. 11. The Joint Committee on Printing, or during the recess of

Open-market purchases of paper.

R. S., sec. 3778, p. 743, amended.

 Congress the Secretary of the Interior, may authorize the Public Printer to make purchase of paper in open market whenever they may deem the quantity required so small or the want so immediate as not to justify advertisement for proposals.
Sec. 12. The Joint Committee is authorized to give permission to

Purchase of other material.

 the Public Printer to purchase material other than paper in open market, whenever in their opinion it would not promote the public interest FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.603 to advertise for proposals and to make contracts for the same: Provided, however,

Proviso.

Limit.

 That the purchases authorized by this Act shall not in any term of six months exceed the sum of fifty dollars for any particular article required.
Sec. 13. The Joint Committee shall have control of the arrangement

Congressional Record.

R. S., sec. 78, p. 14, amended.

Vol. 18, p. 5.

 and style of the Congressional Record, and while providing that it shall be substantially a verbatim report of proceedings, shall take all needed action for the reduction of unnecessary bulk, and shall provide for the publication of an index of the Congressional Record semimonthly during the sessions of Congress and at the close thereof.
Sec. 14. The Joint Committee shall designate to the Public Printer

Index.

 a competent person to prepare the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional Record, and shall fix and regulate the compensation to be paid by the Public Printer for the said work and direct the form and manner of its publication and distribution.
Sec. 15. When the probable total cost of the maps or plates accompanying

Lithographing, etc., contracts.

R. S., sec. 3780, p. 744, amended.

 one work or document exceeds twelve hundred dollars, the lithographing or engraving thereof shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder, after advertisement by the Public Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee, which may authorize him to make immediate contracts for lithographing or engraving whenever the exigencies of the public service do not justify advertisement for proposals.
Sec. 16. The Public Printer shall prepare a schedule of materials

Contracts for all materials.

 required to be purchased, showing the description, quantity, and quality of each article, and shall invite proposals for furnishing the same, either by advertisement or circular, as the Joint Committee on Printing may direct, and shall make contracts for the same with the lowest responsible bidder, making a return of the same to the Joint Committee, showing the number of bidders, the amounts of each bid, and the awards of the contracts.
Sec. 17.

The President of the United States shall nominate and, by

Public Printer; appointment.

R. S., sec. 3758, p. 741, amended.

and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a suitable person, who must be a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding, to take charge of and manage the Government Printing Office.

The title of said officer shall be Public Printer. He shall receive a

Salary; bond.

R. S., sec. 3759, p. 742, amended.

salary of four thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and shall give bond in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, said bond to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 18. It shall be the duty of the Public Printer to purchase all

Duties.

R. S., sec. 3760, p. 742, amended.

 materials and machinery which may be necessary for the Government Printing Office; to take charge of all matter which is to be printed, engraved, lithographed, or bound; to keep an account thereof in the order in which it is received, and to cause the work to be promptly executed; to superintend all printing and binding done at the Government Printing Office, and to see that the sheets or volumes are promptly delivered to the officer who is authorized to receive them. The receipt of such officer shall be a sufficient voucher for their delivery.
Sec. 19. The Public Printer shall make annual report to Congress,

Annual report to Congress.

 and in it specify the number of copies of each Department report and document printed upon requisition by the head of the Department for which the printing was done, and he shall also specify in said report the exact number of copies of books, giving the titles of the books, bound upon requisition for Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and other officers of the Government and the cost thereof.
Sec. 20. The chief clerk, the foreman of printing, and a person designated

Boards to examine articles delivered, etc.

 by the Joint Committee on Printing, shall constitute aboard to examine and report in writing on all paper delivered under contract, or by purchase or otherwise, at the Government Printing Office. The chief clerk, foreman of binding, and a person designated by the Joint Committee on Printing shall constitute a board to examine and report 604FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. in writing on all material, except paper, for the use of the bindery. The chief clerk, the foreman of printing, and a person designated by the Joint Committee on Printing shall constitute a board of condemnation, who, upon the call of the Public Printer, shall determine the condition of presses and other machinery and material used in the Government Printing Office, with a view to condemnation.
Sec. 21. Whenever any machinery or material in the Government

Unserviceable material.

 Printing Office shall have been regularly condemned as unserviceable, the Public Printer may sell the same, after public advertisement, to the highest bidder, for cash, and turn the proceeds into the Treasury

Proviso.

Exchanges.

of the United States: Provided, That in case the sum or sums offered for such advertised property should be deemed by him too low, he may exchange said old machinery or material for new, paying the difference in money, and render appropriate vouchers for such expenditure.
Sec. 22. The Public Printer shall, on the first day of each regular

Detailed yearly report.

R. S., sec. 3821, p. 748, amended.

 session, report to Congress the exact condition and the quantity and cost of all printing, binding, lithographing, and engraving; the quantity and cost of all paper purchased for the same; a detailed statement of all proposals 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 quantity 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 classified detailed statement of the number of bands employed and the sums paid to each; and such other information touching all matters connected with the Printing Office as may be in his possession.
Sec. 23. The employees of the Government Printing Office, whether

Leaves of absence to employees.

Vol. 24, p. 91; Vol. 25, p. 352.

 employed by the piece or otherwise, shall be allowed leaves of absence with pay to the extent of not exceeding thirty days in any one fiscal year under such regulations and at such times as the Public Printer may designate at the rate of pay received by them during the time in which said leave was earned; but such leaves of absence shall not be allowed to accumulate from .year to year. Such employees as are engaged on piecework shall receive the same rate of pay for the said

Provisos.

Record employees.

thirty days’ leave as will be paid to day hands: Provided, That those regularly employed on the Congressional Record shall receive leave, with pay, at the close of each session, pro rata for the time of such

Pro rata leaves.

employment: And provided further, That it shall be lawful to allow pro rata leave to those serving fractional parts of the year.
Sec. 24. There shall be reserved by the Public Printer from the

Daily copies of Record.

 quota of each member of Congress and Delegate one copy of the Congressional Record in unstitched form, to be delivered to each member or Delegate; and there shall be furnished to each standing committee of Congress one copy, which copies for members and committees shall be bound promptly in paper when each semimonthly index shall be issued and shall be delivered without delay.
Sec. 25. The Public Printer shall cause to be stereotyped or electrotyped

Stereotyping.

 all matter when there is a reason to believe that it will be needed a second time.
Sec. 26. The Public Printer shall, at the beginning of each session

Estimates of paper.

R. S., sec. 3766, p. 742, amended.

 of Congress, submit to the Joint Committee on Printing estimates of the quantity of paper of all descriptions which will be required for the public printing and binding during the ensuing year.
Sec. 27. He shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of the Treasury,

Annual estimates.

R. S., sec. 3822, p. 748, amended.

 annually, in time to have the same embraced in the estimates from that Department, detailed estimates of the sums which will be required for salaries, wages, printing, engraving, lithographing, binding, materials, and other necessary expenses of said Printing Office for the ensuing fiscal year.
Sec. 28. There shall be advanced to the Public Printer, from time to

Advances.

R. S., sec. 3816, p. 748, amended.

 time, as the public service may require it, and under such rules as the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.605 Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, a sum of money not exceeding,

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 at any time, four-fifths of the penalty of his bond, to enable him to pay for work and material.
Sec. 29. Moneys received from sales of extra copies of documents,

Receipts from sales.

R. S., sec. 3818, p. 748, amended.

 paper shavings, imperfections, waste gold leaf, leather and book-cloth scraps, and for the sale of old and condemned material, shall be deposited by the Public Printer in the Treasury of the United States, and a detailed statement thereof shall be included in his annual report to Congress.
Sec. 30. The Public Printer shall settle the account of his receipts

Accounts.

R. S., sec. 3817, p. 748.

 and disbursements in the same manner required of other disbursing officers.
Sec. 31.

All printing offices in the Departments now in operation,

Department offices to be under Public Printer.

or hereafter put in operation, by law, shall be considered a part of the Government Printing Office, and shall be under the control of the Public Printer, who shall furnish all presses, types, imposing stones, and necessary machinery and material for said offices from the general supplies of the Government Printing Office; and all paper and material of every kind used in the said offices for departmental work, except letter and note paper and envelopes, shall be supplied by the Public Printer; and all persons employed in said printing offices and binderies shall be appointed by the Public Printer, and be carried on his pay roll the same as employees in the main office, and shall be responsible to him: Provided, That the terms of this Act shall not apply to the

Proviso.

Exceptions.

 office in the Weather Bureau, or, to so much of the printing as is necessary to expedite the work of the Record and Pension Division of the War Department nor to the printing office now in operation in the Census Office; but the Public Printer, with the approval of the Joint Committee on Printing, may abolish any of these excepted offices whenever in their judgment the economy of the public service would be thereby advanced.

All work done in the said offices shall be ordered on blanks prepared

Requisitions.

for that purpose by the Public Printer, which shall be numbered consecutively, and must be signed by some one designated by the head of the Department for which the work is to be done, who shall be held responsible for all work thus ordered, and who shall quarterly report to the head of the Department a classified statement of the work done and the cost thereof, which report shall be transmitted to the Public Printer in time for his annual report to Congress. The Public Printer

Cost of brunch offices.

 shall show in detail, in his annual report, the cost of operating each departmental office.
Sec. 32. The Public Printer shall charge himself with, and be accountable

Accountability for material.

Requisitions.

R. S., sec. 3783, p. 744, amended.

 for, all material received for the public use. The foremen of printing and binding shall make out estimates of the quantity and kind of material required for their respective departments, and file written requisitions therefor when it is needed. The Public Printer shall furnish the same to them on these requisitions, as required for the public service, and they shall receipt to him and be held accountable for all material so received.
Sec. 33. If the Public Printer shall, by himself or through others,

Penalty for defrauding.

R. S., sec. 3784, p. 744, amended.

 corruptly collude or have any secret understanding with any person to defraud the United States, or whereby the United States shall be made to sustain a loss, he shall, on conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction forfeit his office and be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term of not more than seven years, and fined in a ‘ sum not exceeding three thousand dollars.
Sec. 34. Neither the Public Printer, chief clerk, foreman of printing,

Private business interests prohibited

R. S., sec. 3765, p. 742, amended.

 foreman of binding, nor any of their assistants shall, during their continuance in office, have any interest, direct or indirect, in the publication of any newspaper or periodical, or in any printing, binding, engraving, or lithographing of any kind, or in any contract for furnishing paper or other material connected with the public printing, 606FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. binding, lithographing, or engraving; and for every violation of this

Penalty

 section the party offending shall, on conviction before any court of competent jurisdiction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a term of not less than one nor more than five years, and shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Sec. 35. The Public Printer is hereby authorized, under great

Temporary storage.

 urgency, while in occupancy of the present Government Printing Office, to procure suitable storage room, as near said building as practicable, for the temporary storage of the properly of the Government,

Proviso.

Leases.

with a view to relieving the said office from undue strain: Provided, That no contract for nor lease of buildings or accommodations for this purpose shall be made or entered into for a longer period than one year, and that every such contract or lease shall be first submitted to the Joint Committee on Printing for their approval and be approved by them.
Sec. 36. In case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of

Vacancy in office of Public Printer.

 the Public Printer the chief clerk of the Government Printing Office shall perform the duties of the Public Printer until a successor is appointed or such absence or sickness shall cease; but the President may, in his discretion, authorize and direct any other officer of the Government, whose appointment is vested in the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to perform the duties of the vacant office until a successor is appointed, or the sickness or absence of the Public Printer shall cease: Provided, That a vacancy

Proviso.

Temporary appointments.

occasioned by death or resignation must not be temporarily filled under the provisions of this section for a longer period than ten days, and no temporary appointment, designation, or assignment of another officer to perform such duty shall be made except to fill a vacancy happening during a recess of the Senate.
Sec. 37.

It shall be lawful for the Public Printer to print and deliver,

Supplying Record, etc., to Congressmen.

upon the order of any Senator, Representative, or Delegate, extracts from the Congressional Record, the person ordering the same paying the cost thereof; and documents and reports of committees, with the evidence and papers submitted therewith, or any part thereof ordered printed by Congress, may be reprinted by the Public Printer on order of any member of Congress or Delegate, on prepayment of cost thereof. The Public Printer may furnish without cost to Senators, Members,

Envelopes.

and Delegates, envelopes, ready for mailing the Congressional Record or any part thereof, or speeches, or reports therein contained. Envelopes so furnished shall contain in the upper left-hand corner thereof the following words, to wit: “Senate United States (or House of Representatives, U. S.). Part of Congressional Record. Free,” and in upper right-hand corner the letters “U. S. S.” or “M. C.” But he shall not print any other words thereon, except at the personal expense of the Senator, Member, or Delegate ordering the same, except to affix the official title of a document.

He may also furnish without cost to Senators, Members, and Delegates

Document franks.

blank franks for public documents. Franks so furnished shall contain in the upper left-hand corner thereof the following words, to wit: “Public document. Free. United States Senate (or House of Representatives U. S.)” and in upper right-hand corner the letters “U. S. S.” or “M. C.” But he shall not print any other words thereon except where it may be desirable to affix the official title of a document.

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All other words printed thereon shall be at the personal expense of the Senator, Member, or Delegate ordering the same.

At the request of any Congressman the Public Printer is authorized

Facsimile stamps.

to print upon franks or envelopes used for mailing public documents or seed the facsimile stamp of said Congressman and a special request for return if not called for, and the name of the State and county and city. Said Congressman to deposit with his order the extra expense involved in printing these additional words.

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All moneys accruing under this section shall be deposited by the

Receipts.

Public Printer in the Treasury of the United States and accounted for in his annual report to Congress.
Sec. 38. The Public Printer may purchase in open market, and without

Press supplies.

 previous advertising, such supplies as the Government Printing Office may require, of ink, rollers, composition for making rollers, tapes, press blankets, and lubricating oils, taking care that only the lowest market prices be paid; and when practicable he shall issue circulars inviting bids.
Sec. 39. The Public Printer shall pay no greater price for composition

Wages.

 than fifty cents per thousand ems, to pressmen fifty cents per hour, and forty cents per hour for time work to printers and bookbinders: Provided, That the pay of all employees of the Government Printing

Proviso.

Night work.

 Office engaged on night work (between the hours of five o’clock postmeridian and eight o’clock antemeridian) shall be twenty per centum in addition to the amount paid for day labor.
Sec. 40. The Public Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee,

Sales of Directory and Record.

 may print for sale, at a price sufficient to reimburse the expense of such printing, the current Congressional Directory and the current numbers and bound sets of the Congressional Record. The money derived from such sales shall be paid into the Treasury and accounted for in his annual report to Congress, and no sales shall be made on credit.
Sec. 41. The Public Printer shall preserve in his office samples of

Engravings, etc., to equal samples.

 the paper on which any engravings or lithographs are to be furnished by contract, and he shall not receive any engraving or lithograph which is not printed on paper equal to the sample, or which is not executed in the proper manner or in the quantity contracted for, or within the time specified in the contract, unless, for special reasons, he may have extended the time. The contractor shall not be paid except upon the certificate of the Public Printer that his contract has been complied with.
Sec. 42. The Public Printer shall furnish to all applicants giving

Sale of documents.

R. S., sec. 3809, p. 747, amended.

 notice before the matter is put to press, not exceeding two hundred and fifty to any one applicant, copies of bills, reports, and documents, said applicants paying in advance the cost of such printing with ten per centum added: Provided, That the printing of such work for private

Proviso.

Restriction.

parties shall not interfere with the printing for the Government.
Sec. 43. The Public Printer shall, on the first day of July in each

List of employees.

 year in which a new Congress is to assemble, cause to be filed in the Department of the Interior a full and complete list of all officers, agents, clerks, and employees employed in his department, or in any of the branch offices. He shall include in such list all the statistics peculiar to his department required to enable the Secretary of the Interior to prepare the Biennial Register.
Sec. 44. There shall be appointed by the Public Printer a chief

Chief clerk, foremen of printing and binding.

R. S., sec. 3761, p. 742, amended.

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 clerk, who shall be a practical printer and versed in the art of bookbinding, whose salary shall be two thousand four hundred dollars per annum; and a foreman of printing and a foreman of binding, who must be practically and thoroughly acquainted with their respective trades, who shall each receive a salary of two thousand one hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. 45. It shall be the duty of the Public Printer to employ workmen

Skilled workmen required.

Vol. 19, p. 105.

 who are thoroughly skilled in their respective branches of industry, as shown by trial of their skill under his direction.
Sec. 46. The employees of the Government Printing Office shall be

Holidays.

 allowed the following legal holidays with pay, to wit: The first day of January, the twenty-second day of February, the fourth day of July, the twenty fifth day of December, Inauguration Day, Memorial Day, Labor’s Holiday, and such day as may be designated by the President of the United States as a day of public fast or thanksgiving.
Sec. 47. The Public Printer shall cause, work to be done on the public

Night work.

R. S., sec. 3764, p. 742, amended.

 printing in the Government Printing Office at night as well as through 608FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. the day, when the exigencies of the public service require it, but the provisions of the existing eight-hour law shall apply.
Sec. 48. The Public Printer may employ two clerks of class four, at

Clerks.

R. S., sec. 3762, p. 742, amended.

 an annual salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars each: two clerks of class three, at one thousand six hundred dollars each per annum; one clerk of class two, at one thousand four hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. 49. The Public Printer may employ, at such rates of wages as he

Employees.

R. S., sec. 3763, p. 742, amended.

 may deem for the interest of the Government and just to the persons employed, such proofreaders, laborers, and other hands as may be necessary for the execution of the orders for public printing and binding authorized by law; but he shall not, at any time, employ in the office more hands than the absolute necessities of the public work may require.
Sec. 50. The Public Printer may employ such number of apprentices,

Apprentices.

 not to exceed twenty-five at any one time, as in his judgment will be consistent with the economical service of the office.
Sec. 51. The forms and style in which the printing or binding

Form and style of work.

R. S., sec. 3790, p. 745, amended.

 ordered by any of the Departments shall be executed, and the material and the size of type to be used, shall be determined by the Public Printer, having proper regard to economy, workmanship, and the purposes for which the work is needed.
Sec. 52. The Public Printer shall sell, under such regulations as

Sale of stereotypes, etc.

 the Joint Committee on Printing may prescribe, to any person or persons who may apply additional or duplicate stereotype or electrotype plates from which any Government publication is printed, at a price not to exceed the cost of composition, the metal and making to the

Proviso.

Price.

Government and ten per centum added: Provided, That the full amount of the price shall be paid when the order is filed:

Copyrighting forbidden.

 And Provided further, That no publication reprinted from such stereotype or electrotype plates and no other Government publication shall be copyrighted.
Sec. 53. The Public Printer shall examine closely the orders of the

Duplication.

R. S., sec. 3794, p. 745.

 Senate and House for printing, and in case of duplication he shall print under the first order received.
Sec. 54.

Whenever any document or report shall be ordered printed

Usual number of documents.

R. S., sec. 3792, p. 745, amended.

by Congress, such order to print shall signify the “usual number” of copies for binding and distribution among those entitled to receive them. No greater number shall be printed unless ordered by either House, or as hereinafter provided. When a special number of a document or report is ordered printed, the usual number shall also be printed, unless already ordered. The usual number of documents and

Distribution.

reports shall be one thousand six hundred and eighty-two copies, which shall be distributed as follows:

Of the House Documents and Reports, Unbound.—To the

Unbound copies.

Senate, document room, one hundred and fifty copies; to the office of the Secretary of the Senate, ten copies; to the House document room, four hundred and twenty copies; to the Clerk’s office of the House, twenty copies.

Of the Senate Documents and Reports, Unbound.—To the Senate document room, two hundred and twenty copies; office of the Secretary of the Senate, ten copies: to the House document room, three hundred and sixty copies; to the Clerk’s office of the House, ten copies.

That of the number printed, the Public Printer shall bind one thousand and eighty-two copies, which shall be distributed as follows:

Of the House Documents and Reports, Bound.—To the Senate

Bound copies.

Library, fifteen copies; to the Library of Congress, two copies, and fifty additional copies for foreign exchanges; to the House Library, fifteen copies; to the superintendent of documents, five hundred copies, for distribution to the State and Territorial libraries and designated depositories.

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Of the Senate Documents and Reports, Bound.—To the Senate Library, fifteen copies; to the Library of Congress, two copies, and fifty copies additional for foreign exchanges; to House Library, fifteen copies; to the superintendent of documents, five hundred copies, for distribution to State and Territorial libraries and designated depositories. These documents shall be bound in full sheep, and in binding documents the Public Printer shall give precedence to those that are to be distributed to libraries and to designated depositories: Provided,

Proviso.

Preference of depositories.

That any State or Territorial library or designated depository entitled to documents that may prefer to have its documents in unbound form, may do so by notifying the superintendent of documents to that effect prior to the convening of each Congress.

The remainder of said documents and reports shall be reserved by

Reserved sets.

the Public Printer in unstitched form, and shall be held subject to be bound in the number provided by law, upon orders from the Vice-President, Senators, Representatives, Delegates, Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House, in such binding as they shall select, except full morocco or calf; and when not called for and delivered within two years after printing shall be delivered in unbound form to the superintendent of documents for distribution. All of the “usual number” shall be printed at one time.
Sec. 55. There shall be printed of each Senate and House public bill

Copies to be printed.

Bills and resolutions.

Distribution.

R. S., sec. 3791, p. 745, amended.

 and joint, concurrent, and simple resolution six hundred and twenty-five copies, which shall be distributed us follows: To Senate document room, two hundred and twenty-five copies; office of Secretary of Senate, fifteen copies; House document room, three hundred and eighty-five copies. There shall be printed of each Senate and House private bill two hundred and fifty copies, which shall be distributed as follows: To Senate document room, one hundred and thirty-five copies; to Secretary of Senate, fifteen copies; House document room, one hundred copies. The term private bill shall be construed to mean all bills for the relief of private parties, bills granting pensions, and bills removing political disabilities. All bills and resolutions shall be printed in bill

Prints of bills, etc.

 form and unless specially ordered by either House shall only be printed when referred to a committee, when favorably reported back, and after their passage by either House.
Sec. 56. There shall be printed in slip form one thousand eight hundred

Laws and treaties.

Distribution.

 and ten copies of public and four hundred and sixty of private laws, postal conventions, and treaties, which shall be distributed as follows: To the House document room, one thousand copies of public and one hundred copies of private laws; to the Senate document room, five hundred and fifty copies of public and one hundred copies of private laws; to the Department of State, five hundred copies of all laws; and to the Treasury Department, sixty of all laws. Postal conventions and treaties shall be distributed as private laws.
Sec. 57. There shall be printed of the Journals of the Senate and

Journals of Congress.

Distribution.

R. S., sec. 3798, p. 746, amended.

 House of Representatives seven hundred and twenty copies, which shall be distributed as follows: To the Senate document room, ninety copies for distribution to Senators, and twenty-five additional copies; to the Senate Library, ten copies; to the House document room, three hundred and sixty copies for distribution to members, and twenty-five additional copies; to the Department of State, four copies; to the superintendent of documents, one hundred and forty-four copies to be distributed to three libraries in each of the States and Territories to be designated by the superintendent of documents; to the Library of Congress, twenty-five copies; to the Court of Claims, two copies, and to the Library of the House of Representatives, ten copies. The remaining number of the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives, consisting of twenty-five copies, shall be furnished to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively, as the necessities of their respective offices may require, as rapidly as signatures are completed for such distribution.
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Sec. 58. Whenever printing not bearing a Congressional number

Department, etc., publications.

 shall be done for any department or officer of the Government, except confidential matter, blank forms, and circular letters not of a public character, or shall be done for use of Congressional committees, not of a confidential character, two copies shall be sent, unless withheld by order of the committee, by the Public Printer to the Senate and House Libraries, respectively, and one copy each to the document rooms of the Senate and House, for reference; and these copies shall not be

Distribution.

removed; and of all publications of the Executive Departments not intended for their especial use, but made for distribution, five hundred copies shall be at once delivered to the superintendent of documents for distribution to designated depositories and State and Territorial libraries.
Sec. 59. Orders for printing extra copies shall be by simple, concurrent,

Extra copies.

R. S., secs. 3703, 3795, p. 745, amended.

 or joint resolution. Either House may print extra copies to the amount of five hundred dollars by simple resolution; if the cost exceeds that sum, the printing shall be ordered by concurrent resolution, except when the resolution is self-appropriating, when it shall be by joint resolution. Such resolutions, when presented to either House, shall be referred immediately to the Committee on Printing, who, in making their report, shall give the probable cost of the proposed printing upon the estimate of the Public Printer; and no extra copies shall be printed before such committee has reported.
Sec. 60. There shall be one document room of the Senate and one of

Document rooms, Senate and House.

 the House of Representatives, to be designated, respectively, the “Senate and House document room,” Each shall be in charge of a superintendent, who shall be appointed by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and the Doorkeeper of the House, respectively, who shall also appoint

Proviso.

Effect.

the necessary number of assistants: Provided, That this section shall not take effect until the first day of the first session of the Fifty-fourth Congress.
Sec. 61. The Public Printer shall appoint a competent person to act

Superintendent of documents, appointment.

Duties.

 as superintendent of documents, and shall fix his salary. The superintendent of documents so designated and appointed is hereby authorized to sell at cost any public document in his charge, the distribution of which is not herein specifically directed, said cost to be estimated by the Public Printer and based upon printing from stereotyped plates; but only one copy of any document shall be sold to the same person, excepting libraries or schools by which additional copies are desired for separate departments thereof, and members of Congress; and whenever any officer of the Government having in his charge documents published for sale shall desire to be relieved of the same, he is hereby authorized to turn them over to the superintendent of documents, who shall receive and sell them under the provisions of this section. All moneys received from the sale of documents shall be returned to the Public Printer on the first day of each month and be by him covered into the Treasury monthly, and the superintendent of documents shall report annually the number of copies of each and every document sold by him, and the price of the same. He shall also report monthly to the Public Printer the number of documents received by him and the, disposition made of the same. He shall have general supervision of the distribution of all public documents, and to his custody shall be committed all documents subject to distribution, excepting those printed for the special official use of the Executive Departments, which shall be delivered to said Departments, and those printed for the use of the two Houses of Congress, which shall be delivered to the folding rooms of said Houses and distributed or delivered ready for distribution to Members and Delegates upon their order by the superintendents of the folding rooms of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Sec. 62. The superintendent of documents shall, at the close of each

Index of documents to be made.

 regular session of Congress, prepare and publish a comprehensive index of public documents, beginning with the Fifty-third Congress, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.611 upon such plan as shall be approved by the Joint Committee on printing; and the Public Printer shall, immediately upon its publication, deliver to him a copy of each and every document printed by the Government Printing Office; and the head of each of the Executive Departments, bureaus, and offices of the Government shall deliver to him it copy of each and every document issued or published by such Department, bureau, or office not confidential in its character. He shall also prepare and print in one volume a consolidated index of Congressional documents, and shall index such single volumes of documents as the Joint Committee on Printing shall direct. Of the comprehensive

Distribution.

 index and of the consolidated index two thousand copies each shall be printed and bound in addition to the usual number, two hundred copies for the use of the Senate, eight hundred copies for the use of the House, and one thousand copies for distribution by the superintendent of documents.
Sec. 63. The Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and the

Distribution of documents now on hand at the Capitol.

 Clerk and Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives shall cause an invoice to be made of all public documents stored in and about the Capitol, other than those belonging to the quota of members of the present Congress, to the Library of Congress and the Senate and House Libraries and document rooms, and all such documents shall by the superintendents, respectively, of the Senate and House folding rooms be, put to the credit of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates of the present. Congress, in quantities equal in the number of volumes and as nearly as possible in value, to each member of Congress, and said documents shall be distributed upon the orders of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates, each of whom shall be supplied by the superintendents of the folding rooms with a list of the number and character of the publications thus put to his credit: Provided, That

Provisos.

Supply to committees.

 before said apportionment is made copies of any of these documents desired for the use of committees of the Senate or House shall be delivered to the chairmen of such committees: And provided further,

Reserve for deficiencies.

 That four copies of each and all leather-bound documents shall be reserved and carefully stored, to be used hereafter in supplying deficiencies in the Senate and House Libraries caused by wear or loss, and a similar invoice shall be prepared and distribution made as above provided at the convening in regular session of each successive Congress.
Sec. 64. Upon the appointment of the superintendent of documents,

Interior Department distribution abolished.

R. S., secs. 507, 508, p. 84, repealed.

R. S., secs. 497–509, pp. 82–84; sec. 3813, p. 747, repealed.

 as hereinbefore provided, the office of the superintendent of documents in the Department of the Interior shall be, and is hereby, abolished, and all laws now in force providing for the delivery to the Department of the Interior of public documents for distribution, other than such as are for the use of that Department, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed: Provided, That the distribution of the reports of the Eleventh

Proviso.

Census distribution.

 Census shall be continued and completed by the superintendent of documents, under existing laws and regulations.
Sec. 65. All official correspondence of the superintendent of documents

Correspondence to be mailed free.

 and all replies to the same shall be entitled to free transmission by mail; and he shall be entitled to frank public documents: Provided,

Proviso.

Penalty clause.

 That in the transmission of such mail matter envelopes, labels, or postal cards are used on which the name of the office and the penalty clause are printed.
Sec. 66. The Public Printer is hereby authorized and directed, upon

Assistants, blanks, etc.

 the requisition of the superintendent of documents, to appoint such assistants as may be necessary, and furnish such blanks and to do such printing and binding as are required by his office the cost of the same to be charged against the appropriation for printing and binding for Congress, and the Public Printer shall provide convenient office, storage, and distributing rooms for the use of the superintendent of documents.
Sec. 67. All documents at present remaining in charge of the several

Disposal of documents accumulating.

 Executive Departments, bureaus, and offices of the Government not required for official use shall be delivered to the superintendent of 612FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. documents, and hereafter all public documents accumulating in said Departments, bureaus, and offices not needed for official use shall be annually turned over to the superintendent of documents for distribution or sale.
Sec. 68. Whenever in the division among Senators, Representatives,

Congressional documents.

Distribution.

 and Delegates of documents printed for the use of Congress there shall be an apportionment to each or either House in round numbers, the Public Printer shall not deliver the full number so accredited at the respective folding rooms, but only the largest multiple of the number constituting the full membership of each or either House, including the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and Clerk and Doorkeeper of the House, which shall be contained in the round numbers thus accredited to each or either House, so that the number delivered shall divide evenly and without remainder among the members of the House to which they are delivered; and the remainder of all documents thus resulting shall be turned over to the superintendent of documents, to be distributed by him, first, to public and school libraries for the purpose of completing broken sets; second, to public and school libraries that have not been supplied with any portion of such sets; and, lastly, by sale to other persons; said libraries to be named to him by Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress; and in this distribution the superintendent of documents shall see that as far as practicable an equal allowance is made to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate.
Sec. 69. A catalogue of Government publications shall be prepared

Catalogue of publications.

 by the superintendent of documents on the first day of each month, which shall show the documents printed during the preceding month, where obtainable, and the price thereof. Two thousand copies of such catalogue shall be printed in pamphlet form for distribution.
Sec. 70. The superintendent of documents shall thoroughly investigate

Investigation of depositories.

 the condition of all libraries that are now designated depositories, and whenever he shall ascertain that the number of books in any such library, other than college libraries, is below one thousand, other than Government publications, or it has ceased to be maintained as a public library, he shall strike the same from the list, and the Senator, Representative, or Delegate shall designate another depository that shall meet the conditions herein required.
Sec. 71. There shall be one folding room of the Senate and one folding

Folding rooms, Senate and House.

 room of the House of Representatives. They shall be in charge of superintendents, appointed respectively by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and Doorkeeper of the House, who shall also appoint the

Distributing documents.

necessary assistants. All reports or documents to be distributed for Senators, Representatives, and Delegates shall be folded and distributed from the folding rooms, unless otherwise ordered and each Senator, Representative and Delegate shall be notified in writing once every sixty days of the number and character of publications on hand and assigned to him for use and distribution.
Sec. 72. Any Senator, Representative, or Delegate having public

Disposal of documents at close of term.

 documents to his credit at the expiration of his term of office shall take the same prior 1o the convening of the next succeeding Congress, and if he shall not do so within such period he shall forfeit them to his successor in office.
Sec. 73.

Extra copies of documents and reports shall be printed

Extra copies of documents.

Number and allotment.

promptly when the same shall be ready for publication, and shall be bound in paper or cloth as directed by the Joint Committee on printing, and shall be of the number following in addition to the usual number:

The Annual Report of the Secretary of Agriculture shall hereafter be

Agricultural report.

Contents, etc.

submitted and printed in two parts, as follows: Part one, which shall contain purely business and executive matter which it is necessary for the Secretary to submit to the President and Congress; part two, which FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.613 shall contain such reports from the different bureaus and divisions, and such papers prepared by their special agents, accompanied by suitable illustrations as shall, in the opinion of the Secretary, be specially suited to interest and instruct the farmers of the country, and to include a general report of the operations of the Department, for their information. There shall be printed of part one, one thousand copies for the Senate, two thousand copies for the House, and three thousand copies for the Department of Agriculture; and of part 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; and the title of each of the said parts shall be such as to show that such part is complete in itself: Provided, That one edition of

Proviso.

Diseases of the Horse.

 seventy-five thousand copies of the Special Report on Diseases of the Horse be printed, of which fifty thousand copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, and twenty-five thousand copies for the use of the Senate.

Of the Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, thirty thousand

Animal Industry Bureau.

copies, of which seven thousand shall be for the Senate, fourteen thousand for the House, and nine thousand for distribution by the Agricultural Department.

Of the Animal Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, four

Weather Bureau.

thousand copies; one thousand copies for the Senate, two thousand copies for the House, and one thousand copies for the Bureau.

Of the Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac and of the papers supplementary

Nautical Almanac and Ephemeris.

thereto, one thousand five hundred copies; one hundred copies for the Senate, four hundred for the House, and one thousand for distribution or sale by the Navy Department. The five hundred copies printed for Congress and the usual number shall be for the calendar year next following, and those for the Navy Department for the third year following. The Secretary of the Navy is also authorized to cause additional copies of the Ephemeris, and of the Nautical Almanacs extracted therefrom, to be printed for the public service and for sale to navigators and others: Provided, That all moneys received

Proviso.

Sales.

 from sales of the Ephemeris and of the Nautical Almanacs shall be deposited in the Treasury and placed to the credit of the general fund for public printing.

Of the Observations of the Naval Observatory, one thousand eight

Observations, Naval Observatory.

hundred copies; three hundred for the Senate, seven hundred for the House, and eight hundred for distribution by the Naval Observatory, and of the astronomical appendixes to the above observations, one thousand two hundred separate copies, and of the meteorological and magnetic observations one thousand separate copies for distribution by the Naval Observatory.

Of the Report of the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey,

Coast and Geodetic Survey.

one thousand five hundred copies of part one; two hundred copies for the Senate, six hundred copies for the House, and seven hundred copies for distribution by the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and two thousand eight hundred copies of part two; two hundred for the Senate, six hundred for the House, and two thousand for distribution by the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Of Commercial Relations, and of Foreign Relations, three thousand

Commercial Relations and Foreign Relations.

copies of each; one thousand for the Senate and two thousand for the House.

Of the Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, uniform with the preceding

Ethnology.

volumes of the series, eight thousand copies, one thousand five hundred for the Senate, three thousand for the House, and three thousand five hundred for distribution by the Bureau of Ethnology.

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Of the Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, eight thousand

Fish Commission.

copies; two thousand for the Senate, four thousand for the House, and two thousand for distribution by the Fish Commission.

Of the Bulletins of the Fish Commission, five thousand copies; one

Fish Bulletin.

thousand for the Senate, two thousand for the House, and two thousand for distribution by the Commission.

Of the Report of the Health Officer of the District of Columbia, one

Health Officer, D. C.

thousand five hundred copies; one hundred for the Senate, three hundred and sixty for the House, and one thousand and forty for distribution by the health officer.

Of the Report of the Civil Service Commission, twenty-three thousand

Civil Service Commission.

copies; one thousand for the Senate, two thousand for the House, and twenty thousand for distribution by the Civil Service Commission.

Of the Report of the Commissioner of Education, thirty-five thousand

Education.

copies; five thousand for the Senate, ten thousand for the House, and twenty thousand for distribution by the Commissioner of Education.

Of the Report of the Geological Survey, uniform with the preceding

Geological Survey.

reports, ten thousand copies; two thousand for the Senate, four thousand for the House, four thousand for distribution by the Geological Survey.

Of the Report of the Commissioner of Labor, twenty-five thousand

Commissioner of Labor.

copies; five thousand for the Senate, ten thousand for the House, and ten thousand for distribution by the Commissioner of Labor.

Of the Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission, three thousand

Interstate Commerce Commission.

copies; one thousand for the Senate, two thousand for the House, and for the use of the Commission there may be printed such number of said report and other documents incident to interstate commerce for distribution by them as they may deem expedient.

The Secretary of State shall cause to be printed and bound at the

Revised Statutes and Supplement.

Government Printing Office as many volumes of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and the Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the United States, volume one, second edition, eighteen hundred and seventy-four to eighteen hundred and ninety-one, authorized under the

Vol, 26, p. 50.

Act of April ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, as may be needed for distribution to designated depositories, State and Territorial libraries and to United States courts not already supplied, and for sale by his office at the cost thereof.

The Secretary of State shall cause to be edited, printed, published,

Session laws.

Vol. 18, p. 113.

and distributed pamphlet copies of the statutes of the present and each future session of Congress to the officers and persons hereinafter provided for; said distribution shall be made at the close of every session of Congress, as follows:

To the President and Vice-President of the United States, two copies each; to each Senator, Representative and Delegate in Congress, one copy; to the Librarian of the Senate, for the use of Senators, one hundred copies; to the Librarian of the House, two hundred copies, for the use of Representatives and Delegates; to the Library of Congress, fourteen copies; to the Department of State, including those for the use of legations and consulates, six hundred copies; to the Treasury Department, three hundred copies; to the War Department, two hundred copies; to the Navy Department, one hundred copies; to the Department of the Interior, including those for the use of the surveyors-general and registers and receivers of public land offices, two hundred and fifty copies; to the Post-Office Department, fifty copies; to the Interstate Commerce Commission, ten copies; to the Department of Labor, five copies; to the Civil Service Commission, three copies; to the Department of Justice, including those for the use of the Chief Justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court and the judges and officers of the United States and Territorial courts, five hundred FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.615 copies; to the Department of Agriculture, fifty copies; to the Smithsonian Institution, five copies; to the Government Printing Office, two copies; to the governors and secretaries of Territories, one copy each.

The Secretary of State is authorized to have printed as many additional

Additional, for sale, etc.

copies of the pamphlet laws as he may deem needful for distribution and sale by him, at cost price, not exceeding one thousand copies of the laws of any one session in any one year.

The Public Printer shall deliver to the folding rooms of the Senate

Congressional allotment, etc.

and House of Representatives seven thousand copies of the pamphlet laws, two thousand copies of which shall be for the Senate and five thousand copies for the House, and to the superintendent of documents five hundred copies, for distribution to State and Territorial libraries and to designated depositories.

After the close of each Congress the Secretary of State shall have

Statutes at Large.

Vol. 18, p. 114.

edited, printed, and bound a sufficient number of the volumes containing the Statutes at Large enacted by that Congress to enable him to distribute copies, or as many thereof as may be needed, as follows:

To the President of the United States, four copies, one of which shall be for the library of the Executive Mansion; to the Vice-President of the United States, one copy; to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, one copy; to the Librarian of the Senate, for the use of Senators, one hundred copies; to the Librarian of the House, for the use of Representatives and Delegates, two hundred copies; to the Library of Congress, fourteen copies; including four copies for the Law Library; to the Department of State, including’ those for the use of the legations and consulates, three hundred and eighty copies; to the Treasury Department, including those for the use of officers of customs, three hundred copies; to the War Department, seventy-five copies; to the Navy Department, seventy-five copies; to the Department of the Interior, including those for the use of surveyors-general and registers and receivers of public land offices, two hundred and fifty copies; to the Post-Office Department, fifty copies; to the Interstate commerce Commission, ten copies: to the Department of Labor, five copies; to the Civil Service Commission, three copies; to the Department of Justice, including those for the use of the Chief Justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court, and the judges and the officers of the United States and Territorial courts and to State supreme court libraries, five hundred copies; to the Department of Agriculture, fifty copies; to the Smithsonian Institution, two copies; to the Government Printing Office, one copy, and the Public Printer shall deliver five hundred copies of the Statutes at Large to the superintendent of documents for distribution to State and Territorial libraries and to designated depositories. And the Secretary of State is authorized to have as many additional copies printed and bound as may in his opinion be

Additional copies.

needed for distribution and sale at cost thereof, not exceeding in any one year one thousand copies of the laws of any one Congress.

The pamphlet copies of the statutes and the bound copies of the Acts

Force as evidence.

of each Congress shall be legal evidence of the laws and treaties therein contained in all the courts of the United States and of the several States therein. The said pamphlet and the Statutes at Large shall

Contents.

 contain all laws, joint and concurrent resolutions passed by Congress, and also all conventions, treaties, proclamations, and agreements.

The message of the President without the accompanying documents

President’s message.

and reports shall be printed, immediately upon its receipt by Congress, in pamphlet form. Fifteen thousand shall be printed, of which five thousand shall be for the Senate, and ten thousand for the House.

Of the President’s Message and accompanying documents and of

Message and documents.

‘ the annual reports of the Departments to Congress there shall be printed one thousand copies for the Senate and two thousand for the House: Provided, That of the reports of the Chief of Engineers of the

Proviso.

 616FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. Army, the Commissioner of Patents, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue,

Limit of certain reports.

 the report of the Chief Signal Officer of the War Department, and of the Chief of Ordnance, the usual number only shall be printed.

The following reports required by law to be made to Congress shall

Reports not to be printed.

not be printed unless the printing be recommended by the head of the Department making the same, and ordered by concurrent resolution of Congress, namely: Report of contracts for conveying the mails, report of fines and deductions in the Post-Office Department, the report of the Treasurer of accounts by him from time to time rendered to and settled with the First Comptroller, and the report of the proceedings of the annual meetings of the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels.

Of the Report of the National Academy of Sciences, two thousand

National Academy of Sciences.

copies: five hundred for the Senate, one thousand for the House, and five hundred for distribution by the Academy of Sciences.

Of the Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, two thousand

Memoirs.

five hundred copies; five hundred for the Senate, one thousand for the House, and one thousand for distribution by the Academy of Sciences.

Of the Report of the American Historical Association, three thousand

American Historical Association.

copies; five hundred for the Senate, one thousand for the House, and one thousand five hundred for distribution by the association and the Smithsonian Institution.

Of the Registers of the Army and Navy, fifteen hundred copies of

Registers, Army and Navy.

each; five hundred for the Senate and one thousand for the House.

Of the Report of the Smithsonian Institution, ten thousand copies;

Smithsonian Reports.

one thousand for the Senate, two thousand for the House, five thousand for distribution by the Smithsonian Institution, and two thousand for distribution by the National Museum.

Of the Reports of Consular Officers, one thousand five hundred copies; five hundred

Consular Reports.

for the Senate, one thousand for the House.

Of the Statistical Abstract of the United States, twelve thousand

Statistical Abstract.

copies; three thousand for the Senate, six thousand for the House, and three thousand for distribution by the Bureau of Statistics.

Of the Tests of Iron and Steel, five hundred copies for distribution

Iron and Steel.

by the War Department.

Of the Finance Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Report

Treasury Department Reports.

on Commerce and Navigation, on Internal Commerce, of the Director of the Mint on the Production of Precious Metals, and of Mineral Resources of the United States, there shall be printed one thousand copies of each for the Senate and two thousand for the House in addition to those published as part of the departmental report.

Of the Annual Report of the Comptroller of the Currency, ten thousand copies; one thousand for the Senate, two thousand for the House, and seven thousand for distribution by the Comptroller of the Currency.

Of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Navigation of the Treasury Department, one thousand copies for the Senate, two thousand for the House, and one thousand copies for distribution by the Commissioner; and of the Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, five thousand copies for distribution by the Treasury Department.

Of the Report of the Government Directors of the Union Pacific Railways,

Pacific Railways.

one thousand five hundred copies; five hundred for the Senate and one thousand for the House.

There shall be printed of eulogies of deceased Senators, Representatives,

Eulogies.

and Delegates eight thousand copies, of which number fifty copies,

Extra bound.

bound in full morocco, with gilt edges, shall be delivered to the family

Cloth binding.

of the deceased, and one thousand nine hundred and fifty copies in cloth binding shall be delivered to the Senators, Representatives, or Delegates of the State or Territory represented by the deceased. The remaining number, also in cloth binding, shall be distributed in the proportion of two thousand to the Senate and four thousand to the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.617 House. The engraving for such eulogies shall be done at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and paid for out of the appropriation for that Bureau. Of the “usual number” the bound volume shall contain

Usual number.

 in one volume for each I louse all eulogies during the session of Congress upon Senators and Representatives respectively.

Of the Senate Manual and of the Digest and Manual of the House of

Manuals, Senate and House.

Representatives, each House shall print as many copies as it shall desire, even though the cost exceed five, hundred dollars.

There shall be prepared under the direction of the Joint Committee

Congressional Directory.

R. S., sec. 3801, p. 746, amended.

on Printing a Congressional Directory, of which there shall be three editions during each long session and two editions during each short session of Congress. The first edition shall be distributed to Senators, Representatives, Delegates, the principal officers of Congress, and heads of Departments on the first day of the session, and shall be ready for distribution to others within one week thereafter. The number and distribution of such Directory shall be under the control of the Joint Committee on Printing. Official correspondence concerning the Directory may be had in penalty envelopes under the direction of the Joint Committee.

The Joint Committee on Printing shall appoint a competent person,

Abridgment of message and documents.

Preparation.

who shall edit such portion of the reports and documents accompanying the annual message of the President or made directly to Congress as they may deem suitable for popular distribution, and prepare an alphabetical index thereto. The Public Printer shall furnish to the person so designated copies of all the said reports and documents as soon as printed; and the abridgement of the message and documents shall be prepared for the Printer by the first day of January, or as soon thereafter as practicable, of each year, and shall be printed by the Public Printer as soon as copy is furnished him. There shall be printed of such abridgement twelve thousand copies, of which four thousand shall be for the Senate and eight thousand for the House.

The Public Printer shall furnish the Congressional Record as follows

Congressional Record.

Sole gratuitous distribution.

and shall furnish gratuitously no others in addition thereto:

To the Vice-President and each Senator, forty-four copies: and to the Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, each twenty copies, and to the Secretary for office use ten copies; to each Representative and Delegate, thirty copies, of which number eight copies shall be sent by the superintendent of documents one each to such public or school libraries other than designated depositories as shall be designated for this purpose by each Representative and Delegate in Congress, and to the Clerk and Doorkeeper of the House, each twenty copies, and to the Clerk, for office use, ten copies; to be supplied daily as originally published or in the revised and permanent form bound only in half Russia, or part in each form, as each may elect.

To the Vice-President and each Senator, Representative, and Delegate there shall be furnished two copies of the daily Record, one to be delivered at his residence and one at the Capitol.

To the President, for use of the Executive Office, four copies of the daily and one bound copy.

To the Chief Justice and each of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, the marshal and clerk of the said court, one daily and one bound copy.

To the governor of each State and Territory, one copy of the daily and one bound copy of the Record.

To the Official Reporter of the Senate and each of his assistant reporters, and to the official reporters of the House, each two copies of the daily and cue copy of the bound Record.

To the superintendent, of the Senate and House document rooms, each one copy of the daily and one bound copy.

To the Library of Congress, forty-five bound copies.

To the Senate and House libraries, ten bound copies to each.

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To the library of each of the eight Executive Departments, and to

Congressional Record-Continued.

the Naval Observatory, Smithsonian Institution and the United States National Museum, one bound copy.

To the Soldiers’ Home, and to each of the national homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, and to each of the State Soldiers’ Homes established for either Federal or Confederate soldiers, one copy of the daily.

To the superintendent of documents, five hundred bound copies for distribution to depositories of public documents.

To each of our legations abroad, one copy of the daily Record, to be sent through the Secretary of State.

To each foreign legation in Washington whose government extends a like courtesy to our legations abroad, one copy of the daily Record, to be sent through the Secretary of State and furnished upon his requisition.

The Public Printer is authorized to furnish to subscribers the daily

Subscriptions.

Record at eight dollars for the long and four dollars for the short session, or one dollar and fifty cents per month, payable in advance. The “usual number” of the Congressional Record shall not be printed. The daily and the permanent Record shall bear the same date which shall be of the actual day’s proceedings reported therein.

The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to furnish

Official Records of the Rebellion.

a complete set of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies to each Senator and Member of the present Congress not already entitled by law to receive the same; and he is further authorized to use for this purpose such incomplete sets, not including any to the credit of Senators, as remain on hand uncalled for by beneficiaries designated to receive them under the authority contained in the Acts

Vol. 22, p. 320; Vol. 25, p. 618.

approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and March tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight; and the Secretary of War will call upon the Public Printer to print and bind such volumes or parts of volumes as will enable him to fill out the incomplete sets hereinbefore referred to.

There shall be printed of the Annual Report of the Public Printer one

Report of Public Printer.

thousand copies, to be distributed under his direction, and he may retain out of all documents, bills, and resolutions printed the number of copies absolutely needful for the official use of the Government Printing Office, not exceeding five of each.

To enable the officer charged with the duty of preparing the Official

Official Register.

Preparation.

R. S., sec. 510, p. 84, amended.

Register of the United States to publish the same, the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, the head of each Executive Department of the Government, and the chief of each and every bureau, office, commission, or institution not embraced in an Executive Department, in connection with which salaries are paid from the Treasury of the United States, shall, on the first day of July in each year in which a new Congress is to assemble, cause to be tiled with the Secretary of the Interior a full and complete list of all officers, agents, clerks, and other employees of said Department, bureau, office, commission, or institution connected with the legislative, executive, or judicial service of the Government, or paid from the United States Treasury, including military and naval officers of the United States, cadets, and midshipmen.

Said lists shall exhibit the salary, compensation, and emoluments allowed to each of said officers, agents, clerks, and other employees, the State or country in which he was born, the State or Territory and Congressional district and county of which he is a resident and” from which he was appointed to office, and where employed.

A list of the names, force, and condition of all ships and vessels belonging to the United States, and when and where built, shall also be filed with the Secretary of the Interior by the heads of the Departments having supervision of such ships and vessels, for incorporation in the Official Register.

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.619

The Postmaster-General shall furnish a statement of all allowances

Official Register—Continued.

made, during the period of two years next preceding said first day of July above mentioned, to each contractor on contracts for carrying the mails, discriminating the sum paid as stipulated by the original contract, and the sums paid as additional allowances.

The Secretary of the Interior shall cause the Official Register to be

Editing, etc.

edited, indexed, and published by the chief clerk of the Interior Department, on the first day of December following the first day of July above mentioned.

Of the Official Register three thousand copies shall be printed and

Distribution.

R. S., secs. 511, 3800, pp. 85, 746, amended.

bound, which shall be distributed as follows: To the President of the United States, four copies, one copy of which shall be for the library of the Executive Mansion; to the Vice-President of the United States, two copies; to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, one copy; to the Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, to the Clerk and Sergeant-at-Arms of the House, one copy each; to the library of the Senate, ten copies; to the library of the House of Representatives, ten copies; to the Library of Congress, twenty-five copies; to the Department of State, one hundred copies: to the Treasury Department, one hundred and fifty copies; to the War Department, fifty copies; to the Navy Department, twenty copies; to the Department of Justice, twenty copies; to the Department of the Interior, two hundred copies; to the Post-Office Department, one hundred copies; to the Department of Agriculture, fifteen copies; to the Smithsonian Institution, four copies; to the Department of Labor, four copies; to the Government Printing Office, four copies; to the Interstate Commerce Commission, two copies; to the Civil Service Commission, four copies; to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, two copies; to the Commisioner of Fish and Fisheries, two copies; and the remaining copies shall be delivered to the superintendent of documents, who is hereby authorized to send one copy to each designated depository and to such public college or school library not a depository of public documents, and one copy to such other person as shall be designated by each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, and shall hold the remainder for sale under the provisions of this law. The usual number of the Official Register shall not Imprinted.

The Commissioner of Patents, upon the requisition of the Secretary

Patent Office printing.

of the Interior, is authorized to continue the printing of the following:

 First. The patents for inventions and designs issued by the Patent

Patents issued.

 Office, including grants, specifications, and drawings, together with copies of the same, and of patents already issued, in such number as may be needed for the business of the office. Second. The certificates of trademarks and labels registered in the

Trade-marks and labels.

 Patent Office, including descriptions and drawings, together with copies of the same, and of trademarks and labels heretofore registered, in such numbers as may be needed for the business of the office. Third. The Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office in

Official Gazette.

 numbers sufficient to supply all who shall subscribe therefor at five dollars per annum; also to exchange for other scientific publications desirable for the use of the Patent Office; also to supply one copy to each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress; also to supply one copy to eight such public libraries having over one thousand volumes, exclusive of Government publications, as shall be designated by each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, with one hundred additional copies, together with bimonthly and annual indexes for all the same; of the Official Gazette the usual number shall not be printed. Fourth. The Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the fiscal

Commissioner’s report.

year, not exceeding five hundred in number, for distribution by him; the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents to Congress, without the list of patents, not exceeding one thousand five hundred in number, for distribution by him; and of the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents to Congress, with the list of patents, five hundred 620FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. copies for sale by him, if needed, and in addition thereto the usual number only shall be printed. Fifth. Copies of the specifications and drawings of each patent

Monthly volume of patents issued.

R. S., sec. 490, p. 81, amended.

issued, bound in monthly volumes, one copy for each of the Executive Departments of the Government, one copy to be placed for free public inspection in each capitol of every State and Territory, one for the like purpose in the clerk’s office of the district court of each judicial district of the United States, except when such offices are located in State or Territorial capitals, and one in the Library of Congress, which copies shall be certified under the hand of the Commissioner and seal of the Patent Office, and shall not be taken from the depositories for any other purpose than to be used as evidence; also one hundred additional copies of the same, for sale by him at a price to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior. The “usual number” shall not be printed. Sixth. Pamphlet copies of the rules of practice, pamphlet copies of

Rules of practice, etc.

R. S., sec. 489, p. 81, amended.

 the patent laws, and pamphlet copies of the laws and rules relating to trademarks and labels, and circulars relating to the business of the office, all in such numbers as may be needed for the business of the office. The usual number shall not be printed. Seventh. Annual volumes of the decisions of the Commissioner of

Decisions.

 Patents and of the United States courts in patent eases, not exceeding one thousand five hundred in number, of which the usual number shall be printed, and for this purpose a copy of each shall be transmitted to Congress promptly when prepared. Eighth. Indexes to patents relating to electricity, and indexes to

Indexes.

 foreign patents, in such numbers as may be needed for the business of office. The usual number shall not be printed.

All printing for the Patent Office making use of lithography or photolithography,

Lithographing, etc., contracts.

R. S., sec. 492, p. 82, amended.

together with the plates for the same, shall be contracted for and performed under the direction of the Commissioner of Patents, under such limitations and conditions as the Joint Committee on printing may from time to time prescribe, and all other printing for the Patent Office shall be done by the Public Printer under such limitations and conditions as the Joint Committee on Printing may from time

Proviso.

Work at Government Printing Office.

to time prescribe: Provided, That, the entire work may be done at the Government Printing Office whenever in the judgment of the Joint Committee on Printing the same would be to the interest of the Government.

No report, document, or publication of any kind distributed by or

Inserting “compliments” forbidden.

from an Executive Department or bureau of the Government shall contain any notice that the same is sent with “the compliments” of an officer of the Government, or with any special notice that it is so sent, except that notice that it has been sent, with a request for an acknowledgment of its receipt, may be given.
Sec. 74. Government publications furnished to judicial and executive

Publications to officials.

 officers of the United States for their official use shall not become the property of these officers, but on the expiration of their official term shall be by them delivered to their successors in office and all Government publications delivered to designated depositories or other libraries shall be for public use without charge.
Sec. 75. Documents and reports may be furnished to foreign legations

Foreign legations.

 to the United States upon request specifying t hose desired and

Proviso.

Reciprocal distribution.

requisition made upon the Public Printer by the Secretary of State: Provided, That such gratuitous distribution shall only be made to legations whose Governments furnish to legations from the United States copies of their printed and legislative documents desired.
Sec. 76. The charts published by the Coast and Geodetic Survey shall

Coast Survey charts.

R. S., sec. 4691, p. 911, amended.

 be sold at cost of paper and printing as nearly as practicable; and there shall be no free distribution of such charts except to the Departments and officers of the United States requiring them for public use; and a number of copies of each sheet, not to exceed three hundred, to be presented to such foreign governments, libraries, and scientific associations, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.621 and institutions of learning as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct; but on the order of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates not to exceed ten copies to each may be distributed through the superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Sec. 77.

The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to cause to be prepared

Hydrographic Office charts, etc.

R. S., sec. 432, p. 72.

at the Hydrographic Office attached to the Bureau of Navigation, in the Navy Department, maps, charts, and nautical books relating to and required in navigation, and to publish and furnish them to navigators at the cost of printing and paper, and to purchase the plates and copyrights of such existing maps, charts, navigators’ sailing directions and instructions as he may consider necessary and when he may deem it expedient to do so, and under such regulations and instructions as he may prescribe.

All moneys which may be received from the sale of maps, charts,

Receipts from sales.

R. S., sec. 433, p. 72, amended.

and nautical books shall be paid by the Secretary of the Navy into the Treasury of the United States, to be used in the further preparation and publication of maps, charts, navigators’ sailing directions, and instructions for the use of seamen, to be sold at the cost of printing and paper.
Sec. 78. All appropriations made for the preparation or publication

Foreign hydro-graphic chart

R. S., sec. 3680, p. 723.

 of foreign hydrographic surveys shall only be applicable to their object, upon the approval by the Secretary of the Navy, after a report from three competent naval officers to the effect that the original data for proposed charts are such as to justify their publication; and it is hereby made the duty of the Secretary of the Navy to order a board of three naval officers to examine and report upon the data before he shall approve of any application of moneys to the preparation or publication of such charts or hydrographic surveys.
Sec. 79. The scientific reports known as the monographs and bulletins

Geological Survey.

Monographs and bulletins.

 of the Geological Survey shall not be published until specific and detailed estimates are made therefor and specific appropriations made in pursuance of such estimates; and no engravings for the annual reports for such monographs and bulletins, or of illustrations, sections, and maps, shall be done until specific estimates are submitted therefor and specific appropriations made based on such estimates. And there shall be distributed of monographs, bulletins and reports of the United

Distribution.

 States Geological Survey, now in possession of said Survey, being publications prior to the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one copy of every such publication to every public library which shall be designated to the superintendent of documents, as follows: Two public libraries to be designated by each of the Senators from the States, respectively, two public libraries by the Representative in Congress from each Congressional district, and two public libraries by the Delegate from each Territory; such public libraries to be additional to those to which the said publications are distributed under existing law.
Sec. 80. No document or report to be illustrated or accompanied by

Illustrations in reports, etc.

 maps shall be printed by the Public Printer until the illustrations or maps designed therefor shall be ready for publication; and no order for public printing shall be acted upon by the Public Printer after the expiration of one year, unless the entire copy and illustrations for the work shall have been furnished within that period: Provided, This

Proviso.

Series.

 section shall not apply to orders heretofore made for the printing of a series of volumes on one subject.
Sec. 81.

Every public document of sufficient size on any one subject

Binding.

shall be bound separately, and receive the title suggested by the subject of the volume, which shall be the chief title, and the classification of the volume shall be placed on the back at the bottom, as simply indicating its classification and not as a part of the title.

The executive and miscellaneous documents and the reports of each

Classification of documents.

House of Congress shall be designated as “House Documents,” “Senate Documents,” “House Reports,” “Senate Reports,” thus making 622FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895. two classes for each House, and each volume shall receive the title suggested by its subject matter clearly placed upon its back.
Sec. 82. The Public Printer shall bind four sets of Senate and House

Bills and resolutions, bound sets.

 of Representatives bills, joint and concurrent resolutions of each Congress, two for the Senate and two for the House, to be furnished him from the files of the Senate and House document room, the volumes when bound to be kept there for reference.
Sec. 83. The Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House shall

Committee reports.

 procure and file for the use of their respective Houses copies of all reports made by committees, and they are hereby directed at the close of each session of Congress to cause such reports to be indexed and bound, one copy to be deposited in the library of each House and one copy in the room of the committee from which the reports emanate.
Sec. 84. Registered bonds and written records may be bound at the

Binding bonds, etc.

R. S., sec. 3787, p. 744.

 Treasury Department.
Sec. 85.

The Vice-President, Senators, Representatives, and Delegates

Franking documents.

in Congress, the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives may send and receive through the mail ail public documents printed by order of Congress; and the name of the Vice-President, Senator, Representative, Delegate, Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House shall be written thereon, with the proper designation of the office he holds; and the provisions of this section shall apply to each of the persons named therein until the first day of December following the expiration of their respective terms of office.

The Vice-President, members and members-elect of and Delegates

Correspondence, etc., free.

and Delegates-elect to Congress shall have the privilege of sending free through the mails, and under their frank, any mail matter to any Government official or to any person, correspondence, not exceeding one ounce in weight, upon official or departmental business.
Sec. 86. No printing or binding shall be done at the Government

Work must be authorized.

R. S., sec. 3785, p. 744, amended.

Binding.

 Printing Office unless authorized by law. Binding for the Departments of the Government shall be done in plain sheep or cloth, except that record and account books may be bound in Russia leather, sheep fleshers, and skivers, when authorized by the head of a Department:

Proviso.

Libraries, etc.

Provided, The libraries of the several Departments, the Library of Congress, the libraries of the Surgeon-General’s Office, the Patent Office, and the Naval Observatory may have books for the exclusive use of said libraries bound in half Turkey, or material no more expensive.
Sec. 87. All printing, binding, and blank books for the Senate or

Work to be done at Printing Office.

R. S., sec. 3786, p. 744, amended.

 House of Representatives and for the Executive and Judicial Departments shall be done at the Government Printing Office, except in cases otherwise provided by law.
Sec. 88. The Public Printer shall execute such printing and binding

Printing, etc. for the President.

 for the President as he shall order and make requisitions for, and deliver to the Executive Mansion two copies each of all documents, bills, and resolutions as soon as printed and ready for distribution.
Sec. 89.

No printing shall be done for the Executive Departments

Appropriations not to be exceeded, etc.

in any fiscal year in excess of the amount of the appropriation, and none shall be done without a special requisition, signed by the chief of the Department and filed with the Public Printer.

No report, publication, or document shall be printed in excess of the

Number limited.

number of one thousand of each in any one fiscal year without

Department reports.

authorization therefor by Congress, except that of the annual report of the head of the Department without appendices there may be printed in any one fiscal year not to exceed five thousand copies, bound in

Bureau reports.

pamphlet form: and of the reports of chiefs of bureaus without appendices there may be printed in any one fiscal year not to exceed two thousand

Provisos.

Crop reports, etc.

five hundred copies, bound in pamphlet form: Provided, The Secretary of Agriculture may print such number of copies of the monthly crop report, and of other reports and bulletins containing not to exceed one hundred octavo pages, as he shall deem requisite; and this provision shall apply to the maps, charts, bulletins, and minor reports of the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 23. 1895.623 Weather Bureau, which shall be printed in such numbers as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem for the best interests of the Government: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury may authorize

Marine notices, etc.

 the printing of the notices to mariners, tide tables’ coast pilots, bulletins, and other special publications of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and of the Light-House Board, and the Secretary of the Navy may authorize the printing of the charts, maps, notices to mariners, tide tables, light lists, sailing directions, bulletins, and other special publications of the Hydrographic Office in such editions as the interests of the Government and of the public may require.

Heads of Executive Departments shall direct whether reports made to them by bureau chiefs and chiefs of divisions shall be printed or not.
Sec. 90. The beads of Executive Departments, and such executive

Departments to order documents required.

 officers as are not connected with the Departments, respectively, shall cause daily examination of the Congressional Record for the purpose of noting documents, reports, and other publications of interest to their Departments, and shall cause an immediate order to be sent to the Public Printer for the number of copies of such publications required for official use, not to exceed, however, the number of bureaus in the

Limit.

Bills and resolutions.

 Department and divisions in the office of the head thereof. The Public Printer shall send to each Executive Department and to each executive office not connected with the Departments, as soon as printed, five copies of all bills and resolutions, except the State Department, to which shall be sent ten copies of bills and resolutions. When the head of a Department desires a greater number of any class of bills or resolutions for official use, they shall be furnished by the Public Printer on requisition promptly made.
Sec. 91. The annual reports of executive officers shall be printed in

Form, etc., of reports.

 the same type and form as the report of the head of the Department which it accompanies, unless otherwise ordered by the Joint Committee oil Printing.
Sec. 92. Government publications printed for or received by the

Departmental distribution.

 Executive Departments, whether for official use or for distribution, shall be distributed by a competent person detailed to such duty in each Department by the head thereof. He shall keep an account in detail of all publications received and distributed by him. He shall prevent duplication, and make detailed report to the head of the Department, who shall transmit the same annually to Congress.
Sec. 93. When any Department, the Supreme Court, the Court of

Work for Departments etc.

 Claims, or the Library of Congress shall require printing or binding to be done, it shall be on certificate that such work be necessary for the public service; whereupon the Public Printer shall furnish an estimate

Estimate of cost.

 of the cost by the principal items for such printing or binding so called for, after which requisitions shall be made upon him therefor by the

Requisitions.

 head of such Department, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of the Court of Claims, or the Librarian of Congress; and the Public Printer shall place the cost thereof to the debit of such Department in its annual appropriation for printing and binding.
Sec. 94. No head of any Executive Department, or of any bureau,

Restriction of printing.

 branch, or office of the Government, shall cause to be printed, nor shall the Public Printer print, any document or matter except that which is authorized by law and necessary to the public business; and executive officers, before transmitting their annual reports, shall carefully examine the same and all accompanying documents, and exclude

Excluding unnecessary matter.

 therefrom all matter, including engravings, maps, drawings, and illustrations, except such as they shall certify in their letters transmitting such reports are necessary and relate entirely to the transaction of the public business.
Sec. 95. Heads of Departments are authorized to exchange surplus

Exchange of documents.

 documents for such other documents and books as may be required by them, when the same can be done to the advantage of the public service.
624FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 23, 24. 1895.
Sec. 96. The Postmaster-General shall contract for all envelopes,

Postmaster-General to contract for all envelopes.

 Stamped or otherwise, designed for sale to the public, or for use by his own or other Departments, and may contract for them to be plain or with such printed matter as may be prescribed by the Department

Proviso.

Advertisements.

making requisition therefor: Provided, That no envelope furnished by the Government shall contain any business address or advertisement.
Sec. 97. All blanks and letter heads for use by the judges and other

Judicial blanks, etc.

 officials of the United States courts other than such as are required to be paid for by any of these, officers out of the emoluments of their offices shall be printed at the Government Printing Office upon forms prescribed by the Department of Justice, and shall be distributed by it upon requisition.
Sec. 98. The libraries of the eight Executive Departments, of the

Documents to Department, etc., libraries.

 United States Military Academy, and United States Naval Academy are hereby constituted designated depositories of Government publications, and the superintendent of documents shall supply one copy of said publications, in the same form as supplied to other depositories, to each of said libraries.
Sec. 99. All future orders or requisitions for printing or binding shall be governed by the provisions of this Act; and all printing, binding,

Future printing, etc.

Congressional work.

 and other work incident to stationery or blank books required for the Senate and House of Representatives, or the committees and officers thereof, except such stationery and blank books as may be purchased by the officers of the Senate and House of Representatives for sale to members in the stationery rooms of the two Houses, together with the material necessary to such work, shall be furnished by the Public Printer on requisition of the Secretary of the Senate and the

Provisos.

Extra binding.

Clerk of the House of Representatives respectively: Provided, That each Senator and Representative shall be entitled to the binding in half morocco, or material no more expensive, of but one copy of each public document to which he may be entitled, an account of which, with each Senator and Representative, shall be kept by the Secretary

Preliminary reports, etc.

Post, p. 961.

and Clerk, respectively: And provided further, That in printing preliminary reports and other papers for the use of committees no more than fifty copies shall be ordered unless expressly authorized by the Committee on Printing of each House, respectively. No Government

Delivery to officials.

publications shall be delivered to officers and employees of Congress except for the use of members thereof, unless authorized by this Act or upon requisition approved by the Joint Committee on Printing.
Sec. 100. All laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are

Repeal.

 hereby repealed.
Approved, January 12, 1895.
Chapter 24: To repeal section forty-one hundred and forty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to amend sections forty-one hundred and forty-six and forty-three hundred and twenty, also section one of the Act amending section forty-two hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes. Chapter 24 28 Stat. 624 1895-01-16 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 24.—
An Act To repeal section forty-one hundred and forty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to amend sections forty-one hundred and forty-six and forty-three hundred and twenty, also section one of the Act amending section forty-two hundred and fourteen of the Revised Statutes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes.

January 16, 1895

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

Registry of vessels.

Bond repealed.

R. S., sec. 4145, p. 797, repealed.
That section forty-one hundred and forty-five of the Revised Statutes, providing for bonds for registry of vessels, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. That section forty-one hundred and forty-six of the Revised

Certificate of registry.

R. S., sec. 4146, p. 797, amended.

 Statutes is hereby amended so as to read:
“Sec. 4146. A certificate of registry shall be solely used for the vessel for which it is granted, and shall not be sold, lent, or otherwise, disposed

Certificate to be given op.

 of, to any person whomsoever; and in case the vessel so registered shall be lost, or taken by an enemy, burned, or broken up, or shall be otherwise prevented from returning to the port to which she may belong, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. SESS. III. CHS. 24, 25. 1895.625 the certificate, if preserved, shall be delivered up within eight days after the arrival of the master or person having the charge or command of such vessel within any district of the United States, to the collector of such district; and if any foreigner, or any person for the use and benefit of such foreigner, shall purchase or otherwise become entitled to the whole, or any part or share of, or interest in such vessel, the same being within a district of the United States, the certificate shall, within seven days after such purchase, change, or transfer of property, be delivered up to the collector of the district; and if any such purchase, change, or transfer of property shall happen when such vessel shall be at any foreign port or place, or at sea, then the master or person having the charge or command thereof shall, within eight days after his arrival within any district of the United States, deliver up tile certificate to the collector of such district. Any master or owner violating

Penalty for not delivering certificate.

 the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding five hundred dollars, and the certificate of registry shall be thenceforth void. The Secretary of the Treasury shall have the power to remit or mitigate such penalty if in his opinion it was incurred without willful negligence or intention of fraud.”
Sec. 3. That section forty-three hundred and twenty, Revised Statutes,

Repeal of bond for licensed vessels.

R. S., sec. 4320, p. 835, amended.

Licensed vessels, oath of master.

 is hereby amended so as to read:
“Sec. 4320. No licensed vessel shall be employed in any trade whereby the revenue laws of the United States shall be defrauded. The master of every such vessel shall swear that he is a citizen of the United States, and that such license shall not be used for any other vessel or any other employment than that for which it was specially granted, or in any trade or business whereby the revenue of the United States may be defrauded; and if such vessels be less than twenty tons burden, the husband or managing owner shall swear that she is wholly the property of citizens of the United States; whereupon it shall be the duty of the collector of the district comprehending the port whereto such vessel may belong to grant a license.”
Sec. 4. That no bond shall be required on the licensing of yachts;

Yachts.

Bonds not required.

 no licensed yacht shall engage in any trade, nor in anyway violate the revenue laws of the United States; and every such yacht shall comply with the laws in all respects. Section one of the Act approved March

Vol. 22. p. 566.

R. S., sec. 42l4, p. 812, amended.

 third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, amending section forty-two hundred and fourteen, Revised Statutes, and so forth, is amended accordingly.
Sec. 5. That any master or owner violating the provisions of this or

Penalty.

 the preceding section shall be liable to the penalty of two hundred dollars, in addition to any other penalty imposed by law. The Secretary of the Treasury shall have power to remit or mitigate any such

Remission.

 penalty if in his opinion it was incurred without negligence or intention of fraud.
Sec. 6. That this Act shall not invalidate the bonds heretofore given

Bonds in force.

 under the requirements of law.
Approved, January 16, 1895.
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CHAP. 25.—
An Act To provide registers for the steamers Claribel and Athos.

January 16, 1895

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

“Claribel” and “Athos.”

American registers granted.
That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built steamers Claribel and Athos, purchased and owned by a corporation created under the laws of New Jersey, and repaired in American ports, to be registered as vessels of the United States.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and

Inspection.

 directed to cause the inspection of said vessels, steam boilers, steam 626FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 25–28. 1895. pipes, and their appurtenances, and cause to be granted the usual certificate 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 tests in the inspection of said boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances shall 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.
Approved, January 16, 1895.
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CHAP. 26.—
An Act To provide an American register for the steamer Empress.

January 16, 1895

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

“Empress.”

American register granted and name changed to “Laurada”
That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built steamer Empress, owned by John D. Hart, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to be registered as a vessel of the United States under the name of Laurada.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and

Inspection.

 directed to cause the inspection of said vessel, steam boilers, steam pipes, and their appurtenances, and cause to be granted the usual certificate 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 tests in the inspection of said boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances shall 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.
Approved, January 16, 1895.
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CHAP. 27.—
An Act To establish a light-house at the entrance to Galveston Harbor, in the county of Galveston, in the State of Texas.

January 16, 1895

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

Galveston, Tex.

Light-house established at harbor entrance.
That a light-house be established at the entrance to Galveston Harbor, at or near the outer end of the south jetty, in the county of Galveston, in the State of Texas, at a cost not to exceed thirty-five thousand dollars.
Approved, January 16, 1895.
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CHAP. 28.—
An Act To provide American registers for the barks Linda and Archer.

January 16, 1895

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

“Linda” and “Archer.”

American registers granted.
That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign-built vessels Linda, of Wilmington, North Carolina, and Archer, of the State of Washington, owned by citizens of the United States, to be registered as vessels of the United States.
Approved, January 16, 1895.
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CHAP. 29.—
An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

January 16, 1895

. 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 and ninety-six.

For pay of one superintendent of the United States Military Academy

Pay of superintendent, professors, etc.

(colonel), in addition to pay as major of engineers, one thousand dollars.

For pay of eight professors, twenty-seven thousand dollars.

For pay of one associate professor of mathematics, two thousand dollars.

For one commandant of cadets (lieutenant-colonel), in addition to pay as captain, not mounted, one thousand two hundred dollars.

For pay of one instructor of practical military engineering (major), in addition to pay as captain, mounted, five hundred dollars.

For pay of one instructor of ordnance and science of gunnery (major), in addition to pay as captain, mounted, five hundred dollars.

For pay of eight assistant professors (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, not mounted, four thousand dollars.

For pay of three senior instructors of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics (captains), in addition to pay as first lieutenants, not mounted, 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, not mounted, two thousand four hundred dollars.

For pay of one adjutant, in addition to pay as second lieutenant, not mounted, 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.

Tor pay of cadets, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars.

Cadets.

For pay of one teacher of music, one thousand and eighty dollars.

For additional pay of professors and officers (and officers on increased

Longevity pay.

rank) for length of service, ten thousand one hundred and twenty dollars and one cent.

For pay of the Military Academy band: Six enlisted musicians at

Band.

thirty-four dollars per month, two thousand four hundred and forty-eight dollars; six enlisted musicians at twenty dollars per month, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; twelve enlisted musicians at seventeen dollars per month, two thousand four hundred and forty-eight dollars; additional pay for length of service, nine hundred and twenty-four dollars; clothing on discharge, nine hundred and sixty dollars; retained pay on discharge, five hundred and seventy-six dollars; in all, eight thousand seven hundred and ninety-six dollars.

For pay of field musicians:

Field musicians.

One sergeant, two hundred and sixteen dollars;

Fourteen privates, two thousand one hundred and eighty-four dollars;

Additional pay for length of service, forty-eight dollars;

Clothing on discharge, three hundred and seventy-five dollars;

Retained pay on discharge, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, three thousand one hundred and eighty-three dollars.

Pay of general army service (Quartermaster’s Department): For

Enlisted men.

Quartermaster’s Department

seven sergeants, one thousand five hundred and twelve dollars; seven corporals, one, thousand two hundred and sixty dollars; one hundred and two privates, fifteen thousand nine hundred and twelve dollars; additional pay for length of service, five thousand four hundred and forty-eight dollars; clothing on discharge, two thousand nine hundred and twenty-five dollars; retained pay on discharge, two thousand eight 628FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 29. 1895. hundred and eight dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and sixty-five dollars.

Pay of cavalry detachment: For one first sergeant, three hundred

Cavalry detachment.

dollars; five sergeants, one thousand and eighty dollars; four corporals, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two farriers, three hundred and sixty dollars; one wagoner, one hundred and sixty eight dollars; fifty-two privates, eight thousand one hundred and twelve dollars; additional pay for length of service, one thousand five hundred and twenty-four dollars; clothing on discharge, two thousand four hundred dollars; retained pay on discharge, two thousand three hundred and four dollars; in all, sixteen thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight dollars.

Provided, That the detachments of enlisted men at the Military

Proviso.

Limit of enlisted men.

Academy, heretofore designated as the General Army Service, (Quartermaster’s Department, and the cavalry detachment, shall be fixed at such numbers, not exceeding two hundred and fifteen enlisted men in both detachments, as in the opinion of the Secretary of War the necessities of the public service may from time to time require; but the number of enlisted men of the Army shall not be increased on account of this proviso or the two preceding paragraphs of this Act.

For current expenses as follows:

Current expenses.

Repairs, etc.

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, twenty thousand dollars.

For fuel and apparatus, namely: Coal, wood, charcoal, stoves, grates,

Fuel and light.

heaters, furnaces, ranges and fixtures, fire bricks, clay, sand, and for 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.

For postage and telegrams, two hundred and fifty dollars

Postages etc.

Stationery.

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.

For transportation of materials, discharged cadets, and ferriages, one

Transportation.

thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Printing: For printing and binding, type, materials for office, including

Printing.

repairs to motor and machinery, diplomas for graduates, annual registers, blanks and monthly reports to parents of cadets, one thousand dollars.

For clerk to the disbursing officer and quartermaster, one thousand

Clerks.

three hundred and fifty dollars.

For clerk to adjutant in charge of cadet records, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For one clerk to the adjutant, one thousand dollars.

For clerk to treasurer, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For one clerk to the quartermaster, one thousand dollars.

For department of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics, namely:

Department of car airy, 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 repairing camp stools and camp furniture, one hundred dollars.

For repairs and improvements of dressing rooms, walks, and dock at swimming place, two hundred and twenty dollars.

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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 books and maps, binding books, and mounting maps, seventy-five dollars.

For plumes for cadet officers of the first class, seventy-five dollars.

For silk and worsted sashes for cadet officers and acting officers, two hundred and twenty dollars.

For foils, masks, belts, fencing gloves and fencing jackets, gaiters, and repairs, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For soap used in scrubbing cadet barracks, fifty dollars.

For department of civil and military engineering: For models, maps,

Department of civil and military engineering.

purchase and repair of instruments, apparatus, drawing boards, desks, chairs, shelves, and cases for books and instruments, text-books, books of reference and stationery for the use of instructors, and contingencies, one thousand dollars;

Pay of one draftsman, one thousand dollars; in all, two thousand 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, eight hundred dollars; for books of reference, scientific periodicals, text books, stationery, materials, and repairs, four hundred dollars; for repairs to the observatory buildings, repairs to clocks, and fittings to new lecture room, three, hundred dollars; for pay of mechanic assistant, one thousand dollars; in all, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For department of instruction in mathematics, namely: For repairs

Department of mathematics.

and materials for preservation of models and instruments, thirty-five dollars; for text-books, books of reference, binding, and stationery, one hundred and twenty five dollars; for table of logarithms, twenty-five dollars; one drawing table, twenty-five dollars: one drawing board, five dollars; one steel ruler, five dollars; one steel triangle, five dollars; for contingencies, twenty-five dollars; in all, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For department of history, geography, and ethics: For text-books,

Department of history, geography, and ethics.

books of reference, maps and periodicals and repairing and rebinding same, and stationery for the use of instructors, one hundred and fifty dollars; for two thirty six-inch terrestrial globes for section rooms, at two hundred dollars each, four hundred dollars; in all, five 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 papers for the practical instructions 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, five hundred dollars: Provided, That any of the

Proviso.

Laboratory.

above-named sums for the department of chemistry, mineralogy, and geology not expended for the purposes named, may be expended for fittings of the chemical rooms of the new Academy building.

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.

For department of drawing: For drawing material for the use of

Department of drawing.

instructors, tacks, sponges, brushes, glue, alcohol, hectograph filling and 630FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 29. 1895. paper, tumblers, saucers, towels, soap, ink, paint, stationery, and so forth, and contingent expenses, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For repairs to models, desks, stretchers, racks, and material, seventy-five dollars.

For models in flat and relief for topographical and freehand drawing, one hundred dollars.

Set of models for work in descriptive geometry, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.

Models for work in mechanical drawing, two hundred and fifty dollars.

Models for work in building construction drawing, two hundred and fifty dollars.

Photographic material and appliances for new gallery, two hundred dollars.

Slides for stereopticon to illustrate lectures of course, and apparatus in connection therewith, to two hundred and fifty dollars.

For books and periodicals, one hundred dollars.

For binding periodicals and loose sheets, thirty dollars.

General work in the preparation and arrangements of the new academies, section room and model room, one hundred dollars.

For department of modern languages: For stationery, text-books, and

Department of modern languages.

books of reference for use of instructors, for repairs of books and apparatus, and fin office furniture, and for printing examination papers, and for contingencies, three hundred and fifty dollars.

For department of law: For stationery, text books, books of reference,

Department of law.

and books for use of instructors, and for repairing and binding same, and furniture for office, two hundred and fifty dollars; and hereafter there may be assigned to the department of law one assistant professor.

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 material for the preservation, augmentation, and repair of wooden pontoon, and one canvas pontoon-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, text-books, 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 extra pay of one ordnance soldier as clerk, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty cents.

For purchase of one Driggs-Schroeder six-pounder rapid-fire field

Driggs-Schroeder gun.

gun, mounted on field carriage complete, with accessories and spare parts, limber and ammunition, three thousand dollars.

For manufacture or purchase of models of the new steel carriages for

Models.

field, siege, and seacoast services for cadet instruction, three thousand dollars.

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For purchase of ammunition for rapid-lire guns now on hand, three hundred dollars.

For stationery for office of the treasurer, United States Military

Treasurer’s office.

Academy, namely, blank books, paper, envelopes, pens, mucilage, typewriting supplies, and other items of stationery, 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, respectively, 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 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 fifty-nine dollars and sixty cents.

For extra pay of one enlisted man employed 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.

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 extra pay of one enlisted man employed in the department of drawing, at fifty cents per day, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty cents: Provided, That the extra pay provided by the nine preceding

Proviso.

No duplication.

paragraphs shall not be paid to any enlisted man who receives extra duty pay under existing laws or army regulations.

For expenses of the Board of Visitors, including mileage, three thousand

Board of Visitors.

dollars.

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), one thousand dollars.

For brooms, brushes, pails, tubs, soap, and cloths, two hundred dollars.

For chalk, crayon, sponges, slate, rubbers, and card for recitation room, three hundred dollars.

For compensation of chapel organist, two hundred dollars.

Compensation.

For compensation of librarian, one hundred and twenty dollars.

For pay of engineer of heating and ventilating apparatus for the

Mechanics, etc.

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 two hundred dollars.

For pay of one superintendent of gas works, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For pay of one civilian plumber, nine hundred dollars.

For pay of one scavenger, at sixty dollars a month, seven hundred and twenty dollars.

For pay of one electrician, nine hundred dollars.

For pay of custodian of new Academy building, one thousand dollars.

632FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 29. 1895.

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 repairing books, and for furniture, two hundred dollars.

For furniture for cadet hospital, and repairs of the same, one hundred

Furniture, etc.

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 thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.

For contingent funds, to be expended under the direction of the

Contingencies, Academic Board.

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 of instruments for band, to be purchased in open market

Musical supplies.

by order of the Superintendent, three hundred and forty-two dollars.

For purchase of reeds, pads, strings, and other materials necessary for string instruments, to Lie purchased in open market on the order of the Superintendent, one hundred dollars.

For repairs to instruments, music stands, and other such equipment, to be purchased in open market on the order of the Superintendent, one hundred dollars.

For purchase of fifty portfolios, spring back, for holding music, to be purchased in open market on the order of the Superintendent, fifty dollars.

For purchase of music for band, to Tie purchased in open market on the order of the Superintendent, two hundred and fifty-eight dollars.

public works.

Public works.

For buildings and grounds: For repairing roads and paths, including

Repairing roads, etc.

roads and bridges on reservation, one thousand dollars.

For continuing construction of breast-high wall in dangerous places, five hundred dollars.

For waterworks: 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, and all other necessary work of maintenance and repairs, five hundred dollars.

For completing one new reservoir, seventeen thousand three hundred

New reservoir.

and seventy-five dollars.

For broken stone and gravel for roads, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For maintaining and improving the grounds of the post cemetery,

Cemetery.

including the purchase of trees, plants, tools, and materials, one thousand dollars.

For repair of cooking utensils and the replacement of worn-out

Subsistence Department.

cooking utensils in the cadet subsistence department, to be expended without advertising, three hundred and twenty-six dollars.

For repair 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, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 29. 1895.633 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,

Repairs.

and incidental repairs to machinery and building, to be expended without advertising, three hundred dollars.

For painting, and for general incidental repairs and improvements to the cadet quartermaster’s department building, including storerooms, office, tailor shops, shoe repairing, and so forth, the same to be expended as required without advertising, three hundred dollars.

For repairs, new machines, and fixtures for gymnasium, three hundred dollars.

Repairs to cadet guardhouse: For painting exterior and interior walls and woodwork, and for kalsomining ceilings throughout, two hundred and seventy-five dollars.

Repairs to cadet barracks: For kalsomining ceilings in cadet rooms,

Cadet barracks.

painting interior walls and woodwork, repairing and renewing floors and painting porch, three thousand dollars.

Repairs and improvements, and so forth, needed at the cadet hospital,

Cadet hospital.

as follows: For repainting ceiling and walls of hospital throughout; for material for reoiling and relacquering hardwood floors; for bronzing material for rebronzing radiator, water pipes, and so forth; for material for making portable storm vestibule for front, porch and steps; for material and labor for concrete or cement walk and handrail for main sidewalk to foot of steps, front entrance; for material and labor for bath tub and wash basin, including soil stack and connections, third floor; for material and labor for making one new “lift,” with rope for same; for guard rail of wrought iron for false door leading to rear area; for repairing and refinishing Venetian blinds; and for relining twenty-four copper cooking utensils, one thousand four hundred and fifteen dollars and twenty-five cents.

For repairs, improvements, and so forth, required at the soldiers’

Soldiers’ hospital.

hospital: For hard-oil finish for windows, transoms, and interior woodwork of building and annex, except Hours; for six lockers in upper hall for attendants’ clothing, with necessary locks, keys, and double clothing hooks to each; for five shelves in linen room, to run the entire length of one side of room; for iron bars over transom of door in isolation ward and in windows of isolation ward bathroom; for coal chute from outside of building to furnace room; for Butcher’s “Boston” polish for floors; for fittings in one room in basement for postmortem and dead room; for the purchase of trees and shrubs, and transplanting same; for three hundred yards of standard lawn fence for inclosing rear and one side of grounds; for two hundred and fifty yards of fencing for inclosing front and one side of grounds to include double drive gates, single walk gates, and the requisite line posts, corner and gate posts, anchors, top rails, loops, hook bolts, and top ornaments, one thousand dollars.

For continuing repairs to road from south gate to the southern boundary line of reservation, and for continuing the laying of a stone walk along same, two thousand dollars.

For procuring architect’s plans, specifications, estimates, and drawings

Library.

for complete renovation of the library building, namely: For removing towers of the old observatory wing, the walls, floors, and interior of that part now occupied by tin philosophical department, and making the whole fireproof; for fitting up of new library cases and shelves, and adjusting the interior to comply with the requisites of a modern library, and to make such suitable modifications and alterations in the walls, windows, doors, passageways, and roof as may be deemed necessary to make the present building suitable for the purposes of a library, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

New organ for Academy chapel, two thousand dollars.

Organ.

Band barracks.

For flooring baud barracks throughout, two thousand four hundred dollars.

634FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 29, 33, 34. 1895.

For grading roads near new Academy building and cadet barracks,

Grading, etc.

three thousand dollars.

For macadamizing picket line at cavalry stables, five hundred and sixty dollars.

For repairs and improvements to quartermaster’s stable and barn,

Stable, etc.

including concrete door, new stall partitions, new mangers and teed boxes, and new flooring for granary, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For additions and improvements to barracks of Company E, engineers, namely: For enlarging latrine and adding four water-closets and three urinals; for painting and repairing all outside woodwork: for repairing windows and skylights and repainting outside walls, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

One latrine, one thousand five hundred dollars.

New eight-inch gas main from gas works to the administration building

Gas main.

and new six-inch gas main thence to the new set of officers’ quarters, below the south gate, six thousand dollars.

Furniture for new Academy building, including gas fixtures, twenty-one

Furniture, etc., new building.

thousand three hundred and twenty-one dollars and thirty cents, to be immediately available.

 Approved, January 16, 1895.
Chapter 33: To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge Little River in the State of Arkansas,” approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Chapter 33 28 Stat. 634 1895-01-19 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 33.—
An Act To amend the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge Little River in the State of Arkansas,” approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

January 19, 1895

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

Bridge across Little Hiver, Ark.

Ante, p. 62.
That the Act entitled “An Act authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge Little River in the State of Arkansas,” approved April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows:

“That if the said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous

Height reduced.

spans, there shall be at least one span of a height of not less than forty feet above low water, as understood at the point of location, measured to the lowest part of the superstructure of said bridge; and said span shall have an opening of two hundred and fifty feet from center of pier to center of pier.”

Sec. 2. That the time for the commencement of the construction of

Time for constructing extended.

Ante, p. 64.

 said bridge is hereby extended to within one year and its completion to within three years from the approval of this Act.
Approved, January 19, 1895.
Chapter 34: For the relief of homestead settlers in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan. Chapter 34 28 Stat. 634 1895-01-19 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 34.—
An Act For the relief of homestead settlers in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan.

January 19, 1895

. Whereas during the summer and autumn of eighteen hundred and

Preamble

 ninety-four extensive forest fires prevailed in northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan, resulting in the death of many homesteaders and their families, the destruction of their property and effects, and of much of the green timber growing upon them, which homesteads are valuable chiefly for the timber standing and growing on them; and, Whereas under existing law homesteaders are not allowed to cut or sell green or burned timber, except for the purpose of clearing and improving, and all burned timber not cut within a short period will become worthless and a loss to the settler and the Government: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Public lands.
That all such persons actually occupying homesteads in said States of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 34, 36, 37. 1895.635 Michigan at the time of such fires, upon claims under the laws of the

Homestead settlers in burnt districts, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan, given two years for filial proof.

 United States, on lands of the United States, whose property and buildings were destroyed by such fires, and the heirs of all such persons who perished by such fires, and all persons who by reason of such fires and loss of property were obliged to leave their homesteads, are hereby granted two years’ additional time in which to make final proof. And temporary absence for any period within two years from the date of this Act shall be deemed constructive possession and residence, but shall not be deducted from the time required to make final proof.
Sec. 2. That all persons whose property was destroyed by such fires,

Patents when property burned, etc.

 and the heirs of all persons who were actual occupants of the homesteads at the time of the fire, and who lost their lives in and by that fire, may, by proving such actual occupancy at the date of such fires, make proof showing compliance with the law up to the date of the fire, and shall make payment at the minimum price under existing statutes, in the same manner as if such claimants were alive, and upon receipt of such proof of loss of property by such fires, or death of the claimant, heirs surviving, and upon payment as aforesaid, a patent shall be issued to such claimant, or his or her heirs.
Sec. 3. That the claimant upon any homestead, who by reason of not

Permission to cut timber by persons losing by fires.

R. S., sec. 2301, p. 421.

Vol. 26, p. 1008.

 having lived thereon the necessary length of time to enable him to commute under section twenty-three hundred and one of the Revised Statutes as amended by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, his heirs, executor, administrator, or guardian of his minor heirs, may, when the quantity of timber destroyed upon his or her homestead shall not exceed seventy-five thousand feet of merchantable green timber, file an estimate in the land office where such homestead was entered with such reasonable proofs as the Commissioner of Public Lands may prescribe, as to the quantity of timber destroyed upon any sectional subdivision, and thereupon the register and receiver may, under the direction of the Commissioner of Public Lands, issue a license or permit to cut the burned timber on any homestead or sectional fraction thereof, upon payment of the sum of one dollar and twenty-five

Payment.

 cents per acre for such sectional subdivision, and the Government shall issue a patent for the same to the claimant or his or her heirs.
Approved, January 19, 1895.
Chapter 36: To make disposition of the accretions upon the fund received by the Government of the United States upon the account of the payment of the Caracas awards of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and to apply said accretions to the payment of the new awards made in eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and eighteen hundred and ninety under the Washington Commission. Chapter 36 28 Stat. 635 1895-01-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 36.—
An Act To make disposition of the accretions upon the fund received by the Government of the United States upon the account of the payment of the Caracas awards of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and to apply said accretions to the payment of the new awards made in eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and eighteen hundred and ninety under the Washington Commission.

January 21, 1895

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

Venezuelan claims.

Accretions of former fund added to new award.

Vol. 16, p. 713.

Post, p. 1053.
That the Secretary of State be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to apply all the accretions of the said fund to the payment of the said new awards, and to credit, the Venezuelan Government on account of the said new awards with the said accretions as well as with the principal of the said funds.
Approved, January 21, 1895.
Chapter 37: To permit the use of the right of way through the public lands for tramroads, canals, and reservoirs, and for other purposes. Chapter 37 28 Stat. 635 1895-01-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 37.—
An Act To permit the use of the right of way through the public lands for tramroads, canals, and reservoirs, and for other purposes.

January 21, 1895

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

Public lands.

Right of way for tram roads, canals, and reservoirs.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, under general regulations to be fixed by him, to permit the use of the right of way through the public lands of the United States, not within the limits of 636FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 37–39, 43. 1895. any park, forest, military or Indian reservation, for tramroads, canals

R. S., sec. 2339, p. 429.

 or reservoirs to the extent of the ground occupied by the water of the canals and reservoirs and fifty feet on each side of the marginal limits thereof; or fifty feet on each side of the center line of the tramroad, by any citizen or any association of citizens of the United States engaged in the business of mining or quarrying or of cutting timber and manufacturing lumber.
Approved, January 21, 1895.
Chapter 38: To provide for the measurement of vessels. Chapter 38 28 Stat. 636 1895-01-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 38.—
An Act To provide for the measurement of vessels.

January 21, 1895

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

Shipping.

Register of vessels may have space and tonnage added.
That upon application by the owner or master of an American vessel in foreign trade, collectors of customs, under regulations to be approved by the Secretary of the

Post, p. 743.

Treasury, are authorized to attach to the register of such vessels an appendix, stating separately, for use in foreign ports, the measurement of spaces and gross and net tonnage, according to the rules in force in the foreign nation for which said vessel may clear.
Approved, January 21, 1895.
Chapter 39: Authorizing the establishment of lights, fog signal, and beacon on the Kennebec River, Maine. Chapter 39 28 Stat. 636 1895-01-22 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 39.—
An Act Authorizing the establishment of lights, fog signal, and beacon on the Kennebec River, Maine.

January 22, 1895

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

Kennebec River, Me.

Lights, etc., established at certain points.
That there be established on Kennebec River, Maine, a light, range lights, and fog signal at or near Doubling Point: a light at Ames Ledge; a light at or near the

Post, p. 915

southwest point of Perkins Island; a light at or near Squirrel Point, and a day beacon on or near Ram Island; and that the Light-House Board be authorized to lease the land necessary for the sites of said aids to navigation, pending the acquisition of titles in the manner provided

Proviso.

Cost limited.

by law: Provided, That the cost of said lights, fog signal, and beacon, together with the sites, shall not exceed seventeen thousand dollars.
Approved, January 22, 1895.
Chapter 43: Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes. Chapter 43 28 Stat. 636 1895-01-25 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 43.—
An Act Making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes.

January 25, 1895

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

Urgent 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-five, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely: TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Treasury Department.

For freight, expressage, telegraph and telephone service, three thousand

Contingent expenses.

two hundred dollars.

Transportation of silver coin: For transportation of silver

Transporting silver coin.

coin, including fractional silver coin, by registered mail or otherwise, twenty thousand dollars; and in expending this sum the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transport from the Treasury or subtreasuries, free of charge, silver coin when requested to do so;

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 43. 1895.637

Provided, That an equal amount in coin or currency shall have been

Proviso.

Deposits.

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.

Recoinage of silver coins: For recoinage of the uncurrent fractional

Recoining silver coins.

silver coins in the Treasury, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, one hundred thousand dollars.

Recoinage, reissue, and transportation of minor coins: The

Minor coins.

Recoinage, etc.

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 three thousand 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

Uncurrent coins.

 minor coins now in the Treasury.

Recoinage of gold coins:

Recoining gold coins.

For recoinage of lightweight gold 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, twelve thousand dollars.

Assay Office at Boise City, Idaho: For incidental and contingent

Boise City, Idaho, assay office.

expenses, including labor, one thousand dollars.

Independent Treasury: For actual expenses of special agents

Independent Treasury.

Serial agents, etc.

detailed to examine the books, accounts, and money on hand at the several subtreasuries and depositories, including national banks acting as depositories under the requirements of section thirty-six hundred and forty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United States, also including

R. S., sec. 3640, p. 716.

 examinations of cash accounts at mints, two thousand five hundred dollars.

Enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Act: To prevent

Chinese exclusion.

unlawful 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

Vol. 27, p. 52.

 Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States,” and the provisions of the treaty recently entered into between the

Post, p. 1210.

 United States and China, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Office of Commissioner of Internal Revenue: For increased

Internal Revenue.

Increased clerical force.

force in the office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the six month sending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, namely: For one statistician, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one head of division, one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars; six clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each per annum; one messenger, four hundred and twenty dollars; in all, fifteen thousand two hundred and ninety-five dollars.

Salaries and expenses of collectors and deputy’ collectors

Additional deputy collectors.

of internal revenue: For salaries and expenses of three hundred and three additional deputy collectors, including stationery and printing, said deputies to be employed in the same manner as now provided by law, being for the six months ending J line thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, two hundred and eleven thousand eight hundred dollars.

For salaries and expenses of ten additional revenue agents, to be

Additional agents.

employed and paid in the same manner as now provided by law, being for the six months ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, eighteen thousand dollars.

 638FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 43. 1895. FISH COMMISSION.

Fish Commission.

Inquiry respecting food fishes: For field and contingent expenses of

Inquiry respecting food-fishes.

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 interests 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 and preparation of reports, three thousand dollars.

And the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries is hereby

Fish hatchery, Iowa.

Ante, p. 386.

directed to proceed with the establishment of the fish-cultural station in the State of Iowa, authorized by the Act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five,

R. S., sec. 355, p. 60.

and for other purposes,” the provisions of section three hundred and fifty-five. Revised Statutes United States, requiring the prior consent of the legislature of the State to the purchase of the necessary site, to the contrary notwithstanding.

 WAR DEPARTMENT.

War Department.

 For improving harbor at Galveston, Texas: For continuing improvement,

Galveston Harbor, Tex.

 under existing contracts, two hundred thousand dollars. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Interior Department

Pension Office: For per diem, when absent from home and traveling

Pension Office.

Per diem, etc., investigations.

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 and any other necessary expenses, including telegrams, two

Proviso.

Chief and assistant special examiners.

hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That two special examiners, or clerks, detailed and acting as chief and assistant chief of the division of special examiners, may be allowed, from this appropriation, in

Expenses.

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; and whenever it may be necessary for either of them to travel on official business outside the District of Columbia by special direction of the Commissioner, he shall receive the same allowance in lieu of subsistence and for transportation as is herein provided for special examiners and detailed clerks engaged in field service.

Geological Survey: For the purchase of necessary books for the

Geological Survey.

Books, etc.

library, and the payment for the transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange, one thousand dollars.

Surveying the public lands: That the paragraph making an

Surveying.

Ante, p. 304.

appropriation of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for surveys of public lands in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “lines,” where it last occurs in the proviso of said

Extra rates for lands in Montana, etc.

paragraph, the following words: “Provided further, That in the States of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, 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.”

 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 43–45. 1895.639 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Department of Justice.

 For the following additional clerks in the Department of Justice, for

Additional clerks.

 the six months ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, namely: For three clerks of class four; three clerks of class three; two clerks of class two, and two clerks at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each; in all, seven thousand four hundred dollars. UNITED STATES COURTS.

United States courts.

For fees of jurors, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

Jurors’ fees.

For fees of witnesses, five hundred thousand dollars.

Witness fees.

For support of United States prisoners, including necessary clothing

Support of prisoners, etc.

and medical aid and transportation to place of conviction, or place of bona fide residence in the United States, and including support of prisoners becoming insane during imprisonment, as well before as after conviction, and continuing insane after expiration of sentence, who have no friends to whom they can be sent, three hundred and forty thousand dollars.

 SENATE.

Senate.

 For materials for folding, twelve thousand dollars.

Folding materials.

 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

House of Representatives.

To pay Joel Grayson for services in the document room from January

Joel Grayson.

first to December thirty-first, inclusive, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, at seventy-five dollars per month, nine hundred dollars.

To enable the Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay the salary

Assistant clerk, Invalid Pensions Committee.

of the second assistant clerk to the Committee on Invalid Pensions, at six dollars per day during the session, seven hundred and twenty-six dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. The words “during the session” as here used to be construed to mean one hundred and twenty-one days. For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and

Miscellaneous, etc.

 select committees, seven thousand dollars.
Approved, January 25, 1895.
Chapter 44: To authorize the Secretary of War to issue four condemned iron guns and projectiles to the officer in charge of the Government lot in Oakwood Cemetery, near Chicago, Illinois. Chapter 44 28 Stat. 639 1895-01-25 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 44.—
An Act To authorize the Secretary of War to issue four condemned iron guns and projectiles to the officer in charge of the Government lot in Oakwood Cemetery, near Chicago, Illinois.

January 25, 1895

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

Condemned cannon issued to lot in cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to issue four condemned iron guns and projectiles to the officer in charge of the Government lot in Oakwood Cemetery, near Chicago, Illinois, in which are buried both Union and Confederate dead; and that he be authorized to expend them in ornamenting said lot.
Approved, January 25, 1895.
Chapter 45: Authorizing certain officers of the Navy and Marine Corps to administer oaths. Chapter 45 28 Stat. 639 1895-01-25 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 45.—
An Act Authorizing certain officers of the Navy and Marine Corps to administer oaths.

January 25, 1895

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

Navy.

Oaths may he administered by certain officers.
That judges-advocate of naval general courts-martial and courts of inquiry, and all commanders in chief of naval squadrons, commandants of navy-yards and stations, and officers commanding vessels of the Navy, and the adjutant, and 640FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 45, 46. 1895. inspector, commanding officers and recruiting officers of the Marine Corps be, and the same are hereby, authorized to administer oaths for the purposes of the administration of naval justice and for other purposes of naval administration.
Approved, January 25, 1895.
Chapter 46: Authorizing the Little Rock and Pacific Railway Company, its successors and assigns, to construct and maintain bridges across the Fourche La Fevre and Petit Jean rivers, in Arkansas. Chapter 46 28 Stat. 640 1895-01-25 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 46.—
An Act Authorizing the Little Rock and Pacific Railway Company, its successors and assigns, to construct and maintain bridges across the Fourche La Fevre and Petit Jean rivers, in Arkansas.

January 25, 1895

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

Little Rock and Pacific Railway Company may bridge Fourche Le Fevre and Petit Jean rivers, Ark.
That the Little Rock and Pacific Railway Company, a corporation created under the laws of Arkansas, authorized to construct a line of railway from the city of Little Rock westward through the State of Arkansas to the line of the Indian Territory, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to construct and maintain bridges across the Fourche Le Fevre and Petit Jean rivers, in Arkansas, at such points as may hereafter be selected by said railway company for crossing said rivers on its line of railway;

Railway, wagon, and foot bridges.

that Said bridges shall be constructed for the passage of railway trains, and at the option of said railway company may be used for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, and for the transit of passengers,

Toll.

charging and receiving such toll as may be fixed by said railway Company and approved by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 2. That said bridges shall be lawful structures, subject to the

Lawful structures and post routes.

 limitations of this Act, and shall be recognized and known as post routes, upon which 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 than the rate per mile paid for the transportation over the railway or public highways leading to said bridges, and they shall enjoy the rights and privileges of other post roads in the United States; and the equal privileges in the use of said bridges shall be granted to all telegraph companies, and the United States shall have the right of

Postal telegraph.

way across said bridges and their approaches for postal telegraph

Proviso.

Use by other companies

purposes: Provided, That all railroad companies desiring the use of said bridges shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of trains over said bridges and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of reasonable compensation for such use; and in case of any disagreement regarding the compensation to be paid or the conditions to be observed, all matters at issue shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon proper hearing.
Sec. 3. That the bridges authorized to be constructed under this

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 Act 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 railway company shall submit to the Secretary of War for his examination and approval a design and drawing of each of said bridges, with map of the location thereof, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for the full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; that neither of said bridges shall be built until the plan and location thereof shall be approved by the Secretary of War; that should any

Changes.

change be made in the plans of said bridges, or either of them, during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War, and said structure or structures shall be changed at the cost and expense of the owners thereof from time to time as the Secretary may direct so as to preserve the free and

Proviso.

Draw.

convenient navigation of said rivers: Provided, That if either of said bridges is constructed as a drawbridge, the draw thereof shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats, and whatever kind of bridges shall be constructed the said company shall FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 46, 50, 54. 1895.641 maintain thereon, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals

Lights, etc.

 as the Light-House Board may prescribe.
Sec. 4. That this Act shall be null and void if actual construction

Commencement and completion.

 of the bridges herein authorized be not commenced within one year and completed within three years of the date hereof.
Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Approved, January 25, 1895.
Chapter 50: Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to correct errors where double allotments of land have erroneously been made to an Indian, to correct errors in patents, and for other purposes. Chapter 50 28 Stat. 641 1895-01-26 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 50.—
An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to correct errors where double allotments of land have erroneously been made to an Indian, to correct errors in patents, and for other purposes.

January 26, 1895

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

Public lands.

Errors in allotments and patents to Indians to be corrected.
That in all cases where it shall appear that a double allotment of land has heretofore been, or shall hereafter be, wrongfully or erroneously made by the Secretary of the Interior to any Indian by an assumed name or otherwise, or where a mistake has been or shall be made in the description of the land inserted in any patent, said Secretary is hereby authorized and directed, during the time that the United States may hold the title to the land in trust for any such Indian and for which a conditional patent may have been issued, to rectify and correct such mistake and cancel any patent which may have been erroneously and wrongfully issued, whenever in his opinion the same ought to be canceled for error in the issue thereof, or for the best interests of the Indian, and, if possession of the original patent can not be obtained, such cancellation shall be elective if made upon the records of the General Land Office; and no proclamation shall be necessary to open the lands so allotted to settlement.
Approved, January 26, 1895.
Chapter 54: To authorize the Laporte, Houston and Northern Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Galveston Bay, Buffalo Bayou, and Clear Creek, in the State of Texas. Chapter 54 28 Stat. 641 1895-02-01 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 54.—
An Act To authorize the Laporte, Houston and Northern Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across Galveston Bay, Buffalo Bayou, and Clear Creek, in the State of Texas.

February 1, 1895

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

Laporte, Houston and Northern Railroad Company may bridge Galveston Bay, Buffalo Bayou, and Clear Creek, Tex.
That the Laporte, Houston and Northern Railroad Company, incorporated by the State of Texas and now existing under the laws of said State, is hereby authorized to construct, operate, and maintain, a bridge across Galveston Bay at or near Virginia Point, and across Clear Creek at a point between the bridge of the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad and the mouth of the said creek at Clear Lake, and across Buffalo Bayou at any point from Clinton to the city of Houston, subject to the laws of the State of Texas, and upon the following terms, limitations, and conditions: First. That the precise location of said bridges shall be subject to

Location.

 the approval of the Secretary of War. Second. Said company may locate, construct, and maintain over such

Railway bridge.

 bridges and approaches thereto railroad tracks for the use of railroads: Provided, That any railroad on either side of said bridges shall be permitted

Proviso.

Use by other roads.

 to connect its tracks with the said bridge approaches, and shall have equal rights of transit for its rolling stock, cars, passengers, and freight upon equal and equitable terms, and if a dispute as to the equality or equity of the terms shall arise it shall be submitted to and decided by the Secretary of War. Third. That any bridge built under the authority of this Act shall be

Spans, etc.

 constructed with such span and at such elevation as the Secretary of War shall approve and require. 642FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. SESS. III. CHS. 54, 55. 4895. Fourth. That the said company, availing itself of the privilege of this

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 Act, shall file with the Secretary of War an acceptance of its terms, and within six months after the passage hereof

Completion.

shall submit to him drawings, showing plans and specifications and designated location, and shall within two years of the passage of this Act complete said bridges, and unless said bridges shall be constructed within said time this Act shall be nail and void as to any bridge not so constructed. Fifth. That if any bridge herein authorized shall be built as a drawbridge,

Opening draw.

 said draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of vessels and other water craft; and whatever kind of bridges are constructed the said company shall maintain thereon, at its

Lights, etc.

own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights and other signals as the Light-House Board may prescribe.
Sec. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Approved, February 1, 1895.
Chapter 55: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to divide the judicial district of North Dakota,” and to provide for the fees and compensation of the officers of the circuit find district courts of the said judicial district. Chapter 55 28 Stat. 642 1895-02-04 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 55.—
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to divide the judicial district of North Dakota,” and to provide for the fees and compensation of the officers of the circuit find district courts of the said judicial district.

February 4, 1895

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

North Dakota judicial district.

Vol. 26, p. 67, amended.
That sections three and five of the Act approved April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to divide the judicial district of North Dakota,” are hereby amended to read as follows;
“Sec. 3. That the terms of the district court for the district of North

Terms of district court.

 Dakota shall be held at Bismarck on the first Tuesday of March in each year; at Fargo on the third Tuesday of May in each year: at Grand Forks on the second Tuesday of November in each year, and at Devils Lake on the first Tuesday of July in each year. And the provisions of law now existing for the holding of said court on the first Monday in April and February of each year is hereby repealed.”
“Sec. 5. That the circuit court of the United States for the said district

Terms of circuit court.

 shall be held at Bismarck on the first Tuesday of March in each year, and at Fargo on the third Tuesday of May in each year, and at Grand Forks on the second Tuesday of November of each year, and at Devils Lake on the first Tuesday of July of each year, When the circuit court and district court is held, as provided in this Act, at the same time and place, one grand and one petit jury only shall be

Proviso.

Returns of pending actions, etc.

summoned and serve in both said courts; Provided, That all suits, prosecutions, and processes, recognizances, bail bonds, and other proceedings of whatever nature pending in or returnable to said district and circuit courts, respectively, on the days named in the Act to which this is an amendment, are hereby transferred to and shall be made returnable and have force in the said respective terms of said district and circuit courts, respectively, as provided in this Act, in the same manner and with the same effect as they would be returnable and have effect in said courts, respectively, at the terms thereof as now fixed by the Act to which this is amendatory, as though this Act had not been passed.”
Sec. 2. The marshal, district attorney, and clerks of the circuit and

Fees, etc., of marshal attorney, and clerks.

R. S., secs. 837, 840; pp. 158, 159.

 district courts of said district, and all other officers and persons performing duties in the administration of justice therein, shall, for the services they may perform, receive the fees and compensation allowed by law to other similar officers and persons performing similar duties in the State of Oregon.
Approved, February 4, 1895.
Chapter 56: To provide an American register for the barkentine James H. Hamlen. Chapter 56 28 Stat. 643 1895-02-04 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 56, 59–61. 1895.643

CHAP. 56.—
An Act To provide an American register for the barkentine James H. Hamlen.

February 4, 1895

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

“James H. Hamlen.”

American register granted.
That the Commissioner of Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the foreign built barkentine James H. Gamlen, owned by a citizen of the United States and repaired in United States ports, to be registered as a vessel of the United States.
Approved, February 4, 1895.
Chapter 59: Providing for an additional circuit judge in the seventh judicial circuit, and for other purposes. Chapter 59 28 Stat. 643 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 59.—
An Act Providing for an additional circuit judge in the seventh judicial circuit, and for other purposes.

February 8, 1895

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

United States courts.
That there shall be in the seventh judicial circuit an additional circuit judge, who shall

Additional judge, seventh judicial circuit.

 be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall possess the same qualifications and have the same power and jurisdiction now prescribed by law in respect to the present circuit judges therein.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chapter 60: To authorize the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, to beautify and use as a public, park the United States mint property in said city, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Chapter 60 28 Stat. 643 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 60.—
An Act To authorize the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, to beautify and use as a public, park the United States mint property in said city, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

February 8, 1895

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

Charlotte, N. C.

Use of mint property as a park.
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and empowered to grant to the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, the privilege of beautifying and using for a public park such part of the United States mint property situated in said city of Charlotte, North Carolina, as he may deem unnecessary to hold for the purpose for which it was purchased: Provided, That the

Proviso.

Termination.

 Secretary of the Treasury may terminate such grant or privilege at any time.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chapter 61: To amend section twenty-two of an Act to regulate commerce, as amended March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. Chapter 61 28 Stat. 643 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 61.—
An Act To amend section twenty-two of an Act to regulate commerce, as amended March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.

February 8, 1895

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

Interstate commerce.

Reduced rates, etc.

Vol. 24, p. 389; Vol. 25, p. 862.
That section twenty-two of an Act to regulate commerce, approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and as amended March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, be, and is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following proviso:

“Provided further, That nothing in this Act shall prevent the issuance

Interchangeable mileage ticket.

of joint interchangeable five-thousand-mile tickets, with special privileges as to the amount of free baggage that may be carried under mileage tickets of one thousand or more miles. But before any common carrier, subject to the provisions of this Act, shall issue any such joint interchangeable mileage tickets with special privileges, as aforesaid, it shall file with the Interstate Commerce Commission copies of

Copies of rates, etc.

 the joint tariffs of rates, fares, or charges on which such joint interchangeable mileage tickets are to be based, together with specifications of the amount of free baggage permitted to be carried under such tickets, in the same manner as common carriers are required to do with 644FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 61, 62. 1895. regard to other joint rates by section six of this Act; and all the provisions

Regulations, etc.

Vol. 25, p. 855.

 of said section six relating to joint rates, fares, and charges shall be observed by said common carriers and enforced by the Interstate Commerce Commission as fully with regard to such joint interchangeable mileage tickets as with regard to other joint rates, fares, and charges referred to in said section six. It shall be unlawful for any common carrier that has issued or authorized to be issued any such joint interchangeable mileage tickets to demand, collect, or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation for transportation of persons or baggage under such joint interchangeable mileage tickets than that required by the rate, fare, or charge specified in the copies of the joint tariff of rates, fares, or charges filed with the

Violations.

Vol. 25, p. 857.

Commission in force at the time. The provisions of section ten of this Act shall apply to any violation of the requirements of this proviso.”

Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chapter 62: Authorizing the El Reno Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the South Canadian River, between Blaine County, Oklahoma, and the Wichita Indian Reservation. Chapter 62 28 Stat. 644 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 62.—
An Act Authorizing the El Reno Bridge Company to construct a bridge across the South Canadian River, between Blaine County, Oklahoma, and the Wichita Indian Reservation.

February 8, 1895

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

El Reno Bridge Company may bridge South Canadian River, Okla.
That the El Reno Bridge Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma, and its successors or assigns, be, and are hereby, authorized to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto

Location.

across the South Canadian River, between a point in Blaine County and the Wichita and Caddo Indian Reservation, in the Territory of Oklahoma, on section twenty-eight, township thirteen north, of range eleven west; said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage of wagons and vehicles of all kinds, for the transit of animals, foot passengers, and all kinds of commerce, travel, and communications, and said corporation may charge and receive such reasonable tolls therefor

Tolls.

as may be permitted by the laws of the Territory of Oklahoma.
Sec. 2. That the bridge constructed under this Act shall be a lawful

Lawful structure and post route.

 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, troops, and munitions of war of the United States; and equal privileges in the use of said bridge shall be granted to all telegraph companies; and

“Postal telegraph.

the United States shall have the right of way across said bridge

Provisos.

Secretary of War to approve plan, etc.

and approaches for postal telegraph purposes: Provided, That before the construction of any bridge herein authorized is commenced the said company shall submit to the Secretary of War, for his examination and approval, a design and drawing of such bridge and a map of the location, giving sufficient information to enable the Secretary of War to fully and satisfactorily understand the subject, and unless the plan and location of such bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the structure

Free navigation.

shall not be built: Provided also, That any bridge constructed under authority of this Act shall at all times be so kept and managed as to otter reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels and other water craft through or under said structure; and for the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on said bridge, from

Lights, etc.

sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board.
Sec. 3. 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. 4. 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.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chapter 63: Authorizing the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers’ Home in the, District of Columbia to sell certain property known as the “Asylum lot,” on Pascagoula Bay, Mississippi. Chapter 63 28 Stat. 645 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 63, 64. 1895.645

CHAP. 63.—
An Act Authorizing the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers’ Home in the, District of Columbia to sell certain property known as the “Asylum lot,” on Pascagoula Bay, Mississippi.

February 8, 1895

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

Asylum lot, Miss.

Sale authorized.
That the Board of commissioners of the Soldiers’ Home be, and they are hereby, authorized to sell the property belonging to the Soldiers’ Home situated on Pascagoula Bay, Mississippi, and known as the “Asylum lot,”
Sec. 2. That said property shall be sold on the premises, and to the

Auction sale.

 highest and best bidder, on a day to be fixed by the Board of commissioners, after they shall have advertised the rime, terms, and place of sale for thirty days in two or more papers published in the vicinity of the property: Provided, That the Commissioners shall be, and hereby

Proviso.

Withdrawal from sale, etc.

 are, authorized to withdraw said property, after it shall have been offered, on the day of sale, if a satisfactory bid shall not be received, and to readvertise from time to time as maybe necessary said property for sale as above designated should there be a failure of sale from any cause.
Sec. 3. That the said Board of Commissioners shall sell said property

Terms of sale

 for cash in hand, and that an immediate payment of five hundred dollars shall be made by the purchaser at said sale, to be deducted from the cash payment to be made by him on delivery of the deed, from which sum all the expenses of the sale shall be deducted in case said purchaser fails to comply with the full terms of the sale within thirty days from its date, the balance, if any, to be returned to the person making such payment: and when the purchase money shall

Deed.

 have been paid to said Board of Commissioners they are directed to make to the purchaser a deed of conveyance for said property; and when said deed shall have been made and properly acknowledged the United States shall be divested of the title to said property, and the purchaser shall be invested with the full title to the same.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
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CHAP. 64.—
An Act To regulate navigation on the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters.

February 8, 1895

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

Great Lakes, etc.

Rules to prevent collisions.

Vol. 26, p, 320.
That the following rules for preventing collisions shall be followed in the navigation of all public and private vessels of the United States upon the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal.
Steam and Sail Vessels.

Steam and sail vessels.

 Rule 1. Every steam vessel which is under sail and not under steam,

Definitions.

 shall be considered a sail vessel; and every steam vessel which is under steam, whether under sail or not, shall be considered a steam vessel. The word steam vessel shall include any vessel propelled by machinery. A vessel is under way within the meaning of these rules when she is not at anchor or made fast to the shore or aground. Lights.

Lights.

 Rule 2. The lights mentioned in the following rules and no others

Time required.

shall be carried in all weathers from sunset to sunrise. The word visible in these rules when applied to lights shall mean visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere. Rule 3. Except in the eases hereinafter expressly provided for, a

Steam vessels.

 steam vessel when under way shall carry: (a) On or in front of the foremast, or if a vessel without a foremast,

Forward light.

 then in the forepart of the vessel, at a height above the hull of not less 646FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 64. 1895. than twenty feet, and if the beam of the vessel exceeds twenty feet, then at a height above the hull not less than such beam, so, however, that such height need not exceed forty feet, a bright white light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles. (b) On the starboard side, a green light, so constructed as to throw

Starboard.

 an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles. (c) On the port side, a red light, so constructed as to show an

Port.

 unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles. (d) The said green and red lights shall be fitted with inboard screens

Screens.

 projecting at least three feet forward from the light, so as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow. (e) A steamer of over one hundred and fifty feet register length shall

Additional for large vessels.

 also carry when under way an additional bright light similar in construction to that mentioned in subdivision (a), so fixed as to throw the light all around the horizon and of such character as to be visible at a distance of at least three miles, Such additional light shall be placed in line with the keel at least fifteen feet higher from the deck and more than seventy-five feet abaft the light mentioned in subdivision (a). vessels towing.

Vessel a towing.

 Rule 4. A steam vessel having a tow other than a raft shall in

Steam vessels without raft.

 addition to the forward bright light mentioned in subdivision (a) of rule three carry in a vertical line not less than six feet above or below that light a second bright light of the same construction and character and fixed and carried in the same manner as the forward bright light mentioned in said subdivision (a) of ride three. Such steamer shall also carry a small bright light abaft the funnel or after mast for (he tow to steer by, but such light shall not be visible forward of the beam. Rule 5. A steam vessel having a raft in tow shall, instead of the

With raft.

 forward lights mentioned in rule four, carry on or in front of the foremast, or if a vessel without a foremast then in the fore part of the vessel, at a height above the hull of not less than twenty feet, and if the beam of the vessel exceeds twenty feet, then at a height above the hull not less than such beam, so however that such height need not exceed forty feet, two bright lights in a horizontal line athwartships and not less than eight feet apart, each so fixed as to throw the light all around the, horizon and of such character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles. Such steamer shall also carry the small bright steering light aft, of the character and fixed as required in rule four. Rule 6.

A sailing vessel under way and any vessel being towed

Sailing and vessels in tow.

shall carry the side lights mentioned in rule three.

A vessel in tow shall also carry a small bright light aft, but such light shall not be visible forward of the beam.

 Rule 7. The lights for tugs under thirty tons register whose principal

Rules to be made for tugs, etc.

 business is harbor towing, and for boats navigating only on the River Saint Lawrence, also ferryboats, rafts, and canal boats, shall be regulated by rules which have been or may hereafter be prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. Rule 8. Whenever, as in the case of small vessels under way during

Small vessels may use portable lights.

bad weather, the green and red side lights can not be fixed, these lights shall be kept at hand lighted and ready for use, and shall, on the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 64. 1895.647 approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side, nor the red light 011 the starboard side, nor, if practicable, more than two points abaft the beam on their respective sides. To make the use of these portable lights more certain and easy, they shall each be painted outside with the color of the light they respectively contain, and shall be provided with suitable screens. Rule 9.

A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet register length,

Vessels at anchor.

when at anchor, shall carry forward, where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light in a lantern constructed so as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light, visible all around the horizon, at a distance of at least one mile.

A vessel of one hundred and fifty feet or upward in register length,

Large vessels.

when at anchor, shall carry in the forward part of the vessel, at a height of not less than twenty and not exceeding forty feet above the hull, one such light, and at or near the stern of the vessel, and at such a height that it shall be not less than fifteen feet lower than the forward light, another such light.

 Rule 10.Produce boats, canal boats, fishing boats, rafts, or other

Produce, canal, etc., boats.

 water craft navigating any bay, harbor, or river by hand power, horse power, sail, or by the current of the river, or which shall be anchored or moored in or near the channel or fairway of any bay, harbor, or river, and not otherwise provided for in these rules, shall carry one or more good white lights, which shall be placed in such manner as shall be prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels. Rule 11. Open boats shall not be obliged to carry the side lights

Open boats may use lantern with slides.

 required for other vessels, but shall, if they do not carry such lights, curry a lantern having a green slide on one side and a red slide on the other side; and on the approach of or to other vessels, such lantern shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, and in such a manner that the green light shall not be seen on the port side, nor the red lighten the starboard side. Open boats, when at anchor or stationary, shall exhibit a bright white light. They shall not, however, be prevented from using a flareup in addition if considered expedient. Rule 12. Sailing vessels shall at all times, on the approach of any

Use of torch.

 steamer during the nighttime, show a lighted torch upon that point or quarter to which such steamer shall be approaching. Rule 13. The exhibition of any light on board of a vessel of war or

Government vessels.

 revenue cutter of the United States may be suspended whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Navy, the commander in chief of a squadron, or the commander of a vessel acting singly, the special character of the service may require it. fog signals.

Fog signals.

 Rule 14.

A steam vessel shall be provided with an efficient whistle,

Steam vessels.

sounded by steam or by some substitute for steam, placed before the funnel not less than eight feet from the deck, or in such other place as the local inspectors of steam vessels shall determine, and of such character as to be heard in ordinary weather at a distance of at least two miles, and with an efficient bell, and it is hereby made the duty of the United States local inspectors of steam “vessels when inspecting the same to require each steamer to be furnished with such whistle and bell. A sailing vessel shall be provided with an efficient fog horn and

Sailing vessels.

 with an efficient bell.

Whenever there is thick weather by reason of fog, mist, falling snow,

Signals.

heavy rainstorms, or other causes, whether by day or by night, fog signals shall be used as follows:

 (a) A steam vessel under way, excepting only a steam vessel with

Steam vessels.

 raft in tow, shall sound at intervals of not more than one minute three distinct blasts of her whistle. 648FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 64. 1895. (b) Every vessel in tow of another vessel shall, at intervals of one

Vessels in tow.

 minute, sound four bells on a good and efficient and properly placed bell as follows: By striking the bell twice in quick succession, followed by a little longer interval, and then again striking twice in quick succession (in the manner in which four bells is struck in indicating time). (c) A steamer with a raft in tow shall sound at intervals of not more

Steamer with raft

 than one minute a screeching or Modoc whistle for from three to five seconds. (d) A sailing vessel under way and not in tow shall sound at intervals

Sailing vessels.

 of not more than one minute— If on the starboard tack with wind forward of abeam, one blast of her fog horn; If on the port tack with wind forward of the beam, two blasts of her fog horn; If she has the wind abaft the beam on either side, three blasts of her fog horn. (e) Any vessel at anchor and any vessel aground in or near a channel

Vessels at anchor.

 or fairway shall at intervals of not more than two minutes ring the bell rapidly for three to five seconds. (f) Vessels of less than ten tons registered tonnage, not being steam

Small vessels.

 vessels, shall not be obliged to give the above-mentioned signals, but if they do not they shall make some other efficient sound signal at intervals of not more than one minute. (g) Produce boats, fishing boats, rafts, or other water craft navigating

Produce, fishing, etc., boats.

 by hand power or by the current of the river, or anchored or moored in or near the channel or fairway and not in any port, and not otherwise provided for in these rules, shall sound a fog born, or equivalent signal, at intervals of not more than one minute. Rule 15. Every vessel shall, in thick weather, by reason of fog, mist,

Reduced speed in thick weather.

 falling snow, heavy rain storms, or other causes, go at moderate speed. A steam vessel hearing, apparently not more than four points from right ahead, the fog signal of another vessel shall at once reduce her speed to bare steerageway, and navigate with caution until the vessels shall have passed each other. Steering and Sailing Rules.

Steering and sailing.

Sailing vessels.

 Rule 16. When two sailing vessels are approaching one another so

Course.

 as to involve risk of collision one of them shall keep out of the way of the oilier, as follows, namely: (a) A vessel which is running free shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is closehauled. (b) A vessel which is closehauled on the port tack shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is closehauled on the starboard tack. (c) When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other. (d) When they are running free, with the wind on the same side, the vessel which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the vessel which is to leeward. steam vessels.

Steam vessels.

 Rule 17. When two steam vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end

Course.

Meeting.

 on, so as to involve risk of collision each shall alter her course to starboard, so that each shall pass on the port side of the other. Rule 18. When two steam vessels are crossing so as to involve risk

Crossing.

 of collision the vessel which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the other. Rule 19. When a steam vessel and a sailing vessel are proceeding

Meeting sailing vessels.

 in such directions as to involve risk of collision the steam vessel shall keep out of the way of the sailing vessel. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 64. 1895.649 Rule 20. Where, by any of the rules herein prescribed, one of two

Keeping course.

vessels shall keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course and speed. Rule 21. Every steam vessel which is directed by these rules to keep

Approaching.

 out of the way of another vessel shall, on approaching her, if necessary, slacken her speed or stop or reverse. Rule 22. Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules every

Overtaking.

 vessel overtaking any other shall keep out of the way of the overtaken vessel. Rule 23. In all weathers every steam vessel under way in taking any

Whistle signals.

 course authorized or required by these rules shall indicate that course by the following signals on her whistle, to be accompanied whenever required by corresponding alteration of her helm; and every steam vessel receiving a signal from another shall promptly respond with the same signal or, as provided in Rule Twenty-six: One blast to mean, “I am directing my course to starboard.”

One blast.

 Two blasts to mean, “I am directing my course to port.” But the

Two blasts.

 giving or answering signals by a vessel required to keep her course shall not vary the duties and obligations of the respective vessels. Rule 24. That in all narrow channels where there is a current, and

Steamers meeting in currents and rivers.

 in the rivers Saint Mary, Saint Clair, Detroit, Niagara, and Saint Lawrence, when two steamers are meeting, the descending steamer shall have the right of way, and shall, before the vessels shall have arrived within the distance of one-half mile of each other, give the signal necessary to indicate which side she elects to take. Rule 25. In all channels less than five hundred feet in width, no

Passing in narrow channels forbidden.

 steam vessel shall pass another going in the same direction unless the steam vessel ahead be disabled or signify her willingness that the steam vessel astern shall pass, when the steam vessel astern may pass, subject, however, to the other rules applicable to such a situation. And when steam vessels proceeding in opposite directions are about to meet

Meeting.

 in such channels, both such vessels shall be slowed down to a moderate speed, according to the circumstances. Rule 26. If the pilot of a steam vessel to which a passing signal is

Refusal to pass.

 sounded deems it unsafe to accept and assent to said signal, he shall not sound a cross signal; but in that case, and in every case where the pilot of one steamer fails to understand the course or intention of an approaching steamer, whether from signals being given or answered erroneously, or from other causes, the pilot of such steamer so receiving the first passing signal, or the pilot so in doubt, shall sound several short and rapid blasts of the whistle; and if the vessels shall have approached within half a mile of each other both shall reduce their speed to bare steerageway, and, if necessary, stop and reverse. Rule 27. In obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be

Danger to be avoided.

 had to all dangers of navigation and collision and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger. Rule 28. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any vessel, or the

Liability for neglect, etc.

 owner or master or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of a neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
Sec. 2. That, a fine, not exceeding two hundred dollars, may be

Penalty for violations.

 imposed for the violation of any of the provisions of this Act. The vessel shall be liable for the said penalty, and may be seized and proceeded against, by way of libel, in the district court of the United States for any district within which such vessel maybe found.
Sec. 3.

That the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States shall

Regulations.

have authority to establish all necessary regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, required to carry the same into effect.

The Board of Supervising Inspectors of the United States shall have authority to establish such regulations to be observed by all steam 650FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 64, 78, 79. 1895. vessels in passing each other, not inconsistent with the provisions of

Steam vessels passing.

this Act, as they shall from time to time deem necessary; and all regulations adopted by the said Hoard of Supervising Inspectors under the authority of this Act, when approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall have the force of law. Two printed copies of any such regulations for passing, signed by them, shall be furnished to each steam vessel, and shall at all times be kept posted up in conspicuous places on board.
Sec. 4. That all laws or parts of laws, so far as applicable to the

Repeal.

 navigation of the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal, inconsistent with the foregoing rules are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. That this Act shall take effect on and after March first,

Effect.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
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CHAP. 78.—
An Act For the immediate relief of the Buttering poor of the District of Columbia.

February 9, 1895

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

District of Columbia.

Appropriation for relief of the poor.
That there is hereby appropriated the sum of ten thousand dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the immediate relief of the suffering poor of the District of Columbia, to be disbursed under the direction of the Commissioners of said District, by the organized charities of said District, one-half of said sum to be charged to said District.
Approved, February 9, 1895.
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CHAP. 79.—
An Act Changing the name of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

February 11, 1895

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

District of Columbia.

Georgetown to be a part of Washington.
That from and after the passage of this act all that part of the District of Columbia embraced within the bounds and now constituting the city of Georgetown, as referred to in said acts of February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy four, shall no longer be known by the name and title in law of the city of Georgetown, but the same shall be known as and shall constitute a part of

Laws extended.

the city of Washington, the Federal Capital; and all general laws, ordinances, and regulations of the city of Washington be, and the same are hereby, extended and made applicable to that part of the District of Columbia formerly known as the city of Georgetown; and all

Corporation laws, etc., repealed.

general laws, regulations, and ordinances of the city of Georgetown be, and the same are hereby, repealed; that the title and existence of said Georgetown as a separate and independent city by law is hereby abolished, and that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, directed to cause the nomenclature of the streets and avenues of Georgetown to conform to those of Washington so far as

Renumbering squares.

practicable. And the said Commissioners are also directed to have the squares in Georgetown renumbered, so that no square shall hereafter bear a like number to any square in the city of Washington: Provided,

Proviso.

Port of entry.

That nothing in this Act shall operate to affect or repeal existing law making Georgetown a port of entry, except as to its name.
Approved, February 11, 1895.
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CHAP. 80.—
An Act To establish a national military park at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

February 11, 1895

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

Gettysburg National Park.
That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to receive from the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, a corporation chartered by the State of Pennsylvania, a

Acceptance of land from Battlefield Memorial Association.

 deed of conveyance to the United States of all the lands belonging to said association, embracing about eight hundred acres, more or less, and being a considerable part of the battlefield of Gettysburg, together with all rights of way over avenues through said lands acquired by said association, and all improvements made by it in and upon the same. Upon the due execution and delivery to the Secretary of War of such deed of conveyance, the Secretary of War is authorized to pay to the said Battlefield Memorial Association the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to discharge the debts of said association, the amount of such debts to be verified by the officers thereof, and the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated

Appropriation.

 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to meet and defray such charges.
Sec. 2. That as soon as the lands aforesaid shall be conveyed to the

Secretary of War to take possession, etc.

 United States the Secretary of War shall take possession of the same, and such other lands on the battlefield as the United States have acquired, or shall hereafter acquire, by purchase or condemnation proceedings; and the lands aforesaid, shall be designated and known as

Designation.

 the “Gettysburg National Park.”
Sec. 3. That the Gettysburg national park shall, subject to the supervision

Commissioners to be appointed.

 and direction of the Secretary of War, be in charge of the commissioners heretofore appointed by the Secretary of War for the location and acquisition of lands at Gettysburg, and their successors; the said commissioners shall have their office at Gettysburg, and while on duty shall be paid such compensation out of the appropriation provided

Compensation.

 in this Act as the Secretary of War shall deem reasonable and just. And it shall be the duty of the said commissioners, under the

Duty.

 direction of the Secretary of War, to superintend the opening of such additional roads as may be necessary for the purposes of the park and for the improvement of the avenues heretofore laid out therein, and to properly mark the boundaries of the said park, and to ascertain and definitely mark the lines of battle of all troops engaged in the battle of Gettysburg, so far as the same shall fall within the limits of the park.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed

Acquiring additional land, etc.

 to acquire, at such times and in such manner as he may deem best calculated to serve the public interest, such lands in the vicinity of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, not exceeding in area the parcels shown on the map prepared by Major-General Daniel E. Sickles, United States Army, and now on file in the office of the Secretary of War, which were occupied by the infantry, cavalry and artillery on the first, second and third days of duly, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and such other adjacent lands as he may deem necessary to preserve the important topographical features of the battlefield: Provided, That nothing contained

Proviso.

Rights not prejudiced.

 in this Act shall be deemed and held to prejudice the rights acquired by any State or by any military organization to the ground on which its monuments or markers are placed, nor the right of way to the same.
Sec. 5. That for the purpose of acquiring the lands designated and

Commissioners to acquire lands designated.

 described in the foregoing section not already acquired and owned by the United States, and such other adjacent land as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of War for the preservation and marking of the lines of battle of the Union and Confederate armies at Gettysburg, the Secretary of War is authorized to employ the services of the commissioners heretofore appointed by him for the location, who shall proceed, in conformity with his instructions and subject in all things to his approval, to acquire such lands by purchase, or by condemnation 652FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 80. 1895. proceedings, to be taken by the Attorney-General in behalf of the United States, in any case in which it shall be ascertained that the same can not be purchased at prices deemed reasonable and just by the said commissioners and approved by the Secretary of War. And such

Condom nation proceedings.

Vol. 25. p. 357.

condemnation proceedings may be taken pursuant to the Act of Congress approved August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, regulating the condemnation of land for public uses, or the Joint Resolution authorizing the purchase or condemnation of land in the vicinity of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, approved Juno fifth, eighteen hundred

Ante, p. 584.

and ninety-four.
Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of War to establish

Regulations, etc.

 and enforce proper regulations for the custody, preservation, and care of the monuments now erected or which may be hereafter erected within the limits of the said national military park; and such rules shall provide for convenient access by visitors to all such monuments within the park, and the ground included therein, on such days and within such hours as may be designated and authorized by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 7. That if any person shall destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or

Penalty for destroying columns, etc.

 remove, except by permission of the Secretary of War, any column, statue, memorial structure, or work of art that shall be erected or placed upon the grounds of the park by lawful authority, or shall destroy or remove any fence, railing, inclosure, or other work for the protection or ornament of said park or any portion thereof, or shall destroy, cut, hack, bark, break down, or otherwise injure any tree, bush, or shrubbery that may be growing upon said park, or shall cut down or fell or remove any timber, battle relic, tree or trees, growing or being upon said park, or hunt within the limits of the park, or shall remove or destroy any breastworks, earthworks, walls, or other defenses or shelter or any part thereof constructed by the armies formerly engaged in the battles on the land or approaches to the park, or shall violate any regulation made and published by the Secretary of War for the government of visitors within the limits of said park, any person so offending and found guilty thereof, before any justice of the peace of the county in which the offense may be committed, shall, for each and every such offense, forfeit and pay a fine, in the discretion of the justice, according to the aggravation of the offense, of not less than five nor more than five hundred dollars, one-half for the use of the park and the other half to the informer, to be enforced and recovered before such justice in like manner as debts of like nature are now by law recoverable in the county where the offense may be committed.
Sec. 8.

That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed

Bronze tablet containing Lincoln’s address, etc.

to cause to be made a suitable bronze tablet, containing on it the address delivered by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, at Gettysburg on the nineteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, on the occasion of the dedication of the national cemetery at that place, and such tablet, having on it besides the address a

Medallion.

medallion likeness of President Lincoln, shall be erected on the most suitable site within the limits of said park, which said address was in the following words, to wit:

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this

Inscription.

continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

“Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure, We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

“But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 80, 81. 1895.653 detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here; but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us; that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

And the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be

Appropriation for tablet and medallion.

necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the cost of said tablet and medallion and pedestal.
Sec. 9. That, to enable the Secretary of War to carry out the purposes

Appropriation for expenses, etc.

 of this Act, including the purchase or condemnation of the land described in sections four and five of this Act, opening, improving, and repairing necessary roads and avenues, providing surveys and maps, suitably marking the boundaries of the park, and for the pay and expenses of the commissioners and their assistants, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated; and all disbursements made under this Act shall require the approval of the Secretary of War, who shall make annual report of the same to Congress.
Approved, February 11, 1895.
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CHAP. 81.—
An Act Granting right of way to the Forest City and Sioux City Railroad Company through the Sioux Indian Reservation.

February 12, 1895

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

Forest City and Sioux City Railroad Company granted right of way. Sioux Indian Reservation, S. Dak.
That the right of way is hereby granted, as hereinafter set forth, to the Forest City and Sioux City Railroad Company, a corporation duly organized under the general incorporation laws of the Territory of Dakota, its successors or assigns, for the construction, operation, and maintenance of its railroad through the lands set apart for the use of the Sioux Indians and commonly known as the Sioux Indian Reservation, beginning at a point on the

Location.

 west bank of the Missouri River in Dewey County, South Dakota, opposite Forest City, Potter County, South Dakota, running thence by the most practicable route in a southwesterly course between the Cheyenne and Moreau rivers to the city of Deadwood or Rapid City, South Dakota: Provided, That no part of the lands herein granted

Proviso.

Reversion, etc.

 shall be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as are necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad line, and when any portion thereof shall cease to be used by said railway company such portion shall revert to the tribe of Indians from which the same shall be taken.
Sec. 2. That the right of way hereby granted to said company shall

Width, etc.

 be fifty feet in width on each side of the central line of said railroad as aforesaid: and said company shall also have the right to take from said lands adjacent to the line of said road material, stone, earth, and timber necessary for the construction of said railroad; also ground adjacent to such right of way for station buildings, depots, machine

Stations, etc.

 shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations, not to exceed in amount two hundred feet in width and three thousand feet in length for each station, to the extent of one station for each ten miles of its road. That whenever said right of way is on land opened for settlement

Use of public lands.

and belonging to the Government said company shall be granted said right of way, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 654FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 81–83. 1895. March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled “An Act

Vol. 18 p. 482.

 granting to railroads the right of way through the public lands of the United States.” except that said right of way shall be granted to the extent hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to

Damages, etc., to Indians.

 fix the amount of compensation to be paid the Indians for such right of way, and provide the time and manner for the payment thereof, and also to ascertain and fix the amount of compensation to be made individual members of the tribe for damages sustained by them by reason of the construction of said road; but no right of any kind shall vest in said railway company in or to any part of the right of way herein

Consent, etc., of Indians.

provided for until the consent of such Indians as are entitled to such compensation shall be obtained thereto in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct, and until plats thereof, made upon actual survey for the definite location of such railroad, and including the points for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations, shall be filed with and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and until the compensation aforesaid has been

Surveys, etc.

fixed and paid; and the surveys, construction, and operation of such railroad shall be conducted with due regard for the rights of the Indians and in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may make to carry out this provision.
Sec. 4. That said company shall not assign or transfer or mortgage

Assignment, etc.

 this right of way for any purpose whatever until said road shall be

Provisos.

Mortgage.

completed: Provided, That the company may mortgage said franchise, together with the rolling stock, for money to construct and complete

Construction.

said road: And provided further, That the right granted herein shall be lost and forfeited by said company unless the road is constructed and in running order within three years from the passage of this Act.
Sec. 5. That Congress shall have at all times power to alter, amend,

Amendment, etc.

 or repeal this Act and revoke all rights hereunder.
Approved, February 12, 1895.
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CHAP. 82.—
An Act To sell certain lands in Montgomery County, Arkansas, to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

February 12, 1895

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

Public lands.

Sale for church camp round, Montgomery bounty, Ark.
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to sell the east half of the northwest quarter of section two, township three south, of range twenty-six west, in Montgomery County, Arkansas, if there be found no adverse claim to the same, to T. B. Vaught, B. M. Rowton, W. C. Warner, C. J. Watkins, I. T. Black, B. F. Leonard, and T. I. Bell, as trustees for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, for the use by said church as a church camp ground, for the price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre and to patent the same to them and their successors upon the payment of the purchase money.
Approved, February 12, 1895.
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CHAP. 83.—
An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes.

February 12, 1895

. 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-six: FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 83. 1895.655 for pay of officers of the line.

Pay.

For pay of officers of the line, two million seven hundred and fifty

Line officers.

thousand dollars.

For pay of officers for length of service, to be paid with their current

Longevity.

monthly pay, seven hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

 for pay of enlisted men.

For pay proper of enlisted men of all grades, four million one hundred

Enlisted men.

and seventy thousand dollars.

For pay of Hospital Corps, two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.

Hospital Corps.

For service pay of enlisted men, including Hospital Corps, by reason

Service pay.

of length of service, in addition to their monthly pay, and payable therewith, four hundred and forty thousand dollars. And so much of

Retained pay abolished.

Vol. 26, p. 157.

 the Act approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, as provides that four dollars per month shall be retained from the pay of enlisted men is hereby repealed.

For clerks and messengers at the Headquarters of the Army and at

Clerks and messengers at headquarters, etc.

the several department headquarters; at the recruiting headquarters and rendezvous; at the Military Academy at West Point; at the Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia; at the Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and at the Cavalry and Light Artillery School at Fort Riley, Kansas, not exceeding ninety clerks, at one thousand dollars each: twenty-five clerks, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; ten clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, and forty-five messengers at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, one hundred and sixty-one thousand tune hundred dollars; and said clerks and messengers shall be employed and apportioned to the

Apportionment.

 several headquarters and stations by the Secretary of War.

 for pay of the general staff.

General staff.

Adjutant-General’s Department: For pay of officers in the Adjutant-General’s

Adjutant-General’s Department.

Department, as now authorized and provided by law, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars.

For additional pay to sued officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, fifteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; in all, sixty-eight thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.

Inspector-General’s Department: For pay of officers in the Inspector-General’s

Inspector-General’s Department.

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, seven thousand and fifty dollars; in all, thirty thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.

The Corps of Engineers: For pay of 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-one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars; in all, three hundred and eleven thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.

Pay Department: For pay of officers in the Pay Department, as now

Pay Department.

authorized and provided by law, eighty-four thousand dollars;

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, twenty-five thousand two hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and nine thousand two hundred dollars: Provided, That there shall be no appointment of major in the Pay

Proviso.

Majors reduced to 20.

 Department until the number of officers in that grade shall be reduced below twenty, and thereafter the number of such officers in that grade shall be fixed at twenty.

656FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 83. 1895.

Judge-Advocate-General’s Department: For pay of the officers in

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, eight thousand one hundred dollars; in all, thirty-five thou sand one hundred dollars.

Ordnance Department: For pay of officers in the Ordnance Department,

Ordnance Department.

as now authorized and provided by law, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand nine hundred dollars;

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, thirty-eight thousand three hundred and seventy dollars; in all, one hundred and sixty-six thousand two hundred and seventy 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 thousand five hundred dollars;

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, forty-two thousand one hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one hundred and eighty-two thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.

Subsistence Department: For pay of officers in the Subsistence

Subsistence Department.

Department, as now authorized and provided by law, seventy-seven thousand five, hundred dollars;

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, twenty-three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one hundred thousand seven hundred and fifty

Proviso.

Number of captains reduced to eight.

dollars: Provided, That there shall be no appointment of commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain until the number of such officers in that grade shall be reduced below eight, and thereafter the number of such officers in that grade shall be fixed at eight.

Medical Department: For pay of officers in the Medical Department,

Medical Department.

as now authorized and provided by law, three hundred and eighty-eight 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 sixteen thousand four hundred and ninety dollars: in all five hundred and four thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars.

Signal Corps: For pay of the officers of the Signal Corps, as now

Signal Corps.

authorized and provided by law, twenty-three thousand two hundred dollars;

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, six thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars; in all, thirty thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.

Record and Pension Office: For pay of officer of the Record and

Record and Pension Office.

Pension Office, as now authorized and provided by law, three thousand five hundred dollars;

For additional pay to such officer for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with his current monthly pay, one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand five hundred 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 and seventy-five thousand dollars;

For additional pay to such officers for length of service, to be paid

Longevity.

with their current monthly pay, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, one million four hundred thousand dollars.

 retired enlisted men. For pay of the enlisted men of the Army on the retired list, three

Unlisted men.

 hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 83. 1895.657 miscellaneous.

For pay of not exceeding one hundred hospital matrons, twelve thousand

Hospital matrons, veterinary surgeons.

dollars; for pay of not exceeding fourteen veterinary surgeons, thirteen thousand dollars; in all, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For pay of not exceeding thirty-five paymasters’ clerks at one thousand

Paymasters’ clerks, messengers, etc.

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 thousand dollars.

For compensation of reporters and witnesses attending upon courts-martial

Courts-martial, etc.

and courts of inquiry, six thousand one hundred and forty-eight dollars and nine 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, two

Expert accountant.

thousand five hundred dollars.

For commutation of quarters to commissioned officers on duty without

Commutation of quarters, officers.

troops, at stations where there are no public quarters, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

For pay of a clerk attendant on the collection and classification of

Military information from abroad.

military information from abroad, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For allowance for travel, retained and detained pay, clothing not

Allowances, etc., enlisted men.

drawn, and for interest on deposits, payable to enlisted men on discharge, seven hundred and ninety thousand dollars.

That upon the transfer and conveyance to the United States of a good

Spokane, Wash.

Military post to be established.

and sufficient title to not less than one thousand acres of land without cost to the United States, situated at or near the city of Spokane, in the county of Spokane, in the State of Washington, and on or near a railroad, and constituting an eligible and suitable site for an army post, if approved and accepted by the Secretary of War for that purpose, then and thereupon the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to establish and locate on said land a United States army post of such character and capacity as the Secretary of War shall direct and approve.

For mileage to officers when traveling on duty without troops, when

Mileage to officers.

authorized by law, not to exceed one hundred and forty thousand dollars, to be allotted by the Secretary of War to the War Department

Allotment.

 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 hereafter the maximum sum to be

Provisos.

Maximum allowance.

 allowed and paid to any officer of the Army 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 so

On bond-aided, etc., roads.

 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, and the Secretary of War shall so apportion this sum as to prevent a deficiency therein.

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 thousand six hundred and eighteen dollars and nine cents.

658FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 83. 1895.

All the money hereinbefore appropriated except the appropriation

Accounting.

“for mileage to officers when traveling on duty without troops when authorized by law” shall be disbursed and accounted for by the Pay Department as pay of the Army, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund.

 subsistence department.

Subsistence Department.

Subsistence of the Army: Purchase of subsistence supplies: For

Supplies.

issue, as rations to troops, 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 nine million eight hundred and seventy-one thousand and twenty rations; for sales to officers and enlisted men of the Army; for authorized issues of candles; for matches for lighting public fires and lights at posts and stations and in the field; for 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 meals for recruiting parties and recruits; for hot coffee, canned beef, and baked beans for troops traveling, when it is

Army cook book.

impracticable to cook their rations; for a new edition of the Manual for Army Cooks; for scales, weights, measures, 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

Extra-duty pay.

Quartermaster’s Department); for extra pay to enlisted men employed on extra duty in the Subsistence Department for periods of 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 the payment of

Commutation of rations.

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 men 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 department and Army rifle competitions while traveling to and from places of contest, for Hour used for paste in target practice, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary

Amount.

of War; in all, one million six hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And not more than one hundred thousand dollars thereof shall be applied

Civilian employees.

Exceptional supplies.

to the payment of civilian employees of the Subsistence Department. And hereafter exceptional articles of subsistence stores for officers and enlisted men, which are to be paid for by them, regardless of condition upon arrival at posts, may, under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War, be obtained by open purchase without advertising.

Maintenance and support of the Apache Indian prisoners of war,

Apache Indian prisoners.

Support, etc.

removed from Mount Vernon Barracks, Alabama, to military reservations in compliance with the provisions of the Army Act, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for the purposes of the erection of buildings, purchase of draft animals, stock, necessary farming tools, seeds, household utensils, and all other necessary articles absolutely needed for their support and civilization, in addition to the sums herein appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, ten thousand dollars.

 quartermaster’s department.

Quartermaster’s Department.

Regular supplies: Regular supplies of the Quartermaster’s Department,

Regular supplies.

consisting of stoves and heating apparatus, and repair and maintenance of the same; for heating offices, hospitals, and barracks and FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 83. 1895.659 quarters, including recruiting stations; of ranges and stoves, and appliances for cooking and serving food; of fuel and lights for enlisted men, including recruits, guards, hospitals, storehouses, and offices, and for sale to officers; for post bakeries; for the necessary furniture, textbooks, paper, and equipments for the post schools and libraries; for the table ware and mess furniture for kitchens and mess halls, each and all for the enlisted men, including recruits; of forage in kind for the

Forage, etc.

 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, and for the horses of the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of artillery, and such companies of infantry and scouts as may be mounted, and for the authorized number of officers’ horses, including bedding for the animals; of straw for soldiers’ bedding, and of stationery, including blank books for the Quartermaster’s Department; certificates for discharged soldiers, blank forms for the Pay and (Quartermaster’s Department, and for printing department orders and reports, two million three hundred thousand dollars: Provided,

Amount.

 That hereafter no part of the appropriations for the (Quartermaster’s

Provisos.

Printing.

 Department 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: Provided further, That after advertisement all the supplies

Purchases.

 for the use of the various departments and posts of the Army and of all branches of the Army service shall, hereafter, be purchased where the same can be purchased the cheapest, quality, cost of transportation, and the interests of the Government considered, except that purchases may be made in open market, in the manner common among business

In open market.

 men, when the aggregate amount required does not exceed two hundred dollars, but every such purchase shall be immediately reported to the Secretary of War.

Incidental expenses: Postage; cost of telegrams on official business

Incidental expenses.

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 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, and incidental expenses of recruiting; for the apprehension, securing, and delivering of deserters, and the expenses incident to their pursuit, and no greater sum than ten dollars for each deserter shall be paid to any officer or citizen for such services and expenses; and for the following expenditures required for the several regiments of cavalry, the batteries of light artillery, and such companies of infantry and scouts as may be mounted, the authorized number of officers’ horses, and for the trains, to wit, hire of veterinary surgeons, purchase of medicines 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 movements and operation of the Army, and at military posts, and not expressly assigned to any other department six hundred thousand

Amount.

 dollars: Provided, That two hundred thousand dollars of the appropriation

Proviso.

Extra-duty pay.

 for incidental expenses, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be set aside for the payment of enlisted men on extra, duty 660FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 83. 1895. 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 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 in field campaigns as may be required to be mounted, and the expenses

Proviso.

Limit.

incident thereto, eighty thousand dollars: Provided, That the number of horses purchased 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.

 transportation of the army and its supplies.

Transportation of the Army, including baggage of the troops when

Transportation.

moving either by land or water, and including also the transportation of recruits and recruiting parties heretofore paid from the appropriation for “Expenses of recruiting;” 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 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 the 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 to land-grant railroads.

payment of army transportation lawfully due such 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

Maximum.

such land-grant Acts), but in no case shall more than fifty per centum of

Amount.

the full amount of service be paid, two million four hundred and fifty

Provisos.

Rates.

thousand dollars: Provided, That such 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

Land-grant roads not bond-aided to receive 50 per cent.

all demands for such service: Provided farther, 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 charge 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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 83. 1895.661 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 troops, storehouses

Barracks and quarters.

for the safekeeping of military stores, for offices, recruiting stations, 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 posts, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and one hundred thousand dollars of which sum shall be

Columbus barracks.

 immediately available for improvements, barracks, officers’ quarters, and other buildings at Columbus barracks: Provided, That no more

Proviso.

Civilian employees.

 than one million 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, camp and garrison equipage; that no employee paid therefrom shall receive as salary more that one hundred

Salaries, etc.

 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.

Construction and repairs of hospitals: For construction and repairs

Hospitals.

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, forty-five 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 same, seven thousand dollars.

For shelter, shooting galleries, ranges for small arms target practice,

Shooting ranges, etc.

repairs and expenses incident thereto, ten 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 one hundred 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

Supplies, etc.

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, Arkansas, advertising, and other miscellaneous

Hot Springs, Ark.

 expenses of the Medical Department, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars; and not over forty thousand dollars of the money appropriated by this paragraph shall be applied to the payment of civilian

Civilian employees.

 employees of the Medical Department.

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For the purchase of needful material to be used in the art of teaching

Cookery teaching.

cookery to the enlisted men in the two companies 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,

Library.

five thousand dollars; for the library of the Surgeon-General’s Office, eight thousand dollars; in all thirteen 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 the purchase of materials for the instruction of engineer troops

Materials.

at Willets Point in their special duties as sappers and miners, for land and submarine mines, and pontoniers, torpedo drill, and signaling, five hundred dollars.

For purchase and repair of instruments tube issued to officers of

Instruments.

the Corps of Engineers, and to officers detailed and on duty as acting engineer officers for use on public works and surveys, two 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 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, one hundred thousand dollars.

For manufacture of metallic ammunition for small arms and ammunition

Ammunition for small arms.

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 eighty 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, ten thousand dollars.

For the purchase and manufacture of ordnance stores to fill requisitions

Ordnance stores.

Vol. 24, p. 401.

of troops, and for issue to the militia under the Act of February first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.

For infantry, cavalry, and artillery equipments, including horse

Equipments.

equipments for cavalry and artillery, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars.

Overhauling, cleaning, and preserving ordnance stores on hand at the

Preserving, etc., ordnance stores.

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 mechanical

Artillery targets.

maneuvers, six thousand dollars.

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 83. 1895.663

Manufacture of arms at the National armories, four hundred thousand

Manufacture of arms, etc.

Provisos.

Magazine gun.

dollars: Provided, That 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 War: Provided further, That not more than sixty thousand dollars of the

Civilian clerks.

 money appropriated for the Ordnance Department in all its branches shall be applied to the payment of civilian clerks in said department.

 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.

 supplies and general repairs, and other expenses connected with the duty of collecting and transmitting information for the Army by telegraph or otherwise, eighteen thousand dollars. contingent expenses.

Contingent expenses.

For contingent expenses of the office of the Commanding General, in

Commanding General.

his discretion, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.

For contingent expenses at the headquarters of the several military

Headquarters, 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, and to be expended in the discretion of the several military department commanders.

For contingent expense of the military information division, Adjutant-General’s

Military information.

Office, and of the military attaches at the United States embassies and legations abroad, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, three thousand six hundred and forty dollars.
Approved, February 12, 1895.
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CHAP. 84.—
An Act To authorize the appointment of cadets to the Naval Academy.

February 12, 1895

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

Naval Academy.

Appointment of cadets from districts not represented.
That every Representative or Delegate in Congress, whose district or Territory is now not represented at the Naval Academy by a cadet who was an actual resident of such district or Territory at the time of his appointment, shall be

Post, p. 838.

 permitted and authorized to recommend a candidate for appointment as cadet at the Naval Academy of the United States, said recommendation to be made on or before the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and the Secretary of the Navy shall nominate such cadet so recommended for appointment to said Academy, subject to the qualifications now prescribed by law. Such cadets, when so appointed, shall be in addition to the cadets now allowed by law, and the sum of money appropriated by the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations

Ante, p. 187.

 fertile naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes,” approved July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is hereby made

Appropriation available.

 available, and shall be applied to carry into effect this law.
Approved, February 12, 1895.
Chapter 87: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the settlement of all outstanding claims against the District of Columbia, and conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear the same, and for other purposes, approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty. Chapter 87 28 Stat. 664 1895-02-13 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public 664FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 87, 88, 92. 1895.

CHAP. 87.—
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the settlement of all outstanding claims against the District of Columbia, and conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims to hear the same, and for other purposes, approved June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty.

February 13, 1895

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

District of Columbia.
That in the adjudication of claims brought under the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the settlement of all outstanding

Rates to be allowed in claims.

claims against the District of Columbia, and conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Claims

Vol. 21, p. 284.

to hear the same, and for other purposes,” approved the sixteenth of June, eighteen hundred and eighty (Twenty-first Statutes at Large, page two hundred and eighty-four), the Court of Claims shall allow the rates established and paid by the board of public works; and whenever said rates have not been allowed the claimant or his personal representative shall be entitled, on motion made within sixty days after the

New trial.

passage of this Act, to a new trial of such cause.
Approved, February 13, 1895.
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CHAP. 88.—
An Act To provide for the erection of a Government building at Chicago, Illinois.

February 13, 1895

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

Chicago, Ill.

Public building authorized on old site.
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be erected upon the present post-office site in the city of Chicago and State of Illinois,

Post, p. 911.

which site is bounded by Adams, Jackson, Clark, and Dearborn streets, a commodious and sufficiently fireproof building for the use of the post-office, United States courts, United States subtreasury, United States collectors, and other necessary officers of the Government; the building to be so erected as to occupy all the available area of the present site to the street lines on all sides, and the Secretary of the Treasury is

Correction, post, p. 701.

authorized to contract with the lowest and best bidder, after reasonable notice by advertisement in two or more newspapers published in

Sale, etc., of present building.

the city of Chicago, for the sale of the present building as hereinbefore described and the removal of the same from the site where it is now located, and the Secretary of the Treasury is further authorized and directed to have prepared by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department full and complete plans, specifications, and detailed drawings of the building to be erected, the said plans to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Postmaster-General, and the Secretary of I he Interior.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby further authorized

Contracts for construction authorized.

 in the specifications for the erection of said building to enter into contract for the construction of any portion thereof, and the several contracts for the different portions of said building shall be awarded, after public advertisement according to law for not less than one month, to the lowest responsible bidder or bidders. Said contracts shall be made at such times that the actual work of construction shall progress continuously and no delay be caused in the erection of the building:

Proviso.

Limit of cost.

Provided, That the entire cost of said building when completed shall not exceed the sum of four million dollars.
Approved, February 13, 1895.
Chapter 92: To amend and extend the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the opening of certain abandoned military reservations, and for other purposes,” approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Chapter 92 28 Stat. 664 1895-02-15 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 92.—
An Act To amend and extend the provisions of an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the opening of certain abandoned military reservations, and for other purposes,” approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

February 15, 1895

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

Military reservations.

Settlement of abandoned.
That the provisions of the Act approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 92, 94, 95. 1895.665 entitled “An Act to provide for the opening of certain abandoned military

Ante, p.491.

 reservations, and for other purposes,” are hereby extended to all

Vol. 23, p. 103.

 abandoned military reservations which were placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior under any law in force prior to the Act of July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.
Sec. 2. That the preference right of entry given to actual settlers by

Preferences to homestead settlers extended.

 the terms of the Act to which this is an amendment shall, so far as the lands to which the provisions, of said Act are extended, take effect and continue for six months from the date of this amendatory Act.
Approved, February 15, 1895.
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CHAP. 94.—
An Act Providing an additional circuit judge in the ninth judicial circuit.

February 18, 1895

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

United States courts.

Additional judge, ninth circuit.
That there shall be in the ninth judicial circuit an additional circuit judge, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall possess the same qualifications and have the same power and jurisdiction now prescribed by law in respect to the present circuit judges therein.
Approved, February 18, 1895.
Chapter 95: Granting to the Gila Valley, Globe, and Northern Railway Company a right of way through the San Carlos Indian Reservation in the Territory of Arizona. Chapter 95 28 Stat. 665 1895-02-18 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 95.—
An Act Granting to the Gila Valley, Globe, and Northern Railway Company a right of way through the San Carlos Indian Reservation in the Territory of Arizona.

February 18, 1895

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

Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway Company granted right of way, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Ariz.
That there is hereby granted to the Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to its assigns, the right of way for the extension of its railroad and for a telegraph and telephone line through the San Carlos Indian Reservation in said Territory, entering the reservation on the south side of

Location.

 the Gila River about seven miles below Fort Thomas, continuing down said Gila River in a generally northwesterly direction, crossing the same at or near the San Carlos Indian Agency; thence running up or near the San Carlos River in a generally northerly direction to or near Aliso Creek; thence along or near Aliso Creek in a generally westerly or northwesterly direction to the town of Globe, in Gila County, Arizona, by such route as shall be deemed advisable by the company. Such right of way shall be fifty feet in width on each side of the central line

Width, etc.

 of said railroad, and said company shall also have the right to take from the lands adjacent to the line of said road material, stone, and earth necessary for the construction of said railroad; also grounds adjacent to such right of way for station buildings, depots, machine

Stations, etc.

 shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations, not to exceed in amount two hundred feet in width and three thousand feet in length for each station, and to an extent not exceeding one station for each ten miles of road within the limits of said reservation: Provided, That

Provisos.

 no part of such lands herein granted shall be used except in such manner

Reversion, etc.

 and for such purposes only as are necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad 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 be taken: Provided further, That no right of any kind shall vest in said railway company in

Consent of Indians.

 or to any part of the right of way herein provided for until the consent of such Indians as are entitled to such compensation shall be obtained thereto in such manner as the President of the United States shall 666FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 95, 96. 1895. direct, and until plats thereof, made upon actual survey, for the definite

Approval of plats, etc.

 location of said railway, and including the points for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations, shall be filed with and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, and until the compensation provided for has been fixed and paid:

Highways.

 And provided further, That when any public road or highway is interfered with by said railway said company shall repair the same or construct a new road where such interference may occur in such manner as not to obstruct the public use of such road or highway.
Sec. 2. That before said railroad shall be constructed through any

Compensation.

 land, claim, or improvement held by individual occupants according to any treaties or laws of the United States compensation shall be made such occupant or claimant for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of said railroad. In case of failure to make satisfactory settlement with any such claimant the United States district court at Arizona shall have jurisdiction, upon petition of either party, to determine such just compensation in accordance with the laws of Arizona provided for determining the damage when property is taken for railroad purposes; and the amount of damages resulting to the tribe or tribes of Indians pertaining to said reservation in their tribal capacity, by reason of the construction of said railroad through such lands of the reservation as are not occupied in severalty, shall be ascertained and determined in such manner as the Secretary of the

Proviso.

Construction to begin on tiling bond.

Interior may direct, and he subject to his final approval: Provided, however, That said railroad company file with the Secretary of the Interior a bond, in such amount and with such sureties as the Secretary shall approve, conditioned for the payment of just compensation for said right of way to said individual occupants and to said tribe or tribes, as hereinbefore provided, and said company may thereupon proceed to construct and operate its railroad across said reservation.
Sec. 3. That said company shall cause maps showing the route of its

Maps.

 line through said reservation, and including the grounds for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turnouts, and water stations, to be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior before constructing any portion of said railroad.
Sec. 4. That said company is hereby authorized to enter upon said

Surveying.

 reservation for the purpose of surveying and locating its line of railroad:

Proviso.

Regulations.

Provided, That said railroad shall be located and constructed with due regard to the rights of the Indians and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe.
Sec. 5. That the right herein granted shall be forfeited by said company

Completion.

 unless the road shall be constructed through the said reservation within three years after the passage of this Act.
Sec. 6. That Congress shall have at all times power to alter, amend,

Amendment, etc.

 or repeal this Act and revoke all rights hereunder.
Approved, February 18, 1895.
Chapter 96: To amend the Act entitled “Au Act to establish circuit courts of appeals and to define and regulate in certain eases the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. Chapter 96 28 Stat. 666 1895-02-18 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 96.—
An Act To amend the Act entitled “Au Act to establish circuit courts of appeals and to define and regulate in certain eases the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.

February 18, 1895

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

Circuit courts of appeals.

Vol. 26, p. 828.
That the seventh section of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to establish circuit courts of appeals and to define and regulate in certain cases the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:

“That where, upon a hearing in equity in a district court or a circuit

Equity appeals.

Extended to all injunction proceedings.

court, an injunction shall be granted, continued, refused, or dissolved by FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 96, 97. 1895.667 an interlocutory order or decree or an application to dissolve an injunction shall be refused in a case in which an appeal from a final decree may be taken under the provisions of this Act to the circuit court of appeals, an appeal may be taken from such interlocutory order or decree granting, continuing, refusing, dissolving, or refusing to dissolve an injunction to the circuit court of appeals: Provided, That the appeal

Provisos.

To be taken in thirty days.

 must be taken within thirty days from the entry of such order or decree, and it shall take precedence in the appellate court; and the proceedings in other respects in the court below shall not be stayed unless otherwise ordered by that court during the pendency of such appeal: And provided further, That the court below may in its discretion require as a

Bond.

 condition of the appeal, an additional injunction bond.”
Approved, February 18, 1895.
Chapter 97: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend the laws relative to shipping commissioners.” approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes. Chapter 97 28 Stat. 667 1895-02-18 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 97.—
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend the laws relative to shipping commissioners.” approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for other purposes.

February 18, 1895

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

Shipment of merchant seamen.
That chapter eight hundred and one of the Public Laws of the Fifty-first Congress, entitled “An Act to amend the Act relative to shipping commissioners,” approved

Vol. 26, p. 320.

 August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

“When a crew is shipped by a shipping commissioner for any American

Shipping crews for vessels in coastwise, etc., trade by shipping commissioner.

vessel in the coastwise trade, or the trade, between the United States and the Dominion of Canada, or New Foundland, or the West Indies, or Mexico, as authorized by section two of an Act approved

Vol. 24, p. 80.

 June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An Act to abolish certain fees for official services to American vessels, and to amend the laws relating to shipping commissioners, seamen, and owners of vessels, and for other purposes,” an agreement shall be made

Contents of articles, etc.

 with each seaman engaged as one of such crew in the same manner as is provided by Sections four thousand five hundred and eleven and

R. S., secs. 4511, 4512, p. 872.

 four thousand five hundred and twelve of the Revised Statutes, not however including the sixth, seventh and eighth items of Section four

Omissions.

 thousand five hundred and eleven; and such agreement shall be posted

Posting agreement.

 as provided in Section four thousand five-hundred and nineteen, and

R. S., sec. 4519, p. 873.

 such seamen shall be discharged and receive, their wages as provided

Wages, etc.

 by the first clause of Section four thousand five hundred and twenty-nine

R. S., secs. 4526–4530, pp. 875, 876.

 and also by Sections four thousand five hundred and twenty-six, four thousand five hundred and twenty-seven, four thousand five hundred and twenty-eight, four thousand five hundred and thirty, four

R. S. secs. 4535–4536, p. 876.

R. S., secs. 4542–4547, pp. 878, 879.

 thousand five hundred and thirty-five, four thousand five hundred and thirty-six, four thousand five hundred and forty-two, four thousand five hundred and forty-three, four thousand five hundred and forty-four, four thousand five hundred and forty-five, four thousand five hundred

R. S., secs. 4549–4554, pp. 880, 881.

 and forty-six, four thousand five hundred and forty-seven, four thousand five hundred and forty-nine, four thousand five hundred and fifty, four thousand five hundred and fifty one, four thousand five hundred and fifty two, four thousand five hundred and fifty-three and four thousand five hundred and fifty-four of the Revised Statutes; but

Limitation.

 in all other respects such shipment of seamen and such shipping agreement shall be regarded as if both shipment and agreement had been entered into between the master of a vessel and a seaman without going before a shipping commissioner: Provided, That the clothing of

Proviso.

Clothing exempt from attachment

 any seaman shall be exempt from attachment, and that any person who shall detain such clothing when demanded by the owner shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding one hundred dollars.”
Approved, February 18, 1895.
Chapter 98: To bridge the Newark Bay. Chapter 98 28 Stat. 668 1895-02-18 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public 668FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 98, 100. 1895.

CHAP. 98.—
An Act To bridge the Newark Bay.

February 18, 1895

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

Newark Bay, N. J.

Bayonne and Elizabeth may bridge.
That the boards of chosen freeholders of the counties of Hudson and Union, in the State of New Jersey, or the legally constituted authorities of the city of Bayonne and the city of Elizabeth, as may be determined by the authorities of the State of New Jersey, shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to locate, build, maintain, equip, and operate a bridge across Newark Bay, in the State of New Jersey, between the city of Elizabeth, in the county of

Location.

Union, and the city of Bayonne, in the county of Hudson, at a point not less than five hundred feet above the present bridge structure

Provisos.

Draw.

known as the Central Railroad bridge: Provided, That the bridge herein authorized shall be built as a drawbridge, with a draw giving a clear width of opening of not less than one hundred feet and said bridge shall be located and built in such manner and under such regulations for

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

the security of navigation as the Secretary of War may prescribe; and to secure that object the parties proposing to build said bridge 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, 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 of its construction, such changes shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War and the said bridge shall be held to be a public highway

Opening draw.

forever: Provided also, That the draw of said bridge shall be promptly opened, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of vessels and boats; and the owners of said bridge shall maintain thereon, from sunset to

Lights, etc.

sunrise, such lights and other signals as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.
Sec. 2. 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. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act

Amendment, etc.

 is hereby expressly reserved.
Approved, February 18, 1895.
Chapter 100: To extend the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in the District of Columbia, and to regulate the proceedings before them. Chapter 100 28 Stat. 668 1895-02-19 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 100.—
An Act To extend the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in the District of Columbia, and to regulate the proceedings before them.

February 19, 1895

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

District of Columbia.

Jurisdiction of justices of the peace.

R. S. D. C., sec. 997, p. 117, amended.
That justices of the peace of the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction to hear, try, and determine all civil pleas and actions, including attachment and replevin, when the amount claimed to be due or the value of the property sought to be recovered shall not exceed three hundred dollars, except in cases where the title to real estate is in issue, actions for malicious prosecution, actions against justices of the peace or other officers for misconduct in office, and actions for slander, verbal or written, and actions for damages for breaches of promise to marry.
Sec. 2. That such jurisdiction shall be exclusive original jurisdiction

Exclusive jurisdiction.

 where the amount claimed to be due or the value of the property sought to be recovered shall not exceed one hundred dollars, and original and

Concurrent.

concurrent with the supreme court of the District of Columbia where the amount claimed to be due or the value of the property sought to be recovered is more than one hundred dollars, but does not exceed three

Jury trials.

hundred dollars; and where the sum claimed exceeds twenty dollars either party shall be entitled to a trial by jury.
Sec. 3. That no appeal shall be allowed from the judgment of a justice

Limit of appeals.

 of the peace in any common-law action unless the matter in demand in such action or pleaded in set-off thereto, shall exceed the sum of five dollars, nor unless the appellant, with sufficient surety, approved by FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 100. 1894.669 the justice, enters into an undertaking to pay and satisfy whatever final judgment may be recovered in the appellate court.
Sec. 4. That writs of attachment shall be issued by justices of the

Writs of attachment.

 peace whenever the plaintiff, his agent, or attorney shall file with said justice of the peace, whether at the commencement or during the pendency of a suit, an affidavit, supported by the testimony of one or more witnesses, showing the grounds upon which he bases his claim,

Affidavit as to grounds.

 and also setting forth that the plaintiff has a just right to recover against the defendant what he claims in his said affidavit, and also stating, either first, that the defendant is a nonresident of the District, or, second, that the defendant evades the service of ordinary process by concealing himself or by withdrawing from the District temporarily, or, third, (hat he has removed or is about to remove some of his property from the District so as to defeat just demands against him, and shall file his (plaintiff’s) undertaking with sufficient surety, to be approved

Bond.

 by said justice of the peace, to make good all costs and damages which the defendant may sustain by reason of the wrongful suing out of the attachment.
Sec. 5. That if the defendant, his agent, or attorney shall file an

Issue to quash writ.

 affidavit traversing the plaintiff’s affidavit, the justice of the peace shall determine whether the facts set forth in the plaintiff’s affidavit are true, and whether there was just ground for issuing the writ of attachment, and if the facts do not sustain the affidavit the justice of the peace shall quash the writ of attachment or garnishment, and this issue may be tried by said justice of the peace summarily.
Sec. 6. That the thing attached shall not be discharged from the

Discharge of property attached.

 custody of the officer seizing it until the defendant shall deliver to the said justice of the peace, to be filed in the cause, his undertaking, with sufficient surety, to satisfy and pay the final judgment against him: Provided, however, That the principal and surety on such undertaking

Proviso.

Limit of bond.

 shall not be liable in a greater sum than the value of the thing discharged from such attachment as aforesaid, and for costs and disbursements.
Sec. 7. That if the defendant fail to execute such undertaking provided

Sale of perish able articles, etc.

 for in the last preceding section, and it shall appear Horn the testimony of disinterested witnesses that any of the property is of a perishable nature, or if the parties to the cause file their consent in writing therefor, the justice may issue, his order directing the officer having custody thereof to dispose of the same as upon execution, and the money realized therefrom shall be paid over to the justice and applied as other money realized from the sale of the property attached is applied.
Sec. 8. That in case the defendant be found liable to the plaintiff’s

Judgment for plaintiff.

 claim, in whole or in part, the final judgment shall be that the plaintiff recover against the defendant and his sureties.
Sec. 9. That publication may be substituted for personal service of

Publication for service.

 process upon any defendant who can not be found in suits by attachment.
Sec. 10. That no order for the substitution of publication for personal

Order.

 service shall be made till a summons for the defendant shall have been issued and returned “not to be found.”
Sec. 11.

That the order of publication shall be in the following or

Form.

equivalent form:

IN JUSTICE’S COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
 Before   , esq., a justice of the peace.
 A. B., plaintiff, }
   vs. No.
C. D., defendant.

A summons in due form having been issued out of this court to a lawful constable of this District for the said defendant, and the same 670FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 100. 1894. having been by said constable returned “not to be found,” it is hereby ordered that said defendant cause his appearance to be entered herein on or before the first Tuesday 189, otherwise the cause will be proceeded with as in case of default.
Sec. 12.

That the declaration in replevin shall be in the following or

Declaration in replevin.

equivalent form:

The plaintiff sues the defendant for (wrongfully taking and detaining) (unjustly detaining) his, said plaintiff’s, goods and chattels, to wit: (describe them) of the value of dollars. And the plaintiff claims that the same be taken and delivered to him; or, if they are eloigned, that he may have judgment of their said value, and all mesne profits and damages, which he estimates at dollars, besides costs.
Sec. 13. That at the time of filing the declaration in replevin, the

Affidavit of plaintiff.

 plaintiff, his agent, or attorney shall file an affidavit, sworn to before the said justice of the peace, stating: First. That according to affiant’s information and belief the plaintiff is entitled to recover possession of chattels proposed to be replevied, being the same described in the declaration. Second. That the defendant has seized and detains, or detains, the same. Third. That said chattels; were not subject to such seizure or detention and were not taken upon any writ of replevin.
Sec. 14. That the plaintiff shall at the same time enter into an

Bond.

 undertaking with surety, approved by said justice of the peace, to abide by and perform the judgment of the said justice’s court in the premises.
Sec. 15. That if the officer’s return of the writ of replevin be that he

Return of writ.

 has served the defendant with copies of the declaration, notice to

Without goods.

plead, and summons, but that he could not get possession of the goods and chattels sued for, the plaintiff may prosecute the action for the value of the same and damage for detention, or he may renew the writ in order to get possession of the goods and chattels themselves.
Sec. 16. That if the officer’s return be that he has taken possession

With goods.

 of the goods and chattels sued for, but that the defendant is not to be found, the said justice of the peace may order that the defendant appear to the action by some fixed day; and of this order the justice of the peace shall cause notice to be given by publication in some newspaper of the District at least three times, the first of which shall be at least twenty days before the day fixed for the defendant’s appearance.
Sec. 17. That if the defendant, fails to appear the court may proceed,

Proceedings in default.

 as in case of default after personal service.
Sec. 18. That if the defendant appear he may plead not guilty, in

Plea of defendant.

 which case all special matters of defense may be given in evidence, or he may plead specially.
Sec. 19. That whether defendant plead and the issue thereon joined

Ascertainment of damages.

 is found against him, or his plea is held bad on demurrer, or he make default after personal service or after publication, the plaintiff’s damages shall be ascertained on the trial, and the damages shall be the full value of the goods, if eloigned by the defendant, including in every case the loss sustained by the plaintiff by reason of the detention, and judgment shall pass for the plaintiff accordingly.
Sec. 20. That if the issue be found for the defendant, or the plaintiff

Damages when Judgment for defendant

 dismiss or fail to prosecute his suit, the judgment shall be that the goods, if delivered to the plaintiff, be returned to the defendant, with damages, or, on failure, that the defendant recover against the plaintiff and his surety the damages by him sustained, to be assessed by the jury trying the issue, or by the justice trying the case without a jury, or, where the plaintiff dismisses or fails to prosecute his suit, by the justice.
Sec. 21. That if the defendant has eloigned the things sued for the

Goods eloigned.

 justice or the jury trying the case may assess such damages as may compel the defendant to return the things.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 100, 101. 1895.671
Sec. 22. That the judgment in such cases shall be that the plaintiff

Judgment if goods eloigned.

 recover against the defendant the value of the goods as found, to be discharged by the return of the things with damages for detention, which shall also be assessed by the justice or jury trying the case.
Sec. 23. That when personal property is taken on execution or

Property claimed by other party or to be exempt.

 attachment issued by a justice of the peace, and such property is claimed by a person other than a defendant therein, or is claimed by the defendant to be property exempt from execution, and such claimant shall give notice in writing to the constable of his claim to such property, or that it is exempt as aforesaid, the constable shall notify the plaintiff in such writ, or his agent or attorney, of such claim, and shall also notify such plaintiff and the claimant before what justice and at what time and place a trial of the right of property shall be had.
Sec. 24. That the trial of the right of property in such cases shall be

Trial of right of property.

 before the justice of the peace who issued such writ, unless removed by change of venue, as now provided by law: or if he should be unable to attend to such trial, before some other justice of the peace in the said District.
Sec. 25. That the justice shall enter such cases on his docket, and

Entry, etc.

 the trial shall be had therein in the same manner as in other trials before justices of the peace; and a change of venue may be taken as in other cases.
Sec. 26. That in case the property shall appear to belong to the claimant,

Judgment.

 or to be exempt from execution, judgment shall be entered against the plaintiff in the execution or attachment for costs, and the property levied upon shall be released. If it shall appear that the property does not belong to the claimant, or is not so exempt as aforesaid, judgment shall be entered against said claimant for costs, including such additional costs as shall have been made by the delay in the execution of such writ.
Sec. 27. That an appeal may be taken as in other cases, provided the

Appeal.

 same is prayed on the day of the entering of judgment, and the bond shall be given within six days, Sunday exclusive, from the time of entering of the judgment.
Sec. 28. That the judgment in such cases shall be a complete indemnity

Duty of constable.

 to the constable in proceeding to sell or return any such property; and in case of appeal the constable shall return such property unless the party claiming, or the defendant in the execution, or his agent, shall enter into an undertaking, with sufficient security, to be approved by the justice, for the delivery of such property to the officer if the judgment of the court shall be against the party entering into such undertaking.
Sec. 29. That the supreme court of the District is hereby authorized

Supreme court to make rules and forms.

 to make and establish such additional rules of practice and prescribe forms of process and proceedings rendered necessary by this act, and to alter and amend the same as it may from time to time deem advisable.
Sec. 30. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions

Repeal, etc.

R. S. D. C., ch. 31, p. 116.

Landlord and tenant jurisdiction unchanged.

R. S. D. C., ch. 19, p. 81.

 of this act are hereby repealed; but nothing herein shall be construed to take away and limit the jurisdiction conferred upon justices of the peace by chapter nineteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia.
Approved, February 19, 1895.
Chapter 101: To readjust the salaries and allowances of the postmasters at Guthrie, Oklahoma City, and Kingfisher, in Oklahoma Territory. Chapter 101 28 Stat. 671 1895-02-19 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 101.—
An Act To readjust the salaries and allowances of the postmasters at Guthrie, Oklahoma City, and Kingfisher, in Oklahoma Territory.

February 19, 1895

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

Oklahoma.
That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to allow to the postmasters at Guthrie, Oklahoma City, and Kingfisher, in Oklahoma Territory, the 672FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 101–103. 1895. same salaries from July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, per

Allowance to postmasters, Guthrie, Oklahoma, and Kingfisher.

 annum, that would have been allowed to said officers had the classification been made July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.
Approved, February 19, 1895.
Chapter 102: To adopt special rules for the navigation of harbors, rivers and inland waters of the United States, except the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal, supplementary to the Act of August nineteenth, eighteeen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea.” Chapter 102 28 Stat. 672 1895-02-19 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 102.—
An Act To adopt special rules for the navigation of harbors, rivers and inland waters of the United States, except the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters as far east as Montreal, supplementary to the Act of August nineteenth, eighteeen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea.”

February 19, 1895

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

Navigation.

Rules to prevent, collisions extended to inland waters.

R. S., secs. 4233, 4412, 4413, pp. 814, 854.

Vol. 26, p. 320.

That on and after March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the provisions of sections forty-two hundred and thirty-three, forty-four hundred and twelve, and forty-four hundred and thirteen of the Revised Statutes and regulations pursuant thereto shall be followed on the harbors, rivers and inland waters of the United States.

The provisions of said sections of the Revised Statutes and regulations

Declined special rules for harbors, etc.

pursuant thereto are hereby declared special rules duly made by local authority relative to the navigation of harbors, rivers and inland

Vol. 26, p. 328.

waters as provided for in Article thirty, of the Act of August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea.”

Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized, empowered

Line of high seas to be defined.

 and directed from time to time to designate and define by suitable bearings or ranges with light houses, light vessels, buoys or coast objects, the lines dividing the high seas from rivers, harbors and inland waters.
Sec 3. Collectors or other chief officers of the customs shall require

Signal lights.

 all sail vessels to be furnished with proper signal lights. Every such vessel that shall be navigated without complying with the Statutes of the United States, or the regulations that may be lawfully made

Penalty for violations.

thereunder, shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred dollars, one-half to go to the informer; for which sum the vessel so navigated shall be liable, and may be seized and proceeded against by way of libel in any District court of the United States having jurisdiction of the offense.
Sec. 4. The words “inland waters” used in this Act shall not be held

Inland waters defined.

 to include the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters

Great Lakes not affected.

Ante, p. 645.

as far east as Montreal; and this Act shall not in any respect modify or affect the provisions of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate navigation on the Great Lakes and their connecting and tributary waters,” approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
Approved, February 19, 1895.
Chapter 103: To establish a life-saving station at or near City Point, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Chapter 103 28 Stat. 672 1895-02-19 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 103.—
An Act To establish a life-saving station at or near City Point, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.

February 19, 1895

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

Boston Harbor, Mass.

Life-saving station at City Point.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to establish a life saving station at or near City Point, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, in such locality as the General Superintendent of the lifesaving Service may recommend.
Sec. 2. That the character of the equipments and appliances of the

Organization, etc.

 station, the number of men constituting its crew, and the portion of the year during which it shall be manned shall be determined by the General Superintendent of the lifesaving Service.
Approved, February 19, 1895.
Chapter 105: To provide for coinage at the branch mint at Denver, Colorado. Chapter 105 28 Stat. 673 1895-02-20 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 105–107. 1895.673

CHAP. 105.—
An Act To provide for coinage at the branch mint at Denver, Colorado.

February 20, 1895

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

Denver, Colo.

Mint to coin gold and silver.

Post, p. 784.
That hereafter there shall he carried on at the branch mint of the United States at Denver, in the State of Colorado, the coinage of gold and silver.
Sec. 2. That the provisions of sections thirty-four hundred and ninety-six

Officers.

R. S., secs. 3406, 3497, p. 604, amended.

 and thirty-four hundred and ninety-seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States are hereby made applicable to the mint of the United States at Denver, Colorado, and that so much of sections thirty-five

R. S., secs. 8558–3561, pp. 702, 703, amended.

 hundred and fifty-eight, thirty-five hundred and fifty-nine, thirty-five hundred and sixty, and thirty-five hundred and sixty-one of the Revised Statutes of the United States as relates to the mint at Denver, Colorado, are hereby repealed: and that the compensation of the officers

Salaries.

R. S., sec. 3498, p. 694.

 of said mint shall be the same as those of the mint at Carson City, Nevada.
Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in force in relation to the

Laws applicable.

 mints of the United Slates, and for the government of the officers and persons employed therein, shall be applicable to the mint at Denver.
Approved, February 20, 1895.
Chapter 106: For the encouragement of education in the State of Mississippi. Chapter 106 28 Stat. 673 1895-02-20 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 106.—
An Act For the encouragement of education in the State of Mississippi.

February 20, 1895

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

Public lands.

Grant to Mississippi for educational purposes.
That the governor of the State of Mississippi be, and he is hereby, authorized to select out of the unoccupied and uninhabited lands of the United States, within the said State, forty-six thousand and eighty acres of land, in legal subdivisions, being a total equivalent to two townships, and shall certify the same to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall forthwith, upon receipt of said certificate, issue to the State of Mississippi patents for said lands: Provided,

Proviso.

Disposition of proceeds.

 That the proceeds of one township of said lands, when sold or leased, shall forever remain a fund for the use of the agricultural and mechanical college of said State; and the proceeds of one of said townships of land, when sold or leased, shall forever remain a fund for the use of the agricultural and mechanical college for colored persons, established and maintained by said State.
Sec. 2. That in making said selection the governor of said State of

Selection.

 Mississippi shall designate the lands for the agricultural and mechanical college, and the lands for the agricultural and mechanical college for colored persons.
Approved, February 20, 1895.
Chapter 107: To increase the limit of cost for the erection of a public building at Paterson, New Jersey. Chapter 107 28 Stat. 673 1895-02-20 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 107.—
An Act To increase the limit of cost for the erection of a public building at Paterson, New Jersey.

February 20, 1895

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

Paterson, N.J.

Limit of cost, public building, increased.

Vol. 25, p. 175.
That the amount heretofore fixed as the limit of cost for the erection of a public building, by the United States Government, at Paterson, New Jersey, be, and the same is hereby, increased to two hundred thousand dollars, and that the

Post, p.912.

 same is hereby fixed as the limit of cost for the purchase of a site and the erection thereon of said building.
Sec. 2. That the officers of the United States Government having

Plans, etc.

 charge of the erection of public buildings are required to be governed by the limitation hereby prescribed in making the plans and contracts for the erection of said building.
Approved, February 20, 1895.
Chapter 108: To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at South Omaha, in the State of Nebraska. Chapter 108 28 Stat. 674 1895-02-20 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public 674FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 108. 1895.

CHAP. 108.—
An Act To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at South Omaha, in the State of Nebraska.

February 20, 1895

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

South Omaha, Nebr.

Public building authorized.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and to cause to be erected

Post, p. 914.

thereon a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office and other Government offices

Limit of cost.

in the city of South Omaha and State of Nebraska, the cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.

Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited

Proposals for site.

by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals.

Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be addressed

Report, etc.

and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, and such others as he may think proper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury Department, who shall make written report to said Secretary of the results of said examination, and of his recommendation thereon, and the reasons therefor, which shall be accompanied by the original proposals and all maps, plats, and statements which shall have come into his possession relating to the said proposed sites.

If, upon consideration of said report, and accompanying papers, the

Commission to investigate sites.

Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation necessary, he may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant such hearings ill relation thereto as they shall deem necessary: .and said commission

Report.

shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of said agent of the Treasury Department; and the

Determination.

Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be erected.

The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Secretary

Compensation.

of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That the member

Proviso.

Treasury member.

of said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses.

No money shall be used for the purpose mentioned until a valid title

Title, etc.

to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Nebraska shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.

The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open space

Open space, etc.

of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys.

Approved, February 20, 1895.
Chapter 109: For the erection of a public building at Brockton, Massachusetts. Chapter 109 28 Stat. 675 1895-02-20 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 109, 110. 1895.675

CHAP. 109.—
An Act For the erection of a public building at Brockton, Massachusetts.

February 20, 1895

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

Brockton, Mass.

Public building authorized.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for a suitable building, with fireproof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the post-office and other Government offices at the city of

Post, p. 910.

Brockton, Massachusetts, and cause such building to be erected thereon. The plans, specifications, and full estimates of said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed,

Limit of cost.

 for the site and building complete, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to

Proviso.

Open space.

 danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said

Title, etc.

 building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Massachusetts shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.
Approved, February 20, 1895.
Chapter 110: To erect a public building at Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Chapter 110 28 Stat. 675 1895-02-20 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 110.—
An Act To erect a public building at Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

February 20, 1895

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

Pottsville, Pa.

Public building authorized.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, acquire by condemnation, or otherwise provide a site, and cause to

Post, p. 912.

be erected thereon a suitable, commodious, and substantial building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States post-office, internal-revenue-office, commissioner’s office, and other Government offices, in the borough of Pottsville and State of Pennsylvania. The cost of the site and the building, including fireproof vaults, heating

Cost.

 and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of sixty thousand dollars.

Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited

Proposals for site.

by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city for at least fourteen days prior to the date specified in the advertisement for opening the proposals. The proposals made in response to said public advertisement at the time named in the advertisement, or within ten days subsequent thereto, shall be received, opened, and considered by a commission of three persons, who shall be appointed

Commission.

 by the Secretary of the Treasury, and it shall be the duty of said commissioners to forward to the Secretary of the Treasury, within forty days from the date named in the advertisement for opening the proposals, a written report, with the original proposals, maps, and so forth,

Report, etc.

Vol. 18, p. 276.

 and the oaths prescribed by Act of Congress approved June twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and to definitely state in said report the site selected by them, and their selection of the site shall be final, and each commissioner shall be allowed a compensation

Compensation.

 for his services of an amount within the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, said compensation not to exceed two hundred dollars and actual traveling expenses to each commissioner.

Approved, February 20, 1895.
Chapter 111: For the erection of a public building at Newport, Kentucky. Chapter 111 28 Stat. 676 1895-02-20 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public 676FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. III, 112. 1895.

CHAP. 111.—
An Act For the erection of a public building at Newport, Kentucky.

February 20, 1895

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

Newport, Ky.

Public building authorized.

Post, p. 912.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase, or otherwise provide a site for, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, with a fireproof vault therein, for the accommodation of the post-office at the city of Newport, Kentucky. The plans, specifications,

Cost.

Provisos.

Open space.

and full estimates of said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed, for the site and building complete, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars: Provided, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than fifty feet, including streets

Title, etc.

and alleys: Provided further, That no part of said sum shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Kentucky shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.
Approved, February 20, 1895.
Chapter 112: To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon in the city of Cumberland, Maryland. Chapter 112 28 Stat. 676 1895-02-20 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 112.—
An Act To provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon in the city of Cumberland, Maryland.

February 20, 1895

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

Cumberland, Md.

Public building authorized.

Post, p. 911.

That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, a site, and cause to be erected thereon a suitable building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, for the use and accommodation of the United States courthouse, post-office, and other Government offices in the city of Cumberland and State of Maryland, the

Limit of cost.

cost of said site and building, including said vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, complete, not to exceed the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars.

Proposals for the sale of land suitable for said site shall be invited

Proposals for site.

by public advertisement in one or more of the newspapers of said city of largest circulation for at least twenty days prior to the date specified in said advertisement for the opening of said proposals.

Proposals made in response to said advertisement shall be addressed

Report, etc.

and mailed to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall then cause the said proposed sites, and such others as he may think proper to designate, to be examined in person by an agent of the Treasury Department, who shall make written report to said Secretary of the results of said examination, and of his recommendation thereon, and the reasons therefor, which shall be accompanied by the original proposals and all maps, plats, and statements which shall have come into his possession relating to the said proposed sites.

If, upon consideration of said report and accompanying papers, the

Commission to investigate sites.

Secretary of the Treasury shall deem further investigation necessary, be may appoint a commission of not more than three persons, one of whom shall be an officer of the Treasury Department, which commission shall also examine the said proposed sites, and such others as the Secretary of the Treasury may designate, and grant such hearings in relation

Report.

thereto as they shall deem necessary; and said commission shall, within thirty days after such examination, make to the Secretary of the Treasury written report of their conclusion in the premises, accompanied by all statements, maps, plats, or documents taken by or submitted to them, in like manner as hereinbefore provided in regard to the proceedings of

Determination.

said agent of the Treasury Department; and the Secretary of the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 112, 113. 1895.677 Treasury shall thereupon finally determine the location of the building to be erected.

The compensation of said commissioners shall be fixed by the Secretary

February 20, 1895

. of the Treasury, but the same shall not exceed six dollars per day and actual traveling expenses: Provided, however, That the member of

Compensation.

 said commission appointed from the Treasury Department shall be paid only his actual traveling expenses.

So much of the appropriation herein made as may be necessary to

Proviso.

Treasury member.

defray the expenses of advertising for proposals, actual traveling expenses of said agent, and the compensation and actual traveling expenses of said commissioners, and other expenses incident to the selection of the site, and for necessary survey thereof, shall be immediately available.

So much of said appropriation as may be necessary for the preparation

Expenses.

of sketch plans, drawings, specifications, and detailed estimates for the building by the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department shall be available immediately upon the approval by the Secretary of the Treasury of such site.

No money appropriated by this Act shall be available, except as

Plans, etc.

hereinbefore provided, until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Maryland shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same during the time the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein.

After the said site shall have been paid for, and the sketch plans and

Title, etc.

detailed estimates for the building shall have been prepared by the Supervising Architect and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Postmaster-General, the balance of said appropriation shall be available for the erection and completion of the building, including fireproof vaults, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches.

The building shall be unexposed to danger from fire by an open

Construction.

space of at least forty feet on each side, including streets and alleys.

Approved, February 20, 1895.
Chapter 113: To disapprove the treaty heretofore made with the Southern Ute Indians to be removed to the Territory of Utah, and providing for settling them down in severalty where they may so elect and are qualified, and to settle all those not electing to take lands in severalty on the west forty miles of present reservation and in portions of New Mexico, and for other purposes, and to carry out the provisions of the treaty with said Indians June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty Chapter 113 28 Stat. 677 1895-02-20 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 113.—
An Act To disapprove the treaty heretofore made with the Southern Ute Indians to be removed to the Territory of Utah, and providing for settling them down in severalty where they may so elect and are qualified, and to settle all those not electing to take lands in severalty on the west forty miles of present reservation and in portions of New Mexico, and for other purposes, and to carry out the provisions of the treaty with said Indians June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty

February 20, 1895

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the agreement made by J. Montgomery Smith, Thomas S. Childs, and R. B. Weaver, commissioners on the part of the United States, with the Southern Ute Indians of Colorado, bearing date November thirteenth, eighteen hundred and

Southern Ute Indiana, Colo.

Lands in severalty to, etc.

Vol. 25, p. 133.

 eighty-eight, be, and the same is hereby, annulled, and the treaty made with said Indians June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, be carried

Vol. 21, p. l90.

 out as herein provided, and as further provided by general law for settling Indians in severalty.
Sec. 2. That within six months after the passage of this Act the

Allotment, to Indians.

Post, p. 891.

 Secretary of the Interior shall cause allotment of land, in severalty, to be made to such of the Southern Ute Indians in Colorado as may elect and be considered by him qualified to take the same out of the agricultural lands embraced in their present reservation in Colorado, such allotments to be made in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled

Vol. 21, p. 199.

 “An Act to accept and ratify the agreement submitted by the confederated bands of Ute Indians in Colorado for the sale of their Reservation in said State, and for other purposes, and to make the necessary 678FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 113. 1895. appropriations for carrying out the same,” and the amendments thereto, as far as applicable hereto, and the treaties heretofore made with said

Proviso.

Tribal rights.

Indians: Provided, That Indians taking allotments as herein provided shall retain their interest in all tribal property.
Sec. 3. That for the sole and exclusive use and occupancy of such of

Reservation for Indians not taking allotments.

 said Indians as may not elect or be deemed qualified to take allotments of land in severalty, as provided in the preceding section, there shall be, and is hereby, set apart and reserved all that portion of their present reservation lying west of the range line between ranges thirteen and fourteen west of the New Mexico principal meridian, and also all of townships thirty-one and thirty-two of ranges fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen west, of the New Mexico principal meridian and lying in the Territory of New Mexico, subject, however, to the right of the Government to erect and maintain agency buildings thereon and to grant rights of way through the same for railroads, irrigation ditches,

Agency.

highways, and other necessary purposes; and the Government shall maintain an agency at some suitable place on said lands so reserved.
Sec. 4. That at the expiration of six months from the passage of

Surplus lands open to settlement.

 this Act the President of the United States shall issue his proclamation declaring” the lands embraced within the present reservation of said Indians except such portions as may have been allotted or reserved under the provisions of the preceding sections of this Act, open to occupancy and settlement, and thereupon said lands shall be and become a part of the public domain of the United States, and shall be subject to entry under the desert, homestead, and town-site laws and the laws governing the disposal of coal, mineral, stone, and timber lands; but no homestead settler shall receive a title to any portion of such lands at less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and shall be required to make a cash payment of fifty cents per acre at the

Provisos.

Appraisal, etc., of improvements.

time filing is made upon any of said lands: Provided, That before said lands shall be open to public settlement the Secretary of the Interior shall cause the improvements belonging to the Indians on the lands now occupied by them to be appraised and sold at public sale to the highest bidder, except improvements on lands allotted to the Indians in accordance with the provisions of this Act. No sale of such improvements shall be made for less than the appraised value, and the several purchasers of said improvements shall, for thirty days after the issuance of the President’s proclamation, have the preference right of entry of the lands upon which the improvements purchased by him are situated:

Maximum.

 Provided further, That the said purchase shall not exceed one hundred

Proceeds.

and sixty acres: And provided further, That the proceeds of the sale of such improvements shall be paid to the Indians owning the same.
Sec. 5. That out of the moneys first realized from the sale of said lands

Disposal of receipts from sales.

 so opened up to public settlement there shall be paid to said Indians the sum of fifty thousand dollars, as follows: Five thousand dollars

Per capita.

annually for ten years, and, when paid, the money to be equally divided among all of said Indians per capita, irrespective of age or sex; also the sum of twenty thousand dollars of said proceeds shall be paid to

Sheep.

the Secretary of the Interior, who shall invest the same in sheep and divide the said sheep among the said Indians per capita equally,

Chiefs.

irrespective of age or sex; also to Ignacio, head chief: to Buckskin Charlie, as chief of the Moaches, and Mariano, as chief of the Weeminuches, the sum of five hundred dollars each; also to Tapucke and Tabewatch, as chiefs of the Capotes, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars each;

Balance to be held in trust.

that the balance of the money realized from the sale of lands, after deducting expenses of sale and survey, shall be held in the Treasury of the United States in trust for the sole use, and benefit of said Southern Ute Indians. That nothing herein provided shall in any manner be construed to change or interfere with the rights of said Indians under any other existing treaty regarding any annuities or trust funds or the interest thereon.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 113–115. 1895.679
Sec. 6. That the foregoing provisions of this Act shall take effect

Consent of Indians.

 only upon the acceptance thereof and consent thereto by a majority of all the male adult Indians now located or residing upon the Reservation, which acceptance shall be at once obtained under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.
Approved, February 20, 1895.
Chapter 114: For the relief of certain Winnebago Indians in Minnesota. Chapter 114 28 Stat. 679 1895-02-20 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 114.—
An Act For the relief of certain Winnebago Indians in Minnesota.

February 20, 1895

. Whereas by the fourth section of an Act entitled “An Act for the

Preamble.

 removal of the Winnebago Indians, and for the sale of their Reservation in Minnesota for their benefit,” approved February twenty-first,

Vol. 12, p. 659.

 eighteen hundred and sixty-three, it was made the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to allot to said Indians in severalty “lands which they may respectively cultivate and improve, not exceeding eighty acres to each head of a family other than to the chiefs to whom larger allotments may be made, which hinds, when so allotted, shall be vested in said Indian and his heirs, without the right of alienation, and shall be evidenced by patent:” and Whereas by the ninth section of the Indian appropriation Act

Vol 16, p. 361.

 approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, the Secretary of the Interior was “directed to cause to be investigated and to determine the claims of certain Indians of the Winnebago tribe now lawfully residing in the State of Minnesota: to issue patents, without the right of alienation, to those of them whom he shall find to be entitled thereto for the lands heretofore allotted to them in severalty,” and so forth; and ‘Whereas by the Indian appropriation Act approved May twenty-ninth,

Vol. 17, p. 185.

 eighteen hundred and seventy-two, it was declared to be the intention and meaning of said ninth and tenth sections of the Act of eighteen hundred and seventy “to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to cause to be patented to each and every Winnebago Indian lawfully resident in the State of Minnesota at the date of this Act, in accordance with the conditions of said two sections, an allotment of land,” and so forth; and Whereas such a restriction for all time, without the right of alienation, by anyone, under any circumstances, is an entailment upon the land, which it is not deemed to be desirable: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and J louse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Winnebago Indiana, Minn.

Permitted to alien lands.
That the fourth and ninth sections of the Acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-three and eighteen hundred and seventy, respectively, so far as they relate to the lands of the Winnebago Indians in Minnesota, be, and the same are hereby, modified so as to permit the alienation and conveyance of said lands, with the consent and approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Approved, February 20, 1895.
Chapter 115: Granting cannon to the historical museum, Des Moines, Iowa. Chapter 115 28 Stat. 679 1895-02-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 115.—
An Act Granting cannon to the historical museum, Des Moines, Iowa.

February 21, 1895

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

Condemned naval cannon to Des Moines, Iowa.
That the Secretary of the Navy be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to supply the Iowa Historical Museum, Des Moines, Iowa, on the request of the governor, with two condemned cannon and one condemned seacoast mortar from the Portsmouth Navy-Yard, New Hampshire, the State of Iowa to pay all the expenses of transportation, and so forth.
Approved, February 21, 1895.
Chapter 127: To postpone the enforcement of the Act of August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea.” Chapter 127 28 Stat. 680 1895-02-23 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public 680FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 127, 128. 1895.

CHAP. 127.—
An Act To postpone the enforcement of the Act of August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea.”

February 23, 1895

. Whereas the President, in accordance with the proposition of Great

Preamble.

 Britain to enforce on March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the revised international regulations for preventing collisions at sea, and on the representations of that Government that those regulations had received the general approval of the several foreign maritime powers,

Vol. 26, p. 328.

pursuant to section three of the Act of August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea,” issued on July thirteenth, eighteen hundred

Post, p. 1250.

and ninety-four, his proclamation fixing March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, as the time when the provisions of said Act, as amended, embodying said revised international regulations shall take effect; and Whereas the Government of Great Britain has withdrawn from the position, communicated to this Government on April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, that no time should be lost in carrying those regulations into effect, and on January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, announced to this Government that the Government of Great Britain now finds it impossible until Parliament has been consulted to fix a date for bringing the regulations into force, and earnestly requests this Government to consent to a temporary postponement of the enforcement of said regulations; and Whereas it is desirable that the revised international regulations for

Collisions at sea.

 preventing collisions at sea shall be put into force simultaneously by the maritime powers: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Enforcement of act postponed.

Vol. 26, p. 328.
That said Act of August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, take effect not on March first,

Post, p. 1259.

eighteen hundred and ninety-five, but at a subsequent time, to be fixed by the President by proclamation issued for that purpose
Approved, February 23, 1895.
Chapter 128: To amend the Articles for the Government of the Navy. Chapter 128 28 Stat. 680 1895-02-25 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public

CHAP. 128.—
An Act To amend the Articles for the Government of the Navy.

February 25, 1895

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

Navy.

Articles amended.

R. S., sec. 1624, p. 284, amended.
That the Articles for the Government of the Navy be, and the same are hereby, amended by adding thereto the following:
“Article 61. No person shall be tried by court-martial or otherwise

Trials to be within two years of committing offense.

 punished for any offense, except as provided in the following article, which appears to have been committed more than two years before, the issuing of the order for such trial or punishment, unless by reason of having absented himself, or of some other manifest, impediment be shall not have been amenable to justice within that period.
“Article 62. No person shall be tried by court-martial or otherwise

Trials for desertion in time of peace.

 punished for desertion in time of peace committed more than two years before the issuing of the order for such trial or punishment, unless he shall meanwhile have absented himself from the United States, or by reason of some other manifest impediment shall not have been amenable to justice within that period, in which case the time of his absence shall be excluded in computing the period of the limitation: Provided,

Proviso.

Beginning of time limit.

That said limitation shall not begin until the end of the term for which said person was enlisted in the service.”
Approved, February 25, 1895.
Chapter 129: To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River in the county of Dakota, in the State of Nebraska, and in the city of Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury, in the State of Iowa. Chapter 129 28 Stat. 681 1895-02-25 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 129. 1895.681

CHAP. 129.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River in the county of Dakota, in the State of Nebraska, and in the city of Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury, in the State of Iowa.

February 25, 1895

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

Iowa and Nebraska Pontoon Bridge company may bridge Missouri River, Sioux City, Iowa.
That the Iowa and Nebraska Pontoon Bridge Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, its successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct a wagon bridge across the Missouri River between the State of Nebraska and the State of Iowa, within

Ante, p.45.

 the county of Dakota, in the State of Nebraska, and the city of Sioux City, in the county of Woodbury, in the State of Iowa, and to build, erect, and lay on and over said bridge ways for wagons, vehicles of all kinds, and for the transit of animals; to provide ways for foot passengers, and to lay on and over said bridge tracks, upon which may be operated street railways; and to maintain and operate said bridge for the purposes aforesaid, and for all other uses and purposes incident to the use of a wagon bridge not specially enumerated; and to charge, collect, and receive reasonable compensation and tolls for the transit over said

Tolls, etc.

 bridge of all wagons, carriages, vehicles of all kinds, persons, foot passengers and animals, street railways, and for all other uses of said bridge not specially enumerated: Provided, That the Secretary of War

Provisos.

Rules, etc.

 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: Provided also, That all street railway companies desiring

Use by street railways.

 the use of said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges relative to the passage of cars over the same and over the approaches thereto, upon payment of reasonable compensation for such use, and in case of any disagreement between the parties regarding the compensation to be paid or the conditions to be observed, the matters at issue shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon proper hearing.
Sec. 2. That said bridge shall be constructed as a pivot drawbridge,

Draw.

 with two or more draws, as the Secretary of War may prescribe, which said draws shall span the main channels of the river and shall not be less than two hundred feet in the clear on each side of the central or pivot piers of the draws; and all other spans over the river shall not

Spans.

 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 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.
Sec. 3. That no bridge shall be erected or maintained under the

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 authority of this Act which shall at any time substantially and materially obstruct the free navigation of said river; and that 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

Changes.

 in the plans of such construction or any alteration in the bridge after its construction shall be subject to the like approval; and that the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, whenever in his opinion the said bridge shall substantially obstruct the free navigation of said river, to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will obviate such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge or the person operating or controlling same; and the said bridge shall be constructed with such aids to the passage of said bridge in the form of booms, dikes, piers,

Aids to navigation.

 or other suitable and proper protections for confining the flow of water to a permanent and easily navigated channel for the guiding of rafts, steamboats, and other water craft safely through the draw 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 682FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 129, 130. 1895. said bridge shall be at all times so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passing of vessels through said

Opening draw.

structure; that said draw shall be opened promptly to its full width upon reasonable signal, without unnecessary delay, for the passage of vessels, steamboats, and other water craft requiring the opening of said draw for their safe passage; and the owners of said bridge shall maintain, at their own expense, from the hours of sunset to sunrise, such

Lights, etc.

lights or other signals on said bridge as shall be prescribed by the Light-House Board.
Sec. 4. That said corporation, or its successors, may, in conformity

Protective works.

 with plans approved by the Secretary of War, construct and maintain defensive and corrective works in or along said river, above or below said bridge, for the protection of the same and the approaches thereto, or for the improvement, correction, or control of the channel of said river.
Sec. 5. 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 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 public highways leading to such bridge. The United States shall also have the right to construct, without charge therefor, telegraph and telephone lines across and upon said bridge.
Sec. 6. That Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this

Amendment, etc.

 Act.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect in one year after its approval, and

Commencement and completion.

 shall be null and void if actual construction of the bridge be not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date it takes effect.
Approved, February 25, 1895.
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CHAP. 130.—
An Act To amend the charter of the Metropolitan Railroad Company of the District of Columbia.

February 26, 1895

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

District of Columbia.

Route of Metropolitan Railroad changed.

Vol. 13, p. 536.
the charter of the Metropolitan Railroad Company of the District of Columbia be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize and require the said company to lay down from the intersection of Four-and-a-half and L streets, southwest, along Four-and-a half street to P street south, a single track of underground electric road for the propulsion of its ears, thence west along P street with said single track to Water street, thence northwesterly along Water street with said single track to L street, thence east along L street with said single track to its double tracks at the intersection of Four-and-a half and L streets, southwest, and thence north by said company’s double tracks as now located into its depot on Seventh street extended.
Sec. 2. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall

Use of track of Belt Line.

 locate the said track on Four-and-a-half, P, Water, and L streets so as best to subserve the public convenience, and may in their discretion locate the same on Water street for such distance as they may deem best on the east track of the Belt Line Railway Company, so that the two companies may mutually and profitably use the space of street occupied by the said east track. The said Belt Line Railway Company and the Metropolitan Railroad Company shall each have the right to apply to the supreme court of the District of Columbia to fix a just and equitable compensation for any rights which may be affected by this law, and said court shall have power to issue execution to enforce its judgment.
Sec. 3. That the said Metropolitan Railroad Company is hereby

Extension of track in Georgetown.

 authorized and required to lay down and continue its underground FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 130, 131. 1895.683 electric construction of single track from the intersection of P and Thirty-fifth streets, northwest, thence running west along P street to Thirty-sixth street, thence south on Thirty-sixth street to Prospect avenue, thence east on Prospect avenue to Thirty-fifth street, thence north on Thirty-fifth street to O street, thence east continuing its route as now located.
Sec. 4. That the number of directors of said company shall be

Number of directors increased.

 increased from seven to nine members.
Sec. 5. That the Brightwood Railway Company, the Rock Creek

Suburban roads to issue coupon tickets.

 Railway Company, and the Georgetown and Tennallytown Railroad Company be, and they are hereby, respectively, authorized and required to sell four coupon tickets for twenty-five cents, good for one continuous ride in the District of Columbia over the lines of said companies, respectively, and the lines of the Metropolitan Railroad Company, and the said suburban roads shall redeem the tickets collected by the Metropolitan Railroad Company, at the rate of two and one-half cents for each coupon ticket presented by the said Metropolitan Railroad company. Any of the aforesaid railroad companies which shall refuse to

Penalty for refusal to accept, etc.

 make sale of tickets or to accept tickets so sold as herein provided for, shall be liable to a fine of fifty dollars for each such violation, to be recovered in the police court of the District, of Columbia us other fines are recovered: Provided, That the proceeding for the collection of such

Proviso.

Legal proceedings.

 penalty shall be commenced within thirty days from the date of the alleged refusal. The supreme court of the District of Columbia shall have, and it is hereby given, authority and jurisdiction to enforce the requirements and provisions of this section in respect of the sale of tickets on the petition of either of the aforesaid railroad companies or any citizen of the District of Columbia. And power is hereby given to the Metropolitan Railroad Company and the Rock Creek Railway company to contract with each other for the purchase, sale, lease, or joint

Lease, etc., of U street line.

 operation of the line of said Rock Creek Railway Company on Florida avenue and U street, or any part thereof.
Sec. 6. That this Act shall take effect in thirty days after its passage.

Effect.

Approved, February 26, 1895.
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CHAP. 131.—
An Act To provide for the examination and classification of certain mineral lands in the States of Montana and Idaho.

February 26, 1895

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

Public lands.

Examination of grants to Northern Pacific Railroad in Montana and Idaho.

Vol. 13, p. 367.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed, as speedily as practicable, to cause all lands within the land districts hereinafter named in the States of Montana and Idaho within the land grant and indemnity land grant limits of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, as defined by an Act of Congress entitled “An Act granting lands to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from Lake Superior to Puget Sound, on the Pacific coast, by the northern route,” approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and Acts supplemental to and amendatory thereof, to be examined and classified by commissioners to be appointed as hereinafter provided, with special reference to the mineral or nonmineral character of such lands, and to reject, cancel, and disallow any and all claims or filings heretofore made, or which may hereafter be made, by or on behalf of the said Northern

Claim for lands found mineral rejected.

 Pacific Railroad Company on any lands in said land districts which upon examination shall be classified as provided in this Act as mineral lands.
Sec. 2. That for the purpose of making the examination herein provided

Commissioners to be appointed.

 for there shall be appointed by the President of the United States, as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, three commissioners for each of the following land districts, to-wit: The Bozeman, 684FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III, Ch. 131. 1895. Helena, and Missoula land districts, in the State of Montana, and the Cœur d’Alene land district, in the State of Idaho, at least one of whom for each district shall be a practical miner and a resident of such District; and said persons so appointed for each district shall constitute a board of commissioners to perform within such district the duties

Compensation, etc.

herein prescribed. They shall each receive for their compensation ten dollars for each day they may be actually engaged in the performance of their duties, which shall include their transportation and subsistence expenses, but the total amount of compensation to be paid to each commissioner annually shall in no case exceed the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars; and their accounts shall be audited by the Secretary of the Interior and paid monthly. Before entering upon their duties

Oath.

each of said commissioners shall take an oath to faithfully perform the

Duties.

duties of his office. Said commissioners shall make examination of the lands herein mentioned within their respective districts, and may also take the testimony of witnesses as to the mineral or nonmineral character of any of said lands, and receive any other evidence relating to said matter, and shall have power to summon witnesses to appear before them, and to administer oaths; and they shall, immediately upon their appointment, proceed to examine and classify the lands herein mentioned within

Classification of lands.

their respective districts, as provided in this Act, and shall fully complete said classification within the term of four years from the date of this Act. The oath of office of said commissioners shall be filed by them in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. All testimony taken by said commissioners shall be reduced to writing, subscribed by the witnesses, and filed with the report of the commissioners hereinafter required. The action or decision of a majority of said commissioners in each district shall control in all mutters herein provided for. That the commissioners shall perform the work of examination and classification herein directed according to such rules and regulations as the Secretary’ of the Interior shall prescribe.
Sec. 3. That all said lands shall be classified as mineral which by

Lands to be classified as mineral.

 reason of valuable mineral deposits are open to exploration, occupation, and purchase under the provisions of the United States mining laws, and the commissioners in making the classification hereinafter provided for shall take into consideration the mineral discovered or developed on or adjacent to such land, and the geological formation of all lands to be examined and classified, or the lands adjacent thereto, and the reasonable probabilities of such land containing valuable mineral

Description.

deposits because of its said formation, location, or character. The classification herein provided for shall be by each legal subdivision where the lands have been surveyed. If the lands examined are not surveyed, classification shall be made by tracts of such extent, and designated by such natural or artificial boundaries to identify them, as the commisioners may determine. Where mining locations have been heretofore made or patents issued for mining ground in any section of land, this shall be taken as prima facie evidence that the forty-acre

Proviso.

Iron and coal lands.

subdivision within which it is located is mineral land: Provided, That the word “mineral,” where it occurs in this Act, shall not be held to

New examination, etc., required.

include iron or coal: And provided further, That the examination and classification of lands hereby authorized shall be made without reference or regard to any previous examination or report or classification thereof.
Sec. 4. That such of the lands herein mentioned as have been surveyed

Surveyed lands to be first examined.

 prior to the passage of this Act shall be first examined and classified as herein provided, and afterwards, and as speedily as practicable, the lands herein mentioned which have not been surveyed, until all the hinds herein mentioned shall have been examined and classified, as herein provided.
Sec. 5. That said commissioners shall, on or before the fifth day of

Monthly report of commissioners.

 each month, file in the office of the register and receiver of the land FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III, Ch. 131. 1895.685 office of the land district in which the land examined and classified is situated a full report, in duplicate, in such form as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, showing all lands examined by them during the preceding month, and specifying clearly, by legal subdivisions, where the land is surveyed, or otherwise by natural objects or permanent monuments to identify the same, the lands classified by them as mineral lands and those classified as nonmineral; and with said report shall be filed all testimony taken and written communications received by said commissioners relating to the lands embraced in the report. The register and receiver shall file one duplicate of said report in their office, together with all accompanying testimony and papers, and the other duplicate shall be by them forwarded direct to the Secretary of

Copy to Secretary of the Interior.

 the Interior, and said commissioners shall furnish to the Secretary of the Interior at any time such further or additional report or information as he may require concerning any matters relating to their duties or the performance of the same. Upon receipt of such report, the register of

Publication.

 the land office shall, at the expense of the United States, cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the land is located, and in one newspaper published at the capital city of the State in which the lands may be situated, at least once a week for four consecutive weeks, notice of the classification of lands as shown by said report, and any person, corporation, or company feeling aggrieved by such classification may, at any time within sixty days after the first publication of said notice, file with the register and receiver of the land office a verified protest against the acceptance of said classification, which protest shall set forth in concise language the grounds of objection to the classification as to the particular land in said protest described, whereupon a hearing shall be ordered by, and conducted

Hearing of protests.

 before, the said register and receiver, under rules and regulations as near as practicable in conformity with the rules and practice of such land office in contests involving the mineral or nonmineral character of land in other cases; and an appeal from the decision of the register

Appeals.

 and receiver shall be allowed to the Commissioner of the General Land Office and the Secretary of the Interior, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe: Provided, That at

Proviso.

Attorney, etc., to defend.

 such hearings the United States shall be represented and defended by the United States district attorney or his assistants for the judicial district in which the land is situated, unless the Secretary of the Interior shall detail some proper officer of the Department of the Interior for that purpose. The compensation for such service shall not

Compensation.

 exceed ten dollars per day for each day’s actual service before the register and receiver, to be paid out of the fund provided for the examination and classification of said mineral lands.
Sec. 6. That as to the lands against the classification whereof no

Entry, etc., of classification on land records.

 protest shall have been filed as hereinbefore provided, the classification, when approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be considered final, except in case of fraud, and all plats and records of the local and general land offices shall be made to conform to such classification. All lands so classified as above without protest, and the classification whereof is disapproved by the Secretary of the Interior, and all lands whereof the classification has been invalidated for fraud, shall be subject to hearing and determination in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. And as to all such lands, and as to the lands against the classification whereof protests may be filed, the final ruling made after the day set for hearing shall determine the proper classification; and all records of the local and general land offices shall be made to conform to the classification as determined by such final ruling, and all costs of such hearings shall be paid by the unsuccessful party, under such rules as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry into effect the true intent and provisions of this Act as speedily as practicable.
686FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 131, 132. 1895.
Sec. 7. That no patent or other evidence of title shall be issued or

Only patents for non-mineral land to he issued to Northern Pacific Railroad.

 delivered to said Northern Pacific Railroad Company for any land in said land districts until such land shall have been examined and classified as nonmineral, as provided for in this Act, and such patent or other evidence of title shall only issue then to such land, if any, in said land districts as said company may be, by law and compliance therewith and by the said classification, entitled to, and any patent, certificate, or record of selection, or other evidence of title or right to possession of any land in said land districts, issued, entered, or delivered to said Northern Pacific Railroad Company in violation of the provisions of

Proviso.

Forfeiture rights, etc., not waived.

this Act shall be void: Provided, That nothing contained in this Act shall be taken or construed as recognizing or confirming any grant of land or the right to any land in the said Northern Pacific Railroad Company, or as waiving or in any wise affecting any right on the part of the United States against the said Northern Pacific Railroad company to claim a forfeiture of any land grunt heretofore made to said company.
Sec. 8. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the

Appropriation for expense.

 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended to carry into effect the provisions of this Act, the same to be paid out upon the order of the Secretary of the Interior: and the Secretary of the Interior

Estimates.

is hereby required to embrace in the annual estimates submitted to Congress for appropriations for the Interior Department a sufficient sum to pay the said commissioners for the fiscal year next ensuing, and annually thereafter until the classification of lands required by this Act has been fully accomplished.
Approved, February 26, 1895.
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CHAP. 132.—
An Act For the promotion of anatomical science, and to prevent the desecration of graves in the District of Columbia.

February 26, 1895

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

District of Columbia.

Delivery of dead bodies from hospitals, etc., to medical colleges.
That any public officer or officers, whether directors, trustees, superintendents, wardens, keepers, or managers, having lawful charge of or control over any hospital, prison, jail, or morgue, within the District of Columbia, may, with the approval of the health officer of said District, deliver to the duly authorized agent of any medical college or colleges in the District of Columbia, the bodies of such deceased persons as are required to be buried at the public expense, said bodies to be distributed among the several colleges

Proviso.

Bodies excepted.

in proportion to the number of students in each: Provided, however, That if the deceased person, during his last illness, requested to be buried, or if within forty-eight hours, after his death any person claiming to be, and satisfying the health officer that he is, a relative by blood or marriage, or friend of the deceased, asks to have the body buried, or if such deceased person was a stranger or traveler who suddenly died, the body shall not be so delivered, but shall be buried.
Sec. 2. That before the bodies of such deceased persons as are mentioned

Notices to relatives, etc.

 in the first, section shall be delivered to the authorized agents of any medical college in the District of Columbia notice shall be given by the person or persons having lawful charge of said bodies to the relative or friend

Publication.

of the deceased, if known; if not known, the death of the deceased shall be published at least once in a daily newspaper published in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, in which publication the full name of the deceased person shall, if possible, be given, and if such name be not known, a description of the person and apparel of the deceased, with information of the place where they may be seen, the expenses of such publication to be paid as other expenses FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 132–134. 1895.687 of the District of Columbia are paid: Provided, That the persons

Proviso.

Body to be kept thirty-six hours.

 named in the first section shall not deliver the body of the deceased, as provided in this Act, until at least thirty-six hours shall have elapsed since the death of said deceased and giving of said notice or the publication of the same.
Sec. 3. That every person who shall have been duly authorized by

College to give bond for use, etc., of body.

 the faculty of any medical college in the District of Columbia to receive such dead bodies shall, before so receiving them, give to the health officer of said District a bond in the sum of two hundred dollars, with surety satisfactory to said health officer, and conditioned that each dead body shall be used only for the promotion of anatomical and surgical knowledge within the said District of Columbia, and that after having been so used the remains thereof shall be decently buried; and

Punishment for removing bodies from graves, etc.

 whosoever shall use such body or bodies for any purpose other than that aforesaid, or shall remove the same beyond the limits of the District of Columbia, and whosoever shall sell or buy such body or bodies, or in any way traffic in the same, or who shall disturb or remove bodies from graves in which they have been buried, or who shall disregard the expressed wishes of the deceased, or of his or her friends, where such wishes may be disclosed, as provided for in section one of’ this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be imprisoned for a term not less than two nor more than three years, at hard labor, in the jail of said District.
Approved, February 26, 1895.
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CHAP. 133.—
An Act To amend section twenty-four hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

February 26, 1895

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

Public lands.

R. S., sec. 2455, p. 449, amended.
That section twenty-four hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
“Sec. 2455. It shall he lawful for the Commissioner of the General

Sales of isolated tracts.

 Land Office to order into market and sell for not less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre any isolated or disconnected tract or parcel of the public domain less than one quarter section which in bis judgment it would be proper to expose to sale after at least thirty days’ notice by the land officers of the district in which such lands may be situated: Provided, That lands shall not become so isolated or disconnected

Provisos.

To be open to home stead entry three years.

 until the same have been subject to homestead entry for a period of three years after the surrounding land has been entered, filed upon, or sold by the Government: Provided, That not more than one

Limit.

 hundred and sixty acres shall be sold to any one person.”
Approved, February 26, 1895.
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CHAP. 134.—
An Act To authorize the adoption of children in the District of Columbia.

February 26, 1895

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

District of Columbia.

Adoption of children authorized.
That jurisdiction is hereby conferred on any judge of the supreme court of the District of Columbia to hear and determine any petition that may be presented by a person or a husband and wife residing in the District of Columbia, praying the privilege of adopting any minor child as his or her or their own child, and make such minor child an heir at law. If the judge shall

Proceedings.

 find, upon the hearing of such petitioner, that the petitioner is a proper person to have custody of such child, and that the parent or parents or guardian of such child have given their permission for such adoption, 688FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 134, 135. 1895. be shall enter an order upon the records of the court, legalizing such adoption and making such child an heir at law of such petitioner the

Guardian.

same as if such child was born to such petitioner. If the child has no parent or guardian the judge shall appoint a guardian ad litem.
Approved, February 26, 1895.
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CHAP. 135.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Yellowstone River, in the county of Dawson, State of Montana.

February 26, 1895

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

Dawson County may bridge Yellowstone River, Glendive, Mont.
That the county of Dawson, in the State of Montana, is hereby authorized and empowered to erect, establish, and maintain, or authorize the erection, establishment, and maintenance of a wagon bridge across the Yellowstone River at a point suitable to the interests of navigation, from a point on the easterly bank of said river in the town of Glendive, in said county, so as to connect with the opposite shore of said river; that said bridge shall not interfere with the free navigation of said river beyond what is necessary in order to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted.
Sec. 2. That the bridge under this Act shall be constructed as a pivot

Drawbridge.

 drawbridge, with the draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with a span of not less than one hundred feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, measured at right angles to the axis of the channel:

Proviso.

Opening draw.

 Provided, That the said draw shall be opened promptly on reasonable signal for the passage of boats, vessels, and other water craft whose construction shall be such as not to admit of their passage under said bridge.
Sec. 3. That any bridge constructed under this Act and according to

Lawful structure and post, route.

 its provisions and conditions shall be a lawful structure, over which may be transmitted the mails, troops, and munitions of war of the United States free of charge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes across said bridge.
Sec. 4. That the structure herein authorized shall be built and

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 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 corporation named 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 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, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed 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 plans and location of the bridge are decided by the Secretary of War to be such as will not materially affect the interest of navigation the bridge shall not be commenced or

Changes.

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; and-in case the approach and passage of the drawspan openings be found at any time dangerous or difficult of access by the river traffic, the persons owning said bridge shall construct, at their own expense, such works of channel regulation and such aids to navigation as the Secretary of War shall order, to render the approach and passage reasonably safe paid easy; and the said structure shall at all times be 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

Lights, etc.

displayed on said bridge, from the hours of sunset to sunrise, such lights as may be prescribed by the Light-House Board; and the said FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 135, 137, 138. 1895.689 structure shall be changed or removed, at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as Congress 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

Revocation, etc.

 and modification by law when the public good shall, in the judgment of Congress, so require, without any expense or charge to the United States.
Sec. 5. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Sec. 6. 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 thereof.
Approved, February 26, 1895.
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CHAP. 137.—
An Act To amend the Articles for the Government of the Navy relative to punishment on conviction by court-martial.

February 27, 1895

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

Navy.

Articles amended.

R. S., sec. 1624, p. 284, amended.
That the Articles for the Government of the Navy be, and the same are hereby, amended by adding thereto the following:
“Article 63. Whenever, by any of the Articles for the Government

Punishment for offenses in time of peace.

 of the Navy of the United States, the punishment on conviction of an offense is left to the discretion of the court-martial, the punishment therefor shall not, in time of peace, be in excess of a limit which the President may prescribe.”
Approved, February 27, 1895.
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CHAP. 138.—
An Act Making the surveyor of the District of Columbia a salaried officer, and to provide for more efficient service in the surveyor’s office.

February 28, 1895

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

District of Columbia.

Surveyor to be appointed

Salary, term.

R. S. D. C., ch. 16, p. 56.
from and after the passage of this Act the surveyor of the District of Columbia shall receive a salary of three thousand dollars per annum in lieu of fees, and shall be appointed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for a term of four years unless sooner removed for cause and shall be under the direction and control of the said Commissioners.
Sec. 2. That the surveyor shall give bond to the United States in the

Bond.

 penalty of twenty thousand dollars, with two sureties, to be approved by the Commissioners, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation

Oath.

 before the Commissioners that he will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his office, which bond and oath shall be deposited with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, on the

Assistant, etc.

 recommendation of the surveyor, be, and they are hereby, authorized to appoint one assistant surveyor, at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, and such employees as may in the judgment of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be required for the surveyor’s office and operations at an aggregate expense of not exceeding five thousand two hundred dollars in any one-year.
Sec. 4. That the surveyor shall, as speedily as possible, execute any

Executing orders.

 order of survey made by any court or private individual of any lot or square within the city of Washington, or of any land within the District of Columbia, outside of said city, and shall make due return of a true plat and certificate thereof.
690FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Bess. III. Chs. 138, 139. 1895.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the surveyor to execute any

Work for the District.

 surveying work for the District of Columbia, without charge, on the

Fees to be deposited.

order of the Commissioners; and all fees for surveys made by the surveyor or the assistant surveyor shall be paid over to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia under regulations to be prescribed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and be covered into the Treasury of the United States as other revenues of the District are

Preservation of notes, records, etc.

now; and the field notes of the surveyor and his assistant shall be preserved and shall be a part of the public property of the District of Columbia, and all records, plats, plans and other papers or documents now existing or hereafter made or secured by the office of the said surveyor shall be delivered by each surveyor to his successor in office, and no plat or survey of land shall be recorded in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia except it be certified to as correct by the surveyor of the said District.
Sec. 6. That the assistant surveyor shall take the same oath his

Duties of assistant.

 principal is required to take, and may, during the continuance of his office, discharge and perform any of the official duties of his principal, and any default or misfeasance in office by the assistant surveyor, or other assistant or helper of the surveyor, shall be deemed a breach of the official bond of his principal.
Sec. 7. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby

Schedules of fees.

 empowered and directed to prescribe a schedule of fees to be charged by the surveyor for his services, in lieu of the fees now charged, which schedule shall be printed and conspicuously displayed in the office of the surveyor.
Sec. 8. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions

Repeal.

 of this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved, February 28, 1895.
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CHAP. 139.—
An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and thirty-four of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States.

February 28, 1895

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

Steam vessels.

R. S., sec. 4434, p. 859, amended.
That section forty-four hundred and thirty-four of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes be amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 4434. No externally fired boiler having its shell constructed

Thickness of boiler plates increased for vessels on certain rivers.

 of iron or steel plates exceeding an average thickness of thirty one-hundredths of an inch shall “be employed on any steam vessel navigating the Red River of the North or rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico or their tributaries; and no externally fired boiler employed on

Space between flues.

any such steam vessel shall have less than three inches space between its shell and any of its internal flues, and not less than three inches space between such flues when any such flues are more than five inches in diameter; and every such externally fired boiler employed on any

Manhole.

such steam vessel shall be provided with a manhole in the lower part of the front head thereof, of such dimensions as may be prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors, in all cases where the distance

Extra thickness allowed ocean, etc., vessels.

between its internal flues is less than three inches. Externally fired boilers having shells constructed of iron or steel plates not exceeding an average thickness of fifty one-hundredths of an inch may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be authorized and employed on steam vessels navigating the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, or saltwater bays or sounds, or the Great Lakes, or any of them, and waters

Proviso.

Average required.

flowing to and from the same, or any of them: Provided, That on inspection no plate that is by this Act limited to a thickness of thirty one-hundredths of an inch and no plate that is by this Act limited to a thickness of fifty one-hundredths of an inch shall be rejected for use if found to exceed those dimensions, respectively, if the average thickness thereof does not exceed the limits therein specified, and the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 139, 140. 1895.691 amount of steam pressure that will be permitted to be carried in boilers constructed in accordance with the requirements of this Act shall be determined from measurements showing the least thickness of the plates.”
Sec. 2. That all laws or parts of laws conflicting with this Act are

Repeal.

 hereby repealed.
Approved, February 28, 1895.
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CHAP. 140.—
An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

February 28, 1895

. 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 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, five thousand dollars.

Advertising.

For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster-General, one

Miscellaneous.

thousand dollars.

 office of the first assistant postmaster-general.

First Assistant Postmaster-General.

For compensation to postmasters, sixteen million dollars.

Postmasters.

For compensation to clerks in post offices, ten million one hundred

Clerks in post-offices.

thousand dollars.

For rent, light, and fuel for first and second class post-offices, nine

Rent, light, and fuel.

hundred thousand dollars.

For rent, light, and fuel for post-offices of the third class, seven hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That there shall not be allowed for

Proviso.

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 fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That the Postmaster-General,

Proviso.

Expenditures.

 in his discretion, under such regulations as he shall prescribe, may authorize any of the postmasters of said offices to expend the fund he may allow them for such purposes without the written consent of the Postmaster-General.

For advertising at first and second class post-offices, fifteen thousand dollars.

Advertising.

For free delivery service, including existing experimental free-delivery

Free delivery.

offices, twelve million seven hundred and ninety thousand two hundred and eighty-three dollars and sixty-four cents.

For stationery in post-offices, fifty thousand dollars.

Stationery.

For wrapping twine, eighty thousand dollars.

Twine.

For wrapping paper, fifty thousand dollars.

Paper.

For letter balances, scales, and test weights, and repairs to same,

Scales.

fifteen thousand dollars.

For postmarking and rating stamps, and repairs to same, and ink

Canceling, etc., stamps.

and pads for stamping and canceling purposes, thirty 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, fifteen thousand dollars.

For rental of canceling machines, sixty thousand dollars.

Canceling machines.

 692FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 140. 1895. office of the second assistant postmaster-general.

Second Assistant Postmaster-General.

For inland mail transportation, namely: Inland transportation by

Inland mail transportation.

Star routes.

star routes, including temporary service to newly established offices, five million eight hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

For inland transportation by steamboat routes, four hundred and

Steamboat routes.

twenty thousand dollars.

For mail-messenger service, one million two hundred and sixty-five

Messenger service.

thousand dollars.

For mail bags and mailbag catchers, cord fasteners, label cases, and

Bags, catchers, etc.

for labor and material necessary for repairing equipment, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars.

For mail locks and keys, chains, tools, and machinery, and for labor

Locks, keys, etc.

and material necessary for repairing same, forty thousand dollars.

For the purpose of enabling the Postmaster-General to rent a building

Repair shop.

for a mailbag repair shop and lock repair shop, and for fuel, gas, watchmen and charwoman, 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.

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-six million five hundred thousand dollars.

For railway post-office car service, three million two hundred and

Postal cars.

five thousand dollars.

For railway post-office clerks, seven million four hundred and thirty-three

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 railway postal clerks traveling on duty under order of the

Proviso.

To reside on route.

Postmaster-General: Provided, That all clerks hereafter appointed to the Railway Mail Service and to perform duty in railway post offices shall reside at some point on the route to which they are assigned; but railway mail clerks heretofore appointed and now performing such duty shall not be required to change their residence.

For necessary and special facilities on trunk lines from Boston, Massachusetts,

Special facilities.

by way of New York and Washington, to Atlanta and New Orleans, one hundred and ninety six thousand six hundred and fourteen

Proviso.

Condition.

dollars and twenty two cents: Provided, That no part of the appropriation 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.

For transportation of foreign mails, one million six hundred thousand

Foreign mails.

dollars:

Proviso.

Clerks on steamers.

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 twenty 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.

one hundred and sixty thousand dollars.

For pay of agents and assistants to distribute stamps, and expenses

Distribution.

of agency, twelve thousand dollars.

For manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers,

Stamped envelopes, etc.

eight hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

For pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamped envelopes and

Distribution.

newspaper wrappers, and expenses of agency, seventeen thousand eight hundred dollars.

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 140, 144, 145. 1895.693

For manufacture of postal cards, one hundred and eighty-six thousand

Postal cards.

dollars.

For pay of agent and assistants to distribute postal cards, and

Distribution.

expenses of agency, seven thousand eight hundred dollars.

For registered package, tag, official, and dead-letter envelopes, one

Official, etc., envelopes.

hundred and seven thousand dollars.

For ship, steamboat, and way letters, one thousand five hundred

Ship, etc., letters.

dollars.

For engraving, printing, and binding drafts and warrants, two thousand

Printing, etc., drafts.

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, three hundred thousand

Mail depredations.

dollars: Provided, That not exceeding five thousand dollars of

Proviso.

Fees, suits on official bonds.

 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 Auditor for the Post-Office Department, through the Solicitor of the Treasury, against the sureties on the official bonds of late postmasters, as provided for by section two

R. S., sec. 292, p. 49.

 hundred and ninety-two, Revised Statutes of the United States.

For payment of rewards for the detection, arrest, and conviction of

Rewards.

post-office burglars and robbers, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. That if the revenues 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 revenues for the Post-Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
Approved, February 28, 1895.
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CHAP. 144.—
An Act To authorize the appointment of women as public school trustees in the District of Columbia.

March 1, 1895

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

District of Columbia.

Women may be school trustees.

Board increased.

Vol. 22, p. 142.
That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized to appoint women as members of the board of trustees of the public schools of the District of Columbia, and for this purpose the number of trustees of said board shall be increased from nine to eleven.
Approved, March 1, 1895.
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CHAP. 145.—
An Act To provide for the appointment of additional judges of the United States court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.

March 1, 1895

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

Indian Territory.

Three judicial Districts created.

Post, p. 966.

That the territory known as the Indian Territory, now within the jurisdiction of the United States court in said Territory, is hereby divided into three judicial districts, to be known as the northern, central, and southern districts, and at least two terms of the United States court in the Indian Territory shall be held each year at each place of holding court in each district at such regular times as the judge for such district shall fix and determine.

The northern district shall consist of all the Creek country, all of the

Northern district.

Seminole country, all of the Cherokee country, all of the country occupied by the Indian tribes in the Quapaw Indian Agency, and the town site of the Miami Townsite Company, and the places of holding courts in said district shall be at Vinita, Miami, Tahlequah, and Muscogee.

694FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 145. 1895.

The central district shall consist of all the Choctaw country, and the

Central district.

places of holding courts in said district shall be at South McAlester, Atoka, Antlers, and Cameron.

The southern district shall consist of all the Chickasaw country, and

Southern district.

the places of holding courts in said district shall be at Ardmore, Purcell, Pauls Valley, Ryan, and Chickasha.

Sec. 2.

That there shall he appointed by the President, by and with

Two additional judges.

the advice and consent of the Senate, two additional judges of the United States court in said Indian Territory, who shall hold their respective, offices for the term of four years from the date of their appointment, unless sooner removed as provided by law, one of whom shall be the judge of the northern district and the other shall be the judge of the southern district; and the judge of the United States court now in office shall, from and after said appointments, be the judge of the central district, and shall bold his office for the term for which he was appointed, and during the period of their Service said judges shall reside in the judicial districts for which they are appointed; and said judges of the northern and southern districts shall each take the oath of office required by law to be taken by the judges of the district courts of the United States. The judge for each district shall he paid

Salaries, etc.

a salary of five thousand dollars per annum, and allowed his necessary expenses when holding court away from home, the same to be paid from the Treasury of the United States in like manner as the salaries and allowances of the judges of the United States district courts. If the appointment of said judges, or any of them, shall not be made during the present session, the President of the United States shall be, and is hereby, empowered to make such appointment during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of the next session.

The judges shall have, within the judicial districts for which they are

Powers of judges.

appointed, all such authority, both in term time and vacation, as to all matters and causes, both criminal and civil, pending or that may be brought in said districts, and shall have the same superintending control over commissioners’ courts therein, and the same authority in the judicial districts, to issue writs of habeas corpus and prohibition, injunction, mandamus, certiorari, and other remedial and final process as is now by law vested in the judge of the United States court in the Indian Territory, or in the circuit and district courts of the United

Service in other Districts.

States. The judge of each district is authorized and empowered to hold court in any other district, for the trial of any case which the judge of said other district is disqualified from trying, and the disqualifications under this Act shall be the same as are provided by the laws of the State of Arkansas to disqualify the circuit judges of that State, except that no judge shall be disqualified by the filing of an affidavit of his prejudice. And whenever on account of sickness, or for any other reason, the judge of any district is unable to perform the duties of his office, either of the other judges may act in his stead, in term time or in vacation.

Until the appointment and qualification of said judges of the northern

Temporary authority of present judge.

and southern districts, respectively, the judge of the United States court in the Indian Territory shall continue to perform all the duties and exercise all the authority that is now, or hereafter may be, conferred upon him as such judge.

There shall be appointed by the President an attorney and marshal

Attorneys and marshals.

for said court in each of said districts, who shall continue in office for four years, and until their successors shall be duly appointed and qualified, and they shall discharge the like, duties as other United States attorneys and marshals. Each of said marshals shall appoint one or

Deputy marshals.

more deputies, who shall have the same powers, perform the like duties, and be removable in like manner as other deputy United States marshals; and said marshals shall give bond, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the judge for said district, in the sum of ten thousand FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 145. 1895.695 dollars, conditioned as by law required in regard to the bonds of other United States marshals. The United States attorney for the Indian

Present officials.

 Territory shall be the district attorney for the northern district as herein created, and the marshal in the Indian Territory shall be the marshal for said central district after this Act goes into effect.

Each of the district attorneys in said Territory shall receive a salary

Salaries, etc.

of tour thousand dollars per annum, and each of the marshals shall receive a salary of four thousand dollars per annum; and each of his deputies, not exceeding four in number, unless a greater number be specially authorized by order of the district judge, entered of record, shall receive a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum and his reasonable and necessary expenses of travel and subsistence while on duty, to be approved by the judge for the district for which he is appointed: Provided, That, in case of emergency, either of said

Provisos.

Additional deputy marshals.

 judges may authorize the appointment of as many deputy marshals as he may deem necessary for the enforcement of law and the suppression of crime, and such deputies shall receive the same rate of pay and expenses of travel for the time they may serve as regular deputy marshals: And provided further, That the Attorney-General of the United States may, if in his judgment it shall be necessary, appoint an assistant

Assistant attorneys.

 attorney for each of said districts.
Sec. 3. That the clerk of the United States court, in the Indian Territory,

Clerks.

 now in office, shall be clerk of the southern district, and the clerks of the central and northern districts shall be appointed by the respective judges thereof, and the clerk of each district shall reside and keep his office at one of the places of holding court in his district, be shall perform the same duties and be subject to the same liabilities as

Duties.

 clerks of district courts of the United States, and, before entering upon his duties, he shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the judge of the district conditioned that he will faithfully discharge his duties as required by law. Each of said clerks shall appoint a deputy clerk for each court in his

Deputies.

 district where he himself does not reside. Such deputy clerk shall keep his office and reside at the place appointed for holding the court for which he is appointed, and shall keep the records of said court and shall receive a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum: Provided, That the appointment of such deputy shall be approved by

Proviso.

Approval of deputies.

 the judge of the district, and may be annulled by said judge for cause, which shall be stated on the records of the court, and the clerk shall be responsible for the official acts and negligence of his deputies. Each of the clerks in said Territory shall receive a salary of three thousand

Salaries, etc.

 dollars per annum, and in all cases where said clerks are authorized or required to perform duties other than those performed by the clerks of the district and circuit courts of the United States, they shall be entitled to retain, for their own use and benefit, such fees as may be allowed by law for such services.
Sec. 4.

That each judge of said court shall have the powers conferred

Commissioners authorized.

by law upon the United States circuit courts to appoint commissioners within the district in which he presides, who, at the time of their appointment, shall be duly enrolled attorneys of some court of record of the United States or of some State, and shall be competent and of good standing, and shall be known as United States commissioners, but not exceeding six commissioners shall be appointed for any district

Limit.

 hereinbefore constituted: Provided, That, the present commissioners

Proviso.

Present officials.

 shall be included in that number and shall hold office under their existing appointments, subject to removal by the judge of the district where said commissioners reside, for causes prescribed by law. The judge for each district, may fix the place where, or the time when, each commissioner shall bold his regular terms of court.

The order appointing such commissioners shall be in writing and

Appointment.

shall be spread upon the records of one of the courts of the district for which they are appointed; and such order shall designate, by metes 696FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 145. 1895. and bounds, the portion of Hie district for which they are appointed.

Powers.

They shall have all the powers of commissioners of the circuit courts of the United States. They shall be ex officio notaries public and ex officio justices of the peace within and for the portion of the district for which they are appointed, and shall have the power as such to solemnize marriages.

The provisions of chapter forty-five of Mansfield’s Digest of the

Arkansas criminal law and procedure in force.

General Laws of Arkansas, entitled “Criminal law,” except as to the crimes and misdemeanors mentioned in the proviso of this section, and chapter forty-six of said laws of Arkansas, contained in said digest, entitled “Criminal procedure,” and chapter ninety-one of said general laws, regulating the jurisdiction and procedure before justices of the peace in civil cases, be, and they are hereby, extended to and put in

Jurisdiction.

force in the Indian Territory; and the jurisdiction to enforce said provisions is hereby conferred upon the United States court in the Indian

Proviso.

In conflicting cases United States laws to prevail.

Territory: Provided, That in all cases where the laws of the United States and the said criminal laws of Arkansas have provided for the punishment of the same offenses the laws of the United States shall

Larceny excepted.

govern as to said offenses, except for the crime of larceny, the punishment for which shall be that prescribed by the laws of the State of Arkansas, any law in force in said Indian Territory to the contrary notwithstanding.

The original jurisdiction of such commissioners as justices of the

Commissioners to have exclusive jurisdiction under $100.

peace in civil cases shall, in all those classes of cases where jurisdiction is by this Act conferred upon the United States court in the Indian Territory, be exclusive where the amount or value of the demand or of the property or thing in controversy does not exceed one hundred dollars.

That said commissioners, acting as justices of the peace in criminal

Criminal jurisdiction.

cases, shall have jurisdiction to hold preliminary examinations and discharge, hold to bail, or commit in cases of offenses which, under the laws applicable to the Territory, amount to felonies.

Appeals may be taken to the United States court in the Indian Territory,

Appeals.

in said districts, respectively, from the final judgment of said commissioners, acting as justices of the peace, in all cases; and such appeals shall be taken in the manner that appeals may be taken from the final judgments of the justices of the peace under the provisions of said chapter ninety-one in civil cases and chapter forty-six in criminal

Proviso.

Limit.

cases of the laws of Arkansas: Provided, That no appeal shall be allowed in civil cases where the amount of the judgment, exclusive of cost, does not exceed twenty dollars. Each of said commissioners in

Salaries.

said Territory shall receive a salary of one thousand five, hundred dollars per annum, and all fees collected by him shall be paid over to the clerk of the district.
Sec. 5. That the judge in each district may appoint a constable for

Constables authorized.

 each of said commissioners’ districts so designated by the court, which appointments shall be in writing and spread upon the records of one of the courts in said district, and the constable so appointed shall perform all the duties required of constables by the laws of the State of Arkansas, chapter twenty-four of Mansfield’s Digest. Each of said constables

Salary.

shall receive a salary of six hundred dollars per annum. Each of said

Accounts of fees, etc.

commissioners and constables shall keep a careful account of all fees, fines, and costs collected by him, and shall settle with and pay the same to the clerk of the district at the end of every quarter, who shall pay the same into the Treasury of the United States. Said commissioners and constables, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall execute to the United States, for the security of the public,

Bonds and oaths.

a good and sufficient bond in the sum of two thousand dollars, to be approved by the judge appointing him, conditioned that he will faithfully discharge the duties of his office and account for all moneys coming into his hands; and he shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and to faithfully perform the duties required of FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 145. 1895.697 him, which bond and oath shall be filed with the clerk in the district for which the appointment is made.
Sec. 6. That jurors for each term of said court in each district shall

Jurors.

 be, selected and summoned in the manner provided by the statute laws of the State of Arkansas now in force in said Territory.
Sec. 7. That all prosecutions for crimes or offenses of which the

Prosecutions to be within district of offense.

 United States court in the Indian Territory shall have jurisdiction, shall be had within the district in which said offense shall have been committed, and in the court nearest or most convenient to the locality where it is committed, to be determined by the judge on motion to transfer the trial of the case from one court to another. All civil suits shall be

Civil suits.

 brought in the district in which the defendant or defendants reside or may be found; but if there are two or more defendants residing in different districts the action maybe brought in any district in which either of the defendants may reside or be found; and if a resident, in the court nearest to bis residence. All eases shall be tried in the court to which the process is returnable, unless a change of venue is allowed,

Change of venue.

 in which case the court shall change the venue to the nearest place of holding court, within the district, and any civil cause may be removed to another district for trial if the court shall so order, on the application of either party.
Sec. 8. That any person, whether an Indian or otherwise, who shall,

Punishment for sale, etc., of liquors.

 in said Territory, manufacture, sell, giveaway, or in any manner, or by any means furnish to anyone, either for himself or another, any vinous, malt, or fermented liquors, of any other intoxicating drinks of any kind whatsoever, whether medicated or not, or who shall carry, or in any manner have carried, into said Territory any such liquors or drinks, or who shall be interested in such manufacture, sale, giving away, furnishing to anyone,, or carrying into said Territory any of such liquors or drinks, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by line not exceeding five hundred dollars and by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than five years.
Sec. 9.

That the United States court in the Indian Territory shall

Exclusive jurisdiction of court.

have exclusive original jurisdiction of all offenses committed in said Territory, of which the United States court in the Indian Territory now has jurisdiction, and after the first day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety six, shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all offenses against the laws of the United States, committed in said Territory, except such cases as the United States court at Paris, Texas, Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Fort Scott, Kansas, shall have acquired jurisdiction of before that time; and shall have such original jurisdiction of civil cases

Civil actions.

 as is now vested in the United States court in the Indian Territory, and appellate jurisdiction of all cases tried before said commissioners, acting as justices of the peace, where the amount of the judgment exceeds twenty dollars.

All laws heretofore enacted conferring jurisdiction upon United

Jurisdiction of courts in States repealed.

States courts held in Arkansas, Kansas, and Texas, outside of the limits of the Indian Territory, as defined by law, as to offenses committed in said Indian Territory, as herein provided, are hereby repealed, to take effect on September first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six; and

Effect.

 the jurisdiction now conferred by law upon said courts is hereby given from and after the date aforesaid to the United States court in the Indian Territory; Provided, That in all criminal cases where said courts

Proviso.

Pending cases.

 outside of the Indian Territory shall have, on September first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, acquired jurisdiction, they shall retain jurisdiction to try and finally dispose, of such cases. Every case, civil or criminal, pending in the United States court in the Indian Territory shall be tried and disposed of by the court where the same is pending, unless the venue therein be changed, as herein provided.
Sec. 10. That it shall be the duty of the marshals appointed under

Court rooms, etc.

 this act to provide, under the direction and with the approval of the judge of the district, suitable buildings and rooms for holding said 698FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 145. 1895. courts in their respective districts. They shall also procure suitable offices for the clerks and marshals. Any contract for these purposes shall be approved by the judge only after personal inspection of the premises leased, and any contract for a period longer than six months shall be reported to the Attorney-General for his approval. Said

Custody of prisoners.

marshals shall also provide suitable prisons in each district at the places of holding said court for the confinement and safekeeping of all prisoners committed by said court and the commissioners appointed under this act, and all other prisoners in legal custody.
Sec. 11.

That the judges of said court shall constitute a court of

Court of appeals.

appeals, to be presided over by the judge oldest in commission as chief

Jurisdiction.

justice of said court; and said court shall have such jurisdiction and powers in said Indian Territory and such general superintending control over the courts thereof as is conferred upon the supreme court of Arkansas over the courts thereof by the laws of said State, as provided by chapter forty of Mansfield’s Digest of the Laws of Arkansas, and the provisions of said chapter, so far as they relate to the jurisdiction and powers of said supreme court of Arkansas as to appeals and writs of error, and as to the trial and decision of causes, so far as they are applicable, shall be, and they are hereby, extended over and put in force in the Indian Territory; and appeals and writs of error from said court in said districts to said appellate court, in criminal cases, shall be prosecuted under the provisions of chapter forty-six of said Mansfield’s Digest, by this act

Criminal appeals and writs of error.

put in force in the Indian Territory. But no one of said judges shall sit in said appellate court in the determination of any cause in which an appeal is prosecuted from the decision of any court over which he presided. In case of said presiding judge being absent, the judge next oldest in commission shall preside over said appellate court, and in such case two of said judges shall

Quorum.

constitute a quorum. In all cases where the court is equally divided in opinion, the judgment of the court below shall stand affirmed.

Writs of error and appeals from the final decision of said appellate

Appeals, etc., to circuit court of appeals.

court shall be allowed, and may be taken to the circuit court of appeals for the eighth judicial circuit in the same manner and under the same regulations as appeals are taken from the circuit courts of the United

Clerk to court of appeals.

States. Said appellate court shall appoint its own clerk, who shall hold his office at the pleasure of said court, and who shall receive a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum. The marshal of the district wherein such appellate court shall be held shall be marshal of such court. Said appellate court shall be held at South

Terms.

McAlester, in the Choctaw Nation, and it shall hold two terms in each year, at such times and for such periods as may be fixed by the court.
Sec. 12. That there shall be allowed to said attorneys, marshals, and

Fees to officials.

R. S., Title XII, ch. 16, p, 153.

 clerks of the court of appeals and district courts the same fees as are allowed to like officers in chapter sixteen, title judiciary, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and as are allowed in chapter sixty-three of the Laws of Arkansas, in all cases where such fees or taxed costs are paid by individuals or corporations, and they shall each keep careful account of all such fees collected by him, and account to the clerk of the court of appeals for all of the same in excess of their respective salaries, making settlement therefor with said clerk at the end of each quarter of the fiscal year. And the said clerk of the court of appeals shall at the end of each quarter pay the moneys or fees so received by him to the assistant treasurer of the United States in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Sec. 13. That none of the provisions of any other acts, or of any of the

Laws to remain in force.

 laws of the United States, or of the State of Arkansas, heretofore put in force in said Indian Territory, except so far as they come in conflict with the provisions of this act, are intended to be repealed, or in any manner affected by this act, but all such acts and laws are to remain in full force and effect in said Territory.
Approved, March 1, 1895.
Chap. 146: To amend “An Act to amend section forty-four hundred of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning the regulation of steam vessels,” approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two; and also to amend section forty-four hundred and fourteen, title fifty-two, of the Revised Statutes, “Regulation of steam vessels.” 28 Stat. 699 1895-03-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 699

CHAP. 146.—
An Act To amend “An Act to amend section forty-four hundred of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning the regulation of steam vessels,” approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two; and also to amend section forty-four hundred and fourteen, title fifty-two, of the Revised Statutes, “Regulation of steam vessels.”

March 1, 1895.

Steam vessels.

Special inspectors abolished.

R. S., sec. 4400. p. 852, amended.

Vol. 22, p. 346.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the “Act to amend section forty-four hundred of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States,” approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out from the first section thereof all after the word “aforesaid,” in the fourteenth line of said section, also sections two to six, inclusive, of said Act.
Sec. 2. That section forty-four hundred and fourteen of the Revised

Inspectors of bulls and boilers.

R. S., sec. 4414, p. 854, amended.

 Statutes be amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 4414.

There shall be, in each of the following collection districts, one inspector of hulls and one inspector of boilers, namely: The districts of New York, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Philadelphia,

Places.

Pennsylvania; San Francisco,California; Albany,New York; New London,Connecticut; Baltimore, Maryland; Buffalo,New York; Cleveland, Ohio; New Orleans, Louisiana: Norfolk, Virginia; Saint Louis, Missouri; Dubuque, Iowa; Detroit,Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; Michigan, Michigan;

Ante, p. 843.

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Port Huron, Michigan; Willamette, Oregon; Portland, Maine; Puget Sound, Washington; Savannah, Georgia; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: Oswego, New York; Charleston, South Carolina; Duluth, Minnesota; Louisville, Kentucky; Evansville, Indiana; Memphis, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; Cincinnati, Ohio; Gallipolis, Ohio; Wheeling. West Virginia; Superior, Michigan; Burlington, Vermont; Apalachicola, Florida; Galveston, Texas; Mobile, Alabama; and Providence, Rhode Island.

“The inspector of hulls and the inspector of boilers in the districts

Salaries.

enumerated in the preceding paragraph shall be entitled to the following salaries, to be paid under the direction of the Secretary of the. Treasury, namely:

In districts inspecting one hundred steamers and less to a salary of

Basis.

one thousand two hundred dollars per year each.

“In districts inspecting over one hundred and less than one hundred and fifty steamers, to a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars per year each.

“In districts inspecting one hundred and fifty and less than two hundred steamers, to a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars per year each.

“In districts inspecting two hundred and less than three hundred steamers, to a salary of two thousand dollars per year each.

“In districts inspecting three hundred and less than five hundred steamers, to a salary of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per year each.

“In districts inspecting five hundred steamers and upward, to a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per year each.

“The Supervising Inspector-General shall report to the Secretary of

Report of inspections.

the Treasury the number of inspections for the year next preceding the approval of this Act and thereafter, at the end of each fiscal year, the number of steamers inspected in each local district in that year, which number shall be the basis upon which shall be determined the salaries to be paid to local inspectors for the following fiscal year, in the ratio described in the preceding paragraphs of this section. And, in addition, the Secretary of the Treasury may appoint, upon the nomination of the supervising inspector of the district, in collection districts where there, are two hundred and twenty-five steamers and upward to be inspected annually, assistant inspectors, at a salary, for the district of

Assistant inspectors.

Places.

 New York, of two thousand dollars a year each; for the district of New Orleans, Louisiana; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, Jacksonville, Florida, Bangor,

Ante, p. 843.

 700 Maine, New Haven, Connecticut, and San Francisco, California, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per year each; and for all other districts at a salary not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars a year

Clerks.

each; and he may appoint a clerk to any such board at a compensation not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars a year to each person so appointed. Every inspector provided for in this or the preceding sections of this title shall be paid for his actual and reasonable traveling

Expenses.

 expenses at the rate of eight cents per mile, incurred in the performance of his duty, together with his actual and reasonable expenses for transportation of instruments, which shall be certified and sworn to under such instructions as shall be given by the Secretary of the Treasury.”
Sec. 3. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions

Repeal.

 of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved, March 1, 1895.
Chap. 147: For the relief of the bona fide purchasers of land in section thirty-six, township one north, range nine west (San Bernardino meridian), in the State of California. 28 Stat. 700 1895-03-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 147.—
An Act For the relief of the bona fide purchasers of land in section thirty-six, township one north, range nine west (San Bernardino meridian), in the State of California.

March 1, 1895.

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

Public lands.

Title of certain lands in California released to bona fide purchasers.
That all the right, title, and interest that the Government of the United States had, or may have had, in and to section thirty-six, in township one north and range nine west (San Bernardino meridian), in the State of California, prior to or after the first day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred anti seventy seven, be, and the same is hereby, released, relinquished, and forever quit claimed to the bona fide purchasers of the same holding under Richard Eads or John J. Bodkin, who purchased the same from the State of California as school lands, and to the heirs and assigns

Payment.

of such purchasers, and that upon payment to the United States of the sum of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre by each of them for the land so owned by them, respectively, such purchasers and holders shall be entitled to receive patents therefor.
Approved, March 1, 1895.
Chap. 148: Relative to Rock Creek Railway Company of the District of Columbia. 28 Stat. 700 1895-03-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 148.—
An Act Relative to Rock Creek Railway Company of the District of Columbia.

March 1, 1895.

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

District of Columbia.

Rock Creek Railway Company may lease, etc., connecting lines.
That the Rock Creek Railway Company of the District of Columbia, being authorized thereto by a vote of the owners of a majority of its capital stock, may contract with any street railway company owning or operating a connecting or intersecting line for the joint management, lease, or purchase of such connecting or intersecting line or lines, and operate the same in connection with its original line; and in case of such contract may provide the

Increase of stock.

means necessary by an increase of its capital stock, not to exceed the actual consideration paid or the actual cost of the necessary equipment:

Provisos.

Fare.

 Provided, That only one fare, not exceeding the rate now authorized by law, shall be charged for a single continuous ride in the District of Columbia over all the lines affected by such contract or any part thereof; and any such company owning connecting or intersecting line is hereby

Power to contract.

Rights not impaired.

empowered, when authorized by a vote of a majority of its stockholders, to enter into such contract: Provided further, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to impair or abridge the right of Congress at any time to regulate the operation of such line or lines, or to release any railway company or companies thus contracting, in whole or in part, 701 from any obligation or restriction imposed by its original charter or by any law of Congress subsequently enacted, except as provided herein; and Congress hereby reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act. In the event of the said company entering into such contract as is contemplated by this Act, i t is hereby authorized, if deemed advisable by its directors, to change its name from the Rock Creek Railway Company

Chance of name authorized.

 of the District of Columbia to that of “The Capital Traction Company.”
Approved, March 1, 1895.
Chap. 149: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Biloxi and Back Bay Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge over that portion of the bay of Biloxi, in the State of Mississippi, known as Back Bay.” 28 Stat. 701 1895-03-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 149.—
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Biloxi and Back Bay Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge over that portion of the bay of Biloxi, in the State of Mississippi, known as Back Bay.”

March 1, 1895.

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

Time extended for bridging Back Bay, Biloxi, Miss.

Ante, p. 571.
That the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the Biloxi and Back Bay Bridge Company to construct and maintain a bridge over that portion of the bay of Biloxi, in the State of Mississippi, known as Back Bay,” approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows: In section six, line two. strike out “one year” and insert instead thereof the words “two years.”
Approved, March 1, 1895.
Chap. 150: Granting the Mount Vernon Barracks Military Reservation to the State of Alabama for public uses. 28 Stat. 701 1895-03-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 150.—
An Act Granting the Mount Vernon Barracks Military Reservation to the State of Alabama for public uses.

March 1, 1895.

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

Mount Vernon Barracks.

Reservation granted to Alabama.
That there is hereby granted to the State of Alabama, for public uses, all the lands belonging to the Mount Vernon Barracks Military Reservation, and now the property of the United States, together with all the improvements thereon, and that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to convey to said State all right, title, and interest of the United States in said lands and improvements, to be held and used by said State for public purposes.
Approved, March 1, 1895.
Chap. 159: To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the erection of a Government building at Chicago, Illinois,” approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. 28 Stat. 701 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 159.—
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the erection of a Government building at Chicago, Illinois,” approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.

March 2, 1895.

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

Chicago, Ill.

Public building.

Ante, p. 664.
That the word “lowest” in line eleven of the Act to which this Act is amendatory be stricken out so that the original Act shall provide as follows:

“And the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to contract with

Sale to be to best bidder.

the best bidder after reasonable notice by advertisement in two or more newspapers published in the city of Chicago for the sale of the present building as hereinbefore described and the removal of the same from the site where it is now located.”
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 160: To authorize the Pittsburg and Mansfield Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River. 28 Stat. 702 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 702

CHAP. 160.—
An Act To authorize the Pittsburg and Mansfield Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Monongahela River.

March 2, 1895.

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

Pittsburg and Mansfield Railroad Company may bridge Monongahela River Pittsburg, Pa.
That the Pittsburg and Mansfield 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

Location.

point at or near the junction of Ferry and Water streets, in the city of Pittsburg, and a point on the opposite side at or near the line of Carson street, south side, in the city of Pittsburg, State of Pennsylvania; and said bridge, when built in accordance with the requirements of

Railroad, etc., bridge.

High bridge.

this Act, shall be a legal structure, and may be used for railroad and highway purposes.
Sec. 2. That any bridge built tinder the.provisions of this Act shall not be in any case of less elevation than eighty feet from the level of the water at pool full in said river to the bottom chord of said bridge, nor shall the main span be of less than seven 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 span shall be over the main channel of the river at ordinary water.
Sec. 3. That to secure a compliance with the conditions of this Act

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 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,

Notification of approval, 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 How 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 proposed 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

Changes.

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 subject likewise to the approval of the Secretary of War.
Sec. 5. That said bridge shall be constructed to provide for the passage

Use by passengers, wagons, etc.

 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

Toll.

reasonable rates of toll as may be approved from time to time by 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

Compensation.

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 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.
703
Sec. 7. 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 Board

Lights, etc.

 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, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 161: Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending dime thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 703 1895-03-02 Chapter 161 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 161.—
An Act Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending dime thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes.

March 2, 1895.

 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-six, 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 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 hundred and forty million dollars: Provided, That the appropriation aforesaid

Provisos.

Navy pensions.

 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: Provided further, That the amount expended under each of the above

Accounts.

Restriction to non residents repealed.

Vol. 27, p. 524.

 items shall be accounted for separately: And provided further, That so much of the fourth proviso of an Act entitled “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,” approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, which reads as follows: “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,” be and the same is hereby repealed. For fees and expenses of examining surgeons for services rendered

Examining surgeons.

Fees, etc.

 within the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, eight hundred 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

Provisos.

Examinations.

 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 if twenty or more applicants appear on one day, no fewer than twenty shall, if practicable, be examined on said day, and that if fewer examinations be then made, twenty or more having appeared, then there shall be paid for the first examinations made on the next examination day the fee of one dollar only until twenty examinations shall have been made: Provided further, That no fee shall be paid to any member of an examining board

No fee unless service rendered.

 unless personally present and assisting in the examination of applicant: Provided, That the report of such examining surgeons shall specifically

Rating.

 state the rating which in their judgment the applicant is entitled to: 704 And it is further provided, That from and after the passage of this Act,

Six dollars a month made minimum rate.

 all pensioners now on the rolls, who are pensioned at less than six dollars per month, for any degree of pensionable disability, shall have their pensions increased to six dollars per month; and that hereafter, whenever any applicant for pension would, under existing rates, be entitled to less than six dollars for any single disability, or several combined disabilities, such pensioner shall be rated at not less than six

No prior effect.

dollars per month: Provided also, That the provisions hereof shall not be held to cover any pensionable period prior to the passage of this Act, nor authorize a re-rating of any claims for any part of such period, nor prevent the allowance of lower rates than six dollars per month, according to the existing practice in the Pension Office in pending cases covering any pensionable period prior to the passage of this Act. For salaries of eighteen agents for the payment of pensions, at

Agents’ salaries.

 four thousand dollars each, seventy-two thousand dollars. For clerk hire, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided,

Clerk hire.

Proviso.

Apportionment.

 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, but the appointment of the clerk to sign official checks, who shall receive the same compensation at each agency as was paid during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, shall be made by the pension agent without other or further approval. For fuel, seven hundred and fifty dollars.

Fuel.

Lights.

Stationery, etc.

 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. For rents, twenty-three thousand and seventy dollars.

Rents.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 162: 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. 28 Stat. 704 1895-03-02 Chapter 162 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 162.—
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.

March 2, 1895.

 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.

 batteries, four hundred thousand dollars. For construction of gun and mortar platforms, one hundred thousand dollars. 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. Torpedoes for harbor defense: For the purchase of submarine

Torpedoes for harbor defense.

 mines and necessary appliances to operate them for closing the channels leading to our principal seaports, twenty thousand dollars. For needful casemates, cable galleries, and so forth, to render it possible to operate submarine mines, twenty thousand dollars. Armament of fortifications: For finishing and assembling eight-inch,

Armament.

Seacoast guns Army gun factory.

 ten-inch, and twelve-inch seacoast guns at the Army Gun Factory, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For purchase under contract after due advertisement of oil-tempered

Steel for gnus.

 and annealed steel for high-power coast-defense guns of eight, ten, and twelve inch caliber, in quality and dimensions conforming to specifications, subject to inspection at each stage of the manufacture, and including all the parts of each caliber, two hundred thousand dollars. 705 For purchase and manufacture of carriages for mounting steel

Carriages.

 breech-loading seacoast guns of eight, ten, and twelve inch caliber, one hundred 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, fifty 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, sixty-one thousand dollars.

Carriages.

Mortars.

 For steel field mortars of three and six-tenths inch caliber, eight thousand dollars. For carriages and platforms for steel field mortars of three and six-tenths

Carriages, etc.

 inch caliber, two thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. For alteration of existing carriages for ten-inch and fifteen-inch

Altering carriages.

 smoothbore guns to adapt them to present service conditions, twenty-five thousand dollars. For sights for cannon, and for fuses, six thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.

Sights and fuses.

 For inspecting instruments, gauges, and templets for the manufacture

Inspecting instruments, etc.

 of cannon, one thousand five hundred dollars. For powder for issue to service, twenty thousand dollars.

Powder and projectiles.

 For projectiles for issue to the service, twenty thousand dollars. For powders and projectiles for the proof of eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch guns, thirty thousand dollars. For steel deck-piercing shells for twelve-inch breech-loading mortars,

Steel shells.

 thirty thousand dollars. For purchase and erection of steel plates for the test of deck-piercing,

Plates for teats.

 shells, twelve thousand two hundred and forty dollars. For steel armor-piercing shot for seacoast breech-loading guns, thirty

Steel shot.

 thousand dollars. For purchase and erection of armor plates for testing armor-piercing

Armor plates for tests.

 shot, fifteen thousand dollars. To provide for payments that will become due during the fiscal years

Watervliet Arsenal.

Tools, etc.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-five and eighteen hundred and ninety-six on contracts which have been made pursuant to Acts of Congress, and for which appropriations have not been made, and to provide for payments that may become due in the purchase or manufacture of machine tools and fixtures to complete the equipment of the south wing of the Army Gun Factory, Watervliet Arsenal. West Troy, New York; steel breech-loading rifled seacoast mortars of twelve-inch caliber; oil-tempered

Mortars.

Steel for guns.

Carriages.

 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 under the provisions of the fortifications Act approved July twenty-third, eighteen hundred

Vol. 27, pp. 259, 460.

 and ninety-two, said payments being in excess of the moneys appropriated by said Act and by the Acts approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred

Ante, p. 214.

 and ninety-three, and August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for these objects, one hundred and thirty-three thousand six hundred dollars; Provided, That the total amount expended

Proviso.

Limit.

 for each of these said objects shall not exceed the amount specified there for in the Act of July twenty third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. To provide for payments that may become due in the purchase or

Steel for coast defense guns.

 manufacture of oil-tempered and annealed steel for high-power coast-defense guns of eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch caliber; carriages

Carnages.

 for breech-loading rifled mortars of twelve-inch caliber; and carriages for mounting new steel breech-loading eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch guns, procured under the provisions of the fortifications Act

Vol, 27, p. 460.

 approved February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, said payments being in excess of the money therein appropriated for these objects by said Act and by the fortifications Act approved August first,

Ante, p. 214.

 706 eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one hundred and forty-four 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. 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 thousand dollars. For the necessary expenses of officers while temporarily employed on

Expenses of officers.

 ordnance duties 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, eight thousand dollars. For repairs of railroad and wharf, nine thousand dollars.

Repairs.

Watertown Arsenal.

Railroad.

 Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts: For grading and laying one railroad from erecting shop to the wharf, five-thousand dollars. For new machine tools for the carriage plant, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Tools.

 Board of Ordnance and Fortification: To enable the board to

Board of Ordnance and Fortification.

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.

Vol. 26, p. 769.

to pay the salary of the civilian member of the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications provided by the Act of February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety one, and for the necessary traveling expenses of said member when traveling on duty as contemplated in said Act;

Expenses.

for the 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

Proviso.

Right to use inventions.

Ordnance and Fortifications, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That before any money shall be expended in the construction or test of any gun, gun carriage, ammunition, or implements under the supervision of the said board, the board shall be satisfied, after due inquiry, that the Government of the United States has a lawful right to use the inventions involved in the construction of such gun, gun carriage, ammunition, or implements, or that the construction or test is made at the request of a person either having such lawful right or authorized to convey the same to the Government. 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. Fort Monroe, Virginia, contingent repairs to roads,

Fort Monroe, Va.

Repairs, etc., wharf.

 wharves, and sewers: Repair and maintenance of wharf: For labor

Ante, p. 212.

and material to redeck one-third of main pier, two thousand seven hundred and seventy-three dollars; labor and material to redeck apron of pier, four hundred and eighty-two dollars; sixty oak fender piles, one thousand five hundred dollars; labor and material to renew oak binders of apron to pier, three hundred and twenty-five dollars; wharfinger, one 707 thousand and twenty dollars; laborer, cleaning wharf, four hundred and eighty dollars: in all, six thousand five hundred and eighty dollars: for one-half of said sum to be supplied by the United States, three thousand two hundred and ninety dollars. Repairs and maintenance of roads, pavements, streets, lights, and

Repairs of roads, etc.

 general police: For twenty thousand bushels of oyster shells, at five cents per bushel, One thousand dollars; thirty thousand paving bricks, at ten dollars per thousand, three hundred dollars; one hundred and fifty square yards of granolithic pavement for street crossings, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per square yard, three hundred and thirty-seven dollars; one horse and cart for police of street, two hundred and fifty dollars: one laborer to drive same, three hundred and sixty dollars; eight Dietz street lamps with iron posts complete, one hundred and ninety-six dollars; oil and supplies for same, fifty-two dollars; one laborer to care for lamps, two hundred and forty dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars; for one-half of said sum to be supplied by the United States, one thousand three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents. Maintenance of sewer system: For one, superintendent, one thousand

Sewer system.

 two hundred dollars; two enginemen, at nine hundred dollars each; two firemen, at six hundred dollars each; three laborers, at five hundred dollars each: one horse and cart, six hundred and fifty dollars; coal, six hundred dollars; waste, oil, and pump repairs, two hundred and fifty dollars; sewer pipe, cement, brick, and supplies, three hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand five hundred dollars; for one-half of said sum to be supplied by the United States, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 2. That whenever any party shall present for test a completed

Steel breech loading mortar.

Test authorized.

 breech-loading mortar of twelve inches caliber, of not more than forty thousand pounds weight, built of mortar steel, with a proper supply of ammunition therefor, not exceeding two hundred rounds, such mortar shall be tested by the Board, of Ordnance and Fortification, and should it be shown to the satisfaction of said Board of Ordnance and Fortification by such test to be at least equal in accuracy, range, power, endurance, material, and general efficiency to the best breech loading service mortar in use, the mortar and ammunition shall be paid for, including cost of transportation, and a contract shall be made for a

Contract.

 further supply of fifty and no more, at such reasonable cost as the Board of Ordnance and Fortification shall determine, not to exceed six thousand five hundred dollars each, the entire number to be delivered in one year from date of contract. Said mortar, and all which may be contracted for under this provision, shall be subject to inspection at each stage of manufacture.
Sec. 3. That the following paragraph of section six of the fortification

Cast-iron mortars.

Authority to purchase repealed.

Vol. 25, p. 400.

 appropriation Act approved September twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, namely: “Whenever any party shall present for test a completed cast-iron breech-loading mortar of twelve inches caliber, of about thirty-two thousand pounds weight, with a proper supply of ammunition therefor, not exceeding two hundred rounds, such mortar shall be tested in the presence of the party presenting the same, and should it be shown to the satisfaction of the Board by such tests to be equal in accuracy, range, power, endurance, material, and general efficiency to the twelve-inch east-iron steel hooped breech-loading mortar now at Sandy Hook, (he mortar and ammunition shall be paid for, including cost of transportation, and contract be made for a further supply of not less than fifty, and not more than one hundred, at such reasonable cost as the Board herein provided for shall determine, not to exceed six thousand five hundred dollars each. The entire number to be delivered in one year from date of contract. Said mortar and all which may be contracted for under this provision shall be subject to inspection at each stage of manufacture;” is hereby repealed.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 163: To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Tennessee River at or near Sheffield, Alabama. 28 Stat. 708 1895-03-02 Chapter 163 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public 708

CHAP. 163.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Tennessee River at or near Sheffield, Alabama.

March 2, 1895.

 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, 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

Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

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, and 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

Postal telegraph, etc.

right of way across said 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

Drawbridge.

 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;

Proviso.

Opening draw.

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

Lights, etc.

maintain at its own expense, from sunset until sunrise, such lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe. No

Free navigation.

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 navigation

Changes.

he is hereby authorized to cause such change or alteration of said bridge to be made as will effectually obviate such obstruction; and all such alterations shall be made and all such obstructions be removed at the expense of the owner or owners of said bridge, and in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, caused or alleged to be caused by said bridge, the cause may be brought in the circuit court of the United States or the State of Alabama in whose jurisdiction any portion of

Existing laws.

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 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 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 thereto,

Compensation.

upon payment of a reasonable compensation for such use: and in ease 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 709 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 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 if any change is

Changes.

 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.
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 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 2, 1895.
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CHAP. 164.—
An Act To regulate the sale of milk in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

March 2, 1895.

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

District of Columbia.

Sale of milk.

Permits for dairies.
That from and after the passage of this Act no person shall, within the District of Columbia, keep or maintain a dairy or dairy farm without a permit so to do from the health officer of said District; application for said permit shall be made in writing, upon a form prescribed by said health officer: Provided,

Provisos.

Duty of health officer.

 That no applicant for said permit shall be restrained from conducting business until said application has been acted upon by the health officer of the District of Columbia or his duly appointed agent. It shall be the duty of said health officer, upon receipt of said application in due form, to make or cause to be made an examination of the premises which it is intended to use in the maintenance of said dairy or dairy farm; if after such examination said premises are found to conform to the regulations governing dairies and dairy farms within the District of Columbia, said health officer shall issue the permit hereinbefore specified, without charge: Provided, That said permit may be suspended

Permits revoked in case of disease.

 or revoked at any time, without notice, by said health officer whenever the milk supply from said dairy or dairy farm is exposed to infection by Asiatic cholera, anthrax, diphtheria, erysipelas, scarlet fever, smallpox, splenic fever, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, typhus fever or yellow fever, so as to render its distribution dangerous to public health.
Sec. 2. That no person shall bring or send into the District of

Permits to bring milk into the District.

 Columbia for sale any milk without a permit so to do from the health officer of said District; application for said permit shall be made in writing, upon a form prescribed by said health officer, and shall be accompanied by such detailed description of the dairy farm or dairy where said milk is produced or stored as said health officer may require, and by a sworn statement as to the physical condition of the 710 cattle supplying said milk: Provided, That no applicant tor said permit

Provisos.

Applications, etc.

 shall be restrained from conducting business until said application has been acted upon by the health officer of the District of Columbia or his duly appointed agent. If after examination of said application said health officer is satisfied that said milk will lie brought into the District of Columbia for sale or consumption without danger to public health, lie shall issue, without charge to the applicant, a permit so to do, on condition that none but pure and unadulterated milk shall be, with knowledge of its impurity, brought into said District; that in the management of said dairy or dairy farm said applicant shall be governed by the regulations of the health office of the District of Columbia, approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, issued for dairies and dairy farms in said District, when said regulations do not conflict with the law of the State in which said dairy or dairy farm is located, and that said dairy or dairy farm may be inspected at any time without notice by the health officer of the

Permits revoked in case of disease.

District of Columbia or bis duly appointed representative: Provided, That said permit may be suspended or revoked at any time without notice by said health officer whenever the milk supply from said dairy or dairy farm is exposed to infection by Asiatic cholera, anthrax, diphtheria, erysipelas, scarlet fever, smallpox, splenic lever, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, typhus fever or yellow fever, so as to render its distribution dangerous to public health.
Sec. 3. That no person suffering from, or who has knowingly, within

Working of diseased persons on dairies forbidden.

 a period specified by the health officer of the District of Columbia, been exposed to diphtheria, scarlet fever, erysipelas, smallpox, anthrax, or other dangerous contagious disease, shall work or assist in or about any dairy or dairy farm; no proprietor, manager, or superintendent of any dairy or daily farm within the District of Columbia shall knowingly permit any person suffering, or exposed as aforesaid, to work or assist in or about said dairy or dairy farm.
Sec. 4. That all milk wagons shall have the name of the owner, the

Signs on milk wagons.

 number of permit, and the location of dairy from which said wagons haul milk, painted thereon plainly and legibly.
Sec. 5. That all grocers, bakers, and other persons having or

Sales by grocers, etc.

 for sale milk shall at all times keep the name or names of the dairymen from whom the milk on sale shall have been obtained posted up in a conspicuous place wherever such milk may be sold or kept for sale.
Sec. 6. That no person shall offer or have for sale in the District of Columbia

Sale of unwholesome milk, etc., prohibited.

 any unwholesome, watered, or adulterated milk,, or milk known as swill milk, or milk from cows that are fed on swill, garbage, or other like substance, nor any butter or cheese made from any such milk.
Sec. 7. That no person shall knowingly offer or have for sale any milk

Quality of milk.

 containing more than eighty-eight per cent of watery fluid and less than twelve per cent of total milk solids, of which at least three per cent shall be of fat.
Sec. 8. That no person shall sell, exchange, or deliver, or have in his

Skimmed milk.

 custody or possession with intent to sell, exchange, or deliver, skimmed milk containing less than nine and three-tenths per cent of milk solids, inclusive of fat.
Sec. 9. That no dealer in milk, and no servant or agent of such a

Notice of skimmed milk.

 dealer, shall sell, exchange, or deliver, or have in his custody or possession with intent to sell, exchange, or deliver, milk from which the cream, or any part thereof, has been removed, unless in a conspicuous place, above the center or upon the outside, of every vessel, can, or package thereof, in which milk is sold, the words “skimmed milk” are distinctly marked in gothic letters, not less than one inch in length.
Sec. 10. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell

Sale of certain milk unlawful.

 or offer for sale, within the District of Columbia, milk taken from any cow less than fifteen days before or ten days after parturition, or from 711 any cow which is known to be suffering from tuberculosis, splenic fever, anthrax, or any general or local disease which is liable to render the milk from said cow unwholesome.
Sec. 11. That it shall be the duty of the health officer of the District

Health officer to make dairy regulations, etc.

 of Columbia, under direction of the Commissioners of said District, to make and enforce regulations to secure proper water supply, drainage, ventilation, air space, floor space, and cleaning of all dairies and dairy farms within said District; to secure the isolation of cattle suffering from any contagious disease, and to carry into effect the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 12. That the health officer of the District of Columbia, or his

Inspection of dairies.

 duly appointed assistants, shall have the right to enter without previous notice, for the purpose of inspection, any dairy or dairy farm within said District.
Sec. 13. That in all cases of sampling, in the. District of Columbia,

Analyses.

 milk taken for analysis shall be taken, examined, and analyzed in the presence of at least two witnesses, one of whom may be the owner of the milk or his agent; and in all eases such sampling shall be made according to the Babcock method, to wit, dumping the milk from one can to another not less than twice before sampling.
Sec. 14. That prosecutions under this Act shall be in the police court

Prosecutions of violations.

 of said District, on information signed by the attorney of the District or one of his assistants, and any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be punished for the first offense by a fine of not

Punishment

 less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, to be collected as other tines and penalties, or by imprisonment in the workhouse for a period of not more than thirty days, and for the second offense and each subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the workhouse for ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, and if the person so convicted of a second or subsequent offense-hold a permit under this Act, the same shall be canceled and no permit, shall be issued to said person for a period of six months: Provided, That any person or persons under this Act shall have the

Proviso.

Jury trials.

 privilege, when demanded, of a trial by jury as in other jury cases in the police court.
Sec. 15. That all laws and parts of laws inconsistent with the foregoing

Repeal.

 be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 165: To authorize the Wisconsin and New Duluth Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Saint Louis River, between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota. 28 Stat. 711 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 165.—
An Act To authorize the Wisconsin and New Duluth Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Saint Louis River, between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

March 2, 1895.

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

Wisconsin and New Duluth Bridge Company may bridge St. Louis River, Minn. and Wis.

That the Wisconsin and Now Duluth Bridge Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, and its successors in interest be, and is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge, with the approaches thereto, over the Saint Louis River, between the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin, at such point as the Secretary

Location.

of War may determine, within the limits of section two, township forty-eight north, of range fifteen west of the fourth principal meridian, Minnesota, and of sections one and two, township forty-eight north, of range fifteen west of the fourth principal meridian, Wisconsin.

Said bridge shall be Constructed to provide for the passage of cars,

Railway, wagon, and foot bridge.

locomotives, and trains of railway companies, and shall have laid thereon and thereover railroad tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroads that are or may be constructed to said bridge, or the place of its location, to the end that interchange of traffic may be 712 encouraged and interstate commerce promoted and facilitated; and the same shall be so built as to provide for or permit of the passage thereover of the cars and rolling stock of street railway companies, wagons, carriages, and vehicles of all kinds, animals, foot passengers, and travelers, under such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the said company authorized hereby to construct the same, or its successors in interest, and for such reasonable rates of

Toll.

toll as may be fixed by said company, to be approved from time to time by the Secretary of War.
Sec. 2. That the bridge to be built under this Act shall be constructed

Drawbridge.

 as a pivot drawbridge, with a draw over the main channel of said river at an accessible and navigable point, to be approved by the Secretary of War, and with spans of not less than one hundred and twenty-five feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw; and also a fixed span with a clear length of not less than two hundred feet between piers at the low-water line, to permit the passage of rafts under said bridge; and the clear height of said fixed and draw spans above low water shall be determined by the

Provisos.

Opening draw.

Secretary of War: Provided, That said draw shall be opened promptly, at reasonable signal, tor the passage of boats, vessels, and other water craft, whose construction shall be such as not to admit of their passage under the draw of said bridge when closed, but in no case shall unnecessary delay occur in the opening of said draw: And provided further, That there shall be maintained by said corporation, at its own expense,

Lights, etc.

from sunset to sunrise, such lights or other signals upon said bridge as the Light-House Board may prescribe, and there shall also be

Aids to navigation.

maintained, at its own expense, sheer booms, or other proper protection to safely guide rafts, boats, vessels, and water craft through said draw-spans; and the said company may do any dredging necessary for confining the flow of water to a permanent channel or to the maintenance thereof at navigable depths; and that the approaches to said bridge which cross the marshy flats adjoining the channel and which are overflowed at high water shall be upon open pile work consisting of bents not less than fifteen feet between centers measured parallel to the axes of the approaches.
Sec. 3. That the bridge and accessory works and improvements constructed

Lawful structure and post route.

 under this Act and according to its terms and limitations shall be a lawful structure, and such bridge 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 munitions of war of the United States than the rate per mile paid for their transmission over railroads and public highways leading to said bridge, and the United States shall have the right of way for postal and telegraph purposes across said bridge free of charge.
Sec. 4. That all railroad and street railway companies desiring to use

Use by railway companies.

 said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passing over the same and in the use of the machinery and fixtures

Compensation.

thereof, and of the approaches thereto, for a reasonable compensation, to be paid to the owner or owners thereof; and if the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad and street railway companies, or any of them, desiring such use shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid and the rules or conditions to which each shall conform in using the same, 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, of which hearing each party shall have due notice, and the determination of the Secretary of War thereof shall be binding upon the parties to such controversy.
Sec. 5. That in order that any bridge built under the authority of

Secretary of War to approve plans, etc.

 this Act may be constructed and built without any material interference with the security and convenience of the navigation of said river beyond which is necessary to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted, and in order to secure compliance with the conditions 713 herein specified, the said corporation so constructing the same shall, previous to commencing the work of construction of said bridge, submit the plans and location thereof with a detailed map of the river at the proposed site of the bridge and near thereto, exhibiting the depths and currents of such river, to the Secretary of War for his approval, together with such other information concerning said bridge and said river as may be deemed requisite by him, and until he approves the plans and location of the said bridge it shall not be built. The Secretary of War upon receiving such map and plans shall proceed with due diligence to consider the same, and being satisfied that the same conform to the prescribed conditions of this Act, shall notify said company that he approves the same, and shall notify said company of any changes or

Changes.

 modifications necessary in order that the same be made to conform to said conditions, and the said company, upon receiving such notification, may proceed to erect the said bridge in conformity with the approved plans and location and the conditions herein prescribed, and no change shall be made therein without the consent of the Secretary of War and his approval thereof: Provided, however, That the Secretary of War shall

Proviso.

Notification of examining plans.

 give or cause to be given to said corporation reasonable notice of the time and place of the consideration of said plans and maps by him or by any officer of his Department, and the said corporation shall have the right to appear with its engineer and attorney, or either, before such officer and be heard on behalf of said plans before him, as well as before any officer authorized by him to report upon the same.
Sec. 6. That in ease of any litigation arising by reason of any

Litigation.

 obstruction of the free navigation of said river by reason of said bridge, the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States for the States of Minnesota or Wisconsin. And the, said corporation, its successors or assigns in interest, for the purpose of acquiring necessary rights of way for the construction of necessary abutments and approaches for said bridge, and the lines and tracks of railroad thereon, shall have the power to acquire the same by purchase, gift, or conveyance, or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, and for such latter purposes may institute proceedings in the proper court having jurisdiction

Condemnation proceedings.

 in each or either of the States wherein the premises sought to be condemned are located, or in the circuit court of the United States in the proper district or division of either of said States; said proceedings to be conducted in all respects in conformity with the provisions of law in such State or States for the acquisition by condemnation of private property and appropriating the same to public use by corporations authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain.
Sec. 7. That if such bridge hereby authorized to be constructed shall

Commencement and completion.

 not be commenced within one year and finished in three years from the date of the approval of this Act the rights and privileges hereby granted shall determine and cease.
Sec. 8. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment, etc.

 expressly reserved.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
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CHAP. 166.—
An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Maryland and Washington Railway Company,” approved August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes.

March 2, 1895.

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

Maryland and Washington Railway Company.

Vol. 27, p. 341, amended.
That section five of the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Maryland and Washington Railway Company,” approved August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two be, and it is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
“Sec. 5. That the said railway shall be constructed of good materials

Construction.

Vol. 27, p. 3J2.

 and in a substantial and durable manner, with the rails of the most approved pattern, all to be approved by the Commissioners of 714 said District, laid upon an even surface with the pavement of the street, anti the gauge to correspond with that of other railways in the District of Columbia, Wherever more than one of the tracks of said railway company shall be constructed in any of the public; highways

Width between tracks increased.

in the District of Columbia, the width of the space between the two tracks shall not be less than five feet. The plans of construction, rails, electrical anti mechanical appliances, conduits and stations, and location

Commissioners to Approve plans, etc.

 of stations and tracks shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.”

That section eight, of said Act be, and it is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

“Sec. 8. That it shall be lawful for said corporation, its successors

Excavations.

Vol. 27, p. 342.

 or 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 railway 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

Liability for damages.

Railway company. And the said company shall be liable for any damage to pipes or other underground constructions, caused by the passage of its ears over the same or by electric currents used in the propulsion of its cars.

That section thirteen of said Act be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 13. That within thirty days after the passage of this Act the

Meeting of incorporators.

Vol. 27, p. 343.

 corporators 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

Provisos.

Ten per cent on subscribing.

company: Provided, That every subscriber shall pay, at the time of subscribing, ten per centum of the amount by him subscribed to the treasurer appointed by the corporators, or his subscription shall be

Full value of stock within a year.

null and void: Provided, That the lull face value of said stock shall be wholly paid for in cash within twelve months after the subscription therefor is made, and after twelve months no stock shall be voted unless

Issue of bonds.

the same has been wholly paid for: And provided, That the said stock shall be wholly paid for before any bonds shall be issued:

Subscriptions must be in money.

 Provided further, That nothing shall be received in payment of the ten per centum at the time of subscribing except lawful money, or certified checks from any established bank. And when the books of subscription to the capital stock of said company shall be closed the corpora-tors named in the first section, their associates, successors, or assigns, or a majority of them, and in ease any of them refuse or neglect to act then a majority of the remainder, shall, within twenty days thereafter,

First meeting of stockholders.

call the first meeting of the stockholders of 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

Prohibition on consolidation or sale omitted.

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.”

That section fifteen of said Act be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

“Sec. 15. That the said company is authorized to erect and maintain,

Erection of power houses, etc.

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 subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the power houses and buildings necessary to the operation 715 of its road, and shall furnish and maintain, as required by said Commissioners, passenger houses and transfer stations; failure to furnish

Fine for failure to have stations, etc.

 and maintain such passenger houses and transfer stations shall render said company liable to a fine of twenty-five dollars for each and every day of such failure, after reasonable notice, said fine to be recovered in any court of competent, jurisdiction at the suit of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.”

That section twenty-four of said Act be, and is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

“Sec. 24.

That in the event that Rhode Island avenue shall not have

Proceedings to Require land.

been extended, and said company shall not be able to come to an agreement with the owner or owners of any land through which the said road may be located to pass for the purchase or dedication of so much land as may be necessary for the opening of Rhode Island avenue, then the said company may institute proceedings for the condemnation of so much land as may be required for the extension of the aforesaid avenue: Provided, That the strip of land so to be acquired by condemnation

Proviso.

Width.

 shall be one hundred and thirty feet in width, and shall be located according to the official plats for the extension of Rhode Island avenue: And provided further, That all the land within the lines of the proposed

Extension of Rhode Island avenue.

 extension of Rhode Island avenue which shall be acquired by said Maryland and Washington Railway Company, either by purchase or by condemnation, shall, by appropriate conveyance, be dedicated, before tracks are laid therein, by said Maryland and Washington Railway Company as an extension of Rhode Island avenue to the extent of the land so acquired.

“Such proceedings may be instituted and conducted by the company

Condemnation proceedings.

in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, holding a special term as a district court, and shall be commenced by a petition of the Company for the condemnation of such land as has not been purchased or dedicated and for the ascertainment of just compensation for the taking of such land for the purposes aforesaid.

“Such petition shall contain a particular description of the property

Petition.

not so purchased or dedicated and selected for the use aforesaid, with the names of the respective owners thereof and their residences, so far as the same may be ascertained, together with a plan of the land proposed to be taken; and thereupon the said court is authorized and required to summon all such owners and all other persons interested to appear in said court at a time to be fixed by said court. If it shall

Notices to nonresidents, etc.

 appear to the court that there are any owners or other persons interested who are nonresidents of the District of Columbia publication may be substituted for personal service of process upon such nonresident, after any summons has been returned ‘not to be found,’ in the same manner as is provided by law with reference to nonresident defendants in actions of ejectment; and if it shall appear that there are any persons under disability, either who have been served with process or who have been proceeded against by publication, the court shall appoint a guardian ad litem for such persons.

“After all the parties interested have been served with process or

Appraisal commissioners.

proceeded against by publication, as aforesaid, the court shall, upon the return day stated in said process or order of publication, proceed to appoint three competent and disinterested persons commissioners to appraise the damages which the owner of the land taken may sustain by such appropriation. The commissioners shall be duly sworn, and they shall consider the damages which such owner may sustain by reason of the appropriation by such rail way company of the land proposed to be taken for the purposes aforesaid, and shall forthwith return their assessment of such damages to the clerk of the court.

“That when the use of a part of any parcel or tract of land shall

Award.

be condemned in such proceedings the commissioners in assessing the damages therefor shall take into consideration the benefit the purpose for 716 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 make their award accordingly, and the court may require in such ease that the damages and benefits shall be found and stated separately, and when the award shall have been confirmed by the court said company, unless an appeal is taken, shall make a payment of the amounts awarded to the respective owners thereof, according to the judgment of the court; and in ease any of such persons are under disability or can not be found, and no person is authorized to receive the said award, or in case any person entitled to an award shall neglect to receive the same, or in ease an appeal shall be taken concerning an award, then the money to be paid on account of such award shall be deposited in the registry of the

Possession of land.

court to abide its further order; and when such payments are made or the amounts belonging to persons to whom payment shall not so be made for any of the aforesaid reasons are so deposited, the use of said land shall be deemed to have been condemned and taken for the use of said railway company, and no appellate proceedings or controversies as to ownership shall interfere with or delay said company in taking possession of the land so condemned after payment therefor as above provided; but when any award shall have been approved by the said court holding a special term as aforesaid, the said company shall be entitled to take immediate possession of the parcel of land, in regard to which said award has been approved and payment or deposit made, and the court, shall enforce such right of possession by proper order and

Appeal.

process addressed to the marshal of the United States for the District of Columbia. Any party aggrieved by the final order or decree of said court, in special term aforesaid, fixing the amount of damages as to any parcel of land may take an appeal therefrom to the court of appeals of the District of Columbia in the manner now provided by law. And said court of appeals may affirm, reverse, or modify the order or decree

Proviso.

Only law points to be considered.

appealed from: Provided, That said court of appeals shall consider only questions of law arising on such appeal. From the final decree of said court, in special terms as aforesaid under this Act, distributing the damages among contending claimants, any party aggrieved may, in like manner, take an appeal to said court of appeals. 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

Precedence of appeals.

said court of appeals. 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 of appeals over all other cases, except criminal eases; and the decision of said court of appeals upon any questions arising under this Act shall be final.”
Sec. 2. That for the purpose of constructing and equipping its said

Bonds for construction authorized.

 railway, and acquiring rights of way as provided for in this Act, the said Maryland and Washington Railway Company is hereby authorized and empowered to issue its bonds to aid in paying for such construction and equipments and rights of way, and secure the said bonds by mortgage or deed of trust of its franchises, rights of way, and all of its

Provisos.

Use of proceeds.

property of whatsoever kind, whether real or personal: Provided, That the moneys raised on said bonds shall be used and expended only

Limit of bonds and stock.

for the purposes aforesaid: And provided further, That the amount of said bonds and stock shall not exceed the cost of the construction of the said road and of the plant necessary to operate the same; and in no case shall the amount of stock and bonds so issued exceed the sum of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Sec. 3. That the line of said railway company, from the point of

Time of construction.

 beginning herein mimed 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 twelve months from the date of approval of this Act; and the said .Maryland and Washington Railway Company is hereby authorized 717 to construct and lay down a single or double track railway, and to

Extension of track.

 operate the same as provided in the Act incorporating said company, westerly along Rhode Island avenue to North Capitol street, to connect with the tracks of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company and thence southerly on said street over the tracks of said last-mentioned company to F street; the price for the use or purchase of said tracks to be fixed by the board of directors of said companies, and or their failure to agree as to the price it shall be fixed by the supreme court, of the District of Columbia, upon petition to be Hied on the equity side of said court by either company. The said extension shall be completed within the time hereinbefore provided for with reference to the original line of said railway: Provided, That nothing in this Act

Proviso.

Overhead wires not authorized.

 shall operate to authorize the erection of overhead wires within the limits of the city of Washington.
Sec. 4. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act

Repeal.

 are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. That Congress hereby reserves the right at anytime to alter

Amendment, etc.

 or amend or repeal this Act.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
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CHAP. 167.—
An Act To authorize the Washington and Marlboro Electric Railway Company, of Maryland, to extend its line of road into and within the District of Columbia.

March 2, 1895.

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

District of Columbia.

Washington and Marlboro Electric Railway may lay street railway, etc.

That the Washington and Marlboro Electric Railway Company, incorporated by an act of the general assembly of Maryland, entitled “An Act to incorporate the Washington and Marlboro Electric Railway Company,” and so forth, approved on the eighth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety, is hereby authorized to construct and lay down a street railway, with the necessary switches, turnouts, and other mechanical devices, in the District of Columbia, and run cars thereon through and along the following routes:

Beginning at and on the southeasterly boundary line of the District

Route in the county.

of Columbia where the line of railway of said company within the State of Maryland shall reach the same, and running thence by Suitland road, Bowen road, and Branch avenue, or other practicable route which may be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, to connect with Pennsylvania avenue extended: thence by and with said avenue to and across the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on Railroad avenue; thence along Railroad avenue to Naylor road and by the same to the Anacostia River; thence across the Auacostia River by a steel or iron truss bridge resting on masonry piers built parallel

Bridge.

 to the direction of the current, with pile or other secure and approved foundations, and with spans not less than those of the Pennsylvania avenue bridge, and with a wide drawspan over the channel. The plans of said bridge shall be approved in writing by the Secretary of War,

Secretary of War to approved plans, etc.

 and the bridge shall be built by said company over and above the tracks of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad in such manner and at such height as not to interfere with the use of said railroad; and thence, to

Route in the city.

 the intersection of Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth street southeast by a route to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia; thence north on Fifteenth street east, to Florida avenue; thence northwesterly on Florida avenue to Seventh street northwest; also, when the proposed extension of Pennsylvania avenue shall have been completed to Bowen road, then the route of said railroad may be extended from the intersection of Branch avenue therewith to Bowen road, and by further practicable route as may be approved by the. Commissioners of the District of Columbia to the boundary line of the said District at or near the Suitland road: Provided, That such extension

Proviso.

Extension.

 718 of the road shall be made within one year after the opening of Pennsylvania avenue to the Bowen road. These routes may be modified or extended at the will of Congress, and the said railway company shall comply with such modifications or extensions.
Sec. 2. That whenever the roadway of any street occupied by the

Widening streets.

 said railway company is widened, one half of the cost of widening and improvement of such widened part shall be charged to the said Railway company and collected from said company in the same manner as the cost of laying or repairing pavements 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 is

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collectible under the provisions of section 5 of the Act entitled “An Act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia,” approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy eight.
Sec. 3. That when the route described coincides with that of a country

County roads.

 road of less width than sixty-six feet the railway shall be constructed entirely outside the road.
Sec. 4. That the said railway shall be constructed in a substantial

Construction.

 and durable manner; and all rails, electrical and mechanical appliances, conduits, stations, and so forth, shall be of approved pattern.
Sec. 5. That the said corporation shall at all times keep the space

Pavements, etc., to be kept in good repair.

 between its tracks and rails and two feet exterior thereto in such condition as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or their successors may direct, and whenever any street occupied by said railway is paved or repaired or otherwise improved the said corporation shall bear all the expense of improving the spaces above described. Should the said corporation fail to comply with the orders of the Commissioners, the work shall be done by the proper officials of the District of Columbia and the amounts due from said corporation shall be collected as

Vol. 20, p. 106.

provided by section five of the Act entitled “An Act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia,” approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.
Sec. 6. That if the said railway be operated by overhead wires the

Overhead wires.

 corporation shall furnish and maintain such lights along its line as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may direct, without cost to

Not permitted in the city.

the District of Columbia; but no overhead wires shall be constructed or used within the limits of the city of Washington.
Sec. 7. That nothing in this Act shall prevent the District of Colombia

Altering grades, etc.

 at any time, at its option, from altering the grade of any avenue, street, or highway occupied by said railway, or from altering and improving streets, avenues, and highways, and the sewerage thereof. In such event it shall be the duty of said company to change its said railway and the pavement so as to conform to such grades and improvements as may have been established.
Sec. 8. That it shall be lawful for said railway company, its successors

Excavations, etc.

 or assigns, to make all needful and convenient trenches and excavations in any of said streets or places where said company 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 same manner and by the means aforesaid. 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, then the expense necessary to change such underground constructions shall be borne by the said railroad company.
Sec. 9. That the said company shall, before commencing work on

Deposit to defray expenses.

 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 719 by any of its contracting agents, to any of said mains, fixtures, or apparatus, and in completing, as the Secretary of War may consider 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 times as the Secretary of War may consider necessary: Provided,

Provisos.

Disbursement.

 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 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

Orders.

 emergency, be made only on the order of the Secretary of War.
Sec. 10. 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 tor the successful operation of a cable-motor, electric, pneumatic, or other railroad.
Sec. 11. That the lino of the said railway company shall be commenced

Commencement and completion

 within one year and completed within two years from the passage of this Act.
Sec. 12. That the said company may run public carriages propelled

Motive power.

 by cable, electric, or other mechanical power; but nothing in this Act shall allow the use of steam power in locomotives: Provided further,

Provisos.

Crossings.

 That for the purpose of making a continuous connection, the said Company shall have the right to cross all streets, avenues and highways that may be deemed necessary for this purpose: Provided, That whenever

Use of coinciding tracks.

 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 fair and equitable terms as may be agreed upon by said companies; and in the

Terms.

 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 amount and manner of compensation to be paid therefor: And provided further,

No general stopping place on coinciding tracks.

 That neither of the companies using such track 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 cars, with the ordinary halts for taking up and dropping off passengers: Provided, That this shall

Existing stations.

 not apply to or interfere with any station already established on any existing lines; that said corporation is authorized and empowered to propel its cars 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 conditions hereinbefore contained; and that this corporation shall construct and repair such portions of its road as may be upon the line or

Repairs, etc.

 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 summarily determined upon the application of either road to any court in said District having competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 13. That the said company shall furnish and maintain passenger

Passenger houses.

 houses as required by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and shall place first-class cars on said railway with all the modern

Equipment, etc.

 720 improvements for the convenience, comfort, and safety of passengers, and shall run ears as often as the public convenience may require, according to a timetable approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Every failure to comply with the conditions of

Fines.

this section shall render the said corporation liable to a tine of fifty dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the Commissioners of said District.
Sec. 14. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may

Regulations as to sliced etc.

 make such regulations as to rate of speed, mode of use of tracks, and removal of ice and snow as in their judgment the interest and convenience of the public may require. Should the servants or agents of said company willfully or negligently violate such an ordinance or

Penalty.

regulation, said company shall be liable to the District of Columbia for a penalty not exceeding live hundred dollars.
Sec. 15. 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. 16. That said company shall, on or before the first of February

Annual report.

 of each year, make a report to Congress, through the Commissioners of

Contents.

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 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 the affidavit of the president and secretary of said company, and, if said report is not made at the time specified or within ten days thereafter, such failure shall of itself operate as a forfeiture of the privileges and rights herein granted, and it shall be the duty of the Commissioners to cause to be instituted proper judicial proceedings therefor; and said company shall pay to the District of Columbia, in lieu of personal taxes upon personal

Tax on gross earnings.

property, including cars and motive power, each year, four per centum of its gross earnings within the District of Columbia, 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, ton sufficient amount maybe seized and sold in satisfaction thereof, as now provided by law for the sale of other

Sale for nonpayment.

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:

Provisos.

Tax not required for five years.

Provided, That the payment of the said four per centum of its gross earnings shall not be required during the period of five years after the commencement of the operation of said railway, or any part thereof. Its real estate shall be taxed as other real estate in the District of

Track not real estate.

Columbia: Provided further, That its tracks shall not be taxed as real estate.
Sec. 17. That said company may receive a rate of fare not

Fare.

 five cents per passenger; and the said company may make arrangements with all existing railway companies in the District of Columbia

Exchanges.

Proviso.

Tickets.

for the interchange of tickets in payment of fare on its roads: Provided, That within the limits of the District of Columbia six tickets shall be sold for twenty-five cents.
Sec. 18. That the said company shall have at all times the free and

Penalty for obstructing passage of cars.

 uninterrupted use of the roadway, and if any person or persons shall willfully, mischievously, and unlawfully obstructor 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 the said railway company, the person or 721 persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for each such offense not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, 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. 19. That the said railway company shall have the right of way

Crossings.

 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: Provided, That it shall not

Proviso.

Not to hinder travel.

 interrupt the travel of such other railways in such construction.
Sec. 20. That no person shall be prohibited the right to travel on any

Ejection, etc., from cars.

 part of said road or ejected from the cars by the company’s employees for any other cause than that of being drunk, disorderly, or contagiously diseased, or refusing to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply with the lawful general regulations of the company.
Sec. 21. That in the event the company should not be able to come

Condemnation proceedings.

 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, 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. 22. That the said railway company shall deposit with the collector

Deposit as guaranty.

 of taxes, District of Columbia, the sum of one thousand dollars, within sixty days from the passage of this Act, as a guaranty that it will commence and complete its road within the time herein limited. Should the said railway company fail to commence or complete the construction of its road within the limit of time prescribed by this Act, said sum of one thousand dollars shall be forfeited by the said railway

Forfeiture.

 company, and shall be deposited by the collector of taxes with the United States Treasurer to the credit of the United States and the District, of Columbia, in equal parts. •
Sec. 23. That all plans relating to the location and construction of

Approval of plans, etc.

 said railway shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or their successors, and all work shall at all times be subject to their supervision. The said corporation shall, from time to time, deposit with the collector of tuxes, District of Columbia, such amounts as may be deemed necessary by said Commissioners to cover the cost of inspection, supervision, pavement, and repairs.
Sec. 24. That all the conditions,requirements, and obligations imposed

Assigns to comply with conditions, etc.

 by the terms of this Act upon the Washington and Marlboro Electric Railway Company shall be complied with by any and all the successors to and assigns of said Company.
Sec. 25. That this Act may at any time be altered, amended, or

Amendment, etc.

 repealed by the Congress of the United States.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
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CHAP. 168.—
An Act To incorporate the Capital Railway Company.

March 2, 1895.

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

District of Columbia.

Capital Railway Company incorporated.

Incorporators.
That John B. Stetson, Augustus Burgdorf, Clarence F. Norment, Arthur E. Randle, Harry Upson Sims, Henry C. Longnecker, W. Frederick Snyder, Joseph B. Lewis, and William Henry Randle, of their associates and assigns, be, and they are hereby, created a body corporate under the name of the Capital 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 722 corporation is hereby authorized to construct and lay down a street

May construct street railway.

 railway, with the necessary switches, turnouts, and other mechanical devices in the District of Columbia, and ran ears thereon for carrying

Route.

passengers, parcels, milk, and truck by and along the following route: Beginning at a point on the District line near the Potomac River, southeast of Shepherds Ferry, thence north by such route as shall be approved by the District Commissioners to the south side of the Eastern Branch or Anacostia River, thence across the same by transfer ferry to First street or South Capitol street, as may be approved by the District Commissioners, to M street, over the same route to the beginning; also commencing at Anacostia railroad tracks and Harrison street, Anacostia; thence along Harrison street and Good Hope Road. Good Hope Road extended, to the District line, and return over same route. These routes may be modified or extended at the will of Congress, and the Capital Railway Company shall comply with such modifications or extensions.
Sec. 2. That whenever the roadway of any street occupied by the

Widening roads.

 Capital Railway Company is widened, one-half of the cost of widening and the improvement of such widened part shall be charged to the said railway company, and collected from said company in the same manner as the cost of laying or repairing pavements lying between the exterior rails of the tracks of street railways, and fora distance of two feet from and exterior to such track or tracks on each side thereof, is

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collectible under the provisions of section five of the Act entitled “An Act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia,” approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.
Sec. 3. That when the route described coincides with that of a

County roads.

 country road of less width than sixty-six feet the railway shall be constructed entirely outside the road.
Sec. 4. That the said railway shall be constructed in a substantial

Construction.

 and durable manner, and all rails, electrical and mechanical appliances, conduits, stations, and so forth, shall be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 5. That the said corporation shall at all times keep the space

Condition of roadway.

 between its tracks and rails and two feet exterior thereto in such condition as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or their successors, may direct, and whenever any street occupied by said railway is paved or repaired or otherwise improved the said corporation shall bear all the expense of improving the spaces above described. Should the said corporation fail to comply with the orders of the Commissioners the work shall be done by the proper officials of the District of Columbia, and the amounts due from said corporation shall be collected as provided by section five of the Act entitled “An Act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia,” approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.
Sec. 6. That if the said railway be operated by overhead wires, the

To maintain light if overhead wire power.

 corporation shall furnish and maintain such lights along its line as the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may direct, without cost to the District of Columbia; but no overhead wires shall be constructed or used within the limits of the city of Washington.
Sec. 7. That nothing in this Act shall prevent the District of

Altering grades, etc.

 Columbia at any time, at its option, from altering the grade of any avenue, street, or highway occupied by said railway, or from altering and improving streets, avenues, and highways, and the sewerage thereof; in such event it shall be the duty of said company at once to change its said railway and the pavement so as to conform to such grades and improvements as may have been established.
Sec. 8. That it shall be lawful for said railway company, its successors

Construction.

 or assigns, having first obtained the permission of the District Commissioners therefor, to make all needful and convenient trenches 723 and excavations in any of said streets or places where said company 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 same manner and by the means herein provided, but shall forthwith restore the street to like good condition as it was before. But. whenever such trenches or excavations shall interfere with any sewer, gas, or crater pipes, or any subways or conduits, or any public work of the kind, then the expense necessary to change such underground constructions shall be borne by

Changes of pipes, etc.

 the said railroad company.
Sec. 9. That the said company shall, before commencing work on

Deposit to defray inspection, etc., expenses.

 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 consider 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 times as the Secretary of War may consider necessary: Provided,

Provisos.

Disbursement.

 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 street shall be returned to said company on tire order of the Secretary

Return of balance.

Orders.

 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.
Sec. 10. That it shall also be lawful for said corporation, its successors

Engine houses, etc.

 or assigns, to erect and maintain, on private grounds, 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 its railroad.
Sec. 11. That the line of the said railway company shall be commenced

Commencement and completion.

 within one year and completed within three years from date of the passage of this Act; and in default of such commencement or completion within the time in this section specified, all rights, franchises, and privileges granted by this Act shall immediately cease and determine.
Sec. 12. That the said company may run public carriages propelled

Motive power.

 by cable, electric, or other mechanical power; but nothing in this Act shall allow the use of steam power in locomotives, or of overhead trolleys within the limits of the city: Provided, That if electric power by

Provisos.

Damages if trolley used.

 trolley be used, that the said company shall be liable for all damages made thereby to subsurface metal pipes, and to other public and private property: Provided further, That for the purpose of making a continuous

Crossings.

 connection over the route hereinbefore described the said Company shall have the right to cross all streets, avenues, and highways that may be along the designated route, and shall have the right to construct ferry slips and to operate and maintain a steam transfer ferry

Ferry.

 from a point at or near the foot of South Capitol street to the opposite shore of the Anacostia River, for the purpose of transferring its passengers, and so forth, or cars, subject to the approval of the commissioners of the District of Columbia: Provided further, That whenever

Use of coinciding tracks.

 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 724 authorized and empowered to use such tracks in common upon such 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 solo use and enjoy the track of such other street railway company, and the amount and

No general stopping places on coinciding tracks.

manner of compensation to be paid therefor: And provided further, That neither of the companies using such track 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 cars, with the ordinary halts for

Existing stations.

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 to propel its cars 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 conditions hereinbefore contained: and that this corporation shall construct and

Repairs, etc.

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 summarily determined upon the application of either road to any court in said District having competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 13. That the said company shall furnish and maintain passenger

First-class equipment to be used.

 houses, as required by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and shall use first-class cars on said railway, with all the modern improvements for the convenience, comfort, and safety of passengers, and shall run cars as often as the public convenience may require, in accordance with a time table to be subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Every failure to comply with the conditions of this section shall render the said corporation liable to

Penalty.

a fine of fifty dollars, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the Commissioners of said District.
Sec. 14. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia may

Regulation of speed.

 make such regulations as to rate of speed, mode of use of tracks, and removal of ice and snow as in their judgment the interest and convenience of the public may require. Should the servants or agents of said company willfully or negligently violate such an ordinance or regulation said company shall be liable to the District of Columbia for a penalty not exceeding live hundred dollars.
Sec. 15. That within thirty days after the passage of this Act the

Meeting to receive subscriptions.

 corporators 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 of subscriptions to the capital stock of the

Provisos.

Ten per cent must be paid.

Company: Provided, That every subscriber shall pay at the time of subscribing ten per centum in cash of the amount by him subscribed to the treasurer appointed by the corporation, or his subscription shall be

Lawful money, etc., required.

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 or certified checks from any established national bank. And when the books of the 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 company to meet

First meeting of stockholders.

Notice.

within ten days thereafter for the choice of directors, of which public notice shall be given for five days in two daily 725 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.
Sec. 16. That the government and direction of affairs of the

Board of directors.

 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

Officers.

 be a 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 a treasurer, who shall give bond with surety to said company, in such sums as the said directors may require, for the faithful discharge of his trust. In the ease of a vacancy in the

Vacancies.

 board of directors by the death, resignation, or otherwise of any director the vacancy occasioned thereby shall be filled by the remaining directors.
Sec. 17. That the directors shall have the power to make and prescribe

By-laws, etc.

 such by laws, 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. 18. 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 in the District of Columbia, under such conditions, and upon such notice as the said Company in their by laws may prescribe; and said directors shall annually make a report in writing of their doings to the stockholders.
Sec. 19. That said company is hereby authorized to issue its capital

Issuing capital stock.

 stock to an amount not to exceed the estimated cost of the construction and equipment of the road in shares of fifty dollars each, and to issue bonds not to exceed the cost of construction of the road, but such stock and bonds shall not exceed in the aggregate more than the actual cost of the right of way, construction, and equipment of said road. Said Company shall require the subscribers to the capital stock to pay in cash to

Subscribers.

 the treasurer appointed by the corporators the amounts severally subscribed by them, as follows, namely: Ten per centum at the time of

Payments.

 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 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 seasonable notice of the same, the said board of directors may sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, so many share

Sale of stock in default.

 of bis 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 by laws 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: Provided, That no certificates of stock shall be issued until the same

Proviso.

Certificates.

 has been paid for in money at its face value.
Sec. 20. 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. 21. That said company shall, on or before the first of February

Annual report.

 of each year, make a report to Congress, through the Commissioners 726 of the District of Columbia, of the names of all the stockholders therein

Contents.

 and the amount of stock held by each, together with a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures, from whatever source and on whatever account, for the preceding year ending December 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 the affidavit of the president and secretary of said company, and, if said report is not made at the time specified, or within ten days thereafter, such failure shall of itself operate as a forfeiture of this charter, and it shall he the duty of the Commissioners to cause to be instituted proper judicial

Tax.

proceedings therefor; and 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

Sale for nonpayment of taxes.

 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

Proviso.

Tracks not realty.

of said railway: Provided, That its tracks shall not be taxed as real estate.
Sec. 22. That said company may receive a rate of fare not exceeding

Fare.

 five cents per passenger; and the said company may make arrangements with all existing railway companies in the District of Columbia

Exchanges.

Proviso.

Tickets.

for the interchange of tickets in payment of fare on its road: Provided, That within the limits of the District of Columbia six tickets shall be sold for twenty-five cents.
Sec. 23. That the said company shall have at all times the free and

Penalty for obstructing cars,etc.

 uninterrupted use of the roadway, subject to the rights of the public, and if any person or persons shall willfully, mischievously, and unlawfully obstruct or impede the passage of ears 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 the said railway company, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay for each such offense not less than twenty live nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered as other fines and penalties in said District, and shall remain liable, in addition to said penalty, tor 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. 24. That the Capital Railway Company shall have the right

Crossings.

 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

Proviso.

Not to hinder travel.

construct its said road across such other railways: Provided, That it shall not interrupt the travel of such other railways in such construction.
Sec. 25. That no person shall be prohibited the right to travel on

Ejection, etc., of passengers.

 any part of said road, or be ejected from the cars by the company’s employees for any other cause than that of being drunk, disorderly, or contagiously diseased, or refusing to pay the legal fare exacted, or to comply with the lawwful general regulations of the company.
Sec. 26. That in the event the company should not be able to come

Condemnation of right of way.

 to an agreement with the owner or owners of any land through which the said road may be located or pass, proceedings for the condemnation for the use of the company of so much of said land as may be required, not exceeding twenty feet in width, may be instituted in the usual way in the supreme court of the District of Columbia, under such rules and 727 regulations as said court may proscribe for such purposes: Provided,

Proviso.

Jury.

 That any property owner shall have t he right of trial by jury in such issue.
Sec. 27. That should the Capital Railway Company fail to commence

Rights, etc., forfeited on failure to build.

 or complete the construction of its road within the limit of time prescribed by this Act, all rights, franchises, and privileges herein granted shall cease and determine.
Sec. 28. That all plans of location and construction of tracks and

Commissioners to approve plans, etc.

 other structures in public places pertaining to said railway shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and all work thereof shall at all times be subject to their supervision. The said company shall, from time to time, deposit with the

Deposit for inspection, etc.

 collector of taxes of the District of Columbia such amounts as may be deemed necessary by said Commissioners to cover the costs of inspection, supervision, changes to water pipes and sewer connections, changes of curb and pavement, and work not otherwise provided for, which may be made necessary by the location, grade, or underground conduits of said railway. Any unexpended balance remaining after construction of said road shall be returned to said company with an account in full of the disbursement of such deposits.
Sec. 29. That all the conditions, requirements, and obligations

Assigns to comply with conditions.

 imposed by the terms of this Act upon the Capital Railway Company shall be complied with by any and all the successors to and assigns of said company.
Sec. 30. That this Act may at any time be altered, amended, or

Amendment, etc.

 repealed by the Congress of the United States.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
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CHAP. 169.—
An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

March 2, 1895.

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

Agricultural Department 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-six, 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 thousand five hundred dollars; private secretary to the Secretary of Agriculture, two thousand dollars; stenographer to the Secretary of Agriculture, one thousand tour 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; chief of stationery and property division, two thousand dollars; one telegraph and telephone operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks of class tour, 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: ten clerks of class one, twelve thousand dollars; ten clerks, at one thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars; six clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, live thousand and forty dollars; one engineer, who shall be captain of the watch, one thousand six hundred dollars; one fireman, who shall be a steam fitter, nine hundred dollars; one assistant fireman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant fireman, six hundred dollars; two night watchmen, and two 728 night watchmen who shall also be watchmen for the seed buildings, at seven bundled and twenty dollars each, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars: messengers, laborers, mechanics, four day watchmen and charwomen, twenty thousand dollars; in all, ninety-four thousand one hundred and forty dollars. Division of Accounts and Disbursements: Chief of division

Salaries.

Division of Accounts and Disbursement.

 and disbursing clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; one cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks of class three, three thousand two hundred dollars; four clerks of class two, five thousand six hundred dollars: one clerk of class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, seventeen thousand three hundred dollars. Division of Statistics: One statistician, who shall be chief of

Division of Statistics.

 division, three thousand dollars; one assistant statistician, two thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk of class four, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three clerks of class three, four thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class two, seven thousand dollars; five clerks of class one, six thousand dollars; seven clerks, atone thousand dollars each, seven thousand dollars; four clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, thirty five thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. Division of Botany: One botanist and curator of the. herbarium,

Division of Botany.

 who shall lie chief of division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant botanist, one thousand eight 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 eight hundred dollars. Division of Entomology: One entomologist, who shall be chief

Division of Entomology.

 of division, two thousand five 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 who shall be chief of division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant ornithologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant ornithologist, one thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant ornithologist, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk of class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, atone thousand dollars; one clerk, at six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, ten thousand and sixty dollars. Division of Pomology: One pomologist, who shall be chief of

Division of Pomology.

 division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant pomologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class one, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, atone, thousand dollars; in all, six thousand five hundred dollars. Division of Microscopy: One microscopist, who shall be chief of

Division of Microscopy .

 division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant microscopist, one thousand two hundred dollars; for the employment of additional assistants in division of microscopy when necessary, one thousand six hundred dollars; in all, five thousand three hundred dollars. Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology: One

Division of Vegetable Pathology.

 pathologist, who shall be chief of division, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant pathologist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant pathologist, one thousand two hundred dollars; one clerk, at one thousand dollars: in all, six thousand five hundred dollars. Division of Chemistry: One chemist, who shall be chief of division,

Division of Chemistry.

 two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one assistant chemist, one thousand 729 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 five hundred

Division of Forestry.

 dollars; one assistant chief of division, one thousand eight 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. eight thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. Division of Publications: Chief of division, two thousand five

Division of Publications.

 hundred dollars; one assistant chief of division, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one editorial clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars: one proofreader and indexer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, eight thousand three hundred dollars. Division of Seeds: One chief of division, two thousand dollars;

Division of Seeds.

 one expert, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks of class one, two thousand four hundred dollars; one skilled laborer, one thousand dollars; eight employees, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, who shall in addition to other duties execute t he requests of Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for the distribution of seeds among their constituents; in all, thirteen thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars. Document and Folding Room: One superintendent, one thousand

Document and Folding Room.

 eight hundred dollars; two chief folders, at one thousand dollars each; one folder, at eight hundred and forty dollars; four folders, at six hundred dollars each; in all, seven thousand and forty dollars. Experimental Gardens and Grounds: One superintendent, two

Experimental Gardens and Grounds.

 thousand five hundred dollars. Museum: One curator, one thousand four hundred dollars; one

Museum.

 assistant curator, one thousand dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred dollars. Total salaries, two hundred and fifty-two thousand eight hundred and

Amount.

 forty dollars. Collecting Agricultural Statistics, Division of Statistics:

Investigations and expenses.

Division of Statistics.

 Collecting domestic and foreign agricultural statistics, compiling, writing. and illustrating statistical matter for monthly, annual, and special reports; special investigations and compilations; subscriptions to, and purchase of, statistical publications containing data for permanent comparative records; maps and charts; stationery supplies, blanks, blank books, circulars, paper, envelopes, postal cards, postage stamps, printing, freight and express charges, and necessary traveling expenses: Provided, That the monthly crop report issued on the tenth day

Provisos.

Monthly crop report.

 of each month shall embrace a statement of the condition of the crops by States in the United States, with such explanations and comparisons with other months and years as maybe useful for illustrating the above matter, and that it shall be submitted to, and officially approved by, the Secretary of Agriculture before being issued or published: Provided, also, That ten thousand dollars of the amount hereby appropriated, or

Extending demands of foreign markets.

 so much thereof as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary, may be expended in continuing the investigations concerning the feasibility of extending the demands of foreign markets for the agricultural products of the United States, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. Inquiries Relating to Public Roads: To enable the Secretary

Road making.

 of Agriculture to make inquiries in regard to the system of road management throughout the United States, to make investigations in regard to the best methods of road making, for traveling and other necessary expenses, and for preparing, printing, and publishing bulletins and reports on this subject for distribution, and to enable him to assist the agricultural colleges and experiment stations in disseminating information on this subject, ten thousand dollars. 730 Botanical Investigations and Experiments, Division of

Division of Botany.

 Botany: Investigations relating to medicinal and other economic plants, including the employment of botanists in the field for exploration and the collection of plants in little-known districts, traveling expenses and express charges; the purchase of specimens, paper, and all other necessary supplies, materials, and apparatus for the herbarium, and labor necessary in preparing the same; subscriptions to, and purchase of, botanical publications for use in the division; and the preparation, illustration, and publication of reports, twenty-five thousand 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, horticulture, and arboriculture, by inspection and experiments in nurseries, orchards, and vineyards when necessary; experiments in destroying those found to be injurious; chemicals, insecticide apparatus, and other materials, supplies, and instruments required in conducting such experiments and investigations; freight and express charges, anti necessary traveling expenses; compensation of additional temporary assistants, investigators, and agents, and preparing, illustrating, and publishing the results of the work of the division, twenty thousand dollars. Investigations in Ornithology and Mammalogy, Division

Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy.

 of Ornithology and Mammalogy: For biological investigations, including the geographic distribution and migrations of animals, birds, and plants, and for the promotion of economic ornithology and mammalogy, an investigation of the food habits of North American birds and mammals in relation to agriculture, horticulture, and forestry; for printing and publishing reports thereon, and for illustrations, fieldwork, and traveling, and other expenses in the practical work of the division, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. Homological 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 seeds, shrubs, trees, and specimens, six thousand dollars. Microscopic Investigations, Division of Microscopy: Investigation

Division of Microscopy.

 of food adulterations and investigations and experiments relating to textile fibers and fabrics; microscopical apparatus, chemicals, photographic illustrations, and drawings, and other supplies; traveling expenses, the purchase of food samples and condiments in the Investigations of the adulteration of food, and the purchase of textile fibers, and ascertaining their relative strength and forms, two thousand dollars. Vegetable Pathological Investigations and Experiments,

Division of Vegetable Pathology.

 Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology: Investigating the nature of diseases injurious to fruits, fruit trees, grain, cotton, vegetables, and other usefill 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 or Agriculture may be applied to the investigation of peach yellows, California grape disease, root rot and blight of cotton, pear blight, and the diseases of citrus fruits, and remedies therefor. Laboratory, Division of Chemistry: Chemical apparatus, chemicals,

Division of Chemistry.

 laboratory fixtures and supplies, repairs to engine and apparatus, gas and electric current, purchase of samples and necessary expenses in conducting special investigations, including necessary traveling expenses, labor, and expert work in such investigations, four thousand dollars; for rent of laboratory building, nine hundred dollars; in all, four thousand nine hundred dollars; 731 Investigating the adulteration of food, drugs, and liquors; examining

Food, drugs, and liquors adulterations.

 and analyzing samples submitted by consumers, or procured by order of the Secretary of Agriculture from sources deemed by him advisable; employing such assistants, clerks, and other persons as the Secretary of Agriculture may consider necessary for the purposes named; preparing, illustrating, and publishing reports exhibiting the results of such investigations; express charges, and necessary traveling expenses: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby

Proviso.

Reports.

 required to make a separate report to Congress as to where, when, and from whom the samples of food, drugs, and liquors were obtained, when and where analyzed, and the results of such analysis, together with the names of the manufacturers thereof and the brands or labels found upon the packages or articles, in order that attention may thereby be called to any adulterations that may be imposed upon the public, and to the names of the manufacturers thereof, five thousand dollars; To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to continue an investigation

Soil characteristics.

 relative to the various typical soils of the United States to determine their chemical characteristics, and especially the nature of the nitrifying organisms contained therein; apparatus and materials required in conducting such investigations; employment of the necessary investigators; freight and express charges, and necessary traveling expenses, five thousand dollars; In all, fourteen thousand nine hundred dollars. Report on Forestry, Division of Forestry: To enable the

Division of Forestry.

 Secretary of zigriculture to experiment and continue an investigation and report on the subject of forestry and timbers, for traveling and other necessary expenses in the investigation, and for the collection and distribution of valuable economic forest-tree seeds and plants, twenty-five thousand dollars. Illustrations and Engravings: For the pay of artists, draftsmen,

Illustrations.

 and engravers, the purchase of tools, instruments, paper, ink, pencils,paints, and other necessary materials; for printing proofs, necessary traveling expenses, labor, and for drawings, engravings, lithographs, other illustrations, and electrotypes, fifteen thousand dollars. Materials, Document and Folding Room: Paper, gum, twine,

Document Room.

 and other necessary materials, two thousand dollars. Experimental Gardens and Grounds, Department of Agriculture:

Experimental Gardens and grounds.

Labor.

 Division of Gardens and Grounds: Cultivation and care of experimental gardens and grounds, including the keep of the lawns, trees, roadways, and walks; management and maintenance of the conservatories, and seed testing, and plant and fruit propagating houses; employment of foreman, gardeners, laborers, carpenters, painters, plumbers, and other mechanics; machinery,tools, wagons, carts, horses,

Tools, etc.

 harness, plows, lawn mowers, sprinklers, hose, watering cans, tubs, pots, and other implements required in cultivation; lumber, hardware, glass, paints, tin, stone, gravel, and other material required for repairs; fertilizers, insecticide apparatus, and chemicals; blacksmithing, horseshoeing, and repairs to implements and machinery; seeds, plants, and bulbs for propagating purposes; labels, potting, and packing materials, feed for horses, freight and express charges, twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars. Salaries and Expenses, Bureau of Animal Industry: For

Animal Industry, Bureau.

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, 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 inspect ion of live cattle, hogs, and the carcasses and product s thereof

Inspecting cattle, meat. etc.

 which are the subjects of interstate and foreign commerce,and for other purposes, the sum of eight hundred thousand dollars; and the Secretary

Preventing diseases among animals.

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 732 best, in the collection of information concerning live stock, dairy and other animal products, and to prevent the spread of pletiropneumonia, tuberculosis, sheep scab, and other diseases of animals, and for this purpose to employ as many persons as he.may deem necessary, including

Additional pay to Chief of Bureau.

 one thousand dollars additional temporary compensation to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, and to expend any part of this

Purchase, etc,, of diseased animals.

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, tuberculosis, or other diseases of animals from one State into another, and for printing and

Reports.

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 not exceeding one

Laboratory.

Proviso.

Inspection of live animals, etc.

Vol. 25. p. 1000.

thousand two hundred dollars, to housed as a laboratory for said Bureau of Animal Industry: Provided, That section two of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the inspection of live cattle, hogs, and the carcasses and products thereof which are the subjects of interstate commerce, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, be amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 2. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall also cause to be

Inspection of cattle whose meat is to be exerted.

Extended to cured, canned, etc.

 made a careful inspection of all live cattle, the meat of which, fresh, salted, canned, corned, packed, cured, or otherwise prepared, is intended for exportation to any foreign country, at such times and places, and in such manner as he may think proper, with a view to ascertain whether said cattle are free from disease, and their meat sound and wholesome, and may appoint inspectors who shall be

Inspection certificate.

Clearances.

authorized to give an official certificate clearly stating the condition in which such cattle and meat are found, and no clearance shall be given to any vessel having on board any fresh, salted, canned, corned, or packed beef being the meat of cattle killed after the passage of this Act for exportation to and sale in a foreign country from any port in the United States until the owner or shipper shall obtain from an inspector appointed under the provisions of this Act a certificate that said cattle were free from disease and that their meat is sound and wholesome.”

Also that section four of said Act be so amended as to read as follows:

“Sec. 4. That said examination shall be made in the manner provided

Examinations.

Official stamp, etc.

 by rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, and after said examination the carcasses and products of all cattle, sheep, and swine found to be free of disease and wholesome, sound, and fit for human food shall be marked, stamped, or labeled for identification as may be provided by said rules and regulations of the

Penalty for forging, etc., marks, certificates, etc.

Secretary of Agriculture. Any person who shall forge, counterfeit, simulate, imitate, falsely represent, or use without authority, or knowingly and wrongfully alter, deface, or destroy any of the marks, stamps, or other devices provided for in the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture, of any such carcasses or their products, or who shall forge, counterfeit, simulate, imitate, falsely represent, or use without authority, or knowingly and wrongfully alter, deface, or destroy any certificate or stamp provided in said regulations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.”
The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to make such

Rules to prevent carrying condemned meat.

 rules and regulations as he may decide to be necessary to prevent the transportation from one State or Territory or the District of Columbia into any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia,or to any foreign country, of the condemned carcasses or parts of carcasses of cattle, sheep, and swine, which have been inspected in accordance with

Punishment for violations.

the provisions of this Act. Any person, company, or corporation owning or operating any such slaughterhouse, abattoir, or meat curing, packing, or canning establishment, or any employee of the same, that shall willfully violate any provision of this Act shall be deemed guilty 733 of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished for each offense by a line not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court. Quarantine Stations fob 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, twelve thousand dollars. That whenever the Secretary of Agriculture shall certify to the

Certifying countries free from animal diseases.

Ante, p. 550.

 President of the United States 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 without danger to the domestic animals of the United States, the President of the United States may suspend the prohibition of the importation of neat cattle and hides in the manner provided by law. That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized

Great Britain.

Negotiations to change cattle regulations.

 to cause correspondence and negotiation to be had, through the Department of State or otherwise, with the authorities of the Kingdom of Great Britain, for the purpose of securing the abrogation or modification of the regulations now enforced by said authorities which require cattle imported into Great Britain from the United States of America to be slaughtered at the port of entry, and prohibiting the same from being carried alive to other places in said Kingdom. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall determine and certify to the

Certifying pure-bred animals.

Ante, p. 536.

 Secretary of the Treasury what are recognized breeds and purebred animals, under the provisions of paragraph three hundred and seventy-three of the tariff Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Division of Seeds: Purchase and Distribution of Valuable

Division of Seeds.

 Seeds, and for the Printing, Publication, and distribution of Farmers’ Bulletins: For the purchase, propagation, and

Purchase, distribution, etc.

 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 culture, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars. An equal proportion of two-thirds of all seeds, bulbs, trees, shrubs,

Allotment.

 vines, cuttings, and plants shall, upon their request, after due notification by the Secretary of Agriculture that the allotment to their respective districts is ready for distribution, be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution among their constituents or be directed and mailed by the Department upon their request; and the person receiving such seeds shall be requested to inform the Department of results of the experiments therewith:

Provisos.

Seeds uncalled for.

 Provided, That all seeds, bulbs, plants, and cuttings herein allotted to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution remaining uncalled for on the first of May shall be distributed by the Secretary of Agriculture, giving preference to those persons whose names and addresses have been furnished by Senators and Representatives in Congress, and who have not before during the same season been supplied by the Department: And provided also, That the Secretary

Purchases, etc.

 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 seeds to those who apply for the same. And the amount

Diversion forbidden.

 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: Provided, however, That the Secretary shall not distribute to any Senator,

Distribution adapted to locality.

 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 734 adapted to the locality he represents: Provided, also, That the seeds

Early delivery.

 allotted to the Senators and Representatives for distribution in the districts embraced within the twenty-fifth and thirty-second parallels of latitude shall be ready for delivery on the tenth day of January or at the earliest practicable time thereafter. And the Secretary of Agriculture may use not to exceed fifty thousand

Farmers’ bulletins.

Preparation, etc.

 dollars of the amount herein appropriated for the preparation, printing, and publishing of farmers bulletins, which shall be adapted to the interests of the people of different sections of the country, an equal proportion of two-thirds of which shall be supplied to Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress for distribution among

Proviso.

Distribution.

their constituents as seeds are distributed: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall notify Senators and Representatives of the character and number of each bulletin and each other publication of the Department of Agriculture (not sent to the folding room of the Senate and House) to which each Senator and Representative may be entitled for distribution on the basis herein provided for the distribution of bulletins. 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. Experiments in the Manufacture of Sugar: To enable the

Sugar experiment.

 Secretary of Agriculture to make and continue experiments in the production of sugar from sugar cane, sugar beets, and sorghum, including special 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, including all necessary expenses in these investigations, namely, traveling expenses, labor, purchase of samples, apparatus, and supplies, chemical services, including two hundred and fifty dollars additional temporary compensation to the chief chemist, and other expenses incidental to the experiments, ten thousand dollars,

Proviso.

Sales.

or so much thereof as may be necessary: J’rorided further, That all products of the said experiments may be sold and the proceeds used in the experimental work, and that a full and accurate account of the proceeds of such sales be transmitted to Congress. Agricultural Experiment Stations: To carry into effect the

Agricultural Experiment 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 profusions of an Act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the Acts supplementary thereto,” and to enforce the execution thereof, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, thirty 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

Vol 24, p. 441.

section three of said Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; and the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe the form of

Annual statement.

the annual financial statement required by section three of the said Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; shall ascertain whether the expenditures under the appropriation hereby made are in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, and shall make report thereon to Congress; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby

Assistants, etc.

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 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

Index of agricultural literature.

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 Stations, and charge tor 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. 735 Irrigation Investigation: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture

Irrigation Investigations.

 to continue the collection of information as to the best modes of Agriculture by irrigation, fifteen thousand dollars. Nutrition: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate

Food nutrition.

Investigation and report.

 and report upon the nutritive value of the various articles and commodities used for human food, with special suggestion of full, wholesome, and edible rations less wasteful and more economical than those in common use, fifteen thousand dollars; and the agricultural experiment stations are hereby authorized to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out said investigations in such manner and to such extent as may be warranted by a due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States or Territories, and as may be mutually agreed upon; and the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to require said stations to report to him the results of any such investigations which they may carry out, whether in cooperation with said Secretary of Agriculture or otherwise. Investigation and Experiments with Grasses and Forage

Grasses and forage plants.

Investigations, etc.

Plants, Division of Agrostology: Field and laboratory investigations relating to the natural history, geographical distribution.and uses of the various grasses and forage plants, and their adaptability to special soils and climates; establishment and maintenance of experimental grass stations; employment of local and special agents and assistants; collection of seeds, roots, and specimens for experimental cultivation and distribution; materials, tools, apparatus, supplies, and labor required in conducting experiments; freight and express charges and traveling expenses; the preparation of drawings and illustrations for special reports, and the preparation of illustrated circulars of information, bulletins, and monographic works on the forage plants and grasses of North America, fifteen thousand dollars. Investigations in Relation to Agricultural Soils, Division

Soils.

Investigations, etc.

 of Agricultural Soils: Investigation of the relation of soils to climate and organic life; for the investigation of the texture and composition of soils, in the field and laboratory: the location of stations, and the rent of a building, not to exceed one thousand six hundred dollars per annum, for office and laboratory purposes; the employment of local.and special agents and other labor required in conducting experiments; the preparation of drawings and illustrations; for materials, tools, instruments, apparatus, and supplies, and for traveling expenses, freight and express charges, fifteen thousand dollars. Furniture Cases and Repairs: Repairing and improving buildings,

Furniture cases and repairs.

 not including the erection of new buildings, heating 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. Postage: Postage on return letters, circulars, and miscellaneous

Postage.

 articles for correspondents and foreign mail, two thousand dollars. Museum: Collecting, classifying, and naming cereals; collecting and

Museum.

 modeling fruits, vegetables, and other plants; for labor and material for preparing same for the museum, and other necessary expenses and supplies, three thousand dollars. Fiber Investigation: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture to

Fiber investigations.

 continue the investigations relating to textile libers 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. Library: Purchase of necessary books, periodicals, and papers, and

Library.

 for expenses incurred in completing imperfect series, for repairing and 736 renewing when necessary, for postage and express charges, and for utilizing unbound publications, so as to meet the requirements of the Department, six thousand dollars. Contingent Expenses: Stationery, purchase of blank books, twine,

Contingent expenses.

 paper, gum, dry goods, 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; the purchase and repair of vehicles; 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

Proviso.

Dispatch agent, New York.

thousand dollars: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to pay out of this appropriation to a dispatch agent of the Department of Agriculture in the city of New York not to exceed four hundred dollars for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, notwithstanding section two of an Act approved March third, eighteen

Vol. 23, p. 356.

hundred and eighty-five, entitled “An Act making an appropriation for the Agricultural Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes.” Weather Bureau.

Weather Bureau.

 Salaries of the Weather Bureau: To enable the Secretary of

Salaries.

Vol. 26, p. 653.

Pay of chief, assistant. professors, clerks, etc.

 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 the Bureau, four thousand live hundred dollars; one assistant chief, three thousand dollars; two professors of meteorology, at three thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; three professors of meteorology, at two thousand five hundred dollars each, seven thousand five hundred dollars; three forecast officials, at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars, for service in the city of Washington or elsewhere, as exigencies of the Bureau may demand: one chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; three chiefs of divisions, two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; three clerks of class four, five thousand four hundred dollars; one bibliographer and librarian, one thousand six hundred dollars; one assistant stationery and property clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks of class three, eight thousand dollars; fourteen clerks of class two, nineteen thousand six hundred dollars; twenty-eight clerks of class one, thirty-three thousand six hundred dollars; eighteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each, eighteen thousand dollars; two telegraph operators, at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars, for service in the city of Washington or elsewhere, as the exigencies of the Bureau may demand; seven clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, six thousand three hundred dollars; four copyists or typewriters, at eight hundred and forty dollars each, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; one copyist or typewriter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one chief mechanician, one thousand two hundred dollars; one captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; one engineer, eight hundred and forty dollars: one battery man, 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; 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; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars: one carpenter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; live laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each, three thousand three hundred dollars; 737 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, 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 . sixty-four thousand two hundred and ninety dollars; and the Secretary is hereby authorized to make such changes-or assignment to duty

Changes.

 in the personnel or detailed force 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, etc.

 other expenses for the care and preservation of the public buildings and grounds, on the corner of Twenty-fourth and M streets northwest, in the city of Washington, eight thousand dollars. contingent expenses, weather bureau. Contingent Expenses: For stationery, blank books, furniture, and

Contingent expenses.

 repairs to same; freight, express charges; subsistence, care, and purchase of horses; repairs to harness; advertising, dry goods, twine, mats, oils, paints, glass, lumber, hardware, ice, washing towels, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Weather Bureau in the District of Columbia, ten thousand dollars. general expenses, weather bureau.

General expenses.

 General 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 three inspectors, whose compensation in the aggregate

Inspectors, forecast officials, etc.

 • shall not exceed five thousand four hundred dollars; thirty local forecast officials, observers, operators, repair men, messengers, and other necessary employees, outside of the city of Washington, three hundred and forty-seven thousand one hundred and ninety-five dollars. All other expenses, itemized as follows: Maps, bulletins, and stationery

Maps, bulletins, etc.

 for stations, and the maintenance of a printing office in the District of Columbia for printing of the necessary circulars, weather maps, bulletins, and monthly weather reviews (including the hire of printers, lithographers, and other necessary working force); for traveling

Transportation.

 expenses; for freight and express charges; for instruments and shelters therefor; for telegraphing or telephoning reports and messages,

Telegraphing, etc.

 rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture by agreement with the companies performing the services; for rents and other incidental

Rents, etc.

 expenses of offices maintained as stations of observation; for maintenance and repair of seacoast telegraph lines; for river observations

Coast telegraphs.

Storm signals, etc.

 and reports; for storm and other signals; for cotton region observations and reports; for special observations and pay of observers of West India, Mexican, and Central American stations during the hurricane

Hurricane reports.

Stale stations.

Climate.

 season; for supplies for State weather service stations; and for investigations on climatology and sanitary science, including assistance and all necessary expenses, three hundred and fifty-six thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars. Any person who shall knowingly issue or publish any counterfeit

Punishment for counterfeiting forecasts, etc.

 weather forecasts or warnings of weather conditions, falsely representing such forecasts or warnings to have been issued or published by the Weather Bureau, United States Signal Service, or other branch of the Government service, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, for each offense, be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not to exceed ninety days, or be both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court. 738 That the Secretary of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Postmaster-General,

Displaying signals on mail trains.

 may arrange a plan by which there shall be displayed on all ears and other conveyances used for transporting United States mail, suitable flags or other signals to indicate weather forecasts, cold wave warnings, frost warnings, and so forth, to be furnished by the Chief of the Weather Bureau. Total Weather Bureau, eight hundred and eighty-five thousand six

Amount.

 hundred and ten dollars. Approved, March 2, 1895.
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CHAP. 170.—
An Act To authorize the Pittsburg, Monongahela and Wheeling railroad Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela River.

March 2, 1895.

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

Pittsburg, Monongahela and Wheeling Railroad Company may bridge Monongahela River, Monongahela City, Pa.
That it shall be lawful for the Pittsburg, Monongahela and Wheeling Railroad Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or its successors or assigns, to construct and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto across the Monongahela River at a point in the county of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, opposite, or as nearly opposite as may be, Monongahela City in said State; that said bridge may be

Railway and wagon bridge.

constructed for railway, wagon, and postal service, with single or double track tor railway traffic, and shall be constructed 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

Litigation.

rights and privileges herein granted, and in case of any litigation arising 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 be

High bridge.

 constructed as a through bridge, with unbroken and continuous spans, the channel span over the waterway to have a clear channel of not less than five hundred feet and a clear head room of not less than fifty-three feet above the level of the water at pool full in said river, the remaining spans to be as may be approved by the Secretary of War.
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, over which no higher charge shall be made for the transportation of mails, troops, and munitions of war or other property 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 railways or public

Postal telegraph.

highways leading to said bridge. The United States shall also have the right of way over said bridge tor postal telegraph purposes.
Sec. 5. That all railway, telephone, and telegraph companies desiring

Use by other companies.

 to use said bridge shall be entitled to equal rights and privileges in using the same, including machinery and fixtures thereto belonging,

Terms.

and also the approaches thereto, upon suck terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the Pittsburg, Monongahela, and Wheeling Railroad Company and the companies desiring to use the said bridge and approaches thereto, or, in case of a disagreement, 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.
Sec. 6. That the said railroad 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-half a 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 high and low water, showing also the bed of the river and the channel, with such other and further information as the Secretary of War 739 may require; which said drawings and information aforesaid shall be examined by him, and if he shall approve the same he shall so notify the said railroad company of such approval, and thereupon said Company may proceed to the erection oi said bridge. The Secretary of War may direct such alterations in such plans as he may deem necessary

Changes.

 to the better protection of navigation, and such alterations shall be adopted by said railroad company. The said railroad 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 said bridge herein authorized to lie constructed shall be

Aids to navigation.

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

Lights, etc.

 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 railroad company 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 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, March 2, 1895.
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CHAP. 171.—
An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Illinois River at or near the town of Hennepin.

March 2, 1895.

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

Illinois River Bridge Company may bridge Illinois River at Hennepin, Ill.
That the Illinois River Bridge Company, of Hennepin, a corporation organizing under the laws of the State of Illinois, its assigns, grantees, successors, and legal Representatives, be, and are hereby, authorized to build, own, operate, and maintain a bridge and approaches thereto over the Illinois River at or near the town of Hennepin, in said State of Illinois. Said bridge shall be

Rail way, wagon, and foot bridge.

 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 the owner or owners of said bridge may from time to time prescribe, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War: Provided, That all railroad

Proviso.

Use by other companies.

 companies desiring the use of said bridge and the approaches thereto shall have and be entitled to equal privileges in the use thereof upon the payment of reasonable compensation therefor, and in case of any disagreement regarding the compensation to be paid or the conditions to be observed the matters at issue shall be decided by the Secretary of War upon proper hearing.
Sec. 2. 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 pie-scribe; and to secure that object the 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 mile above and below the proposed location, the topography of the banks of the river, the shore lines at low and high water, the direction and current strength at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, and shall furnish such other 740 information as shall be required for the 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

Changes.

built; and should any change be made in the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change shall be subject to

Commencement and completion.

approval of the Secretary of War; and if said bridge is not commenced within one year and completed within three years from the passage of this Act the rights and privileges hereby granted shall be null and void.
Sec. 3. That any bridge constructed under this Act and according

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 than the rates established and paid by the general public for like service: and the United States

Postal telegraph.

Litigation.

shall have the right of way for postal telegraph and telephone purposes across said bridge. That in case of any litigation concerning any alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river on account of said bridge, the cause may be tried before the circuit court of the United States in whose jurisdiction said obstruction or bridge is located. That

Opening draw.

if the said bridge shall be constructed as a drawbridge the draw shall be opened promptly, upon reasonable signal, for the passage of boats, and whatever kind of bridge is constructed the said company or corporation shall maintain, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such

Lights, etc.

lights or other signals on said bridge as the Light-House Board shall prescribe.
Sec. 4. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby

Amendment etc.

 expressly reserved, and the right to require any change in the structure, or its entire removal, at the expense of the owners thereof, whenever Congress decades that the public interest requires it, is also expressly reserved.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
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CHAP. 172.—
An Act To establish harbor regulations for the District of Columbia.

March 2, 1895.

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

District of Columbia.

Harbor regulations.

Anchorage.
That every vessel coming to anchor in the Potomac River between the junction of the Washington and Georgetown channels of said river and the extension of the south line of P street southwest, in the city of Washington, shall anchor as near the Hats in said river as possible, so that the channel of said river will not be obstructed; and if such vessel is to remain over twelve hours it shall be moored with both anchors, so as to give room for passing vessels and so as not to swing and obstruct said channel. No vessel shall be permitted to anchor in the Washington channel of the Potomac River between the extended lines of P or K streets south. Vessels coming to anchor above the line of K street south, aforesaid, shall come to anchor as near the Hats as possible and so that the channel will not be obstructed; and all vessels coming to anchor shall be so moored by the use of both anchors as to prevent obstruction of the channel within four hundred feet of the nearest wharf, the said anchorage to continue only twenty-four hours, unless otherwise ordered or directed by the

Occupying canals.

harbor master. No vessel shall be permitted to lie in Seventeenth Street Canal, New Jersey Avenue Canal, or James Creek Canal, or at the entrance thereof, so as to obstruct the passage of any vessel going into or out of the same or moving from one place to another therein, unless such obstructing vessel is actually engaged in loading or unloading, and shall then, if deemed expedient by the harbor master, be removed to such place as shall be necessary to give room to passing vessels. Any captain or owner of, or anyone in charge of, any barge, sand scow, 741 or any vessel that may sink in said canals, shall raise and remove the same in five days. Any vessels at the end of wharves or in docks

Moving, etc., vessels at wharves.

 shall, when required by the harbor master, haul either way to accommodate vessels going in or coming out from such wharves or docks. They shall not occupy regular steamers’ or sailing packets’ berths without permission from the recognized occupants of such wharves and docks. And they are required to rig in all fore-and-aft spars, have boats hoisted up under the bow, and davits turned up, as the harbor master may direct. Vessels when not engaged in loading or discharging cargo shall give place to such vessels as are ready to receive or deliver freights. And if the captain or person in charge of any vessel refuse to move said vessel when notified by the occupant of the wharf at which she is lying, the harbor master shall order him to haul to some other berth, or into the stream.
Sec. 2. That the powers and authority herein conferred upon the

Harbor master’s duties, by pilot of police boat.

Penalty for violations.

 harbor master may, in his absence or temporary disability, be exercised by the pilot of the harbor police boat. Any person refusing to obey the instructions of the harbor master, or, in case of his absence or temporary disability, the said pilot of the harbor police boat, or any person failing to comply with any of the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in the police court of the District of Columbia shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both such punishments, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 173: To amend section one of chapter three hundred and ninety-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled “An Act to provide for deductions from the gross tonnage of vessels of the United States.” 28 Stat. 740 1895-03-02 Chapter 173 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 173.—
An Act To amend section one of chapter three hundred and ninety-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-two, entitled “An Act to provide for deductions from the gross tonnage of vessels of the United States.”

March 2, 1895.

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

Navigation.

Deductions from gross tonnage United States vessels.

Vol. 22, p. 300.
That section one of chapter three hundred and ninety-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty two, approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty two, entitled “An Act to provide for deductions from the gross tonnage of vessels of the United States,” be amended so as to read:

“That section forty-one hundred and fifty-three of the Revised Statutes

R. S., sec. 4153, p. 801, amended.

of the United States be amended by inserting before the last paragraph thereof the following words:

“‘ That from the gross tonnage of every vessel of the United States

Spaces deducted.

there shall be deducted—

 “‘(a) The tonnage of the spaces or compartments occupied by or

Use of crew.

 appropriated to the use of the crew of the vessel. Every place appropriated to the crew of the vessel shall have a space of not less than

Allotment.

 seventy-two cubic feet and not less than twelve superficial feet, measured on the deck or floor of that place, for each seaman or apprentice lodged therein. Such place shall be securely constructed, properly lighted, drained, and ventilated, properly protected from weather and sea, and as far as practicable properly shut off and protected from the effluvium of cargo or bilge water; and failure to comply with this provision

Penalty for failure.

 shall subject the owner to a penalty of five hundred dollars. Every place so occupied shall be kept free from goods or stores of any kind not being the personal property of the crew in use during the voyage; and if any such place is not so kept free the master shall forfeit and pay to each seaman or apprentice lodged in that place the sum of fifty cents a day for each day during which any goods or stores as aforesaid are kept or stored in the place after complaint has been made to him by any two or more of the seamen so lodged. No deduction from tonnage as aforesaid shall be made unless there is permanently 742 cut in a beam and over the doorway of every such place the number of men

Certificate.

 it is allowed to accommodate with these words, “Certified to accommodate        seamen.” “‘(b) Any space exclusively for the use of the master certified

Use of master.

 the collector to be reasonable in extent and properly constructed, and the words “Certified for the accommodation of master” to be permanently cut in a beam and over the door of such space. “‘(c) Any space used exclusively for the working of the helm, the

Use of gear, charts, etc.

 capstan, and the anchor gear, or for keeping the charts, signals, and other instruments of navigation and boatswain’s stores, and the words “Certified for steering gear,” or “Certified for boatswain’s stores,” or “Certified chart house,” as the case may be, to be permanently cut in the beam and over the doorway of each of such spaces. “‘(d) The space occupied by the donkey engine and boiler, if connected

Pumps.

 with the main pumps of the ship. “‘(e) In the case of a ship propelled wholly by sails any space, not

Storage of sails.

 exceeding two and one-half per centum of the gross tonnage, used

Proviso.

Certificate of collector.

exclusively for storage of sails: Provided, That spaces deducted shall be certified by the collector to be reasonable in extent and properly and efficiently constructed for the purposes for which they are intended, and the words “Certified for storage of sails” to be cut on the beam and over the doorway of such space. “‘(f)

In the case of a ship propelled by steam or other power requiring

Use of propelling power, steam vessels.

engine room, a deduction for the space occupied by the propelling power shall be made, as follows:

“‘In ships propelled by paddle wheels in which the tonnage of the

Paddle wheels.

space occupied by and necessary for the proper working of the boilers and machinery is above twenty percent and under thirty per centum of the gross tonnage, the deduction shall be thirty-seven per centum of the gross tonnage; and in ships propelled by screws in which the tonnage of the space is above thirteen per centum and under twenty per centum

Screw propellers.

of the gross tonnage, the deduction shall be thirty-two per centum of the gross tonnage. In the case of screw steamers the contents of the trunk shaft shall be deemed spaces necessary for the proper working of the machinery.

 “(g) In the case of other vessels in which the actual space occupied

Allowance for variations.

 by the propelling machinery amounts in the case of paddle vessels to twenty per centum or under and in the case of screw vessels to thirteen per centum or under of the gross tonnage of the ship, the deduction shall consist in the case of paddle vessels of once and a half the tonnage of the actual machinery space and in the case of screw vessels of once and three-fourths the tonnage of the actual machinery space. But if the actual machinery space is so large as to amount in the case of paddle vessels to thirty per centum or above, and in the case of screw vessels to twenty per centum or above of the gross tonnage of the ship, the deduction shall consist of thirty-seven per centum of the gross tonnage of the ship in the ease of a paddle vessel and thirty-two per centum of the gross tonnage in the case of a screw vessel; or if the owner prefers there shall be deducted from the gross tonnage of the vessel the tonnage of the space or spaces actually occupied by or required to be inclosed for the proper working of the boilers and machinery, including the trunk shaft or alley in screw steamers, with the addition in the case of vessels propelled with paddle wheels of fifty per centum, and in the case of vessels propelled by screws of seventy-five per centum of the tonnage of such space. “‘(h) If there be a break, a poop, or any other permanent closed-in

Addition of closed space on upper decks.

 space on the upper deck available for cargo or stores, or for the berthing or accommodation of passengers or crew, the tonnage of that space shall

Proviso.

No addition unless closed.

be ascertained and added to the gross tonnage: Provided, That nothing shall be added to the gross tonnage for any sheltered space above the upper deck which is under cover and open to the weather; that is, not inclosed. 743 “‘(i)

On a request in writing to the Commissioner of Navigation by

Allowance for light and air.

the owners of a ship the tonnage of such portion of the space or spaces above the crown of the engine room and above the upper deck as is framed in for the machinery or for the admission of light and air and not required to be added to gross tonnage shall, for the purpose of ascertaining the tonnage of the space occupied by the propelling power, be added to. the tonnage of the engine space; but it shall then be included in the gross tonnage; such space or spaces must be reasonable in extent, safe, and seaworthy, and can not be used for any purpose other than the machinery or for the admission of light and air to the machinery, or for the admission of light and air to the machinery or boilers of the ship.

“‘And the proper deduction from the gross tonnage having been

Net tonnage.

made, the remainder shall be deemed the net or register tonnage of such vessels.

“‘The register or other official certificate of the tonnage or nationality

Register to state deductions, etc.

of a vessel of the United States, in addition to what is now required by law to be expressed therein, shall state separately the deductions made from the gross tonnage, and shall also state the net or register tonnage of the vessel.

“‘But the outstanding registers or enrollments of vessels of the

Outstanding registers to have appendix, etc.

United States shall not be rendered void by the addition of such new statement of her tonnage, unless voluntarily surrendered; but the same may be added to the outstanding document or by an appendix thereto, with a certificate of a collector of customs that the original estimate of tonnage is amended.

“‘In the ease of a ship constructed with a double bottom for water

Double-bottom vessels.

ballast, if the space between the inner and outer plating thereof is certified by the collector to be not available for the carriage of cargo, stores, or fuel, then the depth of the vessel shall be taken to be the upper side of the inner plating of the double bottom, and that upper side shall for the purposes of measurement be deemed to represent the floor timber.

“‘Upon application by the owner or master of an American vessel in

Statement of foreign deductions.

Ante, p. 636.

foreign trade, collectors of customs, under regulations to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, are authorized to attach lo the register of such vessel an appendix stating separately, for use in foreign ports, the measurement of such space or spaces as are permitted to be deducted from gross tonnage by the rules of other nations and are not permitted by the laws of the. United States.”
Sec. 2. That this Act shall not be construed to require the remeasurement

Remeasurements not required.

 of any American vessel duly measured before April first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five: but upon application by the owner of any such vessel collectors of customs shall cause such vessel, or the spaces to be deducted, to be measured according to the provisions of this Act, and if a new register is not issued the statement of such

Statement if remeasured.

 remeasurement shall be attached by an appendix to the outstanding register or enrollment with a certificate of the collector of customs that the original estimate of tonnage is amended pursuant to this Act.
Sec. 3. That the provisions of this Act requiring a crew space of

Crew space provisions applicable to ships built after June 30, 1895.

 seventy-two cubic feet per man shall apply only to vessels the construction of which shall be begun after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
Sec. 4. That under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury

Regulations.

 the Commissioner of Navigation shall make regulations needful to give effect to the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 5. That this Act shall take effect on the first day of April, eighteen

Effect.

 hundred and ninety-five.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 174: Granting chief justice of United States courts in Territories power to appoint commissioners to take proof in land cases, and so forth. 28 Stat. 744 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public 744

CHAP. 174.—
An Act Granting chief justice of United States courts in Territories power to appoint commissioners to take proof in land cases, and so forth.

March 2, 1895.

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

Territories.

Commissioners to be appointed bye chief justices.
That the chief justice of the court exercising Federal jurisdiction in the Territories shall have power to appoint commissioners in the several judicial districts, to be known when appointed as United States court commissioners.
Sec. 2. That said commissioners shall have power, and it shall be

Powers, etc., under land laws.

 their duty on application by proper person, to administer the oaths in preliminary affidavits and final proofs required under the homestead, preemption, timber culture, and desert-land laws in their respective districts, in like manner as provided for in reference to United States

Vol. 26, p. 121.

circuit court commissioners, in the Act of May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety. Twenty-sixth Statutes at Large, page one hundred and twenty-one.
Sec. 3. That no commissioner shall be appointed who resides within

Distance from land offices, etc.

 thirty miles of any local land office, nor shall any commissioner be appointed who resides within thirty miles of any other commissioner.
Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect from its passage.

Effect.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 175: To amend section nine of an Act entitled “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.” 28 Stat. 744 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 175.—
An Act To amend section nine of an Act entitled “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.”

March 2, 1895.

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

Indian Territory.

Right of way to Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company, amended.

Vol. 27. p. 490.
That section nine of tin Act approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled “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,” be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the words “within three, years after the passage of this Act,” occurring in the second and third lines of said section, and by substituting in lien thereof the following words, “prior to the first day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven;” and by striking out the words “within one year thereafter,” occurring in the third line of said section, and by substituting in lieu thereof the following words, to wit, “prior to the first day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine;” so that said section nine, when so amended, shall read as follows:
“Sec. 9. That said railroad company shall build at least fifty miles

Time for constructing extended.

 of its railroad in said Territory prior to the first day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and complete main line of the same prior to the first day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, or the rights herein granted shall he forfeited as to that portion not 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.”
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 176: 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-six, and for other purposes. 28 Stat. 744 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 176.—
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-six, and for other purposes.

March 2, 1895.

 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 745 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and the other half out of the

Half from District revenues.

 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-six, namely:
GENERAL EXPENSES.

General expenses.

 for salaries and contingent expenses.

Salaries, etc.

 For Executive Office: For two Commissioners, at five thousand

Executive office.

Commissioners, secretary etc.

 dollars each: Engineer Commissioner, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight dollars (to make salary five thousand dollars): secretary, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two assistant secretaries

Assistant secretaries to Commissioners.

 to Commissioners, at one thousand dollars each; clerk, one thousand live hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks, one of whom shall be a stenographer and typewriter, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; messenger, six hundred dollars; stenographer and typewriter, seven hundred and twenty dollars; driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; laborer, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; inspector of buildings, two thousand four hundred dollars; assistant inspector of buildings, one thousand two hundred dollars; three assistant inspectors of buildings, atone thousand dollars each; clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; janitor, seven hundred dollars; steam engineer, nine hundred dollars; property clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; deputy property clerk, one thousand dollars; clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; three watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; inspector of plumbing, two thousand dollars; four assistant inspectors of plumbing, at one thousand dollars each; harbor master, one thousand two hundred dollars; two laborers at three hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, forty-nine thousand five hundred and thirty-three dollars. For Assessor’s Office: For assessor, three thousand five hundred

Assessor’s office.

 dollars; three assistant assessors, at three thousand dollars each; two assistant assessors, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; special assessment clerk, one thousand seven hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; assistant or clerk, nine hundred dollars; clerk, in charge of records, one thousand dollars; one clerk to board of assistant assessors, one thousand two hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; license clerk, one thousand two bundled dollars; inspector of licenses, one thousand two hundred dollars; messenger and driver, for board of assistant assessors, six hundred dollars; in all, thirty-five thousand dollars. To enable the Commissioners to have the plats of subdivisions of the

Plats of squares.

 various squares in the city of Washington photolithographed, one thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. For Collector’s Office: For collector, four thousand dollars;

Collector’s office.

 cashier, one thousand eight hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk and messenger, one thousand dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; in all. fourteen thousand two hundred dollars. For Auditor’s Office: For auditor, three thousand dollars; chief

Auditor’s office.

 clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; disbursing clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks, atone thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; clerk, one thousand dollars; messenger, six hundred dollars; in all, seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars. 746 For Attorney’s Office: For attorney, four thousand dollars;

Attorney’s office.

 assistant attorney, two thousand dollars; special assistant attorney, one thousand six hundred dollars; law clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; messenger, two hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand dollars. For Sinking-fund Office, under control of the Treasurer

Sinking-fund office.

of the United States: For clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand four hundred dollars. For Coroner’s Office: For coroner, one thousand eight hundred dollars.

Coroner.

 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 and twenty-five dollars per market, three hundred and seventy-five dollars; in all, three thousand six hundred and seventy-five dollars. For Engineer’s Office: Record division: For chief clerk, one

Engineer’s office.

Record division.

 thousand nine hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; three clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; messenger clerk, six hundred dollars; two messengers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; Surface division: For computing engineer, two thousand four hundred

Surface division.

 dollars; 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 chain-men, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; inspector of streets, one thousand two hundred dollars; two assistant inspectors of streets, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent of streets, two thousand dollars; superintendent of county roads, one thousand five hundred dollars; superintendent of parking, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant superintendent of parking, nine hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; Subsurface division: For inspector of asphalt and cements, two

Subsurface division.

 thousand four hundred dollars; inspector of gas and meters, two thousand dollars: assistant inspector of gas and meters, one thousand dollars; messenger, four hundred and eighty dollars; superintendent of lamps, one thousand dollars; three; inspectors of gas and electric lighting, at nine hundred dollars each; inspector of sewers, one thousand two hundred dollars; superintendent of sewers, two thousand four hundred dollars; general inspector of sewers, one thousand three hundred dollars; two assistant engineers, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; leveler, one thousand two hundred dollars; three rodmen, at seven hundred and eighty dollars each; three chainmen, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; 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, atone thousand dollars each; permit clerk,, one thousand two hundred dollars; one assistant permit clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, sixty-seven thousand three hundred and thirty-two 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. That overseers, inspectors, and other employees temporarily required

Temporary over seers, 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

Report.

against the sums appropriated for said work; 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 747 work, and the sums paid to each, and out of what appropriation: Provided,

Proviso.

Employees allowed thirty days leave.

That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized hereafter, in their discretion, to grant leave of absence, not to exceed thirty days to any individual in any fiscal year, to regular employees not to exceed thirty annually, appointed directly by the Commissioners and paid out of general appropriations and whose service is continuous, but who receive per diem compensation. Superintendent of Charities: For superintendent of charities,

Superintendent of Charities.

 three thousand dollars; messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. contingent expenses. For contingent expenses of the government of the District of Columbia,

Contingent expenses.

 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, including rent, harbor master, health department, and police, court, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars; and the Commissioners shall so apportion this sum as to prevent

Proviso.

Use of horses, etc.

 a deficiency therein: Provided, That horses, and vehicles appropriated for in this Act shall be 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 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, five thousand five hundred 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

Collecting personal taxes.

 by distraint and sale and otherwise, and for other necessary items, one thousand five hundred dollars. For judicial expenses, including procurement of chains of title, the

Judicial expenses.

 printing of briefs and witness fees in District cases before the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, one thousand dollars. For horse feed and shoeing, for board of assistant assessors, six

Assistant assessors.

 hundred dollars. For livery of horse or horse hire for coroner’s office, jurors fees,

Coroner’s expenses.

 removal of deceased persons, making autopsies, ice, disinfectants, and other necessary supplies tor the morgue, and the necessary expenses of holding inquests, including stenographic services in taking testimony and photographing unidentified bodies, one thousand dollars. For general advertising, authorized and required by law. and for tax

Advertising.

 and school notices and notices of changes in regulations, one thousand nine hundred dollars. For advertising notice of taxes in arrear July first, eighteen hundred

Notices of arrears of taxes.

Vol 26, p. 24.

 and ninety-five, as required to be given by Act of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, ten thousand dollars, to be reimbursed by a charge of one dollar and twenty cents for each lot or piece of property advertised: Provided, That hereafter if one-half of the tax upon

Proviso.

Penalty on delinquent taxes 1 per cent a month.

Vol. 19, p. 396.

 real and personal property shall not be. paid before the first day of December in each year said one-half shall thereupon be in arrears and delinquent, and there shall then, be added, to be collected with such taxes, a penalty of one per centum upon the amount thereof, and a like 748 penalty on the first clay of each succeeding month until payment of said one-half and penalty; and if said one-half shall not be paid before the first day of June following, together with the one-half of said original tax due before said first day of June, a like penalty shall then be added on said last one-half of such tax, and the whole together shall constitute the delinquent tax, to be dealt with and collected in the manner now provided by law; and all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. 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. For special repairs to market houses and erection of a garbage shed

Market houses.

 at Eastern market house, two thousand five hundred dollars. Plats of Subdivisions Outside of Washington and Georgetown:

Surveys and plate of outside subdivisions.

 To pay the expenses of such surveys as may be necessary to enable the Commissioners of the District to determine whether plats of subdivisions of land within said District offered for record have been

Vol. 25. p. 451.

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, two thousand five hundred dollars. Extension of Highways: To pay the expenses of preparing a

Extension of highways.

Vol. 27, p. 532.

 plan for the extension of a permanent system of highways in conformity with the “Act to provide a permanent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, twelve thousand five

From District revenues.

Proviso.

Plans, etc.

hundred dollars; to be paid wholly out of the revenues of the District of Columbia: Provided, That of this sum so much as may be necessary, may be expended by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the preparation of plans, in part, and for reports by Frederick Law Olmsted, or other eminent landscape architect, on the said extension of a permanent system of highways. And the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to make such minor and essential

Changes in subdivisions.

Vol. 25, p. 451.

changes in existing subdivisions made in compliance with the provisions of the Act approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, as they may deem advisable and practicable, for the purpose of connecting subdivisions and for a better conformity to the general plan of the city of Washington. ASSESSMENT AND PERMIT WORK.

Assessment and permit work.

 For assessment and permit work, one hundred and fifty thousand

Proviso.

WideningG street.

dollars: Provided, That so much of this appropriation, not to exceed fourteen thousand dollars, shall be expended in widening the roadway of G street northwest, from Tenth street to Fourteenth street, to a width of fifty feet, and paving the widened part; one-half the cost of this improvement shall be assessed against and collected from the abutting property, in accordance with the provisions of law governing assessment and permit work. IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS.

Improvements and repairs.

 For work on streets and avenues named in Appendix “U,” Book of

Streets and avenues.

 Estimates, eighteen hundred and ninety six, one hundred and forty-two 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: Eleven thousand three hundred and sixty dollars.

Allotment

 Northwest Section Schedule: Fifty-three thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars. 749 Southwest Section Schedule: Eighteen thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. Southeast Section Schedule: Twenty-six thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. Northeast Section Schedule: Thirty-one thousand two hundred and forty 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. For paving Eleventh street between East Capitol street and Massachusetts

Eleventh street NE.

 avenue, two thousand five hundred dollars. That under appropriations contained in this Act no contract shall be

Limit for concrete pavement.

 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. And the appropriations made by this Act for work on streets and

Immediately available.

 avenues and for construction of county roads shall be immediately available. Grading Streets, Alleys, and Roads: For the purchase and

Grading.

 repair of cars, carts, tools, or the hire of the same and horses, to be used by the inmates of the Washington Asylum in the work of grading, four thousand dollars. Repairs to Pavements: For renewal, resurfacing, and repairs to

Repairs to pavements.

 concrete pavements with the same or other not inferior material one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. SEWERS.

Sewers.

 For cleaning and repairing sewers and basins forty-five thousand dollars.

Cleaning, etc.

 For relief sewers and replacing obstructed sewers, forty thousand dollars.

Replacing, etc.

 For main and pipe sewers, seventy-five thousand eight hundred dollars.

Main and pipes.

 For suburban sewers, ten thousand dollars.

Suburban.

Eckington Valley, Brookland, and Kenesaw avenue sewers.

 For constructing in part the following sewers: Eckington Valley sewer, seventeen thousand dollars; Brookland sewer, thirty thousand dollars; and Kenesaw avenue sewer, ten thousand dollars; in all, fifty-seven thousand dollars: Provided, That the Commissioners of the District

Provisos.

Contracts.

 of Columbia are authorized to enter into contract for the construction of said sewers at a cost not to exceed thirty-four thousand dollars for the Eckington Valley sewer, seventy-four thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars tor the Brookland sewer, and twenty thousand dollars for the Kenesaw avenue sewer, to be paid for from time to time as appropriations maybe made by law; and the said Commissioners are authorized to construct said sewers, where necessary, across lands belonging to the United States: Provided, That after the

Restoring lands.

 construction of said sewers the excavated portions of said lands shall be restored to their original condition from the appropriation herein provided for. For constructing in part the Rock Creek and B street intercepting

Rock Creek sewer.

Provisos.

Contract.

 sewer, forty thousand dollars: Provided, That, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized to enter into contract for said work at a cost not to exceed two hundred and thirty thousand dollars, to be paid for from time to time as appropriations maybe made by law; and the said Commissioners are authorized to construct said sewer, where 750 necessary, across lands belonging to the United States: Provided further,

Restoring lands.

 That after the construction of said sewer the excavated portions of said lands shall be restored to their original condition from the appropriation herein provided for. For completing the construction of the Rock Creek intercepting

Intercepting sewer.

 sewer, now under contract, sixty thousand dollars. For condemnation of rights of way for construction, maintenance,

Rights of way, etc.

 and repairs of public sewers, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For automatic siphons for flushing sewers, two thousand five hundred

Flushing siphons.

 dollars. STREETS.

Streets.

 Repairs Streets, Avenues, and Alleys: For current work of

Repairs, streets, etc.

 repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys, thirty thousand dollars. And

Pavements of street railways.

this appropriation shall be available for repairing the pavements of street railways when necessary. The amounts thus expended shall be

Collecting.

Vol. 20. p. 106.

collected from such railroad company as provided by section five of “An Act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia,” approved June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriation for the fiscal year in which they arc collected. For replacing sidewalks and curbs around public reservations, five

Sidewalks, etc.

 thousand dollars. Removing Hancock Circle: For removing Hancock Circle from

Hancock Circle.

Removal.

Vol 27, p. 367.

 intersection of Sixteenth and U streets northwest, two thousand five hundred dollars; and the authorities in charge of preparing plans for the extension of streets are authorized to omit the circle hitherto required to be located at or near Morris street. Repairs County Roads: For current work of repairs of county

Repairs, roads.

 roads and suburban streets, forty thousand dollars. Construction of County Roads: For construction of county

Constructing county roads.

 roads and suburban streets, as follows: For grading and regulating Columbia road, Sixteenth street northwest extended, Prospect street. Crescent street, Superior street, Erie street. Central street, Meridian and Ontario avenues, Meridian Hill, eight thousand dollars; For paving First street extended from S to W streets, eighteen thousand dollars; For grading Massachusetts avenue extended, ten thousand dollars; For grading and regulating Sherman avenue, including widening

Sheman avenue.

 opposite Garfield Hospital, removing buildings, terracing banks, and

Proviso.

Garfield Hospital.

replacing fences, five thousand dollars: Provided, That the authorities in charge of Garfield Hospital dedicate to the District, of Columbia the ground for widening Sherman avenue on the side of the. hospital, in accordance with plats on file with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. For grading and regulating Kenesaw avenue, from Fifteenth street to the Zoological Park, six thousand dollars. That the sum of nine thousand dollars heretofore appropriated, but

Albemarle street.

Ante, p.25I.

 not expended, for grading and graveling Albemarle street, from Grant road to Connecticut avenue, is hereby reappropriated and made available for expenditure upon such portions of said street and of Thirty-eighth street as have been or may be dedicated to the District of Columbia. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and

Opening Thirty-seventh street.

 directed to extend and open Thirty-seventh street between Back street and Tennallytown road, at or near Schneider lane, by condemnation or purchase, and are authorized and directed in extending and opening

Curve.

said street to curve it westwardly to pass the house on part of lot two hundred and eighty-four, block one hundred and thirty, in Beatty and 751 Hawkins’s addition to Georgetown; and for the purposes of such purchase or condemnation six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. For paving Florida avenue, from Connecticut avenue to Eighteenth street, six thousand dollars. For paving Twenty-second street, from Massachusetts avenue to B street, five thousand dollars. For grading and regulating Spring street, Anacostia, one thousand dollars; in all, sixty-five thousand dollars. Closing Alley in Square Six hundred and seventy-four

Alley, square 674, closed.

 The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and instructed, on petition of the owner of all the property fronting on that part or portion of an alley ten feet wide, and running north and south nineteen feet, in lot three hundred and seventy-six, square six hundred and seventy-four, to declare said alley to be closed. Sprinkling, Sweeping, and Cleaning: For sprinkling, sweeping,

Sweeping, etc.

 and cleaning streets, avenues, alleys, and suburban streets, one hundred and forty-six 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, nineteen thousand dollars. Lighting: For illuminating material, lighting, extinguishing, repairing,

Lighting.

 and cleaning public lamps on avenues, streets, roads, and alleys, for purchasing and expense of erecting new lampposts, street designations, lanterns, and fixtures; moving lamp posts, painting lampposts and lanterns; replacing and repairing lampposts and lanterns damaged or unfit for service; for storage and cartage of material, one hundred and forty-two thousand four hundred dollars: Provided, That

Provisos.

Maximum cost.

 no more than twenty dollars and fifty cents per 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 hours per annum: Provided, That before any expenditures are made from the appropriations

Regulators.

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. 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, forty-seven thousand six hundred dollars: Provided, That not more

Proviso.

Maximum cost.

 than forty cents per night shall be paid tor any electric arc light burning every night from sunset to sunrise, and operated wholly by means of underground wires; and each are light shall be of not less than one thousand actual candlepower, and no part of this appropriation shall be used for electric lighting by means of wires that may exist on or

Overhead wires.

 over any of the streets or avenues of the cities of Washington and Georgetown. Harbor and River Front: For the improvement and protection

Harbor and river 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. Bathing Beach: For the care, repair, and extension of the

Bathing beach.

 bathing beach on the Potomac River, in the District of Columbia, one thousand dollars. For Public Scales: For repair and replacement of public scales,

Scales.

 two hundred dollars. For Public Pumps: For the purchase, replacement, and repair of

Pumps.

 public pumps, cleaning and protecting public wells, and filling abandoned or condemned public wells, four thousand dollars, to be immediately available. 752 Cake of Bridges: For ordinary care of bridges, including keepers,

Care of bridges.

 oil, lamps, and matches, three thousand five hundred dollars; for construction and repairs of bridges, ten thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars. Bridge across the Eastern Branch: To enable the Secretary

Bridge across Eastern Branch, from south Capitol street.

 of War to make a survey, plan, and estimate of the cost of the construction of a substantial and suitable bridge, with necessary approaches, from the foot of South Capitol street, or below it at the most available point, across the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, in the District of Columbia, and to report thereon to the Congress of the United States with such recommendations as he may deem proper, three thousand live hundred dollar’s. WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT.

Aqueduct.

 For engineering, maintenance, and general repairs, twenty thousand

Engineering.

 dollars. For completing the improvement of the Dalecarlia receiving reservoir

Receiving reservoir.

 by the works required for cutting off the drainage into it of polluted water and sewage from the surrounding country; for completing the purchase or condemnation of the small amount of land required for the purpose, and the excavation necessary at the head of the reservoir, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, the same to be immediately available said work to be done and completed under the supervision of

Col. George H. Elliott to remain in charge of work, pays etc.

Colonel George II. Elliott, Corps of Engineers, notwithstanding his retirement, and said officer shall be allowed until such completion the pay and allowances of officers-of his grade on the active list, and in case of the death or disability of such officer the work shall be completed under the direction and charge of the Chief of Engineers. For removing the accumulation of deposits in the conduit, fourteen

Cleaning conduit.

 thousand dollars, to be immediately available. For raising the height of the dam at Great Falls, together with the

Dam at Great Falls.

Raising height, etc.

 cost of such other work as may be found necessary in connection therewith, including the cost of strengthening the conduit, and for damages on account of flooding of land and other damages, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, for which amount and purposes the available balance of the appropriation for increasing the water supply of the city of Washington shall be applicable, subject to all the provisions

Vol. 22, p. 168.

and restrictions of the Act to increase the water supply of the city of Washington, and for other purposes, approved July fifteenth, eighteen

Vol. 24, p. 132.

hundred and eighty-two, and of the Act approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-Tour, making appropriations for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, as to apportionment and settlement between the United States and the District of Columbia,

Gen. Thomas L. Casey, consulting engineer.

and the refunding thereof. And in the execution of this work, General Thomas I,. Casey shall be associated with the proper officer in charge of the Washington Aqueduct as consulting engineer. For testing the tunnel conduit to determine the amount of its leakage

Tunnel conduit to be tested.

 twenty-five thousand dollars, to be taken from the appropriation “for increasing the water supply of Washington, District of Columbia,” to be immediately available. There shall be prepared, upon careful investigation by the proper officer

Report on completing conduit, reservoir, etc.

 of the Government having the charge of the Washington Aqueduct and the water supply to the city of Washington, a full and detailed report, which shall be submitted to Congress on the first Monday in December, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, upon the feasibility and propriety of completing the tunnel conduit as now projected: the completion of t he new reservoir, including its dam or any modifications to the same deemed necessary; and upon the results as to the supply of water to the city when said dam, the raising of the dam at the Great Falls, the conduit, and reservoir are completed. And if such officer and 753 consulting engineer shall conclude that it is impracticable, or too expensive, to repair such tunnel conduit, then they shall report some plan for bringing increased water supply from the reservoir in Georgetown to Washington by pipes or otherwise. Each separate item of the report shall be accompanied by a detailed

Detailed estimates.

 estimate of the cost of the work required and the necessary costs, not to exceed ten thousand dollars, connected with the inquiry and reports, shall be defrayed from the appropriation for “increasing the water supply of Washington, District of Columbia:” Provided, That in the

Proviso.

Report.

 preparation of this report General Thomas L. Casey, United States Army, shall be associated with the proper officer of the Government in charge of the aqueduct as consulting engineer, and his signature shall be appended to said report in said capacity, and said report shall also be accompanied with the judgment of the Chief of Engineers, and made to the Secretary of War, who shall transmit the same to Congress with his views thereon. 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; clerk to superintendent of first six divisions and secretary to board of trustees, one thousand two hundred dollars; 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 one thousand and thirty-one 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 twelve, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; For three, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For four, at one thousand three hundred dollars each; For twenty, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; For three, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; For fifty-three, at one thousand dollars each; For nineteen, at nine hundred and fifty dollars each; For nineteen, at nine hundred dollars each; For thirteen, at eight hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For sixteen, at eight hundred and fifty dollars each; For sixty-four, at eight hundred and twenty-five dollars each; For twenty-five, at eight hundred dollars each; For seventy-eight, at seven hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For twenty-one, at seven hundred and fifty dollars each; For one hundred and two, at seven hundred dollars each; For four, at six hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For one hundred and five, at six hundred and fifty dollars each; For fourteen, at six hundred dollars each; For four, at five hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For one hundred and twenty, at five hundred and fifty dollars each; For six, at five hundred and twenty-five dollars each; For ninety five, at five hundred dollars each; For twenty-eight, at four hundred and seventy-five dollars each; For fifty-one, at four hundred and fifty dollars each: For seventy-six, at four hundred and twenty-five dollars each; For sixty-three, at four hundred dollars each; in all, seven hundred and six thousand five hundred and seventy-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. 754 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.

 of the high school and annex 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 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, Miner, and Dennison buildings, at nine hundred dollars, each; of the Lincoln anti 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, Craneh, Morse, Brent, Bannaker, Blair, Wormley, Anthony Bowen, Maury, Weightmau, 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, Pierce, Polk, Wilson, Fillmore, Patterson, and Taylor buildings, and the two new eight-room buildings, forty-seven in all, at live hundred dollars each; of the Hills-dale, Van Buren annex or Anacostia, Thompson, and Lovejoy buildings,, at two hundred and fifty dollars each: of the Potomac, Garfield or Hamilton Road, Greenleaf, High Street, Birney, Bennings (white), Bennings (colored), Threlkeld. Brightwood, Tennallytown, and Brook-land 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-four thousand five hundred and ninety-one dollars. For rent of school buildings and repair shop, ten thousand dollars.

Rent.

 For rent for additional accommodations for schools in district numbered five, two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For repairs and improvements to school buildings and grounds,,

Repairs.

 thirty one thousand dollars. For the purchase of tools, machinery, material, and apparatus, to

Tools.

 used in connection with instruction in manual training, eight thousand dollars. For fuel, thirty-four thousand dollars.

Fuel

Furniture.

 For furniture for new school buildings, four thousand nine hundred dollars. For contingent expenses, including furniture, books, stationery,

Contingent expenses.

 printing, insurance, and other necessary items, twenty-eight thousand dollars. For textbooks and school supplies for use of pupils of the first eight

Free schoolbooks.

 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 text books and supplies, thirty-five thousand dollars. For one new eight-room building and addition to present site, fourth

Buildings.

 division, Four-and-a-half street, between M and N streets, southwest, thirty-nine thousand dollars. For reconstructing the Stevens building, seventh division, twenty-nine thousand dollars. For one new eight-room building and site, eighth division A, northwest. thirty-nine thousand dollars. For one new four-room building, sixth division B, Giesboro, nine

County schools.

 thousand dollars. 755 For one new two-room building and site, sixth division A, Ivy City, four thousand dollars. For one four-room addition to present building, sixth division A, Tennallytown, twelve thousand dollars. For one four-room addition to present building, sixth division A, Brightwood, twelve thousand dollars. For one new eight-room building and site in the eighth division B, southeast section, thirty thousand dollars. For one four-room addition to present building, sixth division A, Brookland, twelve thousand dollars. For one new four-room building, sixth division A, Conduit road, eight

Proviso.

Site to be given.

 thousand dollars: Provided, That this sum shall not be available until a suitable site for said building shall have been donated therefor. For one two-room addition to Garfield School (Hamilton Road School) sixth division B, one thousand live hundred dollars. For one five-room building and site, to replace the school near the Soldiers’ Home, thirteen thousand dollars: Provided, That the total cost of the site and of the several and

Proviso.

Cost limited.

 respective 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

Preparation, etc., 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. FOR METROPOLITAN POLICE.

Police.

 For major and superintendent, three thousand three hundred dollars;

Salaries.

 captain, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three lieutenants, inspectors, at one thousand live hundred dollars each; chief.clerk, who shall also be property clerk, two thousand dollars; clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; four surgeons of 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 one sergeants, at one thousand one hundred and forty dollars each; two hundred and forty-six privates, class one, at nine hundred dollars each; one hundred and eighty-four 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; laborer in charge of the morgue, six hundred and eighty dollars; messenger, seven hundred dollars; messenger, live hundred dollars: major and superintendent, mounted, two hundred and forty dollars; captain, mounted, two hundred and forty dollars; forty-three lieutenants, sergeants, and privates, mounted, at two hundred and forty dollars each; van driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; ambulance driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; two assistant ambulance drivers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; sixteen drivers of patrol wagons, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; and three police matrons, at six hundred dollars each; in all, five hundred and twenty-eight thousand seven hundred dollars: Provided, That for

Proviso.

Deficiency in relief funds.

 a deficiency in the police or firemen’s relief fund, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are authorized and directed to deposit with the Treasurer of the United States, out of the receipts from lines in the police court, in order to meet such deficiency, a sum not to exceed four thousand dollars for the police fund, and two thousand five hundred dollars for the firemen’s relief fund. 756 Miscellaneous: For rent of police headquarters, including fuel,

Miscellaneous.

 light, and janitor’s service and for substation at Anacostia, two thousand and eighty dollars; For fuel, two thousand two hundred 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 bed clothing, insignia of office, purchase and care of horses, police equipments and repairs of same, harness, forage, repairs to vehicles, van, ambulances, and patrol wagons, and expenses incurred in the prevention and detection of crime, and other necessary items, seventeen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; For covers for two patrol wagons, one hundred and fifty dollars; For one light wagon, harness, and horse, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; in all, twenty-four thousand five hundred and forty-five dollars. Buildings: For additional story to station house in the third precinct.

Buildings.

 five thousand five hundred dollars. FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Fin department.

 For chief engineer, two thousand dollars; fire marshal, one thousand

Salaries.

 dollars; one clerk, nine hundred dollars; two assistant chief engineers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; fourteen foremen, at one thousand dollars each; ten engineers, at one thousand dollars each; ten firemen, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; three tillermen, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; fifteen hostlers, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; ninety-two privates, at eight hundred dollars each; six watchmen, at six hundred dollars each; veterinary surgeon for all departments of the District government, four hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and thirty-one thousand four hundred and twenty 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, six thousand dollars; For fuel, three thousand dollars; For purchase of horses, six thousand dollars; For forage, eight thousand dollars; For contingent expenses, horseshoeing, furniture, fixtures, washing, oil, medical and stable supplies, harness, blacksmithing, labor, gas, and other necessary items, eight thousand dollars; For new site and building for engine company numbered two, twenty-five

New building.

 thousand nine hundred dollars, to be immediately available; For one steam fire engine, four thousand five hundred dollars, to be

New engine.

 immediately available; For one hose carriage, nine hundred dollars, to be immediately available; For site, building, and furniture for proposed truck company in vicinity

Building for truck company.

 of New Jersey avenue, M, and N streets northwest, twenty five thousand dollars, to be. immediately available; That two thousand five hundred dollars of the unexpended balance

Use of balance for Mount Pleasant house.

 of the appropriation for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four,

Ante, p. 256.

 for engine house, lot, and furniture in northeastern section of Washington, is hereby authorized to be used for inclosing, grading, and paving the lot to the chemical engine, house, Mount Pleasant, and building a storehouse on rear of same; For one aerial turntable truck, three thousand five hundred dollars;

New truck.

 in all, ninety-six thousand eight hundred dollars. 757 TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE SERVICE.

Telegraph and telephone service.

 For superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; electrician,

Salaries.

 one thousand two hundred dollars: three telegraph operators, atone thousand dollars each; three telephone operators, at six hundred dollars each; 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, tools, insulators, brackets, pins, hardware, cross-arms, ice, record books, stationery, printing, purchase of harness, washing, blacksmithing, forage, extra labor, new boxes, and other necessary items, eleven thousand dollars. For rent, including light, fuel, and janitors, service, four hundred

Rent, etc.

 and fifty dollars. • For extension of the police patrol service and the fire-alarm telegraph to

Extension of service.

 suburbs and city, seven thousand dollars, to be immediately available. HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

Health department.

 For health officer, three thousand dollars; nine sanitary and food

Salaries.

 inspectors, who shall also be charged with enforcement of garbage regulations, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; sanitary and food inspector, who shall also inspect dairy products, and shall be a practical chemist, one thousand two hundred dollars; inspector of marine products, one thousand two hundred dollars; chief clerk and deputy health officer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, two of whom may also act as sanitary and food inspectors; clerk, one thousand dollars; messenger and janitor, six hundred dollars; pound master, one thousand two hundred dollars; laborers, at not exceeding forty dollars per mouth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars; ambulance driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand four hundred dollars. Miscellaneous: For rent, one thousand one hundred and twenty dollars.

Miscellaneous.

 For chemicals for the laboratory, two hundred and fifty dollars. For collecting and removing garbage within the cities of Washington

Garbage, etc.

 and Georgetown daily, and in their more densely populated suburbs three times a week, from April fifteenth to November first, and twice a week, and daily from hotels and other like places, from November first to April fifteenth, and for collecting and removing dead animals within the District of Columbia daily, including Sunday, during the entire year, forty thousand dollars. For destroying by cremation or reduction or otherwise disposing of

Destroying garbage, etc.

 all garbage and dead animals collected as above specified, or brought to the establishment for cremation or reduction by private parties, twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That from the amount appropriated

Provisos.

Weigher authorized.

 for the cremation or reduction or otherwise disposing of garbage and dead animals there may be deducted a sum not to exceed two dollars and fifty cents per day, to be paid to a weigher appointed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, whose duty it shall be to weigh and keep record of all garbage brought to the establishment for cremation or reduction, and to have general oversight of the sanitary condition of this establishment: Provided further, That said Commissioners

Contract for five years authorized.

 may, on and after the passage of this Act, enter into contract, after due advertisement as required by law, under such regulations and specifications as they may establish, for the collection and removal of garbage and dead animals, as hereinbefore mentioned, for a period not exceeding five years, and for incinerating or otherwise disposing of the same for a gross sum of not exceeding sixty thousand dollars per year for such 758 collection and disposal: Provided further, That before any contract

Termination of existing contract.

 shall be entered into by virtue of this authority the existing contract with the District of Columbia for the collection and disposal of garbage shall be terminated by mutual consent or otherwise, and until said contract shall be entered into and the contractors ready to execute the same the said appropriations herein made shall in the discretion of the Commissioners be available for the purposes of paying for the increased service as hereinbefore provided; and said Commissioners are hereby

Regulations.

authorized to make necessary regulations for the collection and disposition of garbage in the District of Columbia, and to annex to said regulations such penalties as will secure the enforcement thereof:

Report.

 And provided further, That said Commissioners shall report to Congress at its next regular session fully their action had under the provisions of this paragraph. For the enforcement of the provisions of the Act to prevent the

Scarlet fever and diphtheria.

Vol. 26, p. 304.

 spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the District of Columbia, approved December twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, under

Surgeon-General Marine Hospital, associated with health officer.

the direction of the Health Officer of the District and the Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service, and for the establishment and maintenance of a disinfecting service, ten thousand dollars, to be immediately available. For the erection and equipment by the Commissioners of the District

Smallpox Hospital.

 of Columbia, on the eastern part of reservation thirteen, city of Washington, of a hospital for the treatment of persons suffering from smallpox, including a disinfecting plant and a high masonry wall around the hospital site, eighteen thousand dollars, to be immediately available;

Proviso.

Contagious diseases hospitals to be 300 feet from other buildings.

Provided, That hereafter no other building for use as a public or private hospital for contagions diseases shall be erected in the District of Columbia within three hundred feet of any building owned by a private individual or any other party than the one erecting the building.

Permit, etc., for private hospitals.

All private hospitals in the District of Columbia, shall be required to secure a permit from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and said hospitals shall be at all times subject to inspection by the Health Officer of said District or his deputy, and any person or persons refusing to permit such inspection shall each be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars for each of such refusals. 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; clerk, two thousand dollars; one deputy clerk, one thousand live hundred dollars; two deputy clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three bailiffs, at three dollars per day each, two thousand eight hundred and twenty six dollars; one deputy marshal, at three dollars per day, nine hundred and forty two dollars; messenger, nine hundred dollars; doorkeeper, five hundred and forty dollars; engineer, nine hundred dollars; in all, eighteen thousand two hundred and eight dollars. Miscellaneous: For United States marshal’s fees, one thousand

Miscellaneous.

 four hundred dollars; For witness fees, six thousand dollars; For repairs of police court building, seven hundred dollars; For repairs to police-court furniture, two 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; in all, sixteen

Jurors.

 thousand nine hundred dollars. Writs of Lunacy: To defray the expenses attending the execution

Lunacy write.

 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 759 authority of the District of Columbia, under the provisions of the Act

Vol. 19, p. 347.

 approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, two thousand dollars. Compilation or District Laws: To pay William Stone Abert for

Compilation of District laws.

Payment to W. S. Abert.

 services in preparing annotations, judicial citations, and appendix to the compiled statutes in force in the District of Columbia, such sum, not exceeding four thousand dollars, as the supreme court of the District of Columbia shall deem reasonable, which sum shall be paid wholly out of the revenues of the District of Columbia upon the order of the said court, and said amount shall be added to the cost of the compilation and the price for which the same shall be sold: Provided, That the

Provisos.

To be in full.

 sum hereby appropriated shall be in full of all services rendered by the said Abort for the services herein described, namely, in preparing said annotations, judicial citations, and appendix. And the District of Columbia shall be reimbursed by the United States in the said amount

Reimbursement.

 of six thousand dollars from the proceeds of sale of said compilation after the amount arising therefrom shall equal the cost of its publication at the Government Printing Office. The Public Printer is hereby directed to deliver to the Secretary of the Interior the five thousand

Delivery to Secretary of Interior for sale.

 copies of the compilation of the statutes in force in the District of Columbia recently completed by William Stone Abort, and under authority of the. Act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred

Vol. 25, p. 872.

 and eighty-nine. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to sell, at the price of three dollars and seventy-five cents per volume, to any person wishing to purchase the same, copies of said compilation which are not required for official use: Provided, That not exceeding

Limit to purchases.

 fifty copies be sold to any one person applying for the same: and the proceeds of all sales shall be paid into the Treasury. There shall be distributed by the Secretary of the Interior for official use copies of said

Distribution for official use.

 compilation to the following justices, judges, and officers, to wit: To the President of the United States, four copies, one of which shall be for the library of the Executive Mansion and one copy shall be for the use of the commissioner of public buildings; to the A’ice-President of the United States, one copy; to each of the justices of the Supreme Court •of the United States, one copy: to each of the justices of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia, one copy; to each of the justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, one copy; the chief judge and judges of the Court of Claims, one copy to each; to each of the judges of the police court of the District of Columbia, one copy; to each court room in each of the said courts and to the clerks of each of said courts, one copy; to each of the justices of the peace of the. District of Columbia, one copy; to the librarian of the Senate for use of Senators, five copies; to the librarian of the House for use of Representatives and Delegates, five copies; to the Library of Congress, five copies, including four copies for the law library; to the Department of State, including those for use of legations, fifty copies; to the Treasury Department, ten copies; to the War Department, ten copies; to the Navy Department, ten copies; to the Department of the Interior, ten copies; to the Post-Office Department, ten copies; to the Department of Justice, ten copies; to the Department of Agriculture, five copies; to the Smithsonian Institution, three copies; to the Government Printing Office, five copies; to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, ten copies; to the coroner and deputy coroner, one copy to each; to the surveyor of the District, one copy; to the attorney for the United States for the District of Columbia, five copies; to the attorney for the District of Columbia, live copies: to the register of wills and the recorder of deeds, two copies to each; ten copies each to the committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives for the District of Columbia; two copies each to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives: Provided, That all of the copies issued as aforesaid

To remain public property.

 shall remain the property of the United States and be delivered to the successors in office of each and every of the justices, judges, and officers aforesaid. 760 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 flood or fire, and of like character, and in all other cases of emergency not otherwise sufficiently provided for, eight thousand dollars: Provided, That in the purchase of all articles

Proviso.

Purchases.

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: 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, forty thousand dollars. Courthouse, District of Columbia: For the following force

Court-house.

 necessary for the care and protection of the 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, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; five laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; and seven assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General. Warden of the Jail: For warden of the jail of the District of

Warden of jail.

 Columbia, one thousand eight hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General. Support of Prisoners: For expenses for maintenance of the jail

Support of prisoners in jail, etc.

 of the District of Columbia, and for support of prisoners therein, forty-five thousand dollars. Transportation of Paupers and Prisoners: For transportation

Transporting paupers, etc.

 of paupers and conveying prisoners to the workhouse, three thousand five hundred dollars. For Washington Asylum: For intendant,one thousand two hundred

Washington Asylum.

 dollars; matron, six hundred dollars; visiting physician, one thousand and eighty dollars; resident physician, four hundred and eighty dollars; clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; clerk, six hundred dollars; baker, four hundred and twenty dollars; overseer, nine hundred dollars; five overseers, at six hundred dollars each; engineer, six hundred dollars; assistant engineer, three hundred and fifty dollars; second assistant engineer, three hundred dollars; five watchmen, at three hundred and sixty-five dollars each; blacksmith, three hundred dollars; hostler and ambulance driver, two hundred and forty dollars; female keeper at workhouse, three hundred dollars; female keeper at work house, one hundred and eighty dollars; four cooks, atone hundred and twenty dollars each; two cooks, at sixty dollars each; trained nurse, four hundred and twenty dollars; five nurses, at sixty dollars each; in all, fourteen thousand four hundred and fifteen dollars. For contingent expenses, including improvements and repairs, provisions,

Contingent expenses.

 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-four thousand dollars. 761 For construction of one ward for colored men, to contain thirty beds,

New ward.

 four thousand dollars. For furnishing now ward, five hundred dollars. For Reform School: For superintendent, one thousand five hundred

Reform School.

 dollars; assistant superintendent, nine hundred dollars; teachers and assistant teachers, four thousand seven hundred dollars; matron of school, six hundred dollars; four 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; 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 six in number, one thousand four hundred and ten dollars; secretary and treasurer of board of trustees, six hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand nine hundred and two dollars, For support of inmates, including groceries, flour, teed, meats, dry

Support of inmates.

 goods, leather, shoes, gas, fuel, hardware, tableware, furniture, farm implements, seeds, harness, and repairs to same, fertilizers, books, stationery, plumbing, painting, glazing, medicines and medical attendance, stock, fencing, and 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 live hundred dollars, all under the control of the commissioners. twenty-six thousand dollars. For new roofs and other repairs to buildings, two thousand dollars.

Repairs, etc.

 For painting new family building, five, hundred dollars. FOE SUPPORT OF THE INSANE. For support of the indigent insane of the District of Columbia in the

Support of insane.

 Government Hospital for the Insane in said District, as provided in sections forty-eight hundred and forty-four and forty eight hundred

R. S. sec., 318, 4844, 4850, pp. 939, 940.

 and fifty of the Revised Statutes, one hundred and two thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. FOE INSTRUCTION OF THE DEAF AND DUMB. For expenses attending the instruction of deaf and dumb persons

Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb.

R. S., sec. 4864, p. 942.

 admitted to the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb from the 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.

Municipal lodging house, etc.

 For municipal lodging house and wood and stone yard, four thousand dollars. For Temporary Home for ex-Union Soldiers and Sailors, Grand Army

Temporary Home, soldiers and sailors.

 of the 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,

Emergency Hospital.

 fifteen thousand dollars. For the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, maintenance

Columbia Hospital.

 twenty thousand dollars. For heating apparatus and fitting up and furnishing the new building, five thousand dollars. 762 For the Children’s Hospital, maintenance, ten thousand dollars.

Children’s Hospital.

Homeopathic Hospital.

 For the National Homeopathic Hospital Association of Washington, District of Columbia, for maintenance, eight thousand five hundred dollars. For the Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum, as follows:

Freedmen’s Hospital.

 For subsistence, twenty-two thousand live 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, sixteen thousand dollars; For rent of hospital buildings and grounds, four thousand dollars; For fuel and light, clothing, bedding, forage, transportation, medicine and medical supplies, surgical instruments, electric lights, repairs, furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, eleven thousand five hundred dollars; For reading matter for patients, twenty-five dollars; in all, fifty-four thousand and twenty-five dollars. Reform School for Girls: Superintendent, one thousand dollars; matron, six hundred dollars;

Girl’s Reform School.

 two teachers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; overseer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; engineer, four hundred and eighty dollars; night watchman, three hundred and sixty-five dollars; laborer, three hundred dollars; in all, four thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars; 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, stationery, vehicles, harness, cows,stables,sheds, fences, repairs, and other necessary items, five thousand five hundred dollars; For erection of fire escapes, five hundred dollars; For changing from Smead heating system to steam heating, and from dry-earth closets to water-closets, two thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars. For the Washington Hospital for Foundlings, maintenance, six thousand

Foundling Hospital.

 dollars. For the Church Orphanage dissociation of Saint John’s Parish, maintenance,

Church Orphanage.

 one thousand eight hundred dollars. For the German Orphan Asylum, maintenance, one thousand eight

German Orphan Asylum.

 hundred dollars. For the National dissociation for the Relief of Destitute Colored

Association for Destitute Colored Women.

 Women and Children, maintenance, nine thousand nine hundred dollars. For Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, maintenance, five thousand four

St. Ann’s Infant Asylum.

 hundred dollars. For Association for Works of Mercy, maintenance, one thousand

Association for Works of Mercy.

 eight hundred dollars. For House of the Good Shepherd, maintenance, two thousand seven

House of the Good Shepherd.

 hundred dollars. For the Saint Rose Industrial School, maintenance, four thousand

St. Rose Industrial School.

 five hundred dollars. For Saint Joseph’s Asylum, maintenance, one thousand eight hundred

St. Joseph’s Asylum.

 dollars. For Young Woman’s Christian Home, one thousand dollars.

Young Woman’s Christian Home.

Industrial Home School.

 For the Industrial Home School: For maintenance, nine thousand nine hundred dollars. Board of Children’s Guardians: For the Board of Children’s

Board of Children’s Guardians.

Vol. 27, p. 268.

 Guardians, created under the Act approved July twenty sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, namely: For administrative expenses, including salary of agent, not to exceed one thousand six hundred dollars, expenses in placing and visiting children, and all office and sundry expenses, four thousand dollars; For care of feeble-minded children; care of children under three

Care of children, etc.

 years of age, white and colored; board and care of all children over 763 three years of age, and for the temporary care of children pending investigation or while being transferred from place to place, sixteen thousand dollars; in all, twenty thousand dollars. 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 telephone service, one hundred and fifty dollars. For lockers, gun racks, and furniture for armories, eight hundred

Current expenses.

 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 hue died dollars. For expenses of drills and parades, one thousand two hundred dollars. For expenses of rifle practice and matches, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For general incidental expenses of the service, three hundred dollars. And no contract shall be made or liability incurred under appropriations for the militia of the District of Columbia beyond the sums herein appropriated. WATER DEPARTMENT.

Water Department.

 The following sums are hereby appropriated to carry on the operations

To be paid from water revenue.

 of the water department, to be paid wholly from its revenues, namely,: For Revenue and Inspection Branch: For 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; chief inspector, nine hundred and thirty-six dollars; six inspectors, at nine hundred dollars each; messenger, six hundred dollars; For Distribution Branch: For superintendent, one thousand eight

Distribution branch.

 hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; timekeeper, eight hundred dollars; assistant foreman, nine hundred dollars; tapper and machinist, nine hundred dollars; assistant tapper, six hundred dollars; three steam engineers, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; 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; property keeper, six hundred dollars: three firemen, at seven hundred and thirty dollars each; two hundred, at five hundred and forty dollars each; driver, four hundred and eighty dollars; two watchmen, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; hostler, four hundred and eighty dollars; calker, seven hundred and thirty dollars; in all, thirty-seven thousand and thirty-four 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 fireplugs and public hydrants, ninety thousand dollars. For interest and sinking fund on water-stock bonds, forty-four thousand

Interest and sinking fund.

 six hundred and ten dollars. 764 For interest on account of increasing the water supply, as provided’

Increasing water supply.

Interest.

Vol. 22. p. 170.

 in the Act of July fifteenth, eighteen-hundred and eighty-two, two thousand five hundred and eighty-one dollars and sixty-six cents, and such additional amount as may be necessary to pay said interest in full for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six. For sinking fund on account of increase of water supply, under Act

Sinking fund.

 of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, five thousand seven hundred and forty-five dollars and two cents; and such additional amount as may be necessary to pay said sinking fund in full for the

Proviso.

Surplus revenues to pay principal.

fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six: Provided, That not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars of the surplus general revenues of the District of Columbia remaining on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, shall be transferred to the water fund, to be applied in payment of the principal of the debt incurred for increasing the water supply as provided in the Act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. For fourth year’s interest on one half the cost of the forty-eight-inclv

Interest, 48-inch and Fourteenth street mains.

 and Fourteenth street mains, seven thousand eight hundred and twelve dollars and nine cents. For fourth installment in repayment of one-half the cost of the

Repayment.

 forty-eight inch and Fourteenth street, mains, eleven thousand eight hundred and thirty-six dollars and fifty-one cents. For continuing the extension of the high-service system of water

Extending high-service system.

 distribution, to include all necessary land, machinery, buildings, mains, and appurtenances, so much as may be available in the water fund,, during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, after providing, for the expenditures hereinbefore authorized, is hereby appropriated.
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-six than they make on the appropriations arising from the revenues, including drawback certificates, of said District.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
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CHAP. 177.—
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-six, and for other purposes.

March 2, 1895.

 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-six, 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.

Compensation, officers. etc.

 For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in the service of the Senate, four hundred and thirty-two thousand two hundred and twenty-eight 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 hundred and sixty dollars. 765 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 live 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 eight hundred 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; 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 live 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 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; clerk to the Joint Committee on the Library, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; clerks to the •committees on Naval Affairs, 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, Privileges and Elections, additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress, Rules, Civil service and Retrenchment, and clerk to Conference Minority of the Senate, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, ninety-three thousand and forty dollars. For clerk to the Select Committee on Woman Suffrage and clerk to .the Committee on Mines and Mining, at two thousand one hundred 766dollars each, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six only,, four thousand two hundred dollars. For twenty-six clerks to committees, at one thousand four hundred

Clerk at $1,440 a year.

 and forty dollars each; in all, thirty-seven thousand four hundred and forty dollars. Office of Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper: For Sergeant-at-Arms

Sergeant-at-Arms and assitants.

 and Doorkeeper, four thousand five hundred dollars; horse and wagon for his use, four hundred and twenty dollars or so much thereof as may he 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.

Messengers.

of assistant doorkeeper is held by Isaac Bassett; acting assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; three messengers, acting as assistant doorkeepers, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; thirty-six messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; assistant messenger on the Moor of the Senate,one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; messenger to the official reporters’ 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 and sixty dollars each;

Laborers, etc.

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 seven hundred and twenty dollars each; telephone operator, seven hundred and twenty dollars: telephone page, six hundred dollars; twenty-five laborers, at seven hundred and twenty

Pages.

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 four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, one hundred and twenty thousand one 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; clerk in post office, one thousand eight hundred dollars; seven mail-carriers and one wagon master, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, four riding pages, at nine hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents each; in all, nineteen thousand three hundred and eighty eight dollars. Document room: For superintendent of the document room (Amzi Smith),

Document room.

Superintendent, etc.

 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; assistant in folding room, one thousand two hundred dollars; clerk in folding room, one thousand two hundred dollars; foreman in folding room, one thousand two hundred dollars; nine folders at one thousand dollars each; and nine folders, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; in all, twenty-two thousand three bundled and twenty 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; 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 thirty-eight animal clerks to Senators who are not chairmen of

Clerks to Senators.

 committees, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, forty-five

Proviso.

Service to Senators elect.

thousand six hundred dollars: Provided, That hereafter Senators elected, whose term of office begins on the fourth day of March, and whose 767 credentials in due form of law shall have been presented to the Senate, or filed with the Secretary, but who have not. been qualified, are authorized to appoint a clerk to serve from the date of the commencement of their terms, respectively, whose compensation shall be paid out of the appropriation for clerks to Senators who are not chairmen of committees. For contingent expenses, namely: For stationery and newspapers,

Contingent expenses, stationery, and newspapers.

 including six thousand dollars for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate, seventeen 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 Serge ant-at-Ar ms, 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, live thousand 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, four thousand dollars.

Furniture.

 For material for furniture and repairs of same, exclusive of labor, one thousand dollars. For services in cleaning, repairing, and varnishing furniture, one thousand dollars. For packing boxes, nine hundred and seventy dollars.

Packing boxes.

Miscellaneos item.

 For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, twenty-five thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items on account of the Maltby Building, sixteen

Maltby Building.

 thousand nine hundred and forty dollars. For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,

Investigations.

 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, twenty-five thousand dollars. For reporting the debates and proceedings of the Senate, twenty-five

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-five privates, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; and eight watchmen, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, forty thousand 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 services to be rendered and expenses incurred in protecting the

Contingent

 Capitol building and grounds anti the property therein, and for other contingent expenses, three hundred dollars. 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 and three thousand dollars. For mileage, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

Mileage.

 768 For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in

Compensation, officers, etc.

 the service of the House of Representatives, three hundred and ninety-three thousand five hundred and sixty-six dollars and eighty eight cents, namely: Office of the Speaker: For private secretary to the Speaker,

Speaker’s office.

 at the rate of two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents per annum to January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and at the rate of two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars per annum from and including January first, eighteen hundred and ninety six; clerk to the Speaker’s table and to the Committee on Rules, at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum to January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for clerk to the Speaker’s table at the rate of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum from and including January first, eighteen hundred and ninety six; clerk to the Speaker, one thousand six hundred dollars; messenger to the Speaker, one thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand two hundred and one dollars and twenty cents. That the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-third

Temporary committee on accounts from members-elect 54th Congress authorized.

 Congress shall, before the expiration of his term of service, appoint from among the Representatives-elect to the. Fifty-fourth Congress a temporary committee on accounts, of three members, which said Committee on accounts shall have the same powers and perform the same

Duties.

duties in reference to payments made, from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fourth Congress as are now authorized by law and the rules of the present House of Representatives; and which said temporary committee on accounts shall begin to exercise its powers immediately upon the termination of this Congress, and shall continue to exercise and discharge said duties until after the meeting and organization of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fourth Congress, and until the appointment of the regular committee

Approval to be conclusive.

on accounts. And all payments made out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers approved by said temporary committee on accounts shall be deemed, held, and taken, and are hereby declared to be conclusive upon all the Departments and auditing

Future appointments.

officers of the Government. And hereafter the Speaker of the House of Representatives of each subsequent Congress shall, before the termination of the last session of each Congress, appoint, from the Representatives-elect, a temporary committee on accounts of three members, with similar powers and for the same purposes. 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 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 tile 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, 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; telegraph operator, and assistant file clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one page, one laborer in the bathroom, and four laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one assistant index clerk, during the session and ninety-two days 769 after its close, three hundred and four days, at six dollars per day, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars; one page in the enrolling room, and messenger in the Chief Clerk’s office, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, eighty-three thousand two hundred and ninety two dollars. That hereafter the engrossing and enrolling of bills and joint resolutions

Engrossing, etc., of bills.

 of either House of Congress shall be done in accordance with the concurrent resolution adopted by the Fifty-third Congress at its first session, November first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three: Provided,

Proviso.

Last days of a session.

 That during the last six days of a session such engrossing and enrolling of bills and joint resolutions may be done otherwise than as prescribed in said concurrent resolution, upon the order of Congress by concurrent resolution. For superintendent of document room, at the rate of two thousand

Clerk’s document room until next Congress meets.

 dollars per annum, and for two laborers, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum each, until December second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, or until the assembling of the first session of the Fifty-fourth Congress, one thousand six hundred dollars and fifty-five cents. For two laborers, now authorized under a resolution to be employed

Laborers.

 in the office of the Clerk, from March fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, inclusive, at sixty dollars per month each, one thousand nine hundred and nine dollars and fifty-six cents. Under Architect of the Capitol: One chief engineer, one

Chief engineer, etc.

 thousand 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

Clerks and messengers to committees.

 Committee 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, District of Columbia, Elections, Foreign Affairs, Interstate and Foreign Commerce? Indian Affairs, Invalid Pensions, Judiciary, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Military Affairs, Naval Affairs, Post-Office and Post-Roads, Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Lands, Rivers and Harbors, War Claims, 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 thousand four hundred dollars. For nineteen clerks to committees, at six dollars each per day during

Clerks to committees, session.

 the session, twenty four thousand one hundred and sixty-eight 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, seven hundred and twenty dollars; and one laborer, 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 of document room, assistant superintendent

Superintendent of document room, etc.

 770 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

Messengers.

each; nine messengers, including the messenger to the reporters 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,

Superintendent of folding room, etc.

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, one thousand four hundred and sixty-three dollars and twenty-five cents; 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

Pages.

two hundred dollars each; 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 four hundred and ninety dollars; two messengers during the session, at seventy dollars per month each, nine hundred and

laborers, etc.

seventy-five dollars and fifty cents; ten laborers during the session, at sixty dollars per month each, four thousand one hundred and eighty dollars and seventy cents; six laborers, known as cloakroom men, 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 three hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty-five 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 trail spoliation 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 eighty-seven dollars and twelve cents; and one laborer, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand four hundred and seven dollars and twelve 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 two hundred dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand two hundred dollars. Stenographers to committees: For two stenographers to Committees,

Stenographers to committees.

 at four thousand dollars each, eight thousand dollars. That wherever the words “duringthe session” occur in the foregoing

“During the session” to mean 212 days.

 paragraphs they shall be construed to mean the two hundred and twelve days beginning the second day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and eliding the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. For clerk hire, Members and Delegates, House of Representatives:

Clerk hire, Members and Delegates.

 To pay Members and Delegates the amount which they certify they have paid or agreed to pay tor clerk hire necessarily 771 employed by them in the discharge of their official and representative

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 duties, as provided in the Joint Resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two hundred and thirty thousand eight hundred and eighty nine dollars and fifteen cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For fuel and oil for the beating apparatus, eight thousand dollars.

Fuel and oil Furniture.

Packing boxes.

 For contingent expenses, namely: For wrapping paper, pasteboard, paste,

Contingent expenses.

Folding materials.

 twine, newspaper wrappers, and other necessary materials for folding for the use of members of the House, and for use in the Clerk’s office and the House folding room (not including envelopes, writing paper and other paper and materials to be printed and furnished by the Public Printer, upon requisitions from the Clerk of the

Ante, p. 606.

 House, under the provisions of the Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, for the public printing and binding), five 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 committees,

Miscellaneous items.

 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 stain pa.

 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. Hereafter” no employee of Congress, either in the Senate or House,

Employees not to sublet duties.

 shall sublet to, or hire, another to do or perform any part of the duties or work attached to the position to which he was appointed. 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, (if teen 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 thirty

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; two at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and two at six hundred dollars each; in all, forty-four thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. For the employment of eight clerks at nine hundred dollars each,

Extra clerks copyright law.

 under the direction of the Librarian of Congress, necessary for the execution of the copyright law, seven thousand two 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 new books of reference for the Supreme Court, to be a part of the Library of Congress and purchased by the marshal of the Supreme Court 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 772 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.

Copyright business.

Report on reorganization to next Congress.

 For expenses of the copyright business, five hundred dollars. The Librarian of Congress shall make to the next regular session of Congress a full report touching a complete reorganization of the Library of Congress, and whether a separation of the law library from the remaining portion of the library is desirable, in view of the completion of the new library building. BOTANIC GARDEN.

Botanic Garden.

 For superintendent, one thousand eight hundred dollars.

Superintendent, etc.

 For assistants and laborers, under the direction of the Joint Library Committee of Congress, twelve thousand 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 dollars.

Compensation of the President.

 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, five 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; eight clerks of class four; ten clerks of class three; thirteen clerks of class two; fifteen clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; two laborers; one engineer, eight hundred and forty dollars; and two watchmen; in all,ninety-one thousand three hundred and forty 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, seven thousand dollars. 773 DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

Department of State.

 For compensation of The Secretary of State, eight thousand dollars;

Pay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc.

 Assistant Secretary, four thousand five hundred dollars; Second and Third Assistant Secretaries, at three thousand live hundred dollars each; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; for six chiefs of bureaus and one translator, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; private secretary 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; eight clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; three assistant messengers; one packer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; ten laborers; in all, one hundred and seventeen thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars. For stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs, and for the purchase

Stationery, etc.

 of passport paper, five thousand dollars. For bonks and maps, and books for the library, two thousand dollars.

Books, etc.

Lithographer, etc.

 For services 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.

 to be used only for official purposes, 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 including the foregoing; in all, three thousand dollars. For expenses of editing and distributing the laws enacted during the

Editing, etc., laws.

 third session of the Fifty-third Congress, three thousand dollars, to be immediately available. For expenses of editing and distributing the Statutes at Large of the

Editing, etc., Statutes at Large.

 Fifty-third Congress, one thousand dollars, to be immediately available, TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Treasury Department.

 Office of the Secretary: For compensation of the Secretary

Pay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc.

 of the 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; stenographer, one thousand eight 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; four messengers; four assistant messengers; in all,forty-one thousand two hundred and forty dollars. Office of chief clerk and superintendent: For chief clerk, including

Chief cleric, 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, one thousand dollars; one messenger; two assistant messengers; one storekeeper, one thousand two hundred dollars; one

Engineer, etc.

 telegraph operator, one thousand two hundred dollars; one chief engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; one assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; two assistant engineers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; three elevator conductors, 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

Watchmen.

 of the watch, one thousand four hundred dollars; two lieutenants of the watch, at nine hundred dollars each; fifty-eight watchmen: six 774 special watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one foreman

Laborers.

 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; ten laborers, at five hundred dollars each; one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; two laborers, at three hundred and sixty dollars each; ninety

Cabinet shop.

charwomen; one foreman of cabinet shop, one thousand five hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; eleven cabinetmakers, at one thousand dollars each; one cabinetmaker, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one carpenter, one thousand dollars; one

Winder Building.

carpenter’s helper, six Hundred and sixty dollars. For the Winder Building: One engineer, one thousand dollars; conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one fireman; tour watchmen; three laborers, one of whom, when necessary, shall assist and relieve the conductor of the elevator; one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; and six charwomen; in all, one hundred and sixty-seven thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Division of bookkeeping and warrants; For chief of division, three

Bookkeeping and warrants division.

 thousand five hundred dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand four hundred dollars; estimate and digest clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two principal bookkeepers, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; ten bookkeepers, at two thousand dollars each; ten clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; three clerks of class one; one messenger; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, sixty-four thousand one hundred and seventy dollars. Division of customs: For chief of division, two thousand seven

Customs division.

 hundred and fifty dollars; assistant chief of division, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; additional to one clerk of class four acting as drawback clerk, two hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two: two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and two assistant messengers; in all, twenty-four thousand eight 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; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; one clerk of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two assistant messengers; and one laborer; in all, twenty-one thousand five hundred and fifty 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. 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; six 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, 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-two thousand five hundred and twenty-two dollars. Division of Revenue-Cutter Service: For assistant chief of division,

Revenue-Cutter division.

 two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four; four clerks of class 775 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

Miscellaneous division.

 hundred 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: 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 four dollars per day; four binders, at three dollars and twenty cents per day each; and one sewer and folder, at two dollars and fifty cents per day; in all, thirty thousand four hundred and eighty dollars and twenty cents. Division of mail and tiles: 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 two hundred dollars; two assistant messengers; one laborer, six hundred dollars; in all, twenty-six thousand three 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, 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.

 live 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. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to employ E. W. Sells

E. W. Sells.

Employment as book keeper.

Report.

 from and after the third day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, as an expert in bookkeeping, to examine into and report to him on the methods of bookkeeping of the Treasury, and to render such other services as he may direct, one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary the same to be immediately available. Office of the Supervising Architect: In the construction

Supervising Architect’s office.

 branch of the Treasury: For Supervising Architect, four thousand five hundred dollars; and one assistant messenger; in all, five thousand two 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

Proviso.

Limit.

 the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of the Treasury shall each year in the annual estimates report to Congress

Report

 the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to Congress at its

Estimate of necessary employees.

 next regular session, in the annual estimates, detailed estimates for all officers and employees, indicating the salary or compensation of each, necessary to be employed in the Office of the Supervising Architect during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. 776 Office of Comptroller of the Treasury: For Comptroller of

Comptroller’s office.

 the Treasury, five thousand five hundred dollars; Assistant Comptroller of the Treasury, five thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand seven hundred dollars; one chief law clerk, two thousand seven hundred dollars; four Jaw clerks revising accounts and briefing opinions, one at two thousand one hundred dollars, and three at two thousand dollars each; two confidential clerks of class four, including one for the assistant Comptroller; five clerks of class three; two clerks of class one; two messengers; and one assistant messenger; in all, forty thousand four hundred dollars. The chief clerk in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury shall

Chief clerk to sign certain letters, etc.

 have power in the name of the Comptroller of the Treasury to sign such letters and papers as the Comptroller may direct. Office of Auditor for Treasury Department: For Auditor,

Office of Auditor for Treasury Department.

 four thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; one law clerk, two thousand dollars; four chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; eighteen clerks of class four, including confidential clerk to the Auditor; fifteen clerks of class three; thirteen clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; twelve clerks, at one thousand dollars each; three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; three assistant messengers; and four laborers; in all, one hundred and thirty-four thousand six hundred dollars. For additional clerical force for the liquidation of manifests of vessels

Additional force on manifests.

Post, p. 808.

 and cars arriving in the United States from foreign countries with merchandise intended for consumption, namely: For three clerks of class one; three clerks at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum each; and three clerks at the rate of nine hundred dollars each; in all, nine thousand three hundred dollars. Office of Auditor for War Department: For Auditor, four

Office of Auditor for War Department.

 thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; one law clerk, two thousand dollars; six chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; sixteen clerks of class four; additional to one clerk as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; forty three clerks of class three; sixty-six clerks of class two; fifty-three clerks, of class one; eleven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one skilled laborer, nine hundred dollars; three clerks, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; one messenger; three assistant messengers; and eight laborers; in all, three hundred and one thousand five hundred dollars. For the purpose of restoring and repairing the worn-out and defaced

Restoring rolls, etc.

 rolls and vouchers in the Office of the Auditor for the War Department, twenty-one thousand dollars. Office of Auditor for Navy Department: For Auditor, four

Office of Auditor for Navy Department.

 thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; one law clerk, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; one clerk of class four; ten clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; eleven clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one clerk, eight hundred dollars: one messenger; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, sixty-eight thousand and eighty dollars. Office of Auditor for Interior Department: For Auditor

Office of Auditor for Interior Department.

 four thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; one law clerk, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; eight clerks of class four; thirteen clerks of class three; thirty-three clerks of class two; thirty clerks of class one; eleven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one clerk, eight hundred and forty dollars; one assistant messenger; ten laborers; and one female laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-six thousand nine hundred and forty dollars. To bring up the work transferred from office of Second Auditor to

Indian division.

 Indian division of office of Auditor for Interior Department, namely; 777 Six clerks of class three, and six clerks of class two; in all, eighteen thousand dollars. Office of Auditor for State and other Departments: For

Office of Auditor for State, etc., Departments.

 Auditor, four thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; one law clerk, two thousand dollars; three chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; ten clerks of class four; eleven clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two copyists; one messenger; and three laborers; in all, eighty-four thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. The law clerks in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, and

Law clerks to perform clerical duties.

 in the offices of the Auditors of the Treasury, shall perform such clerical duties as the heads of their respective offices may require of them. Office of Auditor, for Post-Office Department: For Auditor,

Office of Auditor for Post-Office Department.

 four thousand dollars; Deputy Auditor, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; seven chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; thirteen clerks of class tour; additional to one clerk as disbursing’clerk, two hundred dollars; fifty-nine clerks of class three; seventy-two clerks of class two; eighty-six clerks of class one; sixty-eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; sixteen clerks, at nine hundred dollars.each; one skilled laborer, one thousand dollars; twenty money-order assorters, at nine hundred dollars each; thirty money-order assorters, at eight hundred and forty dollars each; twenty-three money-order assorters. at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; two messengers; 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 seventeen thousand five hundred and forty dollars. For additional force for bringing up work of assorting and checking

Additional force on money orders.

 money orders, one year or more in arrears, and for increased business, namely: For five clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; twelve clerks, at one thousand dollars each; and five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, fifty thousand one hundred dollars. Hereafter in case of the absence or sickness of any deputy auditor

Acting deputy Auditors.

 of the Treasury Department, the Secretary of the Treasury may, by an appointment under his hand and official seal, delegate to any officer, not below the grade of a fourth-class clerk, in the office of said auditor, the authority to perform the duties of deputy auditor until such absence or sickness shall cease. Office of the Treasurer: For Treasurer of the United States,

Treasurer’s office.

 six thousand dollars; assistant treasurer, three thousand six hundred dollars; cashier, three thousand six hundred dollars; assistant cashier, three thousand two hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; five chiefs of division, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; one vault clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; one principal bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant bookkeeper, two thousand one 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-five clerks of class four; seventeen clerks of class three; thirteen clerks of class two; one coin clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; twenty clerks of class one; nine clerks, at one thousand dollars each; forty-seven 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 778 hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, two hundred and sixty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars and eighty cents. For the force employed in redeeming the national currency (to be

Redemption of currency.

 reimbursed by the national banks), namely: For superintendent, three thousand five hundred dollars; one teller, two thousand five hundred dollars; one 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; seventeen 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 seven hundred dollars. Office-of the Register of the Treasury: For Register, four

Register’s office.

 thousand dollars; Assistant Register, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; two chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; four clerks of class four; seven, clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; four clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; twenty-four clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; two assistant messengers; and four laborers; in all, seventy thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: For Comptroller

Office of Comptroller of the Currency.

 of the Currency, 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 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 currency expenses.

 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 thousand dollars; five clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; and one assistant messenger; in all, sixteen thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars. Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue: For

Commissioner of Internal Revenue office of.

 Commissioner of Internal Revenue, six thousand dollars; one deputy commissioner, three thousand two hundred dollars; one chemist, two thousand five hundred dollars; two heads of division, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; five heads of division, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; one superintendent of stamp vault, two thousand dollars; one stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; twenty-four clerks of class four; twenty-four clerks of class three; thirty four clerks of class two; twenty-four clerks of class one; thirteen clerks, at one thousand dollars each; forty clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; two messengers; fourteen assistant messengers; and thirteen laborers; in all, two hundred and fifty-nine thousand and ninety dollars. For increased force in the office of the Commissioner of Internal

Increased force, income tax.

Ante, p. 553.

 Revenue, made necessary by the Act of August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, imposing a tax on incomes: For one statistician, two thousand five hundred dollars; one head of division, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; six clerks of class two; eight clerks of class one; seven clerks, at one thousand 779 dollars each; one messenger; in all, thirty thousand five hundred and ninety dollars. For one stamp agent, one thousand six hundred dollars, and one

Stamp agent.

 counter, nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand live 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 tour 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, six hundred dollars; one assistant civil engineer, two thousand four hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars; one draftsman, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one draftsman, 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 live hundred dollars; one principal clerk, two thousand dollars; one topographer and hydrographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one civil engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one draftsman, one thousand live 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; four clerks of class one; nine clerks,at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, twenty six thousand and eighty dollars, Bureau of Engraving and Printing: For Chief of Bureau, four

Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

 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, 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 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; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; one messenger; one assistant messenger; one laborer; and one female laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, forty-seven thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. 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, one thousand dollars; and one attendant, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, eleven thousand six hundred and twenty dollars. Office of construction of standard weights and measures:

Standard weights and measure.

 For construction and verification of standard weights and measures, including metric standards, for the customhouses, other offices of the United States, and for the several States, and mural standards of length in Washington, District of Columbia: One adjuster, one thousand five hundred dollars; one mechanician, 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. 780 For expenses of the attendance of the American member of the

International Committee on Weights and Measures.

Vol. 20, p. 709.

 International Committee on Weights and Measures at the general conference provided for in the convention signed May twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the sum of 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, 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, by registered mail or otherwise, between

Freight.

 mints and assay offices, twenty 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 coins and ores, balances, weights, and incidentals, 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 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 clerk and translator, one thousand two hundred dollars; 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-five thousand nine 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 Service

Detail.

is hereby authorized to cause the detail of two hospital attendants from the port of New York for duty in the laboratory of the Bureau, and who shall each receive the pay equivalent to the compensation of a first-class hospital attendant. Office Supervising Inspector-General Steamboat inspection Service:

Steamboat 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 Steamboat-Inspection Service. Bureau of Immigration: For Superintendent of Immigration,

Immigration.

Commissioner-General, clerks, etc.

 who shall hereafter be designated as Commissioner-General of Immigration, and, in addition to his other duties, shall have charge, under the Secretary of the Treasury, of the administration of the alien contract-labor laws, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; confidential clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; statistician and stenograph er, with power to act as immigrant inspector, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one messenger; and one assistant messenger; in all, ten thousand five hundred and sixty dollars, which, 781 together with other expenses of regulating immigration, shall be paid from the permanent appropriation for expenses regulating immigration: Provided, That hereafter special immigrant inspectors, not to exceed

Proviso.

Detail.

 three, may be detailed for duty in the Bureau at Washington: And provided further, That the same salaries for persons occupying the same

Salaries.

 positions as those above specified may be paid for the present fiscal year from said appropriation. 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 newspapers, law books, city directories, and other books of reference

Newspapers, etc.

 relating to the business of the Department, one thousand dollars. For investigation of accounts and records, including the necessary

Investigations.

 traveling expenses; and for other traveling expenses, when ordered by the Secretary of the Treasury, in connection with special work, including the temporary employment of stenographers, typewriters, accountants, or other expert services outside of the District of Columbia When not properly chargeable to any other appropriation under the control of the Treasury Department, five hundred dollars. For freight, expressage, telegraph and telephone service, three thousand

Freight, etc.

 five 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 dollars. For purchase of ice, including ice for the office of the Auditor for the

Ice.

 Post-Office Department, two thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase of file holders and file eases, two thousand dollars.

Files.

Fuel.

 For purchase of coal, wood, engine oils and grease, grates, grate baskets and fixtures, blowers, coal hods,coal shovels, pokers, and tongs, nine thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase of gas, electric current for lighting and power purposes,

Lights.

gasbrackets, candles, candlesticks, droplights and tubing, gas-burners, gas torches, globes, lanterns and wicks, fourteen thousand dollars. For purchase of carpets,carpet border and lining, linoleum, mats, rugs,

Carpets, etc.

 matting, and repairs, and for cleaning, cutting, making, 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, wash stands, water coolers and stands, seven 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, Hower garden, street, and engine hose, lace leather, lye, nails, oils, plants, picks, pitchers, powders, stencil plates, hand stamps, and repairs of same, stamp ink, spittoons, soap, matches, match safes, sponges, 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 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. 782 collecting internal revenue.

Collecting internal revenue.

 For salaries and expenses of collectors and deputy collectors and

Collectors, etc.

 clerks, including transportation of public funds and also including

Vol. 24, p. 209.

expenses incident to enforcing the provisions of the Act of August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, taxing oleomargarine, and the

Vol. 24, p. 218.

Act of August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, imposing upon the Government the expense of the inspection of tobacco exported,

Proviso.

No increase of employees or salaries.

one million seven hundred and ten thousand dollars: Provided, That the, number of deputy 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 during the last fiscal year. For salaries and expenses of three hundred and three additional

Additional deputies, income tax.

Ante, p. 553.

 deputy collectors, including stationery, said deputies to be employed in the same manner as now provided by law, and are necessary in order to carry into effect the Act of August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, imposing a tax on incomes, lour hundred and eight thousand six hundred dollars. 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. For salaries and expenses of ten additional revenue agents to be

Additional agents, income tax.

 employed and paid in the same manner as now provided by law, the same being necessary to carry into effect and enforce the Act of August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, imposing a tax on incomes, thirty-six thousand dollars. independent treasury.

Independent Treasury.

 Office of assistant treasurer at Baltimore: For assistant

Office of assistant treasurers.

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; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; three vault watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, twenty-three thousand eight hundred dollars. Office of assistant treasurer at Boston: For assistant treasurer

Boston.

 five thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; first paying teller, two thousand five hundred dollars; second 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; redemption clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one 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; one clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; three coin, coupon, and currency clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; ten clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; one janitor, six hundred dollars; and three watchmen, seven hundred and twenty dollars each; in all, thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars. 783 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; cheek clerk and interest clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two night watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; messenger, six hundred dollars; one watchman, one hundred and twenty dollars: in all, eighteen thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. Office of assistant treasurer at New Orleans: For assistant

New Orleans.

 treasurer, lour 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; three clerks, at. one thousand two hundred dollars each; 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 night watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, twenty thousand four hundred and ninety dollars. Office of assistant treasurer at New York: For assistant

New York.

 treasurer, eight thousand dollars; deputy assistant treasurer and cashier, four thousand two hundred dollars; assistant cashier and chief clerk, 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 division, at two thousand seven hundred dollars each; authorities clerk, two thousand six hundred dollars; one 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 one hundred dollars; two clerks, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; ten clerks, at two thousand dollars each; twelve clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; two clerks, at one thousand seven hundred dollars each; seven clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; eight clerks, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; thirteen clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; stenographer and typewriter, one thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks, at one thousand three hundred dollars each; eleven clerks, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two messengers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three messengers, at nine hundred dollars each; two messengers, at eight hundred dollars each; two hall men, at one thousand dollars each; two porters, at nine hundred dollars each; superintendent of the building, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief detective, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant.detective, one thousand two 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: cashier and chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand five hundred dollars; paying teller, two thousand two hundred dollars; bond and authorities clerk, and vault clerk, at one .thousand nine hundred dollars each; assorting teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; coin teller, one thousand seven hundred dollars; redemption teller and receiving teller, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; one clerk, 784 one thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; one clerk, one thousand three hundred dollars; four clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent messenger and chief watchman, one thousand one hundred dollars; four counters, at nine hundred dollars each; and 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; paying teller, one thousand eight hundred dollars; receiving teller, one thousand six hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant bookkeepers, coin teller, and assistant teller, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; assistant coin teller, assistant bookkeeper, and messenger, at one thousand dollars each; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and janitor, six hundred dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. Office of assistant treasurer at San Francisco: For assistant

San Francisco.

 treasurer, four thousand live 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 actual expenses of special agents detailed to examine the books,

Special agents, examination of depositories, etc.

 accounts, and money on hand at the several subtreasuries and depositories, including national banks acting as depositories under the

R. S. sec., 3649, p. 718.

requirements of section thirty-six hundred and forty-nine of the Revised 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, thirteen thousand dollars. united states mints and assay offices.

Mints and assay offices.

 Mint at Arson, Nevada: For superintendent, three thousand

Carson.

 dollars; tor assayer, and melter and refiner, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; cashier, two thousand dollars; chief clerk, and bookkeeper, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, and weigh clerk, at one thousand live hundred dollars each; in all, eighteen thousand one hundred dollars. For wages of workmen, fifteen thousand dollars.

Wages.

 For incidental and contingent expenses, seven thousand five hundred dollars.

Contingent expenses.

 Mint at Denver, Colorado: For salary of the assayer in charge,

Denver.

 two thousand five hundred dollars; 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; calculating clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For wages of workmen, twenty thousand dollars.

Wages.

Contingent expenses.

 For incidental and contingent expenses, five thousand dollars. Until the mint and assay office at Denver shall become a coinage

Assay office to continue until coinage mint established.

Ante, p. 673.

 mint in accordance with law, the present mint shall be continued as an assay office, and the business now transacted at said mint shall be continued therein, and the appropriations heretofore and herein made shall be applicable to such mint. 785 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 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.

Contingent expenses.

 For incidental and contingent expenses, including repairs, thirty-three 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 seventy-five

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 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 thousand

Wages.

 dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, thirty-five thousand dollars.

Contingent expenses. Boise City,

Con tin gent expenses.

 Assay office at Boise City, Idaho: For assayer, who shall also 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, nine thousand 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 thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including labor, two thousand dollars.

Contingent expenses.

 Assay office at Helena, Montana: For salary of assayer in

Helena.

 charge, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; melter, one thousand eight hundred dollars; chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For wages of workmen, thirteen thousand dollars.

Wages.

 786 For incidental and contingent expenses, five thousand dollars.

Contingent expenses.

Refinery of gold and silver.

 That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and required to establish at the United States assay office at Helena, Montana, a refinery for refining and parting gold and silver and for casting the same into bars, ingots, or dises. That the charges for those operations shall be fixed by the Director

Charges.

 of the Mint, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to equal, but not to exceed, the expenses thereof, and all provisions of law relating to the refineries of the mints and assay offices shall apply to the parting and refining of bullion at the assay office at Helena, Montana. 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 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.

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 dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. For incidental and con tin gent expenses, including labor, two thousand

Contingent expenses.

 four hundred dollars. government in the territories.

Territories.

 Territory of Alaska: For salary of governor, three thousand dollars; judge, three thousand

Alaska.

Pay of governor, etc.

 dollars; attorney, marshal, and clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars each; five commissioners, one of whom shall reside at Kadiak in the District of Alaska, at 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, live 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.

 six hundred dollars; chief justice and four associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; and interpreter and translator in the executive office, five hundred dollars; nineteen 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, 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. 787 Territory of Oklahoma: For salary of governor, two thousand

Oklahoma.

Pay of governor, etc.

 six hundred dollars; chief justice and four associate judges, at three thousand dollars each; and secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; nineteen thousand four hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,

Contingent expenses.

 one thousand live hundred dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For rent of office, furniture, fuel,

Legislative expenses.

 lights, stationery, clerk hire, printing, postage, ice, record casings, and messenger, porter, and other incidental expenses of the secretary’s office, two thousand dollars. Territory of Utah: For the following for the first half of the fiscal

Utah.

 year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, or until the admission of Utah as a State under the Act of July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, namely: For salary of governor, at the rate of two thousand

Pay of governor, etc., until admission as State.

Ante, p. 107.

 six hundred dollars per annum; chief justice and three associate judges, at the rate of three thousand dollars each per annum; and Secretary, at the rate of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum; in all, eight thousand two hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, to be expended by the governor,

Contingent expenses.

 two hundred and fifty dollars. For legislative expenses, namely: For contingent expenses of Secretary’s

Legislative expenses.

 office, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For the salaries of the live 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 the rate of two thousand dollars each per annum, five thousand dollars: Pro rifled, That Commissioners hereafter appointed

Proviso.

Appointments.

 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, three thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That out of this sum the

Proviso.

Secretary.

 Commission is hereby authorized to pay the secretary of the Territory, who is its secretary and disbursing agent, a reasonable sum for such service, not exceeding at the rate of three hundred dollars per annum, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six. WAR DEPARTMENT.

War Department.

 Office of the Secretary: For compensation of the Secretary

Pay of Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc.

 of War, eight thousand dollars; 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; one stenographer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class four; clerk to the Assistant Secretary, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class three; eight clerks of class two; twelve clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four messengers: seven assistant messengers; eight laborers; carpenter, and foreman of laborers, at one thousand dollars each; two carpenters, at nine hundred dollars each; one hostler, six hundred dollars; two hostlers, and one watchman, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in ail, ninety-two thousand nine hundred dollars. That so much of section two hundred and twenty-nine Revised Statutes

Annual statements abolished.

R. S., sec. 229, p. 37, amended.

 of the United States as requires the Secretary of War to lay before Congress at the commencement of each regular session a statement of all contracts for supplies or services which have been made, by him or under his direction during the year preceding, and so much of the Army appropriation Act for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,

Vol. 23, p. 109.

 as requires the Quartermaster-General and the Commissary-Gen era! of Subsistence to report all purchases of supplies made by their departments, with their 788cost price and place of delivery, to the Secretary of War for transmission to Congress annually, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Record and Pension Office: Two chiefs of division, at two

Record and Pension Office.

 thousand dollars each; twenty-one clerks of class four; forty-three clerks of class three; ninety-three clerks of class two; one hundred and ninety-three clerks of class one; ninety-eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; 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; thirty-one 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, six hundred and sixteen thousand four hundred and thirty 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

Military history of regiments may be furnished States.

the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six. And the Secretary of War shall, upon the application of the Governor of any State, furnish to such Governor a transcript of the military history of any regiment or company of his State, under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, at the expense of such State. Office of the Adjutant-General: Chief clerk, two thousand

Adjutant-General’s office.

 dollars; twelve clerks of class four; fourteen clerks of class three; thirteen clerks of class two; fifty-eight clerks of class one; seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; four messengers; eighteen assistant messengers, and three watchmen; in all, one hundred and fifty-nine thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. Office of the Inspector-General: For one clerk of class four;

Inspector-General’s office.

 two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one messenger; and one assistant messenger; in all, thirteen thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. Office of the Judge-Advocate-General: Chief clerk, two

Judge-Advocates Generals office.

 thousand dollars; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one copyist; one messenger; and one assistant messenger; in all, thirteen thousand six 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. Office of the Quartermaster-General: Chief clerk, two thousand

Quartermaster-General’s office.

 dollars; eleven clerks of class four; nine clerks of class three; twenty-three clerks of class two; thirty-nine clerks of class one; eight clerks, at one thousand dollars each; six skilled typewriters, at one thousand dollars each; one female messenger, 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-two thousand three hundred and forty dollars. Office of the Commissary-General: Chief clerk, two thousand

Commissary-General’s office.

 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. Office of the Surgeon-General: Chief clerk, two thousand

Surgeon-General’s office.

 dollars; fourteen clerks of class four; eleven clerks of class three; twenty-six clerks of class two; twenty-nine clerks of class one; five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one anatomist, at one thousand six hundred dollars; one engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; 789 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; 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 fifty-one thousand two hundred and sixty-six dollars. Office of the Paymaster-General: Chief clerk, two thousand

Paymaster-General’s office.

 dollars; five clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; seven clerks of class two; two clerks of class one; one assistant messenger; four laborers; in all, thirty four thousand five hundred and sixty dollars. Office of the Chief of Ordnance: Chief clerk, two thousand

Ordnance office.

 dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; twenty clerks of class one; three clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two messengers; one assistant messenger; one laborer; in all, forty-one thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. Office of the Chief of Engineers: Chief clerk, two thousand

Engineer office.

 dollars; four clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; one clerk, 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 surveys to be paid from such appropriations: Provided, That the expenditures

Proviso.

Limit, etc.

 on this account for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, shall not exceed seventy-two thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed and the amount paid to each. Office of Publication of Records of the Rebellion: For

Records of the Rebellion.

 one agent, two thousand dollars; two clerks of class four; one clerk of class three; one clerk of class two; two clerks of class one; one copyist; two assistant messengers; two watchmen; and one laborer, six hundred dollars; in all, fifteen thousand three hundred and eighty dollars. For postage stamps for the War Department and its bureaus, as

Postage stamps.

 required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage on matters addressed to Postal Union countries, five hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the War Department and its bureaus;

Contingent expenses.

 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, office of Records of the Rebellion, and Record and Pension Office of the War Department; expenses of horses and wagons to be used only for official purposes; freight and express charges, and other absolutely necessary expenses, fifty-four thousand dollars. For stationery for the War Department and its bureaus and offices,

Stationery.

 thirty thousand dollars. For rent of buildings for use of the War Department as follows: For

Rent.

 medical dispensary, Surgeon-General’s Office, one thousand dollars; for the Rebellion Records Office, one thousand two hundred dollars; for Record and Pension Office, two thousand four hundred dollars; in all, four thousand six hundred dollars. 790 PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.

Public buildings and grounds.

 Office of public buildings and grounds: For one clerk, one

Clerk, messenger, etc.

 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, 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 nightwatchman at Judiciary Square, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For one day watchman at Iowa Circle; one at Thomas Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Washington Circle and neighboring reservations; one at Dupont Circle and neighboring reservations; one at McPherson and Farragut squares; one at Stanton Square and neighboring reservations; two at Henry and Seaton squares 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 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. For contingent and incidental expenses, five hundred dollars.

Contingent expenses.

 state, war, and navy department building.

State, War,and Navy Department building.

 Office of the superintendent: One clerk of class one; one chief

Clerk, engineers, etc.

 engineer, 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-seven

Fuel, lights, etc.

 thousand five hundred dollars. NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Navy Department.

 Office of the Secretary: For compensation of the Secretary

Pay of Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc.

 of the Navy, eight thousand dollars; 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, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one clerk of class four; one clerk of class four in charge of files and records; three 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; 791 one clerk, 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 one, and one laborer (for Inspection Board); one clerk of class one (for Examining and Retiring Board); in all, forty eight thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. Bureau of Navigation: Chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred

Bureau of Navigation.

 dollars; two clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; four clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one copyist; one copyist, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one assistant messenger; three laborers; in all, twenty-six 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; one clerk of class two: two clerks of class one; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; 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 two hundred and eighty dollars. For continuing the publication of the Official Naval Records of the

Continuing publication.

 Rebellion, both Union and Confederate, in accordance with the plan adopted by the Secretary of the Navy under the Act of Congress

Ante, p. 190.

 approved July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, twenty-two thousand dollars. Library of the Navy Department: One clerk, 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; three clerks of class one; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one laborer; in all, ten thousand four 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, live thousand four hundred and forty dollars. For draftsmen, engravers, assistants, nautical experts, computers,

Services.

 custodian of archives, copyists, copper plate printers, apprentices, and laborers in the Hydrographic Office, forty thousand dollars. For purchase of copper plates, steel plates, chart paper, electrotyping

Materials.

 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; 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, 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, Norfolk, Savannah, New Orleans, San Francisco, Portland (Oregon), Portland (Maine), Chicago, Cleveland, and Port Townsend, including furniture, fuel, lights, rent and care of offices, car fare and ferriage in visiting merchant vessels, freight, express, telegrams, 792 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, seventeen thousand dollars. For a monthly Pilot Chart of the North Pacific Ocean, showing

Monthly pilot Chart, Pacific Ocean.

Publishing, etc.

 graphically the matters of value and interest to the maritime community of the Pacific Coast, and particularly the directions and forces of the winds to be expected during the month succeeding the date of issue; the set and strength of the currents; the feeding grounds of whales and seals; the regions of storm, fog, and ice; the positions of derelicts and floating obstructions to navigation; and the best routes to be followed by steam and by sail; including the expenses of communicating and circulating information; lithographing and engraving; the purchase of materials for, and printing and mailing the chart; the employment of three nautical experts atone thousand six hundred dollars each, and two tabulators and copyists at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, ten thousand dollars. Bureau of Equipment: For chief clerk, one thousand eight hundred

Bureau of Equipment.

 dollars; two clerks of class two; two copyists; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, seven thousand seven 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, seven thousand dollars, of which sum two thousand dollars may be used for computations on new tables of the moon and of the stars. 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 instrument maker, one thousand five hundred dollars; one electrician, one thousand five hundred dollars; one photographer, one thousand two hundred dollars; five computers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; one assistant librarian, one thousand two hundred dollars; one copyist; carpenter, and engineer, at one thousand dollars each; two firemen; six watchmen; two skilled laborers, one at one thousand dollars, who shall be foreman and captain of the watch, and one at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one elevator conductor, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and eleven laborers; in all, thirty-seven thousand one hundred and sixty 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, periodicals, engravings, photographs,

Books, etc.

 and fixtures for the library, one thousand dollars. For repairs to buildings, fixtures, and fences, furniture, gas, chemicals,

Repairs, etc.

 and stationery; freight (including transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange), foreign postage, and 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. 793 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 four hundred dollars; one assistant draftsman, one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, thirteen thousand three 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 class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk of class one; one clerk, 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; three Clerks of class three; two clerks of class two; two stenographers, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; eleven clerks of class one; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two copyists; one assistant messenger; and two laborers; in all, thirty-six 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; one clerk of class one; two clerks at one thousand dollars each; one assistant messenger; one laborer; one janitor, six hundred dollars; and one laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars (for Naval Dispensary); in all, eleven thousand eight hundred 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; two clerks of class three; one clerk of class two; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, ten thousand five hundred and eighty dollars. For professional books and periodicals for Department library, five

Books, etc.

 hundred dollars. For stationary, furniture, newspapers, plans, drawings, drawing

Contingent expenses.

 materials, 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, eleven thousand dollars. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Department of the Interior.

 Office of the Secretary: For compensation of the Secretary of

Pay of Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc.

 the Interior, eight thousand 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 of Pension Appeals to be appointed

Board of Pension Appeals.

 by the Secretary of the Interior, at two thousand dollars each; one special land inspector connected with the administration of the public

Land inspector.

 laud service, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and to be subject to his direction, two thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk in charge 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, two thousand dollars; five clerks of class four; seven clerks of class 794 three; one custodian, who shall give bond in such sum as the Secretary of the Interior may determine, two thousand dollars; one bookkeeper for custodian, one thousand two hundred dollars; seven clerks of class two; fourteen 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; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; seven copyists; one telephone operator, six

Messengers, etc.

hundred dollars; three messengers; six 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, six hundred dollars; one packer, six hundred and sixty dollars; one conductor of elevator, at seven hundred

Watchmen, etc.

and twenty dollars; four charwomen; one captain of the watch, one thousand dollars; forty watchmen; additional to two watchmen acting as lieutenants of watchmen, at one hundred and twenty dollars each; one engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; and seven firemen; in all. one hundred and seventy-six thousand seven hundred and seventy dollars. For the following clerks now detailed from the Pension Office, and

Clerks detailed from Pension Office.

 to be retained in the office of the Secretary without any additional appointment, namely: Four clerks, at two thousand dollars each (now borne on the rolls of the Pension Office as principal examiners); six clerks of class four; two clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; ten clerks of class one; one clerk at nine hundred dollars; in all, forty-three thousand three hundred dollars. Office of Assistant Attorney-General: For one assistant

Assistant Attorney General’s office.

 attorney, two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; one assistant attorney, two thousand five hundred dollars; two assistant attorneys, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; thirteen assistant attorneys, at two thousand dollars each; three clerks of class three, one of whom shall act as stenographer; in all, forty thousand live hundred and fifty dollars. For the following clerks now detailed from the Pension Office and to

Clerks detailed from Pension Office.

 be retained without any additional appointment, namely: One clerk of class one, and one clerk at nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand one hundred 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

General Land Office.

 Laud Office, five thousand dollars; one Assistant Commissioner, to be appointed by the President, by and with the adyice 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 surveyorsgencral and district land offices, at two thousand dollars each; recorder, two thousand dollars; ten 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-one clerks of class four; fifty seven clerks of class three; fifty-eight clerks of class two; sixty-one clerks of class one; forty-five clerks, at one thousand dollars each; fifty copyists; two messengers; nine assistant messengers; twelve laborers; and six packers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; 795 in all, four hundred and seventy-eight thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. For the following clerks now detailed from the Pension Office, and

Clerks detailed from Pension Office.

 to be retained without any additional appointment, namely: One clerk of class two; four clerks, at one thousand dollars each: live clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, nine thousand nine hundred dollars. For per diem in lieu of subsistence of inspectors and of clerks

Per diem, etc., investigations.

 detailed 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 Laud 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 nine thousand three hundred and sixty copies shall be delivered to the House of Representatives. Mine inspectors: For salaries of three mine inspectors, authorized

Mine inspectors.

Vol. 26, p, 1104.

 by the Act approved Biarch third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories, at two thousand dollars per annum each, six thousand dollars. For per diem, subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary

Expenses.

 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. 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 bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; five clerks of class four; twelve 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; ten clerks of class two; twenty-two 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 ten thousand four hundred and twenty dollars. That the account of moneys due the Cherokee Nation under any of

Cherokee Nation.

 the treaties made in the years eighteen hundred and seventeen, eighteen

Account of moneys due, referral to Attorney-General.

 hundred and nineteen, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, eighteen hundred and thirty-five, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, eighteen hundred and forty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and eighteen hundred and sixty-eight and any laws passed by the Congress of the United States for the purpose-of carrying said treaties, or any of them, into effect, prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 27, p. 643.

 ninety-three, and reported to Congress in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and eighty-two, Fifty-third Congress, third session, be referred to the Attorney-General, and he is hereby authorized and directed to review the conclusions of law reached by the Department of the Interior in said account and report his conclusions

Report.

Provisos.

Restatement.

 thereon to Congress at its next regular session: Provided, he may, if he deems such action advisable, refer said account to the Auditor for 796 the Interior Department for a restatement thereof in accordance with the conclusions of law reached by him; which account, when made by the Auditor for the Interior Department, shall be transmitted to the Comptroller of the Treasury for consideration, both upon the law and the facts, and by him, when completed, transmitted to the Attorney-General for report to Congress at its next regular session, as above

No allowance for interest.

provided: Provided further, That in making such review and restatement there shall be no computation for interest. For the following clerks now detailed from the Pension Office, and

Clerks detailed from Pension Office.

 to be retained without any additional appointment, namely, one clerk of class one, and four clerks at one thousand dollars each; in all, five thousand two hundred 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; ten chiefs of division, at two thousand dollars each; law clerk, two thousand dollars; fifty-eight principal examiners, at two thousand dollars each; twenty assistant chiefs of division, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; three stenographers, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; seventy clerks of class four; eighty-five clerks of class three: three hundred and fifty clerks of class two; four hundred and thirty-eight clerks of class one; two hundred and eighty-seven clerks, at one thousand dollars each; one superintendent of building, one thousand four hundred dollars; two engineers, atone thousand two hundred dollars each; one hundred and seventy-five 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 and

Proviso.

In reductions, ex-soldiers, etc., to be retained.

eighty-six thousand seven hundred and ten dollars: Provided, That in reducing the force of the Pension Office to comply with the provisions of this Act preference for retention in service shall be given to ex-Soldiers and ex-sailors of the United States, who served dining the war of the rebellion, and to the widows and orphans of such deceased soldiers or sailors. But this provision shall not be deemed to apply to cases where, after full and fair investigation, the test of capacity and fitness in the discharge of the duties of said positions shall show mental oi’ physical disqualification. 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 tor actual and necessary expenses for transportation and assistance and any other necessary expenses, including telegrams, five hundred thousand

Proviso.

Chief and assistant special examiners.

dollars: Provided, That two special examiners, or clerks, detailed 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 lien of per diem and all expenses for subsistence, a sum sufficient to make their annual compensation two

Expenses.

thousand dollars and one thousand eight hundred dollars, respectively; and whenever it may be necessary for either of them to travel on official business outside the 797 District of Columbia by special direction of the Commissioner, he shall receive the same allowance, in lieu of subsistence and for transportation, as is herein provided for special examiners and detailed clerks engaged in field service; and the Secretary of the Interior shall so apportion the sum herein appropriated as to prevent a deficiency therein. 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 lie 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. Patent Office: For the Commissioner of Patents, five thousand

Patent Office.

 dollars: Assistant Commissioner, who shall perform such duties pertaining to the office of Commissioner as may lie 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 examiners, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; fifty-two fourth assistant examiners, atone 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-one clerks of class one, including one in lieu of a clerk detailed from Pension Office; 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-four thousand one hundred and ninety 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 producing the Glacial Gazette, including weekly, monthly, quarterly

Official Gazette.

 and annual indexes therefor, exclusive of expired patents, ninety-nine thousand six hundred and fifty-five dollars. For producing copies of drawings of the weekly issues of patents, for

Copies of drawings, etc.

 producing copies of designs, trademarks, and pending applications, and for the reproduction of exhausted copies of drawings and specifications; said work referred to in this and the preceding paragraph to be done as provided by the “Act Providing for the public printing and

Ante, p. 620.

Proviso.

Work at Government Printing Office.

 binding and for the distribution of public documents:” Provided, That the entire work may be done at the Government Printing Office if in the judgment of the Joint. Committee on Printing, or if there, shall be. no Joint Committee, in the judgment of the Committee on Printing of either House, it shall be deemed to be for the. best interests of the Government, sixty-one thousand one hundred and twenty-nine dollars. 798 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, two hundred and fifty dollars. For the share of the United States in the expense of conducting the

International Bureau, Berne.

 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; 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 lour; two clerks of class three: one translator, one thousand six hundred dollars; four clerks of class two; seven clerks of class one, including a clerk detailed from Pension Office; two clerks, at one thousand dollars each; seven copyists; one skilled laborer, eight bundled 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, fifty thousand and twenty dollars. For one clerk of class four, to obtain, receive, collate, and, under the

Information as to agricultural colleges, etc.

 direction of the Commissioner of Education, to furnish the Secretary of the Interior with the information in relation to the operations and work of the colleges of agriculture and mechanic arts that will enable the Secretary to discharge the duties imposed on the Secretary of the

Vol. 26, p. 417.

Interior by the Act approved August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, 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 mechanic arts, established under the provisions of

Vol. 12, p. 503.

an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For books for library, current educational periodicals, other current

Books, etc.

 publications, and completing valuable sets of periodicals, five hundred dollars. For collecting statistics for special reports and circulars t.f information,

Statistics.

 two 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, 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 procuring anthropological instruments of precision, and for repairing the same, two thousand five hundred dollars. Office of Commissioner of Railroads: For Commissioner, four

Commissioner of Railroads.

 thousand five hundred dollars; bookkeeper, two thousand dollars; assistant bookkeeper, one thousand eight hundred dollars; one clerk of class two; one clerk, one thousand dollars, now detailed from the pension Office and to be retained without any additional appointment; and one assistant messenger; in all, eleven 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 thereof, one thousand 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 799 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, five thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred and fifty 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-one thousand three hundred and ninety 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 fur horses, diagrams, awnings, constructing mode) and other cases, cases for drawings, file holders, repairs of cases and furniture, and other absolutely necessary expenses, including fuel and lights, seventy-three 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:

Rent.

 For the Biu’ean of Education, four thousand dollars; Geological Survey, ten thousand dollars; Indian Office, six thousand dollars; storage of documents, two thousand dollars; Civil Service Commission, four thousand dollars; Patent Office model exhibit, thirteen thousand dollars; stables for the Department, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, forty thousand five hundred dollars. For postage stamps for the Department of the Interior and its bureaus,

Postage.

 as required under the Postal Union, to prepay postage 011 matter adressed to Postal Union countries, three thousand dollars. surveyor general and their clerks.

Surveyors • general, etc.

 For surveyor-general of the Territory of Arizona, two thousand dollars;

California.

 and for the clerks in his office, five thousand dollars; in all, seven 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

Arizona.

 clerks in his office, twelve thousand dollars; in all, fourteen thousand dollars. For books, pay of messenger, stationery, 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, eight thousand five hundred dollars; in all, ten thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, pay of messenger, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars. 800 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, ten thousand dollars; in all, twelve thousand dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, pay of messenger, stationery, 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, seven thousand dollars; in all, eight thousand eight hundred dollars. For fuel, books, messenger, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars;

Minnesota.

 and for the clerks in bis 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 Montana, two thousand dollars; and for the

Montana.

 clerks in his office, eleven thousand dollars; in all, thirteen 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 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, pay of messenger, and other incidental expenses, five hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of the Territory of New Mexico, two thousand

New Mexico.

 dollars; and for clerks in his office, seven thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand dollars. For fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For surveyor general of North Dakota, two thousand dollars; and

North Dakota.

 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 live hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Oregon, two thousand dollars; and for the

Oregon.

 clerks in his office, five thousand dollars; in all, seven 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; and

South Dakota.

 for clerks in his office, eight thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars. For rent of office for the survey or-general, fuel, books, stationery, binding records, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars. For surveyor general of the Territory of Utah, two thousand dollars;

Utah.

 and for the clerks in his office, three thousand five hundred 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 two hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Washington, two thousand dollars; and for

Washington.

 the clerks in his office, ten thousand five hundred 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. 801 For surveyor-general of Wyoming, two thousand dollars; and for the

Wyoming.

 clerks in his office, four thousand eight hundred dollars; in all, six thousand eight hundred dollars. For rent of office for the surveyor-general, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand two hundred dollars. 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 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, Generals office

 Law clerk, two thousand live 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

First Assistant Postmaster-General clerks, etc.

 Assistant Postmaster-General, four thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; chief of salary and allowance division, two thousand five hundred dollars; superintendent of post-office supplies, two thousand dollars; superintendent of free delivery, three thousand dollars;

Free delivery.

 assistant superintendent of free delivery, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; nine clerks of class three; eight clerks of class two; nine 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; superintendent of the money-order system, three thousand five

Money-order system.

 hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; six clerks of class four; eight clerks of class three; five clerks of class two; six clerks of class one; six clerks, at one thousand dollars each; two clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; one engineer, one thousand dollars; one assistant engineer for additional building for Auditor for the Post-Office Department, one thousand dollars; one fireman; four watchmen; one conductor of elevator, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four charwomen; one female laborer, tour hundred and eighty dollars; and ton laborers; superintendent of Dead-Letter Office, two

Dead-Letter Office.

 thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk of class four, who shall be chief clerk; one clerk of class four; three clerks of class three; ten clerks of class two; twenty-four clerks of class one; twenty-eight clerks, atone thousand dollars each; thirty-three clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; one assistant messenger; six laborers; four female laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, two hundred and sixty-three thousand one hundred 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. 802 Office Third Assistant Postmaster-General: For Third

Third Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc.

 Assistant 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 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

Chief inspector.

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, and two assistant messengers; in all, eighty-four thousand six hundred dollars. Office of topographer: For topographer, two thousand five hundred

Topographer, drafts men. etc.

 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 copyists of maps, 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 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. steamfitter, 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 firemen; one elevator conductor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; four laborers; and six charwomen; and the following additional force for the additional building used tor 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 money-order division of the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, 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, eight thousand dollars. For fuel and for 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, one thousand five hundred dollars. 803 For telegraphing, two thousand five hundred dollars. For painting, two thousand five hundred dollars. For carpets and matting, including one thousand dollars for the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, three thousand dollars. For furniture, including one thousand dollars for the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, two thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase, exchange, and keeping of horses, and repair of wagons and harness, to be used only for official purposes, one thousand dollars. For hardware, five hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, including two thousand dollars for the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, 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 for the Post-Office Department, eleven thousand dollars; for rent of a suitable building for the storage of post-office supplies, four thousand dollars; for rent of a suitable building for storing records of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, two thousand dollars; in all, twenty-six 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, twenty-seven thousand dollars. For miscellaneous expenses in the topographer’s office in the preparation

Post-route maps.

 and publication of the postroutemaps, eighteen thousand dollars. And the Postmaster-General may, in his discretion, cause the contract for printing post-route maps to be let for a term of four years: and he may authorize the sale of post-route maps to the public at cost of

Sale.

 printing and ten per centum thereof added, 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, five 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, eta

 Attorney-General, eight thousand dollars; Solicitor-General, seven thousand dollars; four assistant attorneys-general, at five thousand dollars each; one assistant attorney-general for 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

Clerks.

 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; seven clerks of class four; attorney in charge of pardons, two thousand four hundred dollars; additional for disbursing and appointment clerk, five hundred dollars; six clerks of class three; eight clerks of class two; ten clerks of class one; one telegraph operator and stenographer, at one thousand two hundred dollars; nine 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 fifty-two thousand one hundred and ten dollars. 804 For contingent expenses of the Department, namely.

Contingent expenses.

 For furniture anti 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 titty 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, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Office of the Solicitor of the Treasury: For Solicitor of

Solicitor of the Treasury.

 the Treasury, four thousand five hundred dollars; assistant solicitor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four; four clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; one assistant messenger; and one laborer; in all, twenty-six thousand eight 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. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

Department of Labor.

 For compensation of the Commissioner of Labor, five thousand dollars;

Commisioner, clerks, etc.

 chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; disbursing clerk, two thousand dollars; four statistical experts, at two thousand dollars each; four clerks of class four; five clerks of class three; six clerks of class two; twelve clerks of class one; ten clerks atone 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, atone thousand four hundred dollars each; lour special agents, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and one thousand two hundred and twenty dollars. For per diem, in lieu of subsistence of special agents

Per diem, special agents, etc.

 and employees 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, fifty-four thousand dollars. For stationery, one thousand dollars.

Stationery.

Books, etc.

 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, three 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 seven hundred and fifty dollars, repairs of cases and furniture, fuel and lights, soap, brushes, brooms, mats, oils, and other absolutely necessary expenses, three thousand dollars. The Commissioner of Labor is hereby authorized to make an investigation

Investigation of liquor problem.

 relating to the economic aspects of the liquor problem and to

Proviso.

Expenses.

report the results thereof to Congress: Provided, however, That such investigation shall be carried out under the regular appropriations made for the Department of Labor. 805 The Commissioner of Labor is hereby authorized to prepare and publish

Labor bulletin to be issued.

 a bulletin of the Department of Labor, as to the condition of labor in this and other countries, condensations of State and foreign labor reports, facts as to conditions of employment, and such other facts as may be deemed of value to the industrial interests of the country, and there shall be printed one edition of not exceeding ten thousand copies

Edition.

 of each issue of said bulletin for distribution by the Department of Labor. JUDICIAL.

Judicial.

 Supreme Court: For the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of

Supreme Court.

Justices.

 the United States, ten thousand five hundred dollars; and for eight associate justices, at ten thousand dollars each; For marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, three thousand

Marshal.

 dollars; For stenographic clerk for the Chief Justice and for each associate

Clerks to justices.

 justice of the Supreme Court, at not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars each; in all, one hundred and seven thousand nine hundred dollars. Circuit courts: For ten circuit judges, to reside in circuit, at six

Circuit judges.

 thousand dollars each, sixty thousand dollars. Circuit court of appeals: For twelve additional circuit judges,

Circuit court of appeals, judges.

 at six thousand dollars each: For nine clerks, at three thousand dollars each; in all, ninety-nine

Clerks.

Provisos.

Return of fees, etc.

 thousand dollars: Provided, That said clerks shall make annually within thirty days after the thirtieth day of June to the Secretary of the Treasury a return of all costs collected by them in cases disposed of during the preceding year by said courts, and after deducting the incidental expenses of their respective offices, including clerk hire and their compensation as provided by section nine of the Act of March third, eighteen

Vol. 26, p. 829.

 hundred and ninety-one, establishing the circuit court of appeals, not exceeding five hundred dollars, said expenses to be certified by the senior circuit judge of the proper circuit, shall pay any surplus of such costs that may remain into the Treasury of the United States at the time of making said returns: Provided further, That each circuit court

Allowance for law books.

 of appeals shall be entitled to retain and have expended, under the direction of the Attorney-General, for law books for its use one-half of such surplus accrued therein for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six. Court of Private Land Claims: For chief justice and four associate

Court of Private Land Claims.

 justices, at live 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. For deputy clerks, as authorized by law, so much therefor as may be necessary.

That section nineteen of an Act entitled “An Act to establish a

Continuance of court.

Vol. 26, p. 862.

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, is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

“Sec. 19. That the powers and functions of the court established by

Court to cease December 31, 1897.

 this Act shall cease and determine on the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and all papers, files, and records in the possession of said court belonging to any other public office of the United States shall be returned to such office, and all other papers,

Papers, etc., to be filed in Interior Department.

 files, and records in the possession of or appertaining to said court shall be returned to and filed in the Department of the Interior.”
806 District courts: For salaries of the sixty-four district judges of

District judges.

Terms.

Wichita and Fort Scott, Kans.

 the United States, at five thousand dollars each; That the regular spring term of the circuit and district courts of the United States, for the second division of the district of Kansas, shall be held at the city of Wichita, commencing on the second Monday in March of each year. And the regular fall term of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the third division of the district of Kansas, shall be held at the city of Fort Scott, commencing on the second Monday in November of each year. For salary of the judge of the United States court in the Indian

Judge, Indian Territory.

 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-six, is hereby appropriated. Court of appeals, District of Columbia: For the chief justice

Court of appeals, D. C.

 of court of appeals of the District of Columbia, six thousand five hundred dollars; and for two associate justices, at six thousand dollars each; For clerk, three thousand dollars; For assistant or deputy clerk, two thousand dollars; For messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; For necessary expenditures in the conduct of the clerk’s office, five hundred dollars; In all, twenty-four thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars, one-half of which shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia. The duties of crier of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia

Crier’s duties.

 shall hereafter be performed by the United States marshal or one of his deputies. 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 of the five associate judges, at five thousand dollars each, thirty thousand dollars, one-half of which shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia. Clerk of district court, northern district of Illinois:

Clerk northern district, Illinois.

Ante, p. 204.

 For salary of the clerk of the district court for the northern district of Illinois, as authorized by the Act of July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, three thousand dollars. District attorneys: For salaries of the district attorneys of the

District attorneys.

 United States, twenty thousand nine hundred dollars. Marshals: For salaries of the district marshals of the United

Marshals.

Proviso.

Officers, California, etc.

R. S., secs. 837, 840, pp. 158, 150.

 States, thirteen thousand seven hundred dollars: Provided, That the marshal, district attorney, and clerks of the circuit and district courts of the districts of California, Washington, Montana, North Dakota, and South 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.

 Claims, at four thousand five hundred dollars each: chief clerk, three thousand dollars; assistant clerk, two thousand dollars; bailiff, one thousand five hundred dollars; five clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; and one messenger; in all, thirty-five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. For stationery, books, fuel, gas, and other miscellaneous expenses,

Contingent expenses.

 three thousand dollars. For reporting the decisions of the court and superintending the

Reporting decisions.

 printing of the thirtieth volume of the reports of the Court of Claims, to be paid on the order of the court, one thousand dollars; said sum to

R. S., sec. 1765, p. 314.

be paid to the reporter, notwithstanding section seventeen hundred 807 and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, or section three of the Act of

Vol. 18, p. 109

 June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, chapter three hundred and twenty-eight.
Sec. 2. The pay of assistant messengers, firemen, watchmen, laborers,

Rate of pay, assistant messengers, firemen, etc.

 and charwomen provided for in this Act, unless otherwise specially 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.

The engrossing and recording of patents for public lands

General Land Office.

Engrossing, etc., patents may be by typewriters.

may be done by means of typewriters or other machines, under regulations to be made by the Secretary of the Interior and approved by the President.

The duplication of reports and returns of registers and receivers

Duplications of registers’ and receivers’ returns to be prevented.

to the General Laud Office shall be prevented by such regulations as the Commissioner of the General Land Office, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, may make.

Sections four hundred and forty-eight and four hundred and forty-nine

Principal clerks abolished

R. S., secs. 448, 449, p, 76, repealed.

of the Revised Statutes are repealed. Appropriations heretofore made for the salaries of the officers hereby abolished shall be available during the remainder of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five for the pay of three chiefs of divisions, with such duties as the Commissioner of the General Land Office may assign to them. The

Duties of Assistant Commissioner.

 duties imposed on the principal clerk of private land claims by section four hundred and fifty-nine of the Revised Statutes shall hereafter be performed by the Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office.

Section twenty-four hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes

Report of cases abolished.

R. S., sec. 2452, p.449, repealed.

Delinquency in sending accounts.

Ante, p. 200.

is repealed.
Sec. 4. The second proviso of section twelve of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation Act, approved July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is hereby amended to read as follows:

“That should there be a delay by the administrative Departments

Allowance of advance by Secretary of Treasury in absence of President.

beyond the aforesaid twenty or sixty days in transmitting accounts, an order of the President, or, in the event of the absence from the seat of Government or sickness of the President, an order of the Secretary of the Treasury, in the particular ease, shall be necessary to authorize the advance of money requested.”
Sec. 5.

Hereafter the copy of the oath of office of subordinate

Oath of customs officers to be sent Secretary of the Treasury.

Vol 18, p. 309.

officers of the customs, required to be transmitted to the Commissioner of Customs by section eleven of the “Act to amend existing customs and internal-revenue laws, and for other purposes,” approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury.

Hereafter all bonds of the Treasurer of the United States, collectors

Bonds to be tiled with Secretary of the Treasury.

of internal revenue, collectors, naval officers, surveyors, and other officers of the customs, either as such officers or as disbursing officers of the Treasury, bonds of the Secretary of the Senate, Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, and all such bonds now on file in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury, shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury and filed as he may direct; and the duties now required by law of the Comptroller of the Treasury in regard to such bonds, as the successor of the Commissioner of Customs and First Comptroller of the Treasury, shall hereafter be performed by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Hereafter every officer required by law to take and approve official

Officers approving official bonds to examine them every two years.

bonds shall cause the same to be examined at least once every two years for the purpose of ascertaining the sufficiency of the sureties thereon; and every officer having power to fix the amount of an official bond shall examine it to ascertain the sufficiency of the amount thereof 808 and approve or fix said amount at least once in two years and as much oftener as he may deem it necessary.

Hereafter every officer whose duty it is to take and approve official

Bonds to be renewed every four years.

bonds shall cause all such bonds to be renewed every four years after their dates, but he may require such bonds to be renewed or strengthened

Waiving renewal.

 oftener if he deem such action necessary. In the discretion of such officer the requirement of a new bond may be waived for the period of service of a bonded officer after the expiration of a four-year term of service pending the appointment and qualification of his

Provisos.

Liability not affected.

successor: Provided, That the nonperformance of any requirement of this section on the part of any official of the Government shall not be held to affect in any respect the liability of principal or sureties on any bond made or to be

Liability continues until qualification of successor.

made to the United States: Provided further, That the liability of the principal and sureties on all official bonds shall continue and cover the period of service ensuing until the appointment and

Postal bonds not affected.

R. S., sec. 3836, p. 751.

qualification of the successor of the principal: And provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to repeal or modify section thirty-eight hundred and thirty-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
Sec. 6. Section thirty-seven hundred and eleven of the Revised

Inspection of fuel, D. C.

R. S., sec. 3711, p. 733, amended.

 Statutes is amended, to take, effect on and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to read as follows:
“Sec. 3711. It shall not be lawful for any officer or person in the

All coal and wood to be weighed, etc.

 civil, military, or naval service of the United States in the District of Columbia to purchase anthracite or bituminous coal or wood tor the public service except on condition that the same shall, before delivery, be inspected and weighed or measured by some competent person, to be

Appointment of employees.

appointed by the head of the Department or chief of the branch of the service for which the purchase is made from among the persons authorized to be employed in such Department or branch of the service:

Proviso.

Exception for Navy Department.

Provided, That the weigher and measurer of the Navy Department may be appointed outside of said Department, and that such weigher and measurer shall give bond and be paid as heretofore provided by law.

Duties.

The person appointed under this section shall ascertain that each ton of coal weighed by him shall consist of two thousand two hundred and forty pounds, and that each cord of wood to be so measured shall be of the standard measure of one hundred and twenty-eight cubic feet. Each load or parcel of wood or coal weighed and measured by him shall be accompanied by his certificate of the number of tons or pounds of coal and the number of cords or parts of cords of wood in each load or parcel.”
Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the head of each Executive Department

Statement of condition of business to be submitted in Estimates.

 or other Government establishment in the city of Washington to submit to the first regular session of the Fifty-fourth Congress, and annually thereafter, in the Annual Book of Estimates, a statement as to the condition of business in his Department or other Government establishment, showing whether any part of the same is in arrears, and, if so, in what divisions of the respective bureaus and offices of his Department or other Government establishment such arrears exist, the extent thereof, and the reasons therefor, and also a statement of the number and compensation of employees appropriated for in one bureau or office who have been detailed to another bureau or office for a period exceeding one year.
Sec. 8. Section one hundred and ninety-four of the Revised Statutes

Annual report of employees repealed.

R. S., sec. 191, p. 31. repealed.

Manifests to be mailed Auditor for Treasury Department.

 of the United States is repealed.
Sec. 9. On and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, each master of a vessel arriving in the United States from a foreign port except vessels carrying traffic inbond on transfer ferries shall, immediately upon landing and before entering his vessel at the customhouse, mail to the Auditor for the Treasury Department, Washington, a true copy of the manifest of his vessel, and shall on entering his vessel make affidavit that be has mailed such copy and that the same is 809 true and correct; and he shall also mail to the said Auditor a true copy of the corrected manifest filed on any post entry of his vessel. Any master who neglects or refuses to mail to the Auditor the required copy of the original or corrected manifest shall be subject to the same lines and penalties fixed by law for his failure to deliver the manifest of his

Proviso.

Not applicable if naval officer at port.

 vessel to the collector: Provided, That this section shall not apply to ports where there is a naval officer.
Sec. 10. Section seventeen of “An Act making appropriations

Certifying transcripts, etc.

Ante, re 210.

 the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for other purposes.” approved July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is amended to read as follows:

“The transcripts from the books and proceedings of the Department

Secretary to certify transcripts, etc.

of the Treasury and the copies of bonds, contracts and other papers provided for in section eight hundred and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes shall hereafter be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under the seal of the Department.”
Sec. 11. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent with this Act are

Repeal.

 repealed.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
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CHAP. 178.—
An Act For the removal of snow and ice from the sidewalks, crosswalks, and gutters in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, and for other purposes.

March 2, 1895.

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

District of Columbia.

Removal of snow from sidewalks.
That the owner or tenant of each house or other building, or lot or lots of ground in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, and in such other part or parts of the District of Columbia as the Commissioners of said District shall from time to time designate, shall, within the first four hours of daylight after every tall of snow, cause the same to be removed entirely from off the paved sidewalks opposite such house, building, lot, or land, under the penalty of one dollar for each lot for every such neglect, to

Penalty.

Removal of dirt, etc.

 be paid by the said owner or tenant; and such owner or tenants shall, under a like penalty, within five days after notice so to do by the Commissioners, clean off and remove, or caused to be cleaned off and removed, all dirt, sand, gravel, or other refuse matter that may fall or be washed upon any paved sidewalk or alley inside of the cities of Washington and Georgetown.
Sec. 2. That in case the sidewalks are covered with ice the owner

Ashes. etc, on ice covered sidewalks.

 or tenant of any building, lot, or lots of ground in the cities of Washington and Georgetown shall promptly cause the paved sidewalks or paved portions of the sidewalks opposite his, her. or their premises to be strewed with ashes, sand, sawdust, or some other suitable substance that will insure or contribute to the safety of pedestrians, under the penalty of one dollar for each lot for every neglect, to be paid by the said owner or tenant.
Sec. 3. That in case the owner or tenant of any house, lot, building,

Removal by Commissioners on failure of tenant.

 or land shall neglect to comply with any of the provisions of the preceding sections of this Act it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to cause the removal of snow and ice, or any dirt, sand, or gravel from all paved sidewalks and alleys in the cities of Washington and Georgetown wherever there has been a failure on the part of the owner or tenant as aforesaid to remove the same; and the cost of such removal, by order and under the direction of the

Collection of cost

 said Commissioners, shall be assessed as a tax against the property to which the sidewalks in question belong, for the purposes of this Act, and the said tax so assessed shall be carried to the regular tax roll of the cities aforesaid and shall be collected in the manner provided for the collection of other taxes.
810
Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the District

Removal of snow, etc., from cross walks and gutters.

 of Columbia, immediately after every fall of snow on the crosswalks or in the gutters, forthwith to cause the same to be removed from the said crosswalks to a width of ten feet and from out of the said gutters to the breadth of one foot in the said cities, respectively; and the said crosswalks and gutters shall be kept clean and free from obstructions, and in case the crosswalks are covered with ice it shall be their duty to cause such crosswalks to be liberally sprinkled with sand or sawdust, or such other material as will insure safety to pedestrians.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the superintendent of public

Removal of snew, etc., from sidewalks, etc., public parks.

 buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, immediately after a fall of snow or sleet, or as soon thereafter as practicable, to engage such assistance as he may deem necessary, when funds are available, and proceed to remove from all pa veil sidewalks or crosswalks which may be used as thoroughfares-around, about, or through the public parks within the cities of Washington and Georgetown all accumulations of snow or sleet to a. width sufficient to accommodate winter pedestrian

Ice, etc., to be sprinkled with sand, etc.

travel; or in ease the same be so congealed as to make removal by ordinary methods impossible, he shall cause such paved side or crosswalks to be liberally sprinkled with sand or sawdust or such other material as will insure safety to pedestrians who, in the lawful and legitimate pursuit of their respective avocations, find it convenient to

Inspection.

pass around, about, or through said public parks. And it shall be the duty of the superintendent of public buildings and grounds, personally, or by deputy or deputies, to visit each public park in the cities of Washington and Georgetown as soon as possible after any snow or sleet storm, as aforesaid, and carefully inspect the work as herein Provided for.
Sec. 6.

That section three of the Act of Congress approved January

Protection from fire.

Vol. 24, p. 365. amended.

twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An Act for the further protection of property from fire, and safety of lives in the District of Columbia” be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

That it shall be unlawful to issue a license to the lessee or proprietor

Licenses for hotels, etc., unlawful unless fire escapes, etc., provided.

of any building in the District of Columbia used as a hotel, factory, manufactory, theater, tenement house, hall or place of amusement or other building used for a business for which a license is required, unless the application for such license is accompanied both the certificate of the Inspector of Buildings that such building is provided with fire escapes, stand pipes, ladders, lights, alarm gongs, and descriptive

Penalty for failure to provide fire escapes, etc.

notices as required by sections one and two of said Act. That on the failure or neglect, after sixty days notice, of the owner or lessee of any building used as a factory, manufactory, tenement house, or to the trustee of any building used as a Seminary, College, Academy, Hospital or Asylum in the District of Columbia, to provide fire escapes, standpipes, ladders, lights and alarm gongs as required by sections one and two of said Act, such person or persons shall be liable to a tine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars for each day he or they shall fail to provide the same, such fine to be collected by prosecutions in the Police Court in the name of the District of

Erection by Commissioners.

Columbia. And in cases of default of lessees, trustees or owners in putting up said fire escapes, said Commissioners are hereby empowered, and it is their duty to cause such fire escapes to be erected, and they are hereby

Cost.

authorized to assess the cost thereof as a tax against the buildings on which they are erected and the ground on which the same stands, and to issue tax lien certificates against such building and grounds for the amount of such assessments, bearing interest at the rate of ten per cent per annum, which certificates may be turned over by the

Provisos.

Liability for damages.

commissioners to the contractor for doing the work: Provided also, That the lessee, owner or trustee, as the ease may be, of any such building, who shall fail to erect fire escapes as in said Act provided, shall be liable to an action for damages in ease of death or personal injury resulting from 811 fire in buildings not provided with fire escapes as required by said Act, and that such action may be maintained by any person or persons now authorized by law to sue, as in other eases of injury or death by wrongful act: Provided further, That as to any building which the commissioners

Fireproof buildings.

 shall determine to be fire proof, they may in their discretion require the erection of lire escapes.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
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CHAP. 179.—
An Act For the appointment of a sealer and assistant sealer of weights and measures in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

March 2, 1895.

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

District of Columbia.

Sealer of weights and measures.

Salary.
That from and after the passage of this Act the sealer of weights and measures shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum in lieu of fees. Such officer shall be appointed by, and shall be under the direction and control of, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. He shall

Custody of standards.

 have the custody and control of such standard weights and measures of the United States as now are, or as shall hereafter be, provided by the District of Columbia, which shall be the only standards for weights and measures in said District.
Sec. 2. That the sealer of weights and measures shall give boud to

Bond.

 the United States in the penalty of five thousand dollars, with two sureties, or with the gurantee of a company incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia, to be approved by the Commissioners, conditioned on the faithful discharge, of the duties of his office, and shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the Commissioners

Oath.

 that he will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of his office, which bond or guarantee and oath shall be deposited with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Assistant, etc.
Sec. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, on the recommendation of the sealer of weights and measures, be, and they are hereby, authorized to appoint one assistant sealer of weights and measures,at a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum. The said Commissioners shall appoint such additional employees as may be, in the judgment of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, temporarily required for operations of the sealer of weights and measures at an aggregate expense of not exceeding five hundred dollars in any one year. The said Commissioners shall provide for use of the sealer and

Office, etc.

 the assistant sealer of weights and measures a suitable room or rooms to be used for an office; and the said Commissioners shall also provide a horse and wagon for the use of the scaler and assistant sealer of weights and measures at such times as the business of their office shall require.
Sec. 4. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia are

Schedule of fees.

 hereby empowered and directed to prescribe a schedule of fees to be charged by the sealer of weights and measures for his services, in lieu of the fees now charged, which schedule shall be printed and conspicuously displayed in the office of the sealer of weights and measures. Such schedule of fees shall be so arranged as to provide as nearly as may be for all the salaries and expenses connected with the office of the sealer of weights and measures, and no more. All fees collected

Disposal of fees.

 by the scaler or assistant sealer of weights and measures shall be paid over to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia under regulations to be prescribed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and be covered into the Treasury of the United States as other revenues of the District are now.
Sec. 5. The assistant sealer of weights and measures shall take the

Duties, etc., of Assistant.

 same oath his principal is required to take, and may, during the continuance of his office, discharge and perform any of the official duties 812 of his principal, and any default or misfeasance in office by the assistant surveyor, or other assistant or helper of the sealer of weights and measures, shall be deemed a breach of the official bond of his principal.
Sec. 6. The sealer of weights and measures and, under his direction,

Duties.

 the assistant sealer of weights and measures shall have the exclusive power to perform all the duties of their office. They shall from time to time

Proving scales, etc.

 try and prove all scales, weights, beams, and measures of every kind whatsoever used in the District of Columbia for the purpose of buying and selling, and such as shall be found to conform to the standards

Stamp.

 kept in their office they, or either of them, shall stamp with the word “approved,” or with the letter “W,”aud the year in which said inspection is made; and such as are found not to conform to the standards in their office they, or either of them, shall stamp with the word

Tests on request.

“condemned” and the year in which the inspection is made. Upon the written request of any resident of the District of Columbia the sealer of weights and measures shall test, or cause to be tested, within a reasonable time after the receipt of such request, the weights, scales, beams, or other instruments used in buying or selling by the person,

Provisos.

Tests for manufacturers, etc.

firm, or corporation designated in such request: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any manufacturer or other person from keeping for sale scales, beams, weights, or measures; but on the written request of such manufacturer or other person the sealer of weights and measures shall test, or cause to be tested, and shall stamp as herein provided all such scales, beams, weights, or

Government scales.

measures offered for sale: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to require or to authorize the sealer of weights and measures to test any scales belonging to the United States.
Sec. 7. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall

Registry.

 furnish the sealer of weights and measures a book to be kept in his office, in which book he shall register, in alphabetical order, the name of each person whose measures, scales, beams, or other instruments he or his assistant has inspected, together with the number and size of the same, and what number of each was approved and what condemned, with the time of inspection; and such book shall be open to the inspection and examination of the public at all reasonable times.
Sec. 8. No person shall neglect or refuse to exhibit any weights,

Weights, etc., to be open to inspection.

 scales, measures, beams, or other instruments used by him or her in weighing or measuring to the sealer or assistant sealer of weights and measures when and whenever demanded by them, or either of them,

Proviso.

Collecting fees.

for the purposes of inspection and stamping: Provided, That no fees shall be collected for examinations made in excess of the number of examinations prescribed in the schedule of fees hereinbefore provided for.
Sec. 9. No person shall use, for buying or selling, any weights,

Use of unstamped weights, etc., forbidden.

 measures, scales, beams, or other instruments, unless the same has been inspected and stamped “approved,” or with the letter “W,” by the sealer or assistant sealer of weights and measures.
Sec. 10. No person shall sell, or offer for sale, in any market, or in

Articles to be sold by weight.

 the public streets or alleys, or anywhere in the District of Columbia, any fruits, vegetables, or berries, in crates, baskets, or other measures, or any butter in prints, or any ice or coal, at or for a greater weight or measure than the true weight or measure thereof; and all ice, coal, meats, poultry, and provisions (excepting vegetables sold by the head or bunch) of every kind sold in the markets, streets, alleys, or elsewhere in the District of Columbia, shall be weighed or measured by scales, weights or balances, or in measures duly tested and stamped

Proviso.

Poultry.

by the sealer or assistant sealer of weights and measures: Provided, That poultry may be offered for sale and sold in other manner than by weight; but, in all cases where the person intending to purchase shall so desire and request, poultry shall be weighed as hereinbefore Provided.
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Sec. 11. Any person who shall neglect or refuse to exhibit his

Punishment for violations.

 weights, measures, scales, beams, or other instruments used for the purpose of weighing or measuring to the sealer or assistant sealer of weights and measures; or any person who shall use, in buying or selling, any weights, measures, scales, beams or other instruments used for weighing or measuring, which shall have been inspected and condemned by the sealer of weights and measures, or which, upon examination, shall not be conformable to the standards in the office of the sealer of weights and measures; or any person who shall violate, or fail to comply with, any of the foregoing provisions of this Act, shall be punished by a tine not to exceed one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution; and the court may make a further sentence that the offender be imprisoned in the District jail til) the payment of such line and costs: Provided, That such imprisonment shall not exceed the

Proviso.

Limit of imprisonment.

Deliveries of coal.

 period of six months.
Sec. 12. That no person shall sell or deliver any coal within the limits of the District of Columbia unless there shall be delivered to t he person in charge of the wagon or conveyance used in delivering such coal a certificate duly signed by the person selling the same and showing the weight of the coal purporting to be delivered, the weight of the wagon or conveyance used in such delivery, the total weight of coal and conveyance, and the name of the purchaser.
Sec. 13. That no person in charge of the wagon or conveyance used

Exhibiting certificate when required.

 in delivering coal, to whom the certificate mentioned in section six of this Act has been delivered, shall neglect or refuse to exhibit such certificate to the sealer or the assistant, sealer of weights and measures, or to any person designated by them, or to the purchaser or intended purchaser of the coal being delivered; and when said officers, person

Reweighing.

 so designated, or such purchaser or intended purchaser shall demand that the weight shown by such certificate be verified, it shall be the duty of the person delivering such coal to convey the same forthwith to some public scale of the District, or to any private scale the owner whereof shall consent to such use, and to permit the verifying of the weight shown, and shall, after the delivery of such coal, return forthwith, with the wagon or conveyance used, to the same scale and verify the weight of the wagon or conveyance.
Sec. 14. That it shall be the duty of the sealer of weights and measures

Inspection of coal sold, etc.

 to inspect, or cause to be inspected and tested, the weight of coal sold or delivered as aforesaid within the District of Columbia, and to take the proceedings necessary to enforce the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 15. That any person who shall violate or who shall neglect or

Penalty for delivering less coal, etc.

 refuse to comply with the provisions of sections six, seven, and eight of this Act, or any person who shall deliver or attempt to deliver coal of less weight than that set down in the certificate hereinbefore mentioned, shall be punished with a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution: and the court may make a further sentence that the offender be imprisoned in the District jail until the payment of such fine and costs: Provided, That the term of such imprisonment

Proviso.

Imprisonment.

 shall not exceed six months.
Sec. 16. That all laws and ordinances inconsistent with the provisions

Repeal.

 of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 180: To amend section three of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the liens of judgments and decrees of the courts of the United States,” approved August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. 28 Stat. 813 1895-03-02 Chapter 180 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 180.—
An Act To amend section three of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the liens of judgments and decrees of the courts of the United States,” approved August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.

March 2, 1895.

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

United States courts.

Liens on property.

Vol. 25, p. 357. ‘
That section three of an Act entitled “An Act to regulate the liens of judgments and decrees of the courts of the United States,” approved August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, be amended so as to read as follows: 814
“Sec. 3. That nothing herein shall be construed to require the docketing

Docketing in State court not required if clerk keeps open permanent record.

 of a judgment or decree of a United States court, or the tiling of a transcript thereof, in any State office within the same county or the same parish in the State of Louisiana in which the judgment or decree is rendered, in order that such judgment or decree may be a lien on any property within such county, if the clerk of the United States court be required by law to have a permanent office and a judgment record open at all times for public inspection in such county or parish.”
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 181: To further 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. 28 Stat. 814 1895-03-02 Chapter 181 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 181.—
An Act To further 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.

March 2, 1895.

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

Charges of desertion.

Time extended for applying for removing, volunteers, etc.

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, approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to remove the limitation of time within which applications for relief may be received anti acted upon under the provisions of said Act.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 182: To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to certify to the Secretary of the interior, for restoration to the public domain, lands in the States of Alabama and Mississippi not needed for naval purposes. 28 Stat. 814 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 182.—
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to certify to the Secretary of the interior, for restoration to the public domain, lands in the States of Alabama and Mississippi not needed for naval purposes.

March 2, 1895.

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

Public lands.

Naval reserves Alabama and Mississippi restored to settlement.
That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause to be certified to the Secretary of the Interior, for restoration to the public domain, the whole or such portion or portions of the several tracts of land in the States of Alabama and Mississippi heretofore set apart and reserved for naval uses as are no longer required for the purposes for which they were reserved, or for any purposes connected with the naval service; and upon such certification the tracts of land described therein shall be duly restored to and become apart of the public lauds of the United

Preferences.

States and a preference right of entry for a period of six months from the date of this Act shall be given all bona fide settlers who are qualified to enter under the homestead law and have made improvements and are now residing upon any agricultural lands in said reservations, and for a period of six months from the date of settlement when

Proviso.

Appraisal of value.

that shall occur after the date of this Act: Provided, That persons who enter under the homestead law shall pay for such lands not less than the value heretofore or hereafter determined by appraisement, nor less than the price of the land at the time of the entry; and such payment may, at the option of the purchaser, be made in five equal installments, at times and at rates of interest to be fixed by the

Lands near Biloxi to be entered as town sites.

Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That so much of the said lands as are situated on Back Bay, near the city of Biloxi, in the State of Mississippi, shall be disposed of under the town-site law and not as agricultural lands.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 183: To amend the Act to incorporate the American University. 28 Stat. 814 1895-03-02 Chapter 183 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 183.—
An Act To amend the Act to incorporate the American University.

March 2, 1895.

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

American University, D. C.

Vol. 27, p. 476, amended.
That the Act to incorporate the American University, approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be amended by striking out the following words, 815 namely, “to choose a board of trustees, consisting of not more than fifty, of whom fifteen shall constitute a quorum to do business,” anti by inserting in lieu thereof the following words, namely, “and the incorporators

Incorporators to be board of trustees.

 aforesaid, their associates and successors, who shall possess the qualifications herein required, shall constitute a board of trustees, by which the business of said corporation shall be transacted, which board shall hereafter consist of not less than forty nor more than fifty

Numbers.

 persons, eleven of whom shall constitute a quorum to do business.”
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 184: To grant a township of land to the State of Mississippi for the use-of the Institute and College for Girls. 28 Stat. 815 1895-03-02 Chapter 184 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 184.—
An Act To grant a township of land to the State of Mississippi for the use-of the Institute and College for Girls.

March 2, 1895.

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

Public lands.

Grant to Mississippi for Industrial Institute and College for Girls.
That the Governor of the State of Mississippi be, and lie is hereby, authorized to select out of the unoccupied and uninhabited lands of the United States, within the said State, twenty-three thousand and forty acres of land, in legal subdivisions, being a total equivalent to one township, and shall certify the same to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall forthwith, upon receipt of said certificate, issue to the State of Mississippi patents for said lands: Provided, That the proceeds of said lands, when sold or leased, shall forever remain a fund for the use of the Industrial Institute and College for Girls.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 185: Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. 28 Stat. 815 1895-03-02 Chapter 185 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 53 2 public

CHAP. 185.—
An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.

March 2, 1895.

 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 find consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, tor the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:
SCHEDULE A.

Schedule A.

 salaries of ambassadors and ministers.

Salaries.

 Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to France, Germany,

Ambassadors.

 and Great Britain, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars; Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Italy, twelve thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Russia and

Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary.

 Mexico, at seventeen thousand five hundred dollars each, thirty-five thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to China, Japan, Spain, Austria, and Brazil, at twelve thousand dollars each, sixty thousand dollars: Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Argentine Republic, Belgium, Colombia, Peru, Turkey, and Chile, at ten thousand dollars each, sixty 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; 816 Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Denmark, Hawaiian Islands, Netherlands, and Venezuela, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, thirty thousand dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Paraguay and Uruguay, seven thousand live hundred dollars; Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Sweden and Norway, seven thousand five hundred dollars: Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary and consul-general to Roumania, Servia, and Greece, six thousand five hundred dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Bolivia and Ecuador, at live thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars; Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to Switzerland and Portugal, at seven thousand five hundred dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars; Minister resident and consul-general to Korea, seven thousand five

Ministers resident and consult-general.

 hundred dollars; Ministers resident and consul s-general to Siam, Persia, and Haiti, at five thousand dollars each (and the minister resident and consul-general to Haiti shall also be accredited as chargé d’affaires to Santo Domingo), fifteen thousand dollars; Minister resident and consul-general to Liberia, four thousand dollars; Agent and consul-general at Cairo, five thousand dollars;

Agent, etc., Cairo.

Chargé d—affaires.

 Chargé d’affaires ad interim and diplomatic, officers abroad, twenty thousand dollars; Total, three hundred and sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. salaries of diplomatic and consular officers while receiving instructions and making transits. To pay the salaries of ambassadors, ministers, consuls, and other

Instruction and transit pay.

 officers of the 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 thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, is hereby appropriated. salaries of secretaries of embassies and legations. Secretaries to embassies to England, France, and Germany, two

Secretaries of embassies and legations.

 thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars; Secretary to embassy to Italy, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretaries to legations to Russia, Mexico, China, and Japan, two thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars each, ten thousand five hundred dollars; Secretary of legation to Korea, one thousand five hundred dollars; Secretary of legation and consul-general to Colombia, two thousand dollars; Secretary of legation to Guatemala and Honduras and consul-general to Guatemala, two thousand dollars; Secretary of legation and consul general to the Hawaiian Islands, four thousand dollars; Secretary of legation to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador, one thousand eight hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Turkey, Austria, Spain, and Brazil, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, seven thousand two hundred dollars; Secretaries of legations to Argentine Republic, Venezuela, Chile, and Peru, at one thousand five hundred dollars each, six thousand dollars; 817 Second secretaries of embassies to England, France, and Germany,

Second secretaries.

 at two thousand dollars each, six thousand dollars; Second secretaries of legations to 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, fifty-four thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars. salaries of interpreters to legations. Interpreters to legations to China and Turkey, at three thousand

Interpreters.

 dollars each, six thousand dollars; Interpreter to legation to Japan, two thousand five hundred dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Persia, one thousand dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Korea, five hundred dollars; Interpreter to legation and consulate-general to Bangkok, Siam, five hundred dollars; Total, ten thousand five hundred dollars. But no person drawing the salary of interpreter as above provided

No additional pay.

 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 to Spain, one thousand two hundred dollars.

Clerk hire, Spain.

 contingent 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 embassies and 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 agents at London, New York, and San

Dispatch agents.

 Francisco, and for traveling and miscellaneous expenses of legations, and for printing in the Department of State, one hundred and five

Printing.

 thousand dollars. loss by exchange, diplomatic service. Loss by exchange in remittances of money to and from embassies and

Loss by exchange.

 legations, two thousand five hundred dollars. steam launch for legation at constantinople. Hiring of steam launch for use of the legation to Turkey, one thousand

Steam launch, Constantinople.

 eight hundred dollars. rent of legation buildings in china.

Rent.

 Rent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Peking, or such

China.

 other place in China as shall be designated, three thousand six hundred dollars. rent of legation buildings at tokyo, japan. Kent of buildings for legation and other purposes at Tokio, Japan,

Japan.

 for the year ending March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, four thousand dollars. 818 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 criminals.

 persons charged with crime, five thousand dollars. fees and costs in extradition cases. To enable the Secretary of State to comply with the requirements

Extradition expenses.

Vol. 22, p. 210.

 of the fourth section of “An Act regulating fees and the practice in extradition cases,” approved August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to be disbursed by the Secretary of State, five thousand dollars. 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.

R. S., sec. 291, p. 49.

 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, five 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

Unforeseen emergencies.

R. S., sec. 291. p. 49.

 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 Statutes, forty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. protecting interests of the united states in the samoan islands. For the execution of the obligations of the United States and the

Samoan-Islands.

Vol 26, p. 1497.

 protection of the interests and property of the United States in the Samoan Islands, under any existing treaty with the Government of said islands and with the Governments of Germany and Great Britain, six thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the President. 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. transporting remains of diplomatic

Bringing home remains of ministers consuls, etc.

 officers, consuls, and consular clerks to their homes for interment. 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 819 duties, to their former homes in this country for interment, and for the ordinary and necessary expenses of such interment, three 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-six, 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 bureau for publication of customs tariffs. To meet the share of the United States in the annual expense for

International customs tariffs bureau.

Vol. 26, p. 1518.

 the year ending April first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, 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. Publication of diplomatic correspondence of the American Revolution:

John Bassett Moore.

Services.

Vol. 26, p. 668.

 Compensation for services rendered by John Bassett Moore, under the Joint Resolution approved February sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety, in the publication of the diplomatic correspondence of the American Revolution, three thousand dollars. SCHEDULE B.

Schedule B.

 salaries, consular service.

Salaries.

 Consul-general at Havana, six thousand dollars;

Consuls-general.

 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; Consul-general at Melbourne, four thousand five hundred dollars; Consuls-general at Berlin, Montreal, Kanagawa, Panama, and Mexico (city), at four thousand dollars each, twenty thousand dollars; Consuls-general at Halifax and Vienna, at three thousand five hundred dollars each, seven thousand dollars: Consuls-general at Apia, Constantinople, Dresden, Guayaquil, Frankfort, Ottawa, Rome, Saint Petersburg, Singapore, and Saint Gall, at three thousand dollars each, thirty 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; Consuls-general at Santo Domingo and Barcelona, at one thousand five hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars; Total, one hundred and two thousand dollars. For salaries of consuls, vice-consuls, and commercial agents, three hundred and ninety-nine thousand dollars, as follows, namely: Class I.

Class I, $5,000 a year.

 Consul at Liverpool, five thousand dollars. Consul at Hongkong, 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. 820 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: Consuls at Barmen and Nuremberg. Great Britain and British Dominions: Consuls at Belfast, Bradford, Demerara, Glasgow. Kingston (Jamaica), and 31 a n Chester. 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 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 Ningpo. Danish Dominions: Consul at Saint Thomas. France: Consuls at Lyons and Marseilles. Germany: Consuls at Annaburg, Aix la Chapelle, Bremen, Stuttgart, Chemnitz, Hamburg, Mayence, and Plauen. 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 Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba. 821 Turkish Dominions: Consuls at Smyrna and Jerusalem. Class V.

Class V, $2.000 a year.

 At two thousand dollars per annum. Austria-Hungary: Consul at Trieste. Brazil: Consuls at Bahia, Para, and Pernambuco. Colombia: Consul at Barranquilla. Costa Rica: Consul at San José. France: Consuls at Rheims, Saint Etienne, and Roubaix. Germany: Consuls at Cologne, Crefeld, Dusseldorf, Leipsic, Brunswick, Sonneberg, Magdeburg, and Furth. Great Britain and British Dominions: Consuls at Cape Town (Africa), 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), Toronto (Canada), Bermuda, and Auckland (New Zealand). Honduras: Consul at Tegucigalpa. Italy: Consul at Palermo. 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 Sagna la Grande (Cuba). Switzerland: Consuls at Horgen and Zurich. Turkish Dominions: Consuls at Beirut and Erzerum. Zanzibar: Consul at Zanzibar. Class VI.

Class VI, $1,500 a year.

 At one thousand live hundred dollars per annum. Brazil: Consul at Santos. Belgium: Consul at Liege. Denmark: Consul at Copenhagen. France and French Dominions: Consuls at Cognac, Guadelupe, Martinique, and Nice. 822 Germany: Consuls at Breslau, Kehl, Mannheim, and Munich. Great Britain and British Dominions: Consuls at Amherstburg (Canada), Antigua (West Indies), Barbadoes, Belize (British Honduras), Bristol, Brookville (Ontario), Coaticook (Canada), Ceylon (India), Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island), Clifton (Canada), Fort Erie (Canada), Goderich (Canada), Gibraltar, Guelph (Canada), Kingston (Canada), London (Canada), Malta, Morris-burg (Canada), Newcastle-on-Tyne, Picton (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 Castellamare, Catania, Florence, Genoa, Leghorn, Messina, Milan, Naples, and Venice. 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 Cadiz, Cardenas, Denia, and Malaga. Switzerland: Consul at Geneva. Sweden and Norway: Consuls at Gottenberg and Stockholm. Turkey: Consuls at Harpoot and 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. 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), and Windsor (Nova Scotia). Haiti: Consul at Cape Haitien. Honduras: Consul at Ruatau and Truxillo (to reside at Utilla). Italy: Consul at Turin. Netherlands: Consul at Batavia. Portuguese Dominions: Consul at Mozambique (Africa). 823 Society Islands: Consul at Tahiti. Sweden and Norway: Consul at Christiana. salaries of consular clerks. Eleven consumer clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each,

Consular clerks.

 thirteen thousand two hundred dollars: and two consular clerks at one thousand dollars each, two thousand dollars; total, fifteen thousand two hundred dollars. salaries of consular officers not citizens. The salary of a consular officer not a citizen of the United States

Payments to consular officers not citizens.

 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 dollars; Bradford, one thousand eight 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, Ottawa, Barmen, and Vienna, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, nineteen thousand two hundred dollars; Southampton, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; Halifax, six hundred and forty dollars; Belfast, one thousand dollars; Birmingham, and Marseilles, at nine hundred and sixty dollars each, one thousand nine hundred and twenty 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; Guayaquil and Victoria, eight hundred dollars each, one thousand six hundred dollars; Messina, Palermo, Saint Gall, Smyrna, and Tangier, at eight hundred dollars each, four thousand dollars; Leith, at six hundred and forty dollars;. Cairo, Cologne, Constantinople, Huddersfield, Mayence, Munich, Nottingham, Odessa, Para, Pernambuco, Tampico, Vera Cruz, Horgen,aud Zurich, at six hundred dollars each, eight thousand four hundred 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; Berne, Demerara, Florence, Genoa, Malaga, Mannheim, Naples, and Stuttgart, at four hundred and eighty dollars each, three thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; 824 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, twenty

Proviso.

Limit.

thousand dollars: Provided, That the total sum expended in one year shall not exceed the amount appropriated; Total, ninety-five thousand five hundred and seventy dollars. salaries of 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. 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, marshals for consular courts. Marshals for the consular courts in China, Korea, Japan, and Turkey,

Marshals, consular courts.

 nine thousand three hundred dollars. expenses of prisons for american convicts. Expenses of a prison and prison keeper at the consulate-general

Consular prisoners.

Bangkok.

 in Bangkok, Siam, one thousand dollars; Actual expense of renting a prison at Shanghai for American convicts

Shanghai.

 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.

 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 prisoners.

Provisos.

Maximum allowance.

 Japan, Siam, and Turkey, nine thousand dollars: Provided, That no more than fifty 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 prisoners:

Self-supporting 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 fifty 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., Turkey.

 keepers of the same, one thousand dollars; Total, fourteen thousand one hundred dollars. relief and protection of american seamen. Relief and protection of American seamen in foreign countries, or so

Relief of American seamen.

 much t hereof 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. 825 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: Provided, That all terms of measure, weight, and money shall be

Proviso.

Equivalents or measures, etc.

 reduced to, and expressed in, terms of the measure, weight, and coin of the United States, as well as in the foreign terms. loss by exchange, consular service. Actual cost and expense of making exchange of money to and from

Loss by exchange.

 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 expellees, 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 eighty thousand dollars. international union of american republics. Commercial Bureau of American Republics, twenty-eight thousand

Bureau of American Republics.

Proviso.

Disposal of receipts.

dollars: Provided, That any moneys received from sale of the Bureau publications, from rents, or other sources may be paid into the Treasury as a credit in addition to the appropriation, and may be drawn therefrom upon requisitions of the Secretary of State for the purpose of meeting the expenses of the Bureau. 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, five thousand dollars. Approved, March 2, 1895.
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CHAP. 186.—
An Act Making appropriations for the Naval Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes.

March 2, 1895.

 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-six, 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 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 826 Commission, eight thousand two hundred and fifty men and seven hundred

Additional seamen.

 and fifty boys, at the pay prescribed by law; and the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized to enlist as many additional seamen as in bis discretion he may deem necessary, not to exceed one thousand; in all, seven million six hundred and forty-nine thousand

Proviso.

Retired officers may act as teachers.

three hundred and twenty-nine dollars: Provided, That any retired officer of the Navy or Marine Corps may, on his own application, be detailed to service as a teacher or professor in any school or college, but while so serving such officer shall be allowed no additional compensation. Pay, Miscellaneous. For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange;

Miscellaneous.

 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; 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 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. That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized

Philip S. Wales.

Credit in accounts.

 and directed to credit Philip S. Wales, medical director, United States Navy, with the sum of forty-four thousand and fifty-five dollars and eighty-nine cents, to relieve the said Wales from certain charges raised against him on the books of the Treasury upon Treasury settlement numbered eight thousand and sixty two. dated January tenth, eighteen

Proviso.

Condition.

hundred and eighty-eight: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall be satisfied that the said Philip S. Wales received no benefit from the payment of the vouchers represented in the charges now standing against him in said Treasury settlement numbered eight thousand and sixty-two. 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 transporting 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; 827 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, twenty-five 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, and all other expenses attending the recruiting for the Naval Service, and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys at home and aboard; 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-five thousand dollars. Naval Station, Newport, Rhode Island: For maintenance of office of

Naval station, Newport, R. I.

 commandant, stationery, heating, furniture, freight and other contingent expenses, one thousand dollars; quarters for commandant, eight thousand dollars; in all, nine thousand dollars. Naval Training Station, Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode Island

Naval training station.

 (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, beating, 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, thirty thousand dollars; for hospital for station, twenty thousand dollars; in all, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of the

Proviso.

Quarters.

 personnel of the training force shall be quartered on shore except in case of sickness. Naval War College and Torpedo School on Coasters

Naval War College and Torpedo School.

 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, preserving,

Ordnance and ordnance stores.

 and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; for fuel, 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 proving ground, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars; expenses of target practice, fifteen thousand dollars; To enable the Secretary of the Navy to pay, should he consider such

Payment for patent rights.

 payment desirable, for the exclusive rights to and for ordnance appliances now in use on naval vessels and protected and covered by Patent Numbered Five hundred and thirty-three thousand one hundred and seventy-one, said patent being embraced in a contract dated January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three and signed by the Secretary of the Navy and the patentee and authorized in the act

Vol. 27, p. 238.

 making appropriations for the Naval Service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and for other purposes, twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available. 828 Maintenance of new proving ground, five thousand dollars;

New proving ground.

Manufacture of gnus.

 For purchase of forgings and manufacture of guns for batteries for training ships, and a reserve supply of guns for ships of the Navy, one hundred thousand dollars; in all, three hundred thousand dollars. 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. Magazine, Craney Island: Removal of magazine at Craney Island,

Craney Island magazine.

 in the harbor of Norfolk, to a more suitable and safe locality, seventy-five thousand dollars, which sum shall be made immediately available. 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. Arming and equipping Naval Militia: For arms, and equipment

Naval militia.

 connected therewith, and for the printing of necessary books of instruction, for 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; tolls, ferriage, foreign postage, and telegrams to and from the Bureau, technical books, and incidental expenses attending inspections of ordnance material, eight thousand dollars. Naval proving ground: Buildings tor magazine for high explosives,

Naval proving ground.

 and filling house; sewerage, extension of railroad track, water supply, and so forth, twenty thousand dollars. Civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance: For the civil

Civil establishment.

 establishment under the Bureau of Ordnance, namely: Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: For one writer, when

Portsmouth.

 required, 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

New York.

 dollars; 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; in all, fifteen thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine dollars and fifty cents; Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For one clerk, at one thousand two

Norfolk.

 hundred dollars; Navy-ya rd, 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

Proving ground.

 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, five thousand two hundred dollars; In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Ordnance, 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. 829 Bureau or Equipment.

Bureau of Equipment.

 Equipment of vessels: For purchase of coal for steamers’ and

Equipment of ves Bela.

 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 sliip’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, one million two hundred and seventy-eight 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; in all, two thousand two hundred 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; in all, five thousand five hundred and twenty-five 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; in all, four thousand five hundred dollars; Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one thousand

League Island.

 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; in all, two thousand two hundred dollars; Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one

Washington.

 thousand six hundred dollars, who shall also perform the clerical duties for the Board of Labor Employment at said navy-yard; In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment, nineteen thousand six hundred 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; stationery; furniture for equipment offices in navy-yards; postage on letters sen tabroad; ferriage, ice, lighterage of ashes, and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Equipment unforeseen and impossible to classify, twelve thousand dollars. 830 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 drawing: purchase and repair of 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, 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 fifty thousand dollars. Contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks: For contingent

Contingent.

 expenses that may arise at navy-yards and stations, fifteen thousand dollars. Repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations: For

Repairs, etc.

 repairs and preservation at navy-yards and stations, four hundred 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 three hundred and seven 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 ninety-three dollars and twenty-eight 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 live 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 sixty-six dollars and seventy-five cents; Naval station, Sacketts Harbor, New York: For one ship keeper, at

Sacketts Harbor.

 three hundred and sixty-six dollars per annum: Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For one clerk, at one

League Island.

 thousand 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 eighty four dollars; Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For one clerk, at one

Washington.

 thousand four hundred dollars; one messenger, at two dollars per 831 diem; one foreman laborer, at four dollars per diem; one electrician, one thousand dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred and eighty-four dollars; 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, 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 seventy dollars and eighty-nine 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-two 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 foui’ 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 ninety-three dollars and forty-five cents; Naval station, Key West, Florida: For one mail messenger, at six

Key West.

 hundred dollars; In all, civil establishment. Bureau of Yards and Docks, sixty-one thousand five hundred and ninety-seven dollars and thirty-seven 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 Homo.

 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; five 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; 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, seven 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-seven thousand one hundred dollars; in all, for Naval Home, seventy-nine thousand three 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, Boston, Massachusetts: To complete the electric

Boston.

 plant at the Boston Navy-Yard, including United States steamer Wabash, one thousand five hundred dollars. 832 Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For pumping plant for granite

New York.

 dock, forty thousand dollars; grading, paving, sidewalks’, and sewers, ten thousand dollars; rebuilding construction and repair shipwright shed numbered forty-four, six thousand five hundred and thirty-four, dollars; putting equipment paint shop in good condition, three thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars; dredging, fifty-five thousand dollars; quay wall in Whitney basin (total estimated cost, one hundred and eleven thousand eight hundred and fifty-five dollars), twenty-five thousand dollars; heating apparatus for equipment rigging loft, one thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars; extension of railroad system, ten thousand dollars, in all, one hundred and fifty-one thousand three hundred and ninety-five dollars. Navy-yard, League Island, Pennsylvania: For continuation of

League Island.

 the sea wall, twenty thousand dollars; dredging, ten thousand dollars; artesian wells, nine thousand dollars; sidewalks, three thousand five hundred dollars; one deck scow,two thousand dollars; for the construction of one steam tug, twenty-five thousand dollars; in all, sixty-nine thousand five hundred dollars. Navy-Yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For extension

Washington.

 of quay wall, four thousand five hundred and sixty-nine dollars; extension of railroad track to store numbered two, three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; roundhouse for yard locomotive and wrecking car, four thousand five hundred dollars; extension of electric-light plant, five thousand dollars; hydrants to conform to city .standard one thousand five hundred and sixty dollars; new iron roof for foundry, thirty-three thousand dollars; in all, fifty-one thousand eight hundred and .seventy-nine dollars. Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For extension of quay wall,

Norfolk.

 twenty thousand dollars; sand lighter, two thousand dollars; derrick car, one thousand dollars; repairs to granite dock, fifteen thousand dollars; one deck scow, two thousand dollars; dredging,in.front of the navy-yard dock, six thousand and twelve-dollars; the Secretary of the Navy

Exchange of land.

 is hereby authorized to exchange such of the land at the navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia, being a part of a tract known as Saint Helena, (on the east side of the Elizabeth River) which the Government does not need, for a part of the adjoining tract, known as “Cedar Grove,” and now belonging to private parties, upon such terms as may be determined upon by a board of officers, accepted by the present owners of Cedar Grove, and approved by them, as may in his opinion serve the best interests of the Government; in all, forty-six thousand and twelve dollars. Naval station, Port Royal, South Carolina: For roadways,

Port Royal.

 five thousand five hundred and seventy-two dollars; grading anti drainage, six thousand dollars; extension of hydrant system, one thousand three hundred and eighty-five dollars; boundary fence, one thousand two hundred dollars; construction and repair shop, sixty thousand dollars; storage cisterns, three thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight dollars; in all, seventy-seven thousand nine hundred and fifteen dollars. Navy-yard, Mare Island, California: For the construction of a

Mare Island.

Tug.

 steam tug at Mare Island Navy-yard, California, for the use of said yard, in addition to the sum of fifty thousand dollars authorized by the

Ante, p. 130.

Act of July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, thirty thousand dollars; Extension of quay wall toward coal shed (estimated cost, eighty-eight thousand three hundred and six dollars), ten thousand dollars; enlarging entrance to stone dry dock, twenty thousand seven hundred and thirty-six dollars; new caisson for stone dry dock, fifty-three thousand dollars; dredging, ten thousand dollars; three steam capstans for dry dock, five thousand nine hundred and seventy-one dollars, to be immediately available; railroad scales, one thousand six hundred and forty dollars; improvement of coppersmith shop, steam engineering, four thousand five hundred and twenty-seven dollars; yard roads, 833 five thousand dollars; in ail, one hundred and ten thousand eight hundred and seventy-four dollars. Dry dock, Puget Sound Naval Station, Washington: For

Puget Sound.

Dry dock.

 continuation of dry dock, dredging, office building, and officers’ quarters, to be made immediately available, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars; in all, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars. Naval station, Key West, Florida: For purchase of additional

Key West.

 lot for coal shed (twenty thousand dollars, or so much as may be necessary), twenty thousand dollars; coaling pier, forty thousand dollars; in all, sixty thousand dollars. naval academy.

Naval Academy.

 For buildings and grounds. Naval Academy: For continuing

Grading, etc.

Vol 25, p. 821.

 the grading and improvement of the property condemned under Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the adjacent ground, and for the improvement of the water front of the Academy, to be immediately available, ten thousand dollars. new naval observatory.

Naval Observatory.

 For grounds and roads: For continuing grading, extending

Grounds and roads.

 roads and paths, clearing and improving grounds of New Naval Observatory, and filling ravine contiguous to boiler house to Massachusetts avenue extended, twelve thousand dollars; New buildings: For quarters for observers, two buildings, at five

Buildings.

 thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars; In all, for New Naval Observatory, twenty-two thousand dollars. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

 Medical Department: For surgeons’ necessaries for vessels in

Surgeons’ necessaries.

 commission, navy-yards, naval stations. Marine Corps, and Coast Survey, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy-yards, naval laboratory, and Naval Academy, sixty thousand dollars. Naval hospital fund: For maintenance of the naval hospitals at

Hospital fund.

 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, including the expense of disinterring, transportation, and burial at his late home in Cherokee. Iowa, of the remains of W.

W. A. Lathrop.

Bringing home remains.

 A. Lathrop, an apprentice, who died in the service of the United States steamer Concord, at Wuhu, China; advertising; telegraphing; rent of telephones; purchase of books and stationery; binding of medical records, 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; 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, surgeons’ offices and dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations; washing for medical department at museum of hygiene, naval dispensary, Washington; naval laboratory and department of instruction, sick quarters at Naval Academy and marine barracks, dispensaries at navy-yards and naval stations and ships and rendezvous; buildings and grounds of the United States Naval Museum of Hygiene, and for minor repairs on said buildings and grounds as may be required to properly 834 receive and preserve the exhibits, and all other necessary contingent expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars. Repairs, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery: For necessary

Repairs.

 repairs of naval laboratory and department of instruction, naval Hospitals and appendages, including roads, wharves, outhouses, sidewalks, fences, gardens, farms, and cemeteries, twenty thousand dollars. Ambulances for naval hospitals: For supplying three naval

Ambulances.

 hospitals with ambulances of modern construction to replace vehicles condemned as useless, one thousand eight hundred 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, which commuted rations may be paid to caterers of messes, in cases of death or desertion, upon orders of the commanding officer, commuted rations for officers on sea duty and naval cadets, and commuted rations stopped on account of sick in hospital and credited to the naval 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 commutation therefor to be given), and fresh water for drinking and cooking purposes, one million and seventy-five thousand dollars; labor in general storehouses and paymasters’ offices in navy-yards, including a chemist at two thousand dollars per annum, one hundred thousand dollars; in all, one million one hundred and seventy-five 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, tolls, ferriages, yeoman’s stores, iron safes, newspapers, ice, and other incidental expenses, forty-five thousand dollars. 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, atone thousand dollars; one assistant clerk, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; one shipping and receiving clerk, at one thousand dollars; in all, five thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: In general storehouses: One

Boston.

 bookkeeper, at one thousand and seventeen dollars arid 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; in all, four thousand and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; Navy-yard,Brooklyn, New York: One writer to boards of inspection,

Brooklyn.

 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 engine 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 yard pay 835 office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents: one messenger, at two dollars and twenty-five cents per diem; in all, twenty-eight thousand four hundred and sixty-one dollars and nine cents; 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; in all, one thousand nine 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 yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all. six thousand four hundred 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; in all, two thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; Naval station, Newport, Rhode Island: In general storehouse: One

Newport, naval station.

 clerk, at one thousand two hundred dollars; 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; oneshipping clerk, at one thousand dollars; one bill clerk, at one thousand dollars; one.assistant clerk, atone thousand dollars. In yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, eight thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven 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 yard pay office: One writer, at one thousand and seventeen dollars and twenty-five cents; in all, eight thousand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and seventy-five cents; In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, sixty-seven thousand five hundred and eighty-one dollars and nine cents; and no other fund appropriated by this Act shall be used in payment for 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 thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this sum shall be

Provisos.

Limit, wooden ships.

 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.”.

 836 the Navy of the authority to cause the necessary repairs and preservation

Ships damaged at sea.

 of the United States ship Hartford, or to 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.

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; in all, three thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; Navy-yard. Boston, Massachusetts: For one clerk to naval constructor,

Boston.

 atone 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 each; in all, four thousand four hundred and fifty one dollars and seventy-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

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 live cents each: in all, three thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; 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, three thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Construction and Repair, 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, repairing, 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

Provisos.

Repairs, wooden ships.

launches, four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of said 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

“Hartford.”

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 ship Hartford, or to

Ships damaged at sea.

order repairs of the engines, boilers, and machinery of ships damaged in foreign waters or on the high seas, so far as may be necessary to bring them home. 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 expenses.

 such as foreign postage, telegrams, advertising, freight, photographing, books, stationery, and instruments, ten thousand dollars. Steam machinery (special): To continue work on new machinery

Special machinery.

“Chicago.”

 to replace present engines, boilers, and so forth, of United States steamship Chicago, two hundred thousand dollars. 837 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; in all, one thousand eight 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; in all, three thousand 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; in all, one thousand nine 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. three thousand dollars; In all, civil establishment, Bureau of Steam Engineering, 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

Pay of professors and others.

 professor 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, and one of drawing, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, any assistant professor at the Naval Academy who has served as

Promotion of assistant professors.

 such for live years shall have the title and pay of a professor; one sword master, at one thousand five 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 sixty-nine 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

Band.

 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; services of organist at chapel of Naval Academy, three hundred dollars; in all, fifty-two thousand four hundred and seven dollars. 838 That the Secretary of the Navy shall have power to convene general

Courts-martial for cadets.

 courts-martial for the trial of naval cadets, subject to the same limitations and conditions now existing as to other general courts-martial, and to approve the proceedings and execute the sentences of such courts, except the sentences of suspension and dismissal, which, after having been approved by the Superintendent, shall not be carried into

Proviso.

Filling vacancies by March 4, 1895.

effect until confirmed by the President: Provided, That every Representative or Delegate in Congress whose district or Territory is not now represented at the Naval Academy for any cause by a cadet shall be

Ante, p. 663.

permitted and authorized to recommend a candidate for appointment as a cadet at the Naval Academy of the United States, said recommendation to be made on or before the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, subject to the qualifications now prescribed by law. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to increase the number of cadets at said Naval Academy as now provided by law. For special course of study and training of naval cadets, as authorized

Additional training.

Vol. 22, p. 285.

 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 eighty-six dollars and ninety-five cents, Pay of steam employees, Naval Academy: For pay of mechanics

Employees, steam engineering.

Repairs, etc.

 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 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 schoolships, twenty 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 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 dollars; purchase of gas and steam machinery, steam pipes and fittings, rent of buildings for the use of the Academy, freight, 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 appropriation, thirty-two thousand dollars; stores in the departments of steam engineering, eight hundred dollars; materials for repairs in steam machinery, one thousand dollars; in all, forty-one thousand three 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, twenty captains, thirty first lieutenants, and 839 twelve second lieutenants, one hundred and seventy-nine thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. Pay of officers on the retired list: For three colonels, two lieutenant-colonels,

Retired officer.

 one quartermaster, one adjutant and inspector, one assistant quartermaster, twelve captains, two first lieutenants, and three second lieutenants, fifty-four thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. 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 fifers, and one thousand six hundred privates, and for the expenses of clerks of the United States Marine Corps traveling under orders, three hundred and eighty-one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents. Pay and allowance for retired enlisted men: For one sergeant-major,

Retired enlisted men.

 one drum-major, three first-class musicians, .nine first sergeants, seventeen sergeants, three corporals, two drummers, two fifers, and forty-two privates, and for those who may be retired during the year, twenty-seven thousand dollars. Undrawn clothing: For payment to discharged soldiers for clothing

Undrawn clothing.

Proviso.

Condition.

Mileage.

 undrawn, twenty-three 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, eight 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

Civil force.

 one 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, atone 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, or San Francisco, California: One clerk, at one thousand four hundred dollars; hi all,for pay of civil force, seventeen thousand six hundred and thirty-seven dollars and ninety-eight 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 non-commissioned

Provisions.

 officers, musicians, and privates, and for commutation of 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, ninety thousand dollars; and no law shall be construed to entitle enlisted

Limit.

 marines on shore duty to any rations or commutation therefor other 840 than such as now are or may hereafter be allowed to enlisted men in the Army. Clothing, Marine Corps: For two thousand one hundred non-commissioned

Clothing.

 officers, musicians, and privates, eighty thousand dollars. Fuel, Marine Corps: For heating barracks and quarters, for

Fuel.

 ranges and stoves for cooking, fuel for enlisted men, and for sales to officers, maintaining electric lights, and for hot-air closets, 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 ninety-seven dollars; for purchase of military equipments, such as cartridge boxes, bayonet scabbards, haversacks, blanket bags, knapsacks, canteens, musket slings, swords, drums, trumpets, flags, waist belts, waist plates, cartridge belts, sashes for officer of the day, spare parts for repairing muskets, purchase of ammunition, and 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, signal equipment and stores, binocular glasses, for the establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring established ranges, and for procuring, preserving, and handling ammunition, ten thousand dollars; in all, thirteen thousand two hundred and ninety-seven dollars. Transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps: For transportation

Transportation and recruiting.

 of troops, including ferriage, and the expense of recruiting service, fifteen thousand dollars. For repairs of barracks: At Portsmouth, New Hampshire;

Repair of barracks.

 Boston, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; Brooklyn,New York; League Island, Pennsylvania; Annapolis, Maryland; headquarters and navy-yard. 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. 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 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, tolls, cartage, advertising,

Contingent.

 washing of bed sacks, mattress covers, pillow cases, towels, and sheets, funeral expenses of marines, stationery and other paper, 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, carpenter’s tools, tools for police purposes, iron safes, 841 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, wheelbarrows, and lawn mowers, 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, water, and gas 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. Increase of the Navy.

Increase of Navy.

 That for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment

Two coastline battle ships.

 of the United States the President is hereby authorized to have constructed by contract two seagoing coastline battle ships designed to carry the heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance upon a displacement of about ten thousand tons, to have the highest practicable speed for vessels of their class, and to cost, exclusive of armament, not

Cost.

Six gunboats.

 exceeding four million dollars each; and six light-draft composite gunboats of about one thousand tons displacement, to be fixed by the Secretary of the Navy, and no one of which shall cost more than two

Cost.

 hundred and thirty thousand dollars, or in all for said six gunboats, one million three hundred and eighty thousand dollars, exclusive of armament, and not more than two of said gunboats shall be built in one yard, or by one-contracting party, and in each case the contract shall

Contracts.

 be awarded by the Secretary of the Navy to the lowest best responsible bidder; and three torpedo boats, at a cost of not exceeding one

Three torpedo boats.

 hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars each; and,subject to the provisions hereinafter made, one seagoing battle ship and one of said torpedo boats shall be built on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean,

Place of construction.

 or in the waters connecting therewith, and one torpedo boat on the Mississippi River, and one torpedo boat on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico; and in the construction of all said vessels all of the provisions

Construction.

Vol. 24, p. 215.

 of the Act of August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An Act to increase the naval establishment,” as to materials for said vessels, their engines, boilers, and machinery, the contracts under which they are built, except, as to premiums, which are not to be offered,

No premiums.

 the notice of any proposals for the same, the plans, drawings, and 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 in all their parts said vessels shall be of domestic, manufacture: Provided, That if it shall

Proviso.

Building on Pacific coast.

 appear to the satisfaction of the President of the United States, from the biddings for the contracts for either of said torpedo boats, and for one of the foregoing battle ships to be built on the Pacific Coast, when the same shall be opened and examined by him, that the said torpedo boats or battle ships can not be-constructed at a fair cost at the places fixed in the proposals and biddings, he may authorize the construction of said torpedo boats, or any of them, or the battleship the biddings for which provide for building upon the Pacific Coast, elsewhere in the United States, subject to the limitations as to cost hereinbefore provided; and any of the ships, gunboats, and torpedo boats provided for

Use of steel, alloy, etc.

Battle ship to be named “Kearsarge.”

 in this Act may be constructed of steel or other metal, or of alloy, except where it is otherwise provided in this Act, and one of said battle ships shall be named Kearsarge. 842 Armor and armament: Toward the armament and armor of

Armor and armament.

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

Vol. 25, p. 824.

Vol. 26, p. 205.

Vol. 26, p. 811.

Vol. 27, p. 250.

the Act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; of those authorized by the Act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety; of the one authorized by the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one; of those authorized by the Act of July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two; and of the vessels

Vol. 27, p. 731.

Ante, p. 140.

authorized by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three; and of the three torpedo boats, Act of July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-tour, and of the vessels authorized under tins Act, four million eight hundred and thirty-seven thousand six hundred and seventy dollars, of which sum two million dollars is to be made immediately available. Construction and steam machinery: On account of the hulls

Construction and steam machinery.

 and out tits of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore and herein authorized, eight million three hundred and forty-two thousand four hundred and twenty-two dollars, of which sum two million dollars is to be made immediately available. Equipment: Toward the completion of the equipment outfit of the

Equipment.

 new vessels heretofore authorized by Congress, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. To pay the contractors for the construction of

“Maine.”

Payment of premiums.

the machinery of the United States steamship Maine for earned premium over and above the contract horse power, twenty-two thousand four hundred and twenty-nine dollars and thirty cents, this amount being due under contract of April third, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine,

Vol. 24, p. 215.

 authorized by Act of Congress August third, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. That the Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and required to

“Concord” and “Bennington.”

Time penalties on, remitted.

 remit to N. F. Palmer, junior, and Company, of New York City, the time penalties exacted by the Navy Department under the contracts with said company for the construction of gunboat numbered three, known as the Concord, and gunboat numbered four, known as the Bennington, the United States having suffered no damage by the delay in the construction of the said gunboats. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to

Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works.

Claim to be adjusted.

 audit and adjust the claim of Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works, of Richmond, Virginia, against the Government of the United States, for damages and losses sustained by the said Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works in the execution of the contract to construct and deliver the machinery required for the United States battle ship Texas, caused by the delays of the Government of the United States in the construction of the hull of said battle ship Texas, and to report to Congress at its next session what amount may be due to said Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works. The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and required to

Remission of time penalties.

 remit the time penalties on the Yorktown, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Newark, and forty thousand three hundred and fifty dollars is hereby appropriated for this purpose. To pay to the parties who may be found entitled to receive the same

“De Soto” and “Bienville.”

Payment of balance due.

 any balance that may be due and unpaid on account of the purchase money of the steamers De Soto and Bienville, purchased by the United States from the New York and New Orleans Steamship Company, by

Vol. 12, p. 267.

authority of an Act of Congress approved July eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, forty-one thousand seven hundred and one dollars and ninety-five cents. columbian museum, chicago, illinois.

Columbian Museum.

 That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he hereby is, authorized to

Caravels “Santa Marin,” “Nina,” and “Pinta” transferred to.

 transfer to the trustees of the Columbian Museum of Chicago the reproductions of the caravels of Columbus, the Santa Maria, Nina, and Pinta, which were exhibited at the World’s Columbian Exposition. 843 An Act entitled “An Act to amend ‘An Act to amend section forty-four

Inspectors of hulls. Error corrected

 hundred of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning the regulation of steam vessels,’ approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two; and also to amend section forty-four hundred and fourteen, title fifty-two, of the Revised Statutes, “Regulation

Ante. p. 699

 of steam vessels,” approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, is hereby amended by striking therefrom the words “Jacksonville, Florida; Bangor,Maine; and New Haven, Connecticut;” where said words occur in the ninth paragraph of the second section thereof, following the word “Illinois” and inserting the same in the second paragraph of section two of said Act after the word “Illinois.” Approved, March 2, 1895.
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CHAP. 187.—
An Act Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

March 2, 1895.

 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-five, and tor prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely:
STATE DEPARTMENT.

Department of State.

 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 including the foregoing; six hundred and fifty dollars. And the Secretary of State be, and he hereby

Columbian Museum.

Transfer of exhibit in La Rabida, etc., World’s Fair.

 is, authorized to transfer to the trustees of the Columbian Museum of Chicago all of the exhibit of the Department of State at the World’s Columbian Exposition that was procured with funds appropriated for the support of the Board of Government, Management and Control and exhibited in the building known as the Convent of La Rabida and the east gallery of the United States Government building, except such articles as have been transferred to and are now in the National Museum or other Government establishments at Washington. United States and Venezuela Claims Commission: For salaries

Venezuela Claims Commission.

Ante, p. 508.

 and expenses of the commission to arbitrate the claim of the Venezuela Transportation Company against Venezuela, under Act of August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Bering Sea Arbitration: That the disbursements made to Members

Bering Sea Arbitration.

Allowance of disbursing officers’ payments.

 and attachés of the Bering Sea Tribunal of Arbitration at Paris by Major Elijah W. Halford and John W. Foster, disbursing officers of said Commission, under the authority and with the approval of the Secretary of State, out of moneys heretofore appropriated, shall be allowed by the Comptroller of the Treasury. That the unexpended balance of the appropriation made by the Act

“General Armstrong”

Payment of claims of Sam C. Reid.

Vol. 22. p.697.

 of the first of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, “for the relief of the captain, owners, officers, and crew of the United States brig of war General Armstrong, their heirs, executors, administrators, agents, or assigns,” now under the control of the Department of State, shall be applied for the liquidation and settlement of the claims of Sam C. Reid, according to the vouchers now on file in said Department. International Union of American Republics: For Commercial

Bureau of American Republics.

 Bureau of American Republics, eight thousand dollars. 844 Convention Between the United States and Ecuador: To

Arbitration of Santos’s claim.

Post, p. 1205.

 carry into effect the convention concluded at Quito, February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, between the United States and Ecuador, providing for a reference to arbitration of the claim of Julio R. Santos against the Government of Ecuador, five thousand dollars. International Bureau at Brussels for repression of African slave trade: To

Bureau for repressing African slave trade.

Vol. 27, p. 917.

 meet the share of the United States in the expenses of the special bureau created by article eighty-two of the general act concluded at Brussels July second, eighteen hundred and ninety, 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, for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, ninety-three dollars and nine cents. foreign intercourse.

Foreign intercourse.

 Salaries, chargés d’affaires ad interim: To pay amounts

Chargés d’affaires ad interim.

 found due by the accounting officers on account of salaries, chargés d’affaires ad interim, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one thousand nine hundred and ten dollars and seventy cents. Contingent expenses, foreign missions: To pay amounts found

Contingent expenses, missions.

 due by the accounting officers on account of contingent expenses, foreign missions, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, nineteen thousand and two dollars and seventy cents. Clerk to legation in Spain: To pay amounts found due by the

Clerk to legation, Spain.

 accounting officers on account of the appropriation for salary of clerk to legation in Spain for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, four dollars and sixty-seven cents. Contingent expenses, United States consulates: To pay

Contingent expenses, consulates.

 the Saint Louis Republic for publishing a death notice in April, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, being for the service, of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one dollar and forty cents. To pay for expenses incurred by order of the Department of State,

Expenses of cotton reports.

 at the request of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry of the United States Senate, in making investigation into the consumption and production of cotton in their respective consular districts, as follows: J. W. Pepper, United States consul at Milan, nine dollars and sixty-five cents; R. W.Hemick, United States consul at Geneva, twenty-four dollars and twelve cents; Alton Angier, United States consul at Rheims, thirty-eight dollars and seventy cents; A. H. Lowrie, Commercial agent at Freiburg, ten dollars and seventy-five cents; A. J. Bensusau, vice-consul at Cadiz, five dollars; and to Thomas E. Heenan, consul at Odessa, for loss of salary occasioned by his absence, under orders of the State Department in investigating cotton culture in Asiatic Russia, his report thereon having been furnished by the said Department to said committee, five hundred and twenty-six dollars and ninety-six cents. Steam launch for legation at Constantinople: To pay

Steam launch, Constantinople.

 amounts found due. by the accounting officers on account of the appropriation for steam launch for legation at Constantinople for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, three dollars and fifty-six cents. TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Treasury Department.

 That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized

Salaries to be paid officers holding over.

 and directed to pay to all officers under the Treasury Department whose terms of office have expired or shall expire before the appointment and qualification of their successors, and who have been performing or shall perform the duties of their respective offices after the date of such expiration, the salary, compensation, fees, or emoluments authorized or provided by law in each case for the respective incumbents of the 845 offices: Provided, That no such payment shall be made for any services

Proviso.

Condition.

 rendered by any such officer wrongfully holding after the appointment and Qualification of his successor. That the Auditor for the Treasury Department be, and he is hereby,

Internal revenue.

Payment for personal services

Vol. 26, p. 583.

 directed to allow the expenses for personal services of officers, clerks, and employees in the Executive Department of the Treasury, incident to the enforcement of the provisions of the Act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, respecting bounty on sugar and to the collection of internal revenue, under the provisions of “An Act to provide

Ante, p. 569.

 for the collection of internal revenue and for other purposes,” approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Office op Auditor for Post-Office Department: For temporary

Auditor for Post-Office Department.

Temporary clerks.

 clerks in the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department for the purpose of bringing up the work now in arrears in said office, eight thousand dollars, to be available from April first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, until expended; said temporary clerks to be appointed from those now in the classified service of the Treasury Department. Contingent expenses: For newspapers, law books,city directories,

Contingent expenses.

 and other books of reference relating to the business of the Department, and purchase of material for binding important records, one hundred and fifty dollars. For purchase of horses and wagons, for office and mail service, to be used only for official purposes, care and subsistence of horses, including shoeing, and of wagons, harness, and repairs of the same, nine hundred dollars. For purchase of ice, two hundred and twenty-five dollars. Refund of fine, tug C. B. Strohn: To refund to the collector of

“C. B. Strohn” Refund of fine.

 customs, Grand Haven, Michigan, for repayment by him to the person or persons entitled thereto, the sum of forty-five dollars, being that portion of a fine of fifty dollars imposed in the case of-the tug C. B. Strohn for a violation of section forty-three hundred and twenty-five,

R. S., sec. 4325, p. 836.

 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, forty-five dollars. Payment to Donald Macmaster: To pay Donald Maemaster,

Donald Macmaster.

Services.

 attorney at law at Montreal, Canada, in full for services rendered in the trial of Deputy Collector of Customs E. H. Twohey, who was arrested at the instigation of persons engaged in smuggling and tried on the charge of conspiracy, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Payment to J. A. Belyea: To pay J. A. Belyea, attorney at law,

J. A. Belyea.

Services.

 at Saint Johns, Canada, in full for services rendered in defending Converse J. Smith, a special agent of the Treasury, who was arrested in eighteen hundred and ninety-three in Saint Johns, at the instigation of persons engaged in smuggling and tried on the charge of trespass, one thousand five hundred dollars, and for additional expenses incurred by said Smith in the preparation of his case authority is hereby granted to pay the same, not exceeding three hundred and forty-two dollars and forty cents, out of the appropriation for the prevention and detection of frauds upon the customs revenue. That the unexpended balance (eight thousand three hundred and

California Indian war bonds.

Payment of outstanding.

 sixty-two dollars and sixteen cents) of the California Indian war debt appropriation made by Congress under its Act approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four (Tenth United States Statutes, page five

Vol. 10, p. 582.

 hundred and eighty-two), modified under its Act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six (Eleventh United States Statutes,

Vol. ll, p. 91.

 page ninety-one), and reappropriated under its Act of July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty (Twelfth United States Statutes, page one

Vol. 12, p. 104.

 hundred and four), and of July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight (Fifteenth United States Statutes, page one hundred and

Vol. 15, p. 175.

 seventy-five), and of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one Twenty-first United States Statutes, page five hundred and ten), be,

Vol. 21, p. 510.

 846 and the same is hereby, reappropriated and made available for the purpose of enabling the Secretary of the Treasury (the authority to do which is hereby given him) to pay therefrom any outstanding unpaid Indian war bonds issued under the acts of the legislature of California approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty one, and May third, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, respectively, or any outstanding unpaid coupons pertaining to any bonds issued under said two acts representing interest thereon between January first, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and September first, eighteen hundred and fifty-six; and

Payment of lost bonds, etc.

if said Secretary shall be satisfied that any of said bonds or said coupons have been lost or destroyed and never paid by or presented to the United States for payment lie is hereby authorized to pay the owners thereof or their heirs, administrators, or legal representatives, out of said unexpended balance, upon their application made to him

Indemnity bond.

therefor, and thereafter delivering to said Secretary a bond sufficient, in his opinion, to indemnify the United States against all possible loss therein; and after such payment shall have been made by said Secretary he shall report bis action in the premises to the governor of the State of California. Recoinage of silver coins: To reimburse the cash account of

Recoinage of silver coins.

 the Treasurer of the United States for loss on the recoinage of uncurrent fractional silver coins at the United States Mint at Philadelphia in April, May, and June, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, two thousand nine hundred and forty-eight dollars and thirty-six cents. To reimburse the cash account of the Treasurer of the United States for loss on the recoinage of uncurrent fractional silver coins at the United States Mint at New Orleans during the first quarter of eighteen hundred and ninety-four, two dollars and sixteen cents. Enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Act: To prevent

Chinese exclusion.

 unlawful 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

Vol. 27, p. 52.

approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An Act to prohibit the coining of Chinese persons into the United States,”

Post, p. 1210.

and the provisions of the treaty recently entered into between the United States and China, fifty thousand dollars. Furniture and repairs of furniture: For furniture and repairs

Furniture and repairs.

 of same 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, twenty 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. Southwest Pass, Louisiana, Light Station: For reimbursement

Southwest Pass Light Station. La.

Payment of losses by fire.

 of the keeper and assistant keepers of the Southwest Pass, Louisiana, Light Station, for personal losses sustained at the time of the partial destruction of said station by fire, of such articles as in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury were kept at the station from considerations of health, decency, and the nature of the service, seven hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifty cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary. 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 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 847 States and of foreign governments, and other felonies committed against the laws of the United States relating to the pay and bounty laws, and for no other purpose whatever, five thousand dollars: Provided, That

Proviso.

Witnesses.

 no part of this amount be used in 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, which expenses shall be paid from the appropriation tor “fees of witnesses, United States courts.” Payment to Joseph Redfern and Eliza J. Redfern: To enable

Joseph and Eliza J. Redfern.

 the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Joseph Redfern and Eliza J. Redfern, of the District of Columbia, the sum of two thousand seven hundred and thirty-eight dollars and forty cents, being the amount stated to be due by the War Department for injuries to and rent of

Injuries to building.

 buildings numbered seventeen hundred and nineteen and seventeen hundred and twenty-one G street northwest, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia. independent treasury.

Independent Treasury.

 Contingent expenses: For contingent expenses under the requirements

Expenses of fiscal agents, etc.

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, safekeeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, seventy-five thousand dollars. public buildings.

Public buildings.

 For post-office at Brooklyn. New York: For outstanding liabilities

Brooklyn, N. Y.

 for temporary heating of building, four hundred and sixty-five dollars and eighty-seven cents. For post-office at Haverhill, Massachusetts: For heating apparatus

Haverhill, Mass.

 and completion of building, eight thousand dollars. For customhouse and post-office at New Haven, Connecticut: For

New Haven, Conn.

 heating apparatus and completion of building, three thousand dollars. For customhouse at New York, New York: For expenditures for

New York, N. Y.

Old custom house.

 advertising sale of old customhouse, two thousand three hundred and eight dollars and five cents. For Courthouse and post office at Paris, Texas: For elevator, four

Paris, Tex.

 thousand dollars. • For court house and post-office at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: For balance due

Pittsburg, Pa.

 Nelson T. Reed and Company for advertising, one hundred and thirty dollars and ninety cents. For Courthouse and post-office at Springfield, Missouri: For elevator,

Springfield, Mo.

 five thousand dollars. For Courthouse and post-office at Tallahassee, Florida: For sewer

Tallahassee. Fla.

 and completion of heating apparatus, four thousand dollars. For post-office and Courthouse at Troy, New York: For elevator,

Troy, N. Y.

 six thousand dollars. For Courthouse and post-office at Wilmington, Delaware: For completion

Wilmington, Del.

 of building, fifty thousand dollars. 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’ assistants, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, forty-one thousand eight hundred dollars. 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, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, twenty-six thousand four hundred dollars. 848 For engravers, printers’, and other materials, except distinctive paper,

Materials.

 and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, fifteen thousand two hundred dollars. For rental of the office now occupied by the agent of the Post-Office

Rent, office of stamp agent.

 Department to supervise distribution of stamps by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from November twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, three hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents. mints and assay offices.

Mints and assay offices.

 Mint at Denver, Colorado: For wages of workmen, eight hundred

Denvers Colo.

 dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, two thousand dollars. Freight on bullion and coin: Freight on bullion and coin, by

Freight on bullion and coin.

 registered mail or otherwise, between mints and assay offices, eighteen thousand dollars. coast and geodetic survey.

Coast and Geodetic Survey.

 That the Auditor for the Treasury Department be, and he is hereby,

Payments to extra engravers, allowed.

 authorized and directed to allow and settle the accounts of the disbursing officer of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, Treasury Department, for the payment and compensation to extra engravers employed

Ante, p. 382.

under the provisions of sundry civil appropriation Act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for “extra engraving and drawing,” Coast and Geodetic Survey, to and including the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. customs service. To defray the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, being

Collecting customs revenue.

 additional to the permanent appropriations for this purpose, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five:

Proviso.

Counsel.

Provided, That the Attorney-General may, at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury, employ counsel to protect the interests of the Treasury Department in cases before the Board of General Appraisers, such counsel to be compensated at the rate of three thousand five hundred dollars per annum out of the general appropriation for expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, six hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars. collecting internal revenue.

Internal revenue.

 For salaries and expenses of collectors and

Collectors, etc.

 deputy collectors and clerks, including transportation of public funds and also including

Vol. 24, pp. 209,218.

expenses incident to enforcing the provisions of the Act of August second, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, taxing oleomargarine, and the Act of August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, imposing upon the Government the expense of the inspection of tobacco exported, seventy-five thousand dollars. For detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guilty of

Punishing violation of laws.

 violating the internal-revenue laws or conniving at the same, including payments for information and detection of such violations, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, two hundred dollars. revenue-cutter service.

Revenue-Cutter Service.

 For amount to supply deficiency in the appropriation for “Expenses

Expenses.

 of Revenue-Cutter Service, eighteen hundred and ninety-four,” and to

“Guthrie.”

Repairs.

meet bills for repairs upon the revenue steamer Guthrie, authorized by Department letter of June twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, but not yet completed, six thousand five hundred dollars. 849 life-saving service.

Life-Saving Service.

 For pay of crews of surfmen employed at the life-saving and life-boat

Crows, etc.

 stations, including the old Chicago station, 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 under orders from the Treasury Department; for carrying out the provisions of sections seven and eight of the Act approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two; for draft animals and their maintenance; and contingent expenses, including freight, storage, repairs to apparatus, labor, medals, stationery, news-’ papers for statistical purposes, advertising, and miscellaneous expenses that can not be included under any other head of life-saving stations on the coasts of the United States, fifty-six thousand eight hundred and nineteen dollars. For reimbursement of the keeper and crew of the life-saving station

Cahoons Hollow, Mass.

Payment of losses by fire.

 at Cahoons Hollow, near Wellfleet, Massachusetts, for toss of their personal property at-the time of the burning of the station, February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, five hundred and sixteen dollars and fifty cents. FISH COMMISSION.

Fish Commission.

 That any unexpended balances of the appropriations made for the

Use of unexpended balances.

 fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three for the general expenses United States Fish Commission may be applied to the liquidation of outstanding liabilities on account of said appropriations for said fiscal year to an amount not exceeding twenty-four dollars and ninety-five cents. TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for legislative expenses,

Oklahoma.

Legislative expenses.

 Territory of Oklahoma, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to pay the accounts set forth hereunder in House Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and fifty-eight, of this session, one hundred and twenty-three dollars and thirty-one cents. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

District of Columbia.

 Coroner’s office: To pay Dr. Larkin W. Glazebrook, deputy coroner,

Coroner’s office.

Pay to deputy.

 for services from September eighth to September twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, inclusive, fifteen days, at five dollars per diem, seventy-five dollars. Surveyor’s Office: For the salaries of the surveyor and assistant

Surveyor’s office.

Salaries.

Ante, p. 689.

 surveyor of the District of Columbia and for such employees as may be required in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress making the surveyor of the District of Columbia a salaried officer, approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, three thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be available from the passage of this Act, for the remainder of the present fiscal year. For surveying instruments and implements for the surveyor’s office, drawing material, stationery, copying and binding plats and records, and necessary transportation, five hundred dollars. 850 To pay Doctor Edward M. Schaeffer for services as assistant to

Edward M. Schaeffer

Payment to.

 the coroner, from March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety three, both inclusive, at the rate of six hundred dollars per annum, one hundred and ninety-eight dollars and thirty-five cents. Board of assistant assessors: To pay the accounts for expenses

Board of assistant assessors.

Expenses.

 of the board of assistant assessors set forth in House Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and fifty-eight, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five dollars and forty-five cents. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to

Outstanding certificates illegally issued.

Vol. 27, p. 156.

 pay the outstanding certificates issued by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, under an Act of Congress approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for the cost of improvements upon the street connecting Columbia road with Connecticut avenue extended, and thence along said avenue to the District line, which certiticates have been declared illegally issued by the supreme court of the District of Columbia. That the sum of sixty-seven thousand two hundred and eight dollars and seventy-three cents is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the said certificates, with the interest thereon from the date of their issue, the same to be paid one-half out of the revenues of District of Columbia. And the

Report.

Commissioners of the District of Columbia are directed to report to Congress at the beginning of its next regular session the amount of each of such certificates and the property against which they were assessed, and a method of enforcing their payment against such property. Emergency fund: To be expended only in case of emergency, such

Emergencies.

 as riot, pestilence, public insanitary conditions, calamity by flood or fire, and of like character, and in all other cases of emergency not otherwise sufficiently provided for, five thousand dollars. Health department: For collection and removal of garbage and

Removing garbage, etc.

 dead animals, required for the daily service for May and June, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, two thousand dollars. Board of children’s guardians: For care of feeble-minded children;

Board of children’s guardians.

 care of children under three years of age, white and colored; 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, three thousand dollars. That the sum of thirty dollars paid William Forsyth for services in

William Forsyth.

Surveying.

 preparing plats and surveying 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, Ross, M. M. Parker, and Captain William T. Rossell, board numbered seven, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three. That the sum of eighty dollars paid William Forsyth for services in preparing plats and surveying 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. Ross, M. M. Parker, and Captain Charles F. Powell, board numbered eight, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Judicial expenses: To pay Albert A. Wilson, United States marshal,

Judicial expenses.

 thirty-eight dollars and fifty cents; To pay Robert Willett, clerk court of appeals, District of Columbia, fifty-four dollars and eighty-five cents; To pay William Herbert Smith, services in reporting cases, two hundred and eighty dollars; in all, three hundred and seventy-three dollars and thirty-five cents, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Current work of repairs of streets, avenues, and alleys:

Repairs of streets, etc.

 To pay Thomas W. Smith, for wooden pegs, being for the service of the 851 fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, fifteen dollars and seventy-five cents. Repairs county roads: To pay John W. Baker, blacksmithing,

Repairs, county roads.

 being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, twelve dollars and twenty-five cents. Condemnation of streets, roads, and alleys: To pay James

Condemning streets, etc.

 Gibbons for land taken for the extension of R street through the old St. Patrick’s graveyard, as decreed by the supreme court of the District of Columbia, being tor the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, three thousand five hundred dollars. Fire department: To pay R. J. Kennedy, for fuel, being for the

Fire department.

 service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, thirty-three dollars and eighty-one cents. Public schools: To pay Patrick Tracy, janitor of Pierce School,

Public schools.

 July first to August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, fifty dollars and sixty-eight cents. To pay Samuel A. McKinney, janitor of Patterson School, July first to August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, fifty dollars and sixty-eight cents. To pay Samuel A. McKinney, janitor of Patterson School, May twentieth to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, forty-nine dollars and seventy-two cents. For rent of school buildings, one thousand dollars. For fuel, six thousand dollars. For furniture for building at Mount Pleasant, one thousand four hundred dollars. To pay R. J. Kennedy for fuel, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, three hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy-three cents. Courts: For repairs to police court building, one thousand dollars.

Police court.

 For witness fees on account of fiscal years, as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-five, one thousand five hundred dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, four hundred dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, five dollars. Support of convicts: To pay the Albany County Penitentiary,

Support of convicts.

 Albany, New York, balance found due and unpaid on account of support of convicts, District of Columbia, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, fourteen thousand nine hundred and twenty-two dollars and thirteen cents. Court of appeals: To pay the salary of the crier of the court of

Court of Appeals.

Crier.

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 appeals, District of Columbia, authorized to be appointed by section five of the Act of February ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, at one hundred dollars per month, one thousand two hundred dollars. Supreme court, District of Columbia: To pay the chief justice

Supreme Court.

Pay of judges.

 and five associate justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia the difference between the rate of compensation received by them and five thousand dollars per annum for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four thousand one hundred and fifty-five, dollars and forty-seven cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Reform School: For the following, from March fourth, eighteen

Reform School.

 hundred and ninety-five, for new family building, namely: For two teachers, at the rate of six hundred and thirty dollars each per annum; one watchman, at the rate of two hundred and seventy dollars per annum; and one matron of family, at the rate of one hundred and eighty dollars per annum; in all, five hundred and fifty-three dollars. For support of inmates, five hundred dollars. Washington Asylum: To pay the accounts set forth for contingent

Washington Asylum.

 expenses in House Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and fifty-eight of this session, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, forty-three dollars and seventy-two cents. 852 To pay John B. Lord for sand, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, five dollars and twenty-five cents. Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum: To pay the accounts set forth

Freedmen’s Hospital

 for subsistence in House Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and fifty-eight of this session, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one hundred and seventy-nine dollars and eighty-eight cents. Judgments: For payment of judgments against the District of

Payment of judgments.

 Columbia, as follows: To Mary 11. Wilcox, administratrix of Cadmus M. Wilcox, five thousand dollars, together with one hundred and seven dollars and sixty-five cents costs; To David E. Haller, three thousand dollars, together with one hundred and ninety-two dollars and twenty-five cents costs; To George W. Bolling, seven hundred dollars, together with ninety dollars and eighty cents costs; To Caroline H. Bolling and George W. Bolling, two thousand dollars, together with forty-one dollars and fifty-five cents costs; To Columbus Alexander, five hundred and seventy-five dollars and seventy-seven cents, together with twenty dollars and thirty-five cents costs; To Washington Dannenhower, eight hundred dollars, together with eighteen dollars and seventy cents costs; To John Kaedy, use of F. E. Alexander, forty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents costs; . To Henrietta L. King, one thousand four hundred and fifty-one dollars and twenty-eight cents, together with eighteen dollars and twenty cents costs; in all, fourteen thousand and sixty-six dollars and fifty cents, together with a 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: Provided, That the Act of August twenty-third, eighteen hundred

Provisos.

Payment to administrator of David Patterson to be from District revenues.

Ante, p. 433.

 and ninety-four, directing the payment of judgment in favor of Charles Cowles Tucker, administrator of David Patterson, out of police relief fund, be, and is hereby, amended so as to make said judgment payable out of the revenues of the District of Columbia: And provided further,

Repayment to police fund.

That the said Charles Cowles Tucker shall, within six months after the passage of this Act, settle his account as administrator of David Patterson, and pay over to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, for the benefit of the police relief fund, any balance that may be due from him as administrator aforesaid. Payments to William Forsyth: To pay William Forsyth as

William Forsyth.

Surveying.

 follows: For services in making plats in duplicate of block forty-three, Holmead Manor, showing the lines of proposed alley therein, and computing areas to be taken from the different lots bordering on the lines thereof, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, ten dollars. For services in surveying the lines of South Capitol street and south S street, twenty dollars; For services in surveying and ascertaining lines and areas of property claimed as right of way by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company in square north of square nine hundred and thirty-one, ten dollars; in all, thirty dollars; being for the services of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four. That one-half of the foregoing amounts to meet deficiencies in the 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 the following, to be paid wholly from

Water department.

 the revenues of the water department, namely: For four hours per diem additional pay of steam engineers from July first to July ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, at the rate of 853 one thousand one hundred dollars per annum each, namely: James R. Nash, James T. Greaves, M, F, Boyle, Dennis Brane, Andrew J. Johnson, and Henry Speake, thirteen dollars and forty-five cents each, eighty dollars and seventy cents. For contingent expenses: Being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred anti ninety-four, five dollars and forty-one cents. For four hours per diem additional pay of steam engineers from August first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, at the rate of one thousand one hundred dollars per annum each, namely: M. F. Boyle and Dennis Brane, four hundred and fifty-seven dollars and thirty-four cents each; James R. Nash and James T. Greaves, three hundred and ninety dollars and ninety-four cents each; Andrew J. Johnson, one hundred and sixty-six dollars and fifty-five cents; Henry Speake, fifty-eight dollars and fifty-five cents, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three; in all, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty-six cents. That the sum of forty dollars paid William Forsyth for services in

William Forsyth.

 surveying 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. Ross, M. M. Parker, and Captain William T. Rossell, board numbered seven, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three. WAR DEPARTMENT.

War Department.

 That in addition to the amount heretofore appropriated the sum of

Indian River Inlet.

 fifteen thousand dollars shall be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for dredging

Dredging channel.

Ante, p. 351.

 the channel at the Indian River Inlet, the same to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, Official Records of the War of the Rebellion: For continuing

Rebellion Records.

Completing Series I.

 the publication of the Official Records of the Rebellion, and to enable volumes forty-eight, forty-nine, and fifty, the last volumes of Series I, to be put in type before June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, twelve thousand dollars. Military Prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: For the

Military Prison.

Transporting prisoners discharged.

 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, two thousand live hundred dollars. Back pay and bounty: For payment of amounts for arrears of

Arrears of pay.

 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-five, one hundred thousand dollars. State or Territorial homes: For continuing aid to State or

State or Territorial homes.

Vol. 25, p. 450.

 Territorial homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers in conformity with the Act approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

Deduction.

 That one-half of any sum or sums retained by State homes on account of pensions received from inmates shal’. be deducted from the aid herein provided for. Improvement and care of public grounds: For removing snow

Removing snow, etc.

 and ice, five hundred dollars. military establishment.

Army.

 For purchase of subsistence supplies for issue as rations to troops,

Subsistence, 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 nine million eight 854 hundred and eighty-two thousand three hundred and seventy-five rations; for sales to officers and enlisted men of the Army; for authorized extra issues of candles; for matches for lighting public fires and lights at posts and stations and in the field; for 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 and recruits; for hot coffee, canned beef, and baked beans for troops traveling, when it is impracticable to cook their rations; for scales, weights, measures, 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 extra pay to enlisted men employed on extra duty in the Subsistence Department for periods of 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 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 men 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 department and Army rifle competitions while traveling to and from places of contest; for flour used for paste in target practice; to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War; in all, twenty-five thousand dollars. 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, 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, as follows: For pay, miscellaneous, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, sixteen

Pay.

 thousand six hundred and ninety-nine dollars and sixty-two cents; For provisions, Marine Corps, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, nine

Marine Corps.

 hundred and thirty-six dollars and fourteen cents; For gunnery exercises, Bureau of Navigation, eighteen hundred and

Bureau of Navigation.

 ninety-four, one hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventeen cents; For contingent, Bureau of Ordnance, eighteen hundred and ninety-four,

Bureau of Ordnance.

 five dollars and thirty-six cents; For equipment of vessels, Bureau of Equipment, eighteen hundred

Bureau of Equipment.

 and ninety-four, nineteen thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars and seventy-six cents; For contingent, Bureau of Equipment, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, ninety-one dollars and one cent; For contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, eighteen hundred

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

 and ninety-four, four hundred anti eighty-five dollars and seventy-seven cents; For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, eighteen

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

 hundred and ninety-four, seven thousand eight hundred and forty-nine dollars and twenty-four cents; For contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, five hundred and sixty-two dollars and fourteen cents; 855 For steam machinery, Bureau of Steam Engineering, eighteen hundred

Bureau of Steam Engineering.

 and ninety-four, three thousand six hundred and twenty-one dollars and ten cents; in all, fifty thousand one hundred and five dollars and thirty-one cents. Pay, miscellaneous: To reimburse amount due for the rent of the

Pay, miscellaneous.

Rent.

 offices occupied by the purchasing pay officer, New York, Stewart building, two hundred and eighty Broadway, for the months of May and June, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, being the sum paid by Pay Inspector L, G. Billings, United States Navy, out of pay, miscellaneous, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and suspended by the Auditor in the settlement of his accounts, five hundred and forty-one dollars and sixty-six cents. marine corps.

Marine Corps.

 Provisions: For amount due Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy

Provisions.

 Department, on account of commuted rations stopped from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, on account of sick in hospitals, to be transferred to naval hospital fund, three thousand and thirty dollars and forty-three cents; To pay accounts and reservations on file due contractors, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, fourteen thousand seven hundred and eighty-six dollars and ninety-seven cents; in all, seventeen thousand eight hundred and seventeen dollars and forty cents. Transportation and recruiting: To pay accounts for transportation

Transportation and recruiting.

 under fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, eighty-one dollars and twenty-five cents. For this amount required to complete payments for approved bill chargeable to tins appropriation for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, vouchers in favor of Paul St. C. Murphy, ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents. Forage: To pay accounts and reservations on file due contractors

Forage.

 for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and seven cents. Contingent: To pay accounts on file for freight, straw, gas, water,

Contingent.

 express charges, forage, and advertising, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, three thousand five hundred and thirty-five dollars and sixty-three cents. naval academy.

Naval Academy.

 To pay the accounts for heating and lighting for the fiscal year eighteen

Heating and lighting.

 hundred and ninety-four, which are set forth in House Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and fifty-eight of this session, one thousand two hundred and eighteen dollars and ninety-five cents. bureau of ordnance.

Bureau of Ordnance.

 To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the contingent service

Contingent.

 of the Bureau of Ordnance for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, three hundred dollars. bureau of equipment.

Bureau of Equipment.

 Equipment of vessels: To pay the accounts which are set forth in

Equipment of vessels.

 House Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and fifty-eight, of this session, and to meet other outstanding obligations on account of equipment of vessels for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, three thousand four hundred and forty-nine dollars and thirty-three cents. 856 Contingent expenses: To pay the accounts which are set forth in

Contingent

 House Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and fifty-eight, of this session, on account of contingent expenses, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one hundred and fifty-five dollars and ninety-two cents. bureau of steam engineering.

Bureau of Steam engineering.

 To pay bill of Bridgeport Brass Company of seventeen thousand one

Machinery.

 hundred and eighty-five dollars and seventy-three cents, and other outstanding bills and obligations incurred prior to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, but for which bills did not come up for payment until after the appropriation, “Steam machinery,eighteen hundred and ninety-four,” had become exhausted by transfers in adjustment of appropriations by the Treasury Department in repayment to general account of advances for necessary expenditures abroad upon machinery and supplies for ships in commission, such expenditures being greatly and unusually in excess of what was carefully estimated as being required for balance of fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, thirty thousand dollars. bureau of medicine and surgery.

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

 For payment of voucher in favor of the Portsmouth, Virginia, telephone

Contingent

 Exchange, for rental of one telephone at naval hospital, Norfolk, from January first to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, forty dollars. bureau of supplies and accounts.

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

 For the payment of approved bills on file properly authorized by the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, five hundred dollars. navy, miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.

 Payment to Great Falls Ice Company: To compensate the

Great Falls loo Company, D. C.

Injury to wharf.

 Great Falls lee Company for damages sustained by that company’s wharf, at the foot of Third street east, Washington, District of Columbia, in consequence of a collision of the United States steamship Fern with said wharf, on January twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, being the sum actually expended in making the repairs rendered necessary by reason of such collision, forty-eight dollars and fifty cents. Payment to Brooklyn Gaslight Company: To compensate the

Brooklyn Gaslight Company, N. Y.

Injury to wharf.

 Brooklyn Gaslight Company for damages sustained by that company’s wharf, at the foot of Hudson avenue, Brooklyn, New York, in consequence of a collision of the United States steamship Dolphin with said wharf, on January twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, being the sum actually expended in making the repairs rendered necessary by reason of such collision, five hundred and twenty-five dollars. Payment to master of the pungy River Queen: To compensate

“River Queen.

Pay to master of pungy.

 the master of the pungy River Queen for detention while undergoing repairs at the navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia, in consequence of a collision with the United States tug Triton, on March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, thirty-six dollars. Payment to Seaboard Wharf and Warehouse Company:

Seaboard Wharf and Warehouse Company.

Injury to wharf.

 To compensate the Seaboard Wharf and Warehouse Company for damages sustained by that company’s wharf at Norfolk, Virginia, in consequence of a collision of the United States steamship Miantonomoh with said wharf, on May ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, being the sum actually expended in making the repairs rendered necessary by reason of such collision, one hundred and thirty dollars. 857 Payment to owners of schooner Carrie Dye: To compensate

“Carrie Dye”.

Pay to owner of schoomer.

 the owners of the schooner Carrie Dye for injuries sustained by that vessel in consequence of a collision with the United States steamship Dolphin, on September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, four hundred and thirty-three dollars and twenty-one cents. Payment to North American Commercial Company: To compensate

North American Commercial Company.

Loss of boat.

 the North American Commercial Company for the loss of one bidarrah, or skin boat, which was sunk while engaged in lightening the United States steamship Adams, when aground on Saint Paul Island, Pribilof Group, Bering Sea, on August second, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and which could not be raised, four hundred and fifty-four dollars. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Interior Department.

 To pay Charles E. Monroe for professional services rendered in the

Charles E. Monroe.

Services.

 chemical examination of and testing the quality of various rubber bands submitted as samples with bids to supply the Department of the Interior bureaus and offices with stationery for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one hundred and twenty-five dollars. To pay John H. Cradlebaugh, of Hood River, Oregon, for publishing

John H. Cradlebaugh.

Advertising.

 in eighteen hundred and ninety-two, pursuant to instructions from the local land office at Vancouver, Washington, eleven notices of intention of final homestead proof to be made by Indians, fifty-five dollars, or so much thereof as the Secretary of the Interior may ascertain to be due and certify for payment. Patent Office: For photolithographing or otherwise producing

Patent Office.

Photolithographing issues of patents.

 copies of drawings of the weekly issues of patents, for producing copies of designs, trademarks, and pending applications, and for the reproduction of exhausted copies of drawings and specifications, said photo-lithographing or otherwise producing plates and copies referred to twelve thousand five hundred dollars. Pension Office building: For painting the interior of the great

Pension Office.

 court of the Pension Office building, one thousand five hundred 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, three thousand dollars. eleventh census.

Eleventh Census.

 That the office of the Eleventh Census shall be abolished and the

Office abolished.

Vol. 25, p. 7.

 terms of all employees appointed under the provisions of the Act of March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled “An Act to provide for the taking of the Eleventh and subsequent censuses,” or of any subsequent Act relating to the Eleventh Census, shall cease and terminate, except as hereinafter specified, after the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. That the unfinished work of the Eleventh Census shall be completed

Unfinished work to be completed by Secretary of the Interior.

Employees.

 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 Interior is authorized to employ,from the date specified in this Act, from the force of the Census Office then employed, a chief of division, at a salary of two thousand dollars per annum; three special agents, and such other employees, not to exceed ninety, as he may deem necessary for closing up and completing the work of the Eleventh Census, such employees to be paid according to the classification set forth in an Act to provide for the taking of the Eleventh and subsequent censuses, approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; and the Secretary of the Interior is further authorized to rent necessary

Rent.

 rooms in the city of Washington to carry out the provisions of this 858 Act, at a cost not exceeding the rate of six thousand five hundred dollars

Commissioner of Labor.

Services.

Ante, p. 3.

 per annum; and he is also authorized to continue the services of the Commissioner of Labor in charge of the completion of the Eleventh Census, in accordance with an Act to extend the time for completing the work of the Eleventh Census, and for other purposes, approved October third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three. That any unexpended balance of appropriation made for the Eleventh

Use of balances.

 Census which shall remain on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, shall be applied to the liquidation of any liabilities on account thereof, and the remainder expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for the work necessary for the completion

Printing balances etc., to be used.

 of the Eleventh Census, as hereinbefore authorized; that unexpended balances for printing the final reports of the Eleventh Census shall be applied as provided for in the several Acts making such appropriations, and all appropriations heretofore made tor continuing and completing the Eleventh Census shall continue until exhausted. For salaries, rents, and necessary expenses of completing the work

Salaries, etc.

 of compiling the results of the Eleventh Census, to continue available until exhausted, ten thousand dollars. geological survey.

Geological Survey.

 That the unexpended balances of appropriations made tor the fiscal

Outstanding liabilities.

 year eighteen hundred and ninety-four for the Geological Survey may be applied to the liquidation of outstanding liabilities on account of any of said appropriations for said fiscal year. To enable the Director of the Geological Survey to complete report

Mineral resources report.

 of the mineral resources of the United States, the sum of two thousand dollars, which shall be immediately available. public land service.

Public lands.

 To meet the expenses of protecting timber on the public lands and

Timber depredations, protection, and swamp lands.

 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

Proviso.

Agents’ per diem.

indemnity for swamp lands, fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, 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. For additional appropriations required for the office of the Surveyor-General

Montana.

Surveyor-general.

 of Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars, as follows: for compensation of clerks, one thousand dollars; for contingent expenses, five hundred dollars. To pay the State Capital Printing Company of Guthrie, Oklahoma,

Oklahoma.

Advertising.

 in full for publishing said list of lands, in the Oklahoma State Capital, agreeably with the President’s proclamation of April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, seven hundred and fifty dollars. To pay William P. Thompson, of Guthrie, Oklahoma, in full for publishing said list of lands in the Guthrie Daily News, agreeably with the President’s proclamation of April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, seven hundred and fifty dollars. To pay Joshua B. Campbell, of Hennessey, Oklahoma, in full for publishing said list of lands in the Hennessey Clipper, agreeably with the President’s proclamation of April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, three hundred and sixteen dollars. indian service.

Indian service.

 For the purchase of equipments for the Indian police service, six

Indian police.

thousand dollars. 859 To reimburse John L. Bullis, captain Twenty-fourth Infantry and

John L. Bullis.

Expenses.

acting Indian agent at San Carlos Agency, Arizona, for expenses incurred by him in the United States district courts of Globe and Solomonsville, Arizona, in a suit brought against him by one E.W. Kingsbury, an ex-Indian trader at said agency in eighteen hundred and ninety one, six hundred dollars and fifteen cents. For payment to Henry L. Fitch in full compensation of amounts

Henry L. Fitch.

Services.

 found due him by the Interior Department for survey of the Quinaielt Indian Reservation, in the State of Washington, under contract with the surveyor-general of said State, dated May twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, six hundred and four dollars and ten cents. To pay to Ebenezer Douglass, late Indian agent at White Earth

Ebenezer Douglass.

Services.

 Indian Agency, in the State of Minnesota, for money paid out and services performed by said Douglass, at the request of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in closing the accounts with said agency, five hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Department of Justice.

 For official transportation, including purchase, keep, and shoeing of

Contingent expenses.

 animals, and purchase and repairs of wagons and harness, to supply deficiencies on account of fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-five, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, eight dollars. For stationery, three hundred dollars. For furniture and repairs, 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, to supply deficiencies on account of fiscal years, as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-five, one thousand one hundred dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, thirty-six dollars and eighty-three cents. Payment to The Bancroft Company: To pay the account of The

The Bancroft Company.

Payment to.

 Ban croft Company, successor and assignee of the A. L. Bancroft Company of Sail Francisco, California, for stationery furnished to the late M. C. Hillyer, United States marshal for the Territory of Alaska, fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, three hundred and eleven dollars and seventy-five cents. Payment to Winston and Winston: To pay the accounts of Winston

Winston and Winston.

Services.

 and Winston for two hundred and fifty dollars, and of Alexander M. Winston for one hundred and fifteen dollars for services as attorneys rendered in defending certain Indians, under orders of the judge of the United States court for the district of Washington; in all, three hundred and sixty-five dollars. To pay Allen R. English, of Arizona, in full for services as attorney,

Allen R. English.

Services.

 rendered in defending five certain Indians charged with murder, under orders of the judge of the United States Court in Arizona, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Payment to Charles F. Munday: To pay the accounts of Charles

Charles F. Munday.

Services.

 F. Munday, late assistant United States attorney at Seattle, Washington, as set forth in House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and ninety-three, Fifty-third Congress, third session, five hundred and twenty dollars. Payments to D. B. Miller: The accounting officers of the Treasury

D. B. Miller.

Services.

 are authorized to audit the account of D. B. Miller for services rendered and expenses incurred as de facto United States marshal for the southern district of Iowa from February seventh to March seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, inclusive, and to pay the same out of the appropriation for fees and expenses of marshals for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four. 860 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 States in the matter of French spoliation claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, to supply deficiencies on account of fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-five, four thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, three hundred and seventy-one dollars and twenty cents. Defense in Indian depredation claims: For salaries and

Defense, Indian depredation claims.

 expenses in defense of the Indian depredation claims, five thousand dollars, which sum, in connection with the amount appropriated August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for the defense of Indian depredation claims and the investigation and examination of judgments of the Court of Claims in said cases, shall continue available until expended for the payment of salaries and expenses in the defense of said claims whether pending or reduced to judgment. Court of Private Land Claims: For fees and expenses in the

Court of Private Land claims.

 suit of Peralta-Reavis against the United States, in the Court of private Land Claims in New Mexico, to be available until expended, twenty-five thousand dollars. Settling title to Greer County, Texas: To enable the Attorney

Greer County Tex., suit.

Special counsel.

 General to employ special counsel to assist in bringing suits in equity in the Supreme Court of the United States, provided by section

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twenty-five of the Act 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,” passed May second, eighteen hundred and ninety, and for taking testimony, stenographer’s fees, and other expenses necessary to be incurred in the preparation and trial of such suit, ten thousand dollars. Expenses of Territorial courts in Utah Territory: For

Utah courts

 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,, to be approved by the courts, the expense 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 thousand dollars. United States Courts.

United States courts.

 Fees of marshals: For payment of the fees and expenses of the

Marshals.

Fees.

 United States marshals and deputies, for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-five, seven hundred and thirteen thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one hundred and ninety-five thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, twenty-eight thousand one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and fifty-eight cents. For defraying expenses incurred by marshals in executing orders,

Protecting property in receivers’ hands.

 warrants, and processes of United States courts; for the protection of property in the hands of receivers of such courts, and for the arrest and detention until trial of persons arrested for violating such orders and resisting the execution of such warrants and processes, to be audited and allowed by the Attorney-General, one hundred and forty thousand 861 dollars, and said sum shall be available for expenses incurred during the fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-four and eighteen hundred and ninety-five: Provided, That the Attorney-General shall report to

Proviso.

Report.

 Congress the payments made under this paragraph, to whom paid, and for what purpose or service. Fees of jurors: For fees of jurors for the fiscal years as follows:

Jurors’ fees.

 For eighteen hundred and ninety-five, one hundred thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, eleven thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, four hundred and one dollars and sixty-five cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eight dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety, thirteen dollars. For eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, twenty dollars. For eighteen hundred and eighty-five, ten dollars. For eighteen hundred and seventy-two, live hundred and six dollars and fifty cents. Fees of witnesses: For fees of witnesses for the fiscal years, as follows:

Witnesses’ fees.

 For eighteen hundred and ninety-five, eighty thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, eighty-two thousand eight hundred dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one thousand five hundred and six dollars and thirty-six cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighteen dollars and thirty cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety, sixty-one dollars and seventy cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, two dollars and fifty cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-six, two hundred and fifty-six dollars and thirty-five cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one hundred and five dollars. Support of prisoners: For support of United States prisoners,

Support of prison, era.

 including necessary clothing and medical aid and transportation to place of conviction, or place of bona fide residence in the United States, and including support of prisoners becoming insane during imprisonment, as well before as after conviction, and continuing insane after expiration of sentence, who have no friends to whom they can be sent, for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-five, fifty thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, seventy-eight thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, one thousand dollars and seventy-seven cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and ninety dollars and twenty-two cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety, six hundred and nine dollars and sixty-seven cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, seventy-five dollars and sixty cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, three dollars. 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, and judges of the circuit courts of appeals; of meals and lodgings for jurors in United States cases, and of bailiffs in attendance upon the same, 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, for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-five, forty-five thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, five thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight dollars and fifty-five cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, fifteen dollars. 862 For eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, fifty-four 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, for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-five, seventy thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, five dollars. For eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, seven dollars and twenty-five cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, forty-one dollars and twenty cents. For eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, eighteen dollars and fifty cents. Fees of district attorneys: For payment of United States

District attorneys.

Fees.

 district attorneys, the same being in payment of the regular fees Provided by law for official services, for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-five, one hundred thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, fifty-four thousand two hundred and eighty-one dollars and ten cents. For payment of regular assistants to United States district attorneys,

Regular assistants.

 who are appointed by the Attorney-General, at a fixed annual compensation, twenty-six thousand dollars. For payment of assistants to United States district attorneys employed

Special assistants.

 by the Attorney-General to aid district attorneys in special eases, for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-five, thirty thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, twenty-five thousand six hundred and fifty-two dollars and forty nine cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one thousand two hundred and nine dollars and thirty-six cents. Fees of clerks: For fees of clerks, for the fiscal years as follows:

Clerks’ fees.

 For eighteen hundred and ninety-five, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, four thousand dollars. Fees of commissioners: For fees of United States commissioners and justices of the peace acting as United States commissioners,

Commissioners’ fees.

 for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-five, one hundred and eighty-seven thousand two hundred dollars. For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, forty thousand one hundred and eighty-one dollars and fifty-five cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, three thousand dollars. Rent of court rooms: For rent of United States court rooms,

Rent.

 sixty-two thousand dollars. Refund to Noble C. Butler, clerk United States Court:

Noble C. Butler.

Refund.

 To refund to Noble C. Butler, clerk of United States courts, Indianapolis, Indiana, the sum of forty-nine dollars and thirty cents, costs in the case of The United States versus Nettie Williams, inadvertently turned over to the United States and covered into the Treasury. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

Post-Office Department.

 Contingent expenses: For fuel and repairs to heating apparatus,

Contingent expenses.

 being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, ninety-two dollars and sixteen cents. For purchase and keeping of horses, and repair of wagons and harness, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one hundred and twenty nine dollars and forty-three cents. 863 Postal Service.

Postal service.

 out of the postal revenues Mail transportation: For inland mail transportation by railroad

Transportation, railroad routes.

 routes, exclusive of Pacific railroads, nine hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. To pay amounts set forth in House Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and fifty eight, of this session, for inland mail transportation by railroad routes, being deficiencies, as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, exclusive of Pacific railroads, twenty-four thousand one hundred dollars and seventy-one cents. Mail messenger service: To pay amounts set forth in House

Messenger service.

 Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and fifty-eight, of this session, for mail messenger service, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, forty-six dollars and twenty-two cents. Mail depredations: To pay Samuel A. Harper, late United States

Samuel A. Harper.

Services.

 attorney, western district of Wisconsin, for amount of bill for fees in the case of the United States against E. W. Reyes, late postmaster, Madison, Wisconsin, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety three, ten dollars. Compensation of postmasters: For amounts to reimburse the

Postmasters.

Compensation.

 postal revenues, being the amount retained by postmasters in excess of the appropriations, including the amounts set forth in House Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and fifty-eight, of this session, for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, three hundred and seventeen thousand five hundred and eleven dollars and thirty-six cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, two thousand seven hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty-seven cents. Miscellaneous: For electric motors for canceling machines, fiscal

Miscellaneous.

Motors for canceling machines.

 year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, eight hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty cents. To pay the account of Springman’s Express Company for moving

Washington post office.

Moving.

 Washington city post-office, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, eighty-six dollars and sixty-six cents. To pay Harrison Postal Bag Back Company for bag racks, fiscal

Harrison Bag Rack Company.

 year eighteen hundred and ninety-two, five hundred and ninety-two dollars. To pay Corbin Cabinet Lock Company for furniture, fiscal year

Corbin Lock Company.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-two, three hundred and sixty-four dollars. For rent, light, and fuel, post-office at Yankton, South Dakota, on

Yankton, S. Dak.

Rent, etc.

 account of fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety, two hundred and twenty-seven dollars and five cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-one, thirty-seven dollars and eighty-one cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-two, two hundred and ninety-two dollars and fifty cents. Mail Transportation: To pay amounts set forth in Senate

Transportation, railroad routes.

 Executive Document Numbered Ninety-nine, of this session, for inland mail transportation by railroad routes, being deficiencies, as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, exclusive of Pacific railroads, fifteen thousand seven hundred and ninety-four dollars and eighty-six cents. Miscellaneous: For rent, light, and fuel, first and second class

Rent, light, etc.

 offices, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one thousand six hundred and eighty-four dollars and sixty-eight cents. Compensation of postmasters: For amounts to reimburse the

Postmasters.

 postal revenues, being the amount retained by postmasters in excess of the appropriations, including the amounts set forth in Senate Executive 864 Document Numbered Ninety-nine, of this session, for the fiscal years as follows: For eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars and forty-six cents. For eighteen hundred and ninety-three, eight hundred and thirty dollars and sixteen cents. To enable the Postmaster-General to refund to Volley P. Hart, Postmaster

Volley P. Hart.

Refund.

 at Sedalia, .Missouri, the balance of the nine thousand dollars received by him on the thirteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, from the Post-Office Department to pay postal clerks and office force for the months of April, May, and June, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and deposited by him in the First National Bank of Sedalia, which remained in said bank at the date of its failure, on May fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, not to exceed six thousand

Proviso.

Assignment of claim against bank.

dollars: Provided, That before said balance shall be so refunded the said Volley P. Hart shall assign and transfer to the Postmaster-general his claim against said First National Bank of Sedalia for the said balance of the said nine thousand dollars and all dividends thereon. That the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to credit H. F.

H. F. Menough.

Credit in accounts.

 Menough, late postmaster at Rock Springs, Wyoming, with one hundred and seventy-one dollars, the amount contained in a registered package placed in the mail for transmission to the Post-Office Department by the said H. F. Menough while postmaster as aforesaid, and which was lost during transmission. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Senate and House of Representatives.

 To enable the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House

One month’s extra pay to employees.

 of Representatives to pay to the officers and employees of the Senate and House, borne on the annual and session rolls on the first day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, including the Capitol

W. A. Smith.

police and official reporters of the Senate and House, and W. A. Smith, Congressional Record Clerk, for extra services during the Fifty-third Congress, a sum equal to one month’s pay at the compensation then paid them by law, the same to be immediately available.

Extended to certain clerks.

This provision shall apply to the clerks of the junior Senators of Washington, Montana, and Wyoming, respectively, though said clerks were not borne on the annual and session rolls on the date named. That the provisions of the Joint Resolution authorizing Members to

Clerk hire for Members extended one month.

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 certify monthly the amount paid by them for clerk hire, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be, and the same are hereby, extended to Members and Delegates of the Fifty-third Congress for the period of thirty days from March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-five; and to enable the Clerk of the House to pay to said Members and Delegates the amount, not exceeding one hundred dollars each, which they certify they have paid or agreed to pay for clerk hire hereunder, a sufficient sum is hereby appropriated. SENATE.

Senate.

 For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in

Clerks, etc.

 the service of the Senate, one thousand and twenty-five dollars and seventeen cents, as follows: For clerk to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment, and clerk to the conference minority of the Senate, one hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-six cents each; for clerk to the Committee on Woman Suffrage, and clerk to the Committee on Mines and Mining, one hundred and seventy-two dollars and sixty cents each; three clerks to committees, one hundred and eighteen dollars and thirty-five cents each; salary for the above-mentioned employees, from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, in accordance with the 865 provisions of the Act of July thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four,

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 making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government; and five hundred dollars additional

Additional to financial clerk.

 for the salary of the. financial clerk of the Senate while the office is held by the present incumbent. For five annual clerks to Senators who are not chairmen to committees

Clerks to Senators.

 from March fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-five cents. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of .labor, eighty-nine dollars and

Miscellaneous.

 nine cents, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four. For rent of warehouse for storage of public documents formerly in

Storage.

 the Maltby Building, from January first to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, nine hundred and forty five dollars, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay George H. Walker for

George H. Walker.

 services as skilled laborer in the Senate from and including the first day of June to the twenty-second day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, sixty dollars and forty-four cents. To reimburse the official reporter of the Senate for moneys paid by

Official reporter.

 him for clerk hire and extra clerical services during the third session of the Fifty-third Congress, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. To pay Kimball E. Valentine, three hundred and forty dollars; and

Kimball E. Valentine. T. B. Kirby.

Services.

 T. B. Kirby, two hundred dollars, being balance for making inventory of Public Documents in the Senate wing of the Capitol in eighteen hundred and ninety-three, five hundred and forty dollars. To P. J. McHenry for translating, proofreading, and editing the proceedings

P. J. McHenry.

Services.

 of the Berlin silver commission, by authority of Senate resolution of June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, three thousand nine hundred dollars. To pay Solomon J. Fague for services and disbursements in making

Solomon J. Fague.

Services.

 measurements and estimates of work on post-office and court house in New York City at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury and afterwards by direction of the Committee on Claims of the United States Senate, two thousand five hundred dollars. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

House of Representatives.

 For compensation of Members of the House of Representatives and

Compensation.

 Delegates from Territories, three thousand dollars. For stationery for Members of the House of Representatives, one

Stationery.

 hundred and twenty-five dollars. To pay the widow’of Philip S. Post, late a Representative in Congress

Philip S. Post.

Pay to widow.

 from the State of Illinois, seven hundred and ninety-one dollars and ninety-one cents. To pay the widow of G. B. Shaw, late a Representative in Congress

G. B. Shaw.

Pay to widow.

 from the State of Wisconsin, three thousand and fifty-one dollars and twenty-five cents. To pay the widow of M. B. Wright, late a Representative in Congress

M. B. Wright.

Pay to widow.

 from the State of Pennsylvania, one thousand six hundred and ninety-nine dollars and eighty-two cents. To pay one thousand dollars to Mrs. Celeste H. McCoy, of Saint Paul,

W. D. McCoy.

Pay to widow.

 Minnesota, widow of the Honorable W. D. McCoy, deceased, late minister and consul-general of the United States to Liberia. For rent of annex folding room, at the rate of one hundred dollars

Folding room annex.

 per month, from March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, one thousand dollars, oi’ so much thereof as may be necessary. 866 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: To J. Thomas Goode, two thousand dollars;

J. Thomas Goode.

James F. Epes. Charles E. Belknap. G. F. Richardson.

Lewis Steward.

Robert A. Childs.

 To James F. Epes, two thousand dollars; To Charles E. Belknap, one thousand five hundred dollars; To G. F. Richardson, one thousand five hundred dollars; To Lewis Steward, one thousand dollars; To Robert A. Childs, two thousand dollars; in all, ten thousand dollars. To reimburse Robert A. Childs, Thomas Settle, and A. H. A. Williams

Robert A. Childs, Thomas Settle, A. H. A. Williams.

 for expenses necessarily incurred in contested election eases during the Fifty-third Congress,.two thousand five hundred dollars each; in all, seven thousand five hundred dollars. To pay John R. Conklin, messenger, for extra services, as a clerk in

John R. Conklin.

Services.

 the disbursing office, three hundred dollars. To pay Baylor Thornton seventy-five dollars and Charles Carter

Baylor Thornton, Charles Carter.

 sixty dollars for caring for subcommittee rooms of the Committees on Ways and Means and Appropriations; in all, one hundred and thirty-five dollars. To pay D. S. Porter as extra compensation for services rendered as

D. S. Porter.

 assistant clerk to the Committee on Pensions during the Fifty-third Congress, five hundred dollars. For postage stamps for the Doorkeeper, fifty dollars.

Postage stamps.

G. W. Pratt.

 To pay G. W. Pratt, assistant journal clerk, for extra services rendered during the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congress, five hundred dollars. To pay F. L. Fishback for services as clerk to the Committee on

F. L. Fishback.

 Banking and Currency from August twenty-eighth to September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one hundred and two dollars. 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, tor moneys actually paid by them during the third session of the Fifty-third Congress, for clerk hire and extra clerical services, three hundred and fifty dollars each; in all, two thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. To pay the following, which have been audited and recommended by the Committee on Accounts, namely: To pay George Jennison and E. L. Currier, special messengers under

George Jennison, E. L. Currier.

 a resolution of the House, their salaries at the rate of one hundred dollars

Bert W. Kennedy.

 per month, and Bert W. Kennedy, special messenger under a resolution of the House, bis salary at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum, from March fourth to December first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, two thousand four hundred and sixty-two dollars and sixty-three cents; To pay George L. Browning and P. E. Cox three hundred dollars

George L. Browning, P. E. Cox.

 each for extra services rendered in the folding room; in all, six hundred dollars; To pay the account of William M. Galt and Company for feed purchased

William M. Galt and Co.

 during the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, sixty-six dollars and twenty-three cents; To pay the widow of George B. Shaw, late a Representative in Congress

George B. Shaw.

Clerk hire allowance.

 from the State of Wisconsin, for allowance due on account of clerk hire to August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, eighty-six dollars and ninety-four cents; To pay M. M. Robinson for services rendered as assistant to the Sergeant at-Arms,

M. M. Robinson.

 three hundred dollars; To pay William J. Assman the difference between the pay of a laborer

William J. Assman.

 and that of a messenger in the Hall Library, at the rate of three dollars and sixty cents per day, from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, five hundred and ninety-four dollars; 867 To pay W. J. Houghtaling, reading clerk, for extra services rendered

W. J. Houghtaling.

 during the Fifty-second Congress and eighteen days’ service during the Fifty-third Congress, three hundred dollars; To pay Lauritz M. Olsen, a messenger under the Doorkeeper of the

Lauritz M. Olsen.

 House during the Fifty-second Congress, three hundred dollars; in all, four thousand one hundred and nine dollars and eighty cents. To pay Howard Gill for services as acting assistant foreman of the

Howard Gill.

 folding room, from August twenty-ninth to December third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, inclusive, two hundred and forty dollars. To pay Howard Wiltberger for services rendered in the folding room

Howard Wiltberger.

 from August twenty-ninth to December third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, inclusive, two hundred and forty dollars. To pay J. H. Van Buren, assistant index clerk of the House, his salary

J. H. Van Buren.

 from October first to November twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, inclusive, and from November fourth to December third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, inclusive, at six dollars per day, five hundred and thirty-four dollars. To pay George B. Parsons, enrolling clerk, and John Kelley, assistant

George B. Parsons, John Kelley.

 enrolling clerk, for extra services, two hundred dollars each; in all, four hundred dollars. To pay Richard H. Dalton for extra services rendered in the folding

Richard H. Dalton.

 room, three hundred dollars. To reimburse Walter H. French for moneys actually paid by him for

Walter H. French.

 clerical hire, in rearranging the files of the House, including the consolidation of the papers in the reports of the Southern Claims Commission and the papers in Indian depredation cases, and re-lettering the file boxes from the Forty-fourth to the Fifty-second Congress, inclusive, seven hundred and fifty dollars. To pay Peter J. McDonald the difference between his salary as folder

Peter J. McDonald.

 and that of acting assistant foreman of the folding room at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, from January-twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to January twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, three hundred dollars. To pay F. C. Shell for services rendered as clerk to the Committee on

F. C. Shell.

 Ventilation and Acoustics from January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, during the second and third sessions of the Fifty-third Congress, three hundred dollars. To pay E. L. Phillips, chief page, for extra services as Department

E. L. Phillips.

 messenger, from September twenty-fifth to October twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, ninety dollars and sixty-seven cents. To pay George Smart for services rendered, in pursuance of a resolution

George Smart.

 of the House of Representatives directing an investigation of charges against Augustus J. Ricks, judge of the United States district court for the northern district of Ohio, fifty-six dollars. To pay James Kerr, Clerk of the House of Representatives of the

James Kerr.

Contested elections testimony.

 Fifty-second Congress, balance due 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

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 elections,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the sum of five hundred dollars, and an additional sum of seven hundred dollars to such employees as were actually engaged in the work designated by the said James Kerr, and in such proportion as he may deem just, for assistance rendered in the work; in all, one thousand two hundred dollars. To pay to Annie E. Thompson, mother of J. A. Thompson, deceased, late

J. A. Thompson. Pay to mother.

 a member of t he Capitol police force, the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars, being an amount equal to six months pay, as such policeman, same to be in lieu of all other allowances or funeral expenses, to be immediately available. 868 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

Government printing Office.

 To make the daily wages of Stephen Caldwell, laborer, from July

Stephen Caldwell Samuel Robinson, William Madden.

Payment to.

 first to August twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, inclusive, and of Samuel Robinson and William Madden, messengers on night duty, from July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, inclusive, and from December third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to March fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, three dollars and sixty cents per day each, four hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.

Public printing and binding.

 For public printing and binding, and for paper for the public printing,

Printing, etc., for Congress.

 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 dollars. For printing and binding for the Treasury Department, one hundred

Treasury Department.

 and twenty thousand dollars. 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, fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as

Pro rata leaves to certain employees.

may be necessary, and the Public Printer is authorized to pay pro rata leave of absence to any former employees of the Government Printing Office, who have during the present fiscal year resigned, died, or otherwise severed his or her connection with the office, notwithstanding the fact that thirty days’ leave of absence, with pay, may have been granted to such employees during the fiscal year on account of service rendered in a previous fiscal year. Hereafter the Public Printer is authorized to pay pro rata leave of

Pro rata leaves from appropriation for any fiscal year.

 absence out of any appropriation for leaves of absence to employees of the Government Printing Office in any fiscal year, notwithstanding the fact that thirty days’ leave of absence, with pay, may have been granted to such employees in that fiscal year on account of service rendered in a previous fiscal year. JUDGMENTS, UNITED STATES COURTS. For payment of the final judgments and decrees, including costs of

Judgments. United States courts.

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 suit, which have been rendered under the provisions of the Act of 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 Two hundred and fifty-nine, in Senate Executive Document Numbered One hundred and which have not been appealed, forty-nine thousand one dollar and fourteen 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

Proviso.

Appeal.

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 the judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, certified

Judgments, Court of Claims

 to Congress at its present session in House Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and eighty-three, and Senate Executive Docu- 869ment Numbered One hundred and one, nine hundred and thirty-seven thousand three hundred and forty three dollars and ninety-four cents: Provided, That none of the judgments herein provided for shall be paid

Proviso.

Appeal.

 until the right of appeal shall have expired. JUDGMENTS IN INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAIMS.

Indian depredation claims.

 For payment of judgments of the Court of Claims in Indian depredation

Judgments, Court of Claims.

 eases in the order in which they are certified to Congress in Senate Executive Documents Numbered Seven, parts one and two, numbered Eighty-two and One hundred and twenty-eight and Senate Miscellaneous Document Numbered Two hundred and forty-nine of the Fifty-third Congress, second session, and House Executive Document Numbered One hundred and forty-three, and Senate Executive Document Numbered Eighty-six of this session, including final judgments rendered since the date of those included in the last named Executive Document two hundred thousand dollars, 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 to be

Deductions.

Vol 26, p. 853.

 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 after the passage of this Act, and such deductions shall be made according to the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, having doe 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 and in

Reimbursement.

 such proportions as the Secretary of the Interior may decide to be for the interests of the Indian service: Provided, That no one of the said judgments

Provisos.

Examination of judgmental etc.

 shall be paid until the. Attorney-General shall have certified to the Secretary of the Treasury that he has caused to be examined the evidence heretofore presented to the Court of Claims in support of said judgment and such other pertinent evidence as he shall be able to procure as to whether fraud, wrong or injustice has been done to the United States or whether exorbitant sums have been allowed, and finds upon such evidence no grounds sufficient in his opinion to support a new trial of said case: or until there shall have been filed with said Secretary a duly certified transcript of the proceedings of the Court of Claims denying the motion made by the Attorney-General for a new trial in any one. of said judgments: Prodded further, That any and all judgments

Certification.

 included in said documents which the present Attorney-General has already examined, and is willing to certify under the provisions of this Act, and any and all judgments rendered during his term of office which he shall be willing to certify under the provisions of this Act maybe certified notwithstanding the order of payment herein specified.
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

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-two, 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

Vol. 23, p. 254.

 eighty-four, as fully set forth in House Executive Document Numbered Two hundred and thirty-four, Fifty-third Congress, third session, there is appropriated as follows:
870 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY.

Claims allowed by Comptroller.

 treasury department.

Treasury Department.

 Internal revenue: For salaries and expenses of collectors of

Internal revenue.

Collectors.

 internal revenue, seven dollars and fifty cents. For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of

Agents, etc.

 internal revenue (except for service over Pacific railroads), one dollar and one cent. Mints and assay offices: For contingent expenses, mint at Philadelphia,

Philadelphia mint.

 one hundred and twenty-nine dollars. Territorial governments: For contingent expenses, Utah Commission

Utah Commission.

 (except for service over Pacific railroads), six dollars. For prosecution of Indians in Arizona, Act of August sixth,eighteen

Arizona.

Indian expenses.

Ante, p. 580.

 hundred and ninety-four, three thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars and sixty-five cents. interior department.

Interior Department.

 Public lands service: For reimbursement to receivers of public

Public lands.

Reimbursing receivers.

Registers and receivers.

 moneys for excess of deposits, seven dollars and twenty-five cents. For salaries and commissions of registers and receivers, forty-one dollars and forty-five cents. For surveying the public lands (except for service over the Pacific

Surveying.

 railroads), two thousand nine hundred and sixty-one dollars and thirty-one cents. department of justice.

Department of Justice.

 For salaries district marshals, fifty dollars.

Marshals.

 For fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts, seven hundred and fifty dollars and twenty-two cents. For fees of district attorneys, United States courts, one hundred and

District attorneys.

 fifty-five dollars. For fees of clerks, United States courts, eighty-tour dollars and

Clerks.

 fifty-five cents. For fees of commissioners, United States courts, three hundred and

Commissioners.

 eleven dollars and ninety-five cents. For fees of witnesses, United States courts, seven hundred and eighty-four

Witnesses.

 dollars and sixty-five cents. For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, sixty-three dollars

Miscellaneous.

 and twenty-five cents. CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Claims Auditor for Treasury.

 For contingent expenses, Treasury Department, freight, telegrams,

Contingent expenses.

 and so forth, fifty-two dollars and twenty-two cents. For contingent expenses, Treasury Department, miscellaneous items, eight dollars and seventy cents. For pay of assistant custodians and janitors, four hundred and eighty

Public buildings.

Assistant custodians. etc.

Furniture.

 dollars. For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, ninety-two dollars and eighty cents. For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, five hundred and ten

Fuel, etc.

 dollars and three cents. For beating apparatus for public buildings, nine dollars and eighty-five

Heating apparatus.

 cents. For collecting the revenue from customs (except for service over

Customs revenue.

 Pacific railroads), eighty-eight dollars and twenty cents. For repayment to importers excess of deposits, one hundred and

Repaying importers.

 fifty-three dollars and fifty-eight cents. For materials and miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Engraving and

Engraving and printing.

 Printing, ten dollars. 871 For general expenses, Coast and Geodetic Survey, nine dollars.

Coast survey.

 For expenses of Revenue-Cutter Service, twenty-one dollars and

Revenue cutter service.

 sixty cents. For supplies of lighthouses (except for service over Pacific railroads),

Light-houses.

Supplies.

 eight hundred and five dollars and sixty-seven cents. For expenses of light vessels, five dollars and seventy-seven cents.

Light vessels.

Repairs, etc.

 For repairs and incidental expenses of lighthouses, six thousand five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and twenty cents. For repairs and preservation of public, buildings, one hundred

Repairs, public buildings.

 and thirteen dollars and sixty cents. To reimburse Dick Emmons, formerly deputy collector of customs at

Dick Emmons.

 Unalaska, in the District of Alaska, for moneys actually paid out by him for the services of a janitor at the custom house at Unalaska, Alaska, during the period from September twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to August thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, four hundred and seventy-three dollars and thirty-three cents. To pay Peter Martin seventy-seven dollars and eighty-eight cents the

Peter Martin.

 amount allowed by Third Auditor of the Treasury Department under Act of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty four. CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT.

Claims, Auditor for War Department.

 For pay, and so forth, of the Army, one thousand five hundred and

Army.

Pay.

 thirty-five dollars and sixty-one cents. For subsistence of the Army, two hundred and twenty-four dollars

Subsistence.

 and fifty-eight cents. For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, one hundred and

Quartermaster’s Department.

Supplies.

Incidental expenses.

 thirteen dollars and seventy cents. For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department, two thousand and fifty-eight dollars and seventy-three cents. For transportation of the Army and its supplies, one thousand one

Transportation.

 hundred and thirty-nine dollars and thirty-seven cents. For clothing, and camp and garrison equipage, one hundred and

Clothing.

 twenty dollars. For horses for cavalry and artillery, five hundred and twenty-one

Horses.

 dollars and forty-three cents. For Medical and Hospital Department, one hundred and eighty dollars.

Medical Department.

 For observation and report of storms, fifteen dollars and fifty-five cents.

Observation of storms.

 For current and ordinary expenses, Military Academy, forty-three

Military Academy.

 dollars and fifty-five cents. For contingencies of fortifications, thirty-five dollars and forty cents.

Fortifications.

Refund to States.

 For refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers, eight hundred and ninety-five dollars and sixty-five cents. For horses and other property lost in the military service, except the

Horses, etc., claims.

 claims of the Eureka, Globe Mutual, and Washington Marine insurance companies, three thousand four hundred and fifty-seven dollars and seventy-two cents. For pay, transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon and Washington

Oregon and Washington volunteers.

 volunteers in eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, sixty dollars and fifty-six cents. For support of National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, twenty cents.

Volunteer Soldiers’ Home.

 For twenty per centum additional compensation, two hundred and twenty-four dollars and eighty cents.

Twenty per cent.

 For pay of volunteers, Mexican war, eleven dollars and ninety-one cents.

Mexican war volunteers.

 For traveling expenses of California and Nevada volunteers, one hundred

California and Nevada volunteers.

 and thirty-one dollars and twenty-three cents. 872 CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Claims, Auditor for Navy Department.

 For pay of the Navy, fifteen thousand eight hundred and three dollars

Pay, Navy.

 and nine cents. For pay, miscellaneous, twenty dollars and thirty-two cents.

Miscellaneous.

Mileage, Graham decision.

 For 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 versus The United States, eight thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars and thirteen cents. For pay, Marine Corps, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine

Marine Corps.

 dollars and eighty-six cents. For clothing. Marine Corps, one hundred and seventy-five dollars and seventy-six cents. For contingent, Marine Corps (except for service over Pacific railroads), two dollars and eleven cents. For ordnance and ordnance stores, Bureau of Ordnance, four dollars

Bureau of Ordnance.

 and ninety-eight cents. For contingent, Bureau of Ordnance (except for service over Pacific railroads), eighty-three cents. For contingent, Bureau of Equipment (except for service over Pacific

Bureau of Equipment.

 railroads), one hundred and three dollars and seventy-five cents. For contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks, thirty-seven dollars

Bureau of Yards and Docks.

 and sixty-nine cents. For contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Burger,y (except for service

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

 over Pacific railroads), twenty-four dollars and fifteen cents. For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, seventy-eight

Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.

 dollars and twenty-five cents. For contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (except for service over Pacific railroads), one thousand two hundred and twenty dollars and thirty-six cents. For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair, one

Bureau of construction and Repair.

 thousand seven hundred and twenty-three dollars and eighty-three cents. For repairs and preservation at navy-yards, eighty-eight dollars and

Navy-yards.

 nine cents. For destruction of clothing and bedding for sanitary reasons, three

Destroyed clothing.

 hundred and four dollars and twenty-three cents. For indemnity for lost clothing, one thousand and fifty-five dollars

Lost clothing.

 and two cents. For bounty for destruction of enemies’ vessels, sixteen dollars and

Bounty, destruction of enemies vessels.

 fifty cents. For enlistment bounties Jo seamen, eight hundred and sixty-nine

Enlistment bounty.

 dollars and thirty-six cents. CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Claims, Auditor for Interior Department.

 For contingent expenses, Department of the Interior, sixteen dollars

Contingent expenses.

 and fifty cents. For surveying the public lands, one thousand and fifty-three dollars

Surveying.

 and sixty-eight cents. For appraisement and sale of abandoned military reservations, four

Abandoned military reservations.

 hundred and seventy-five dollars and sixty-five cents. For pay of Indian agents, six hundred and thirty dollars and sixty-five cents.

Indian service.

Agents.

 For pay of interpreters, thirty dollars.

Interpreters.

Inspectors.

School superintendent.

 For pay of Indian inspectors, four dollars and eighty-six cents. For traveling expenses, Indian school superintendent, thirty-four cents. 873 For telegraphing, anti purchase of Indian supplies, one thousand

Supplies, purchaser etc.

 one hundred and four dollars and five cents. For transportation of Indian supplies, five hundred and eighty-one

Transportation.

 dollars and five cents. For buildings at agencies, and repairs, one hundred and forty-two

Agency buildings.

 dollars and twenty-five cents. For support of Sioux of different tribes—employees, and so forth,

Sioux, etc.

 one hundred and thirty-four dollars and forty-one cents. For support of Sioux of different tribes—subsistence and civilization, five hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty-eight cents. For support, of Sioux, Medawakanton band, three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty cents. For support of Arickarees, Gros Ventres, and Mandans, one hundred

Arickarees, Gros Ventres, and Mandans.

Arizona and New Mexico.

 and fifty-nine dollars and forty-eight cents. For support of Indians in Arizona and New Mexico, two dollars and fifteen cents. For support of Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes, Tongue River,

Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes.

 thirty one cents. For Indian schools, support, one hundred and fifty eight dollars and

Schools.

 seventy-nine-cents. For Indian school, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, seven hundred and twelve

Carlisle, Pa.

 dollars and forty-one cents. For Indian,school, Fort Mojave, Arizona, one hundred and twenty-six

Fort Mojave, Ariz.

 dollars and forty-five rents. For Indian school, Phoenix, Arizona, ten dollars.

Phenix, Ariz.

Tomah, Wis.

 For Indian school, Tomah, Wisconsin, eight hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents. For incidentals in South Dakota, ten dollars and thirty-two cents.

South Dakota.

Pensions.

 For army pensions, one thousand three hundred and sixty-six dollars and thirty cents. CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE STATE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

Claims, Auditor for State, etc., Departments.

 For pay of consular officers for services to American vessels and seamen,

Services to American vessels.

 eighteen dollars and seventy-four cents. CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

Claims, Auditor for Post office Department.

 For inland mail transportation, railroad, five thousand and eighty-one

Transportation.

Railroads.

 dollars and twenty-one cents; For inland mail transportation, star, ninety-eight dollars and sixty-eight

Star routes.

 cents: For mail depredations and post-office inspectors, two hundred dollars;

Depredations.

Advertising.

Postmasters.

 For advertising, twenty six dollars and forty cents; For compensation of postmasters, one thousand four hundred and twenty-three dollars and eighty-six cents; For clerk hire, eighty-one dollars and eight cents;

Clerk hire.

Special delivery.

Railway postal clerks.

Letter carriers.

Printing.

Canceling machines.

 For special delivery fees, eight cents; For railway postal clerks, two hundred and fifty dollars; For letter carrier, twenty-five dollars and eighty-three cents; For printing facing slips, and so forth, ninety-six cents; For rent of canceling machines, thirty-three dollars and seventy cents; in all, seven thousand two hundred and twenty-one dollars and eighty cents, payable from the appropriation “Deficiency in the Postal Revenues.” To pay the legal representatives of George K. Otis, as compensation

George K. Otis.

 for the extraordinary increase of service performed by him on route sixty-seven hundred and seventy-one, contract term ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, thirty-one thousand six hundred dollars. 874 That the proceeds of sales of the property of the United States, made

Mexican Boundary Commission.

Receipts from sales of properly to be used for further expenses.

Vol. 22, p. 986.

Vol. 29, p. 1493.

 by the International Boundary Commission provided for by the convention of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and the convention of February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, between the United States and Mexico, shall revert to the appropriations for the execution of the engagements of said conventions and be applied to the purposes for which said appropriations were made and shall not be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts as

R. S., secs. 3617, 3618. p. 713.

provided for by sections thirty-six hundred and seventeen and thirty-six hundred and eighteen of the Revised Statutes.
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 balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the

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-two, and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress

Vol. 23, p. 251.

under 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 two, Fifty-third Congress, third session, there is appropriated as follows:
CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE Treasury DEPARTMENT.

Claims, Auditor for Treasury Department.

 For contingent expenses, Treasury Department, freight, telegrams,

Contingent expenses.

 and so forth, two thousand nine hundred and ninety-six dollars and nine cents. For collecting the revenue from customs, two hundred and nine dollars

Customs revenue.

 and sixty-one cents. For repayment to importers excess of deposits, one thousand one

Repaying importers.

 hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty-three cents. For quarantine service, seventy-seven dollars and eighty cents.

Quarantine service.

Refunding taxes.

 For refunding taxes illegally collected (internal revenue), thirty-five dollars and fourteen cents. For repairs and preservation of public buildings, three hundred and

Repairs, etc., public buildings.

 thirty-five dollars and four cents. CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT.

Claims, Auditor for War Department.

 For pay, and so forth, of the Army, one thousand six hundred and

Army pay.

 eighty-one dollars and ninety-one cents. For expenses of recruiting, three dollars and fifteen cents.

Recruiting.

Transportation.

 For transportation of the Army and its supplies, four dollars and seventy-eight cents. For Medical and Hospital Department, two hundred and sixty dollars.

Medical Department.

Barracks and quarters.

Horses, etc., claims.

 For barracks and quarters, forty-six dollars and sixty-six cents. For horses and other property lost in the military service, five hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty-nine cents. CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Claims, Auditor for Navy Department.

 For pay of the Navy, two thousand two hundred and thirty-two dollars

Navy, pay.

 and eighty-five cents. For mileage, Navy, Graham decision: For the payment of claims for

Mileage.

 difference between actual expenses and mileage allowed under the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Graham versus The United States, two thousand four hundred and forty-five dollars and thirteen cents. 875 For pay, Marine Corps, ninety-five dollars and twenty-five cents.

Marine Corps.

Bureau of Ordnance.

 For contingent, Bureau of Ordnance (except for service over Pacific railroads), seven dollars and forty-six cents. For contingent, Bureau of Equipment (except for service over Pacific-railroads),

Bureau of Equipment.

 eighty-five dollars and fifty cents. For contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (except for service

Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.

 over Pacific railroads), two hundred and forty-one dollars and fifty-nine cents. For contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts (except for service

Bureau of Supplier and Accounts.

 over Pacific railroads), seven hundred and fifty-nine dollars and seventy-five cents. For destruction of clothing and bedding for sanitary reasons, twenty-three

Destroyed clothing.

 dollars and ninety cents. For bounty for destruction of enemies’vessels, two dollars and thirty-eight

Bounty, destroying enemies vessels.

 cents. For enlistment bounties to seamen, five hundred and fifty-four dollars.

Enlistment bounty.

 CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

Claims, Auditor fur Interior Department.

 Public Lands Service: For surveying the public lands, ten thousand

Surveying.

 and thirty-two dollars and one cent. Indian Affairs: For pay of Indian agents, thirty-six dollars and

Indian service.

Agents.

 eight cents. For telegraphing, and purchase of Indian supplies, eighteen dollars

Supplies.

 and eighty-five cents. For transportation of Indian supplies, two dollars and fifty-five cents. For support of Indians in Arizona and New Mexico, six hundred and

Arizona and New Mexico.

 forty-five dollars and fifty-three cents. For Indian schools, support, twenty dollars.

Schools.

 For Indian school transportation, one hundred and sixteen dollars and seventy-five cents. For incidentals in Arizona, including support and civilization, two

Arizona.

 dollars. CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE STATE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

Claims, Auditor for State, etc., Departments.

 Foreign Intercourse: For contingent expenses, foreign missions,

Contingent expenses, missions.

 sixty-five dollars and sixteen cents. For contingent expenses, United States consulates, one hundred and

Consulates.

 thirty-six dollars and thirty-three cents. For loss by exchange, consular service, ninety-nine dollars and fifty-eight

Loss by exchange.

 cents. Department of Agriculture: For botanical investigations and

Department of Agriculture.

 experiments, fifteen dollars and thirty cents. Department of Justice: For fees and expenses of marshals,

United States courts.

 United States courts, eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and seventy

Marshals.

 cents. For fees of commissioners, United States courts, one hundred and

Commissioners.

 seventy-three dollars and five cents. For fees of witnesses, United States courts, one hundred and eighty-eight

Witnesses.

 dollars and fifty-nine cents. For pay of bailiffs, and so forth, United States courts, fifteen dollars.

Bailiffs, etc.

N. R. Peekinpaugh.

 Excess of deposits by N. R. Peekinpaugh, clerk of United States courts, ten cents. For pay of special assistant attorney, as follows: To Charles S. Whitman,

Special assistant attorneys.

 eight hundred dollars; to S. F. Phillips, six hundred and fifty-eight dollars and seventy-six cents: in all, one thousand four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and seventy-six. fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five: to S. F, Phillips, two hundred and fifty dollars, fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four. 876 CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

Claims, Auditor for Post-Office Department.

 For inland mail transportation, railroad, eleven thousand five hundred

Transportation.

Railroads.

 and ten dollars and six cents; For inland mail transportation, special facilities, forty dollars; •

Special facilities.

Star routes.

 For inland mail transportation, star, two dollars and twenty-one cents; For compensation of postmasters, four hundred and ninety-one dollars

Postmasters.

 and one cent; For clerk hire, one hundred and fifty-five dollars and seventy cents;

Clerk hire.

Rent. etc.

 For rent, light, and fuel, ten dollars and sixteen cents; in all, twelve thousand two hundred and nine dollars and fourteen cents, payable from the appropriation “Deficiency in the Postal Revenues.” Approved, March 2, 1895.
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CHAP. 188.—
An Act Making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending Juno thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes.

March 2, 1895.

 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-six, and fulfilling treaty stipulations for the various Indian tribes, namely:
pay of indian agents For pay of fifty-seven agents of Indian affairs at the following-named

Pay of agents at agencies.

 agencies, at the rates respectively indicated, namely: At the Blackfeet Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Cherokee School, North Carolina: Additional compensation to superintendent of said school for performing the duties heretofore required of the agent at the Cherokee Agency, two hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne an’d Arapahoe Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Cheyenne River Agency, South Dakota, one thousand seven hundred dollars; At the Colorado River Agency, Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Colville Agency, Washington, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Crow Creek and Lower Brule Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Crow Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Devils Lake Agency, North Dakota, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Flathead Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Belknap Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Berthold Agency, North Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Hall Agency, Idaho, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Fort Peck Agency, Montana, one thousand eight hundred dollars; 877 At the Grand Ronde Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred

Indian agents—Continued.

 dollars; At the Green Bay Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Hoopa Valley Agency, California, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Kiowa Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Klamath Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the La Pointe Agency, Wisconsin, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Lemhi Agency, Idaho, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Mescalero Agency, New Mexico, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Mission Tule River Agency, California, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Navajo Agency, New Mexico, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Neah Bay Agency, Washington, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Nevada Agency, Nevada, one thousand live hundred dollars; At the New York Agency, New York, one. thousand dollars; At the Nez Perce Agency, Idaho, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Omaha and Winnebago Agency, Nebraska, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Osage Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Pima Agency, Arizona, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha Agency, Kansas, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Ponca. Pawnee, Otoe, and Oakland Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand five, hundred dollars; At the Pueblo and Jicarilla Agency, New Mexico, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Puyallup (consolidated) Agency, Washington, one thousand six hundred dollars; At the Quapaw Agency. Indian Territory, one thousand four hundred dollars; At the Rosebud Agency, South Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Round Valley Agency, California, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Sac and Fox Agency, Iowa, one thousand dollars: At the Sac and Fox Agency, Oklahoma Territory, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the San Carlos Agency, Arizona, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Santee Agency, Nebraska, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Shoshone Agency, Wyoming, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Siletz Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Sisseton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Southern Ute Agency, Colorado, one thousand four hundred dollars; At the Standing Rock Agency, North Dakota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Tongue River Agency, Montana, one thousand five hundred dollars; 878 At the Tulalip Agency, Washington, one thousand two hundred

Indian agents—continued.

 dollars; At the Uintah and Ouray Agency, Utah (consolidated), one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Umatilla Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Union Agency, Indian Territory, one thousand five hundred dollars; At the Warm Springs Agency, Oregon, one thousand two hundred dollars; At the Western Shoshone Agency, Nevada, one thousand live hundred dollars; At the White Earth Agency, Minnesota, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Yakima Agency, Washington, one thousand eight hundred dollars; At the Yankton Agency, South Dakota, one thousand six hundred dollars;

Provisos.

Not available for army officers as agents.

 in all, eighty-six thousand five hundred dollars: Provided, That 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: Provided further,

Superintendents of schools may act as agents.

 That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary 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

Bond.

properly perform the duties of such agency. And the superintendent upon whom such duties devolve shall give bond as other Indian agents. For payment of necessary interpreters, to be distributed

Interpreters.

 in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, ten 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 two thousand five hundred dollars

Inspectors.

 per annum each, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For necessary traveling expenses of five Indian inspectors, including

Traveling, etc., expenses.

 telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, seven thousand dollars. For pay of one superintendent of Indian schools, three thousand

Superintendent of schools.

 dollars. For necessary traveling expenses of one superintendent of Indian

Traveling, etc., expenses.

 schools, including telegraphing and incidental expenses of inspection

Provisos.

Per diem.

and investigation, one 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 repairs of buildings at agencies, twenty-five thousand dollars.

Agency buildings.

 For contingencies of the Indian service, including traveling and

Contingencies.

 incidental 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 employees not otherwise provided for, and for pay of the five special agents, at two thousand dollars per annum each, forty thousand dollars. For expenses of the commission of citizens, serving without compensation,

Citizen commission.

 appointed by the President under the provisions of the

Vol. 16, p. 40.

fourth section of the Act of April tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, four thousand dollars. 879 To enable the Secretary of the Interior to employ practical farmers,

Practical farmers.

 and practical stockmen, in addition to the agency farmers now employed, at wages not exceeding seventy-five dollars each per month, to superintend and direct farming and stock raising among such Indians as are making effort for self-support, seventy thousand dollars, and no person shall be employed as such farmer or stockman who has not been at least five years immediately previous to such employment practically engaged in the occupation of farming within the State or Territory where such agency is located, and where practicable competent Indians shall be given the preference. For services of officers, at fifteen dollars per month each, and privates,

Indian police.

 at ten 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 at nonration agencies, one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. For compensation of judges of Indian courts, twelve thousand five

Judges Indian courts.

 hundred and forty dollars. To enable, the Secretary of the Interior to employ suitable persons as

Matrons to teach housekeeping.

 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 equipments, ten thousand dollars. For pure vaccine matter and vaccination of Indians, one thousand

Vaccination.

 dollars. To pay the expense of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian

Purchasing supplies.

 Service, and pay of necessary employees; advertising, at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates, inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, thirty-five thousand dollars. For necessary expenses of transportation of such goods, provisions,

Transporting supplies.

 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. FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH, AND SUPPORT OF, INDIAN TRIBES.

Fulfilling treaties.

 apaches, kiowas, and comanches

Apaches, Kiowas, and Comanches.

 For twenty-eighth of thirty installments, as provided to be expended under the tenth article, treaty of October twenty-first, eighteen hundred

Vol. 15, pp. 584, 590.

 and sixty-seven, concluded at Medicine Lodge Creek, in Kansas, with the Kiowas and Comanches, and under the third article, treaty of the same date, with the Apaches (permanent), 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 dollars; For pay of physician and two teachers, two thousand seven hundred dollars; in all, forty-seven thousand seven hundred dollars. cheyennes and arapahoes

Cheyennes and Arapahoes.

 For twenty-eighth of thirty installments, provided to be expended under the tenth article of treaty of October twenty-eighth, eighteen

Vol 15, p. 596.

 hundred and sixty-seven (permanent), 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: 880 For pay of carpenter, farmer, blacksmith, miller, and engineer, as per same article, four thousand dollars; in all, thirty-eight thousand dollars. chickasaws.

Chickasaws.

 For permanent annuity in goods, three thousand dollars.

Vol. 1. p. 619.

 chippewas of the mississippi.

Chippewas of the Mississippi.

 For first, second, and third often installments of annuity, last series,

Vol. 9, p. 904.

to be paid to Chief Hole in the Day, or his heirs, per third article of treaty of August second, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and fifth

Vol. 16, p. 720.

article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, three thousand dollars. For support of a school or schools upon said reservation, during the

School

 pleasure of the President, in accordance with third article of treaty of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, four thousand dollars. 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 thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three thousand dollars. For permanent annuity tor support of light horsemen, per thirteenth

Vol. 7, p. 213.

 article of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty,

Vol. 11, p. 614.

and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, six hundred dollars. For permanent annuity for support of blacksmith, per sixth article

Vol. 7, p. 212.

Vol. 7, p. 236.

 of treaty of October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty, ninth article of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 11, p. 614.

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.

Vol. 11, p. 614.

 of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and thirteenth article of treaty of June twenty second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and twenty dollars. 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

Vol. 7, p. 236.

conformity with the provisions contained in the ninth and thirteenth articles of treaty of January twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-five,

Vol. 11, p. 614.

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 thousand and thirty-two dollars and eighty-nine cents. chippewas of minnesota, reimbursable.

Chippewas of Minnesota.

 This amount as advance interest to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota,

Advance interest.

Vol. 25, p. 645.

 as required by section seven of “An Act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the manner required by said Act, reimbursable, ninety thousand dollars. To enable the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, under the direction of

For civilization, etc.

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,” approved January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. namely, the purchase of material and employment of labor for 881 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 Reservation; 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

Removal, etc.

 their allotments, to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of sale of their lauds, fifty thousand dollars. For completing the, necessary surveys within the Chippewa Indian

Surveys.

 Reservation in Minnesota, including expenses of examining and 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 proceeds of the sale of their lands, twenty-five thousand dollars. cœur d’alenes.

Cœur d’Alenes.

 For fourth 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 twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, ratified by Act of March third, eighteen hundred

Vol. 26, p. 1028.

 and ninety-one, eight thousand dollars; For pay of blacksmith, carpenter, and physician, and purchase of medicines, as per the eleventh article of said agreement, three thousand, five hundred dollars; in all, eleven thousand five hundred dollars. columbia and colvilles.

Columbias and Colvilles.

 For annuity for Chief Moses, as per agreement of July seventh, eighteen

Chief Moses.

Vol. 23, p. 79.

 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. cheeks.

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

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

Vol. 7, p. 287.

Vol. 11, p. 100.

 January 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 shops 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 the pay of a wheelwright, per same articles of same treaties, six hundred dollars; For live per centum interest on two hundred thousand dollars, for

Interest.

Vol. 11, p. 701.

 purposes of education, 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 882 provisions of third article of treaty of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 14, p. 187.

 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 fourteenth 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 a manner as the President may direct, thirty thousand dollars; For twenty-seventh 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 cost, hat, pantaloons,

Vol. 15, p. 651.

flannel shirt, and woolen socks, as per ninth article of treaty of May seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, six thousand dollars; For twenty-seventh 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-seventh 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 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, as per 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; 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, fort hall indians.

Fort Hall Indians.

 For seventh of twenty installments, as provided in agreement with

Vol 25, p, 688.

 said 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 Indians.

 For eighth of ten installments of one hundred and fifty thousand

Vol. 25, 114.

 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 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 Indiana.

 For eighth of ten installments of one hundred and fifteen thousand

Vol. 25, p. 114.

 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, Montana, as per Act approved May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. indians at fort peck agency.

Fort Peck Indiana.

 For eighth often installments of one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the 883 Interior, for the support and civilization of the Indians attached to the Fort Peck Agency, Montana, as per Act approved May first, eighteen

Vol 25, p. 114.

 hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. indians at fort berthold agency.

Fort Berthold Indians

 For fifth 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. 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-five, 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 last 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 sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and nineteen

Interest.

 dollars and twenty-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 four hundred and forty-five dollars and ninety-six 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 second article of treaty of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and

Vol 12, p. 981.

 fifty-five, three thousand dollars. nez perces.

Nez Perces.

 For salaries of two matrons to take charge of the boarding schools,

Schools, etc.

 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 Cheyennes and Arapahoe.

 For subsistence and civilization, as per agreement with the Sioux

Subsistence, etc.

Vol. 19, p. 256.

 Indians, approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, including subsistence and civilization of Northern Cheyennes removed from Pine Ridge Agency to Tongue River, Montana, seventy five thousand dollars; 884 For twenty-seventh of thirty installments, for purchase of clothing,

Clothing

Vol. 15, p. 657.

 as per sixth article treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, including clothing for above Indians, seventeen thousand

Proviso.

Division.

dollars: Provided, That the amount in this and the preceding paragraph shall be expended pro rata, as near as may be, for the Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes in Wyoming and on the Tongue River in Montana; 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,

Interest.

 at five 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. pawnees.

Pawnees.

 For perpetual annuity, at least one-half of which is to be paid in goods

Annuity.

 and such articles as may be deemed necessary for them, per second

Vol. 11, p.729.

article of treaty of September‘twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven (permanent), 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, 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. pottawatomies.

Pottawatomies.

 For permanent annuity, in silver, per fourth article 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 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 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 treaty of September

Vol. 7, p. 317.

 twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty eight, seven hundred and fifteen dollars and sixty cents; For permanent annuity, in specie, per second article 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 article of treaties of June fifth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, one hundred and seven dollars and thirty-four cents; For permanent provision for three blacksmiths and assistants, and

Vol. 7, p. 296.

Vol. 7, p. 318.

for iron and steel for shops, per third article of treaty of October sixteenth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six; second article of treaty of 885 September twentieth, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, and second

Vol. 7, p. 321.

 article of treaty of July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, one thousand and eight dollars and ninety-nine cents; For permanent provision 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; For interest on two hundred and thirty thousand and sixty-four dollars

Interest.

 and twenty cents, at live per centum, in conformity with provisions of article seventh 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. This amount to be paid to the legal representatives of R. B. Kennedy,

R. B. Kennedy.

Repayment.

 a citizen Pottawatomie, deceased, being excess of amount due for his allotment of lands in the Pottawatomie Reservation, Indian Territory, and paid by him to the United States, sixteen dollars and ninety two cents. pottawatomie of indiana and michigan.

Pottawatomies.

 For this amount due certain Pottawatomie Indians of Indiana and

Annuities.

Michigan, being their proportion (two thousand and eighty one dollars and thirty cents) of the perpetual annuities (twenty two thousand three hundred dollars) due the Pottawatomie Nation under various treaties, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, as ascertained by the judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States pronounced in the case of the Pottawatomie Indians of Michigan and Indiana against the United

Ante, p. 450.

 States on the seventeenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and which annuities were not embraced in the judgment aforesaid, two thousand and eighty-one dollars and thirty cents. And the Commissioner of Indian Affairs is directed

Legal services.

 to withhold from distribution among the said Indians so much of any moneys due them by the United Slates as may be found justly and equitably due for legal services rendered, and to pay the same on account of the prosecution and recovery of the moneys aforesaid. quapaws.

Quapaws.

 For education, during the pleasure of the President, per third article

Vol. 7, p. 425.

 of treaty of May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, one thousand dollars; for blacksmith and assistants, and tools, iron, and steel for blacksmith 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

Interest.

Vol. 7, p. 54.

centum, 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 forty-two, forty thousand dollars: Provided, That the sum of one thousand five hundred

Proviso.

Physician.

 dollars of this amount shall be used for the pay of a physician and tor 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

Vol. 7, p. 541.

 thirty-seven (permanent), seven thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars; 886 For support of a school, per fifth article of treaty of March sixth,

School.

 eighteen hundred and sixty-one, two hundred dollars; in all, eight

Vol. 12, p. 1173.

thousand and seventy dollars. seminoles.

Seminoles.

 For five per centum interest on two hundred and fifty thousand

Interest

 dollars, to

Vol. 11, p. 702.

 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

Vol. 14, p. 757.

per centum per annum, to be paid annually for the support of schools, as per third article of treaty of March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, 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 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.

 twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventeen, five

Vol. 7, p. ML

hundred dollars: For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September

Vol. 7, p. 170.

 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 in

Vol. 15, p. 515.

the seventh article of 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

Vol 7, p. 179.

 September-seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and fifth

Vol. 15, p. 515.

article of treaty of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, five hundred dollars; For blacksmith and assistants, shops and tools, iron and steel, per

Vol. 7, p. 752.

 fourth article of treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 15, p. 515.

thirty-one, arid 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.

 nineteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, six thousand

Vol. 4, p. 442.

dollars; For interest, in lieu of investment, on seventy-five thousand dollars,

Interest.

 at five per centum, per Act of

Vol. p. 35.

June twenty-seventh, 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, 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. 887 That the Secretary of the Interior be and he is hereby authorized to

Ogden Land Company.

Purchase of lands from.

Ante, p. 31.

 negotiate with the Ogden Land Company for the purchase of the interests said company may possess, if any, in the Cattaraugus and Allegany Indian reservations in the State of New York. He is also authorized to negotiate with the said Indians under such

Negotiations with Indians.

 rules and regulations as he may prescribe as to the terms upon which the said Indians will consent to the United States purchasing the interest of said company in said reservations, if such interest is found to exist, and the. Secretary of the Interior shall make a full report to Congress

Report.

 of his proceedings under this provision. eastern shawnees.

Eastern Shawnees.

 For permanent annuity, in specie, per fourth article of treaty of September

Annunity.

Vol. 7, p. 170.

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 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-sixth of thirty installments, to purchase suits

Shoshones.

Supplies.

 of clothing for males over fourteen years of age; flannel, hose, calico, and domestics for females over the age of twelve years, and such goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls under the ages named, as per ninth article of treaty of July third, eighteen hundred

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, as per eighth article of same treaty, one thousand dollars; Bannocks: For twenty-sixth of thirty installments, to purchase suits

Bannocks.

Supplies.

 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 treaty of July third,

Vol. 15, p. 676.

 eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, five 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; 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 sixth

Annuity.

Vol. 7, p. 46.

 article of treaty of November eleventh, 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-sixth of thirty installments, to purchase clothing for males

Supplies.

 over fourteen years of age; for flannel, hose, and calico, and domestics required for females over twelve years of age, and for such flannel and cotton goods as may be needed to make suits for boys and girls, per tenth article of treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 15, p. 638.

 sixty-eight, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; 888 For twenty-sixth 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, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars; For pay of five teachers, one physician, one carpenter, one miller, one

Teachers, etc.

Vol. 15, p. 640.

 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, eight hundred dollars of which shall be used to employ an additional blacksmith at Cheyenne River Agency, and eight hundred dollars of which shall be used to employ a harness maker at said agency, and in the employment of such blacksmith and harness maker preference shall be given to Indians; 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.

Vol. 10, p. 254.

 as per agreement, ratified by Act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one million dollars:

Provisos.

Transportation.

Indian employment.

Limit of rations.

Provided, That this sum shall include transportation of supplies from the termination of railroad or steamboat transportation; and in this service Indians shall have the preference in employment: .Did provided further, 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 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

 purchase, erection, and repairs of school buildings, in accordance with

Vol. 15, p. 637.

article seven of the treaty of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, which article is continued in force for twenty years by

Vol. 25, p. 894.

section seventeen of the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, seventy-five thousand dollars, five thousand dollars of which, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, maybe expended by

Artesian wells.

the Secretary of the Interior for the construction of an artesian well at the Indian school at the Cheyenne River Indian Agency, South Dakota, and five thousand dollars of which, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, may be expended by the Secretary of the Interior for the construction of an artesian well at the Indian school at Crow Creek Agency, South Dakota; in all. one million three hundred and ninety-eight thousand five hundred dollars. For compensating the Indians of the Crow Creek Reservation for loss

Crow Creek Indians.

Compensation.

 sustained by those Indians in receiving less land per capita in their diminished reservation than is received by the Indians occupying other diminished reservations, the amount to be added to the share of the permanent fund of the said Crow Creek Indians and to draw interest at the rate of four per centum per annum, one hundred and eighty-seven thousand and thirty-nine dollars. sioux, yankton tribe.

Sioux, Yankton tribe.

 For seventh of twenty installments (last series), to be paid to them

Vol. 11, p. 744.

or expended for their benefit, per fourth article of treaty of April nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight (permanent), fifteen thousand dollars: For subsistence and civilization of two thousand Yankton Sioux,

Subsistence.

Vol. 19, p. 287.

 heretofore provided for in appropriations under “Fulfilling treaty with Sioux of different tribes,” and so forth, thirty-five thousand dollars; in all, fifty thousand dollars. 889 sisseton and wahpeton indians.

Sisseton and Wahpetons.

 For eighth 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 September twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, ratified by Act of March

Vol. 26, p. 1037.

 third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, eighteen thousand four hundred dollars. That for the purpose of paying to the scouts and soldiers of the Sisseton,

Payment to scouts, etc., Sioux outbreak, etc.

 Wahpeton, Medawaukanton, and Wapakoota bands of Sioux Indians, who were enrolled and entered into the military service of the United States, and served in suppressing what is known as the Sioux outbreak of eighteen hundred and sixty-two, or who were enrolled and 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 families of such scouts and soldiers as are now dead, who were 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

Vol. 26, p. 1036.

 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 share of the amount found due said scouts and soldiers for annuities under the provisions of the fourth article of the

Vol. 10, p. 950.

 treaty of July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, which treaty was proclaimed on the twenty-fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and which annuities were to be paid to said Indians annually for the period of fifty years, commencing with the first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and have now been paid to the said scouts and soldiers and their descendants under the provision of the Act of Congress of March third,

Vol. 26, p. 1038.

Vol. 27, p. 624.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, leaving to be paid to said Indians, eight installments of said annuities

Unpaid installments.

 still unpaid, amounting in the aggregate to the Indians aforesaid and their descendants to the sum of forty-nine thousand and sixty-six dollars and sixty-four cents, for the annuities due the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, and the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and the first day of July, nineteen hundred, and the first day of July, nineteen hundred and one, and the first day of July, nineteen hundred and two; which sum of forty-nine thousand and sixty-six dollars

Distribution per capita.

 and sixty-four cents is hereby appropriated, out of the money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid in equal shares and per capita to said scouts and soldiers who are still living, who were not parties to the agreement aforesaid, and the share of any such scout or soldier should receive, if living, shall, in the event he is dead, be divided pro rata between his wife and children, who are not parties to said agreement; and the payrolls upon which payments have been made to said scouts and soldiers and their wives and children, under the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, shall be conclusive in all cases where the name of the scout or soldier, or of Ids widow or children appear upon said roll, except in cases where deaths have subsequently occurred, and except in cases where names have been carried upon said roll of Indians who are parties to the said agreement of the twelfth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and have received annuities thereunder, which mimes shall be dropped from said roll: And Provided, That the names of no children shall be enrolled who are

Proviso.

Adopted children to be dropped.

 not the natural children of such scout or soldier, and the names of any adopted children heretofore placed upon said roll shall be dropped therefrom. 890 And the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to add the

Addition of names accidentally omitted.

 names of any scouts and soldiers of the aforesaid bauds who served as such in the armies of the United States between August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, who have been by accident or otherwise previously omitted therefrom, and may add the names of the wife and children of such scout or soldier, if dead, and in extending the payments upon said rolls to individuals, make correct any errors that have heretofore been committed in the amounts paid to individual Indians whose names appear on said rolls, so that each scout or soldier enrolled, and the wife and children of each scout and soldier that is dead, who has been or shall be enrolled, shall receive an equal share of the annuities so restored and paid to said Indians in accordance with the true spirit of this Act, and the said preceding Acts of Congress, and the amount hereby appropriated shall be a full payment and settlement of all the annuities coming to said Indians upon said treaties of eighteen hundred and fifty-one, or any action of the Interior Department, or any Acts of Congress heretofore passed in relation thereto. spokanes.

Spokanes.

 For fourth of ten installments, to be expended, under the direction of

Removal to Cœnr d’Alene Reservation, etc.

 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 grist mills, 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 fifth of agreement with said Indians dated March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 27, p. 139.

Proviso.

Indians on other reservations.

eighty-seven, ratified by Act of Congress approved July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, five thousand dollars: Provided, That any moneys heretofore or hereafter to be appropriated for the removal of said Spokane Indians to the Cœur d’Alene Reservation shall be extended or expended to such members of the tribe who have removed or shall remove to the Colville or Jocko reservations; 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 third of ten installments of one hundred dollars each, to Chiefs

Pay to chiefs.

 Louis, Paul Schulhault, Antarcham, and Enoch, as per article nine of said agreement, four hundred dollars; in all, seven thousand four hundred dollars. confederated bands of utes.

Utes, Confederated bands.

 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 treaty of 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-seventh of thirty installments, to be expended under the

Clothing, etc.

 direction of the Secretary of the Interior for clothing, blankets, and

Vol. 15. p. 622.

such 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; 891 For pay of employees at the several Ute agencies, five thousand

Employees.

 dollars; in all, seventy-three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. winnebagoes.

Winnebagoes.

 For interest on eight hundred and four thousand nine hundred and

Interest.

Vol. 7, p. 545.

 nine dollars and seventeen cents, at five per centum per annum, per fourth article of treaty of November first, eighteen hundred

Vol. 12, p. 628.

 and thirty-seven, and Joint Resolution of July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. forty thousand two hundred and forty-five dollars and forty-five cents; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to expend said interest for the support, education, and civilization of said Indians; 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. miscellaneous supports.

Miscellaneous supports.

 For subsistence and civilization of the Apaches, Kiowas, Comanebes,

Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, Wichitas, etc.

Wichitas, and affiliated bands who have been collected in the reservations set apart for their use and occupation, one hundred and ten 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, ninety thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Chippewas of Lake Superior, Wisconsin,

Chippewas, Lake Superior.

 to be expended for agricultural and educational purposes, pay of employees, including pay of physician, at twelve hundred dollars, purchase of goods and provisions, and for such other purposes as may be deemed for the best interests of said Indians, seven thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars. For support and civilization of Chippewas of lied Lake and Pembina

Chippewas, Red Lake and Pembina.

 tribe of Chippewas, Minnesota, and for pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be

Chippewas, White Earth Reservation.

 expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in the care mid 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 the support and civilization of Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa

Chippewas, Turtle Mountain Band.

 Indians in North Dakota, including seeds, eighteen thousand dollars, of which amount live thousand dollars shall be immediately available for the purchase of food for the immediate relief of the members of said band, as the chief and council thereof may recognize to belong to said band, who shall be the sole beneficiaries thereof. For support and civilization of the confederated tribes and bands in

Confederated bands, middle Oregon.

 middle Oregon, and for pay of employees, six thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the D’Wamish and other allied tribes

D’Wamish, etc., Washington.

 in Washington, including pay of employees, seven thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Carlos’s band of Flatheads, Montana,

Carlos’s Band, Flatbeads, etc.

 including pay of employees, twelve thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Flatheads and other confederated

Flatheads, etc.

 tribes, Montana, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase subsistence and

Hualpais. Ariz.

 other necessaries for the support of the Hualpais in Arizona, seven thousand five hundred dollars. 892 For support, and civilization of the Indians in Arizona and New

Apaches etc., Arizona and New Mexico.

 Mexico who have been or may be collected on reservations in Arizona and New Mexico, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, of which sum twenty-five thousand dollars shall be immediately available. 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 Indiana.

Sheepeaters, and other Indians of the Lemhi Agency, Idaho, including pay of employees, thirteen thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Klamaths, Modocs,

Klamath Agency Indiana.

 and other Indians of the Klamath Agency, Oregon, including pay of employees, live thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Kansas Indians, Indian Territory,

Kanans.

 including agricultural assistance and pay of employees, two thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Kickapoo Indians in the Indian

Kickapoos.

 Territory, live thousand, dollars. For support and civilization of the Makahs, Washington, including

Makaha.

 pay of employees, four thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Indians at the Mission Agency, California,

Mission Agency Indians.

 including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Modoc Indians now residing

Modocs, Indian Territory.

 within the Indian Territory, four thousand dollars. For purchase of agricultural implements, and support and civilization

Nez Pereas, Joseph’s Band.

 of Joseph’s band of Nez Perce Indians, ten thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Nez Perce Indians in Idaho, including

Nez Perces.

 pay of physician, six thousand five hundred dollars. For additional subsistence and civilization of the Northern Cheyenne

Northern Cheyenne and Arapahoe.

 and Arapahoe Indians on the Tongue River in Montana, twenty-five thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Ponca Indians, including pay of

Poncas.

Proviso.

Division.

 employees, fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, That this amount, after paying employees authorized by law, shall be divided per capita among all the members of said tribe in the Indian Territory, South Dakota, and in the State of Nebraska. For support and civilization of the Qninai-clts and Quil lehutes, Washington,

Quinaielts and Quillehutes.

 including pay of employees, three thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Wyoming, fifteen

Shoshones, Wyoming.

 thousand dollars. For support and civilization of Shoshone Indians in Nevada, including

Shoshones, Nevada.

 pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. For support, civilization, and instruction of the Seminole Indians in

Seminles, Florida.

 Florida, six thousand dollars, one-half of which sum may be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior in procuring permanent homes for said Indians. For support and civilization of Sioux of Devils Lake, North Dakota,

Sioux, Devils Lake.

 including pay of employees, and for the purchase of seeds, twelve thousand dollars, of which sum seven thousand dollars shall be immediately available. For temporary support and civilization of Sioux, Medawakanton

Medawakanton Sioux.

 Band, in Minnesota, five thousand dollars, to be immediately available. For support and civilization of the S’Klallam Indians, Washington,

S’Klallams.

 including pay of employees, one thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of Tonkawa Indians, Indian Territory,

Tonkawas.

 and for seeds and agricultural implements, four thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Walla Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla

Walla Wallas, Cayuses, and Umatilla.

 tribes, Oregon, including pay of employees, six thousand five hundred dollars. For support and civilization of the Yakimas and other Indians at

Yakimas, etc.

 said agency, including pay of employees, ten thousand dollars. 893 GENERAL INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN SERVICE.

Incidental expenses.

 Arizona: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service,

Arizona.

 including traveling expenses of agents in Arizona, one thousand five hundred dollars. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to

John L. Bullis.

Reimbursement.

 reimburse out of any unexpended balance of the appropriation for the support and civilization of the Indians in Arizona and New Mexico for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, Captain John L. Bullis, for expenditures made by him from his own private funds for the Indian service while acting United States Indian agent at San Carlos Agency, Arizona, upon the presentation of proper vouchers, to the amount of one thousand four hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty-nine cents. California: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service,

California.

 including traveling expenses of agents, in California, and support and civilization of Indians at the Round Valley, Uoopa Valley, and Tale River agencies, thirteen thousand dollars; and pay of employees at same agencies, eight thousand dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand dollars. Colorado: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service,

Colorado.

 including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. North Dakota: For general incidental expenses of the Indian service,

North Dakota.

 including traveling expenses of agents, at three agencies in North Dakota, one thousand five hundred dollars. South Dakota: For general incidental expenses of the Indian service,

South Dakota.

 including traveling expenses of agents, at seven agencies in South Dakota, two thousand five hundred dollars. Idaho: For genera! incidental expenses of the Indian Service, including

Idaho.

 traveling expenses of agents, in Idaho, eight hundred dollars. Montana: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service,

Montana.

 including traveling expenses of agents, two thousand five hundred dollars. Nevada: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service,

Nevada.

 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, twelve thousand dollars; and pay of employees, same agency, four thousand dollars: in all, sixteen thousand dollars. New Mexico: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service,

New Mexico.

 including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. To reimburse S. M. Cart late superintendent, of the Santa Fe Indian

S M. Cart.

Payment to.

 school for the sum paid by him for clerk hire, sixteen days at two dollars and seventy-eight cents per day, forty-four dollars and forty-eight cents. Oregon: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service,

Oregon.

 including traveling expenses of agents, in Oregon, and support and civilization of Indians of Grand Ronde and Siletz agencies, eight thousand dollars, and pay of employees at the same agencies, four thousand dollars; in all, twelve thousand dollars. Utah: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service, including

Utah.

 traveling expenses of agents, in Utah; support and civilization of Indians at Uintah Valley and Ouray agencies, three thousand dollars, and pay of employees at said agencies, four thousand dollars; in all, seven thousand dollars. Washington: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service, including

Washington.

 traveling expenses of agents at seven agencies, and support and civilization of Indians at Colville and Puyallup agencies, and for pay of employees, fourteen thousand dollars. Wyoming: For general incidental expenses of the Indian Service,

Wyoming.

 including traveling expenses of agents, one thousand dollars. 894 MISCELLANEOUS.

Miscellaneous.

 To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the Creek Nation a

Creeks.

Payment to.

 portion of the fund now held by the United States in accordance with

Vol. 25, p. 759.

the provisions of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Muscogee Nation of Indians in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, two hundred thousand dollars, and the same shall be paid in silver coin, or such other lawful money of the United States as the Creek Nation shall desire, to be immediately available. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to

Stockbridge Indians.

Per capita.

Vol. 27, p. 745.

 pay to such of the Stockbridge Indians? per capita, as he shall find entitled under the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to be enrolled and to participate in the distribution one-half of the trust fund now to their credit in the United States Treasury, and heretofore appropriated, when the allotment to their lands shall have been completed. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to negotiate with the

San Carlos Reservation, Ariz.

Negotiation for coal lands.

 Indians on the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona, through an inspector, for the cession or relinquishment to the United States of the lands embracing the coal fields, and that any agreement made shall be submitted to Congress for its action. To pay the necessary expenses of securing the consent to removal by

Southern Utes, Colo.

Removal.

Ante. p. 077.

 the Southern Ute Indians and the necessary expenses of removing said Indians, in accordance with the provisions of the law recently passed for their removal, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the payment of the first installment due on the fourth day of

Cherokees.

Payment of first installment Cherokee Outlet purchase.

Vol. 27, p. 641.

Proviso.

 March eighteen hundred and ninety-five to the Cherokee Nation, under the provisions of the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, for the purchase of the “Cherokee Outlet,” the sum of one million six hundred and sixty thousand dollars: Provided, That said sum

Retention.

shall be held subject to the payment of the Delaware and Shawnee Indians and the Cherokee Freedmen as provided by the tenth section of said Act to be available immediately after March fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed,

Pottawatomies, Ind. and Mich.

Census.

 to detail or employ an Indian inspector to take a census of the Pottawatomie Indians of Indiana and Michigan who are entitled to a certain sum of money appropriated by Congress to satisfy a judgment of the

Ante, p. 450.

Court of Claims in favor of said Indians. And for the purpose of making the payment to the Pottawatomie Indians, of Indiana and Michigan, of the one hundred and four thousand six hundred and twenty-six dollars appropriated by the last Congress to satisfy a judgment of the Court of Claims, there is hereby appropriated the sum of one thousand dollars. For continuing the work of the Puyallup Indian Commission appointed

Puyallup Indian Reservation.

Commission to appraise, etc.

Vol. 27, p. 633.

 under the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, (Twenty-sixth Statutes, six hundred and twelve), to select and appraise such portions of the allotted lauds within the Puyallup Indian Reservation, Washington, as are not required for homes for the Indian allottees; and also that part of the agency tract exclusive of the burying ground not needed for school purposes, and for the purpose of defraying the expenses of said Commission the sum of fourteen thousand dollars to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of the sale of the agency tract and allotted lands, as provided in said Act, to be immediately available.

Whereas David H. Jerome, Alfred M. Wilson, and Warren G. Sayre,

Agreement with Wichitas, etc., Oklahoma.

duly appointed commissioners on the part of the United States, did, on the fourth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, conclude an 895 agreement with the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians in Oklahoma Territory, formerly a part of the Indian Territory, which said agreement is as follows:

“Articles of agreement made and entered into at Anadarko, in the Indian Territory, on the 4th 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 Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians in the Indian Territory.
“Article I.

“The said Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians in the Indian

Lands ceded.

Territory hereby cede, convey, transfer, 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 a point in the middle of the main channel of the Washita River, where the ninety-eighth meridian of west longitude crosses the same, thence up the middle of the main channel of said river to the line of 98° 40′ west longitude, thence on said line of 98° 40′ due north to the middle of the channel of the main Canadian River, thence down the middle of said main Canadian River to where it crosses the ninety-eighth meridian, thence due south to the place of beginning.
“Article II.

“In consideration of the cession recited in the foregoing article, the

Allotment of lands to Indians.

United States agrees that out of said tract of country there shall be allotted to each and every member of said Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians in the Indian Territory native and adopted, one hundred and sixty acres of land, in the manner and form as follows:

“Said tract of country shall be, by the United States, classified into grazing and grain-growing land, and when so classified each of said Indians shall be required to take at least one-half in area of his or her allotment in grazing land, subject to the foregoing and other restrictions hereinafter recited. Each and every member of said Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians in the Indian Territory over the age of eighteen years shall have the right to select for himself or herself one hundred and sixty acres of land, to be held and owned in severalty, but to conform to legal surveys in boundary as nearly as practicable; and that the father, or if be be dead the mother (if members of said tribe or bands of Indians), 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 some one appointed by him for the purpose, shall select a like amount of land, under the same restrictions, for each orphan child belonging to said tribe or bands of Indians under the age of eighteen years.

“It is hereby further expressly agreed that no person shall have the 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 been 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, except, in cases where any member of said Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians has heretofore made improvements upon and now occupies and uses a part of said sections sixteen (16) and thirty-six (36), such Indian 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 896 shall have the undisputed right to make his or her selection, to conform to legal subdivisions, however, so as to include such improvements without reference to the classification of land hereinbefore recited.
“Article III. “All allotments hereunder shall be selected within ninety days from

Selection of lands.

 the ratification of this agreement by Congress of the United States; provided, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may extend the time for making such selection; and should any Indian entitled to allotments hereunder fail or refuse to make his or her selection of land in such time, then the. allotting agent in charge of the work of making 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 were 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 allottees, respectively, fora, period of twenty-five (25) years, in the manner and to the extent provided for

Vol. 24, p. 389.

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 the Territories over the Indians, and for other purposes.” Approved February 8, 1887. And at the expiration of twenty-five (25) years the title thereto shall be conveyed in fee simple to the allottees, or their heirs, free from all incumbrances.
“Article V. “In addition to the allotments above provided for, and the other

Cash payment.

 benefits to be received under the preceding articles, said Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians claim and insist that further compensation, in money, should be made to them by the United States, for their possessory right in and to the lands above described in excess of so much thereof as may be required for their said allotments. Therefore it is further agreed that the question as to what sum of money, if any, shall be paid to said Indians for such surplus lands shall be submitted to the Congress of the United States, the decision of Congress thereon to be final and binding upon said Indians; provided, if any sum of money shall be allowed by Congress for surplus lands, it shall be subject to a reduction for each allotment of land that may be taken in excess of one thousand and sixty (1,000) at that price per acre, if any,that maybe allowed by Congress.
“Article VI. “It is further agreed that there shall be reserved to said Indians the

Claims not impaired.

 right to prefer against the United States any and every claim that they may believe they have the right to prefer, save and except any claim to the tract of country described in the first article, of this agreement.
“Article VII. “It is hereby further agreed that wherever, in this reservation, any

Lands for religions, etc., uses.

 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 (100) 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 897 homestead entry. That whenever said lands are abandoned tor school purposes the same shall revert to said Indian Tribes and be disposed of for their benefit.
“Article VIII.

“This agreement shall have effect whenever it shall be ratified by

Ratifications.

the Congress of the United States.

“In witness whereof, the said commissioners on the part of the United States have hereunto set their hands, and the undersigned members of the said Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians have set their hands, the day and year first above written.”
That said agreement be, and the same hereby is, accepted, ratified,

Agreement confirmed.

 and confirmed as herein provided. The compensation to be allowed in full for all Indian claims to these

Price per acre.

 lands which may be sustained by said court in the scrip hereinafter Provided for shall not exceed one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for so much of said land as will not be required for allotment to the Indians as provided in the foregoing agreement, subject to such reduction as may be found necessary under article five of said agreement: Provided, That no part of said sum shall be paid except as hereinafter

Proviso.

Payment.

 provided. That for the purpose of making the allotments provided for in said

Allotment expenses.

 agreement, including the pay and expenses of the necessary special agent or agents hereby authorized to be appointed by the President for the purpose and the necessary resurveys, there be, and hereby is, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. That whenever any of the lands acquired by this agreement shall,

Disposal of lands.

 by operation of law or proclamation of the President of the United States, be open to settlement, they shall be disposed of under the general provisions of the homestead and town-site laws of the United States: Provided, That in addition to the land office fees prescribed by

Provisos.

Fees.

 statute for such entries the entry man shall pay one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for the land entered at the time of submitting his final proof: And provided further, That in all homestead entries where

Homestead entries.

 the entry man has resided upon and improved the land entered in good faith for the period of fourteen mouths he may commute his entry to cash upon the payment of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: And provided further, That the rights of honorably discharged Union

Soldiers, etc.

 soldiers and sailors of the late civil war, as defined and described in sections twenty-three hundred and four and twenty-three hundred and

R. S., secs. 2304, 2305, p. 422.

 five of the Revised Statutes, shall not be abridged: And provided further, That any qualified entry man having lands adjoining the lands

Adjoining lands.

 herein ceded, whose original entry embraced less than one hundred and sixty acres, may take sufficient land from said reservation to make his homestead entry not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres in all, said land to be taken upon the same conditions as are required of other entry men: Provided, That said lands shall be opened to settlement

Opening.

 within one year after said allotments are made to the Indians. That sections sixteen and thirty-six, thirteen and thirty-three, of the

Educational lands.

 lands hereby acquired, in each township, shall not be subject to entry, but shall be reserved, sections sixteen and thirty-six for the use of the common schools, and sections thirteen and thirty-three for university, agricultural college, normal schools, and public buildings of the Territory and future State of Oklahoma; and in case either of said sections or parts thereof is lost to said Territory by reason of allotment under this Actor otherwise the governor thereof is hereby authorized to locate other lands not occupied in quantity equal to the loss: Provided, That

Proviso.

Payment for.

 the United States shall pay the Indians for said reserved sections the same price as is paid for the lands not reserved. 898 That as fast as the lands opened for settlement under this Act are

Receipts to await suit.

 sold, the money received from such sales shall be deposited in the Treasury subject to the judgment of the court in the suit herein provided for, less such amount, not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars, as the Secretary of the Interior may find due Luther II. Pike, deceased, late delegate of said Indians, in accordance with his agreement with said Indians, to be retained in the Treasury to the credit and subject

Proviso.

Title.

to the drafts of the legal representative of said Luther II. Pike: Provided, That no part of said money shall be paid to said Indians until the question of title to the same is fully settled. That as the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations claim to have some right,

Court of Claims to hear claim of Choctaws and Chickasaws.

 title, and interest in and to the lands ceded by the foregoing agreement, winch claim is controverted by the United States, jurisdiction be, and is hereby, conferred upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine the said claim of the Choctaws and Chickasaws and to render judgment thereon, it being the intention of this Act to allow said Court of Claims jurisdiction, so that the rights, legal and equitable, of the United States, and the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, and the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians in the premises, shall be fully considered and determined, and to try and determine all questions that may arise on behalf of either party in the hearing of said claim; and the Attorney-General is hereby directed to appear in behalf of the Government of the United States, and either of the parties to said action shall have the right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the

Proviso.

Appeal.

United States: Provided, That such appeal shall be taken within sixty days after the rendition of the judgment objected to, and that the said

Right not conceded.

courts shall give such causes precedence: And provided further, That nothing in this Act shall be accepted or construed as a confession that the United States admit that the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations have any claim to or interest in said lands or any part thereof. That said action shall be presented by a single petition making the

Proceedings.

 United States and the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians parties defendant and shall set forth all the facts on which the said Choctaw and Chickasaw nations claim title to said land; and said petition may be verified by the authorized delegates, agents, or attorney of said nations upon information and belief as to the existence of such facts,

Provisos.

Time limit.

and no other statement or verification shall be necessary. Provided, That if said Choctaw and Chickasaw nations do not bring their action within ninety days from the approval of this Act their claim shall be

Notice to Wichitas, etc., of suit.

forever barred: And provided further, That, it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General of the United States, within ten days after the filing of said petition, to give notice to said Wichitas and affiliated bands through the agents, delegates, attorneys, or other representatives of said bands that said bands are made defendants in said suit, of the purpose of said suit, that they are required to make answer to said petition, and that Congress has, in accordance with article five of said agreement adopted this method of determining their compensation, if any. And the answer of the Wichitas and affiliated bands shall state the facts on which they rely for compensation, and may be verified by their agents, delegates, attorneys, or other representatives upon their information and belief as to the existence of such facts, and no other

Answer of Wichitas etc.

statement or verification shall be necessary: And provided also, That said Wichitas and affiliated bands shall file their answer in said suit within sixty days after they shall receive from the Attorney-General of the United States the notice herein provided for unless further time is granted by the court, and in the event of failure to answer they may be barred from all claim in the premises aforesaid. The said Court of Claims shall receive and consider as evidence in

Evidence to be received.

 the suit everything which shall be deemed by said court necessary to aid it in determining the questions presented, and tending to shed light on the claim, rights, and equities of the parties litigant, and issue rules on any department of the Government therefor if necessary. 899 It is hereby further provided that said Choctaw and Chickasaw

Choctaws and Chick Maws may negotiate with Commission.

 nations may, at any time before the rendition of final judgment in said case by the Court of Claims, negotiate with the Commissioners appointed under section sixteen of the Act of Congress approved the third day

Vol. 27, p. 645.

 of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three (Twenty-seventh Statutes, page six hundred and forty-five), or with any successor or successors in said Commission for the settlement of the said matters involved in said

Settlement.

 suit, and move the suspension of such action until such negotiation shall be accepted or rejected by Congress; such settlement, however, to be made with the concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior and Attorney-General of the United States. That the laws relating to the mineral lands of the United States are

Mineral laws.

 hereby extended over the lands ceded by the foregoing agreement. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed

Settlers on Crow Creek and Winnebago reservations.

Payment for removals.

 to reimburse, out of any unexpended balance of the appropriation of three thousand dollars for reimbursing certain settlers on the Crow Creek and Winnebago Indian reservations in South Dakota whose claims “were held for further proof,” and so forth, made by the Indian appropriation Act approved August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and

Ante, p. 307.

 ninety-four, and out of the further sum of three thousand dollars which is hereby appropriated for the purpose, those settlers upon said reservations between the dates indicated in said Act whose claims have not heretofore been investigated under the provisions of the Act of Congress

Vol. 26, p. 659.

 approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, authorizing the ascertainment of the losses of such settlers, for the actual and necessary losses which he finds upon investigation they have sustained as a result of such settlement: Provided, That the claims of such settlers, with

Provisos.

Filing claims.

 accompanying proofs, shall be filed in the Department of the Interior within six months from the date of the approval of this Act: Provided,

Suit on disallowed claims.

 That any claimant whose claim has heretofore been wholly disallowed by the Interior Department may within six months after the passage of this Act, bring suit upon the same, in the Court of Claims, and the time of removal from the reservation by said claimant shall be no bar to said suit. The Interior Department shall transfer all the papers filed in any

Transfer of evidence.

 such claim to the Court of Claims to be used as evidence therein, and the rights and equities of such claimant to damages sustained by reason of removal from such lands shall be by the Court fully considered and determined: Provided, however, That if the Court shall find that

Proviso.

Conditions.

 any such claimant arbitrarily disobeyed, or neglected without good reason to obey, the order of removal, his claim shall be disallowed. That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized

Beef contractors

 and directed to settle and pay the claims of the following named contractors for beef cows, delivered at the following-named agencies, under contracts with the Indian Bureau during the fiscal year of eighteen hundred and ninety-one, being for suspension or disallowance, made on account of excess of number of cows, limited by the words of the contract, to wit: To Waller Brothers, one thousand one hundred and thirty-three

Waller Brothers.

Payment to.

 dollars and seventy-three cents for cows delivered at Rosebud and Pine Ridge agencies in June of eighteen hundred and ninety-one. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to use ten

Sisseton, S. Dak.

Relief of.

 thousand dollars of any unexpended balance of the amount appropriated under the Act of August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety,

Vol. 26, p. 352.

Vol. 27, p. 137.

 or the Act of July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, for relief of destitute Indians, to relieve the immediate necessities and distress of the Sisseton Indians in South Dakota, as far as the Secretary may find such expenditure necessary. That any State or Territory entitled to indemnity school lands or

Selection of school lands on reservations opened.

 entitled to select lands for educational purposes under existing law may select such lands within the boundaries of any Indian reservation in such State or Territory from the surplus lands thereof, purchased by 900 the United States after allotments have been made to the Indians of such reservation, and prior to the opening of such reservation to settlement. For operating and repairing the Hour mill at Pima Agency, Arizona,

Mill, Tima Agency, Ariz.

 one thousand five hundred dollars. For pay of employees at substation, and saw and flour mills at the

Flathead Agency, Mont.

 Flathead Agency, Montana, three thousand dollars. To enable the President to cause, under the provisions of the Act of

Allotments.

Vol. 24, p. 388.

 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, thirty thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

Leases permitted by allottees.

That whenever it shall be made to appear to the Secretary of the Interior that by reason of age, disability or inability, any allottee of Indian lands under this or former Acts of Congress can not personally and with benefit to himself occupy or improve his allotment or any part thereof the same may be leased upon such terms, regulations, and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary for a term not exceeding live years for farming or grazing purposes, or ten years for mining or business purposes. The proper accounting officers of the Secretary of the Treasury are

Louisa Beveridge.

Payment to.

 hereby authorized to pay to Louisa Beveridge the sum of one hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents for board of a delegate of the Ottawa tribe of Indians. For the construction, purchase, and use of irrigating machinery and

Irrigation, etc.

 appliances on Indian reservations, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, and subject to his control, thirty thousand dollars. For survey and subdivision of Indian reservations, and of lands to be

Surveying and allotting.

 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 thousand dollars. For surveying the Indian reservations in South Dakota, twenty

Surveying reservations, Dak.

 thousand dollars, to be immediately available. To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, to negotiate

Fort Belknap Indians.

Negotiations for lands.

 with the Belknap Indians for the surrender of certain portions of their reservation, situated in the north central portion of the State of

Blackfeet Indians.

Negotiations for lands.

Montana, and the Blackfeet Indians for the surrender of certain portions of their reservation, situated in the northwestern part of the

Commission.

State of Montana, three thousand five hundred dollars; and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to appoint a commission to negotiate with the said Belknap and Blackfeet Indians for the ceding of said portions of their respective reservations, any agreement thus negotiated being subject to action by Congress. For the survey of the lands in the Indian Territory, two hundred

Indian Territory.

Survey.

Proviso.

Work may be done by Geological Survey.

 thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to be immediately available: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, direct that the surveys herein authorized, or any part of them, in the Indian Territory, shall be made under the supervision of the Director of the Geological Survey, by such persons as may be employed by or under him for that purpose. And such surveys shall be executed under instructions to be issued by the Secretary of the Interior, and subdivisional surveys shall be executed under the

Filing plats, etc.

rectangular system, as now provided by law: Provided further, That when any surveys shall have been so made and plats and field notes thereof prepared, they shall be approved and certified to by the Director of the Geological Survey, and two copies thereof shall be returned, one for filing in the Indian Office and one in the General Land Office; and such

Effect.

surveys, field notes, and plats shall have the same legal force and effect 901 as heretofore given to the acts of surveyors-general: Provided further,

Inconsistent laws.

 That all laws inconsistent with the provisions hereof are declared to be inoperative as respects such surveys. That jurisdiction upon the principles of law and equity be, and it is

Albert Pike.

Claim against Choctaws to be tried in Court of Claims.

 hereby, conferred upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine a suit that may be instituted therein by Yvon Pike, Lilian Pike, and the legal representatives of Luther H. Pike, children and heirs at law of Albert Pike, deceased, late a citizen of the State of Arkansas, against the Choctaw Nation of Indians for just compensation to them for and on account of services as attorney at law and otherwise rendered to and for said nation by the said Albert Pike in his lifetime, in and about the prosecution of the so-called “net proceeds” claim of said nation against the United States and in other business, and to render such judgment or decree in said suit, upon the merits thereof, as the facts will warrant, and as shall be just and equitable, with right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States from said judgment or decree to either party to said suit. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed

Joel M. Bryan.

Services.

 to pay to Joel M. Bryan, for services rendered the North Carolina Cherokees residing in the Cherokee Nation west, in accordance with the proceedings of a council of said North Carolina Cherokees held at Tahlequah, in the Indian Territory, March twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, now on file with the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, the sum of three thousand dollars, out of any unexpended balance of the amount appropriated by the Act of March third,

Vol. 27, p. 630.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-three, for the removal and subsistence 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 themselves, to the Cherokee Nation in the Indian Territory. For payment of interest on certain abstracted and nonpaying State

Interest on trust funds.

 stocks belonging to the various Indian tribes, and held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five,namely: From July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, both inclusive, nine thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars and forty-two cents. To provide for the expenses of the five commissioners appointed to

Old Settlers Cherokees.

Commissioners to take census.

Ante, p. 308.

 take a census of the Old Settler Cherokees, two thousand dollars, in addition to the sum of five thousand dollars appropriated for such purpose by Act of Congress approved August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the same to be deducted from the amount awarded to said Indians by judgment of the. Court of Claims, dated June sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and reimbursed to the United States. To enable the Attorney-General to employ a special attorney for the

Mission Indians, Cal.

Attorney.

 Mission Indians of southern California, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, two thousand dollars, of which sum one thousand dollars shall be available for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five. That the homestead settlers on the Absentee Shawnee, Pottawatomie,

Oklahoma.

Homestead settlers granted time to complete entries.

Vol. 26, p. 1026.

Ante, p. 3.

 and Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian lands in Oklahoma Territory be, and they are hereby, granted an extension of one year within which to make the first payment provided for in section sixteen of the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “A n 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,” and such payment may be made at any time within five years from the date of the entry of such lands. And that the like extension of one year on the first

Extended to reservations in North Dakota etc.

 payment required to be made, when payable in installments, is hereby granted to all homestead settlers on and purchasers of all ceded Indian 902 reservations in the States of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, and Idaho. That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and

Iowas Kansas and Nebraska.

Negotiations for lands for, from Otoea and Missourias.

 directed to negotiate with the Otoe and Missouria tribe of Indians, located in the Territory of Oklahoma, and, if practicable, to purchase from the said tribe a sufficient quantity of their surplus lands to allot to members of the Iowa tribe of Indians, in Kansas and Nebraska, as

Proviso.

Other lands may be taken.

hereinafter set forth: Provided, That in case the Secretary of the Interior deems best tor the interests of the said Iowa tribe he is hereby authorized to allot to the said Iowa Indians lands that have been, or may hereafter be, ceded to the United States by the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache, or the Wichita tribes of Indians, located in the Territory of Oklahoma. The lands so secured to be allotted in tracts of eighty acres of farming

Allotments.

 land to each person who has not already received an allotment of land who was recognized as a member on May first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, of the Iowa tribe of Indians, in Kansas and Nebraska, and to children born to members of the tribe since the former allotment, and to such other persons of Iowa blood who may be admitted to membership by authority of the said Iowa tribe, with the approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, previous to the completion of the allotments hereinbefore provided for; said allotments to be made under the provisions of the Act of Congress providing for the

Vol. 26, p. 794.

allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. The cost of the lands hereby authorized to be purchased from the

Payments.

 Otoe and Missouria tribe of Indians, or the lands owned by the United States that are allotted as aforesaid, shall be paid to the said Otoe and Missouria tribe or reimbursed to the United States from funds due the said Iowa tribe of Indians now held in trust by the United States, payment of said sum to be under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That a majority of the male adult members of the said Iowa tribe of Indians shall first agree to the provisions hereof. That with the consent of the Otoe and Missouria tribe of Indians, to

Civilization, etc.

 be obtained in such a manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, said Secretary is authorized to expend any of the principal sum derived from the sale of their lands in Kansas and Nebraska, not to exceed thirty thousand dollars, the same to be expended per capita, in his discretion, in the election of houses and other necessary farm buildings on their individual allotments, in the purchase of seed, farm implements, and domestic animals, and in settling them upon their lands,

Provisos.

Cash payments.

and in preparing them to begin agricultural life: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may, in Ids discretion, pay to any of said Indians, whom he may consider capable of judiciously expending their

Expenses of delegates.

money, their per capita share of such sum in cash: Provided further, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to pay the five Indian delegates of said tribes now in Washington two hundred and fifty dollars each out of this appropriation to cover their board and traveling expenses in coming to and returning from Washington, to be immediately available. That that part of the Act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth,

Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri.

Restriction on allotments to, repealed.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-one, amending an Act providing for the allotment of land in severalty to Indians on various reservations, and

Vol. 26, p. 796.

so forth, approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, which reads as follows, to wit: “And provided further, That no allotment of land shall be made or annuities of money paid to any of the Sac and Fox of the Missouri Indians who were not enrolled as Members of said tribe on 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,” be, and the same is hereby, repealed. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to

Cherokee Outlet.

 903 suspend action under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved

Removal of intruders postponed.

Vol. 27, p. 641.

 March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three (twenty-seventh Statutes, six hundred and forty-one), ratifying the agreement with the Cherokee Nation of December nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as to the actual removal from the Cherokee country of persons designated by the authorities as intruders, until the appraisal of the value of the improvements of such persons shall have been completed and approved by the Secretary of the Interior and submitted by him to Congress and the removal of such intruders shall not be made earlier than January first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six: Provided, That

Proviso.

Rent to be paid for improvements not surrendered.

 whenever any intruder shall have been paid or tendered the appraised value of his improvements, if he does not immediately surrender possession of the same to the authorities of the Cherokee Nation he shall pay rent therefor at the rate usual in the country, but this provision shall not be construed to extend the time for the removal of intruders according to the foregoing agreement beyond the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. That, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to

Sacs and Foxes of Mississippi.

Claim for annuities to be examined.

 examine the claim of the Sac and Fox Indians of Mississippi, now residing in the State of Iowa, as set forth in their memorial presented to Congress (Senate Miscellaneous Document Numbered Forty-eight, Fifty-third Congress, third session), for the payment of annuities and other sums from the tribal funds of said Sac and Fox Indians of Mississippi and any and all claims of that portion of the tribe residing in Iowa, and to ascertain whether, under any treaties or Acts of Congress, any amount is justly due them as a portion of said tribe from those of said tribe now in Oklahoma by reason of any unequal distribution of tribal annuities, hind funds, or funds from other sources, and if so, how much, giving full opportunity to all parties in interest to be heard, and to report his conclusions to Congress at the next assembling thereof. To pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,

Miami Indians of Indiana.

Repayment for funds taken.

 to the Indiana Miami Indians residing in the State of Indiana or elsewhere, the sum of forty-eight thousand five hundred and twenty-eight dollars and thirty-eight cents, which said sum of money was by the United States taken from their tribal funds against their protest, and in violation of the treaty of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and paid to other persons not entitled to it; which facts have been found and determined by the Court of Claims, in Congressional case numbered nine thousand two hundred and fifty-five, and reported to Congress, which sum shall be immediately available: Provided, however, That

Provisos.

Payment of Attorney’s fees.

 before the payment of any part of said sum to said Indians there shall be deducted and paid to the attorney of record in the Court of Claims, employed by said Indians under an agreement heretofore approved by the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the sum so approved by the Secretary and Commissioner, not exceeding ten per centum of said amount: And provided further’, That said sum

Special agent to make payment.

 shall be paid to the Indians entitled to receive the same by a special agent appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, and shall be distributed to said Indians under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe. That section twenty-one hundred and thirty-nine of the Revised

Miami, Ind. T.

Sale of liquors forbidden.

Vol. 27, p. 260.

 Statutes of the United States, as amended by the Act of July twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-two (Twenty-seven Statutes, two hundred and sixty), be, and the same is hereby, extended over and made applicable to the town and town site of Miami in the Indian Territory; and the United States courts of said Territory shall have full jurisdiction thereof. support of schools.

Support of schools.

 For support of Indian day and industrial schools, and for other educational

Day and industrial

 purposes, including the purchase, lease, repair, and construction of school buildings, including the expenses of advertising for bids 904 for the erection of such buildings not hereinafter provided for, including pay of draftsman at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, to be employed in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one million one hundred and sixty-four thousand three hundred and fifty dollars, of which amount the Secretary of the Interior may, in his

Alaska Indians.

Provisos.

Contracts.

Reduction, etc.

discretion, use five thousand dollars for the education of Indians in Alaska: Provided, That the Secretary of the interior shall make contracts, but only with present contract schools, for the education of Indian pupils during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, to an extent not exceeding eighty per centum of the amount so used for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and the Government shall, as early as practicable, make provision for the

Public schools not included.

education of Indian children in Government schools: Provided, That the foregoing shall not apply to public schools of any State, Territory, county,or city,or to schools herein or hereafter specifically provided for; For purchase of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, and so forth, for

Cattle, etc.

 schools, twenty thousand dollars; in all, one million one hundred and eighty-four thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at Albuquerque,

Albuquerque, N. Mex.

 New Mexico, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum for each pupil, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fifty-three thousand one hundred dollars. For support of one hundred and thirty-five pupils at the training

Cherokee, N. C.

 school at Cherokee, North Carolina, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-two thousand five hundred and forty-five dollars, and pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and forty-five dollars. 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 said school, for general repairs and improvements, one hundred and two thousand dollars. For support and education of one hundred and twenty five Indian

Carson City. Nev.

 pupils, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, at the Indian school at Carson City, Nevada, twenty thousand eight hundred and seventy five dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand two hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-three thousand one hundred and seventy-five dollars. For support of three hundred and fifty Indian pupils, at one hundred

Chilocco, Ind. T.

 and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, at the Indian school at Chilocco, Indian Territory, fifty-eight thousand four hundred and fifty dollars: for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, sixty-one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at

Flandreau, S. Dak.

 Flandreau, South Dakota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars each per annum, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for general repairs, and improvements, one thousand dollars; for water supply, one thousand dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; completing sewerage and plumbing, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand five hundred and fifty dollars:

Proviso.

Continuance of pupils.

Provided, That any pupil who has been in attendance at said school during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, shall be permitted to continue at said school during the fiscal years eighteen hundred and ninety-five and eighteen hundred and ninety-six. For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at

Fort Mojave. Ariz.

 the Indian school, Fort Mojave. Arizona, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; 905 for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. That any unexpended balance of the amount appropriated for buildings and repairs of buildings

Fort Shaw, Mont.

Balance for seeds, etc.

Ante, p. 38.

 for Fort Shaw Reservation and Indian Industrial School, Montana, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, not needed for that purpose, may be used for purchase of seed, agricultural implements, irrigation, and for water and sewer system for said school, and shall be available during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six. For support and education of two hundred and forty Indian pupils,

Fort Totten, N. Dak.

 at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, at Indian school, Fort Totten, North Dakota, forty thousand and eighty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; in all, forty-two thousand five hundred and eighty dollars. For support and education of three hundred Indian pupils at the

Genoa, Nebr.

 Indian school, Genoa, Nebraska, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, fifty thousand one hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, fifty-two thousand six hundred dollars. For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at

Grand Junction, Colo.

 the Indian school at Grand J unction, Colorado, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; for erection of hospital, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand and fifty dollars. 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 and education of two hundred Indian pupils at Lincoln

Lincoln Institution, Philadelphia, Fa.

 Institution, Philadelphia, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, thirty three thousand four hundred dollars. For support and education of five hundred Indian pupils at the

Lawrence, Kane.

 Indian school, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, eighty-three thousand five hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand eight hundred dollars: for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; in all, eighty-six thousand three hundred dollars. For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

 the Indian school, Blount Pleasant, Michigan, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars each per annum, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand live hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, two thousand dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand and fifty dollars. For support and education of one hundred Indians pupils at the

Perris, Cal.

 Indian school at Perris, California, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars each per annum, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand two hundred dollars; for election of additional buildings and genera) improvements, five thousand dollars; in all, twenty-two thousand nine hundred dollars. For support and education of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils at

Phoenix, Ariz.

 the Indian school at Phoenix, Arizona, atone hundred and sixty seven dollars per annum each, forty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, forty-four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils at

Pierre, S. Dak.

 the Indian school, Pierre, South Dakota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars each per annum, twenty five thousand and fifty dollars; 906 for pay of superintendent of said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For support, and education of seventy-five Indian pupils at the Indian

Pipestone, Minn.

 school, Pipestone, Minnesota, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twelve thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand two hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, five hundred dollars; in all, fourteen thousand two hundred and twenty five dollars. For support and education of two hundred and fifty Indian pupils

Salem, Oreg.

 at the Indian school, Salem, Oregon, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, forty-one, thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; in all, forty-four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils

Santa Fe, N. Mex.

 at the Indian school at Santa Fe, New Mexico, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars each per annum, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for water supply for irrigation and fire protection, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. For support and education of one hundred and fifty Indian pupils

Shoshone Reservation, Wyo.

 at the Indian school, Shoshone Reservation, Wyoming, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, twenty-five thousand and fifty dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand five hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For support and education of one hundred Indian

Tomah, Wis.

 pupils at the Indian school, Tomah, Wisconsin, at one hundred and sixty-seven dollars per annum each, sixteen thousand seven hundred dollars; for pay of superintendent at said school, one thousand two hundred dollars; for general repairs and improvements, one thousand dollars; in all, eighteen thousand nine hundred dollars. That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall employ Indian girls

Girls and boys to be used assistants.

 as assistant matrons and Indian boys as farmers and industrial teachers in all Indian schools when it is practicable to do so. For collecting and transportation of pupils to and from Indian

Transportation, etc.

 schools, and also for the transportation of Indian pupils from all the Indian schools and placing of them, with the consent of their parents, under the care and control of such suitable white, families as may in all respects be qualified to give such pupils moral, industrial, and Educational training, under arrangements in which their proper care, support,and education shall be in exchange for their labor, thirty thousand dollars, of which amount the sum of eight thousand dollars shall be immediately available. That hereafter no Indian child shall be sent from any Indian Reservation

Consent of parent to send child out of State, etc.

 to a school beyond the State or Territory in which said Reservation is situated without the voluntary consent of the father or mother of such child if either of them are living, and if neither of them are living without the voluntary consent of the next of kin of such child. Such consent shall be made before the agent of the reservation, and he shall send to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs bis certificate that such consent has been voluntarily given before such child shall be removed from such reservation. And it shall be unlawful for any Indian agent or other employee of the Government to induce, or seek to induce, by withholding rations or by other improper means, the parents or next of kin of any Indian to consent to the removal of any Indian child beyond the limits of any reservation. 907 That the allotments of land made to the Quapaw Indians, in the

Quapaw Indians.

Allotments confirmed.

 Indian Territory, in pursuance of an act of the Quapaw National Council, approved March twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed, subject to revision, correction and approval by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, however, That any allottee who may be dissatisfied with his

Provisos.

Revision.

 allotment shall have all the rights to contest the same provided for in said Act of the Quapaw National Council subject to revision, correction, and approval by the Secretary of the Interior. And the Secretary

Patents.

 of the Interior is hereby authorized to issue patents to said allottees in accordance therewith: Provided, That said allotments shall

Inalienable for twenty-five years.

 be inalienable for a period of twenty-five years from and after the date of said patents: And provided further, That the surplus lands on said

Surplus lands.

 reservation, if any, may be allotted from time to time, by said tribe to its members, under the above entitled act. That the expenditure of the money appropriated for school purposes

Commissioner of Indian Affairs to direct school expenditures.

 in this Act shall be at all times under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 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, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
Sec. 2. That no purchase of supplies for which appropriations are

Purchases of supplies to be advertised.

 herein made, exceeding in the aggregate five hundred dollars in value, at anyone time,shall be made without first giving at least three weeks’ public notice by advertisement, except in case of exigency, when, in the

Exception, exigencies.

 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 artesian wells, 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 shall,

Purchases from Indians.

 as far as practicable, be made from Indians, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided further, That the Secretary of the

Manufactures by Indiana.

 Interior may, when practicable, arrange for the manufacture by Indians upon the reservation of shoes, clothing, leather, harness, and wagons.
Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the

Diversion of surplus for subsistence.

 President, may use any surplus that may remain in any of the said appropriations herein made for the purchase of subsistence for the several Indian tribes, to an amount not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in the aggregate, to supply any subsistence deficiency that may occur: Provided, however, That funds appropriated to fulfill treaty obligations

Provisos.

Treaty funds.

Report.

 shall not be 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 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, at its next session thereafter, an account of his action under this provision.
Sec. 4. 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 employees at such agency, but no deficiency shall be thereby created; and, when necessary, specified employees may be detailed for other service when not required for the duty for which they were 908 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 because report to be made to Congress, at its next session thereafter, of his

Proviso.

Amount for supplies immediately available.

action under this provision: Provided, That so much of the appropriations herein made as may be 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-six, shall be immediately available; but no such goods or supplies shall be distributed or delivered to any of said Indians prior to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
Sec. 5. That whenever, after advertising for bids for supplies in

Rejection of bids.

 accordance with sections two and 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

Purchases in open market.

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. 6. 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 tor whom said property was purchased; and he shall make report of his action hereunder to the next session of Congress thereafter.
Sec. 7. That when in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior

Commutation of rations.

 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. 8. That the Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall report annually

Report of 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 or in part 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

Indian Bureau.

the appropriation paid. Also the number of employees in the Indian Bureau 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.
Sec. 9. That the sum of six thousand dollars is hereby appropriated

Wyandottes.

Purchase of lands for absentees.

 out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, said amount to be an additional sum

Ante, p. 301.

to that appropriated by Act of Congress approved August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, made for the purpose of purchasing lands for the absentee Wyandotte Indians and said Act of Congress is hereby amended to provide that should such lands be purchased of

Conditions.

either of the civilized tribes of Indians the lands so purchased shall not be taken in severalty until such time as the lands belonging to the Indians from which the purchase is made shall be taken in severalty, and no person shall be deprived of the benefits of this Act and the Act of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, above referred to, by reason of having been born of an Indian woman who

Proviso.

Acceptance to be in full.

has married a white man: Provided, That said absentee Wyandotte Indians accept the above amount in full payment of all demands against 909 the Government The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized

Special agent.

 to employ R. H. Armstrong, of Wyandotte County, Kansas, the Attorney of the absentee Wyandotte Indians, as a special agent for the purchase of the lands as provided for in the Act of Congress above referred to, and for other work necessary in the premises, and to pay the said attorney what may be deemed fair and equitable, not exceeding the sum of six hundred dollars.
Sec. 10.

That with the consent of a majority of the chiefs, headmen,

Pottawatomies and Kickapoos.

Sale of lands in Kansas in trust for.

and male adults of the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians and the Kickapoo tribe of Indians in the State of Kansas, expressed in open council by each tribe, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized to cause to be sold, in trust for said Indians, the surplus or unallotted lands of the reservations of the Pottawatomie tribe of Indians of Jackson County, Kansas, and the Kickapoo tribe of Indians in Brown County, Kansas. The said lands shall be appraised, in tracts of eighty

Appraisal

 acres each, by three competent commissioners, one of whom shall be selected by the Indians, and the other two shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That either tribe may consent to

Proviso.

Selection of Commissioner.

 the sale of its own lands and select a commissioner without the consent of the other, and when tine tribe does consent to such sale the Secretary of the Interior shall proceed to sell the surplus lands of such tribe.

That after the appraisement of said lands the Secretary of the Interior

Public sale.

shall be, and hereby is authorized to offer the same, through the United States public land office at Topeka, Kansas, at public sale to the highest bidder: Provided, That no portion of such land shall be sold at less

Provisos.

Minimum price, etc.

 than the appraised value thereof, and in no ease for less than six dollars per acre, and to none except persons over twenty-one years of age and to such as purchase the same for actual occupation and settlement, and who have made and subscribed on oath, before the register of said land office, and filed the same with said officer of the land office, at Topeka, Kansas, that, it is his good-faith intention to settle upon and occupy the land which he seeks to purchase, and improve the same for a home: and, except in case of death of the purchaser, unless said party shall have executed his declared intention by making improvements and being in actual occupation of said land, by actual residence thereon, at the time for making the second payment, he shall forfeit the payment already made, and the land shall be subject to resale as hereinafter provided. Each purchaser of said lands at such sale shall be entitled to purchase one hundred and sixty acres of land, and no more, except in cases where a tract contains a fractional excess over one hundred and sixty acres: Provided, That any Indian twenty-one years of age

Purchases by Indiana.

 may purchase not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres without the requirements as to settlement upon the lands. All purchasers shall pay one-fourth of the purchase price at the time said land is bid off,

Payments.

 one-fourth in one year, one-fourth in two years, and one-fourth in three years, with interest on the deferred payments at the rate of six per centum per annum, and such sums when paid shall be placed in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the respective tribes of Indians, and draw interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, which interest shall be paid annually to said tribes, respectively, per capita, in cash. No patents shall issue until all payments shall have

Patents to be retained until payment in full.

 been made; and on failure of any purchaser to make payment as required by this section he shall forfeit the lands purchased, and the same shall be subject to entry and sale, at the appraised value thereof, or shall be again offered at public sale, as the Secretary of the Interior may determine.

That there shall be exempted from the provisions of this section the

School lands exempt from sale.

lands upon which the two boarding, or industrial, schools are located m these reservations, not exceeding six hundred and forty acres for each school, the amount to be determined and designated, after the tribe shall have assented, by the Secretary of the Interior.

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That for the purpose of carrying this section into effect the sum of

Expenses reimbursable.

one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which sum shall be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of the first sales of lands made under the provisions hereof, each tribe to be charged only with the expenses attending the sale of its own lands.

That before any of the surplus lands belonging to the Kickapoo tribe

Allotment to children.

of Indians shall be sold under the provisions of this section there shall be allotted by the Secretary of the Interior eighty acres to each of the children of said tribe residing on or adjacent to said reservation who

Proviso.

Action on this section.

have not heretofore received any lands: Provided, That this section may be adopted or rejected separate and apart from the other provisions of this Act, by the said Kickapoo tribe.
Sec. 11. That in all payments or disbursements of money to Indians

Special agent to make payments.

 individually the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to detail an officer from his Department or appoint a special agent to make or to superintend and inspect such payment; and when

Compensation.

made by special agent the Secretary shall fix a reasonable compensation for the services of such special agent and pay it out of the money to be disbursed. In all eases the agent making such payment shall

Bond.

give bond to the United States in double the amount to be disbursed, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the Secretary, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties. All such payments to be made under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
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CHAP. 189.—
An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes.

March 2, 1895.

 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-six, namely:
UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Treasury Department.

 public buildings.

Public buildings.

 For post-office at Allegheny, Pennsylvania: For continuation of

Allegheny, Pa.

 building under present limit, one hundred thousand dollars. For Bureau of Engraving and Printing: For the construction of a

Engraving and printing Bureau.

 third additional story to the old boiler house of the main building, including the extension and renewal of elevator on the west side of said boiler house, twelve thousand dollars. For post-office at Buffalo, New York: For continuation of building

Buffalo.

 under present limit, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For post-office and other Government offices at Brockton, Massachusetts:

Brockton, Mass.

Ante, p. 675.

 For securing a site for the construction of the public building, twenty-five thousand dollars. And the Secretary of the Treasury is

Contract.

authorized to contract for the completion of said building including heating and ventilating apparatus, fireproof vaults, elevators, and approaches complete, within the limit of cost prescribed in the law, subject to the appropriations to be made by Congress. For the public building at Charleston, South Carolina: For completion

Charleston. S. C.

 of building, forty thousand dollars. In order to provide accommodations for the Government officials in

Chicago, Ill.

Temporary building.

 the city of Chicago now occupying the present building, during the 911 erection of the proposed new building, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to accept for use temporarily any site that may be offered for such use free of cost and rent and to erect thereon a temporary building, complete, including heating and ventilating apparatus therefor, and the sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, to be immediately available, of which amount the sum of

Rent.

 twenty-seven thousand dollars, or so much thereof as maybe necessary, may be used for the rental of buildings for one year; said temporary building to be so erected shall be removed by the Government when said new building is completed and ready for use. In pursuance of the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to provide

Commencement of new building on present site.

Ante, 664.

 for the erection of a, Government building at Chicago, Illinois,” approved February twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the commencement and continuation of the building, of which amount the sum of thirty thousand dollars is hereby authorized to be expended by the Secretary of the Treasury to employ temporarily draftsmen and skilled service, which may be necessary in the preparation of plans and specifications for the said building, this amount to be exclusive of any moneys that he may be authorized to expend for the services of engineers, draftsmen, and other persons employed in the preparation of plans and specifications for any other public buildings. For post-office at Clarksville, Tennessee: For completion of building

Clarksville, Tenn.

 under present limit, fifteen thousand dollars. For public building at Cumberland, Maryland: For purchase of site

Cumberland, Md.

Ante, p. 676.

 and commencement of building, twenty-five thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to contract for the completion

Contract.

 of said building at a cost, including site therefor, heating and ventilating apparatus, fireproof vaults, and approaches complete, not to exceed seventy-five thousand dollars. For the public building at Fort Dodge, Iowa: For completion of

Fort Dodge, Iowa.

 three additional rooms in said building and placing additional dormers in the roof, one thousand five hundred dollars, in addition to the balance of the appropriation now available. For post office at Fort Worth, Texas: For completion of building

Fort Worth, Tex.

 under present limit, forty thousand dollars. For post-office and Courthouse at. Kansas City, Missouri: For continuation

Kansas City, Mo.

 of building under present limit, one hundred thousand dollars. That the Secretary of the Treasury may authorize a contract or contracts

Contracts authorized.

 to be entered into for the construction of any portion or the whole of the post-office at Allegheny, Pennsylvania: Court-house and

Allegheny, Pa.

Detroit. Mich.

Portland, Oreg.

Pueblo, Colo.

Savannah. Ga.

 post-office at Detroit, Michigan; customhouse at Portland, Oregon; post-office at Pueblo, Colorado, and Courthouse and post-office at Savannah, Georgia, within the respective limits of cost prescribed by law for said buildings and subject to appropriations to be made therefor by Congress. For Courthouse and post-office at Little Rock, Arkansas: To construct

Little Rock, Ark.

 an addition to the United States court house and post-office and enlarging judge’s chamber and the offices of the marshal and clerk of the circuit and district courts, and for an elevator, fifty eight thousand dollars. For Courthouse and post office at Meridian, Mississippi: The Secretary

Meridian, Miss.

Vol. 26, p. 695.

Change of site.

 of the Treasury is hereby authorized, if in his discretion he thinks it to the public interest to do so, to exchange the site formerly purchased for said building and now owned by the United States for another and more suitable site: Provided, That the exchange can be

Proviso.

Condition.

 effected without cost to the United States. For Courthouse and post-office at Meridian, Mississippi: The limit of

Cost extended.

 cost of building and site therefor, including heating and ventilating apparatus, fireproof vaults, elevators, and approaches complete, is hereby extended to eighty thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the 912 Treasury is authorized to contract for the completion of said building

Contracts

 as aforesaid within said limit of cost. For customhouse and post-office at Newark, New Jersey: For completion

Newark. N. J.

 of building under present limit, fifty thousand dollars. For public building at Newport, Kentucky: To enable the Secretary

Newport, Ky.

Ante, p. 676.

 of the Treasury to select, designate, and procure by purchase or otherwise a suitable site, and commence the construction of the public building provided by law to be erected in Newport, Kentucky, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and it the said site shall be obtained by purchase, the cost thereof shall not exceed said sum, and tins Secretary

Contract.

is authorized to contract for the erection of the entire building, its cost including site therefor, heating and ventilating apparatus, fireproof vaults, elevators, and approaches complete, not to exceed the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars. For Courthouse and post-office at Norfolk, Virginia: For completion

Norfolk. Va.

 of building under present limit, sixty thousand dollars. For public building at Pottsville, Pennsylvania: For purpose of

Pottsville. Pa.

Ante. 11.675.

 acquiring a suitable site by purchase or otherwise and to commence the construction of the public building provided by law at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, twenty thousand dollars, and the Secretary of the Treasury

Contract.

is authorized to contract for the completion of said building at a cost including site therefor, heating and ventilating apparatus, fire proof vaults, elevators, and approaches complete, not to exceed sixty thousand dollars. For the appraiser’s warehouse, New York City, New York: For continuation

New York.

Appraiser’s warehouse.

Cost extended.

 of building, two hundred thousand dollars, and the limit of cost of said building, exclusive of cost of site, is hereby extended one million dollars, making the total limit of cost of said building one million six hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and

Contract.

the Secretary of the Treasury may authorize a contract or contracts to be entered into for the construction of any portion oi the whole of said building, including heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, and approaches, or any portion of the same, subject to appropriations made or to be made therefor by Congress. For Courthouse, customhouse, and post-office at Omaha, Nebraska:

Ornaba, Nebr.

 For continuation of building under present limit, two hundred thousand dollars. For the public building at Paterson, New Jersey: For the commencement

Paterson. N. J.

Ante, p. 673.

 and continuation of the construction of the public building, fifty thousand dollars. And the Secretary of the Treasury is

Contract.

authorized to contract for the completion of said building including heating and ventilating apparatus, fireproof vaults, elevators, and approaches complete, within the limit of cost prescribed by law, subject to appropriations to be made by Congress. For post-office at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For amount necessary

Philadelphia. Pa.

Additional land.

 to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, the lots or pieces of ground in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, adjoining or adjacent to the Philadelphia post-office building, additional to the sums appropriated therefor in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, sixteen thousand dollars. For customhouse at Portland, Oregon: For completion of building

Portland, Oreg.

 under present limit, one hundred thousand dollars. For post-office at Pueblo, Colorado: For continuation of building

Pueblo, Colo.

 under present limit, fifty thousand dollars. For post-office, Courthouse, and customhouse at Saint Paul, Minnesota:

Saint Paul, Minn.

 For continuation of building under present limit, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For public building at Richmond, Kentucky: For an additional

Richmond, Ky.

 amount for the completion of building, twenty-five thousand dollars. For post-office and Courthouse at San Francisco, California:

San Francisco, Cal.

 For commencement and continuation of building under present limit, fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That before any work is done upon this

Proviso.

 913 building or contract let therefor, the Secretary of the Treasury shall

Site to be examined.

 cause to be carefully examined the nature of the subsoil and bed of foundation of the site that has been purchased for such building at San Francisco, and whether the character of the same is proper for said building, before the first day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and what will be the cost of making a foundation for said building, and whether the construction of said building should be proceeded with on said site; and the Secretary of War, upon the request of the

Detail of Army officers.

 Secretary of the Treasury, shall detail two or more engineer officers of the Army to make such examination. If the Secretary of the Treasury shall determine that said building should be erected on said site, he is hereby authorized to proceed with the construction of the building, and to enter into contracts for any part or the whole thereof, within the

Contracts.

 limit of cost fixed by law; the expenses of such examination and investigation, not to exceed three thousand dollars, to be paid out of the appropriations made for the erection of said building. For Courthouse and post-office at Savannah, Georgia: For continuation

Savannah, Ga.

 of building under present limit, one hundred thousand dollars. For Courthouse, post office, and custom house at Sioux City, Iowa:

Sioux City. Iowa.

 For continuation of building under present limit, fifty thousand dollars. For public building at Troy, New York: For additional amount for

Troy, N. Y.

 completion, including elevator, painting, clock, storm doors, and other necessary work, twenty-two thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. For post-office at Worcester, Massachusetts: For completion of building

Worcester, Mass.

 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, six hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. For Treasury building at Washington, District of Columbia: For

Treasury buildings.

 repairs to Treasury, Butler, and Winder buildings, eight thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to make such additions to

Los Angeles, Cal.

 and alterations in the United States Courthouse and post-office building at Los Angeles as he may find necessary, five thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to select, designate, and

Buildings authorized.

 procure, by purchase or otherwise, suitable sites, and for the commencement of the construction of public buildings thereon, in the city of

Cheyenne, Wyo.

Boise City, Idaho.

Helena, Mont.

 Cheyenne, the capital of Wyoming; in Boise City, the capital of Idaho, and in the city of Helena, the capital of Montana, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty-five thousand dollars. Each of said sites shall contain at least

Sites.

 sixteen thousand square feet of ground, and shall leave an open space around the building to be erected thereon, including streets and alleys, of at .cast forty feet; neither of said sites shall cost in excess of twenty thousand dollars; and neither of said buildings, each of which shall be fireproof, shall cost, including the site, heating and ventilating

Cost

 apparatus, elevators, fireproof vaults, and approaches complete, in excess of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; the appropriations herein made shall be available during this fiscal year for the purchase of sites and the commencement of the construction of the buildings, with power to contract for each of the buildings within the limit of one

Contracts.

 hundred and fifty thousand dollars for each site and building. That permission be, and the same is hereby, granted .to the mayor and

Baltimore, Md.

Permission to use lot for court purposes.

 city council of Baltimore to erect on the lot or parcel of ground in the city of Baltimore described as follows: Beginning for the same on the corner formed by the intersection of the west side of North street and the south side of Lexington street and running thence south, binding on the west side of North street one hundred and twelve feet; thence west parallel with the south side of Lexington street seventy feet; thence north parallel with the west side of North street one hundred and twelve feet to the south side of Lexington street, and thence east, binding thereon seventy feet, to the place of beginning, a two-story 914 brick building, to be used by the State of Maryland for the purpose of holding therein the sessions of the State courts within said city, for a period not to exceed five years from the time said building shall be begun, and that during said period concurrent jurisdiction, so far as the same may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, ceded to the State of Maryland for said purpose, so that the sessions of the said courts in said building, upon said lot, may be during said period fully

Proviso.

Removal, etc.

legalized: Provided, however, That the mayor and city council of Baltimore will enter into a contract with the United States of America, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury before the erection of said building shall be begun, that within three months after the expiration of-the said period of five years the said building shall be entirely torn down and the materials thereof removed, and the said lot restored to the same condition in which it now is, and in default thereof that the said building may be removed and the lot restored to its present condition by the United States at the expense of the municipality of Baltimore. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to select, designate, and

South Omaha, Nebr. Ante, p. 674.

 procure by purchase or otherwise a suitable site and commence the construction of the public building provided by law to be erected at South Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and if the said site shall be obtained by purchase the cost thereof shall not exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars; and

Contract.

the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to contract for the erection of the entire building, its cost including site therefor, heating and ventilating apparatus, elevators, tire-proof vaults, anti approaches complete, not to exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. For repairs and preservation of public buildings: Repairs and preservation

Repairs and preservation.

 of customhouses, court houses, post-offices, marine hospitals, quarantine stations, and other public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; of which amount the sum of thirty thousand dollars to be used

Proviso.

Superintendents, etc.

for the marine hospitals and quarantine stations: Provided, That of the sum 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. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed, if in his judgment

Electric wiring.

 such work should be performed, to pay for the wiring for electric lighting of all buildings in process of erection or hereafter to be erected under the control of the Treasury Department from the construction funds of such buildings. marine hospitals.

Marine hospitals.

 For marine hospital at Boston, Massachusetts: For invalid elevator,

Boston, Mass.

 one thousand dollars; isolation ward, two thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. For marine hospital at Chicago, Illinois: For extension to hospital

Chicago, Ill.

 buildings, ten thousand dollars. For marine hospital at Cincinnati, Ohio: For steam laundry plant,

Cincinnati, Ohio.

 two thousand seven hundred dollars. For marine hospital at New Orleans, Louisiana: For new laundry

New Orleans. La.

 and attendants building, five thousand dollars. For marine hospital at Wilmington, North Carolina: For increase of

Wilmington, N. C.

 hospital facilities by construction of new ward, seven thousand dollars. quarantine stations.

Quarantine stations.

 For quarantine station, Reedy Island, Delaware River: For improvement

Reedy Island.

 of grounds to protect from overflow, four thousand two hundred dollars. 915 For quarantine station, Delaware Breakwater, Delaware: For naphtha

Delaware Breakwater.

 launch for boarding vessels, four thousand dollars. For quarantine station, Brunswick, Georgia: For completing addition

Brunswick, Ga.

 to ballast wharf, three hundred dollars; ballast cars and tracks, three hundred dollars; hoisting engine, seven hundred dollars: raising trestle, two hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. For quarantine station, South Atlantic: For hospital barge (alteration

South Atlantic.

 to steamers), one thousand dollars; telephone, three hundred and fifty dollars; in all, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For quarantine station, San Francisco, California: For naphtha or

San Francisco.

 steam launch, three thousand dollars; cistern tor water supply, one thousand two hundred dollars; in all, four thousand two hundred dollars. 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 twenty-five 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, forty thousand dollars; but of this amount not exceeding three thousand dollars may be expended for personal services of mechanics employed from time to time for casual repairs only. 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. lighthouses, beacons, and fog signals.

lighthouses, beacons, and fog signals.

 Boston Harbor Light-Ship, Massachusetts: For constructing, equipping,

Boston Harbor, Mass.

Light-ship.

Proviso.

Range lights.

 and outfitting, complete for service, a first-class steam light-vessel with a steam fog signal, thirty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That any unexpended balance from this appropriation may be expended by the Light-House Board in the construction of range lights in Boston Harbor. Butler Flats Light Station, Massachusetts: For establishing a light

Butler Flats, Mass.

 and fog signal on or near Butler Flats, entrance to the lower harbor of New Bedford, to take the place of Clarks Point and Fairhaven bridge lights, forty-five thousand dollars. Spectacle Island Range lights, Massachusetts: For establishing

Spectacle Island, Mass.

 range lights on Spectacle Island, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, nine thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. Spring Point Ledge Light and Fog-Signal Station, Maine: Toward

Portland, Me. Spring Point.

 establishing a light and fog signal on Spring Point Ledge, Portland Harbor, Maine, 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 forty-five thousand dollars. Kennebec River lights, Maine: For the establishment on Kennebec

Kennebee River.

Me Range lights, etc.

Ante, p. 636.

 River, Maine, of a light, range lights, and fog signal at or near Doubling Point; a light at Ámes Ledge; a light at or near the southwest point of Perkins Island; a light at or near Squirrel Point, and a day beacon on or near Ram Island; and for sites for same, not to exceed in all, seventeen thousand dollars. - Plum Beach Light and Fog-Signal Station, Rhode Island: For establishing

Plum Beach, R. I.

 a light and fog-signal station at or near Plum Beach, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, twenty thousand dollars, and the total cost of establishing such light and fog-signal station complete, under a 916 contract which is hereby authorized therefor, shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars. Southwest Ledge Light Station, Connecticut: For establishing a fog

New Haven, Conn.

 signal at Southwest Ledge Light Station, entrance to New Haven harbor, Long Island Sound, Connecticut, three, thousand dollars. Lower Cedar Point Light Station, Potomac River, Maryland: For

Lower Cedar Point, Md.

 reestablishing Lower Cedar Point Light Station, Potomac River, Maryland, twenty-five thousand dollars, and the total cost of reestablishing such light station complete, under a contract which is hereby authorized therefor, shall not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars. Smith’s Point Light-House, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland: For

Smiths Point, Md.

 reestablishing the light-house at Smith’s Point, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, recently carried away by the ice, twenty-five thousand dollars to be immediately available, and the total cost of reestablishing such light-house, under a contract which is hereby authorized therefor, shall not exceed eighty thousand dollars. Maumee Range-Light Station, Ohio: For establishing a new beacon

Maumee Bay, Ohio.

 at each end of the range, to form a range both outward and inward in the line of the channel in Maumee Bay, Lake Erie, Ohio, twenty thousand dollars. Chequamegon Point Light and Fog-Signal Station, Wisconsin: For

Chequamegon Point, Wis.

 moving and rebuilding the main La Pointe light and establishing a harbor bell and light at or near Chequamegon Point, Lake Superior, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars. Devils Island Light and Fog-Signal Station, Wisconsin: For constructing

Devils Island, Wis.

 a permanent tower,twenty-two thousand dollars. Grand Marais Light Station, Minnesota: That of the unexpended

Grand Marais, Minn.

Use of balance.

Vol. 23, p. 485.

 balance of the appropriation made in the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, for completing the construction of a light house at Grand Marais, Minnesota, four thousand dollars may be applied to the purchase of a site for and construction of a light-keeper’s dwelling at or near Grand Marais Light Station. Detroit River lights, Michigan: For the completion of the lighting

Grassy Island, Mich.

 of the north and south ends of Grassy Island, Detroit River, Michigan, six thousand seven hundred dollars. Eagle Harbor, Lake Superior, Michigan: For fog signal at Eagle

Eagle Harbor, Mich.

Harbor, Lake Superior, Michigan, five thousand dollars. At or near Squaw Point, Little Bay de Noquet, a light, at a cost not

Squaw Point, Mich.

 exceeding five thousand dollars. Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge, Lake Superior, Michigan: For a

Grand Marais, Mich.

 light and bell at the Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge, now completed, on Lake Superior, Michigan, fifteen thousand dollars. Mendota Light Station, Michigan: For reestablishing the light station

Mendota, Mich.

 at or near Mendota Bete Grise Bay, entrance to Lac la Belle, Lake Superior, Michigan, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Portage Lake Ship Canal pier head fog signal, Michigan: For establishing

Portage Lake Canal, Mich.

 a fog signal at Portage Lake Ship Canal pier head light station, Lake Superior, Michigan, five thousand five hundred dollars. Grays Harbor Light Station, Washington: For completing the light

Grays Harbor, Wash.

 and fog-signal station at Grays Harbor, Washington, thirty-nine thousand five hundred dollars. North Head Light Station, Washington: For establishing a first-order

Cape Disappointment Wash.

 light on North Head, Cape Disappointment, seacoast of Washington, twenty-five thousand dollars. Umatilla Reef Light-Ship, off the Straits of Fuca, Washington: For

Umatilla Reef, Wash.

Light-ship.

 constructing, equipping, and outfitting a steam light ship, with steam fog signal to be established at or near Umatilla Reef, at the Flattery Rocks, off the Straits of Fuca, Washington, forty thousand dollars, and the total cost of said steam light-ship with a steam fog signal, under a contract which is hereby authorized therefor, shall not exceed eighty thousand dollars. 917 Staten Island Lighthouse Depot, New York: For continuing the construction

Staten Island Depot.

 of the sea wall, rebuilding the south wharf, and dredging the basin, at the general lighthouse depot at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, twenty-five thousand dollars. Tibbetts Point Light Station, Lake Ontario and Saint Lawrence

Tibbetts Point. N.Y.

 River, New York: For constructing and equipping, complete for service, a fog signal, four thousand three hundred dollars. Mobile Ship Channel lights, Alabama: For establishing additional

Mobile, Ala.

Ship channel.

 lights in the Mobile Ship Channel, Alabama, thirty thousand dollars. Manitowoc Light Station, Wisconsin: For establishing a steam fog

Manitowoc, Wis.

 signal at Manitowoc Pierhead Light Station, Lake Michigan, Wisconsin, five thousand five hundred dollars. North Manitou Light and Fog-Signal Station, Michigan: For establishing

North Manitou Island, Mich.

 a light and fog-signal station on North Manitou Island, Lake Michigan, Michigan, twenty thousand dollars. Porte des Morts Range Lights and Fog-Signal Station, Michigan:

Plumb Island, Mich.

 For establishing range lights and a steam fog signal on or near Plumb Island, in the Porte des Morts (Death’s Door) passage, entrance to Green Bay, Lake Michigan, Michigan, twenty-one thousand dollars. South Fox Island Fog Signal, Michigan: For establishing a steam

South Fox Island, Mich.

 fog signal at South Fox Island light-station, Lake Michigan, Michigan, five thousand five hundred dollars. Sturgeon Bay Canal Light Station, Wisconsin: For establishing a

Sturgeon Bay Canid, Wis.

 light station at or near the entrance to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, Lake Michigan, Wisconsin, twenty thousand dollars. Sheboygan Pierbead Light Station, Wisconsin: For establishing a

Sheboygan, Wis.

 steam fog signal at Sheboygan Pierhead Light Station, entrance to Sheboygan Harbor. Wisconsin, five thousand live hundred dollars. Oil houses for light stations: For establishing isolated oil houses for

Oil houses.

Proviso.

Cost.

 the storage of mineral oil, five thousand dollars: Provided, That no oil house erected hereunder shall exceed five hundred and fifty dollars in cost. lighthouse establishment.

Light-house establishment.

 Supplies of lighthouses: For supplying fog signals, light-houses,

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 Light-House Board, and other incidental expenses, three hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

Free entry of lenses.

 That lenses and lens glass for the use of the Light-House establishment may be imported free of duty. Repairs of light houses: 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, four hundred and ninety thousand dollars. Salaries of keepers of lighthouses: For salaries, fuel,

Keepers salaries.

 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 ninety 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 eighty-five thousand dollars. Expenses of buoyage: For expenses of establishing, replacing,

Buoyage.

 and maintaining buoys of any and all kinds, spindles, and (lay beacons, and for incidental expenses relating thereto, four hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. 918 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, etc.

 of the Light-House Board, including rewards paid for information as to collisions, and for the apprehension of those who damage light-house 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 Delaware River, between Philadelphia and Bordentown, New Jersey; the Elk River, Maryland; York River, Virginia; Cape Fear River, North Carolina; Savannah River, Georgia; Saint Johns and Indian rivers, Florida; at Chieott 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 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 can not be made permanent, three hundred 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. 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 six hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the coast of Massachusetts, one thousand six hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the coasts of Rhode Island and Long Island, one thousand six 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 six . hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the coasts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, one thousand six hundred dollars; For one superintendent of the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina, one thousand six 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 six hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, one thousand six hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coasts of Lakes Ontario and Erie, one thousand six hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coasts of Lakes Huron and Superior, one thousand six hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coast of Lake Michigan, one thousand six hundred dollars; For one superintendent for the life saving and lifeboat stations on the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, one thousand six hundred dollars; in all, twenty thousand four hundred dollars. 919 For salaries of two hundred and fifty-seven keepers of life-saving and

Keepers.

 lifeboat stations and of houses of refuge, two hundred and twenty-four thousand one hundred dollars. For pay of crews of surfmen employed at the life-saving and lifeboat

Crews, etc.

 stations, including the old Chicago station, 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 under orders from the Treasury Department; for carrying out the provisions of sections seven and eight of the Act approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two; for draft animals and their maintenance; and contingent expenses, including freight, storage, repairs to apparatus, labor, medals, stationery, newspapers for statistical purposes, advertising, and miscellaneous expenses that can not be included under any other head of life-saving stations on the coast of the United States, one million two hundred thousand dollars. That the proviso in section one of the Act approved August third,

Pay of surfmen.

Ante, p. 225.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-four, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: “Provided, That those surfmen who enlist for a term including more than eight and a half months of active service, and those who enlist to fill vacancies caused by the promotion, death, resignation, or dismissal of such surfmen, shall receive sixty dollars per month during said period of active service.” For establishing new life-saving stations and lifeboat stations on the

New stations.

 sea and lake coasts of the United States, authorized by law, forty-three thousand dollars. revenue-cutter service.

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, firemen, coal-passers, cooks, stewards, and boys, 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 in Bering • Sea and the 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; for enforcing the provisions of the Acts relating to the anchorage of vessels in the ports of

Vol. 25, p. 151.

 New York and Chicago, approved May sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and February sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three;

Vol. 26, p. 431.

 contingent expenses, including wharfage, towage, dockage, freight, advertising, surveys, labor, and miscellaneous expenses which can not be included under special heads, nine hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars. For completing a revenue steamer of the first class, under the direction

Steamers.

New England coast.

Ante, p. 4.

 of the Secretary of the Treasury, for service on the New England coast, in accordance with the provisions of an Act approved October thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred thousand dollars. For completing a revenue steamer of the first class, under the direction

Great Lakes.

 of the Secretary of the Treasury, for service on the Great Lakes, in accordance with the provisions of an Act approved November third,

Ante, p. 6.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one hundred thousand dollars. 920 For constructing a revenue cutter for service in the harbor of San

San Francisco.

Ante, p. 286.

 Francisco, California, fifty thousand dollars. For constructing a revenue steamer of the first class, under the direction

Pacific Coast.

 of the Secretary of the Treasury, for service on the Pacific Coast,

Contract.

seventy-five thousand dollars; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to contract for building said vessel at a total cost not

Proviso.

Board on retirement of officers.

to exceed two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to convene a board, to be composed of three surgeons of the Marine-Hospital Service, to examine and report upon all officers now in the Revenue-Cutter Service who, through no vicious habits of their own, are now incapacitated by reason of the infirmities of age or physical or mental disability to efficiently perform the

Pay of retired officers.

duties of their respective offices. And such officers as, under the terms of this Act, may be reported by said board to be so permanently incapacitated shall be placed on waiting orders out of the line of promotion, with one-half active duty pay, and the vacancies thereby created in the active list of the officers shall be filled by promotion in

Examination for promotion.

the order of seniority, as now provided by law: Provided, however, That no such promotion shall be made until the professional qualifications of the candidate shall have been determined by written examination before a board of officers of the Revenue-Cutter Service convened by the

Number of officers not increased.

Secretary of the Treasury for that purpose: Provided further, That the number of officers upon the active list now authorized by law shall not be increased by this Act. For maintenance of a refuge station at or near Point Barrow, Alaska,

Point Barrow, Alaska.

 on the Arctic Ocean, four thousand dollars. 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’ assistants, four hundred and twenty thousand dollars, to be

Proviso.

Large notes.

expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, That no portion of this sum shall be expended for printing United States notes or Treasury 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 printers’ assistants, at one dollar and twenty-five cents a day each, when employed, five hundred and thirty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary

Proviso.

Large notes.

of the Treasury: Provided, That no portion of this sum shall be expended for printing United States notes or Treasury notes of 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 ninety thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. 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. 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 921 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 by the Secretary of the Treasury, and under the following heads: Provided, That no advance

Proviso.

Advances.

 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 field expenses:

Field expenses.

 For survey of unfinished portions of the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida, including Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River; Hudson River to Troy; Charleston bar and entrance, South Carolina, and necessary resurveys, including Boston Harbor, and the approaches to New Bedford Harbor, Buzzards Bay, the bar and entrance to St. Simonds Sound, and Savannah River bar, eighteen thousand dollars; To continue the primary triangulation from the vicinity of Montgomery toward Mobile; and for triangulation, topography, and hydrography of unfinished portions of the Gulf coast, and for the necessary resurveys, seven thousand eight hundred dollars; For offshore soundings along the Atlantic, and Gulf coasts, and current and temperature observations in the Gulf Stream, five thousand dollars; For triangulation, topography, and hydrography of the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington, anti for necessary resurveys, San Francisco harbor, triangulation, topography and hydrography, fifteen thousand dollars; For continuing explorations in the waters of Alaska and making hydrographic surveys in the same, including survey of the Aleutian Islands and examination of the mouth of Yukon River, and for the establishment of latitude, longitude, and magnetic stations, fifteen thousand dollars, to be immediately available; For continuing the researches in physical hydrography relating to harbors and bars, including computations and plottings, and for tidal and current observations on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, five thousand dollars; For establishment of a self-registering tide gauge at Reedy Island on the Delaware River, seven 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 and including the employment of such pilots and nautical experts as may be necessary for the same, three thousand dollars; To continue magnetic observations, including the maintenance of the Magnetic Observatory, two thousand dollars: For continuing the line of exact levels between the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts, two thousand five 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 marking 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 from Greenwich, twelve thousand dollars, to be immediately available; For determinations of geographical positions, and to continue gravity observations, two thousand live hundred dollars; 922 For continuing the transcontinental geodetic work on the line between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, thirteen thousand dollars, to be immediately available; 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, three thousand 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, six thousand 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:

Proviso.

Payment.

Provided, That such contribution and expenses of attendance shall be payable out of the item “for objects not hereinbefore named;” and ten

Interchangeable expenditures.

per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available interchangeably for expenditure on the objects named; but no more than ten per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation; In all, for field expenses, one hundred and ten thousand five hundred dollars. For repairs and maintenance of vessels: For repairs and maintenance

Repairs of vessels, etc.

 of the complement of vessels used in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, including new boiler and decks for the steamer Patterson, thirty-eight thousand dollars. Salaries Coast and Geodetic Survey: For Superintendent, five

Salaries.

Superintendent.

Assistants.

 thousand dollars; For pay of assistants, to be employed either in the field or office, as the Superintendent may direct, such authority and direction to take effect from and after the passage of this Act: For two assistants, at four thousand dollars each; For one assistant, three thousand two hundred dollars; For four assistants, at three thousand dollars each; For four assistants, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; For seven assistants, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; For seven assistants, at two thousand dollars each; For three assistants, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; For three assistants, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; For three assistants, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; For four assistants, 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, ninety thousand four hundred dollars. Pay of office force: For one disbursing agent, two thousand

Office force.

 two hundred dollars; For one general office assistant, one thousand eight 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; 923 For chart correctors, buoy colorists, stenographers, writers, typewriters

Office force—Cont’d.

 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 seven, 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 one, at one thousand two hundred dollars; For two, at one thousand dollars each; For two, at nine hundred dollars each; For astronomical, geodetic, tidal, and miscellaneous computers, namely: For two, at two thousand dollars each; For three, at one thousand six 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 copperplate engravers, namely: For two, at two thousand dollars each; For two, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; For two, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; For two, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; 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, and other skilled laborers, namely: For two, atone thousand eight hundred dollars each; For one, at one thousand six hundred dollars; For two, 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 thirty-two thousand six hundred and seventy 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, eight thousand dollars. For copper plates, 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, eighteen 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. 924 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, tour thousand live hundred dollars. For the discussion and publication of observations, one thousand dollars. That no part of the money herein appropriated for the Coast and Geodetic

Allowances.

 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 held 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.

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 or compensation of all necessary employees, one hundred and forty-three thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars. For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibition

Furniture.

 and safekeeping of the collections of the National Museum, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and telephonic

Heating, etc.

 service for the National .Museum, thirteen thousand dollars. For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National

Postage.

 Museum, five hundred dollars. For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum,

Repairs.

 including all necessary labor and material, four thousand dollars. For rent of workshops for the National Museum, nine hundred dollars.

Rent.

 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

One-half from District revenues.

expenses not otherwise provided for, fifty-five 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; for continuing the entrance into the Zoological Park from Woodley Lane, and opening driveway into Zoological Park, from said entrance along the west batik of Rock Creek, five thousand dollars, to be immediately available, which sum is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, one-half chargeable to the revenues of the District of Columbia. And of the sum hereby appropriated five thousand dollars shall be used toward the construction of a road from the Holt Mansion entrance (on Adams Mill road) into the park to connect with the roads now in existence, including a bridge across Rock Creek, 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, seventeen thousand dollars. Fire protection, Smithsonian Institution and National

Fire protection.

 Museum: For expenses of putting in four additional fire pings in the Smithsonian grounds for the better protection of the Smithsonian 925 Institution, National Museum, and Astrophysical Observatory, and the purchase of necessary fire hose, eight hundred dollars. North American Ethnology: For continuing ethnological

North American Ethnology.

 researches 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. FISH COMMISSION.

Fish Commission.

 Office of Commissioner: For Commissioner, five thousand dollars;

Pay of Commissioner, clerks, etc.

 chief clerk, two thousand four hundred dollars: stenographer to Commissioner, one thousand six hundred dollars; librarian, one thousand two 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 firemen, 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-five thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. Office of accounts: Disbursing agent, two thousand two hundred

Office of accounts.

 dollars; examiner of accounts, one thousand six hundred dollars; property clerk, one thousand six hundred dollars; bookkeeper, one thousand and eighty dollars; clerk, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, seven thousand two hundred dollars. Office of architect and engineer: Architect and engineer, two thousand

Office of architect and engineer.

 two hundred dollars; draftsman, one thousand dollars; draftsman, nine hundred dollars; 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.

Office.

 five hundred dollars: superintendent of ear 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 four hundred and twenty dollars. Division of fish-culture, station employees: Central station, Washington,

Central station.

 District of Columbia: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred dollars; clerk, nine hundred dollars; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; laborer, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, three thousand six hundred dollars. Aquaria, Central Station: Superintendent, nine hundred and sixty

Aquaria.

 dollars; skilled labor, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Fish ponds, Washington, District of Columbia: Superintendent, one

Fish ponds.

 thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, eight hundred and forty dollars; two laborers, at six hundred and sixty dollars each; in all, three thousand six hundred and sixty dollars. Green Lake (Maine) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five

Green Lake, Me.

 hundred 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 mid twenty dollars. Craigs Brook (Maine) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five

Craigs Brook. Me.

 hundred dollars; foreman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer, five hundred and forty dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. Saint Johnsbury (Vermont) Station: Superintendent, one thousand

Saint Johusbury, Vt.

 five hundred dollars; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars: two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, three thousand four hundred and twenty dollars. 926 Gloucester (Massachusetts) Station: Custodian and fish-culturist, nine

Gloucester, Mass.

 hundred dollars. Woods Holl (Massachusetts) Station: Superintendent, one thousand

Woods Holl, 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 live hundred and forty dollars each; two laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, six thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. Cape Vincent (New York) Station Superintendent, one thousand

Cape Vincent. N. Y.

 five hundred dollars; machinist, nine hundred and sixty dollars; two firemen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, five thousand seven hundred dollars. Battery Island (Maryland) Station: Custodian, three hundred and

Battery Island, Md.

 sixty dollars. Bryans Point (Maryland) Station: Custodian, three hundred and

Bryans Point, Md.

 sixty dollars. Wytheville (Virginia) Station: Superintendent, one thousand two-hundred

Wytheville, Va.

 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, Ohio.

 dollars; foreman, one thousand dollars; skilled laborer, six hundred dollars; machinist, nine hundred and sixty dollars; in all, four thousand and sixty dollars. Northville (Michigan) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five

Northville, Mich.

 hundred dollars; foreman, nine hundred and sixty dollars; fish-culturist, six hundred dollars; skilled laborer four hundred and eighty dollars; three laborers, at four hundred and eighty dollars each; in all, four thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. Alpena (Michigan) Station: Foreman, one thousand two hundred

Alpena, Mich.

 dollars; fish-culturist, seven hundred and twenty dollars; in all, one thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars. Duluth (Minnesota) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred

Duluth, Minn.

 dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars; machinist, eight hundred and forty dollars; two laborers, at six hundred dollars each; in all, four thousand four hundred and forty dollars. Neosho (Missouri) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred

Neosho, Mo.

 dollars; foreman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; one laborer, at six hundred dollars; in all, two thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars. Leadville (Colorado) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred

Leadville, Colo.

 dollars; foreman, one thousand two hundred dollars; two fish-culturists, at nine hundred dollars each; cook, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, four thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. Baird (California) and Fort Gaston (California) stations: superintendent,

Baird and Fort Gaston, Cal.

 one thousand five hundred dollars; foreman, one thousand and eighty dollars; foreman, nine hundred dollars; in all, three thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. San Marcos (Texas) Station: Superintendent, one thousand five hundred

San Marcos, Tex.

 dollars; skilled laborer, seven hundred and twenty dollars; two-laborers, at five hundred and forty dollars each; in all, three thousand three hundred dollars. Clackamas (Oregon) Station: Superintendent one thousand five hundred

Clackamas, Oreg.

 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 927 coxswain, at five hundred and forty dollars; one 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 car 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 Ashes.

 thousand seven hundred dollars; assistant, two thousand two hundred dollars; two assistants, at 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, etc.

 charge, two thousand five 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 one thousand two 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, fourteen thousand nine hundred and forty dollars. Vessel service: Steamer Albatross: One naturalist, one thousand

Vessels.

“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.

“Fish Hawk.”

“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. Expenses of administration: For the contingent expenses of the

Administration expenses.

 office 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.

 operations of the fish-cultural stations 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 five thousand dollars for necessary employees for the conduct of the fish-cultural stations in Montana, Iowa, and Tennessee, authorized by Congress and now being located, one hundred thousand dollars. Maintenance of vessels: For the maintenance of the vessels and

Maintenance of vessels.

 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

Inquiry respecting food-fishes.

 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 interests 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 and preparation of reports, ten thousand eight hundred dollars, and it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Fisheries to make special 928 investigation as to the extermination of migratory fishes on the Indian

Indian River fishes.

 River of Florida. 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 dollars. And ten per centum of the foregoing amounts for the miscellaneous

Interchangeable expenses.

 expenses of the work of the Commission shall be available interchangeably for expenditure on the objects named, but no more than ten per centum shall be added to any one item of appropriation. For investigation and report respecting the advisability of establishing

Hatchery, New Hampshire.

 a fish-hatching station at some suitable point in the State of New Hampshire, five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. 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 the provisions of the “Act to regulate commerce,” and all Acts and amendments supplementary thereto, one hundred and eighty-four thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars may be expended in the employment of counsel; In all, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Miscellaneous.

 World’s Columbian Commission: That the Secretary of the Treasury

World’s Columbian Commission.

Cases for medals.

 be, and he is hereby, authorized to procure suitable cases for the bronze medals awarded exhibitors at the World’s Columbian Exposition, and to pay for the same and also the expense of distributing said

Vol 27, p. 389.

medals from the appropriation contained in the third section of an Act entitled “An Act to aid in carrying out the Act of Congress approved

Vol. 26, p. 62.

April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled‘An 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,” approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. That the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, under the supervision

Names, etc., to be printed on diplomas.

 of the Secretary of the Treasury, be authorized to print upon the blank

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diplomas authorized by section three of the said Act of August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as amended by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, making appropriations for the sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the names of the persons to whom the diplomas are to be awarded by the World’s Columbian Commission, and the language of the awards as furnished by the committee on awards of the World’s Columbian Commission; and the expense thereof shall be paid from the appropriation of one hundred and three thousand dollars contained in said sundry civil Act to carry out section three as amended, which appropriation is hereby made available for such purpose until expended. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to furnish

Elect retypes, etc., of medals to be furnished exhibitors, etc.

 electrotypes or photographs of the medal of award of the World’s Columbian Exposition, to exhibitors to whom medal has been awarded, at the expense and cost of such exhibitors, and also to furnish the same to newspapers and periodicals for publication, provided the publishers to 929 whom the electrotypes or photographs are furnished pay the expenses thereof, but that no electrotypes or photographs shall be furnished to any persons except those to whom medal has been awarded and to newspapers and periodicals paying for the same, and any other person printing facsimiles of said electrotypes or photographs of said medals shall be liable to the penalty prescribed by Act of August fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Paper and stamps: For paper for internal-revenue stamps, freight,

Internal-revenue stamp paper, etc.

 and salary of superintendent, counters, messengers, and watchmen, sixty 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, fifty thousand dollars; and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall make a detailed statement to Congress once in each year as to how he has expended this sum, and also a detailed statement of all miscellaneous expenditures in the Bureau of Internal Revenue for which appropriation is made in this Act. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to lease and provide accommodations

Columbus, Ohio.

Internal-revenue office.

 for the office of the internal revenue service at Columbus, Ohio, one thousand dollars. 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. 3653, p. 719.

 safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public money, and for transportation of notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, seventy-five thousand dollars. Transportation of silver coin: For transportation of silver

Transporting silver coin.

 coin, including fractional silver coin, by registered mail or otherwise, fifty-five thousand dollars; and in expending this sum the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transport from the Treasury or subtreasuries, free of charge, silver coin when requested to do so: Provided, That an equal amount in coin or 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. 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

R. S., sec. 3512, p. 696.

 twelve of the Revised Statutes of the United States, five thousand dollars. Recoinage of uncurrent fractional silver coins: For recoinage

Recoinage silver coins.

 of the incurrent fractional silver coins in the Treasury, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, one hundred thousand dollars. 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 four thousand 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. 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, sixty-five thousand dollars. Sealing and separating United States securities: For

Sealing and separating.

 materials required to seal and separate United States notes and certificates, such as ink, printer’s varnish, sperm oil, white printing paper, 930 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

Distinctive paper, etc.

 charges, and other expenses, fifteen thousand dollars. Special witness of destruction of United States securities:

Witness, destruction.

 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 seventy dollars. Canceling United States securities and cutting distinctive paper:

Canceling, etc.

 For extra knives for cutting machines 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 custodian of

Custody of dies, rolls, and plate.

 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 the care of all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department outside of the District of Columbia, including the temporary post-office building to be erected in Chicago, Illinois, seven hundred and seventy-five 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

Inspector of furniture, etc.

 buildings: 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, personal services, 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 same and carpets for all public buildings, marine hospitals and the temporary post-office building to be erected at Chicago, Illinois, 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:

Proviso.

Furniture, Chicago.

Provided, That the furniture now used in the Government offices in the old custom house building at Chicago, Illinois, shall be, so far as practicable, transferred to and used by the Government officials in the temporary post office building to be erected at Chicago, Illinois, as soon as the said building shall be ready for occupancy. Fuel, lights, and water for public buildings: For fuel,lights,

Fuel, lights, and water.

 water, electric current tor light and power purposes, electric-light plants, including repairs thereto, in such buildings as may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, electric-light wiring, and miscellaneous items required for the use of the janitors, firemen, or engineers, in the proper care of the buildings, furniture, and heating apparatus, exclusive of personal services, for all public buildings, marine hospitals, and the temporary post-office building to be erected at Chicago, Illinois, included, under the control of the Treasury Department, inclusive of new buildings, eight hundred and seventy-five 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 931 the Treasury and ordered by him in writing: Provided, That no sum

Proviso.

Gas governor, etc.

 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 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 for no other purpose whatever, sixty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That no part

Proviso.

Witnesses.

 of this amount be used in defraying the expenses of any person subpœnaed by the United States courts to attend any trial before a United States court or preliminary examination before, any United States Commissioner, which expenses shall be paid from the appropriation for “fees of witnesses, United States courts.” Mint Building at Denver, Colorado: For purchase of site and

Denver, Colo., coinage mint.

Ante, p. 673.

 commencement of building at Denver, Colorado, one hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available: and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to contract for the completion of said building at a cost, including site therefor, heating and ventilating apparatus, fireproof vaults, elevators, and approaches complete, not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars. Lands and other property or the United States: For custody,

Lands, etc.

 care, protection, and expenses of sales of lands and other property of the United States, the examination of titles, recording of deeds, advertising, and auctioneers’ fees, four hundred dollars. For a proper survey of thirty-two thousand acres, more or less, in

Survey of lands in North Carolina.

 southwestern part of North Carolina, conveyed to the United States in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, in compromise of an indebtedness due to the United States from E. B. Olmsted, formerly disbursing clerk of the Post-Office Department, one thousand dollars in addition to the sum of one thousand dollars appropriated by the sundry civil Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four,

Ante, p. 396.

 which sum, together with the amount hereby appropriated, shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury in making said survey; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to employ such persons and to pay for such services as in his judgment may be necessary and proper for the making of such survey. Publication op Supplement to Revised Statutes: To enable

Supplement to Revised Statutes.

Payment to William A. Richardson.

 the Secretary of the Treasury to pay William A. Richardson, when the work shall be completed, for preparing and editing a Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the United States, for the third session of the Fifty-third Congress, under the Act of February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one thousand dollars. Compensation in lieu op moieties: For compensation in lien 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.

 necessary expenses of local appraisers at annual meetings for the purpose of securing uniformity in the appraisement of dutiable goods at different ports of entry, eight hundred dollars. Enforcement of alien contract-labor laws: For the enforcement

Alien con tract-labor laws.

 of the alien contract-labor laws and to prevent the immigration 932 of convicts, lunatics, idiots, and persons liable to become a public charge from foreign contiguous territory, one hundred thousand dollars. Enforcement of the Chinese exclusion Act: To prevent

Chines exclusion.

 unlawful 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 tor deportation, and for enforcing the provisions of the Act

Vol. 27, p. 52.

approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, entitled “An Act to prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States,” one hundred thousand dollars. Alaskan seal fisheries: For salaries and traveling expenses of

Alaskan seal fisheries.

Agents’ salaries, etc.

 agents at seal fisheries in Alaska, as follows; For one agent, three thousand six hundred and titty 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. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish food, fuel, and

Food to natives.

 clothing to the native inhabitants on the islands of Saint Paul and Saint George, Alaska, nineteen thousand five hundred dollars. For the protection of the salmon fisheries of Alaska under the direction

Salmon fisheries.

 of the Secretary of the Treasury, four thousand dollars. And the

Investigation of wanton killing of game, etc.

Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to order investigations and reports by the inspector for the salmon fisheries in Alaska of the alleged taking and destruction of the eggs of game wild fowl in said Territory, as well also as to the alleged wanton destruction of game birds, deer, fox, and other animals, and also the advisability of adopting suitable regulations as to close seasons as in his judgment may be necessary to prevent such destruction in future. For publishing the President’s proclamation concerning seal fisheries

Publishing proclamation.

Vol. 25, p. 1009.

 of Bering Sea, and for 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

R. S., sees. 1959, 1971, pp. 344, 346.

Paul and Saint George, Alaska, under sections nineteen hundred and fifty-nine and nineteen hundred and seventy-one, Revised Statutes, five hundred dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay necessary expenses of

Fur-sealing log books, etc.

Ante, p. 54.

 enforcing the conditions of section four of the Act approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, giving effect to the award rendered by the Tribunal of Arbitration, at Paris, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, one thousand five hundred dollars. Payments on account of the Ford Theater Disaster: For

Ford Theater dis aster.

Payment to heirs of persons killed.

Ante, p. 392.

 payment to the heirs and legal representatives of those who were killed by reason of the falling of the Ford Theater building on the ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, of which sum there shall be paid to the legal or personal representatives of each of the following persons the sum of five thousand dollars: George Q. Allen, George Michael Arnold. Samuel P. Banes. John Bussius, John B. Chapin, Jeremiah Daly, Joseph R. Fagan, Joseph Barker Gage, David Clark Jordan, Justus Boyd Jones, Frederick B. Loftus, Jay Hirst McFall, Otto F. W. Metier, Howard 8. Miller, Benjamin Franklin Miller. Burrows Nelson, Emanuel G. Shull, Frank M. Williams, Alfred L. Ames, Arthur Napoleon Girault, Michael T. Mulledey, George W. Roby, John T. Reynolds,

Proviso.

Distribution.

George C. Bollinger, and Charles Best Sayers: Provided, That where the deceased died leaving a widow but no children the five thousand dollars shall be paid her; where the deceased left a widow and children, the widow shall receive one-half and the children shall share alike; and 933 where the deceased was unmarried, the sum shall be paid to the personal representatives tor the benefit of the next of kin. Payment to executors of Francis Wharton: To pay the

Francis Wharton.

Payment to executors of.

 executors of Francis Wharton, being balance due his estate tor services rendered in preparing the Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, under a Joint Resolution of Congress approved August

Vol. 25, p. 629

 thirteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, providing for the printing of a supplement of Wharton’s Digest of International Law, seven thousand live hundred dollars. The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations for the

Lead ores.

Assaying imported.

 sampling and assaying of lead ores imported into the United States, and such regulations shall provide that the method of sampling and assaying such ores shall be the same as that usually adopted for commercial purposes by public sampling works in the United States: and he is authorized to incur the necessary expense out of the appropriation for the collection of the revenue from customs: Provided, That no

Proviso.

Sampling works.

 part of the expense herein authorized and directed shall be incurred for the erection of sampling works by the United States. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized

James D. McBride.

Impressions of en graving to be furnished.

 and directed to furnish General James D. McBride, on his written requests from time to time as may be required, impressions on lithographic transfer paper, from the following, engravings: The signers of the Declaration of Independence, and portraits of the Presidents of the United States; and that the said McBride be, and he is hereby, authorized and permitted to print the vignette of the signers of the Declaration of Independence in connection with bis historical publication (which he is now ready to issue), entitled, “Important. Periods in the History of the United States,” and also to print said portraits in a group under the following title: “The Portraits of the Presidents of the United States:” Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be

Proviso.

Condition.

 construed as authorizing the said McBride to print, or cause to be printed, copies of said engravings in any other manner than herein-before specified; and the cost and expense thereof shall be paid by said McBride. That the Act entitled “An Act to authorize and provide for the disposition

Disposal of useless papers.

Vol. 25, p. 672.

Extension of provisions.

 of useless papers in the Executive Department,” approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to include in its provisions any accumulation of tiles of papers of a like character therein described now or hereafter in the various public buildings under the control of the several Executive Departments of the Government. Bounty on sugar: That there shall be paid by the Secretary of the

Bounty on sugar.

Payment on production prior to August 28, 1894.

 Treasury to those producers and manufacturers of sugar in the United States from maple sap, beets, sorghum, or sugar cane grown or produced within the United States, who complied with the provisions of the bounty law as contained in Schedule E of the tariff Act of October

Vol. 26, p. 583.

 first, eighteen hundred and ninety, a bounty of two cents a pound on all sugars testing not less than ninety degrees by the polariscope, and one and three-fourths cents a pound on all sugars testing less than ninety and not less than eighty degrees by the polariscope, manufactured and produced by them previous to the twenty-eighth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and upon which no bounty has previously been paid; and for this purpose the sum of two hundred and thirty-eight thousand two hundred and eighty-nine dollars and eight cents is hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary. That there shall be paid to those producers who complied with the

Payment on production from August 28, 1894, to June 30, 1895.

 provisions of the bounty law as contained in Schedule E of the tariff Act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, by filing the notice, application for license, and bond therein required, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and who would have been entitled to receive a license as provided for in said Act, a bounty of eight-tenths 934 of a cent per pound on the sugars actually manufactured and produced in the United States testing not less than eighty degrees by the polariscope, from beets, sorghum, or sugar cane grown or produced within the United States during that part of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred anti ninety-five, comprised in the period commencing August twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety five, both days inclusive; and for this purpose the sum of five million dollars, or so

Proviso.

Restriction.

much thereof as maybe necessary, is hereby appropriated: Provided, That no bounty shall be paid to any person engaged hi refining sugars which have been imported into the United States, or produced in the United States, upon which the bounty herein provided has already been paid or applied for. The bounty herein authorized to be paid shall be paid upon the presentation

Proofs to be preseated.

 of such proof of manufacture and production as shall be required in each case by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, and under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. And for the payment of such bounty the Secretary of the Treasury

Payment.

 is authorized to draw warrants on the Treasurer of the United States for sums as shall be necessary, which sums shall be certified to him by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, by whom the bounty shall be

Limit.

disbursed, and no bounty shall be allowed or paid to any person as aforesaid upon any quantity of sugar less than five hundred pounds. For examination of claims and ascertaining the amount due and the

Examination of claims.

 prevention of fraudulent claims for said bounty, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue is hereby authorized to employ two internal-revenue agents, in addition to those already provided for, and upon the same terms as to compensation. That any person not entitled to the bounty herein provided for, who

Punishment for fraudalent claims.

 shall with intent to defraud apply tor or receive the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or be imprisoned for a period not exceeding five years, or both, in the discretion of the court. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized

Emile M. Blum.

Allowance in accounts.

 and directed to allow and pay to Emile M. Blum, late United States commissioner-general to the International Exposition at Barcelona, Spain, the sum of three thousand three hundred and eighty dollars and ninety-six cents, in the adjustment of his accounts, being the amount of money by him disbursed in furthering American interests at said exposition not heretofore allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury. quarantine service.

Quarantine service.

 For the maintenance and ordinary expenses, including pay of officers

Maintenance.

 and employees of quarantine stations at Delaware Breakwater, Reedy Island, Cape Charles and supplemental station, South Atlantic Station (Sapelo Sound), Southport, Brunswick, Key West, Gulf, San Diego, San Francisco, and Port Townsend, one hundred and twenty-five 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, smallpox, or Chinese plague or black death, to use the unexpended balance of the sums appropriated and reappropriated by the sundry civil

Vol. 27, p. 590.

Ante, p. 392.

appropriation Acts approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, 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 935 which may be then in force: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury

Proviso.

Smallpox investigation.

 may use not exceeding nine hundred dollars of such unexpended balance for the experimental investigation of the treatment and prevention of smallpox in the laboratory of the Marine-Hospital Service, to be immediately available. District of Columbia: For the salaries of the surveyor and

Surveyor, D. C.

Salaries, etc.

 assistant surveyor of the District of Columbia and for such employees as may be required in accordance with the provisions of the Act of

Ante, p. 689.

 Congress making the surveyor of the District of Columbia a salaried officer, including for surveying instruments and implements for the surveyor’s office, drawing material, stationery, copying and binding plats and records, and necessary transportation, in all, ten thousand dollars. UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

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.

 thereof, including wages of mechanics and laborers, twenty-five thousand dollars. To provide flags for the east and west fronts of the center of the Capitol, to be hoisted daily under the direction of the Capitol police board, one hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For continuing the work of cleaning and repairing works of art in the Capitol, including the repairing of frames, one thousand five hundred dollars. Senate Wing of the Capitol: For repaving sub-basement floor,

Senate wing.

 rebuilding horizontal smoke flue from boilers to stack, and repairing and rearranging the Senate legislative electric bells service, repairing and enlarging hot well under boiler room and other work appertaining to same, to be expended under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, three thousand five hundred and eighty 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. For repairs and improvements to steam fire engine house and Senate and House stables, five hundred dollars. Lighting the Capitol and grounds: For purchase of the electric

Lighting Capitol and grounds.

Purchase, etc., of electric light plant.

 lighting plant in the Senate wing, ten thousand dollars; for repairs and extension of the same and of the electric lighting plant in the House wing, to meet the present requirements of the service, twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and the Architect of the Capitol is hereby directed to have the electric plant, wiring, and fixtures put in place during the ensuing recess of Congress, under the direction of the Committee on Rules, in accordance with the plan adopted by said committee; for lighting the Capitol and grounds about

Lighting, etc.

 the same, including the Botanic Garden, and the Senate and House stables; for gas and electric lighting, 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; in all, fifty-four thousand dollars. The Architect of the Capitol, with the

Arrange m e n t for electric lights for one year.

 approval of the Committee on Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives, is hereby authorized and directed to arrange, for not exceeding one year, with any existing electric lighting company in the city of Washington to furnish electric current for the Capitol building at a rate not to exceed one-half a cent per hour of burning of a nominal sixteen-candle power incandescent lamp, or an equivalent thereof; and the Architect of the Capitol is also authorized to grant permission to said 936 electric lighting company to lay an underground conduit through the Capitol grounds in order to connect its supply mains with the Capitol building with a view to furnishing current to the electric lights in said building, no expense to be chargeable to the Government for laying such conduit or mains; any injury to the grounds or appurtenances caused thereby to be repaired by the said company. expenses of the collection of revenue from sales of public lands.

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 thousand dollars. Contingent expenses of land offices: For

Contingent expenses, land offices.

 clerk hire, rent, and other incidental expenses of the district 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, three 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 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 lands from illegal and fraudulent entry or appropriation, and of adjusting claims for swamp

Proviso.

Agents per diem.

lands, and indemnity for swamp lands, ninety thousand dollars: Provided, 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 file and other plats constituting a part of the records of said office, and to furnish local land offices with the same, two thousand dollars. Transcripts of records and plats: For furnishing

Transcripts from records.

 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 and fifty

Surveys, rates.

 thousand dollars, at rates not exceeding nine dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, seven dollars for township, and

Provisos.

Preferences.

five dollars for 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

Vol. 25, p. 676.

States by the Act approved February twenty-second, eighteen

Vol. 26, pp. 215, 222.

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

Extra rates for heart by timbered, etc. lands.

Commissioner of the General Land Office may allow, for the survey of lands heavily timbered, mountainous, or covered with dense undergrowth, rates not exceeding thirteen dollars per linear mile for standard and meander lines, eleven dollars

Exceptional difficulties.

for township, and seven dollars for section lines; and incases of exceptional difficulties in the surveys, 937 when the work can not 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 tor standard and meander lines, fifteen dollars for township, and twelve dollars for section lines: Provided,

Lands in Idaho, etc.

 That in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, California, Arizona, Wyoming, and Washington there may be allowed in the discretion 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 of the sum hereby appropriated not exceeding fifteen thousand

Resurveys, etc.

 dollars may be expended for resurveys, and not exceeding forty 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 tor examinations of surveys heretofore made and reported to be defective or fraudulent: and inspecting

Inspecting mineral lands, etc.

 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. For the survey of the public lands lying within the limits of land

Survey of railroad land grants.

 grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, and the selection therein of such lands as ace 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, anti 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, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated and made a continuing appropriation for the Survey of lands within the limits of railroad land grants, and any money which shall be expended of such appropriation and reimbursed and paid into the Treasury is hereby reappropriated, and said sum shall remain a continuing appropriation, and so often as any part of the same shall, after being expended, be reimbursed by any railroad Company

Continuing appropriation.

 as hereinafter provided, the same shall be again available for the purposes aforesaid: Provided, That any portion of said sum expended

Provisos.

Reimbursements.

 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 the Act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred

Vol. 16, p. 395.

 and seventy, chapter two hundred and ninety-two, volume sixteen, pages three hundred and five and three hundred and six, and Act of

Vol. 19, p. 121.

 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 in interest”: And provided further,

Appropriation for surveys.

 That whenever there shall have been reimbursed and paid into the Treasury of the United States, by the respective companies or parties in interest, any part of said appropriation expended for surveys within such grants, there shall be immediately available, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an amount equal to the amount so reimbursed, and the same shall be available for the survey of the public lands lying within the limits of the railroad land grants made by Congress, until allot said lands shall have been surveyed: Provided, 938 That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the use,

Use of regular appropriation.

 within the limits of any railroad land grant made by Congress, of any part of any regular appropriation for surveying the public lands:

Florida excluded.

Provided, That no part of the foregoing money shall be used for any land embraced in any grant to the State of Florida:

Successors of railroad bound.

And provided further, That the provisions of law requiring reimbursements to be made to the United States by railroad corporations claiming such grants, shall apply equally to the successors of such railroad corporations acquiring title to their lands and other property, under decree of

Substituted for former provision.

Ante, p. 395.

foreclosure of any mortgage authorized by Congress. This paragraph shall be in lieu of the provision in the sundry civil appropriation Act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, providing for the survey of such lands, and the Secretary of the Interior shall report to each regular session of Congress what has been done under the foregoing provisions. For survey of private land claims in the States of Colorado, Nevada,

Survey of private land claims.

Vol. 26, p. 854.

 and Wyoming, and in the Territories of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, confirmed under the provisions of the Act of Congress 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,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for the resurvey of such private land claims heretofore confirmed as may be deemed necessary, twenty thousand dollars. For necessary expenses of survey, appraisal, and sale, of abandoned

Abandoned military reservations.

 military reservations transferred to the control of the Secretary of the

Vol. 23, p. 103.

Interior under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and any law prior thereto, including

Casa Grande.

Edwin H. Van Antwerp, Charles H. Bates.

pay of a custodian of the ruin of Casa Grande, five thousand dollars. To pay Edwin II. Van Antwerp and Charles II. Bates, United States deputy surveyors, for surveying the west boundary of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, as per contract with the Commissioner of the general Land Office, four hundred and sixty-one dollars and twenty-one cents. That the governor of the State of Wyoming, subject to the approval of

Fort McKinney Reservation.

Selection of portion by Wyoming.

 the Secretary of the Interior, is hereby empowered and authorized to select and enter of the public lands contained within the boundaries of the abandoned Fort McKinney Military Reservation, in Johnson County, State of Wyoming, not exceeding in all two sections, on which are situated the buildings heretofore used for military purposes; that the lands so selected and entered, with the buildings thereon, are hereby

Proviso.

Part of grant of lands.

granted and donated to the State of Wyoming; Provided, That the entry and selection of lands under the provisions of this Act shall be construed as being in part satisfaction of the grant of lands to the State of Wyoming for charitable, educational, penal, and reformatory

Vol. 26, p. 224.

institutions under the provisions of section eleven of the Act of Congress of July tenth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety. That the Governor of the State of Montana is hereby empowered and

Fort Maginnis Reservation, Mont.

Portion of granted for soldiers Lome.

 authorized to select and enter of the public lands contained within the boundaries of the abandoned Fort Maginnis Military Reservation in Fergus County, State of Montana, which are free from any settlement or other right or claim at the date of selection, not exceeding in all two sections, on which are situated the buildings heretofore used for military purposes; that the lands and water rights so selected and entered, with the buildings thereon, are hereby granted and donated to the State of Montana for the maintenance of a soldiers’ home, or for

Proviso.

Part of grant of lands.

other public purposes: Provided, That the entry and selection of lands in the provisions of this Act shall be construed as being in part satisfaction of the grant of lands to the State of Montana for educational, penal, and reformatory institutions, under the provisions of Section

Vol. 25, p. 681.

seventeen, of the Act of Congress of February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, “To provide for the division of Dakota into two States and to enable the people of North Dakota, South Dakota, 939 Montana, and Washington to form constitutions and State governments and to lie admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to make donations of public lands to such States.” That the lands in the Fort Rice Military Reservation in the State of

Fort Rice Reservation.

Portion of, grants to North Dakota.

 North Dakota, except such tracts as may be occupied by bona fide settlers, may be selected at any time within one year after the passage of tins Act by the State of North Dakota as a part of the lands granted to the State under the provisions of an Act to provide for the admission

Vol. 25, p. 681.

 of North Dakota into the Union, approved February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior; and when said lands are selected as herein provided the Secretary of the Interior shall cause patents to be issued to the said State of North Dakota: Provided, That if the State

Proviso.

Restriction, etc.

 of North Dakota shall select said lands such selections shall embrace any land in said reservation except those hereby reserved on account of settlement, the amount so selected not to exceed the amount of land granted to said State by the said Act of admission. For continuing the work of the Commission appointed under section

Commission to negotiate for lands of civilized Indians.

Vol. 27, p. 645.

 sixteen of the Act entitled “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,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, including the unexpended balance of the present appropriation, thirty thousand dollars, to be immediately available; and the President

Additional members.

 is hereby authorized to appoint two additional members of said Commission, who shall receive the compensation and expenses provided in said Act for members of said Commission: Provided, That so much of

Proviso.

Stenographer, etc., abolished.

 said Act as authorizes the employment of a stenographer and a Surveyor, or other assistant or agent, is hereby repealed. united states geological survey.

Geological Survey.

 For salaries of the scientific assistants of the Geological Survey:

Scientific assistants.

 For two geologists, at four thousand dollars each; For one geologist, 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, 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.

 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, thirteen

Laborers.

 thousand dollars; For topographic surveys in various portions of the United States, one

Topographic surveys.

 hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to be immediately available, thirty-five 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 third 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.

 one hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available; For an investigation of the coal and gold resources of Alaska, five

Alaska, coal and gold.

 thousand dollars. 940 For paleontologic researches relating to the geology of the United

Paleontologic reseaches.

 States, ten thousand dollars; For chemical and physical researches relating to the geology of the

Chemical researches.

 United States, seven thousand dollars; For the preparation of the illustrations of the Geological Survey,

Illustrations.

 thirteen thousand dollars; For the preparation of the report of the mineral resources of the United States, eighteen 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 and printing the geological maps of the United States,

Maps.

 sixty-five thousand dollars: and the Director of the Geological Survey, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, is authorized to sell copies of topographical maps with text at cost and ten per centum added; For gauging the streams and determining the water supply of the

Gauging water supply.

 United States, including the investigation of underground currents and artesian wells in arid and semiarid sections, twenty thousand dollars; For rent of office rooms in Washington, District of Columbia, four

Rent.

 thousand two hundred dollars; In all, tor the United States Geological Survey, lour hundred and thirty-seven thousand one hundred dollars. library of congress.

Library of Congress.

 That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to consider

Stone contract to be examined.

 and examine the terms of the contract between the United States and William H. B. Stout, Cyrus J. Hall, and Isaac S. Bangs, dated April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, for furnishing stone for the Congressional Library building, which was rescinded by the Act of Congress of October second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and to what extent it was executed prior to its rescission, and what payments have been made, and whether injustice and equity any sum additional to the payments is due in his judgment to said

Report.

contractors, and if so, itemize each sum and make report of his action at the beginning of the next Congress. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS.

Miscellaneous.

 supreme court reports. To pay the reporter of decisions of the Supreme Court of the United

Supreme Court reports.

 States for seventy-six copies, each, of volumes one hundred and sixty to one hundred and sixty-three, inclusive, of the United States Reports, at a rate not exceeding two dollars per volume, under the provisions of

Vol. 23, p. 661.

section two of the Act of February twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, six hundred and eight dollars. government hospital for the insane.

Government Hospital for Insane.

 Current expenses of the Government Hospital for the Insane: For

Expenses.

 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 thousand seven hundred and forty dollars; and not 941 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 additional accommodations for the insane, twenty-five thousand dollars. For general repairs and improvements, thirteen thousand dollars. For special improvements, as follows: For fireproof stairs and sanitary towers for the Belief and Dawes buildings, six thousand dollars. columbia institution for the deaf and dumb.

Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb.

 Current expenses of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb:

Current expenses.

 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. For special repairs to the buildings and for the improvement of the grounds, one thousand dollars. For additional building complete, thirty 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 eight thousand five hundred dollars: 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, three hundred dollars; For books for the library of the law department,one thousand dollars; For material and apparatus for chemical, physical, and natural history and laboratory, two hundred dollars; For improvement of grounds, five hundred dollars; For repairs of buildings, one thousand dollars; In all, twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars. education in alaska.

Education in Alaska.

 For the industrial and elementary education of children in the Territory of Alaska, without, reference to race, thirty thousand dollars. reindeer for alaska.

Reindeer for Alaska.

 For support of the reindeer station at Port Clarence, Alaska, and for

Support.

 the purchase and introduction of reindeer from Siberia for domestic purposes, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Official Register of the United States: For the preparation

Official Register.

Preparation.

 of the Official Register of the United States for eighteen hundred and ninety-five, including editing, proof reading, and indexing, four thousand dollars. UNDER THE WAR DEPARTMENT.

War Department.

 armories and arsenals.

Armories and arsenate.

 For the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, as follows:

Rock Island, Ill.

Machinery.

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; for building fences and sewers and grading grounds, ten thousand dollars. 942 For extraordinary repairs of the dikes and dams of the Rock Island

Repairs, etc., water power.

 water power, and for repairing Moline dam wall and counterports and foundations, thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, being the

Ante, p. 400.

balance of the amount authorized to be contracted for in the Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for which the sum of thirty thousand dollars was appropriated in said

Proviso.

Balance available.

Act: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated, together with the thirty thousand dollars appropriated by said Act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, shall remain available until expended for the objects for which appropriated, or until otherwise ordered by Congress. For the Rock Island Bridge, as follows:

Bridge expenses.

Renewing superstructure.

 For renewing the superstructure of the Rock Island Bridge, at Rock

Changes to tie made.

 Island, Illinois, including alterations of the masonry thereof and repairs thereto for a double track, one hundred thousand dollars. That the Secretary of War be, and ho is hereby, authorized and

Proviso.

Cost.

 directed to cause to be renewed and changed to a double track the superstructure of the Rock Island Bridge at Rock Island, Illinois, and to make all necessary alterations of the masonry work thereof, and

Payment by railroad company.

repairs thereto, as recommended by the Chief of Ordnance: Provided, however, That the total cost of such renewal, alterations, and repairs, shall not exceed the sum of four hundred and ninety thousand dollars,

Rails, etc.

and authority to contract for the whole work is hereby given: Provided, further, That, before any money is expended by the Government for such renewal, alterations, and repairs, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company shall secure to the United States, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, sixty per centum of the cost of such renewal, alterations, and repairs, to be paid by said railway Company upon the request of the Secretary of War as said work progresses:

Sale of material, etc.

Provided, also, That said railway company is to bear the entire cost of the sleepers and rails put down upon said bridge, and the United States shall bear the entire cost of the wagon road on said bridge: Provided further, That the Secretary of War may sell so much of the old superstructure of said bridge as is not required in such renewal and repairs to the highest bidder, the net proceeds of the sale to be turned into the Treasury of the United States and one-half thereof shall be paid to said railway company:

Bridge over canal.

 Provided further, That such portion of the old superstructure of said bridge as the Ordnance Department may require to replace an unserviceable bridge across the Bock Island water-power canal may be retained by the Secretary of War for such purpose at a fair valuation, which valuation shall not exceed the price per pound obtained for the remainder of the bridge, and one half of this valuation

Use by horse power cars.

shall be paid to said railway company: Provided further, That the Secretary of War shall not. under the Act “to empower the Secretary of War to permit the establishment, under certain conditions, of a horse railway upon and over the island of Rock Island, and the bridges erected by the United States connecting the cities of Davenport and Rock Island therewith,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, permit the lower portion of said bridge to be occupied by any street railway company without paying a reasonable rent therefor. For operating and care, and preservation of Rock Island bridges

Operating expenses, etc.

 and viaducts, twelve thousand dollars. For protecting Rock Island Bridge by means of sheer booms, two hundred and fifty dollars. Columbia Arsenal, Columbia, Tennessee: For inclosing arsenal

Columbia, Tenn.

 grounds, eight thousand dollars. Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For purchase

Frankford, Pa.

 or manufacture of new machinery, five thousand dollars. Indianapolis Arsenal, Indianapolis, Indiana: That the appropriations,

Indianapolis, Ind.

 aggregating fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty-nine dollars, for constructing a new fence and sewers at Indianapolis 943 Arsenal, which were made in the Act making appropriations for sundry

Ante, p. 400.

 civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, are hereby continued and made available until expended. Sandy Hook Proving Ground, New Jersey: For building and

Proving ground, Sandy Hook.

 repairing roads and walks, and for general repairs to shops, storehouses, and quarters, two thousand five hundred dollars. Springfield Arsenal, Springfield, Massachusetts: For

Springfield, Mass.

 repairs and preservation of grounds and of buildings, and machinery not used for manufacturing purposes, ten thousand dollars. For macadamizing Federal street, running between the two main inclosures of the armory, also used as a highway by the city of Springfield, but the property of the United States, three 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. Watervliet Arsenal, West Troy, New York: For necessary

Watervliet, West Troy, K. Y.

 fire protection, as recommended by board convened at this arsenal by Post Orders, numbered sixteen, dated May third, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, six thousand dollars. Repairs of arsenals: For repairs and improvements at arsenals

Repair.

 and to meet such unforeseen expenditures as accidents or other contingencies during the year may render necessary, forty-five 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.

Children’s playground.

 For improvement of grounds north and south of Executive Mansion, five thousand dollars; and the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds shall authorize the use of a portion of the ground within the circle south of the. Executive Mansion for a children’s playground, under regulations to be prescribed by him. 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 ordinary care of Lincoln Square, one thousand dollars. For care and improvement of Monument grounds, three thousand dollars. For continuing improvement of reservation numbered seventeen and

Old canal, etc.

Proviso.

Expenditure.

 site of old canal northwest of same, three thousand dollars: Provided, That no part thereof shall be expended upon other than property belonging to the United States. For repair of post-and-chain fences and high iron fences, and constructing stone coping about reservations, one thousand five hundred dollars. For manure, and hauling the same, four thousand dollars. For painting watchmen’s lodges, iron fences, vases, lamps, and lampposts, one thousand 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 tor nursery, to be purchased by contract or otherwise, as the Secretary of War may determine, 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. 944 For improvement, care, and maintenance of various reservations, ten thousand dollars. For improvement, maintenance, and care of Smithsonian grounds, two thousand live hundred dollars. For improvement, care, and maintenance of Judiciary Square, two thousand five hundred 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 laying asphalt walks in various reservations, two thousand five hundred dollars. For cleaning statues and repairing pedestals, two hundred dollars. For expenses, including advertising, of sale of old condemned and useless property, one hundred dollars. For repairs and fuel at the Executive Mansion, as follows:

Executive Mansion.

Repairs, fuel, etc.

 For care, repair, and refurnishing the Executive Mansion, twenty-five 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 repairs to conservatory, Executive Mansion, two thousand dollars. Lighting the Executive Mansion and public grounds: For

Lighting Executive Mansion and public grounds.

 gas, pay of lamplighters, 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 stable, watchmen’s lodges, and for the greenhouses at the nursery, fourteen thousand

Proviso.

Maximum per lamp.

dollars: Provided, That for each six-foot burner not connected with a meter in the lamps on the public grounds no more than twenty 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:

Governors.

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 thirty cents per light per night, seven hundred and sixty-six dollars and fifty cents. 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 for 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. For changing route of pipe line that supplies the Capitol, incasing a portion of it in concrete, and uncovering and examining the entire line, ten thousand dollars. Telegraph to connect the Capitol with the Departments

Telegraph, Capitol. Departments, and 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.

 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, 945 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 attendant on top floor, at sixty dollars per month; three night and day watchmen, at sixty dollars per month each; in all, eight thousand live 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 car and upper and lower floors, 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. Statue of General W. T. Sherman: For the completion of the

Statue of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman.

 equestrian statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman, thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That said statue shall not be located on the Capitol grounds. military posts.

Military posts.

 For the construction of buildings at, And the enlargement of such

Construction.

 military posts as, in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided further,

Provisos.

Post on Puget Sound.

 That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized within his discretion to establish a military post at such point on Puget Sound as shall in his judgment best subserve the public interests: Provided, That six hundred and forty acres of land suitable for the purpose shall

Land to be donated.

 be donated free of cost to the United States, or such greater quantity of land as in the opinion of the Secretary of War shall be necessary for that purpose: Provided further, That the Secretary of War is hereby

Bismarck, N. Dak.

New post.

 authorized, within his discretion, to establish a military post at or near the city of Bismarck, North Dakota, in place of the present post at Fort Yates, to be abandoned, as in his judgment shall best subserve the public interests: Provided, That a sufficient quantity of land not less

Donation of land.

 than six hundred and forty acres as, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, will be suitable for the purpose, shall be donated free of cost to the United States. Said post to be established only after a thorough

Examination, etc.

 official examination of all the sites that may be offered to the United States for the purpose above mentioned, such examination to be made by a board of three army officers to be selected by the Secretary of War outside of the military district in which such post is to be established; and said board shall report its findings in all matters to the Secretary of War for his action. Improvement and Protection of the Yellowstone National

Yellowstone National Park.

Park: For the improvement and protection of the Yellowstone National Park, to be expended by and under the direction of the Secretary of War, thirty thousand dollars. For salary of commissioner provided for in the Act to protect the

Commissioner.

Ante, p. 74.

 birds and animals in Yellowstone National Park and to punish crimes in said park, approved May seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, one thousand dollars. To reimburse John W. Meldrum amount paid for completion of building

John W. Meldrum.

 authorized to be erected in said park by section nine of the foregoing Act, three hundred and eighty-five dollars and seventy-five cents. Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park: To enable the

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park.

 Secretary of War to complete the establishment of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in accordance with existing laws, including roadwork, memorial gateway and designs therefor, maps, surveys, iron and bronze tablets, gun carriages, land the purchase of which has heretofore been authorized by law, sites for monuments in Lookout Valley, not to exceed three hundred dollars in all, foundations for State monuments, compensation of two civilian commissioners and their assistant in historical work, labor, clerical and 946 other assistance, and office expenses; in all, seventy-five thousand dollars, to be immediately available. Shiloh National Military Park: The commissioners appointed

Shiloh Military Park.

Ante, p. 598.

 under the Act of Congress approved December twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to have charge, under the Secretary of War, of the affairs of the Shiloh National Military Park, shall have

Office of commissioners.

their office at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, or at such other point convenient to the battlefield of Shiloh, Tennessee, as the Secretary of War may direct; and the limit of cost of all the lands to be embraced in the said park is hereby fixed at not to exceed twenty thousand dollars. Military Reservation on Mackinac Island, Michigan: The

Mackinac Island Mich.

Granted to Michigan.

 Secretary of War is hereby authorized, on the application of the governor of Michigan, to turn over to the State of Michigan, for use as a State park, and for no other purpose, the military reservation and buildings and the lands of the national park on Mackinac Island,

Proviso.

Reversion.

Michigan Provided, That whenever the State ceases to use the land for the purpose aforesaid it shall revert to the United States. For extending and improving the Fort Wayne Military Reservation

Fort Wayne.

 by grading the grounds, filling in the marsh along the river front, and protecting the same by a riprap of stone; for restoring the ground and constructing drains, twenty thousand dollars. For the purpose of building a hospital at Fort Meade, South Dakota,

Fort Meade. S. Dak.

 twenty-five thousand dollars, to be immediately available. That the Secretary of War, at the request of the governor of the State

Fort D. A. Russell.

May set apart lands for fair grounds, Wyoming.

 of Wyoming, is hereby authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to select and set apart one hundred and sixty acres of land that may no longer be required for military purposes, in the Fort D. A. Russell Military Reservation, in the said State, for the use of the said State for agricultural fair and industrial exposition grounds, and for other public purposes. That the lands so set apart are hereby granted to the

Proviso.

Entries, etc.

State of Wyoming: Provided, That the entry and selection of lands under the provisions of this Act shall be construed as being in part satisfaction of the grant of lands to the State of Wyoming for charitable, educational, penal, and reformatory institutions under the provisions of section eleven of the Act of Congress of July tenth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety. ’ engineer department.

Engineer Department.

 For continuing improvement of harbor at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:

River and harbor improvements.

Philadelphia. Pa.

 Continuing improvement, removal of Smiths Island and Windmill Island, Pennsylvania, and Petty Island, New Jersey, and adjacent shoals, eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For construction of movable dam numbered six, in the Ohio River,

Ohio River, dam.

Ante, p.355.

 near Beaver River, in addition to the amount heretofore appropriated, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Galveston, Texas: Continuing improvement,

Galveston, Tex.

 one million one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, one hundred thousand dollars of which may be expended for dredging, under the direction of the Secretary of War, by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and advantageous to the United States. For improving Hudson River, New York: Continuing improvement,

Hudson River, N.Y.

 five hundred thousand dollars. For improving Great Kanawha River, West Virginia: Completing

Great Kanawha River. W. Va.

improvement, five hundred and eighty thousand seven hundred dollars. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his

Muskingum River, Ohio.

 distribution, to apply so much of the funds now applicable to the care, preservation, and maintenance of the public works of the United States, as may be necessary, not exceeding two thousand five hundred

Repair of wall, Zanesville.

dollars, to rebuild or repair the protection wall now standing upon the ground owned by the United States at Zanesville, Ohio, on the Muskingum River, and which is a part of the public works of said river, 947 more particularly described as follows: Being stonewall on the west bank of the river, constructed by the State of Ohio as part of the public works of Ohio, and being that part of the wall about one hundred feet north of the Main Street bridge. For improving Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River

Mississippi River, mouth of Ohio to Minneapolis.

 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, seven hundred and fifty-eight thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents: Provided, That in the discretion of the Secretary of War,

Provisos.

Movable jetties.

 not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of this appropriation may be expended in using movable jetties or steel caissons in removing bars and improving the low-water channel of said river; Continuing improvement from the mouth of Missouri River to Minneapolis, eight hundred and sixty-six thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents: Provided, That eighty-five thousand five

Warsaw to Quincy.

 hundred dollars thereof, or as much as may be necessary, shall be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of War, with a view to improving the navigation from the city of Warsaw to the city of Quincy, by preventing the water from overflowing the natural and artificial banks along the east bank of that part of said river, and deepening the channel, in accordance with the survey reported on December thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and the accompanying Estimates; and also eighty-five thousand dollars thereof shall be expended

Iowa bank.

 to commence the work, under the direction of the Secretary of War, from the mouth of Flint Creek, in Des Moines County, State of Iowa, and running along the west bank of the river to the mouth of the Iowa River, with a view to improving the navigation by preventing the water from overflowing the natural and artificial banks along that part of the river, and deepening the channel, in accordance with the survey reported on January third, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and the accompanying estimates; and so much thereof as may be necessary,

Bay City, Wis.

 not to exceed one thousand dollars, may, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, be expended in the improvement of the channel to the harbor of Bay City, Wisconsin, at the head of Lake Pepin; in all, one million six hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For improving Saint Marys River at the Falls, Michigan: completing

Saint Marys Falls, Mich.

 improvement, four hundred and eighty-three thousand eight hundred and sixty-five dollars. For improving channel connecting the waters of the Great Lakes

Great Lakes.

 between Chicago, Duluth, and Buffalo, five hundred thousand dollars. For harbor of refuge at Point Judith, Rhode Island: Continuing

Point Judith, harbor of refuge.

 improvement, three hundred thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Charleston, South Carolina: Completing

Charleston, S. C.

 improvement, five hundred thousand dollars. For improving harbor at Savannah, Georgia: Completing improvement,

Savannah, Ga.

 eight hundred and fifty-six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For improving harbor at Mobile, Alabama: Completing improvement

Mobile, Ala.

, two hundred and ninety one thousand three hundred dollars. For improving harbor and bay at Humboldt, California: Continuing

Humboldt, Cal.

 improvement, two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. Under Mississippi River Commission: For improving Mississippi

Mississippi River Commission.

Mississippi River.

 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.

Missouri River.

 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: Provided, That forty thousand dollars thereof

Proviso.

 948 shall be expended, under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the

Sioux City, Iowa.

 extension of the improvements for the protection of the banks of the Missouri River in front of Sioux City and on the Iowa side of the river. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and

Ship canal, Puget Sound to lakes Union and Washington.

Ante, p. 360.

 directed to expend, from the appropriation of twenty-five thousand dollars “For dredging Salmon Bay and improvement of the waterway connecting the waters of Puget Sound, at Salmon Bay, with lakes Union and Washington, by enlarging the said waterway into a ship canal, with the necessary locks and appliances in connection therewith,” made by the “Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,” received by the President August seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, the sum of live thousand dollars in making a definite survey and location of said improvement, and in preparing a cadastral map, showing each piece of property required to be deeded to the United States or from which a release is required, with its metes and bounds. That the President of the United States is hereby authorized to

Yaquina Bay, Oreg.

Examination of bar.

Ante, p.346.

 appoint a board, to consist of three officers of the Engineer Corps, who shall make an examination of the bar of the Yaquina Bay, in Oregon, with a view to a project for deeper water, and shall report the result of such investigation, with estimate of cost, to the next, regular session of

Proviso.

Balance.

Congress: Provided, That the cost of said investigation, and also surveys and expenses of said board, shall be defrayed from the balance of money available of the appropriation made for improving the harbor at Yaquina Bay, in Oregon, by Act of Congress of August seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. That the Secretary of War, in his discretion, is hereby directed to

Sabine River, Tex.

Dredging the bar.

Ante, p. 343.

 use and expend in dredging and deepening the channel of the Sabine River in Texas, at and across the bar at the mouth of said river in Sabine Lake, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars, to be taken from an appropriation made at the second session of the Fifty-third Congress of the United States, amounting to two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, for “Improving harbor at Sabine Pass, Texas: Continuing improvement,” by the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.” Harbor of refuge at Woods Holl, Massachusetts: For

Woods Holl, Mass.

Harbor of refuge.

 repair of the stone pier or breakwater constituting a harbor of refuge at Woods Holl, damaged by the storm of January twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and for repairing, so far as may be necessary the wooden wharf upon said breakwater, five thousand dollars. That the Secretary of War in bis discretion is hereby authorized and

Oswego. N. Y.

Ante, p. 340.

 directed, to expend, from the appropriation of thirty-seven thousand dollars for the improvement of the harbor at Oswego. New York, made by the river and harbor appropriation Act passed at the second session of the Fifty-third Congress, not to exceed eight hundred dollars for the purpose of making a survey, examination, and preparation of the

Breakwater.

project for the construction of an east breakwater or jetty at the mouth of the Oswego River, for the protection of the harbor and to render entrance to it easy and safe. That the Secretary of War, in his discretion, be, and he hereby is,

Dunkirk. N. Y.

Ante, p. 34O.

 authorized to use a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars of the appropriations for the improvement of the harbor at Dunkirk, New

Surrey.

York, carried in the last river and harbor Act, for a survey of said harbor, in accordance with the recommendations of the Secretary of War. For the purpose of ascertaining the feasibility, permanence, and cost

Nicaragua Canal.

Ascertaining feasibility, etc.

 of the construction and completion of Nicaragua Canal by the route contemplated and provided for by an Act which passed the Senate January twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, entitled “An

Vol. 25, p. 673.

Act to amend the Act entitled ‘An Act to incorporate the Maritime 949 Canal Company of Nicaragua,’ approved February twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine,” twenty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. And a board of three engineers is hereby constituted to make the Survey

Board of engineers to examine.

 and examination necessary for such ascertainment; said board to be selected and appointed by the President of the United States, one

Selection.

 from the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army, one from the Engineers of the Navy, and one from civil life; and the compensation

Compensation.

 of the members of said board shall be fixed by the President, not to exceed five thousand dollars each, including such pay as the engineers so selected are receiving, for the time they are so employed, from the Government. And the said board, under such arrangements and regulations

Duties.

 as shall be made by the Secretary of State with the approval of the President of the United States, shall visit and personally inspect the route of the said canal, examine and consider the plans, profiles, sections, prisms, and specifications for its various parts, and report thereon to the President; and should they ascertain that any deviation from the general line of the proposed route is desirable, they shall so state in their findings and conclusions with regard thereto in their . report. And said board shall make their report on or before November first,

Report.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-five; and the appropriation shall be immediately available. The foregoing appropriations for work on rivers and harbors shall be immediately available. national cemeteries.

National cemeteries.

 For national cemeteries: For maintaining and improving

Maintenance.

 national 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

Superintendents.

seventy-five 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

Vol. 17, p. 545.

Vol. 20, p. 261.

 hundred and seventy-three, and February third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, twenty-five thousand dollars. Repairing roadways to national cemeteries: For repairs to

Roadways.

 roadways to national cemeteries which have been constructed by special authority of Congress: Provided, That no railroad shall be permitted

Proviso.

Encroachments by railroads forbidden.

 upon the right of way which may have been acquired by the United States to a national cemetery, or to encroach upon any roads or walks constructed thereon and maintained by the United States, eight 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, three thousand dollars. Road to national cemetery, Presidio of San Francisco, California:

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. 950 Battlefield of Antietam: For completing the work of locating,

Antietam battlefield.

 preserving, and marking the lines of battle at Antietam, and for properly marking with tablets, each bearing a brief historical legend compiled without praise and without censure, the positions occupied by the several commands of the Armies of the Potomac and of Northern Virginia on that field, and for opening and improving avenues along the positions occupied by troops upon those lines, and for fencing the same, nine thousand four hundred and twenty-one dollars, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the

Proviso.

Gnu carriages.

Secretary of War: Provided, That the Secretary of War be. and he is hereby, authorized to supply fifty unserviceable wooden field-gun carriages, of the type used during the civil war, for the purpose of marking the positions occupied by batteries of artillery on the said field. miscellaneous objects.

Miscellaneous.

 Survey of Northern and Northwestern lakes: For printing

Survey of Northern, etc., 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, to be available until expended, twenty-five thousand dollars. The President of the United States is authorized to appoint, immediately

Inquiry on feasibility of deep-water channel, Great Lakes to the Atlantic.

 after the passage of this Act, three persons, who shall have power to meet and confer with any similar committee which may be appointed by the Government of Great Britain or of the Dominion of Canada, and who shall make inquiry and report whether it is feasible to build such canals ’as shall enable vessels engaged in ocean commerce to pass to and fro between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, with an adequate and controllable supply of water for continual use; where such canals can be most conveniently located, the probable cost of the same, with estimates in detail; and if any part of the same should be built in the territory of Canada, what regulations or treaty arrangements will be necessary between the United States and Great Britain to preserve the free use of such canal to the people of this country at all times; and all necessary facts and considerations relating to the construction and future use of deep-water channels between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The persons so appointed shall serve without compensation in any form, but they shall be paid their actual

Expenses.

traveling and other necessary expenses, not exceeding in all ten thousand dollars, for which purpose the said sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. The President may, in his discretion, detail as one of such persons

Detail.

 an officer of the Army or Navy. Transportation of reports and maps to foreign countries:

Transporting maps.

 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.

 commutation therefor, and necessary transportation, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War, one hundred and thirty 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, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of War, two thousand dollars. Support and medical treatment of destitute patients: For

Providence Hospital.

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 Hospital, D. C

Maintenance.

 provide medical and surgical treatment to persons unable to pay therefor, nineteen thousand dollars. 951 Expenses of military convicts: For payment of costs and charges

Military convicts.

 of penitentiaries, for the care, clothing, maintenance, and medical attendance of the United States military convicts confined in them, three thousand dollars, to be expended in the current support of military convicts. 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 the civilian members of the board of publication, appointed in accordance

Civilian board.

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 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, and for traveling expenses of the agent for collection of records, to be disbursed under such regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe, not exceeding five hundred dollars, one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. 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 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

New York Harbor.

 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;

Vessels.

 For pay of crew and maintenance of steamer Argus, eight thousand dollars; For pay of crew and maintenance of steamer Nimrod, ten thousand dollars; For pay of crew and maintenance of one steam tug heretofore authorized by law, twelve thousand dollars, to be immediately available; For purchase or construction of one steam tug, forty-five thousand

New tug.

 dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available; In all, ninety thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of War to reimburse Colonel F. C. Ainsworth.

F. C. Ainsworth.

Reimbursement.

 Chief of the Record and Pension Office, War Department, for such expense incurred by him in legal proceedings growing out of the Ford’s Theater disaster on the ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, as the Secretary of War may decide to have been necessary, proper, and reasonable, four thou sand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS.

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers.

 For the support of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, as follows: At the Central Branch, at Dayton, Ohio: For current

Dayton, Ohio.

Current expenses.

 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 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, 952 magazines, papers, pictures, and musical instruments, and for repairs not done by the Home; for librarians and musicians; also for stationery, advertising, legal advice, and for such other expenditure as can not properly be included under other heads of expenditure, sixty three thousand dollars; 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 thousand dollars; For household, namely: Expenditures for furniture for officers’ quarters:

Household.

 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 fuel, including fuel for cooking, heat, and light; for engineers at id firemen; bathhouse keepers, hall cleaners, laundrymen, gas makers, and privy watchmen, and for all labor, 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, one hundred thousand dollars; For hospital, namely: Pay of assistant surgeons, matrons, druggists,

Hospital.

 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 gravediggers, and for all repairs not done by the Home, fifty-three thousand nine hundred dollars; For transportation, namely: For transportation of members of the

Transportation.

 Home, two thousand dollars; For repairs, namely: Pay of chief engineer, builders, blacksmiths

Construction.

, carpenters, cabinetmakers, coopers, painters, gas fitters, plumbers, tinsmiths, wire-workers, steam fitters, stone masons, quarry men, white-washers, and laborers, and for all machines, tools, appliances, and materials used under this head, sixty thousand dollars; For gas house, six thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid from the appropriation for construction and repairs for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-five; For farm, namely: Pay of farmer, chief gardener, harnessmakers,

Farm.

 farm hands, 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, fifteen thousand dollars; In all, five hundred and ninety-three thousand nine hundred dollars. 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-nine thousand dollars; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

 for the Central Branch, one hundred and twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; . For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

 for the Central Branch, sixty-two thousand dollars; 953 For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head for

Hospital.

 the Central Branch, twenty-seven thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; For transportation of members of the Home, one thousand five

Transportation.

 hundred dollars; For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for

Construction.

 the Central Branch, twenty thousand dollars; For quartermaster and commissary storehouse, four thousand dollars; For construction of a headquarters building, ten thousand dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for

Farm.

 the Central Branch, seven thousand five hundred dollars; In all, two hundred and eighty-eight thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. At the Eastern Branch, at Togus, Maine: For current

Togus, Me.

Current expenses.

 expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-five thousand dollars; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

 for the Central Branch, one hundred and eight thousand four hundred dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

 for the Central Branch, fifty-six thousand dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head for

Hospital.

 the Central Branch, twenty-five thousand eight hundred dollars; For transportation of members of the Home, one thousand eight

Transportation.

 hundred dollars; For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for

Construction.

 the Central Branch, eighteen thousand dollars; For additional barrack, seven thousand dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for

Farm.

 the Central Branch, ten thousand dollars; In all, two hundred and fifty-two thousand dollars. 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-eight thousand dollars; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

 for the Central Branch, one hundred and ninety-seven thousand one hundred dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

 for the. Central Branch, sixty-three thousand five hundred dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head for

Hospital.

 the Central Branch, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; For transportation of members of the Home, two thousand dollars;

Transportation.

Construction.

 For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-five thousand dollars; For guardhouse, four thousand dollars; For additional barracks, twenty-five thousand dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for the

Farm.

 Central Branch, thirteen thousand dollars; In all, three hundred and eighty-five thousand one hundred dollars. At the Western Branch, at Leavenworth, Kansas: For current

Leavenworth, Kans.

Current expenses.

 expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-five thousand dollars; For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

 for the Central Branch, one hundred and thirty-six thousand four hundred dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

 for the Central Branch, fifty-eight thousand dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head

Hospital.

 for the Central Branch, thirty thousand five hundred dollars; For transportation of members of the Home, two thousand five hundred

Transportation.

 dollars; 954 For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for

Construction.

 the Central Branch, twenty-two thousand dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for

Farm.

 the Central Branch, eight thousand dollars; In all, two hundred and eighty-two thousand four hundred dollars. 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 Brunch, twenty thousand dollars: For subsistence, including the same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

 for the Central Branch, eighty-three thousand dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

 for the Central Branch, twenty-six thousand dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head

Hospital.

 for the Central Branch, eighteen thousand dollars; For transportation of members of the Home, three thousand dollars;

Transportation.

Construction.

 For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty thousand dollars; For one additional barrack, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars; For main kitchen, sixteen thousand dollars; For electric plant, ten thousand dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, nine thousand dollars; In all, two hundred and twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. At the Marion Branch, at Marion, Indiana: For current

Marion, Ind.

Current expenses.

 expenses, including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch, twenty-three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; For subsistence, including the. same objects specified under this head

Subsistence.

 for the Central Branch, eighty thousand dollars; For household, including the same objects specified under this head

Household.

 for the Central Branch, fifteen thousand dollars; For hospital, including the same objects specified under this head for

Hospital.

 the Central Branch, seventeen thousand five hundred dollars; For transportation, including the same objects specified under this

Transportation.

 head for the Central Branch, one thousand five hundred dollars; For repairs, including the same objects specified under this head for

Construction.

Proviso.

Condition.

 the Central Branch, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of the appropriations for repairs for any of the Branch Homes shall be used for the construction of any new building; For two additional barracks, forty thousand.dollars; For dining hall, twenty-five thousand dollars: For standpipe, ten thousand dollars; For farm, including the same objects specified under this head for

Farm.

 the Central Branch, four thousand five hundred dollars; In all, two hundred and twenty-seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For clothing for all of the Branches, namely: Expenditures for clothing,

Clothing for all Branches.

 underclothing, hats, caps, boots, shoes, socks, and overalls; also all sums expended for labor, materials, machines, tools, and appliances employed in the tailor shops, knitting shops, and shoe shops, or other Home shops in which any kind of clothing is made or repaired, two hundred and twenty thousand dollars. For salaries for officers and employees of the Board of Managers, and

Salaries, etc., Board of Managers.

 for outdoor relief and incidental expenses, namely: For president of the Board of Managers, four thousand dollars; Secretary

R. S., sec. 4827, p. 936.

 of the Board of Managers, two thousand dollars: one general treasurer, who shall not be a member of the Board of Managers, three thousand dollars; one inspector-general, two thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant inspector-general, two thousand dollars; clerical services for the offices of the president and general treasurer, four thousand five hundred dollars; messenger service for president’s office, one hundred and forty-four dollars; messenger service for secretary’s office, 955 fifty-two dollars; clerical services for managers, one thousand five hundred dollars; agents, two thousand four hundred dollars: for traveling expenses of the Board of Managers, their officers and employees, eleven

Expenses.

 thousand five hundred dollars; for outdoor relief, one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for rent, medical examinations, stationery, telegrams, and other incidental expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all. thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and forty-six dollars; In all, two million five hundred and fourteen thousand eight hundred and forty-six dollars. State or Territorial Homes: For continuing aid to State or

State and Territorial homes.

 Territorial homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers, in conformity with the Act approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred

Vol. 25, p. 450.

 and eighty-eight, six hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That one-half of any sum or sums retained by State homes

Proviso.

Deductions.

 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 pay

Arrears of pay.

 of two and three year volunteers that maybe certified to be due. by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, two hundred and fifty 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-six, two hundred 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 due by the accounting officers of the Treasury during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-six, twenty-five thousand dollars. For payments of amounts for commutation of rations to prisoners of

Commutation oi 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-six, ten thousand dollars. UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Department of Justice.

 Court-house, Washington, District of Columbia: For annual

Courthouse, D. C.

 repairs, per estimate of the Architect of the Capitol, one thousand dollars. 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 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:

Punishing violations of intercourse acts.

Indian service.

 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 of witnesses, jurors, marshals and deputies, and agents, and in collecting evidence, and in defraying such other expenses as may be necessary for this purpose, live 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, 956 shall be examined by his agents at any time, thirty-five thousand

Fees of clerks.

dollars. And it shall be unlawful for any clerk of any court of the United States to include in his emolument, account, or return any fee or fees not actually earned and due at the time such account or return is required by law to be made, and no fees not actually earned shall be allowed in any such account. Expenses of Territorial courts in Utah Territory: For

Utah courts.

 defraying the contingent expenses of the courts, including fees of the United States district attorney and his assistants, the tees 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, subpaenaing witnesses, of arresting, guarding, and transporting prisoners, to be approved by the courts, the expense 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

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, clerk, 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, two thousand dollars. Defense in Indian depredation claims: For salaries and

Defense in Indian depredation claims.

 expenses in defense of the Indian depredation claims, thirty thousand dollars. Indian Territory: For expenses of judge, Indian Territory, holding

Judge, Indian Territory

 court at places other than at Muscogee, six 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; specifically the expenses stated under the following appropriations, namely: For payment of the fees and expenses of the United States marshals

Marshals, fees, etc.

Proviso.

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,

R. S., sec. 856, p. 161.

only in the payment of the accounts of marshals in the manner provided in section eight hundred and fifty-six, Revised Statutes. The proper accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized

D. T. Guyton.

Allowance for special deputies.

 and directed to settle the accounts of D. T. Guyton, United States marshal for the northern district of Mississippi, for the amounts paid by him to special deputies who.failed to take the oath of office required by section seven hundred and eighty-two of the Revised Statutes, in the same manner such settlements would have been made had such deputies complied with the provisions of said section. 957 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 titty thousand dollars. 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

Special assistants.

 employed by the Attorney-General to aid district attorneys in special cases, twenty-five thousand dollars. For fees of clerks, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

Clerks’ fees.

Commissioners’ fees, etc.

 For fees of United States commissioners and justices of the peace acting as United States commissioners, one hundred thousand dollars. For fees of jurors, six hundred thousand dollars.

Juror’s fees.

Witnesses’ fees.

Military prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

Changed to United States penitentiary, and transferred to Department of Justice.

 For fees of witnesses, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The Military Prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, including all the buildings, grounds, and other property connected therewith, is hereby transferred from the Department of War to the Department of Justice, to be known as the United States Penitentiary, and to be used for the confinement of persons convicted in the United States courts of crimes against the United States and sentenced to imprisonment in a penitentiary, or convicted by courts-martial of offenses now punishable by confinement in a penitentiary’ and sentenced to terms of imprisonment of more than one year; and the Attorney-General is hereby directed to transfer to the said United States Penitentiary such persons now undergoing sentences of confinement, imposed by the United States courts, in State prisons and penitentiaries, as can be conveniently accommodated at the same penitentiary: Provided, That the said United States

Proviso.

Operation.

Vol. 26, p. 839.

 Penitentiary shall be carried on in accordance with the provisions of sections four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one: Provided further, That

Temporary warden, etc.

 the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, upon the request of the Attorney-General, to detail an officer of the Army to act temporarily as warden of the said penitentiary, and to continue the military guard on duty thereat for such length of time, not exceeding ninety days, after the close of the current fiscal year, as may be deemed necessary to enable the prisoners and property to be transferred to the care and custody of the officers designated by the Attorney-General to receive and care for the same: And provided further, That convicts in said

Manufactures limited.

 United States Penitentiary shall be employed only in the manufacture of articles and the production of supplies for said penitentiary, and in the manufacture of supplies for the Government, and said convicts shall not be worked outside of Fort Leavenworth Military Reservation. For support of United States prisoners, including necessary clothing

Support of prisons ere.

 and medical aid and transportation to place of conviction, or place of bona fide residence in the United States, and including support of prisoners becoming insane during imprisonment, as well before as after conviction, and continuing insane after expiration of sentence, who have no friends to whom they can be sent, four hundred thousand dollars. And of the sum hereby appropriated, not exceeding one hundred

United States Penitentiary.

 and twenty-five thousand dollars may be used for subsistence of convicts and for general maintenance of the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, including subsistence, tobacco, forage, and hay for bedding, stationery, medical supplies, fuel, and general supplies, transportation of prisoners, pay of warden, deputy warden, inspector, deputy inspectors, superintendent, and foremen of industries, surgeon, chaplain, apothecary, watchmen, clerks, bookkeeper, engineer, assistant engineer, and teamsters: Provided, That for the fiscal year eighteen

Proviso.

Estimates.

 hundred and ninety-seven, and annually thereafter, the Attorney-general shall submit estimates in detail for all expenses of maintaining 958 said penitentiary, including salaries of all necessary officers and employees therefor. Jail building at Guthrie, Oklahoma: For purchase of the

Guthrie, Okla.

Purchase of jail.

 building and ground now used and occupied as a jail at Guthrie, Oklahoma Territory, five thousand six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For rent of United States court rooms, fifty thousand dollars.

Rent.

Bailiffs etc.

Provisos.

Actual attendance.

R. S., sec. 715, p. 136.

 For pay of bailiffs and criers, not exceeding three bailiffs and one crier in each court, except in the southern district of New York: Pro-ruled, That all persons employed under section seven hundred and fifteen of the Revised Statutes shall be deemed to be in actual attendance when they attend upon the order of the courts:

Vacation.

And provided further, That no such person shall be employed during vacation; 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, and of bailiffs in attendance upon the same, 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. 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 third session of the Fifty-third

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. And of the statements required to be prepared by said Act of October nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, there shall be printed, after the close of each regular session of Congress, the usual number of copies. The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to make, requisition upon

Binding for Senate Library.

 the Public Printer for the binding for the Senate library of such books as he may deem necessary at a cost not to exceed two hundred dollars per year. For rent of warehouse for the storage of public documents formerly

Storage of documents.

 in the Maltby Building, one thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars. For two thousand two hundred galvanized iron tile holders for the

Senate document room.

 Senate document room, eight hundred and eighty dollars. For repairs of Maltby Building, two thousand dollars.

Maltby Building.

E. T. Cressey.

Services.

 For pay of E. T. Cressey for preparing a catalogue of the books contained in the Senate library under the direction of Anson G. McCook, former Secretary of the Senate, one thousand dollars. To pay for the work done in preparing and completing the document

Index to documents.

 index of the Fifty-third Congress, by Alonzo W. Church, one thousand dollars. To pay to Henry Talbott for extra services to the Committee on

Henry Talbott.

Services.

 Finance of the Senate during the consideration and debate on the tariff bill, two thousand dollars. 959 building foe 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, nine hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That while the officer in

Provisos.

Pay of officer in charge.

 charge of said building is engaged upon works of construction confided to him by authority of Congress, his pay and allowances shall be the same as for officers of his grade on the active list:Provided, That the

Tunnel to be built.

Ante. p. 419.

 officer in charge lie, anti he is hereby, authorized to construct, with the moneys appropriated for the said building, a tunnel, with suitable conveying apparatus for the rapid transmission of books, papers, and messages, between the said Library building and the Capitol, the terminal of said apparatus in the Capitol to occupy the room in rear of that now occupied by the House Committee on Enrolled Bills. botanic garden.

Botanic Garden.

 For new roof on packing shed, workshop, and stable; metallic guttering

Repairs, etc.

 for main conservatory; extending and repairs to concrete walk; steam boiler and repairs to heating apparatus; carpenter work, lumber, painting, and glazing, and for general repairs to buildings under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, five thousand dollars. 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), including the compensation of the foreman of printing, which shall

Foreman of printing.

Ante, p. 607.

 hereafter be at the rate of two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and for rents and all the necessary materials which may be needed in the prosecution of the work, two million six hundred and twenty-eight

Amount.

 thousand three hundred and twenty 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 and

Allotment of appropriation.

 debates, and for rents, one million four hundred and sixty-seven thousand eight hundred and twenty 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. For the State Department, eighteen thousand dollars: Provided,

Proviso.

Consular reports.

 That hereafter the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized to print of each issue of consular reports an edition not exceeding seven thousand copies. For the Treasury Department, including not exceeding twenty thousand nine hundred and thirty-five dollars for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, two hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars. For the War Department, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, of which sum twelve thousand dollars shall be for the index catalogue of the library of the Surgeon-General’s Office. For the Navy Department, seventy thousand dollars, including not exceeding twelve thousand dollars for the Hydrographic Office. 960 For the Interior Department, including the Civil Service Commission, two hundred and seventy-eight 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, and binding scientific books and pamphlets, presented to and acquired by the National Museum Library, twelve thousand dollars. For the United States Geological Survey as follows: For engraving the illustrations necessary for the report of the Director, and for printing advanced copies of papers on

Proviso.

Report on minerals.

economic resources, seven thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter the report of the mineral resources of the United States shall be issued as a part of the report of the Director of the Geological Survey, and printed for each preceding calendar year as soon as compiled and transmitted for publication, and that the separate chapters on any given mineral product, such as iron, coal, building stone, and so forth, shall be printed as rapidly as transmitted for publication; that a pamphlet edition of any chapter shall be printed for distribution on the request of the Director of the Geological Survey, approved by Secretary of the Interior, the size of the edition to be controlled by the importance of the mineral treated; that hereafter papers for the Director’s annual report that are of a strictly economic character shall be issued in pamphlet form, in the same manner as prescribed above for the report on the mineral resources; that the entire cost of paper, printing, and binding of all of the above provided for pamphlets shall not exceed two thousand dollars; For engraving the illustrations necessary for the monographs and bulletins, ten thousand dollars; For printing and binding the monographs and bulletins, twenty

Proviso.

Monographs and bulletins.

thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter three thou sand copies of the monographs and bulletins of the Geological Survey shall be published for scientific exchanges and for sale at the cost of paper, printing, and binding, and ten per centum thereof added. For the Department of Justice, nine thousand dollars. For the Post-Office Department, one hundred and ninety-five 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. 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

Proviso.

Amount for Agricultural report, immediately available, etc.

preceding quarters may be expended: Provided, That so much as may be necessary, for printing and binding the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture, as required by the Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, shall be immediately available and shall not be included in said allotments. For printing and binding the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture,

Ante, p. 612.

 as required by the Act approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety live, three hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. 961 That nothing in the second provision of section ninety-nine of the

Committees of Congress.

Printing for.

Ante, p. 624.

 Act providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents, approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, shall be held to contravene the orders of either House of Congress authorizing printing for the use of committees, as to the number of copies or otherwise: Provided, That there shall not be printed,

Proviso.

Hearings, etc.

 under such orders, for the use of any committee, any bearing or other document costing in excess of five hundred dollars. 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. That all appropriations made and to be made for the fiscal years

Appropriations for printing considered under Government Printing Office.

Ante, p. 601.

 eighteen hundred and ninety-five and eighteen hundred and ninety-six, in so far as the same are affected by the provisions of the Act providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents, approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and which are not expressly appropriated under the Government Printing Office, except for the two Houses of Congress, their committees, and officers, shall be considered as so appropriated and available thereunder, to the extent that the same may be required or contemplated by the said Act. And it shall be the duty of the Public Printer

Estimates by Public Printer.

 to submit to Congress at the beginning of its next regular session, Estimates in detail under the head of Printing and binding for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven and annually thereafter, covering appropriations requisite for all work to be done and services to be rendered under his direction by the provisions of the said Act and not previously required of him; and of the details of all such estimates, he shall notify the heads of the Executive Departments

Notification to Departments.

 and other Government establishments affected thereby, within such time as will enable them to omit the amounts thereof from the estimates of appropriations which the,y are required to submit for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-seven. The Public Printer, under section thirty-seven of the “Act providing

Additional printing on envelopes for documents, etc.

Ante, p. 606.

 for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public Documents,” approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, may, at the request of any Senator, Representative, or Delegate in Congress, print on envelopes authorized to be furnished, in addition to the words therein named, the name of the Senator, Representative, or Delegate, and State, the date, and the topic or subject-matter, not exceeding twelve words. That nothing in the Act entitled “An Act providing for the public

Supplement to Revised Statutes.

Publication continued.

Vol. 27, p. 477.

 printing and binding and the distribution of public documents,” approved January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, shall prevent the stereotyping, printing, and distribution of the Supplement to the Revised Statutes as authorized by the Act of February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, chapter one hundred and sixty-seven. For pay of the person designated, as required by law. by the Joint

Member of boards, Government Printing Office.

Salary.

Ante, p. 603.

 Committee on Printing, to constitute with the Chief Clerk, the Foreman of Printing, and the Foreman of Binding, the three boards, first, to examine and report in writing on all paper delivered under contract to the Government Printing Office; second, to examine and report in writing on all material except paper for the use of the bindery, and third, the board of condemnation to determine, upon the call of the Public Printer, the condition of presses and other machinery and material used in the Government Printing Office, with a view to condemnation, two thousand dollars. Government Printing-Office Building: For the construction

Government printing Office.

Construction of building on adjoining lot.

 by the Chief of Engineers of a fireproof building upon the lot belonging to the United States now occupied by the stables of the Government Printing Office, according to the plan and specifications of 962 Colonel John M. Wilson, of the Engineer Corps, submitted to general Thomas L. Casey, Chief of Engineers, December seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and approved by him, one hundred and twenty-one thousand one hundred and twenty-one dollars and ninety cents, to be immediately available and until the completion of said work. The appropriation of seventy-five thousand dollars made by the

Appropriation for fire escapes, etc., continued.

Ante p. 420.

 sundry civil appropriation Act, approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for the repair of the Government Printing Office, to provide fire escapes, and to put the building in a safe, and secure condition, shall be available until the completion of the work.

Committee on Printing of either House to serve when no joint committee exists.

At any time when there is no joint committee of the two Houses of Congress the powers and duties under the law devolving upon the Joint Committee on Printing shall be exercised and performed by the Committee then in existence of either House. That whenever the President of the United States shall determine

International monetary conference.

 that the United States should be represented at any international conference called 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, the United

Nine delegates.

Selection.

States shall be represented at such conference by nine delegates, to be selected as follows: The President of the United States shall select three of said delegates; the Senate shall select three Members of the Senate as delegates; and the Speaker of the present House of Representatives shall select three Members of the House of Representatives

Vacancies.

of the Fifty-fourth Congress as delegates. If at any time there shall be any vacancy such vacancy shall be filled by the President of the

Compensation.

United States. And for the compensation of said delegates, together with all reasonable expenses connected therewith, to be approved by

Appropriation for expenses.

the Secretary of State, including the proportion to be paid by the United States of the joint expenses of such conference, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated.
Sec. 3. That all sums appropriated by this Act for salaries of officers

Sums for salaries to be in full.

Repeal.

 and employees of the Government shall be in full for such salaries for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety six; and all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 190: To provide for the reimbursement of officers and seamen for property lost or destroyed in the naval service of the United States. 28 Stat. 962 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 52 2 public

CHAP. 190.—
An Act To provide for the reimbursement of officers and seamen for property lost or destroyed in the naval service of the United States.

March 2, 1895.

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

Navy.

Adjustment of losses by shipwreck, etc.
That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to examine into, ascertain, and determine the value, of the private property belonging to officers, petty officers, seamen, and others in the naval service of the United States which has been or may hereafter be lost and destroyed in the naval service by shipwreck or other marine disaster, under the following circumstances: First. When such loss or destruction was without fault or negligence

Conditions.

 on the part of the claimant. Second.

Where the private property so lost or destroyed was shipped on board an unseaworthy vessel by order of any officer authorized to give such order or direct such shipment.

And the amount of such loss or losses which have accrued prior to

Payment of prior losses.

the passage of this Act so ascertained and determined upon settlement by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury shall be paid out of

Report on future losses.

any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and all losses that shall hereafter accrue shall be certified by the Secretary of the 963 Treasury at the commencement of each regular session to the Speaker of the House of Representatives who shall lay the same before Congress for consideration, and shall be in full for all such loss or damage: Provided, That any claim which shall be presented and acted upon

Provisos.

Claims not to be reopened.

 under authority of this Act shall be held as finally determined, and shall never thereafter be reopened or considered: And provided further,

War losses.

Limit of liability.

 That this Act shall not apply to losses sustained in time of war: And provided further, That the liability of the Government under this Act shall be limited to such articles of personal property as are required by the United States Naval Regulations, and in force at the time of loss or destruction, for such officers, petty officers, seamen, or others engaged in the public service, in the line of duty: And provided further, That the amounts which have been paid to persons in the

Amounts deducted.

R. S., sec. 288–290, p. 48.

 naval service under sections two hundred and eighty-eight, two hundred and eighty-nine, and two hundred and ninety of the Revised Statutes shall be deducted in the settlement of all claims under this Act: And provided further, That the value of the article or articles

Determining value.

 lost or destroyed shall be their value at the date of loss or destruction: And provided further, That all claims now existing shall be presented within two years, and not after, from the passage of this Act; and all such claims hereafter arising be presented

To be presented in two years.

 within two years from the occurrence of the loss or destruction. That nothing in this Act shall

Claims barred.

 be construed to authorize the reopening or payment of any claims for losses of private property on vessels sunk or otherwise destroyed prior to August twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 191: For the suppression of lottery traffic through national and interstate commerce and the postal service subject to the jurisdiction and laws of the United States. 28 Stat. 963 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 52 2 public

CHAP. 191.—
An Act For the suppression of lottery traffic through national and interstate commerce and the postal service subject to the jurisdiction and laws of the United States.

March 2, 1895.

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

Lotteries.

Punishment for bringing tickets, etc., into the country, etc.
That any person who shall cause to be brought within the United States from abroad, for the purpose of disposing of the same, or deposited in or carried by the mails of the United States, or carried from one State to another in the United States, any paper, certificate, or instrument purporting to be or represent a ticket, chance, share, or interest in or dependent upon the event of a lottery, so called gift concert, or similar enterprise, offering prizes dependent upon lot or chance, or shall cause any advertisement of such

Advertisements.

 lottery, so called gift concert, or similar enterprise, offering prizes dependent upon lot or chance, to be brought into the United States, or deposited in or carried by the mails of the United States, or transferred from one State to another in the same, shall be punishable in the first offense by imprisonment for not more than two years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or both, and in the second and after offenses by such imprisonment only.
Sec. 2. That the provisions of sections thirty-nine hundred and

Provisions of law applicable.

R. S., secs. 3929, 4041, pp. 763, 778.

 twenty-nine and forty hundred and forty-one of the United States Revised Statutes as amended, respectively, and the provisions of sections twenty-four hundred and ninety-one and twenty-four hundred and

R. S., secs. 2491, 2492, p. 457.

 ninety-two of the United States Revised Statutes, and of sections eleven, twelve, and thirteen of the Act of Congress of October first, eighteen

Vol. 26, pp. 614, 615, 964

 hundred and ninety, entitled “Chapter twelve hundred and forty-four, and an Act. to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, and for other purposes,” and all other provisions of law for the suppression of traffic in or circulation of any such tickets, chances, shares, or interests in or other matter relating to lotteries, or for the suppression of traffic in or circulation of obscene books or articles of any kind, shall apply in support, aid, and furtherance of the enforcement of this Act.
964
Sec. 3. That nothing herein contained shall be deemed to repeal by

Laws not repealed.

R. S., secs. 3894, 3929, 4041, pp. 758, 763, 778.

 implication sections thirty-eight hundred and ninety-four, thirty-nine hundred and twenty-nine, or forty hundred and forty-one of the United States Revised Statutes, or any part thereof, nor any provisions of the

Vol. 20, p. 39.

Act of Congress of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled “An Act to prevent the sale of policy or lottery tickets

Vol. 26, p. 465.

in the District of Columbia,” nor any provisions of the Act of Congress of September nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to amend certain sections of the Revised Statutes relating to lotteries, and for other purposes,” nor any provision of the laws whatsoever against the establishment of lotteries, or games, or other schemes, or prizes, or chances, or the traffic in or circulation of tickets and other such papers or instruments, or the publication of advertisements or notices in anywise relating thereto.
Sec. 4. That the powers conferred upon the Postmaster-General by

Postmaster-General’s powers.

Vol. 26, p. 466.

 the statute of eighteen hundred and ninety, chapter nine hundred and eight, section two, are hereby extended and made applicable to all letters or other matter sent by mail.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 192: To provide that all persons employing female help in stores, shops, or manufactories in the District of Columbia shall provide seats for the same when not actively employed 28 Stat. 964 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 52 2 public

CHAP. 192.—
An Act To provide that all persons employing female help in stores, shops, or manufactories in the District of Columbia shall provide seats for the same when not actively employed

March 2, 1895.

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

District of Columbia.

Female help in stores, etc., to have seats provided.
That all persons who employ females in stores, shops, offices, or manufactories as clerks, assistants, operatives, or helpers in any business, trade, or occupation carried on or operated by them in the District of Columbia, shall be required to procure and provide proper and suitable seats for all such females and shall permit the use of such seats, rests, or stools, as may be necessary, and shall not make any rules, regulations, or orders preventing the use of such stools or seats when any such female employees are not actively employed in their work in such business or employment.
Sec. 2. That if any employer of female help in the District of Columbia,

Penalty for violation.

 shall neglect or refuse to provide seats, as provided in this Act, or shall make any rules, orders, or regulations in his shop, store, or other place of business, requiring females to remain standing when not necessarily employed in service or labor therein, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be liable to a tine therefor in a sum not to exceed twenty-five dollars, with costs, in the discretion of the court.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 193: To provide for the payment of accrued pensions in certain cases. 28 Stat. 964 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 52 2 public

CHAP. 193.—
An Act To provide for the payment of accrued pensions in certain cases.

March 2, 1895.

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

Pensions.

Payment of accrued pension to death of pensioner.

R. S., sec. 4718, p. 919, amended.
That from and after the twenty-eighth day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, the accrued pension to the date of the death of any pensioner, or of any person entitled to a pension having an application therefor pending, and whether a certificate therefor shall issue prior or subsequent to the death of such

Vol. 26, p. 187.

person, shall, in the ease of a person pensioned, or applying for pension,

Distribution.

on account of his disabilities or service, be paid, first, to his widow; second, if there is no widow, to his child or children under the age of sixteen years at his death; third, in ease of a widow, to her minor

Not assets of estate.

children under the age of sixteen years at her death. Such accrued 965 pension shall not be considered a part of the assets of the estate of such deceased person, nor be liable for the payment of the debts of said estate in any case whatsoever, but shall inure to the. sole and exclusive benefit of the widow or children. And if no widow or child survive

Payment of expenses of last sickness, etc.

 such pensioner, and in the case of his last surviving child who was such minor at his death, and in case of a dependent mother, father, sister, or brother, no payment whatsoever of their accrued pension shall be made or allowed except so much as may be necessary to reimburse the person who bore the expense of their last sickness and burial, if they did not leave sufficient assets to meet such expense. And the mailing

Mailing check to be payment.

 of a pension check, drawn by a pension agent in payment of a pension due, to the address of a pensioner, shall constitute payment in the event of the death of a pensioner subsequent to the execution of the voucher therefor. And all prior laws relating to the payment of accrued pension are hereby repealed.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 194: To amend section forty-nine hundred and sixty-five, chapter three, title sixty, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to copyrights. 28 Stat. 965 1895-03-02 Chapter 194 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2026-02-15 52 2 public

CHAP. 194.—
An Act To amend section forty-nine hundred and sixty-five, chapter three, title sixty, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to copyrights.

March 2, 1895.

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

Copyrights.

R. S., sec. 4965, p. 959. amended.

Vol. 26, p. 1109.
That section forty-nine hundred and sixty-five, chapter three, title sixty, of the Revised Statutes, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
“Sec. 4995. If any person, after the recording of the title of any

Penalty for violations of copyright of compositions, prints, etc.

 map, chart, dramatic or musical composition, print, cut, engraving, or photograph, or chrome, or of the description of any painting, drawing, statue, statuary, or model or design intended to be perfected and executed as a work of the tine arts, as provided by this Act, shall, within the term limited, contrary to the provisions of this Act, and without the consent of the proprietor of the copyright first obtained in writing, signed in presence of two or more witnesses, engrave, etch, work, copy, print, publish, dramatize, translate, or import, either in whole or in part, or by varying the main design, with intent to evade the law, or, knowing the same to be so printed, published, dramatized, translated, or imported, shall sell or expose to sale any copy of such map or other article, as aforesaid, he shall forfeit to the proprietor all the plates on which the same shall be copied, and every sheet thereof, either copied or printed, and shall further forfeit one dollar for every

Amount.

 sheet of the same found in his possession, either printing, printed, copied, published, imported, or exposed for sale; and in case of a painting, statue, or statuary, he shall forfeit ten dollars for every copy of the same in his possession, or by him sold or exposed for sale: Provided, however,

Provisos.

Photographs.

 That in case of any such infringement of the copyright of a photograph made from any object not a work of tine arts, the sum to be recovered in any action brought under the provisions of this section shall be not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five thousand dollars, and: Provided, further, That in case of any such infringement of the

Painting or works of fine arts.

 copyright of a painting, drawing, statue, engraving, etching, print, or model or design for a work of the fine arts or of a photograph of a work of the tine arts, the sum to be recovered in any action brought through the provisions of this section shall be not less than two hundred and fifty dollars, and not more than ten thousand dollars. One-half of all

Division of penalty.

 the foregoing penalties shall go to the proprietors of the copyright and the other half to the use of the United States.”
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 195: To provide for the salaries of the judges and other officers of the United States court in the Indian Territory. 28 Stat. 966 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 52 2 public 966

CHAP. 195.—
An Act To provide for the salaries of the judges and other officers of the United States court in the Indian Territory.

March 2, 1895.

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

Indian Territory.

Appropriation for court officials.

Ante, p. 693.
That, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to pay the salaries and allowances of the judges, district attorneys, marshals, clerks, and commissioners of the United States court in the Indian Territory for the current fiscal year and the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
Approved, March 2, 1895.

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-four, on the twentieth day of said month. Public Resolution 1 28 Stat. 967 1894-12-15 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 2026-02-15 53 3 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-four, on the twentieth day of said month.

December 15, 1894

. 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 20, 1894

.
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 December, eighteen hundred and ninety four, on the twentieth day of said month.
Approved, December 15, 1894.
No. 2: Extending time for report of Board of Engineers surveying canal routes from Lake Erie to the Ohio River. Public Resolution 2 28 Stat. 967 1894-12-24 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 2.]
Joint Resolution Extending time for report of Board of Engineers surveying canal routes from Lake Erie to the Ohio River.

December 24, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ohio canals.

Time extended for report of board of engineers.
That the Board of Engineers of the Army appointed to survey sundry canal routes through the State of Ohio under the provisions of the River and Harbor Appropriation Bill passed at the last session of the present Congress are granted an

Ante, p. 355.

 extension of time for their survey and are hereby authorized to report at the first session of the next Congress, instead of at the present session.
Approved, December 24, 1894.
No. 3: Donating two obsolete cannon to the cities of Allegheny and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Public Resolution 3 28 Stat. 967 1895-01-12 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 3.]
Joint Resolution Donating two obsolete cannon to the cities of Allegheny and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

January 12, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Obsolete cannon.

Donated to Allegheny and Pittsburg, Pa.
That two of the old cast iron cannon now at the United States Arsenal at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and there before the late war, be donated to the cities of Allegheny and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: Provided, That, in the judgment of the Secretary of

Proviso.

Condition.

 War, they can be spared for the purpose without detriment to the Government.
Approved, January 12, 1895.
No. 5: Authorizing foreign exhibitors at the Cotton States and International Exposition to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, in eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries, for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits. Public Resolution 5 28 Stat. 967 1895-01-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 5.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing foreign exhibitors at the Cotton States and International Exposition to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, in eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to bring to this country foreign laborers from their respective countries, for the purpose of preparing for and making their exhibits.

January 21, 1895

. Whereas the Cotton States and International Exposition Company

Preamble.

 of Atlanta, Georgia, have extended invitations which have been accepted by the several nations and space for installing foreign exhibits (967) 968FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 5–9. 1895. 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 Cotton States and International Exposition Company 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,

Cotton States and International Exposition.

Admission of contract laborers by foreign exhibitors, etc., permitted.
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

Vol. 23, p. 332.

Ante, p.420.

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 Cotton States and International Exposition Company of Atlanta, Georgia, 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 preparations 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 Cotton States and International Exposition Company, of Atlanta, Georgia, in connection with

Proviso.

Permit.

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,

Penalties to aliens remaining.

after the close of said exposition, shall thereafter be subject to all the processes and penalties applicable to aliens coming in violation of the alien-contract-labor law aforesaid.
Approved, January 21, 1895.
No. 8: To provide for the expenditure of the appropriation heretofore made for the dredging of Everett Harbor. Public Resolution 8 28 Stat. 968 1895-02-01 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 8.]
Joint Resolution To provide for the expenditure of the appropriation heretofore made for the dredging of Everett Harbor.

February 1, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Everett Harbor, Wash.

Plan for improvement adopted.

Ante, p. 360.
That the appropriation of ten thousand dollars heretofore made for dredging Everett Harbor, at Everett, in the State of Washington, may be used by the Secretary of War in the construction of a freshwater harbor at Everett, in said State, in accordance with the project submitted by Captain Thomas W. Symons, of Corps of Engineers, United States Army, on July ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and printed in Senate Executive Document numbered one hundred and thirty-nine, part two, second session of the Fifty-third Congress.
Approved, February 1, 1895.
No. 9: To revive the grade of lieutenant-general in the United States Army. Public Resolution 9 28 Stat. 968 1895-02-05 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 9.]
Joint Resolution To revive the grade of lieutenant-general in the United States Army.

February 5, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Army.

Grade of lieutenant-general revived.
That the grade of lieutenant-general be, and the same is hereby, revived in the Army of the United States, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 9–12. 1895.969 in order that when, in the opinion of the President and Senate, it shall be deemed proper to acknowledge distinguished services of a major-general of the Army, the grade of lieutenant-general may be specially conferred: Provided, however, That when the said grade of lieutenant-general

Proviso.

Termination.

 shall have once been filled and become vacant, this joint resolution shall thereafter expire and be of no effect.
Sec. 2. That the pay and allowances of the lieutenant-general be the

Pay, etc.

 same as heretofore allowed for that grade.
Approved, February 5, 1895.
No. 10: To print extra copies of the decisions of Interior Department relating to public lands and pensions. Public Resolution 10 28 Stat. 969 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 10.]
Joint Resolution To print extra copies of the decisions of Interior Department relating to public lands and pensions.

February 8, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Department of the Interior.

Extra copies public lands and pensions decisions ordered.
That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to print from the stereotype plates, and to bind in full sheep, one thousand copies each of volumes thirteen to nineteen, inclusive, of decisions of the Department of the Interior relating to public lands, and of the digest of volumes one to fifteen of said decisions, and also of volumes six to nine, inclusive, of decisions of the Department of the Interior relating to pensions, of which one copy of each volume, together with one copy of each of the

Distribution.

 previous volumes of these series now in his care, shall be sent by the Secretary of the Interior to each State and Territorial library and each depository of public documents, and the remaining copies shall be sold

Sale.

Vol. 24, p. 647.

 by him in accordance with the provisions of the Joint Resolution approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, providing for the sale of public documents.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
No. 11: Authorizing the Secretary of War to make a survey of Kalamazoo River from Lake Michigan to Saugatuck. Public Resolution 11 28 Stat. 969 1895-02-13 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 11.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to make a survey of Kalamazoo River from Lake Michigan to Saugatuck.

February 13, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Kalamazoo River, Mich.

Survey ordered.
That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to make a survey of Kalamazoo River from Lake Michigan to Saugatuck, as contemplated in Executive Document numbered one hundred and ninety-nine, House of Representatives, Fifty-third Congress, third session, to be paid for out of appropriation heretofore made for surveys.
Approved, February 13, 1895.
No. 12: Making an appropriation of five thousand dollars for clearing the Potomac River of ice. Public Resolution 12 28 Stat. 969 1895-02-15 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 12.]
Joint Resolution Making an appropriation of five thousand dollars for clearing the Potomac River of ice.

February 15, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

District of Columbia.

Appropriation to remove ice, Potomac River.
That five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, payable from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated and from the revenues of the District of Columbia in equal parts, to be immediately available, is hereby appropriated, to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to meet expenses that may be necessary for the purpose of clearing the Potomac River of ice within the District of Columbia.
Approved, February 15, 1895.
No. 13: To restore the status of the Missouri Militia who served during the late war. Public Resolution 13 28 Stat. 970 1895-02-15 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public 970FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 13–16. 1895. [No. 13.]
Joint Resolution To restore the status of the Missouri Militia who served during the late war.

February 15, 1895

 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, ,

Pensions.

Missouri militia to have benefit of dependent pension law.

Vol. 20, p. 182.
That the provisions of the Act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and are hereby, extended to include the officers and privates of the Missouri State Militia and the Provisional Missouri Militia who served ninety days during the late war of the rebellion, and were honorably discharged, and to the widows and minor children of such persons. The provisions of this Act shall include all such persons now on the pension rolls, or who may hereafter apply to be admitted thereto.
Approved, February 15, 1895.
No. 14: Instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Michigan the flags of certain regiments of Michigan Volunteer Infantry. Public Resolution 14 28 Stat. 970 1895-02-18 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 14.]
Joint Resolution Instructing the Secretary of War to return to the State of Michigan the flags of certain regiments of Michigan Volunteer Infantry.

February 18, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Michigan.

Regimental flags returned.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, instructed to return to the State of Michigan the regimental flags of the Seventeenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth regiments of Michigan Volunteer Infantry.
Approved, February 18, 1895.
No. 15: Authorizing the Secretary of War to expend a portion of the appropriation made in the River and Harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-four for Saint Joseph Harbor, in the State of Michigan, to complete the connection between Saint Joseph Harbor and Benton Harbor. Public Resolution 15 28 Stat. 970 1895-02-18 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 15.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to expend a portion of the appropriation made in the River and Harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-four for Saint Joseph Harbor, in the State of Michigan, to complete the connection between Saint Joseph Harbor and Benton Harbor.

February 18, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Saint Joseph, Mien.

Use of appropriation for harbor.

Ante, p. 344.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is, authorized in his discretion to apply so much of the appropriation for the improvement of Saint Joseph Harbor, in the State of Michigan, made in the River and Harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-four, as may in his judgment be necessary to complete the connection between Saint Joseph Harbor and Benton Harbor in said State of Michigan.
Approved, February 18, 1895.
No. 16: To confirm the enlargement of the Red Cliff Indian Reservation in the State of Wisconsin, made in eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and for the allotment of same. Public Resolution 16 28 Stat. 970 1895-02-20 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 16.]
Joint Resolution To confirm the enlargement of the Red Cliff Indian Reservation in the State of Wisconsin, made in eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and for the allotment of same.

February 20, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Red Cliff Indian Reservation, Wis.

Lands added to.
That the lands in townships numbered fifty-one and fifty-two north, of range three west; fifty-one and fifty-two north of range four west; and fifty-one and fifty-two north, of range five west, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, withdrawn! from sale or location for the purpose of an enlargement of the Red Cliff Indian Reservation in said county by the several orders of the Commissioner of the General Land Office bearing dates May twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, June third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and September eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, and they hereby are, declared to be a part of said Indian reservation as fully and to the same effect as if they had been embraced in and reserved as a part of said Red Cliff Reservation by the provisions of the treaty

Vol. 10, p. 1109.

with the Chippewas of Lake Superior dated September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four; and said lands shall be allotted to the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 16–19. 1895.971 members of the Red Cliff band of said Chippewas of Lake Superior in accordance with the provisions of said treaty: Provided, That the President

Proviso.

Division of allotments.

 of the United States in making allotments may divide said lands between said Indians in such manner as will in his judgment be the most equitable.
Approved, February 20, 1895.
No. 17: Relative to the British Guiana-Venezuela boundary dispute. Public Resolution 17 28 Stat. 971 1895-02-20 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 17.]
Joint Resolution Relative to the British Guiana-Venezuela boundary dispute.

February 20, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Great Britain-Venezuela boundary dispute.

Arbitration recommended.
That the President’s suggestion, made in his last annual message to this body, namely, that Great Britain and Venezuela refer their dispute as to boundaries to friendly arbitration, be earnestly recommended to the favorable consideration of both the parties in interest.
Approved, February 20, 1895.
No. 18: Extending from March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the time for making returns of income for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes. Public Resolution 18 28 Stat. 971 1895-02-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 18.]
Joint Resolution Extending from March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the time for making returns of income for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes.

February 21, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Income tax.

Annual returns for 1894 may be made up to

April 15, 1895

.

Ante, pp. 558, 559.
That the time fixed by existing law for the rendering of income returns, to wit: “on or before the first Monday of March in every year” (Section thirty-five, Act of August twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and Section thirty-one hundred find seventy-three, Revised Statutes, as amended by Section thirty-four of that Act) is hereby extended, with reference only to returns of income for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, so that it shall be lawful to make such returns for that year on or before the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
Resolved,

Insurance deductions.
That in computing incomes under said Act the amounts necessarily paid for fire-insurance premiums and for ordinary repairs shall be deducted.
Resolved,
That in computing incomes under said Act the amounts

Dividends liable to tax not included in income.

 received as dividends upon the stock of any corporation, company, or association shall not be included in case such dividends are also liable to the tax of two per centum upon the net profits of said corporation, company, or association, although such tax may not have been actually paid by said corporation, company, or association at the time of making returns by the person, corporation, or association receiving such dividends. And returns, or reports, of the names and salaries of

Reports of names not required.

 employes shall not be required from employers, unless called for by the collector in order to verify the returns of employes.
Approved, February 21, 1895.
No. 19: Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver condemned cannon to Asher Gaylord Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, to the William H. Tarbee Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of McGrawville, New York, to the Eckley B. Coxe Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Freeland, Pennsylvania, and to the R. Carpenter Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Chelsea, Michigan. Public Resolution 19 28 Stat. 971 1895-02-26 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 19.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver condemned cannon to Asher Gaylord Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, to the William H. Tarbee Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of McGrawville, New York, to the Eckley B. Coxe Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Freeland, Pennsylvania, and to the R. Carpenter Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Chelsea, Michigan.

February 26, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in, Congress assembled,

Condemned cannon.

Donations to Grand Army Posts.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to Asher Gaylord Post 972FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, Sess. III. Res. 19–22. 1895. numbered one hundred and nine, Grand Army of the Republic, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, four light pieces of condemned cast-iron cannon and twenty cannon balls; to the William H. Tarbee Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of McGrawville, New York, four light pieces of condemned cast-iron cannon and twenty balls; to the Major Coxe Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Freeland, Pennsylvania, one condemned cast-iron cannon and ten cannon balls, also to the R. Carpenter Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Chelsea, Michigan, two condemned cast-iron cannon and twenty cannon balls, for use in decorating the lots set apart for the burial of ex-soldiers in the cemeteries of said posts.
Approved, February 26, 1895.
No. 20: Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to donate to the Oregon State Soldiers’ Home, at Roseburg, Oregon, certain cannon, and so forth. Public Resolution 20 28 Stat. 972 1895-02-26 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 20.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to donate to the Oregon State Soldiers’ Home, at Roseburg, Oregon, certain cannon, and so forth.

February 26, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Condemned cannon, etc.

Donation to Soldiers’ Home, Roseburg, Oreg.
That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to donate and deliver, under such conditions as he may deem necessary in order to insure the proper fulfillment of the purposes of this resolution, to the Oregon State Soldiers’ Home, at Roseburg, Oregon, such old and unused cannon, muskets, swords, and other implements of war, of copper, tin, bronze, iron, and steel, as are not now and will not hereafter be required for naval uses, for the purpose of being used for parades, anniversary celebrations, and

Proviso.

Condition.

salutes: Provided, That such articles only be donated, under the authority herein contained, as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy may be spared without detriment to the public interests.
Approved, February 26, 1895.
No. 21: To fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Public Resolution 21 28 Stat. 972 1895-02-27 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 21.]
Joint Resolution To fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

February 27, 1895

. Resolved by the, Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Gardiner G. Hubbard.

Appointed regent, Smithsonian Institution.
That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution other than members of Congress, caused by the death of James C. Welling, of the city of Washington, be filled by the appointment of Gardiner G. Hubbard, a citizen of Washington of the District of Columbia.
Approved, February 27, 1895.
No. 22: Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to deliver unserviceable or condemned cannon to the mayor of Burlington, Vermont, to be used in decorating Battery Park. Public Resolution 22 28 Stat. 972 1895-02-27 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 22.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to deliver unserviceable or condemned cannon to the mayor of Burlington, Vermont, to be used in decorating Battery Park.

February 27, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Condemned cannon.

Donation to Burlington, Vt.
That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to the mayor of the city of Burlington, Vermont, four pieces of unserviceable or condemned cannon and one hundred cannon balls, for use in decorating Battery Park, in said city, where soldiers and sailors of the war of

Proviso.

Condition.

eighteen hundred and twelve were buried: Provided, That the same can be spared without detriment to the service, and that no expense is thereby incurred by the Government.
Approved, February 27, 1895.
No. 23: In reference to the free zone along the northern frontier of Mexico and adjacent to the United States. Public Resolution 23 28 Stat. 973 1895-03-01 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 23–26. 1895.973 [No. 23.]
Joint Resolution In reference to the free zone along the northern frontier of Mexico and adjacent to the United States.

March 1, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Free zone, Mexico.

Permits for goods in bond to, suspended.

R. S., sec. 3005, p. 579.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to suspend the operation of section three thousand and five of the Revised Statutes, in so far as the same permits goods, wares, and merchandise to be transported in bond through the United States into the free zone of Mexico, so long as the Mexican tree-zone Jaw exists: Provided, That nothing

Proviso.

Other points not affected.

 herein contained shall be construed so as to prevent the transportation of merchandise in bond to be delivered at points in the territory of Mexico beyond the limits of said free zone.
Approved, March 1, 1895.
No. 24: Granting permission for the erection of n bronze statue in Washington, District of Columbia, in honor of the late Professor Samuel D. Gross, doctor of medicine, doctor of laws, doctor of civil law. Public Resolution 24 28 Stat. 973 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 24.]
Joint Resolution Granting permission for the erection of n bronze statue in Washington, District of Columbia, in honor of the late Professor Samuel D. Gross, doctor of medicine, doctor of laws, doctor of civil law.

March 2, 1895

. Whereas the physicians and surgeons of the United States of

Preamble.

 America have raised a fund for the erection of a bronze statue to the memory of Samuel D. Gross, doctor of medicine, doctor of laws, doctor of civil law, late professor of surgery in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, whose labors in the cause of his profession as surgeon and as author have caused his name to be respected in the civilized world as one of the benefactors of his race and have added luster to the entire medical profession of the United States: Therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Samuel D. Gross, M. D., etc.

Permission to erect statue of, in Washington.
That permission be, and the same is hereby, granted to the American Surgical Association and the Alumni Association of the Jefferson Medical College to erect said statue in such place in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, as shall be designated by the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds. And the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be

Appropriation for pedestal.

 necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the erection of a pedestal upon which to place the said statue.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
No. 25: Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to citizens’ general committee on the Twenty-ninth National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Louisville, September, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, condemned cannon. Public Resolution 25 28 Stat. 973 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 25.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to citizens’ general committee on the Twenty-ninth National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic, to be held at Louisville, September, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, condemned cannon.

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Condemned cannon.

Donated to Grand Army of the Republic.
That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to deliver to the order of Thomas H. Sherley, general chairman Twenty-ninth National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic citizens’ committee, Louisville, Kentucky, such condemned cannon as is necessary for the purpose of furnishing badges to the Grand Army delegates at said encampment: Provided, That no expense shall be caused

Proviso.

Delivery.

 the United States through the delivery of said condemned cannon.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
No. 26: To extend the time for taking testimony in relation to the value of the improvements of the Monongahela Navigation Company on the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania. Public Resolution 26 28 Stat. 973 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 26.]
Joint Resolution To extend the time for taking testimony in relation to the value of the improvements of the Monongahela Navigation Company on the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania.

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Monongahela River, Pa.
That the time for taking testimony as to the value of the improvements of the Monongahela Navigation 974FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 26–28. 1895. Company on the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania and the commercial

Time for report on value of dams, etc., extended.

Ante, p. 348.

 importance of the free navigation of said river, directed to be taken by the Secretary of War under the River and Harbor Act of August seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, be, and the same is hereby, extended to the thirtieth day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and the Secretary of War shall report to Congress thereon at its next regular session in December next, to the end that Congress may determine as to the expediency of making the navigation

Proviso.

Expenses.

 of said river free from tolls: Provided, That the expense of taking such testimony shall be paid for out of the appropriation for the improvement of the Monongahela River, contained in the act aforesaid.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
No. 27: Continuing the present officers of the courts in the Indian Territory until the bill for the reorganization of the judiciary of that Territory which has passed both Houses of Congress and awaits the signature of the President of the United States becomes a law. Public Resolution 27 28 Stat. 974 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 27.]
Joint Resolution Continuing the present officers of the courts in the Indian Territory until the bill for the reorganization of the judiciary of that Territory which has passed both Houses of Congress and awaits the signature of the President of the United States becomes a law.

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Indian Territory.

Present court officers to hold over.

Ante, p. 693.
That until the appointment and qualification of the district attorneys, marshals, and clerks of court in the three judicial districts according to the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the appointment of additional judges of the United States court in the Indian Territory, and for other purposes,” which has passed the Senate and House of Representatives and now awaits the consideration of the President of the United States, the district attorney, the marshal, and the clerk of the court shall respectively perform all the duties appertaining to such offices in such districts; and until the appointment and qualification of the judges required to be appointed in the northern and southern judicial districts, the commissioners now in office shall have jurisdiction in the said districts as heretofore.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
No. 28: To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the governor of the State of West Virginia the sum appropriated by the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to credit and pay to the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia all moneys collected under the direct tax levied by the Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.” Public Resolution 28 28 Stat. 974 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 28.]
Joint Resolution To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the governor of the State of West Virginia the sum appropriated by the Act of Congress entitled “An Act to credit and pay to the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia all moneys collected under the direct tax levied by the Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.”

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

West Virginia.

Payment of direct taxes to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to the governor of the State of West Virginia, under the provisions, conditions, and limitations of the

Vol. 26, p. 822.

Act of Congress entitled “An Act to credit and pay to the several States and Territories and the District of Columbia all moneys collected under

Vol. 12, p.294.

the direct tax levied by the Act of Congress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one,” which Act was approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, the sum of one hundred and eighty-one thousand three hundred and six dollars and ninety-three cents,

Deduction.

 less the sum of twenty-seven thousand three hundred and twenty-eight dollars and eighteen cents, which was paid to the governor of the State of West Virginia on the twenty-fifth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, to be held in trust for the citizens and inhabitants of said State, notwithstanding any claim by the Government of the United States against the State of Virginia.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
No. 29: To provide for the printing of a digest of the laws and decisions relating to the appointment, salary, and compensation of officials of the United States courts. Public Resolution 29 28 Stat. 975 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Res. 29–31. 1895.975 [No. 29.]
Joint Resolution To provide for the printing of a digest of the laws and decisions relating to the appointment, salary, and compensation of officials of the United States courts.

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

United States courts.

Digest of laws as to officials, etc., to be printed.
That there be printed the usual number of copies of a digest of the laws and decisions relating to the appointment, salary, and compensation of the officials of the United States courts, and that in addition to said usual number there be printed and bound in sheep two hundred and fifty copies for the use of the Treasury Department, and seventeen hundred and fifty copies for the use of the Attorney-General, said digest to be printed under the editorial supervision of Robert M. Cousar, and the editing to be paid for out of any

Appropriation for editing.

 moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, on the direction of the Attorney-General at a price not to exceed two thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated, and is to be in full payment for said work, except the cost of printing and binding the same.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
No. 30: Calling on the President to take such measures as he may deem necessary to consummate the agreement between the Governments of Spain and the United States for the relief of Antonio Maximo Mora, a naturalized citizen of the United States. Public Resolution 30 28 Stat. 975 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 30.]
Joint Resolution Calling on the President to take such measures as he may deem necessary to consummate the agreement between the Governments of Spain and the United States for the relief of Antonio Maximo Mora, a naturalized citizen of the United States.

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Antonio Maximo Mora.

President, to insist on payment of claim of, by Spain.
That the President be, and he is hereby, requested to insist upon the payment of the sum agreed upon between the Governments of Spain and the United States in liquidation of the claim of Antonio Maximo Mora against the Government of Spain, with interest from the time when the said amount should have been paid under the agreement.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
No. 31: To extend time in which Members of the Fifty-third Congress may distribute documents. Public Resolution 31 28 Stat. 975 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 public [No. 31.]
Joint Resolution To extend time in which Members of the Fifty-third Congress may distribute documents.

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Documents.

Time extended for distributing by Members of Fifty-third Congress.
That the time allowed Members of the Fifty-third Congress to distribute public documents now to their credit, or the credit of their respective districts in the Interior or other departments, and to present the names of libraries, public institutions, and individuals to receive such documents, be, and the same is hereby, extended to the meeting of the next Congress.
Approved, March 2, 1895.

PRIVATE LAWS

of the

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

passed by

THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

1893–1895.

977 53 1 1893

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FIFTY-THIRD 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 August, 1893, and was adjourned without day on Friday, the third day of November, 1893. Grover Cleveland, President; Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice-President and President of the Senate; Isham G. Harris, President pro tempore of the Senate; Charles F. Crisp was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives on the seventh day of August, 1893. Chap. 17: For relief of W. W. Rollins, late collector, fifth district, North Carolina, for value of stamps destroyed by tire at Winston. North Carolina, on November thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two. Chapter 17 28 Stat. 979 1893-11-03 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 2026-02-15 53 1 private

CHAP. 17.—
An Act For relief of W. W. Rollins, late collector, fifth district, North Carolina, for value of stamps destroyed by tire at Winston. North Carolina, on November thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.

November 3, 1893

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

W.W. Rollins.

Credit in accounts of
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to credit the accounts of W. W. Rollins, late collector of internal revenue, for the fifth collection district of North Carolina, with the sum of one thousand five hundred and sixty-five dollars and four cents, being value of tobacco stamps destroyed by fire at the stamp office in Winston, North Carolina, on the night of November thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
Approved, November 3, 1893.
(979)

RESOLUTION.

 No. 11: Providing for the disposition of certain personal property and money now in the hands of a receiver of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, appointed by the supreme court of Utah, and authorizing its application to the charitable purposes of said church. Private Resolution 11 28 Stat. 980 1893-10-25 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 2026-02-15 53 1 private [No. 11.]
Joint Resolution Providing for the disposition of certain personal property and money now in the hands of a receiver of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, appointed by the supreme court of Utah, and authorizing its application to the charitable purposes of said church.

October 25, 1893

. Whereas, The corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day

Preamble.

Vol. 24, p. 638.

 Saints was dissolved by act of Congress of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; and Whereas, The personal property and money belonging to the said corporation is now in the hands of a receiver appointed by the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah: and Whereas, According to a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States the said property, in absence of other disposition by act of Congress, is subject to be applied to such charitable uses, lawful in their nature, as may most nearly correspond to the purposes for which said property was originally destined; and Whereas, Said property is the result of contributions and donations made by members of said church, and was designed to be devoted to the charitable uses thereof under the direction and control of the first presidency of the said church; and Whereas, Said church has discontinued the practice of polygamy and no longer encourages or gives countenance in any manner to practices in violation of law, or contrary to good morals or public policy: and if the said personal property is restored to the said church it will not be devoted to any such unlawful purpose: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,

Mormon church.

Personal property to be restored to, for charitable uses.
That the said personal property and money now in the hands of such receiver not arising from the sale or rents of real estate since March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven be, and the same is hereby, restored to the said Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, to be applied under the direction and control of the first presidency of said church to the charitable uses and purposes

Disposition.

thereof: That is to say; For the payment of the debts for which said church is legally or equitably liable, for the relief of the poor and distressed members of said church, for the education of the children of such members, and for the building and repair of houses of worship for the use of said church, but in which the rightfulness of the practice of polygamy shall not be inculcated. And the said receiver, after deducting the expenses of his receivership, under the direction of the said supreme court of the Territory of Utah, is hereby required to deliver the said property and money to the persons now constituting the presidency of said church, or to such person or persons as they may designate to be held and applied generally to the charitable uses and purposes of said church as aforesaid.
Approved, October 25, 1893.
(980) 53 2 1893 1894 PRIVATE LAWS
of the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
passed by
THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
1893–1895. 977

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FIFTY-THIRD 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 fourth day of December, 1893, and was adjourned without day on Tuesday, the twenty-eighth day of August, 1894. Grover Cleveland, President; Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice-President and President of the Senate; Isham G. Harris, President pro tempore of the Senate; Charles F. Crisp, Speaker of the House of Representatives; James D. Richardson was elected Speaker pro tempore July eleventh, 1894; Mr. Crisp resumed the duties of Speaker July eighteenth, 1894. Chap. 11: For the relief of David B. Gottwals. Chapter 11 28 Stat. 981 1894-01-15 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 11.—
An Act For the relief of David B. Gottwals.

January 15, 1894

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

David B. Gottwals.

Real estate purchased by, relieved from forfeiture.

Vol. 24, p. 470.
That all real estate lying in the District of Columbia, heretofore purchased by and conveyed to David B. Gottwals, of said District, prior to the passage of this act, be relieved and exempted from all forfeitures heretofore incurred by the operation of an act entitled “An act to restrict the ownership of real estate in the Territories to American citizens,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.
Approved, January 15, 1894.
Chap. 28: For the relief of the heirs of Martha A. Dealy, deceased. Chapter 28 28 Stat. 981 1894-02-10 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 28.—
An Act For the relief of the heirs of Martha A. Dealy, deceased.

February 10, 1894

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

Martha A. Dealy.

Homestead entry in Washington allowed heirs.
That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to allow the heirs of Martha A. Dealy, widow of David Dealy, to enter under the homestead laws, if the said David Dealy when living were qualified to make such entry, the north half of the northwest quarter of lots three and four of section sixteen, in township thirty-eight north, of range two east of Willamette meridian, and to allow Mary Younkin, widow of Moses Younkin,

Mary Younkin.

Homestead entry in Washington allowed.

 to enter under the homestead laws, if the said Moses Younkin when living were duly qualified, the north half of the northeast quarter and lots five and six of section sixteen, in township thirty-eight north, of range two east of Willamette meridian, both of said tracts lying in Whatcom County, in the State of Washington, and to issue patents to the heirs of the said Martha A. Dealy, and to Mary Younkin, for the respective tracts hereby authorized to be entered by them, upon their making such proof as is required by existing laws

Proofs.

 and executive regulations and in compliance with the requirements of the homestead laws: Provided, That the State of Washington, by the

Proviso.

Selection of lands by Washington in lieu of entries.

 proper State officer or officers thereto duly authorized by the laws of said State, shall first select, or shall signify a willingness to select, (981) 982FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 28, 42–44, 50. 1894. according to the laws regulating selections of other land of equal area, to be taken and held by said State in lieu of the land hereby authorized to be entered, and such selections shall be a waiver of any right of said State to the land above described as indemnity school lands.
Approved, February 10, 1894.
Chap. 42: To remove the charge of desertion standing against John W. Wacker. Chapter 42 28 Stat. 982 1894-03-19 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 42.—
An Act To remove the charge of desertion standing against John W. Wacker.

March 19, 1894

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

John W. Wacker, alias Walker.

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 the name of John W. Wacker, who enlisted under the name of John Walker, as a private in Company Land transferred to Company I, Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, and now of Company F, Second United States ‘Infantry, absent without leave from Company I, Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, after September ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, he having had twenty-five years of faithful service since his absence without leave under his

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

original enlistment: Provided, No back pay or pension shall be granted by virtue of the passage of this Act.
Approved, March 19, 1894.
Chap. 43: Granting an increase of pension to Andrew Franklin, alias Andrew McKee. Chapter 43 28 Stat. 982 1894-03-19 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 43.—
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Andrew Franklin, alias Andrew McKee.

March 19, 1894

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

Andrew Franklin, alias McKee.

Pension increased.

Vol. 23, p. 660.

Vol. 25, p. 1076.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Andrew Franklin, alias Andrew McKee, late private in Captain M. Armstrong’s company of Ohio Militia, from August twenty-second, eighteen hundred and twelve, to February twenty-second, eighteen hundred and thirteen, and from July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and thirteen, to August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirteen, in the war eighteen hundred and twelve, and pay him a pension of fifty dollars per month in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.
Approved, March 19, 1894.
Chap. 44: Granting a pension to Hannah Lyons. Chapter 44 28 Stat. 982 1894-03-22 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 44.—
An Act Granting a pension to Hannah Lyons.

March 22, 1894

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

Hannah Lyons.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Hannah Lyons, daughter of John Russell, deceased, late a private in Captain John Selman’s company in the Fourteenth Continental Regiment, commanded by Colonel John Glover, in the war of the Revolution, and allow the said Hannah Lyons a pension rated at twelve dollars per month.
Approved, March 22, 1894.
Chap. 50: For the relief of Brigadier-General John H. Brooke, United States Amy. Chapter 50 28 Stat. 982 1894-03-30 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 50.—
An Act For the relief of Brigadier-General John H. Brooke, United States Amy.

March 30, 1894

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

Andrew Cameron and John Smith.

Payment to legal representatives.
That the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States be authorized and directed to pay to the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 50, 53–55. 1891.983 legal representatives of Andrew Cameron, of New Mexico, the sum of one thousand dollars, and to the legal representatives of John Smith, of New Mexico, the sum of one thousand dollars, being in full satisfaction of the judgments obtained by the said Cameron and Smith in the district court of the first judicial district of the Territory of New Mexico, at the August term of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, against Lieutenant-Colonel John R. Brooke, Third Infantry, United States Army, now brigadier-general United States Army, for alleged trespass and false imprisonment: Provided, That the provisions of this bill shall

Proviso.

To be accepted in full of claims against Brig Gen. John R Brooke, U. S. Army.

 be accepted by the legal representatives of Andrew Cameron and John Smith as a settlement in full of all claims against John R. Brooke, of the United States Army, within three months from the passage hereof. And the said sums are hereby appropriated for said purposes, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid and received in full discharge and satisfaction of all claims arising out of said judgments.
Approved, March 30, 1894.
Chap. 53: For the relief of Dwight Hall. Chapter 53 28 Stat. 983 1894-04-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 53.—
An Act For the relief of Dwight Hall.

April 2, 1894

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

Dwight Hall.

Payment of claim for taxes on cigars destroyed by fire.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to investigate the claim made against the United States by Dwight Hall, of Wallingford, Connecticut, for the amount paid by him to the collector of internal revenue for the second district of Connecticut as taxes and penalties upon thirty thousand cigars manufactured by him and previous to the payment of said tax or penalty claimed to have been destroyed by an accidental fire, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the said Dwight Hall, or his personal representatives, or the person or persons who may be lawfully entitled thereto, any sum of money found on such investigation to be equitably due on account of payment of said tax and penalty, or either of them, not to exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents, and the said sum when paid to be in full satisfaction and discharge of all claim as tax or penalty on said cigars.
Approved, April 2, 1894.
Chap. 54: For the relief of Louis L. Williams. Chapter 54 28 Stat. 983 1894-04-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 54.—
An Act For the relief of Louis L. Williams.

April 2, 1894

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

Louis L. Williams.

Payment to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, directed to pay to Louis L. Williams the sum of three hundred and ninety-five dollars and seventy cents, out of monies heretofore appropriated for such purposes, due him as salary and for expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties as “World’s Fair Commissioner from Alaska.
Approved, April 2, 1894.
Chap. 55: To release and turn over to Mrs. Mary O. Augusta certain property in the District of Columbia. Chapter 55 28 Stat. 983 1894-04-02 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 55.—
An Act To release and turn over to Mrs. Mary O. Augusta certain property in the District of Columbia.

April 2, 1894

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

Mary O. Augusta.

Release of lots in Washington, D. C.
That the United States of America hereby quitclaims and releases to Mary O. Augusta, devisee of Alexander T. Augusta, deceased, her heirs or assigns, any title or interest which the United States may have by reason of any escheat, 984FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 55, 65, 74, 78. 1894. or supposed escheat, in and to the following-described real estate, situate and being in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, known and designated on the public plat of said city as the west half of lot numbered three, in square numbered two hundred and forty-seven, as subdivided into lots fifty-four and fifty-five.
Approved, April 2, 1894.
Chap. 65: To authorize Commander F. W. Dickins, of the United States Navy, to accept the decoration of the cross of naval merit of the third class from the King of Spain. Chapter 65 28 Stat. 984 1894-04-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 65.—
An Act To authorize Commander F. W. Dickins, of the United States Navy, to accept the decoration of the cross of naval merit of the third class from the King of Spain.

April 24, 1894

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

F. W. Dickins, U. S. Navy.

May accept decoration from Spain.
That Commander F. W. Dickins, of the United States Navy, be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept from the King of Spain, through the Queen Regent, the decoration of the cross of naval merit of the third class, in recognition of his services in representing the President of the United States, in charge of the courtesies to the Duke of Veragna Christopher Columbus the Thirteenth, while he was the guest of the nation at the time of the late Columbian Exposition.
Approved, April 24, 1894.
Chap. 74: For the relief of George W. Barnes. Chapter 74 28 Stat. 984 1894-05-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 74.—
An Act For the relief of George W. Barnes.

May 11, 1894

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

George W. Barnes.

Delivery of papers in State Department to heirs.
That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, empowered, authorized, and directed to withdraw from the files of the Department of State, and deliver the same to the heirs of George W. Barnes or their legal representatives, the papers and evidence presented to the late American and Mexican Claims

Vol. 15, p. 679.

Commission, organized pursuant to the convention of July fourth, eighteen hundred’ and sixty-eight, between the United States and Mexico, in his claim against Mexico as assignee of Juan Barbadillo for reimbursement of amount of certain mortgages paid on church property purchased by the said assignor of said Barnes from the Mexican Government, said claim being numbered seven hundred and eighty-eight on the docket of said Mexican and American Claims

Proviso.

Copies.

Commission: Provided, That copies of said papers be retained by the Department of State.
Approved, May 11, 1894.
Chap. 78: For the relief of the heirs and creditors of Elizabeth Townsend. Chapter 78 28 Stat. 984 1894-05-25 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 78.—
An Act For the relief of the heirs and creditors of Elizabeth Townsend.

May 25, 1894

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

Elizabeth Townsend or Moore.

Real estate purchased by, relieved from forfeiture.
That all real estate lying in the District of Columbia heretofore purchased by and conveyed to Elizabeth Townsend, otherwise known as Elizabeth Moore, and possessed by the said Elizabeth Townsend, otherwise known as Elizabeth Moore, at the time of her death, be relieved and exempted from the

Vol. 27, p. 476.

operation of an Act entitled “An Act to restrict the ownership of real estate in the Territories to American citizens,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all forfeitures incurred by force of said Act are, in respect to such real estate, hereby remitted.
Approved, May 25, 1894.
Chap. 88: For the relief of Lennes A. Jackson. Chapter 88 28 Stat. 985 1894-05-30 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 88, 89. 1894.985

CHAP. 88.—
An Act For the relief of Lennes A. Jackson.

May 30, 1894

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

Lennes A. Jackson.

Refund to.
That the sum of two hundred and seventy dollars be, and the same hereby is, appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to refund in full to Lennes A. Jackson the amount paid to James U. Stone, collector internal revenue, Detroit, Michigan, which amount was stolen from the vaults of the Coldwater National Bank, at Coldwater, Michigan, on March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
Approved, May 30, 1894.
Chap. 89: To confirm to the heirs of Mrs. Courtney Ann Claiborne the title to a certain tract of land in the State of Louisiana. Chapter 89 28 Stat. 985 1894-05-30 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 89.—
An Act To confirm to the heirs of Mrs. Courtney Ann Claiborne the title to a certain tract of land in the State of Louisiana.

May 30, 1894

. Whereas under the Act of Congress approved June twenty-second,

Preamble.

Vol. 12, p. 85.

 eighteen hundred and sixty, “An Act for final adjustment of private-land claims in the State of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri, and for other purposes,” and extended by an Act of Congress approved March

Vol. 14, p. 544.

 second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled “An Act to extend the provisions of an Act entitled ‘An Act for final adjustment of private-land claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri, and for other purposes,’” the register and receiver of the land office at New Orleans, Louisiana, acting as commissioners under the Acts aforesaid, have reported to the Commissioner of the General Land Office that there ought to be confirmed to the heirs of Mrs. Courtney Ann Claiborne, deceased, who holds, under Julian Paydras, a tract of land containing five hundred and twenty arpents, more or less, in the State of Louisiana, in the parish of West Feliciana, and described as follows, to wit: A certain tract of land situated in the Greensburg district, Louisiana, in the parish of West Feliciana, facing on the Mississippi River, left bank descending, it being the upper or western portion of section numbered thirty-nine, township three south, range three west, and containing thirteen arpents front on river by forty arpents in depth, or such a depth as said section hath; the whole tract of which this claim forms a part being known on the approved plat as claimed by Madam Maurain; and Whereas it is proved that the tract now known on official plats as section numbered thirty-nine was ceded to Julian Paydras by Don Guyosa de Lemos on the twenty-third day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-eight; and Whereas Joseph T. Dandore and Guy Richard, executors of said Paydras, sold the said tract to Madames Maurain and Bonneau on the eighteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-five; and Whereas by act of partition on the thirtieth day of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, Madames Bonneau and Maurain divided the tract between them, the former receiving as her portion thirteen arpents front with all the depth from the upper or western side of the said section; and Whereas Madam Bonneau did, by and through her executor, W. Charles Paydras, sell this tract to J. O. Van Winkle, on the sixteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-seven; and Whereas on the eleventh day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, the said Van Winkle did sell this said land to Mrs. Courtney Ann Claiborne: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled,

Mrs. Courtney Ann Claiborne.

Title to certain lands in Louisiana confirmed to heirs.
That the said tract of land, containing five hundred and twenty arpents, more or less, situated in the parish of West Feliciana, on the Mississippi River, in the State of Louisiana, and as further described above, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed to the heirs, executors, or assigns of Mrs. Courtney Ann 986FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 89, 90, 90, 97. 1894. Claiborne; and that all the right, title, and the interest of the United States in and to the same be, and the same are hereby, granted and confirmed to said heirs, executors, or assigns.
Approved, May 30, 1894.
Chap. 90: Granting a pension to Mrs. Fannie M. Norman. Chapter 90 28 Stat. 986 1894-05-30 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 90.—
An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Fannie M. Norman.

May 30, 1894

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

Fannie M. Norman.

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 Fannie M. Norman, of Rutherford County, Tennessee, widow of late Lieutenant E. A. C. Norman, deceased, who served in the volunteers in the Florida Indian war, and allow her a pension of eight dollars per month.
Approved, May 30, 1894.
Chap. 96: For the relief of A. P. H. Stewart. Chapter 96 28 Stat. 986 1894-06-06 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 96.—
An Act For the relief of A. P. H. Stewart.

June 6, 1894

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

A. P. H. Stewart.

Refund of taxes on bagging and rope.

That the Commissioner of Internal Revenue be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to reexamine and settle the following claim for tax on bagging and rope wrongfully paid on Government cotton, alleged to have been illegally assessed and collected, and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amounts of taxes so found by said Commissioner of Internal Revenue as aforesaid to have been illegally and improperly assessed and collected, to the party hereinafter named: Provided,

Proviso.

That the amount paid in any ease shall not exceed the amount hereinafter named:

To A. P. H. Stewart, one hundred and eighty-five dollars and sixty-nine

Amount.

cents.
Approved, June 6, 1894.
Chap. 97: For the relief of Captain John W. Pullman. Chapter 97 28 Stat. 986 1894-06-06 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 97.—
An Act For the relief of Captain John W. Pullman.

June 6, 1894

. Whereas John W, Pullman, who was commissioned a second lieutenant

Preamble.

 of the Eighth Cavalry in the United States Army on the fifteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and consequently commissioned a captain in the (Quartermaster’s Department; and Whereas Honorable W. A. Day, on the twelfth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, then the Second Auditor of the Treasury of the United States, prepared a revised statement of Captain Fullman’s account, finding due the said John W. Pullman the sum of one thousand three hundred and ninety-six dollars and thirty-one cents, and on the same day certified the result to the Second Comptroller of the Treasury for payment, which was subsequently returned to the Second Auditor without any decision, and “without prejudice” by him, inasmuch as Attorney-General Miller had expressed an opinion that a previous receipt given by Captain Pullman for an amount that the accounting officer had erroneously adjudged his due, estopped him from receiving the portion that had been erroneously and unlawfully previously withheld, supporting such opinion by the declaration that “had it happened through a mistake of law of the accounting officer of the United States the captain had been paid too much instead of too little, it would seem quite clear that the excess could not be recovered back:” Therefore, FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 97, 98, 111, 112. 1894.987 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the accounting officers

John W. Pullman.

Payment to.

 of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, directed, on application being made by Captain John W. Pullman, or his legal representatives, to adjust and pay his said claim as stated and certified to by the Second Auditor of the Treasury on the twelfth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, in accordance with such certificate and the law applicable thereto as construed by the Supreme Court of the United States, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, June 6, 1894.
Chap. 98: For the relief of Wesley Montgomery. Chapter 98 28 Stat. 987 1894-06-06 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 98.—
An Act For the relief of Wesley Montgomery.

June 6, 1894

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

Wesley Montgomery.

Permitted to enter homestead locution.
That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be, and ho is hereby, authorized and required to permit Wesley Montgomery, of Adams County, State of Nebraska, to enter one hundred and sixty acres of public land subject to entry under the homestead law, not mineral nor in the actual occupation of any settler, in lieu of the northeast quarter of section twenty-three, of township twenty-eight north, of range fourteen west, in Iroquois County, Illinois, which land was entered by said Wesley Montgomery on February twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, under the homestead laws, in accordance with instructions of the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the register and the receiver of the date of August ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, the title to which land failed because of a prior disposition of the same, which did not then appear upon the records of the Land Office: Provided, however, That

Provisos.

No other entry made.

Patent.

 the said Wesley Montgomery shall not have made any other entry of land of the United States under the homestead laws: And provided further, That a final certificate and patent shall issue to the said Wesley Montgomery upon such entry as he may make hereunder without proof of residence and cultivation.
Approved, June 6, 1894.
Chap. 111: For the relief of Francis M. Tomlin. Chapter 111 28 Stat. 987 1894-06-20 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 111.—
An Act For the relief of Francis M. Tomlin.

June 20, 1894

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

Francis M. Tomlin.

Refund to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Francis M. Tomlin, of Columbia County, Arkansas, one hundred and eighty-six dollars, erroneously paid to the United States for the east half of the southeast quarter, the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section thirty-five, township nineteen south, range twenty-two west of the fifth principal meridian, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, June 20, 1894.
Chap. 112: For the relief of the heirs of Edward Morrison and Nellie Morrison, now deceased. Chapter 112 28 Stat. 987 1894-06-20 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 112.—
An Act For the relief of the heirs of Edward Morrison and Nellie Morrison, now deceased.

June 20, 1894

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

Edward Morrison and Nellie Morrison.

Patents to heirs in lieu of former allotments, Oklahoma.
That a patent in fee simple be issued to the heirs of Edward Morrison and Nellie Morrison, late of Oklahoma Territory, now deceased, for the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter and lot seven, section eight, township twelve north, range seven west, Indian meridian; the south half of the southeast quarter, section twenty-nine, township thirteen north, range seven 988FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 112, 114–116. 1894. west, Indian meridian; the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter and lot eight, section eight, township twelve north, range seven west, Indian meridian; and the north half of the southeast quarter, section twenty-nine, township thirteen north, range seven west, Indian meridian, Oklahoma Territory, said patent being in lieu of patents issued on March sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, to “Bennank” (or Edward Morrison) and to “ Wo-ca-sa nowka” (or Nellie Morrison), now deceased, and allottees under section thirteen of the Act entitled

Vol. 28, p. 1022.

“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,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one.
Approved, June 20, 1894.
Chap. 114: For the relief of Wetmore and Brother, of Saint Louis, Missouri. Chapter 114 28 Stat. 988 1894-06-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 114.—
An Act For the relief of Wetmore and Brother, of Saint Louis, Missouri.

June 23, 1894

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

Wetmore and Brother.

Payment to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay to Wetmore and Brother, of Saint Louis, Missouri, the sum of two hundred and twenty dollars, being the amount in part of fees due to them as attorneys in colored bounty cases, retained and covered into the Treasury.
Approved, June 23, 1894.
Chap. 115: To provide for the adjustment and payment of the claim of Thomas Rhys Smith for work done and materials furnished for the breakwater at Bar Harbor, Maine. Chapter 115 28 Stat. 988 1894-06-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 115.—
An Act To provide for the adjustment and payment of the claim of Thomas Rhys Smith for work done and materials furnished for the breakwater at Bar Harbor, Maine.

June 23, 1894

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

Thomas Rhys Smith.

Claim for work, etc., Bar Harbor, Me., to be adjusted.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to examine and adjust the claim of Thomas Rhys Smith against the Government of the United States for work done and materials furnished for the breakwater at Bar Harbor, Maine, under a contract between said Thomas Rhys Smith and the United States, and determine what amount of work was done and materials furnished thereunder, the amount paid on account thereof, and the balance remaining unpaid, which balance he shall certify to the proper accounting officers for payment in the manner prescribed

Payment.

by law; .and for the payment of said claim the sum of six thousand three hundred and ninety-one dollars and twelve cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money

Proviso.

Indemnity bond.

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That before making any payment the Secretary of War shall exact from said Thomas Rhys Smith a bond in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by him, conditioned to indemnify the United States against any lawful claim of any other party or parties.
Approved, June 23, 1894.
Chap. 116: To pension Lucy Brown, dependent foster mother. Chapter 116 28 Stat. 988 1894-06-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 116.—
An Act To pension Lucy Brown, dependent foster mother.

June 23, 1894

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

Lucy Brown.

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- FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 116, 124, 128, 130, 139, 145. 1894.989 laws, the name of Lucy Brown, dependent foster mother of Aaron B. Divinny, late of Company B, Ninety-first Regiment Indiana Infantry, in the war of the rebellion.
Approved, June 23, 1894.
Chap. 124: For the relief of the sureties of Dennis Murphy. Chapter 124 28 Stat. 989 1894-07-03 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 124.—
An Act For the relief of the sureties of Dennis Murphy.

July 3, 1894

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

Dennis Murphy.

Sureties released from liabilities
That the sureties of Dennis Murphy, who was formerly paymaster and military storekeeper at the national armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, upon his official bond to the United States as such paymaster and military storekeeper executed on the twenty eighth day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty eight, be, and the same are hereby, relieved and released from any and all liabilities by reason of such suretyship.
Approved, July 3, 1894.
Chap. 128: Granting an increase of pension to Wells Johnson. Chapter 128 28 Stat. 989 1894-07-09 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 128.—
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Wells Johnson.

July 9, 1894

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

Wells Johnson.

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 Wells Johnson, of Ripley County, Indiana, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.
Approved, July 9, 1894.
Chap. 130: For the relief of Samuel Collins. Chapter 130 28 Stat. 989 1894-07-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 130.—
An Act For the relief of Samuel Collins.

July 11, 1894

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

Samuel Collins.

Payment to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Samuel Collins, of Water Valley, Mississippi, the sum of two hundred and thirty dollars and eleven cents, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, July 11, 1894.
Chap. 139: To remove the political disabilities of Charles Iverson Graves, of Home, in the State of Georgia. Chapter 139 28 Stat. 989 1894-07-16 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 139.—
An Act To remove the political disabilities of Charles Iverson Graves, of Home, in the State of Georgia.

July 16, 1894

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

Charles Iverson Graves.

Political disabilities removed.
That all political disabilities imposed by the third section of the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States be, and the same are hereby, removed from Charles Iverson Graves, of Rome, State of Georgia.
Approved, July 16, 1894.
Chap. 145: To authorize Professor Asaph Hall, of the United States Navy, to accept a gold medal from the Academy of Science of France. Chapter 145 28 Stat. 989 1894-07-18 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 145.—
An Act To authorize Professor Asaph Hall, of the United States Navy, to accept a gold medal from the Academy of Science of France.

July 18, 1894

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

Asaph Hall.

May accept medal from Academy of Sciences, France.
That Professor Asaph Hall, of the United States Naval Observatory, be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept from the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of France a gold medal, known as the Arago prize medal, awarded in recognition of scientific, services.
Approved, July 18, 1894.
Chap. 146: For the relief of William J. Cornell and Joseph M. Cornell. Chapter 146 28 Stat. 990 1894-07-18 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private 990FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 146, 154–156, 1894.

CHAP. 146.—
An Act For the relief of William J. Cornell and Joseph M. Cornell.

July 18, 1894

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

William J. Cornell and Joseph M. Cornell.

Payment to.
That there be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eight hundred dollars, four hundred dollars of which shall be paid to William J. Cornell, on account of an overpayment of that sum to the receiver of the United States land office at Lagrande, Oregon, on land entry numbered forty-two hundred and ninety-eight, for the southern half of section twenty-seven, township three north, of range thirty east, and four hundred dollars thereof to Joseph M. Cornell, on account of an overpayment by him of that sum to said receiver, on land entry numbered forty-two hundred and ninety-two, for the north half of section twenty-seven, township three north, range thirty east, said entries having been made under the third section of the act of September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and said parties having been by mistake of the officers of said hind office required to pay two dollars and fifty cents per acre instead of the legal price thereof, namely, one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.
Approved, July 18, 1894.
Chap. 154: To remove the charge of desertion standing against the-name of Joseph G. Utter. Chapter 154 28 Stat. 990 1894-07-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 154.—
An Act To remove the charge of desertion standing against the-name of Joseph G. Utter.

July 23, 1894

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

Joseph G. Utter.

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 the name of Joseph G. Utter, late a music boy, general service, United States Army, and to issue to him an honorable discharge; and that the said Joseph G. Utter beheld to have been regularly mustered into Company F, Fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as of the date of such discharge, and that he be granted an honorable discharge therefrom.
Approved, July 23, 1894.
Chap. 155: Authorizing John E. Johnson and others to accept medals of honor and diplomas from the Government of Spain. Chapter 155 28 Stat. 990 1894-07-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 155.—
An Act Authorizing John E. Johnson and others to accept medals of honor and diplomas from the Government of Spain.

July 23, 1894

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

Keeper and crew, Hog Island lifesaving station may accept medals, etc., from Spain.
That John E. Johnson, keeper of the lifesaving station at Hog Island, Virginia, and J, A. Doughty, J. K. Carpenter, William B. Goffigon, J. H. De Wald, C. F. Carpenter, J. E. Smith, J. R. Dunton, and R. C. Joynes, members of the lifesaving crew at that station, be, and they are hereby, authorized to accept medals of honor and diplomas awarded them by the Government of Spain in recognition of their gallant rescue of the crew of the Spanish steamship San Albano, wrecked in the vicinity of Cape Charles on the twenty-second day of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
Approved, July 23, 1894.
Chap. 156: To authorize Rear-Admiral John G. Walker and Surgeon-General Rufus Tryon, of the United States Navy, to accept the decorations of the “Busto del Libertador,” of the third class from the President of Venezuela. Chapter 156 28 Stat. 990 1894-07-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 156.—
An Act To authorize Rear-Admiral John G. Walker and Surgeon-General Rufus Tryon, of the United States Navy, to accept the decorations of the “Busto del Libertador,” of the third class from the President of Venezuela.

July 23, 1894

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

John G. Walker and J. Rufus Tryon, U. S. Navy.
That Rear-Admiral John G. Walker and Surgeon-General J. Rufus Tryon, of the United States Navy, be, and they are hereby, authorized to accept from the President FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 156–159, 1894.991 of Venezuela the decoration of the “Busto del Libertador” in acknowledgment

May accept decorations from President of Venezuela.

 of the care and attention shown to the wounded officers and men of both political parties in the vicinity of La Guayra, Venezuela, during the revolution of eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
Approved, July 23, 1894.
Chap. 157: Authorizing Commander C. H. Davis, United States Navy, to accept a decoration from the King of Spain. Chapter 157 28 Stat. 991 1894-07-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 157.—
An Act Authorizing Commander C. H. Davis, United States Navy, to accept a decoration from the King of Spain.

July 23, 1894

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

C. H. Davis, U. S. Nary.

May accept decoration from Spain.
That Commander C. H. Davis, of the United States Navy, be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept the decoration of “Comandador de numero de la Real Orden de Isabel la Catolica” conferred upon him by the King of Spain in recognition of his services while detailed to attend the Infanta of Spain during her visit to this country.
Approved, July 23, 1894.
Chap. 158: For the benefit of sundry persons residing in the vicinity of Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Chapter 158 28 Stat. 991 1894-07-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 158.—
An Act For the benefit of sundry persons residing in the vicinity of Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.

July 23, 1894

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

John B. Martigny.

United States title to certain land near Jefferson Barracks, Mo., released to legal representatives.
That the United States hereby release whatever title they may have in that part of the United States survey thirty-one hundred and nineteen lying and being within the boundary lines described in the deed of the town of Carondelet to the United States, dated October twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and now claimed as a portion of Jefferson Barracks military reservation, situated in the county of Saint Louis and State of Missouri, unto the legal representatives and assigns of John B. Martigny, to whom said survey was confirmed by Act of Congress approved July

Vol. 5, p. 126.

 fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six.
Sec. 2. That the United States hereby release whatever title they

William H. Jansen.

United States title to certain land near Jefferson Barracks, Mo., released to legal representatives.

 may have in so much of the land covered by the patent issued by the United States to William H. Jansen November first, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, under preemption certificate numbered twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, as lies within the boundary lines described in the deed of the town of Carondelet to the United States, dated October twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and now claimed as a portion of said Jefferson Barracks military reservation, unto the legal representatives and assigns of said William H. Jansen.
Sec. 3. That this Act shall not affect or impair the title which any

Only United States title affected.

 person other than the United States may have acquired in any of the lands described herein, adverse to the title of either the aforesaid John B. Martigny or William H. Jansen, or of those claiming under either of them.
Approved, July 23, 1894.
Chap. 159: Granting a pension to Earnest C. Emerson. Chapter 159 28 Stat. 991 1894-07-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 159.—
An Act Granting a pension to Earnest C. Emerson.

July 23, 1894

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

Earnest C. Emerson.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Earnest C. Emerson, dependent and imbecile child of Orrin M. Emerson, late a private in Company II, First Rhode Island Cavalry, subject to the limitations and provisions of the Act of

Vol. 26, p. 182.

 June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, at the rate of ten dollars per month, payable to his legally constituted guardian.
Approved, July 23, 1894.
Chap. 160: To pension Mary Brown, of Berlin, Vermont. Chapter 160 28 Stat. 992 1894-07-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private 992FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 160, 161, 169, 173, 182. 1894.

CHAP. 160.—
An Act To pension Mary Brown, of Berlin, Vermont.

July 23, 1894

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

Mary Brown.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the pension laws and regulations, the name of Mary Brown, of Berlin, Vermont, dependent mother of William F. Brown, late a private in Company C, Fifteenth Regiment Vermont Infantry Volunteers.
Approved, July 23, 1894.
Chap. 161: For the relief of John M. Rice. Chapter 161 28 Stat. 992 1894-07-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 161.—
An Act For the relief of John M. Rice.

July 24, 1894

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

John S. Bradford.

Sureties on bond released.
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, the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars to John M. Rice, to be in full of expenses incurred by him as contestee in the Forty-first Congress.
Approved, July 24, 1894.
Chap. 169: For the relief of the securities of John S. Bradford. Chapter 169 28 Stat. 992 1894-07-26 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 169.—
An Act For the relief of the securities of John S. Bradford.

July 26, 1894

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

John M. Rice.

Payment to, contested election expenses.
That John Cassels and Rosalie M. Bradford, securities of John S. Bradford, deceased, United States consul at Antigua, West Indies, from August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, to August sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, be, and they are, released from the payment of two hundred and thirty-nine dollars and six cents, amount claimed to be due the United States on the official bond of John S. Bradford, and said liability is canceled and his accounts with the Government are deemed adjusted and settled.
Approved, July 26, 1894.
Chap. 173: To remove the political disabilities of Caleb Huse. Chapter 173 28 Stat. 992 1894-07-30 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 173.—
An Act To remove the political disabilities of Caleb Huse.

July 30, 1894

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

Caleb Huse.

Political disabilities removed.
That, two-thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives concurring therein, all political disabilities imposed upon and incurred by Caleb Huse, formerly of the State of Alabama and now of the State of New York, by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution, be, and are hereby, removed.
Approved, July 30, 1894.
Chap. 182: For the relief of the dependent relatives of the seamen of the Netherlands steamer Amsterdam, who lost their lives in the effort to save the crew of the American schooner Maggie E. Wells, and also for the relief of the sole survivor of the rescuing party. Chapter 182 28 Stat. 992 1894-08-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 182.—
An Act For the relief of the dependent relatives of the seamen of the Netherlands steamer Amsterdam, who lost their lives in the effort to save the crew of the American schooner Maggie E. Wells, and also for the relief of the sole survivor of the rescuing party.

August 1, 1894

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

Wreck of schooner “Maggie E. Wells.”
That the sum of five thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to enable the

Payment to heirs of seamen lost in attempt to rescue master and crow.

Secretary of the Treasury to pay the following sums of money to the persons herein named, being dependent relatives of the seamen of the Netherlands steamer Amsterdam, who recently lost their lives in a FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 182–184. 1894.993 heroic effort to save the master and crew of the shipwrecked American schooner Maggie E. Wells, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and the sole survivor of the rescuing party: To the widow of first officer J. Meyer, five hundred dollars; to each of her two children, two hundred and fifty dollars; to the widow of boatswain E. Regnard, five hundred dollars; to the mother of A. J. Oudyn, five hundred dollars; to each of the two children of F. Eichorn, two hundred and fifty dollars; to the widow of A. Bos, five hundred dollars; to each of her two children, two hundred and fifty dollars; to the widow of A. Van Vliet, five hundred dollars; to each of her five children, two hundred and fifty dollars; to A.

Payment to survivor.

 Van der Wilt, survivor, five hundred dollars.
Approved, August 1, 1894.
Chap. 183: For the relief of General Napoleon J. T. Dana. Chapter 183 28 Stat. 993 1894-08-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 183.—
An Act For the relief of General Napoleon J. T. Dana.

August 1, 1894

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

Napoleon J. T. Dana.

May be appointed 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 General Napoleon J. T. Dana, late assistant quartermaster of the United States Army, to the position of assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain of cavalry, and to place him on the retired list, of the Army with that rank and pay, the retired list being thereby increased in number to that extent; and all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are suspended for this purpose only: Provided, That from and after the

Proviso.

Pension to cease.

passage of this Act no pension shall be paid to the said Napoleon J. T. Dana.

Received by the President, July 20, 1894.

[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. 184: For the relief of Major-General George S. Greene. Chapter 184 28 Stat. 993 1894-08-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 184.—
An Act For the relief of Major-General George S. Greene.

August 1, 1894

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

George S. Greene.

May be appointed on Army retired list.

That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint George S. Greene, late brigadier and brevet major-general United States Volunteers, to the rank of first lieutenant of artillery in the Army of the United States, and to place him on the retired list of the Army as of that grade, the retired list being thereby increased in number to that extent; and all laws and parts of laws in conflict herewith are suspended for this purpose only: Provided, That from and after the passage of this Act no pension shall

Proviso.

Pension to cease.

be paid to the said George S. Greene, but this proviso shall be no bar to any claims for pension that the widow or children or other heirs of said George S. Greene may have after his decease.

Received by the President, July 20, 1894.
[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. 185: For the relief of William B. Chapman, George W. Street, John W. Hoes, Emmet C. Tuthill, and Joseph H. Curtis. Chapter 185 28 Stat. 994 1894-08-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private 994FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 185–187. 1894.

CHAP. 185.—
An Act For the relief of William B. Chapman, George W. Street, John W. Hoes, Emmet C. Tuthill, and Joseph H. Curtis.

August 1, 1894

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

Honorable discharges to William B. Chapman, George W. Street, John W. Hoes, Emmet C. Tuthill, and Joseph H. Curtis.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to revoke so much of Special Orders numbered two hundred and twenty-nine, Headquarters Department of Virginia and North Carolina, dated August twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, as dismissed First Lieutenant William B. Chapman, First Lieutenant George W. Street, First Lieutenant John W. Hoes, First Lieutenant Emmet O. Tuthill, and First Lieutenant Joseph H. Curtis, Third New York Infantry Volunteers, from the service of the United States, and to issue to each of these officers a certificate of honorable discharge as of the date of the order of

Proviso.

No additional pay, etc.

dismissal: Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to allow to any officer named therein, or his heirs, any pay or allowances to which said officer would not have been entitled if he had been honorably discharged on August twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Approved, August 1, 1894.
Chap. 186: To pension the minor children of Alfred Phipps. Chapter 186 28 Stat. 994 1894-08-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 186.—
An Act To pension the minor children of Alfred Phipps.

August 1, 1894

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

Alfred Phipps.

Pension to minor children.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the names of John T. Phipps, Bertha L. Phipps, Mary M. Phipps, Alfred J. Phipps, and Florence H. Phipps, orphan minor children of Alfred Phipps, Company A, Twelfth Maryland Infantry, upon the pension roll of the United States, subject to the limitations and provisions of the

Vol. 26, p. 182.

Act June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, as if no widow had survived, until they shall respectively arrive at the age of sixteen years.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to

Payment to guardian.

 pay to the lawfully appointed and qualified guardian of said children under the laws of the State of Maryland the pensions hereby authorized to be paid.
Approved, August 1, 1894.
Chap. 187: To authorize a corrected patent to be issued for the donation laud claim of Wheelock Simmons and wife. Chapter 187 28 Stat. 994 1894-08-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 187.—
An Act To authorize a corrected patent to be issued for the donation laud claim of Wheelock Simmons and wife.

August 1, 1894

. Whereas in the patent issued to Wheelock Simmons and Lucinda

Preamble.

 Simmons, his wife, dated April twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, for their donation land claim, in the county of Washington, in the State of Oregon, a mistake was made in the description of the lands intended to be confirmed to them thereby, and the boundary lines thereof, as given in said patent, do not connect; and Whereas it has been held by the Secretary of the Interior that such mistake can not now be corrected without authority from Congress: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Wheelock Simmons and wife.

Corrected patent issued for donation land claim in Oregon.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be issued to said Wheelock Simmons and wife a corrected patent, to show upon its face that it is issued in lieu of the patent heretofore issued to them, for the lauds described in a special plat of a survey of their donation land claim approved November eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and certified by the surveyor-general of Oregon to the local land office August eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty seven, described as FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 187, 188, 203. 1894.995 follows, to wit: Beginning at a point five and five one-hundredths chains west and fifteen and sixty-five one hundredths chains north from the northeast corner of section one, township one south, range three west; thence west forty chains; thence south fifty-nine degrees, west twenty-four chains; thence south twenty-five degrees, west twenty and thirteen one-hundredths chains; thence south thirty degrees thirty minutes, east forty-eight and twenty-five one-hundredths chains; thence east twenty-six and fifteen one-hundredths chains; thence south one and seventy-five one-hundredths chains; thence east fifty-eight and eighty-five one-hundredths chains; thence north fifty-seven and seventy-five one-hundredths chains; thence west thirty-nine and ninety-three one-hundredths chains; thence north fifteen and sixty-five one-hundredths chains to the place of beginning: to be divided between husband and wife, as in the original patent, and that said patent shall have the same force and effect as to the title of all purchasers and grantees of any portion of said land claim from said patentees, or either of them, as if the same had been executed and delivered at the date of the execution of said patent, dated April twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
Approved, August 1, 1894.
Chap. 188: To place Dunbar R. Ransom on the retired list of the Army. Chapter 188 28 Stat. 995 1894-08-01 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 188.—
An Act To place Dunbar R. Ransom on the retired list of the Army.

August 1, 1894

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

Dunbar R. Ransom.

May be appointed on Amy 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 Dunbar R. Ransom, late captain in the Third Artillery of the Army, a captain in the Army, and to place him on the unlimited retired list.

Received by the President, July 20, 1894.
[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. 203: For the relief of Andrew Gray. Chapter 203 28 Stat. 995 1894-08-03 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 203.—
An Act For the relief of Andrew Gray.

August 3, 1894

. Whereas the commission duly appointed under the Act of Congress

Preamble.

Vol. 26, p.658.

 approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, recommended the reinstatement and approval for patents of the homestead entry of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section twenty-two, and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-three, in township numbered twenty-three north, of range numbered twelve west, of Mount Diablo meridian, in the State of California, made by Andrew Gray on October ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, upon which he has continuously resided ever since, and has made improvements thereon worth more than four thousand dollars; and Whereas said entry was erroneously canceled by the Commissioner of the General Land Office on September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, for conflict with the boundaries of the Round Valley Indian Reservation as defined by the Act of Congress approved

Vol. 17, p.634.

 March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, subsequent to said entry; and ‘ 996FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 203–205, 216. 1894. Whereas said Indian reservation has been reduced under said Act of eighteen hundred and ninety, so that the land covered by said entry is not within its limits; and Whereas the Secretary of the Interior declined to approve said recommendation on the ground that he had no authority to reinstate

Vol. 26, p. 659.

said entry, because the third section of said Act of eighteen hundred and ninety provided for the sale of said tract: Now, therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Andrew Gray.

May complete homestead entry. Round Valley Reservation, Cal.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause said entry to be reinstated and allow the entrymen to make due proof of his compliance with the requirements of the homestead law, upon which patent may issue as in other cases.
Approved, August 3, 1894.
Chap. 204: For the relief Charles T. Russell. Chapter 204 28 Stat. 996 1894-08-03 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 204.—
An Act For the relief Charles T. Russell.

August 3, 1894

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

Charles T. Russell.

Payment to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and instructed to pay, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Charles T. Russell, of Connecticut, late consul at Liverpool, England, three thousand one hundred dollars, being the sum actually and necessarily expended by him in the shipping department of that office.
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized

Offset to claim.

 and directed to apply the amount named in this bill to cancel and offset any claim, or so much thereof as the United States may have against the said Charles T. Russell, for any indebtedness due from him upon an unsettled account while consul as aforesaid.
Approved, August 3, 1894.
Chap. 205: To remove charge of desertion standing against Oliver O’Brien. Chapter 205 28 Stat. 996 1894-08-03 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 205.—
An Act To remove charge of desertion standing against Oliver O’Brien.

August 3, 1894

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

Oliver O’Brien.

Charge of desertion removed.
That the Secretary of the Navy of the United States be, and he is hereby, directed to so amend the record of Oliver O’Brien as to remove the charge of desertion:

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

Provided, That no pay or emolument shall accrue by reason of this Act or pension prior to this date.
Approved, August 3, 1894.
Chap. 216: Granting a pension to Frances Corse, widow of General John M. Corse. Chapter 216 28 Stat. 996 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 216.—
An Act Granting a pension to Frances Corse, widow of General John M. Corse.

August 4, 1894

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

Frances Corse.

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 general pension laws, the name of Mrs. Frances Corse, widow of the late Brevet-Major-General John M. Corse, at the rate of one hundred dollars per month.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 217: To pension Mary E. Trickey. Chapter 217 28 Stat. 997 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 217–221. 1894.997

CHAP. 217.—
An Act To pension Mary E. Trickey.

August 4, 1894

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

Mary E. Trickey.

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 approved

Vol. 26, p. 182.

 June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, the name of Mary E. Trickey, as widow of Hartwell M. Trickey, late of Company 1, One hundred and sixth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 218: Granting a pension to Margaret English. Chapter 218 28 Stat. 997 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 218.—
An Act Granting a pension to Margaret English.

August 4, 1894

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

Margaret English.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Margaret English, widow of William English, alias William Quinn, late of Company A, Ninety-fifth New York Infantry Volunteers, and to pay her a pension subject to the provisions and limitations of the Act approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen

Vol. 26, p. 182.

 hundred and ninety.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 219: Granting an increase of pension to Eliza K. Starr. Chapter 219 28 Stat. 997 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 219.—
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eliza K. Starr.

August 4, 1894

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

Eliza K. Starr.

Pension increased.
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 Eliza K. Starr, widow of Samuel H. Starr, late colonel Fifth New Jersey Volunteers and major and brevet colonel Sixth United States Cavalry, and pay her a pension at the rate of twenty-five dollars a month in lieu of her present pension.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 220: Granting a pension to Harriet T. Vosburgh. Chapter 220 28 Stat. 997 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 220.—
An Act Granting a pension to Harriet T. Vosburgh.

August 4, 1894

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

Harriet T. Vosburgh.

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 Harriet T. Vosburgh, mother of George W. Jarvis, late of Company I, Twenty-first Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension from the passage of this Act.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 221: Granting a pension to Washington Hislop. Chapter 221 28 Stat. 997 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 221.—
An Act Granting a pension to Washington Hislop.

August 4, 1894

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

Washington Hislop.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and instructed to place on the pension roll, subject to the conditions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Washington Hislop, late of the Marengo Light Guards, Indiana Legion, at a rate proportionate to the degree of disability from such gunshot wound of the forehead as may be shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior to have been incurred in an engagement with the enemy during the Morgan raid.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 222: Granting a pension to Celestin P. Hartt. Chapter 222 28 Stat. 998 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private 998FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 222–225. 1894.

CHAP. 222.—
An Act Granting a pension to Celestin P. Hartt.

August 4, 1894

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

Celestia P. Hartt.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Celestia P. Hartt, widow of Samuel T. Hartt, late naval constructor, and allow her a pension equal to that allowed officers in the Navy of the grade of captain.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 223: For the relief of Benjamin F. Poteet. Chapter 223 28 Stat. 998 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 223.—
An Act For the relief of Benjamin F. Poteet.

August 4, 1894

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

Benjamin F. Poteet.

Payment to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Benjamin F. Poteet, of Nebraska, one hundred and twenty-three dollars and sixty-eight cents, out of any moneys in the Treasury to the credit of the Sac and Fox Indians, the same being a repayment of amount wrongfully and by mistake collected from him in excess of contract price for laud purchased.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 224: For the relief of William Hendershott, of Butteville, Oregon. Chapter 224 28 Stat. 998 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 224.—
An Act For the relief of William Hendershott, of Butteville, Oregon.

August 4, 1894

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

William Hendershott.

Patent to issue for donation land claim, Oregon.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, directed, on application of William Hendershott, of Marion County, Oregon, and on proof being made by the said Hendershott to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior that the land hereinafter described was, in November, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, filed upon at the Oregon

Vol. 9, p. 406.

 City land office, in the State of Oregon, as a donation land claim under the Act of Congress approved September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty, by Louis Forcier; that he resided upon and cultivated the same for four consecutive years; that he proffered final proof to said land office in eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, and that such proof was rejected for the reason that he could not establish the fact that he was a citizen of the United States; and further, that he, William Hendershott, was a purchaser in good faith of said premises by mesne conveyances from said Louis Forcier, and that he is in possession of and has made valuable improvements thereon, to issue to him, the said William Hendershott, his heirs and assigns, a patent for the following-described pieces and parcels of land, to wit: Lots one, two, three, and four in section twenty-one, township four south, of range one west of the Willamette meridian, containing ninety-seven acres, in the Oregon City land district, in the county of Marion and State of Oregon.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 225: To remove the charge of desertion from the record of Andrew L. Grugett as a former member of Company E, Sixth Tennessee Cavalry, in the war of the rebellion, and to grant him an honorable discharge therefrom. Chapter 225 28 Stat. 998 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 225.—
An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the record of Andrew L. Grugett as a former member of Company E, Sixth Tennessee Cavalry, in the war of the rebellion, and to grant him an honorable discharge therefrom.

August 4, 1894

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

Andrew L. Grugett.

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 Andrew L. Grugett as a former member FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 225, 229, 230, 239. 1894.999 of Company E, Sixth Tennessee Cavalry, in the war of the rebellion, and to grant him an honorable discharge therefrom: Provided, That

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

 no bounty, pay, or emoluments of any kind shall become due or payable by reason of the passage of this Act.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
Chap. 229: For the relief of James L. Townsend. Chapter 229 28 Stat. 999 1894-08-06 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 229.—
An Act For the relief of James L. Townsend.

August 6, 1894

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

James L. Townsend.

Military record corrected.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to correct the military record of James L. Townsend, late captain of Company B, Fourteenth Connecticut Volunteers, and to grant him an honorable discharge as of said company and regiment.
Approved, August 6, 1894.
Chap. 230: To exempt the property of the Young Men’s Christian Association of the District of Columbia from taxation. Chapter 230 28 Stat. 999 1894-08-06 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 230.—
An Act To exempt the property of the Young Men’s Christian Association of the District of Columbia from taxation.

August 6, 1894

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

Young Men’s Christian Association, D. C.

Property exempted from taxation.
That all property belonging to the Young Men’s Christian Association in the District of Columbia, used and occupied by that association, shall, so long as the same is so owned and occupied, be exempt from taxation, national and municipal: Provided, That where ground of said association is larger than is reasonably required for its use, or is not actually used for the legitimate

Proviso.

Exception.

 purposes of said association, or if said ground or buildings shall be used for private gain, such portion of said ground or buildings as shall not actually be used for the purposes of said association, or from which it derives a rent or income, such portion of the same, or a sum equal in value to such portion, shall be taxed against such association.
Approved, August 6, 1894.
Chap. 239: Granting an honorable discharge to Cyrus Payne. Chapter 239 28 Stat. 999 1894-08-08 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 239.—
An Act Granting an honorable discharge to Cyrus Payne.

August 8, 1894

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

Cyrus Payne.

Honorable discharge granted to.
That the President of the United States be, and is, authorized to cause to be revoked and set aside so much of “Special orders, numbered three hundred and ninety-eight, War Department, Adjutant-General’s Office, November fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,” as confirms so much of “Special orders, numbered two hundred and ninety-six, Headquarters Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, November first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,” as dismissed Lieutenant Cyrus Payne, Eighteenth Regiment New York Cavalry, for perpetrating frauds upon the Government, and then to cause to be revoked and set aside so much of “Special orders, numbered two hundred and ninety-six, Headquarters Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, November first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,” as dismissed said First Lieutenant Payne, Eighteenth New York Cavalry, and to cause to be issued to said Lieutenant Payne a certificate of honorable muster out of the service as of the date of the twenty-seventh day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. And said Cyrus

No pay, etc.

 Payne shall not, by reason of this Act, be entitled to any payor allowance subsequent to said last-named date.
Approved, August 8, 1894.
Chap. 240: To provide for the adjustment and payment of the claim of the American Transportation Company for dredging done at Fairport Harbor, in the State of Ohio. Chapter 240 28 Stat. 1000 1894-08-08 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private 1000FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 240, 241. 1894.

CHAP. 240.—
An Act To provide for the adjustment and payment of the claim of the American Transportation Company for dredging done at Fairport Harbor, in the State of Ohio.

August 8, 1894

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

American Transportation Company.

Payment of claim for dredging Fairport, Ohio.
That the Secretary of War lie, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to examine and adjust the claim of the American Transportation Company against the Government of the United States for dredging done at Fairport Harbor, in the State of Ohio, under a contract between said American Transportation Company and the United States, and determine what amount of dredging was done thereunder, the amount paid on account thereof, and the balance remaining unpaid, which balance he shall certify to the proper accounting officers for payment in the manner prescribed by law; and for the payment of said claim the sum of five thousand four hundred and thirty-four dollars and eighteen cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, August 8, 1894.
Chap. 241: For the relief of Charles B. Stivers. Chapter 241 28 Stat. 1000 1894-08-08 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 241.—
An Act For the relief of Charles B. Stivers.

August 8, 1894

. Whereas Charles B. Stivers, late captain in the Seventh United

Preamble.

States Infantry, was summarily and erroneously dismissed the service on the fifteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty three, by Special Orders, Numbered Three hundred and thirteen, by order of the then Secretary of War, which order of dismissal, upon proof being made to the War Department that an injustice had been inadvertently done the said officer, was revoked by order of the Secretary of War on August eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, by Special Orders, Numbered Three hundred and fifty-six, whereupon said Captain Stivers was restored to his rank in the Army and continued in honorable and faithful service therein until December thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, when, by a proper order from the War Department, after due examination, on account of long and faithful service and physical disability, he was placed upon the retired list of the Army; and” Whereas the said Charles B. Stivers was continued upon said retired list from the said date of his retirement until June first, eighteen hundred and ninety, when he was dropped from the same in pursuance of an order of the War Department made by reason of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States (One hundred and fourteenth United States Report, six hundred and nineteen) to the effect that the revocation by the President by an order of dismissal of an officer of the Army did not restore him to his former position in the service, but that such restoration could only legally be effected by an Act of Congress: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Charles B. Stivers.

May be appointed captain, Army retired list.
That the provisions of law regulating appointments in the Army by promotion in the line are hereby suspended for the purpose of this Act only, and only so far as they affect Charles B. Stivers; and the President of the United States is hereby authorized, in the exercise of his discretion and judgment, to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint said Charles B. Stivers, late a captain in the Seventh United States Infantry Regiment, to the same grade and rank of captain in the Army of the United States in the infantry service, and to place him on the retired list of the Army as of the date of December thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the retired list being thereby increased in number to that extent, with the pay of his grade and rank from said date the same as if he had never been considered out of the service since, his original entrance therein; such retired pay, however, having been heretofore duly and continuously received by said Charles B. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 241, 242, 247–249. 1894.1001 Stivers up to the first day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety, the same shall only be due and payable to him hereafter from the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, August 8, 1894.
Chap. 242: For the relief of Robert Travila for loss of carbine in late war. Chapter 242 28 Stat. 1001 1894-08-08 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 242.—
An Act For the relief of Robert Travila for loss of carbine in late war.

August 8, 1894

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

Robert Travila.

Payment to.

That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to settle with and, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, pay to Robert Travila, late of Company K, First United States Cavalry, the sum of seventy-five dollars and sixty cents, the amount overcharged him for loss of a carbine.

Received by the President, July 27, 1894.

[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: For the relief of Mrs. E. S. Luke, widow of John L. Luke, late a soldier in the Black Hawk war. Chapter 247 28 Stat. 1001 1894-08-09 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 247.—
An Act For the relief of Mrs. E. S. Luke, widow of John L. Luke, late a soldier in the Black Hawk war.

August 9, 1894

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

Mrs. E. S. Luke.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Mrs. E. S. Luke, of Clarksville, Pike County, Missouri, widow of John L. Luke, who served as a soldier in the Black Hawk war, and to pay her a pension of twenty dollars per month.
Approved, August 9, 1894.
Chap. 248: To remove the charge of desertion from the record of John A. Jack. Chapter 248 28 Stat. 1001 1894-08-09 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 248.—
An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the record of John A. Jack.

August 9, 1894

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

John A. Jack.

Charge of desertion removed.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove from the record of John A. Jack, late of Company I, One hundred and twenty-eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteers, any charge of desertion that may exist against him as a private in said company, and issue to him an honorable discharge, subject to the laws and regulations of the War Department: Provided, That no pay, bounty, or emoluments shall become due

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

 by virtue of the passage of this Act.
Approved, August 9, 1894.
Chap. 249: To pension Mrs. Eliza B. Peirce, widow of Charles Peirce, of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Chapter 249 28 Stat. 1001 1894-08-09 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 249.—
An Act To pension Mrs. Eliza B. Peirce, widow of Charles Peirce, of New Bedford, Massachusetts.

August 9, 1894

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

Eliza B. Peirce.

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 Eliza B. Peirce, widow of Charles Peirce, late of the ship Edward, Mexican war, and allow her a pension at the rate of eight dollars per month.
Approved, August 9, 1894.
Chap. 250: To remove the charge of desertion standing against Patrick Kelleher, late private Company C, Thirty-eighth Illinois Volunteers. Chapter 250 28 Stat. 1002 1894-08-09 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private 1002FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 250–252, 257, 258. 1894.

CHAP. 250.—
An Act To remove the charge of desertion standing against Patrick Kelleher, late private Company C, Thirty-eighth Illinois Volunteers.

August 9, 1894

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

Patrick Kelleher.

Granted honorable discharge.
That the Secretary of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to correct the military record of Patrick Kelleher, late a private of Company C, Thirty eighth Illinois Infantry, by removing the charge of desertion standing against his name and granting him an honorable discharge from said service:

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

Provided, That no pay or emolument shall accrue by reason of this Act, or pension paid to this date.
Approved, August 9, 1894.
Chap. 251: Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Susie Conway. Chapter 251 28 Stat. 1002 1894-08-09 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 251.—
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Susie Conway.

August 9, 1894

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

Susie Conway.

Pension increased.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Susie Conway, widow of Senior Lieutenant W. P. Conway, late of the United States Navy, and pay her a pension at the rate of thirty-five dollars per month, in lieu of the pension she is now allowed.
Approved, August 9, 1894.
Chap. 252: For the relief of George B. Cosby. Chapter 252 28 Stat. 1002 1894-08-09 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 252.—
An Act For the relief of George B. Cosby.

August 9, 1894

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

George B. Cosby.

Credit in accounts.
That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury in settling the accounts of George B. Cosby, late a first lieutenant in the second cavalry, United States Army, are hereby authorized and directed to credit him with the sum of one thousand three hundred and fifty-eight dollars, being the amount of his official draft in favor of John T. Shaaf, late a lieutenant in the United States Army, upon the assistant treasurer of the United States at New Orleans, Louisiana, on or about March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty, said check not having been honored or paid for the want of funds, occasioned by payment of forged checks by said assistant treasurer, for which said George B. Cosby was in no way responsible.
Approved, August 9, 1894.
Chap. 257: For the relief of George H. Jewett, of Arlington, Washington County, Nebraska. Chapter 257 28 Stat. 1002 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 257.—
An Act For the relief of George H. Jewett, of Arlington, Washington County, Nebraska.

August 11, 1894

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

George H. Jewett.

Payment to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to George H. Jewett the sum of seven hundred and thirty-four dollars, being the amount due him for material furnished and work done by him by an order from the military authorities at Fort Duchesne, Utah, in eighteen hundred and eighty-nine.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 258: Granting a pension to Otis Smith. Chapter 258 28 Stat. 1002 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 258.—
An Act Granting a pension to Otis Smith.

August 11, 1894

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

Otis Smith.

Pension increased.
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 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 258–262. 1891.1003 laws, the name of Otis Smith, of North Cambridge, Massachusetts, late a private in Company D, Twentieth Regiment Maine Volunteer Infantry, and that he receive a pension of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of that which he now receives.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 259: Granting an increase of pension to John Stockwell. Chapter 259 28 Stat. 1003 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 259.—
An Act Granting an increase of pension to John Stockwell.

August 11, 1894

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

John Stockwell.

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 John Stockwell, late of Company K, of the Seventy-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of thirty-six dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 260: To increase the pension of Mary P. Broughton. Chapter 260 28 Stat. 1003 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 260.—
An Act To increase the pension of Mary P. Broughton.

August 11, 1894

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

Mary P. Broughton.

Pension increased.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Mary P. Broughton by allowing her a rate of two dollars per month in addition to her present rate as widow of Wilbur F. Broughton, late of Company I, One hundred and twelfth Illinois Infantry, said increase being on account of Allie Dill Broughton, the permanently helpless daughter of the above-named soldier, and said increase of two dollars per month to continue to the widow only so long as said Allie Dill Broughton shall be in whole or in part supported by her, and in case of the death or remarriage of the widow the entire pension of fourteen dollars per month shall be continued and paid to said Allie Dill Broughton, or her legal guardian.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 261: To increase the pension of John Scott. Chapter 261 28 Stat. 1003 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 261.—
An Act To increase the pension of John Scott.

August 11, 1894

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

John Scott.

Pension increased.
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 John Scott, late a sergeant in Company A, One hundred and twenty-sixth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month for total disability (amputation) of left leg and gunshot wound of right leg, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 262: Granting a pension to Mrs. Lucinda C. Wheeler, widow of John H. Wheeler. Chapter 262 28 Stat. 1003 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 262.—
An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Lucinda C. Wheeler, widow of John H. Wheeler.

August 11, 1894

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

Lucinda C. Wheeler.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the 1004FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 262–266. 1894. pension roll the name of Mrs. Lucinda C. Wheeler, widow of John H. Wheeler, late private in Company L, Seventh Regiment Tennessee Cavalry, in the war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and grant her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month, subject, however, to the limitations of the pension laws.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 263: To correct the military record of Captain E. M. Ives. Chapter 263 28 Stat. 1004 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 263.—
An Act To correct the military record of Captain E. M. Ives.

August 11, 1894

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

Ed. M. Ives.

Military record corrected.
That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to amend the record of Captain Ed. M. Ives, late of Company A, Forty-second United States Colored Infantry, so as to state that his resignation was accepted January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 264: For the relief of Henry James, residing in the original Hot Springs reservation, in the State of Arkansas. Chapter 264 28 Stat. 1004 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 264.—
An Act For the relief of Henry James, residing in the original Hot Springs reservation, in the State of Arkansas.

August 11, 1894

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

Henry James.

Entry of lot, Hot Springs, Ark., authorized.
That Henry James, who has improved and resides upon lot four, in block one hundred and two, as designated by the survey and map made by the United States commissioners for the Hot Springs reservation, shall have the right to enter and pay for said lot at the land office in Little Rock, Arkansas, within ninety days next after the passage of this Act, at and for the sum of nine hundred dollars.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 265: To increase the pension of James Lane. Chapter 265 28 Stat. 1004 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 265.—
An Act To increase the pension of James Lane.

August 11, 1894

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

James Lane.

Pension increased.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of James Lane, late a member of Company I, Third Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, in the war of the United States with Mexico, from twelve dollars to twenty dollars per month.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 266: Granting a pension to George L. Frymire. Chapter 266 28 Stat. 1004 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 266.—
An Act Granting a pension to George L. Frymire.

August 11, 1894

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

George L. Frymire.

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 George L. Frymire, a permanently helpless son of William C. Frymire, late a member of Company B, Fifty-sixth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 267: To pension Ambrose Giseburt. Chapter 267 28 Stat. 1005 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 267–270. 1894.1005

CHAP. 267.—
An Act To pension Ambrose Giseburt.

August 11, 1894

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

Ambrose Giseburt.

Pension.
That, the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the name of Ambrose Giseburt, of Company K, Thirty-third Regiment of enrolled Missouri Militia, at a rate proportionate to the degree of disability from injury to right hip and right shoulder: Provided,

Proviso.

Condition.

 Said injury be shown to the satisfaction of the Pension Bureau to have been incurred in an engagement with armed enemies of the United States.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 268: To pension Joel A. Walters. Chapter 268 28 Stat. 1005 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 268.—
An Act To pension Joel A. Walters.

August 11, 1894

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

Joel A. Walters.

Pension.
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 Joel A. Walters, of unsound mind, and son of James E. Watters, late a private in Company C, Fifty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, said pension to be paid his lawfully appointed guardian.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 269: To increase the pension of Julia Bews. Chapter 269 28 Stat. 1005 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 269.—
An Act To increase the pension of Julia Bews.

August 11, 1894

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

Julia Bews.

Pension increased.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Julia Bews, under certificate forty-eight thousand two hundred and sixty-one, by allowing a rate of two dollars per month in addition to her present rate as widow of Alexander Bews, late of Company A, Sixteenth Regiment New York Volunteers, and Company H, Eighty-third Regiment New York Volunteers, said increase being on account of Margaret Bews, the permanently helpless daughter of the above-named soldier, and said increase of two dollars per month to continue to the widow only so long as said Margaret Bews shall be in whole or in part supported by her, and in case of death or remarriage of the widow the entire pension of fourteen dollars per month shall be continued and paid to said Margaret Bews or her legal guardian.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 270: To pension Thankful Robbins. Chapter 270 28 Stat. 1005 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 270.—
An Act To pension Thankful Robbins.

August 11, 1894

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

Thankful Bobbins.

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 Thankful Robbins, and to pay her a pension of twelve dollars per month, as the foster mother of George E. Squires, late private Company C, One hundred and twelfth New York Volunteers.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 271: To pension Mary Trimble. Chapter 271 28 Stat. 1006 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private 1006FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 271–275. 1894.

CHAP. 271.—
An Act To pension Mary Trimble.

August 11, 1894

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

Mary Trimble.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Mary Trimble, the permanently helpless daughter of Benjamin Trimble, junior, late a private in Nevins Independent Battery, Light Artillery, Pennsylvania Volunteers, subject to the

Vol. 20, p. 182.

limitations and provisions of the Act approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 272: Granting a pension to Sarah Oddy. Chapter 272 28 Stat. 1006 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 272.—
An Act Granting a pension to Sarah Oddy.

August 11, 1894

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

Sarah Oddy.

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 June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, the name of Sarah Oddy, of Eldorado, Butler County, State of Kansas, widow of William Oddy, deceased, late of First Battery Colorado Volunteer Light

Proviso.

Dependence.

Vol. 20, p. 182.

Artillery: Provided, That proof of dependence under Act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, shall be furnished to the pension Office.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 273: Granting a pension to Mary Ann Donoghue. Chapter 273 28 Stat. 1006 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 273.—
An Act Granting a pension to Mary Ann Donoghue.

August 11, 1894

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

Mary Ann Donoghue.

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 Mary Ann Donoghue, widow of Timothy Donoghue, late of Company F, Fourth Regiment United States Infantry, and allow her a pension rated at eight dollars per month.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 274: Granting a pension to A. F. Neely. Chapter 274 28 Stat. 1006 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 274.—
An Act Granting a pension to A. F. Neely.

August 11, 1894

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

A. F. Neely.

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 A. F. Neely, late private, Company B, Second Kansas Militia, who was wounded in the right thigh at the battle of the Blue, said A. F. Neely to be paid a pension proportionate to the degree of his disability from gunshot wounds of right thigh, incurred in said engagement, and disabilities resulting therefrom.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 275: To pension Harriet R. Tate. Chapter 275 28 Stat. 1006 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 275.—
An Act To pension Harriet R. Tate.

August 11, 1894

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

Harriot R. Tate.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 275–277, 286. 1894.1007 pension roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the general pension laws, at the rate of twelve dollars per month, the name of Harriet R. Tate, widow of William S. Tate, late a private in Company L Thirteenth Regiment Indiana Cavalry.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 276: For the relief of Walter S. McLeod. Chapter 276 28 Stat. 1007 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 276.—
An Act For the relief of Walter S. McLeod.

August 11, 1894

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

Walter S. McLeod.

Credit in accounts.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to adjust and audit the account of Walter S. McLeod, late farmer and special disbursing agent of the Medawakanton band of Sioux in Minnesota, and remove the suspensions in his account, by the Second Comptroller of the Treasury, on account of expenditures made by him, not to exceed the sum of one thousand five hundred and fifty-six dollars and sixty-six cents, disbursed subsequent to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, when the money appropriated by Act of Congress May

Vol. 24, p. 39.

 fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, was no longer legally disbursable: Provided, That it shall appear to the satisfaction of the

Proviso.

Purchases.

 Secretary of the Treasury that the money was expended in purchasing goods for said Indians, and that they received the benefits thereof.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 277: To reimburse E. H. Nebeker, late Treasurer of the United States. Chapter 277 28 Stat. 1007 1894-08-11 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 277.—
An Act To reimburse E. H. Nebeker, late Treasurer of the United States.

August 11, 1894

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

E. H. Nebeker.

Reimbursement, shortage in Treasurer’s office.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to E. H. Nebeker, late Treasurer of the United States, the sum of one thousand dollars, to reimburse the said Nebeker for the payment of said sum to the chief of the redemption division of the Treasury, on May the twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to make good a shortage of that amount in the cash of the redemption division of the Treasurer’s office, caused by the loss of one one-thousand-dollar Treasury note belonging to a remittance (case numbered twenty-five thousand one hundred and sixty-two) of eighty-seven thousand dollars from the assistant treasurer of the United States at New York, which was counted, assorted, and reported correct by Mrs. C. V. Millar, counter, on the twenty-eighth of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, but found to be short as aforesaid when recounted in the offices of the Secretary and Register, and the said sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, August 11, 1894.
Chap. 286: For the relief of Benjamin Alford. Chapter 286 28 Stat. 1007 1894-08-13 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 286.—
An Act For the relief of Benjamin Alford.

August 13, 1894

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

Benjamin Alford.

Payment to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Benjamin Alford the sum of seventy-nine and twenty one-hundredths dollars, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, which sum is hereby appropriated, and made immediately available therefor.
Approved, August 13, 1894.
Chap. 291: For the relief of Louis Pelham. Chapter 291 28 Stat. 1008 1894-08-15 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private 1008FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 291–293. 1894.

CHAP. 291.—
An Act For the relief of Louis Pelham.

August 15, 1894

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

Louis Pelham.

Payment to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, directed to pay to Louis Pelham, a citizen of New Harmony, in the State of Indiana, the sum of three thousand dollars, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, for money wrongfully paid out by and collected from him on the said fifth day of September, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, under certain confiscation proceedings against the property of Henry Pelham in the district court of the United States, in the State of Indiana; the sum of money mentioned having been illegally taken and collected from him by the marshal of the United States for said district court of Indiana upon the sale of a certain promissory note for seven thousand dollars, executed on the first day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, due four years after date, payable to said Henry Pelham, and sold upon a venditioni exponas under a libel of information in said district court to the said Louis Pelham, when in fact the marshal of said district had not under the mandate of the writ of monition attached the said note, nor had he seized the same, nor had it ever been in his custody from the commencement to the end of the proceedings thereon. The said note had not been at any time within the jurisdiction of said district court, and the said note was not at the time of the sale of the same, nor at the time of paying the said sum of money to the said marshal as the purchaser thereof by the said Louis Pelham, nor at any time thereafter by the marshal of said district court delivered to him, nor did he acquire any title whatsoever to said note under said proceedings.
Approved, August 15, 1894.
Chap. 292: Granting a pension to Amanda J. Lane. Chapter 292 28 Stat. 1008 1894-08-15 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 292.—
An Act Granting a pension to Amanda J. Lane.

August 15, 1894

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

Amanda J. Lane.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate of ten dollars per month, the name of Amanda J. Lane, dependent and permanently helpless sister of John M. Lane, late a member of Company F, One hundred and thirty-first Regiment Illinois Volunteer In fan try.
Approved, August 15, 1894.
Chap. 293: For the relief of the owners of the schooner Henry R. Tilton, and of personal effects thereon. Chapter 293 28 Stat. 1008 1894-08-15 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 293.—
An Act For the relief of the owners of the schooner Henry R. Tilton, and of personal effects thereon.

August 15, 1894

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

“Henry R. Tilton.”

Payment to owners for loss of schooner.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to ascertain as soon as practicable what was the reasonable value of the schooner Henry R. Tilton and the proportion thereof belonging to each of her several owners at the time she was sunk by a deflected projectile from a gun on the United States proving grounds at Sandy Hook on or about the ninth, day of July, eighteen hundred and ninety-two; and he shall, in like manner, ascertain what was the reasonable value of the personal effects of each of the several officers and sailors on the said schooner at the time of her sinking as aforesaid; and he shall report to the Secretary of the Treasury the several amounts so ascertained; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the owners of the said schooner the value thereof so ascertained and reported as herein prescribed: FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 293–297. 1894.1009 Provided, That the aggregate amount so reported as the value of said

Proviso.

Amount.

 schooner does not exceed ten thousand dollars, less the amount of the net proceeds of the sale of the schooner; and he shall pay to the

Loss of personal effects.

 officers and crew of said schooner the several sums so ascertained to have been the value of their personal effects lost: Provided, That the

Limit.

 aggregate of the said several sums shall not exceed one thousand dollars: Provided further, That all and each of said several amounts shall

Receipts in full.

 be received by the persons herein described in full satisfaction of all their claims against the United States on account of the loss of the said schooner Henry R. Tilton.
Approved, August 15, 1894.
Chap. 294: To correct the naval record, of James Fay and grant him an honorable discharge. Chapter 294 28 Stat. 1009 1894-08-15 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 294.—
An Act To correct the naval record, of James Fay and grant him an honorable discharge.

August 15, 1894

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

James Fay.

Granted honorable discharge.
That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to correct the record of James Fay, late a landsman and fireman on board the United States steamship Shamrock, of the North Atlantic Squadron, and grant him an honorable discharge to date from August sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five: Provided, That no pension, back pay, bounty, or any

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

 other allowance shall be paid to said Fay by virtue of this Act.
Approved, August 15, 1894.
Chap. 295: Granting a pension to Rebecca H. Chambers. Chapter 295 28 Stat. 1009 1894-08-15 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 295.—
An Act Granting a pension to Rebecca H. Chambers.

August 15, 1894

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

Rebecca H. Chambers.

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 Rebecca H. Chambers, she being the only sister of Archer S. Harmon, late of Company B, Ninety-third Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, who died unmarried in said service.
Approved, August 15, 1894.
Chap. 296: For the relief of James E. North. Chapter 296 28 Stat. 1009 1894-08-15 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 296.—
An Act For the relief of James E. North.

August 15, 1894

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

James E. North.

Payment to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to James E. North, of the State of Nebraska, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred and eighty-nine dollars and eleven cents, due him from the United States for services as collector of internal revenue for the district of Nebraska, from the fourth day of November to the thirteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, inclusive.
Approved, August 15, 1894.
Chap. 297: To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay John T. Heard for professional services rendered the “Old Settlers” or Western Cherokee Indians out of the funds of said Indians. Chapter 297 28 Stat. 1009 1894-08-15 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 297.—
An Act To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay John T. Heard for professional services rendered the “Old Settlers” or Western Cherokee Indians out of the funds of said Indians.

August 15, 1894

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

John T. Heard.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to John 1010FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 297, 298, 303. 1894. T. Heard, for professional services rendered, out of any moneys appropriated or to be appropriated

Payment to, for professional services, “Old Settlers” Cherokee Indiana.

 by Congress for the “Old Settlers” or Western Cherokee Indians, by reason of a judgment rendered Juno sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, by the Court of Claims, in favor of the “Old Settlers” or Western Cherokee Indians, in case numbered sixteen thousand five hundred and ninety-nine, for certain moneys and lands due, arising from or growing out of certain treaty

Ante, p. 451.

stipulations or Acts of Congress, amounting to eight hundred thousand three hundred and eighty six dollars and thirty-one cents, in compliance with the mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States, the sum of ten thousand dollars, or such part thereof, if any, as shall remain of the thirty-five per centum set apart by resolution in various councils of said “Old Settlers” or Western Cherokee Indians, for the expense of the prosecution of said claim, after the ascertainment and determination of the amount of such fees and charges and other claims as are

Proviso.

Examination.

properly chargeable against said thirty-five per centum: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall first determine that the said professional services were rendered to said “Old Settlers” or Western Cherokee Indians, and were contracted for in good faith by persons authorized to represent said Indians.
Approved, August 15, 1894.
Chap. 298: To authorize the appointment of James William Abert to the retired list of the Army. Chapter 298 28 Stat. 1010 1894-08-17 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 298.—
An Act To authorize the appointment of James William Abert to the retired list of the Army.

August 17, 1894

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

James William Abert.

May be appointed major, Army retired list.

That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint James William Abert to the Army of the United States, and to place said Abert on the retired list thereof with the rank of major of engineers.

Received by the President, August 6, 1894.

[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. 303: Granting a pension to Nettie N. Seaver. Chapter 303 28 Stat. 1010 1894-08-20 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 303.—
An Act Granting a pension to Nettie N. Seaver.

August 20, 1894

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

Nettie N. Seaver.

Pension.

Post, p. 1027.

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 Nettie N, Seaver, widow of Henry T. Seaver, late a private in Company K, Fourth Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry.

Received by the President, August 8, 1894.

[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. 304: To amend an Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Voss. Chapter 304 28 Stat. 1011 1894-08-20 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 304–306. 1894. 1011

CHAP. 304.—
An Act To amend an Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Voss.

August 20, 1894

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

Elizabeth Voss.

Pension.

Vol. 27, p. 833.

Post, p. 1019.

That, the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, entitled “An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Voss,” be, and hereby is amended to read as follows: “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Elizabeth Voss, formerly the widow of Jacob Mann, late of Company A, Sixteenth Regiment Iowa Infantry,

To date from former act.

to take effect from date of said former Act.”

Received by the President, August 8, 1894.

[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. 305: Granting a pension to Eliza Holmes. Chapter 305 28 Stat. 1011 1894-08-20 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 305.—
An Act Granting a pension to Eliza Holmes.

August 20, 1894

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

Eliza Holmes.

Pension.

That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the name of Eliza Holmes, widow of John Holmes, deceased, late of Company A, Seventy-ninth Regiment New York Volunteers, and whose pension claim is numbered thirteen thousand five hundred and thirteen.

Received by the President, August 8, 1894.

[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. 306: To perfect the military record of Warren Alonzo Alden. Chapter 306 28 Stat. 1011 1894-08-20 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 306.—
An Act To perfect the military record of Warren Alonzo Alden.

August 20, 1894

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

Warren Alonzo Alden.

Military record corrected.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to enter the name of Warren Alonzo Alden upon the roll of Company H of the Ninety-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with a statement of the fact that he faithfully served the United States in said organization, commencing August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and continuing until January fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.
Sec. 2.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized

Second enlistment.

and required to complete the record as to the services of Warren Alonzo Alden in Company C, Fourth Independent Battalion Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, in which be served from July tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, until October tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three: Provided, That no payor allowance accrue on account of the passage of

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

 this Act.

Received by the President, August 8, 1894.

[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. 321: Granting a pension to Maria Hall, widow of Joseph E. Doak, deceased. Chapter 321 28 Stat. 1012 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private 1012FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 321–324. 1894.

CHAP. 321.—
An Act Granting a pension to Maria Hall, widow of Joseph E. Doak, deceased.

August 23, 1894

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

Maria Hall.

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 Maria Hall, widow of Joseph E. Doak, deceased, late a private in Captain Renshaw’s company of Tennessee militia from December sixth, eighteen hundred and twelve, to April twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirteen, and from September twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and thirteen, to December tenth, eighteen hundred and thirteen.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 322: Providing for reconveyance by District Commissioners of certain lauds to Andrew J. Curtis and Mary E. Curtis. Chapter 322 28 Stat. 1012 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 322.—
An Act Providing for reconveyance by District Commissioners of certain lauds to Andrew J. Curtis and Mary E. Curtis.

August 23, 1894

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

Andrew J. Curtis and Mary E. Curtis.

Reconveyance of land in District of Columbia.
That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, directed to reconvey by a suitable deed of conveyance or quitclaim to Andrew J. Curtis and Mary E. Curtis, their heirs and assigns, all the right, title, and interest of the District of Columbia in and to all that lot or parcel of land fully described and acquired in a deed from Andrew J. Curtis and Mary E. Curtis to the said District of Columbia on the tenth day of September, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and recorded in liber sixteen hundred and thirty-eight, folio two hundred and ninety-four of the land records of the District of Columbia.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 323: For the relief of Marlin Parks. Chapter 323 28 Stat. 1012 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 323.—
An Act For the relief of Marlin Parks.

August 23, 1894

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

Marlin Parks.

Granted honorable discharge.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to revoke the order of dismissal of Marlin Parks, late first lieutenant Company B, Eleventh West Virginia Volunteers, and issue to him an honorable discharge from the service of the United States, to date the eighteenth day of November, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 324: For the relief of B. D. Greene. Chapter 324 28 Stat. 1012 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 324.—
An Act For the relief of B. D. Greene.

August 23, 1894

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

B. D. Greene.

Payment to, as bondsman of George E. Ward.
That the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to B. D. Greene, bondsman of George E. Ward, who shall tile the proper vouchers for money advanced or labor and materials furnished in and about the work of improvement on the Rappahannock River during the year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of one thousand nine hundred and sixteen dollars and ninety-seven cents, being the amount due George. E. Ward by the Government, which said sum shall be paid to the said B. D. Greene.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 325: Granting a pension to Henry C. Field. Chapter 325 28 Stat. 1013 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 325–327, 331. 1894.1013

CHAP. 325.—
An Act Granting a pension to Henry C. Field.

August 23, 1894

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

Henry C. Field.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Henry C. Field, dependent father of Daniel Field, late a private of Company H, Twenty-ninth Maine Regiment, and pay him a pension of twelve dollars per month.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 326: For the relief of Henry W. Lee. Chapter 326 28 Stat. 1013 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 326.—
An Act For the relief of Henry W. Lee.

August 23, 1894

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

Henry W. Lee.

Payment to, for services to Winnebago Indiana.
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to inquire into and determine what services were rendered by Henry W. Lee, now of Stevens Point, in the State of Wisconsin, to the Winnebago Indians, or to any bands or families thereof; whether such services were rendered at the request of or under any agreement with or acceptance of such Indians; whether such services were of utility and value to such Indians and deserving of compensation, and to fix upon the proper measure of the value of the same, not exceeding ten thousand dollars and over and above any sums of money which may have been paid to the said Lee on account thereof; and if he shall determine that the said Lee is justly and equitably entitled to any such sum or compensation as he shall so fix, then to deduct the same from the accounts to be paid and distributed to the

From Indian funds.

 stray bands of Winnebagoes in Wisconsin, or to such of them as he shall find were justly answerable, in such yearly installments or portions as he shall think fit, and to pay the same to said Lee, in full discharge of all his claims, notwithstanding that a formal contract was never made in accordance with the statute in such cases made and provided: Provided, That said stray bands, or a majority of the heads

Proviso.

Consent of Indians.

 of families thereof, shall give their consent to such payment in such manner as the Secretary shall direct.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 327: For the relief of Johanna Gleason. Chapter 327 28 Stat. 1013 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 327.—
An Act For the relief of Johanna Gleason.

August 23, 1894

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

Johanna Gleason.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Johanna Gleason, widow of Thomas Gleason, of Company A, Thirty-fifth New’ York Volunteers, on the pension roll and pay her a pension, subject to the provisions and limitations of the Act approved

Vol. 26, p. 182.

 June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
Chap. 331: Granting a pension to Jesse Davenport, of Company A, Second Regiment Oregon Mounted Volunteers, in Oregon Indian wars of eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six. Chapter 331 28 Stat. 1013 1894-08-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 331.—
An Act Granting a pension to Jesse Davenport, of Company A, Second Regiment Oregon Mounted Volunteers, in Oregon Indian wars of eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six.

August 24, 1894

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

Jesse Davenport.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Jesse Davenport, of Roseburg, Oregon, and late of Company A, commanded by Captain Edward Sheffield, Second 1014FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 331–335. 1894. Regiment Oregon Mounted Volunteers, commanded by Colonel John Kelsay, in the Oregon Indian wars of eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and pay him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.
Approved, August 24, 1894.
Chap. 332: Granting a pension to Hannah Welch. Chapter 332 28 Stat. 1014 1894-08-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 332.—
An Act Granting a pension to Hannah Welch.

August 24, 1894

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

Hannah Welch.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the

Vol. 26, p. 182.

pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the Act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, the name of Hannah Welch, widow of William Welch, late musician of Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.
Approved, August 24, 1894.
Chap. 333: To pension John Maholm, dependent father. Chapter 333 28 Stat. 1014 1894-08-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 333.—
An Act To pension John Maholm, dependent father.

August 24, 1894

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

John Maholm.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the restrictions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of John Maholm, dependent father of George Maholm, late of Company B, Seventieth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, in the war of the rebellion.
Approved, August 24, 1894.
Chap. 334: For the relief of Druzilla J. Rigg, of Macomb, Illinois. Chapter 334 28 Stat. 1014 1894-08-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 334.—
An Act For the relief of Druzilla J. Rigg, of Macomb, Illinois.

August 24, 1894

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

Druzilla J. Rigg.

Payment to, or pension due James Depoy.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to cause to be paid to Druzilla J. Rigg, of Macomb, Illinois, who is the daughter and only heir of James Depoy (who was second lieutenant in Company A in the Fifty-fourth Regiment of Ohio Infantry in the war of the rebellion, to whom pension certificate numbered one hundred and fifty-eight thousand seven hundred and twenty-three was issued, and who died previous to the receipt by him of said certificate), the amount due upon said certificate at the time of the death of said James Depoy.
Approved, August 24, 1894.
Chap. 335: To pension Margaret A. Woods, widow of William W. Woods, late of Company E, Sixteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Chapter 335 28 Stat. 1014 1894-08-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 335.—
An Act To pension Margaret A. Woods, widow of William W. Woods, late of Company E, Sixteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry.

August 24, 1894

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

Margaret A. Woods.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the

Vol. 26, p. 182.

pension rolls, subject to the provisions and limitations of the Act approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, the name of Margaret A. Woods, widow of William W. Woods, late a member

Proviso.

Condition.

of Company E, Sixteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry: Provided, That in the event the soldier is found to be alive this pension shall cease.
Approved, August 24, 1894.
Chap. 336: For the relief of Mrs. Mary A. Menefee. Chapter 336 28 Stat. 1015 1894-08-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 336–340. 1894.1015

CHAP. 336.—
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Mary A. Menefee.

August 24, 1894

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

Mary A. Menefee.

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. Mary A. Menefee, widow of Richard Menefee, captain Company E, Eighth Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry, in the late war, as well as a private in Company K, Extra Battalion Missouri Volunteers, in war with Mexico, and allow her a pension at eight dollars per month from the date of the passage of this Act.
Approved, August 24, 1894.
Chap. 337: Granting a pension to Adaline J. Props. Chapter 337 28 Stat. 1015 1894-08-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 337.—
An Act Granting a pension to Adaline J. Props.

August 24, 1894

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

Adaline J. Props.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Adaline J. Props, widow of Lewis C. Props, a soldier in the Southern or Sabine war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and allow her a pension rated at eight dollars per month.
Approved, August 24, 1894.
Chap. 338: To grant a pension to Pauline J. Smith. Chapter 338 28 Stat. 1015 1894-08-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 338.—
An Act To grant a pension to Pauline J. Smith.

August 24, 1894

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

Pauline J. Smith.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roil, subject to the provisions and limitations of the Act of

Vol. 26, p. 182.

 June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, the name of Pauline J. Smith, permanently helpless daughter of Lewis C. Smith, late a private of Company G, Eighty-fifth Illinois Volunteers, and pay her a pension of twelve dollars per month.
Approved, August 24, 1894.
Chap. 339: For the relief of P. W. Mitchell, M. C. Felmet, George H. Smathers, and others. Chapter 339 28 Stat. 1015 1894-08-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 339.—
An Act For the relief of P. W. Mitchell, M. C. Felmet, George H. Smathers, and others.

August 24, 1894

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

Eastern Band Cherokee Indians.

Payment from funds of, to P. W. Mitchell, etc.
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay, out of any funds in the Treasury belonging to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, to the following persons, to wit: P. AV. Mitchell, one hundred and twenty-nine dollars; M. C. Felmet, one hundred and fifty dollars; George H. Smathers, seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents; David Blythe, thirty dollars; Jesse Reed, seven dollars; William Locust, seventeen dollars, and George French, five dollars.
Approved, August 24, 1894.
Chap. 340: To reimburse George C. Tanner, late consul, and so forth, the sum of two hundred dollars, paid by him for rent of rooms. Chapter 340 28 Stat. 1015 1894-08-25 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 340.—
An Act To reimburse George C. Tanner, late consul, and so forth, the sum of two hundred dollars, paid by him for rent of rooms.

August 25, 1894

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

George C. Tanner.

Payment to.
That the sum of two hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and that the same he paid to George C. Tanner, late consul at Verviers and Liege, for rent of rooms paid by him.
Sec. 2. That this Act shall be in force from its passage.
Approved, August 25, 1894.
Chap. 353: Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the heirs or legal representatives of C. P. Gooch certain money due him for carrying the mail. Chapter 353 28 Stat. 1016 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private 1016FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Chs. 353–355. 1894.

CHAP. 353.—
An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the heirs or legal representatives of C. P. Gooch certain money due him for carrying the mail.

August 27, 1894

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

C. P. Gooch.

Payment to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby, directed to pay to the heirs or legal representatives of C. P. Gooch the sum of sixty-five dollars, being balance due him for carrying the mail on route numbered eighty-two hundred and thirty-seven, in the State of Louisiana, from January first to March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
Chap. 354: Directing the issue of a duplicate of a lost check drawn by Captain W. H. Bixby, Engineers United States Army, at Newport, Rhode Island, in favor of Messrs. Hughes Brothers and Bangs. Chapter 354 28 Stat. 1016 1894-08-27 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 354.—
An Act Directing the issue of a duplicate of a lost check drawn by Captain W. H. Bixby, Engineers United States Army, at Newport, Rhode Island, in favor of Messrs. Hughes Brothers and Bangs.

August 27, 1894

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

Hughes Brothers and Bangs.

Duplicate check to issue to.
That Captain W. H. Bixby, Engineers United States Army, be, and is hereby, authorized and instructed to issue a duplicate of an original cheek under such regulations in regard to its issue and payment as have been prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for the issue of duplicate cheeks under the

R. S., sec. 3646, p. 717.

provisions of section thirty-six hundred and forty-six, Revised Statutes of the United States. Said duplicate check to take the place of an original check issued by said W. H. Bixby on September twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, upon the subtreasury at New York, in favor of Hughes Brothers and Bangs, for the sum of five thousand and eleven dollars and ninety-three cents, and numbered two hundred and fifty nine thousand and one, being for services in August, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, under their contract with the United States for work at Point Judith, Rhode Island, which check is alleged to have been lost in its transmission through the United States mail.
Approved, August 27, 1894.
Chap. 355: For the relief of S. E. Hallford, of Alabama. Chapter 355 28 Stat. 1016 1894-08-28 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private

CHAP. 355.—
An Act For the relief of S. E. Hallford, of Alabama.

August 28, 1894

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

S.E. Hallford.

Lands in Alabama reconveyed to.
That the title to the following-described lands within the county of Dale and State of Alabama, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section eighteen, township three, range twenty-six, and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section seven, township three, range twenty-six, and the west half of the southwest quarter, and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, and twenty acres of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, and the west half of the northeast quarter of southwest quarter, and southeast quarter of southwest quarter, and northeast quarter of southeast quarter, and twenty acres of northeast quarter, section twenty-one, township five, range twenty-four, which was bought by the United States at a sale made by the marshal of the middle division of said State, be divested out of the United States and be reinvested in the said S. E. Hallford as fully and completely as before the said sale.
Approved, August 28, 1894.

RESOLUTIONS.

 No. 2: Permitting Anson Mills, Colonel of Third Regiment United States Cavalry, to accept and exercise the functions of boundary commissioner on the part of the United States. Private Resolution 2 28 Stat. 1017 1893-12-12 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private [No. 2.]
Joint Resolution Permitting Anson Mills, Colonel of Third Regiment United States Cavalry, to accept and exercise the functions of boundary commissioner on the part of the United States.

December 12, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Anson Mills.

Appointment authorized as commissioner Mexican boundary.

Vol. 26, p. 1512.
That Anson Mills, Colonel Third Regiment United States Cavalry, having been nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate as a commissioner of the United States under the convention between the United States of America and the United States of Mexico concluded and signed by the contracting parties at the city of Washington March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, is hereby permitted to accept and exercise the functions of said office of commissioner: Provided, Said officer shall continue to

Proviso.

Allowance for pay.

 receive his emoluments in pay and allowances as Colonel in the Army while holding said office of commissioner the same as he would receive were he performing such duty under military orders and no other or additional pay or emoluments for his services as such commissioner.
Approved, December 12, 1893.
No. 11: Authorizing Major-General Oliver Otis Howard, United States Army, to accept from the President of the French Republic a diploma conferring the decoration of Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honor. Private Resolution 11 28 Stat. 1017 1894-03-09 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private [No. 11.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing Major-General Oliver Otis Howard, United States Army, to accept from the President of the French Republic a diploma conferring the decoration of Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honor.

March 9, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Oliver Otis Howard, U. S. Army.

May receive decoration from France.
That Major-General Oliver Otis Howard, of the United States Army, is hereby authorized to accept from the President of the French Republic a diploma conferring upon him the decoration of Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honor.
Approved, March 9, 1894.
No. 25: For the proper enrollment of Thomas R. Proctor in the Navy of the United States. Private Resolution 25 28 Stat. 1017 1894-05-07 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private [No. 25.]
Joint Resolution For the proper enrollment of Thomas R. Proctor in the Navy of the United States.

May 7, 1894

. Whereas, during the late war of eighteen hundred and sixty-one

Preamble.

 to eighteen hundred and sixty-five, under the law entitling every rear-admiral commanding a squadron of the Navy of the United States on actual sea service to a secretary, Thomas R. Proctor was duly appointed secretary to Acting Rear-Admiral George F. Pearson, United States Navy, commanding Pacific Squadron, and was, under the general regulations for the government of the Navy, recognized and declared to be a staff officer with the relative rank of lieutenant in the Navy, such general regulations having been formally recognized as the regulations (1017) 1018FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 25, 36, 41, 47. 1894. of the Navy by act of Congress approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two; and Whereas said Procter received the thanks of the Secretary of the Navy on December thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, for meritorious conduct: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Thomas R. Proctor.

Naval record corrected.
That said Thomas R. Proctor, who was secretary to said acting rear-admiral commanding the Pacific Squadron of the United States Navy on actual sea service, and who was duly appointed October first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and actually performed sea service during said war in such capacity until honorably discharged from the Navy December twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty six, shall be deemed and taken to have had the relative rank of a lieutenant on the active list in the Navy of the United States, and shall be so recorded in the Register of the Navy of the

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

United States: Provided, however, That such relative rank shall confer no claim whatever to any pay, allowances, pension, bounty, or other remuneration.
Approved, May 7, 1894.
No. 36: To permit Captain T. O. Selfridge, junior, United States Navy, to receive a decoration conferred upon him by the President of the Republic of France. Private Resolution 36 28 Stat. 1018 1894-07-18 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private [No. 36.]
Joint Resolution To permit Captain T. O. Selfridge, junior, United States Navy, to receive a decoration conferred upon him by the President of the Republic of France.

July 18, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Thomas O. Selfridge, jr.

May accept decoration from President of France.
That Captain Thomas O. Selfridge, junior, of the United States Navy, be, and is hereby, authorized to accept the cross of an officer of the national order of the Legion of Honor conferred upon him by the President of the Republic of France in recognition of the services rendered by that officer to the cause of science through his surveys of the Isthmus of Darien.
Approved, July 18, 1894.
No. 41: Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to approve a certain lease made in Polk County, Minnesota. Private Resolution 41 28 Stat. 1018 1894-08-04 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private [No. 41.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to approve a certain lease made in Polk County, Minnesota.

August 4, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Ray W. Jones.

Lease of lands in Minnesota by, authorized.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to approve, if in his discretion he deems the same proper and advisable and upon such terms and limitations as he may impose, that certain lease made and executed by Mon-Si-Moh, (commonly called Moose Dung) to Ray W. Jones of Lot (1) one in Section thirty-four (34) in Town one hundred and fifty-four (154) north of Range forty-three (43) west in the county of Polk and State of Minnesota, which said lease is now on file in the office of Indian Affairs.
Approved, August 4, 1894.
No. 47: For the relief of W. D. Mack, a clerk in the Record and Pension Division of the War Department. Private Resolution 47 28 Stat. 1018 1894-08-23 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private [No. 47.]
Joint Resolution For the relief of W. D. Mack, a clerk in the Record and Pension Division of the War Department.

August 23, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

W. D. Mack.

Sick leave allowed.
That William D. Mack, a clerk in the Record and Pension office, and a veteran of the late war, who lost both feet in a railroad accident while returning from the anniversary ceremonies of the battle of Gettysburg, on July fourth last, is

Vol. 27, p. 715.

hereby exempted from the operation of so much of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, making appropriations for legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Res. 47, 48. 1894.1019 ninety-four, as limits the amount of sick leave with pay that may be granted by heads of Departments, and that the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to said William D. Mack such

Salary.

 portion of his salary as has been withheld from September eleventh to October fourteenth (thirty four days) on account of injuries received in the said railroad accident.
Approved, August 23, 1894.
No. 48: To correct an error in the Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Voss.” Private Resolution 48 28 Stat. 1019 1894-08-24 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 2026-02-15 53 2 private [No. 48.]
Joint Resolution To correct an error in the Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Voss.”

August 24, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Elizabeth Voss.

Pension.
That H. R. 855 entitled “An Act to amend An Act granting a pension to Elizabeth Voss,” which has passed both branches of the present Congress and is now in the hands of the President of the United States, be amended and corrected by changing the word “eighty” therein to ninety, so that said Act shall

Error corrected.

Ante, p. 1011.

Vol. 27, p. 833.

 refer to the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three.
Approved, August 24, 1894.
53 3 1894 1895

PRIVATE ACTS OF THE FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS

of the

UNITED STATES,

 Passed at the third session, which was begun and held at the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday, the third day of December, 1891, and was adjourned without day on Saturday, the second day of March, 1895. Grover Cleveland, President; Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice-President; Isham G. Harris, President pro tempore of the Senate; M. W. Ransom was elected President pro tempore of the Senate January seventh, 1895; Isham G. Harris was elected President pro tempore of the Senate January tenth, 1895; Charles E. Crisp, Speaker of the House of Representatives; James D. Richardson was elected Speaker pro tempore January twenty-first, 1895; Mr. Crisp resumed the duties of Speaker January thirty-first, 1895. Chap. 2: Granting a pension to Mary Martin. Chapter 2 28 Stat. 1021 1894-12-10 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 2.—
An Act Granting a pension to Mary Martin.

December 10, 1894

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

Mary Martin.

 Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on

Pension.

 the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the Act of

Vol. 26, p. 182.

 June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, the name of Mary Martin, widow of William Martin, late of Company I, Fourth Regiment of Rhode Island Volunteers: Provided, That in the event the

Proviso.

 soldier returns this

Condition.

 pension shall cease.
Approved, December 10, 1894.
Chap. 4: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue a duplicate of a certain land warrant to Emma A. Ripley. Chapter 4 28 Stat. 1021 1894-12-13 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 4.—
An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue a duplicate of a certain land warrant to Emma A. Ripley.

December 13, 1894

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

Emma A. Ripley.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue to Emma A. Ripley

Land warrant to issue to.

 duplicate of one Porterfield land warrant issued in pursuance of the Act of Congress approved April eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty,

Vol. 12, p. 836.

 numbered sixty, for forty acres, upon satisfactory proof of ownership and loss of same, and the execution of a bond, with good and sufficient

Bond.

 sureties, in double the market value of the warrant so to be issued, to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, conditioned to indemnify the United States against the presentation by an innocent holder of the alleged lost warrant; and that said duplicate shall have all the legal force and effect as had the original.
Approved, December 13, 1894.
Chap. 5: For the relief of B. F. Berry. Chapter 5 28 Stat. 1021 1894-12-13 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 5.—
An Act For the relief of B. F. Berry.

December 13, 1894

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

B. F. Berry.
That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to issue to B. F. Berry, of Simpson County, Mississippi,

Patent to, for land in Mississippi.

 (1021) 1022FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 5, 13, 16, 17. 1894. a patent to the east half of the northwest quarter of section thirty-six, township two north, range two east, Choctaw meridian, situated in said Simpson County, Mississippi, conveying to said B. F. Berry the title of the United States to said land upon his payment or tender to Lloyd M. Kelley, of said county, of the sum of money paid by said Kelley into the land office at Jackson, Mississippi, for said land, on the twenty-third day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Approved, December 13, 1894.
Chap. 13: For the relief of the legal representatives of James C. Booth. Chapter 13 28 Stat. 1022 1894-12-27 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 13.—
An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of James C. Booth.

December 27, 1894

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

James C. Booth.

Payment to legal representatives.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay to the legal representatives of James C. Booth, deceased, late melter and refiner of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one thousand eight hundred and forty-one dollars and eighty-seven cents, in lull for the cost value of one thousand nine hundred and eighty ounces and twelve one-hundredths of an ounce of silver bullion, of standard fineness, deposited by him with the Superintendent of the Mint at Philadelphia to make good a deficiency of that amount of bullion in the accounts of the Mint for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, the same being the number of ounces of standard silver bullion contained in three bars missing from said Mint, supposed to have been stolen while in the charge of the melter and refiner, but for which safe storage could not be provided for want of vault capacity in the Mint.
Approved, December 27, 1894.
Chap. 16: To pension Mrs. Ann Bradford, mother of William K. Bradford. Chapter 16 28 Stat. 1022 1894-12-29 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 16.—
An Act To pension Mrs. Ann Bradford, mother of William K. Bradford.

December 29, 1894

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

Ann Bradford.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls the name of Ann Bradford, mother of William K. Bradford, late of Company B, Seventy-sixth Missouri Enrolled Militia Volunteers, and to pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.
Approved, December 29, 1894.
Chap. 17: For the relief of Dollie E. Vedder. Chapter 17 28 Stat. 1022 1894-12-29 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 17.—
An Act For the relief of Dollie E. Vedder.

December 29, 1894

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

Dollie E. Vedder.

Pension increased.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name of Dollie E. Vedder, widow of the late Captain Simon C. Vedder, of the Nineteenth Regiment, United States Army, on the pension roll, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, in lieu of the amount she now receives.
Approved, December 29, 1894.
Chap. 18: To correct the military record of Alexander P. Magaan, of Battery H, Fourth United States Artillery. Chapter 18 28 Stat. 1023 1895-01-03 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 18.—
An Act To correct the military record of Alexander P. Magaan, of Battery H, Fourth United States Artillery.

January 3, 1895

 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 18, 22, 30, 31. 1895. 1023 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Alexander P. Magaan.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the military record of Alexander F. Magaan, who enlisted as a private in Battery H, Fourth United States Artillery, on the eighth day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and stands charged with having deserted on the eighth day of September, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, to be corrected by removing said charge of desertion and granting an honorable discharge to said soldier, it appearing that he did not desert, but was absent with leave, sick, and was prevented ‘from returning on account of sickness: Provided, That no pay, bounty, or emoluments

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

shall become due by virtue of the passage of this Act.

Received by the President, December 22, 1894.

[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. 22: Granting a pension to Mary Palmer Banks, widow of Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks. Chapter 22 28 Stat. 1023 1895-01-09 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 22.—
An Act Granting a pension to Mary Palmer Banks, widow of Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks.

January 9, 1895

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

Mary Palmer Banks.

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 Palmer Banks, widow of Nathaniel P. Banks, late major general of the Army of the United States, and pay her at the rate of one hundred dollars a month.
Approved, January 9, 1895.
Chap. 30: For the relief of Zimri Elliott, of Wilsey, Kansas. Chapter 30 28 Stat. 1023 1895-01-16 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 30.—
An Act For the relief of Zimri Elliott, of Wilsey, Kansas.

January 16, 1895

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

Jacob Grosclose.

Payment of pension due, to administrator.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay the sum of one hundred and thirty dollars, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, to the duly authorized administrator of Jacob Grosclose, deceased, late of Company K, Fifteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, who was allowed a pension on the nineteenth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, by certificate numbered eight hundred and sixty-four thousand three bundled find seventy-seven; said one hundred and thirty dollars being the amount of pension money due the said Jacob Grosclose at the time of his death.
Approved, January 16, 1895.
Chap. 31: To remove the charge of desertion from William H. H. Cook. Chapter 31 28 Stat. 1023 1895-01-17 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 31.—
An Act To remove the charge of desertion from William H. H. Cook.

January 17, 1895

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

William H. H. Cook.

Charge of desertion removed.
That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion from William H. H. Cook, late a private in Company G, Fifth New York Duryea Zouaves, and to substitute in lieu thereof “absent without leave from August twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, 1024FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 31, 32, 35. 1895. to May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, when his regiment was mustered out. He subsequently enlisted December twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, in Company H, Fourth Iowa Cavalry, and was honorably mustered out August eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, with his regiment.”
Approved, January 17, 1895.
Chap. 32: For the relief of I. H. Hathaway and Company. Chapter 32 28 Stat. 1024 1895-01-17 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 32.—
An Act For the relief of I. H. Hathaway and Company.

January 17, 1895

. Whereas it appears that Thomas H. Handbury, major, Corps of

Preamble.

 Engineers, United States Army, did, on the fourteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, issue a check, numbered two hundred and sixty-nine thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, for ten thousand one hundred and fifteen dollars and thirty-four cents, on the assistant treasurer of the United States at New York in favor of I. H. Hathaway and Company, in payment of contract work done at mouth of Saint Johns River, Florida, which check is alleged to have been lost in transmission through the United States mails between Saint Augustine, Florida, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Whereas the provisions of the Act of February sixteenth, eighteen

Vol. 23, p. 306.

 hundred and eighty-five, amending section thirty-six hundred

R. S., sec. 3646, p. 717.

and forty-six, Revised Statutes of the United States, authorizing United States disbursing officers and agents to issue duplicates of lost checks, apply only to checks drawn to two thousand five hundred dollars or less: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

I. H. Hathaway.

Duplicate check to be issued to.
That the said Thomas H. Handbury, major, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, be, and he is hereby, instructed to issue a duplicate of said original check, under such regulations in regard to its issue and payment as have been prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury for the issue of duplicate

R. S., sec. 3646, p. 717.

checks under the provisions of section thirty-six hundred and forty-six, Revised Statutes of the United States.
Approved, January 17, 1895.
Chap. 35: For the relief of Oliver P. Coshow and others. Chapter 35 28 Stat. 1024 1895-01-19 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 35.—
An Act For the relief of Oliver P. Coshow and others.

January 19, 1895

. Whereas a large portion of the southwest quarter of the northeast

Preamble.

 quarter, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and lots two, three, four, five, six, and seven, section thirty-one, township thirteen south, range two west, Willamette meridian, in Linn County, State of Oregon, is now occupied by the town of North Brownsville, the property owners whereof claim title through certain persons who purchased the said land in good faith, either from the county school superintendent of Linn County, Oregon, or from the Oregon and California Railroad Company, and that the remainder of said described lauds is claimed by Oliver P. Coshow: and Whereas neither the said school superintendent nor the said railroad company ever had title to the land aforesaid, but that, all of the same is now and always has been vested in the United States: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Oliver P. Coshow.

Authorized to enter lands in Oregon.
That Oliver P. Coshow, his heirs or legal representatives, is hereby authorized, on the payment of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, within six months after the date of the approval of this Act, to make cash entry of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and lots two, three, four, five, six, and seven of section thirty-one, in township thirteen south, of range two west, of the Willamette meridian, situated in Linn County, Oregon, at the United FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 35, 40–42 1895.1025 States land office at Oregon City, in said State, upon first giving thirty days’ notice of his intention to make such entry by posting at least twenty notices in at least twenty public places in the town of North Brownsville, in said State, such notices to contain a copy of this Act and a statement of the time when such entry will be made: Provided,

Provisos.

Deeds to persons claiming under other title.

 That upon making entry the said Oliver P. Coshow, his heirs or legal representatives, shall deliver to each person claiming to own property in said town, the record title to which property shall have been derived from or through any person claiming under the attempted conveyances by the school superintendent or the Oregon and California Railroad Company, a deed, duly executed, conveying to such person the parcel of land held by him as aforesaid. The entry, when made, shall be transmitted to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and if he is satisfied that it is in conformity with this Act, and that deeds have been tendered by the entrymen to the various property holders as herein provided, patent shall issue to the said Oliver P. Coshow, or his heirs and legal representatives; but if it shall appear that the entry is not in conformity with this Act, or that due notice has not been given

Notices.

 to all interested parties as herein provided, then he may order new notice to be given to the end that all parties in interest may have a full and fair opportunity to present their claims, and upon such new notice the proceedings shall be conducted as though it were a new entry: Provided further, That this Act shall not in any manner interfere with any

Adverse claims.

 valid adverse claim or right to said land or any portion thereof.
Approved, January 19, 1895.
Chap. 40: For the relief of Moses W. Carpenter, of Johnson County, Arkansas, Mexican war veteran. Chapter 40 28 Stat. 1025 1895-01-22 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 40.—
An Act For the relief of Moses W. Carpenter, of Johnson County, Arkansas, Mexican war veteran.

January 22, 1895

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

Moses W. Carpenter.

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 Moses W. Carpenter, of Johnson County, Arkansas, Mexican war veteran, at fifteen dollars a month.
Approved, January 22, 1895.
Chap. 41: To pension Willis Manasco. Chapter 41 28 Stat. 1025 1895-01-22 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 41.—
An Act To pension Willis Manasco.

January 22, 1895

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

Willis Manasco.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Willis Manasco, of Eldridge, Howard County, Arkansas, who served in Captain Philpot’s company of Alabama, Volunteers, Creek Indian war, and pay him a pension of eight dollars per month.
Approved, January 22, 1895.
Chap. 42: Granting a pension to Mary Levans. Chapter 42 28 Stat. 1025 1895-01-22 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 42.—
An Act Granting a pension to Mary Levans.

January 22, 1895

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

Mary Levans.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Mary Levans, widow of Jacob Levans, late a soldier in the Indian war of eighteen hundred and seventeen and eighteen hundred and eighteen, and allow her a pension rated at fifteen dollars per month, the said Mary Levans being now an inmate of the poorhouse of Carroll County, Georgia.
Approved, January 22, 1895.
Chap. 47: To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of James McConnell, late private in Company 15, Fifth Regiment Connecticut Infantry Chapter 47 28 Stat. 1026 1895-01-25 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 47.—
An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of James McConnell, late private in Company 15, Fifth Regiment Connecticut Infantry

January 25, 1895

. 1026FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 47–19. 1895.

James McConnell.

Charge of desertion removed.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of James McConnell, late private in Company B, Fifth Regiment Connecticut Infantry, and grant him an

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

honorable discharge: Provided, That no pay, bounty, or emolument shall become due or pension granted by virtue of the passage of this Act.
Approved, January 25, 1895.
Chap. 48: For the relief of the widow and legal representatives of the late Orsemus B. Boyd, captain in Eighth United States Cavalry. Chapter 48 28 Stat. 1026 1895-01-25 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 48.—
An Act For the relief of the widow and legal representatives of the late Orsemus B. Boyd, captain in Eighth United States Cavalry.

January 25, 1895

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

Orsemus B. Boyd.

Commutation of rations and pay to legal representatives.
That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby directed, on application being made by the widow and legal representatives of the late Orsemus B. Boyd, a private and lieutenant of volunteers, and captain in the Eighth United States Cavalry, for commutation of rations and pay which accrued while said deceased soldier was in the volunteer and regular armies of the United States; to readjust and allow the sum thereon in accordance with the principle of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Watson case, and to pay whatever shall be found to be line thereunder out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, January 25, 1895.
Chap. 49: For the relief of Mrs Victor Thunot. Chapter 49 28 Stat. 1026 1895-01-25 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 49.—
An Act For the relief of Mrs Victor Thunot.

January 25, 1895

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

Mrs. Victor Thunot.

Payment for lost or destroyed bonds.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay Mrs. Victor Thunot the sum of one thousand six hundred dollars, principal money for the redemption of three five-twenty coupon bonds of the United States; one for one hundred dollars, one for five hundred dollars, and one for one thousand dollars, together with coupons attached; for interest due on the one hundred dollar bond from November first, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, to July twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five; on the five hundred dollar bond from November first, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, to the first day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-five; on the one thousand dollar bond from November first, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, to January first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five; in payment of bonds numbered forty two thousand four hundred and ten, for one hundred dollars; numbered seven thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven for five hundred dollars; numbered ten thousand three hundred and sixty-seven for one thousand dollars; which said bonds are lost or destroyed, and were, respectively, called in at the times herein stated, upon the filing of an indemnifying

Indemnity bond.

R. S., sec. 3703, p. 731.

bond, to be approved of by the Secretary of the Treasury, as prescribed by section thirty-seven hundred and three, United States Revised Statutes, and the regulations of the Department.
Approved, January 25, 1895.
Chap. 51: Authorizing the sale of title of United States to a tract of land in Montgomery County, in the State of Maryland, to William H. and George Bobinger. Chapter 51 28 Stat. 1027 1895-01-26 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 51.—
An Act Authorizing the sale of title of United States to a tract of land in Montgomery County, in the State of Maryland, to William H. and George Bobinger.

January 26, 1895

. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 51–53. 1895.1027 Whereas William H. Bobinger and George Bobinger, of Montgomery

Preamble.

 County, Maryland, have been in the peaceable and uninterrupted possession of the tract of land in said county and State, hereinafter described by metes and bounds, for a period of fifteen years, under a claim of title and a bona fide belief that the same was indefeasible and in them, and under that belief have made valuable improvements thereon; and Whereas under recent surveys ordered by the chief engineer of Washington Aqueduct it has been discovered that title thereto is in the United States: Now, therefore. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

William H. and George Bobinger.

Sale of lands in Montgomery County, Md., to.

That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to sell, grant, and convey unto William H. Bobinger and George Bobinger, of Montgomery County, in the State of Maryland, all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and unto all that tract of land in said county and State hereinafter described, at a price to be determined by the Secretary of War upon a consideration of all the circumstances of the case, which price shall be exclusive of the value of the improvements on said land: Provided,

Provisos.

Protection of Washington aqueduct.

That the Secretary of War shall be of the opinion that the said sale will in no wise be detrimental to the Washington Aqueduct: Provided,

Bona fide occupation.

 That the encroachment thereon was not fraudulent and that the said Bobingers are the bona fide proprietors of the said adjacent land on which said hotel is built:

Beginning at a point south eighty-five degrees twenty-one minutes

Description.

west, seventy-six and one-half feet from a stone marked “W. A. N. 43,” and running thence north four degrees thirty-nine minutes west forty-seven feet; thence south eighty-five degrees twenty-one minutes west and parallel with the southern boundary of the United States land next west of Cabin John bridge one hundred and eleven feet; thence south four degrees thirty-nine minutes east forty-seven feet; thence north eighty-five degrees twenty-one minutes east one hundred and eleven feet to the place of beginning, containing five thousand two hundred and seventeen square feet, or about one-eighth of an acre of land.

Approved, January 26, 1895.
Chap. 52: To repeal the Act entitled “An Act granting a pension to Nettie N. Seaver.” Chapter 52 28 Stat. 1027 1895-01-28 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 52.—
An Act To repeal the Act entitled “An Act granting a pension to Nettie N. Seaver.”

January 28, 1895

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

Nettie N. Seaver.

Pension repealed
That the Act entitled “An Act granting a pension to Nettie N. Seaver,” received by the President August eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and which became a

Ante, p. 1010.

 law without his approval, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved, January 28, 1895.
Chap. 53: For the relief of Michael Scanlon. Chapter 53 28 Stat. 1027 1895-01-31 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 53.—
An Act For the relief of Michael Scanlon.

January 31, 1895

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

Michael Scanlon.

Payment to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay to Michael Scanlon, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred dollars, to reimburse him for the loss of a like sum through the dishonesty of a receiver of the United States land office at North Platte, Nebraska.
Approved, January 31, 1895.
Chap. 57: For discharge of Julius L. Briggs as sergeant. Chapter 57 28 Stat. 1028 1895-02-04 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 57.—
An Act For discharge of Julius L. Briggs as sergeant.

February 4, 1895

. 1028FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 57, 58, 65–67. 1895. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Julius L. Briggs.

Military record corrected.
That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to correct the record of the service of Julius L. Briggs, Company A, of Second Regiment of New York Heavy Artillery, so that it may appear by said record that said Julius L. Briggs was honorably discharged as a sergeant of said

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

company as was the fact: Provided, That no pay or emoluments shall become due by virtue of this Act.
Approved, February 4, 1895.
Chap. 58: To remove the charge of desertion standing against the name of Edward J. Butler. Chapter 58 28 Stat. 1028 1895-02-04 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 58.—
An Act To remove the charge of desertion standing against the name of Edward J. Butler.

February 4, 1895

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

Edward J. Butler.

Charge of desertion removed.
That the Secretary of War be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion standing against Edward J. Butler, late a musician in the Seventeenth Indiana Volunteers, and issue to him an honorable

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

discharge: Provided, That no pay or emoluments shall become due by reason of the passage of this Act.
Approved, February 4, 1895.
Chap. 65: Granting a pension to Mrs. Katharine Todd Crittenden. Chapter 65 28 Stat. 1028 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 65.—
An Act Granting a pension to Mrs. Katharine Todd Crittenden.

February 8, 1895

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

Katharine Todd Crittenden.

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 Mrs. Katharine Todd Crittenden, widow of Thomas L. Crittenden, late a major-general in the United States Army, at the rate of fifty dollars per month.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chap. 66: For the relief of Grace Roberts, doctor of medicine. Chapter 66 28 Stat. 1028 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 66.—
An Act For the relief of Grace Roberts, doctor of medicine.

February 8, 1895

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

Grace Roberts.

Real estate purchased by, relieved from forfeiture.
That all real estate lying in the District of Columbia heretofore purchased by and conveyed to Grace Roberts, doctor of medicine, be, and the same is hereby, relieved

Vol. 24, p. 470.

and exempted from the operations of an Act entitled “An Act to restrict the ownership of real estate in the Territories to American citizens,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all forfeitures incurred by force of said Act in respect to such real estate be, and the same are hereby, remitted.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chap. 67: Granting a pension to Martha A. Geer. Chapter 67 28 Stat. 1028 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 67.—
An Act Granting a pension to Martha A. Geer.

February 8, 1895

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

Martha A. Geer.

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 June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, the name of Martha A. Geer, widow of Thomas Geer, late of Company II, Forty-first Massachusetts Volunteers.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chap. 68: To increase the pension of Marcus D. Box. Chapter 68 28 Stat. 1029 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 68.—
An Act To increase the pension of Marcus D. Box.

February 8, 1895

. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 68–71. 1895.1029 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Marcus D. Box.

Pension increased.
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to place upon the invalid pension roll the name of Marcus D. Box, late a private of Company D, First Missouri Volunteer Infantry, afterwards First Missouri Artillery, subject to the limitations of the pension laws, at the rate of twenty-five dollars per month: Provided, That it be shown to the satisfaction

Proviso.

Condition.

 of the Secretary of the Interior that he is totally blind and that such condition is not a result of his vicious habits.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chap. 69: For the relief of John J. Patman. Chapter 69 28 Stat. 1029 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 69.—
An Act For the relief of John J. Patman.

February 8, 1895

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

John J. Patman.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of John J. Patman, late a private in Captain William U. Anderson’s Company, Major James Woods’s Battalion, Georgia Volunteers, in the Indian war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and allow him a pension rated at eight dollars per month.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chap. 70: To pension G. O. Greiner, of Texas. Chapter 70 28 Stat. 1029 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 70.—
An Act To pension G. O. Greiner, of Texas.

February 8, 1895

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

G. O. Greiner.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of G. O. Greiner, of Texas, a participant in the Mexican war, and allow him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chap. 71: Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Margaret Smith. Chapter 71 28 Stat. 1029 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 71.—
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Margaret Smith.

February 8, 1895

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

Margaret Smith

Pension increased for benefit of idiotic daughter.
That the pension of twelve dollars per month heretofore granted and now allowed to Mrs. Margaret Smith, widow of Richard Smith, deceased, late a member of Company L, First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, be, and the same is hereby, increased to the sum of fourteen dollars per month; and that the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to her the sum last mentioned per month from and after the passage of this Act. Said increase of pension to be for the benefit of her hopelessly idiotic daughter, and to continue only so long as said daughter shall continue to be dependent upon her; but in case of the death of the widow the pension of fourteen dollars per month shall be paid to the guardian of the daughter, Helena Smith, as long as she may live and continue helpless.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chap. 72: To increase the pension of Pickens T. Reynolds, of Hall County, Georgia. Chapter 72 28 Stat. 1030 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 72.—
An Act To increase the pension of Pickens T. Reynolds, of Hall County, Georgia.

February 8, 1895

 1030FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 72–76. 1895. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Pickens T. Reynolds.

Pension increased.
That the Secretary’ of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Pickens T. Reynolds, of Hall County, Georgia, a soldier of the Indian war of eighteen hundred and thirty-seven and eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, from eight to twelve dollars per month.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chap. 73: Granting a pension to Mary Finnerty. Chapter 73 28 Stat. 1030 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 73.—
An Act Granting a pension to Mary Finnerty.

February 8, 1895

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

Mary Finnerty.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby empowered and directed to place on the pension roll of the United States the name of Mary Finnerty, widow of John Finnerty, late of Company A, Second Regiment Iowa Infantry, subject to

Vol. 26, p. 182.

the provisions and limitations of the Act of June twenty-seventh,

Proviso.

Condition.

eighteen hundred and ninety: Provided, That in case said John Finnerty shall hereafter be ascertained to be alive the pension granted under this Act to cease.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chap. 74: Granting a pension to Rosanna Cobb, widow of Edmond Cobb, deceased, late of Sac and Fox war. Chapter 74 28 Stat. 1030 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 74.—
An Act Granting a pension to Rosanna Cobb, widow of Edmond Cobb, deceased, late of Sac and Fox war.

February 8, 1895

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

Rosanna Cobb.

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 Rosanna Cobb, of Pike County, Illinois, widow of the late Edmond Cobb, deceased, who was a private in McDows’ regiment of Illinois Volunteers in the Sac and Fox war, and allow her a pension of twelve dollars per month.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chap. 75: To pension Nancy Gabrilla Anderson. Chapter 75 28 Stat. 1030 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 75.—
An Act To pension Nancy Gabrilla Anderson.

February 8, 1895

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

Nancy Gabrilla Anderson.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Nancy Gabrilla Anderson, wholly and permanently helpless daughter of Payton W. Anderson, late of company A, Sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, subject to the provisions

Vol. 26, p. 182.

and limitations of the Act approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chap. 76: Granting a pension to Sarah M. Brown. Chapter 76 28 Stat. 1030 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 76.—
An Act Granting a pension to Sarah M. Brown.

February 8, 1895

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

Sarah M. Brown.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 76, 7 7, 85, 86, 89. 1895.1031 pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Sarah M. Brown, as the foster mother of George Brown, late private Company I, Thirty-sixth Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chap. 77: For the relief of Harriet Clayton. Chapter 77 28 Stat. 1031 1895-02-08 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 77.—
An Act For the relief of Harriet Clayton.

February 8, 1895

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

Harriet Clayton.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Mrs. Harriet Clayton, of Pike County, Missouri, widow of Charles C. Clayton, who served as a soldier in the Mexican war, and pay her a pension of twelve dollars per month.
Approved, February 8, 1895.
Chap. 85: For the relief of William T. Holman. Chapter 85 28 Stat. 1031 1895-02-12 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 85.—
An Act For the relief of William T. Holman.

February 12, 1895

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

William T. Holman.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls the name of William T. Holman, of Rocky Comfort, Arkansas, late a private in Captain Charles Pettigrew’s Company, commanded by Colonel Laban C. Horrell and Albert Forohr, Indian war, and pay him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month on and after the passage of this Act.
Approved, February 12, 1895.
Chap. 86: To pension Maria Davis. Chapter 86 28 Stat. 1031 1895-02-12 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 86.—
An Act To pension Maria Davis.

February 12, 1895

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

Maris 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 limitations and provisions of the Act of Congress approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety;

Vol. 26, p. 182.

 the name of Maria Davis, widow of Lieutenant E. R. R. Davis, of Company A, Ninth Regiment, Colored, United States Heavy Artillery.
Approved, February 12, 1895.
Chap. 89: Granting a pension to Julia E. Lock, formerly widow of the late General Daniel McCook. Chapter 89 28 Stat. 1031 1895-02-13 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 89.—
An Act Granting a pension to Julia E. Lock, formerly widow of the late General Daniel McCook.

February 13, 1895

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

Julia E. Lock.

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 Julia E. Lock, of Sterling, Virginia (formerly widow of the late Daniel McCook, brigadier-general of volunteers), at the rate of thirty dollars per month.
Approved, February 13, 1895.
Chap. 90: Granting a pension to Josephine P. Kelton, widow of Brigadier-General John C. Kelton, late Adjutant-General United States Army, deceased. Chapter 90 28 Stat. 1032 1895-02-13 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 90.—
An Act Granting a pension to Josephine P. Kelton, widow of Brigadier-General John C. Kelton, late Adjutant-General United States Army, deceased.

February 13, 1895

. 1032FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 90, 91, 93, 99. 1895. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Josephine P. Kelton.

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 Josephine P. Kelton, widow of Brigadier-General John C. Kelton, late Adjutant-General United States Army, and pay her a pension of fifty dollars per mouth.
Approved, February 13, 1895.
Chap. 91: Granting a pension to Elizabeth Ellery. Chapter 91 28 Stat. 1032 1895-02-13 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 91.—
An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth Ellery.

February 13, 1895

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

Elizabeth Ellery.

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 Elizabeth Ellery, widow of Frank Ellery, late commodore United States Navy, at the rate of twenty dollars per month, in lieu of that she is now receiving.
Approved, February 13, 1895.
Chap. 93: To correct the military record of George Whittaker, late a private of Company C, Twelfth New Jersey Volunteers. Chapter 93 28 Stat. 1032 1895-02-16 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 93.—
An Act To correct the military record of George Whittaker, late a private of Company C, Twelfth New Jersey Volunteers.

February 16, 1895

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

George Whittaker.

Granted honorable discharge.

That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to revoke the order dishonorably discharging George Whittaker, late a private of Company C, Twelfth New Jersey Volunteers, and to issue to him an honorable discharge, to date the twenty-first of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, the date of said order.

Received by the President, February 5, 1895.
[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. 99: For the relief of the representatives of Daniel C. Rodman, deceased, and others. Chapter 99 28 Stat. 1032 1895-02-18 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 99.—
An Act For the relief of the representatives of Daniel C. Rodman, deceased, and others.

February 18, 1895

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

Ozias Morgan.

Release of sureties on bond.
That Daniel C. Rod man, Ossian B. Hart, Charles Slager, Calvin L. Robinson, Ozias Buddington, and Joseph R. Richard, sureties upon the bond of Ozias Morgan, given as security for the faithful performance by said Ozias Morgan of his duties as receiver of public moneys and disbursing agent of the United States land office at Tallahassee, Florida, from eighteen hundred and sixty-six to eighteen hundred and seventy, and their heirs and legal representatives be, and they are hereby, released and discharged of and from all and every obligation and liability whatsoever on account of said bond.
Approved, February 18, 1895.
Chap. 104: To relieve Abraham D. Prince. Chapter 104 28 Stat. 1033 1895-02-19 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 104, 116–119. 1895.1033

CHAP. 104.—
An Act To relieve Abraham D. Prince.

February 19, 1895

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

Abraham D. Prince.
That all real estate lying in

Real estate purchased by, released from forfeiture.

 the District of Columbia heretofore purchased by and conveyed to Abraham D. Prince be, and the same is hereby, relieved and exempted from the operations of an Act entitled “ An Act to restrict the ownership

Vol. 24, p. 476.

 of real estate in the Territories to American citizens,” approved March third, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all forfeitures incurred by force of said Act in respect to such real estate be, and the same are hereby, remitted.
Approved, February 19, 1895.
Chap. 116: Granting a pension to Elizabeth Brower, a hospital nurse during the war of the rebellion. Chapter 116 28 Stat. 1033 1895-02-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 116.—
An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth Brower, a hospital nurse during the war of the rebellion.

February 21, 1895

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

Elizabeth Brower.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at the rate of twelve dollars per month, the name of Elizabeth Brower, formerly a hospital nurse in the war of the rebellion, and to pay the same to her duly appointed guardian or committee.
Approved, February 21, 1895.
Chap. 117: To repeal the special Act granting a pension to Louisa M. Sippell. Chapter 117 28 Stat. 1033 1895-02-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 117.—
An Act To repeal the special Act granting a pension to Louisa M. Sippell.

February 21, 1895

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

Louisa M. Sippell.
That the Act entitled “An

Act granting pension repealed.

 Act granting a pension to Louisa M. Sippell, widow of William E. Sippell, of Company II, Thirteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry,”

Vol. 26, p. 1280.

 approved September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved, February 21, 1895.
Chap. 118: Granting an increase of pension to Julia Weeks. Chapter 118 28 Stat. 1033 1895-02-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 118.—
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Julia Weeks.

February 21, 1895

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

Julia Weeks.
That the Secretary of the

Pension increased.

 Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Julia Weeks, of Allegan, Michigan, widow of Captain Harrison S. Weeks, Eighth Cavalry, and pay her a pension of thirty dollars per month, the same to be in lieu of the pension now drawn by her.
Approved, February 21, 1895.
Chap. 119: To pension Mrs. Mary L. Clark. Chapter 119 28 Stat. 1033 1895-02-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 119.—
An Act To pension Mrs. Mary L. Clark.

February 21, 1895.

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

Mary L. Clark.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls, at the rate of twelve dollars per month, subject to the provisions and regulations of the general pension laws, the name of Mrs. Mary L. Clark, of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, the stepmother of James K. Clark, who was a private in Company A, One hundred and tenth Regiment Illinois Volunteers.
Approved, February 21, 1895.
Chap. 120: Granting a pension to William Armstrong. Chapter 120 28 Stat. 1034 1895-02-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private 1034FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 120–124. 1895.

CHAP. 120.—
An Act Granting a pension to William Armstrong.

February 21, 1895

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

William Armstrong.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of William Armstrong, late a private in Company A, Gray’s Battalion Arkansas Volunteers, in the war with Mexico, and allow him a pension rated at twelve dollars per month.
Approved, February 21, 1895.
Chap. 121: To pension Samuel F. Tenant. Chapter 121 28 Stat. 1034 1895-02-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 121.—
An Act To pension Samuel F. Tenant.

February 21, 1895

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

Samuel F. Tenant.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at a rate proportionate to the degree of disability from gunshot wound of right hip, received in the battle of Panther Creek, Kentucky, on September twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Samuel F. Tenant, late of Company F, Fourth Indiana Legion State Militia.
Approved, February 21, 1895.
Chap. 122: To pension Mary R. Williams. Chapter 122 28 Stat. 1034 1895-02-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 122.—
An Act To pension Mary R. Williams.

February 21, 1895

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

Mary R. Williams.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, subject to the limitations and provisions of the pension laws, the name of Mary R. Williams, widow of Gustavus A. Williams, deceased, late assistant surgeon in the Army of the United States during the Seminole war, at the rate of twelve dollars per month for and during her widowhood.
Approved, February 21, 1895.
Chap. 123: Granting a pension to Pauline M. Pooler. Chapter 123 28 Stat. 1034 1895-02-22 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 123.—
An Act Granting a pension to Pauline M. Pooler.

February 22, 1895

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

Pauline M. Pooler.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll, at the rate of twelve dollars per month, the name of Mrs. Pauline M. Pooler, of Caledonia, Ohio, dependent mother of Lawson E. Pooler, late a private in Company D, Second Regiment Ohio Volunteer

Proviso.

Condition.

Cavalry: Provided, That if the widow of the soldier on account of whose services this pension is granted, should ever be granted a pension on his account, that the pension hereby granted shall cease.
Approved, February 22, 1895.
Chap. 124: Granting a pension to Marrilla Parsons, of Detroit, Michigan. Chapter 124 28 Stat. 1034 1895-02-22 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 124.—
An Act Granting a pension to Marrilla Parsons, of Detroit, Michigan.

February 22, 1895

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

Marilla Parsons.

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 the rate of twelve dollars per month, the name of Marilla Parsons, of Detroit, Michigan, dependent stepmother of Daniel P. Parsons, late captain of Company D, Eleventh Missouri Cavalry.
Approved, February 22, 1895.
Chap. 125: To grant a pension to Sarah E. Roebuck. Chapter 125 28 Stat. 1035 1895-02-22 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private FIFTH-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 125–6, 136, 141–2. 1895.1035

CHAP. 125.—
An Act To grant a pension to Sarah E. Roebuck.

February 22, 1895

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

Sarah E. Roebuck.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Sarah E. Roebuck, widow of Lawrence R. Roebuck, late quartermaster’s employee, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.
Approved, February 22, 1895.
Chap. 126: Granting a pension to Richard R. Knight. Chapter 126 28 Stat. 1035 1895-02-22 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 126.—
An Act Granting a pension to Richard R. Knight.

February 22, 1895

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

Richard R. Knight.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Richard R. Knight, son of Philip T. Knight, alias Patrick Reardon, late of Company B, Thirty-first Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and pay him a pension subject to the provisions and limitations of the Act approved June twenty-seventh,

Vol. 26, p, 182.

Proviso.

Limit.

 eighteen hundred and ninety: Provided, That, if any pension be allowed under the general laws on account of the above-named soldier, pension under this Act shall cease.
Approved, February 22, 1895.
Chap. 136: Granting a pension to Caroline E. Wessells. Chapter 136 28 Stat. 1035 1895-02-26 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 136.—
An Act Granting a pension to Caroline E. Wessells.

February 26, 1895

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

Caroline E. Wessells.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Caroline E. Wessells, widow of Brevet Brigadier-General Henry W. Wessells, late of Connecticut, and to pay her a pension at the rate of thirty dollars a month.
Approved, February 26, 1895.
Chap. 141: For the relief of Charles A. Edwards. Chapter 141 28 Stat. 1035 1895-02-28 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 141.—
An Act For the relief of Charles A. Edwards.

February 28, 1895

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

Charles A. Edwards.

Credit allowed in postal accounts.
That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to enter two hundred dollars as a credit on the account of Charles A. Edwards, late the postmaster at Prattville, in the State of Alabama, with the Post-Office Department of the Government of the United States, the same being the amount of money received by said Edwards as said postmaster and transmitted by him to the postmaster at Montgomery, in the said State, and which was lost in transit between said places without fault on the part of said Edwards.
Approved, February 28, 1895.
Chap. 142: For the relief of Dennis McIntyre. Chapter 142 28 Stat. 1035 1895-02-28 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 142.—
An Act For the relief of Dennis McIntyre.

February 28, 1895

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

Dennis McIntyre.

Credit allowed in postal accounts.
That the Auditor of the Post--Office Department be, and is hereby, authorized and directed, in making a settlement with Dennis McIntyre, postmaster at Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, Michigan, to allow him a credit of one thousand nine hundred and ninety-one dollars and eighty-two cents for postage stamps and postal funds, and a further credit of fifty-three dollars and fourteen 1036FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 142, 143, 151, 152. 1895. cents for money-order funds, stolen from said office on the night of September seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, through no fault of the said Dennis McIntyre.
Approved, February 28, 1895.
Chap. 143: For the relief of the First State Bank of Mound City, Illinois. Chapter 143 28 Stat. 1036 1895-02-28 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 143.—
An Act For the relief of the First State Bank of Mound City, Illinois.

February 28, 1895

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

First State Bank, Mound City, Ill.

Refund to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to refund to the First State Bank of Mound City, Illinois, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred and ninety-two dollars and seventeen cents, being the amount of pension check numbered one hundred and fifty-three thousand two hundred and forty-four, issued by I. Clements as pension agent at Chicago, Illinois, bearing date July twenty-sixth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety, and payable to the order of Ida Hudson (now Ida Carter), and which said cheek was cashed by said First State Bank of Mound City, Illinois, which said check was after the time of said payment supposed to bear the forged indorsement of the payee, and which said indorsement has since been ascertained to be genuine.
Approved, February 28, 1895.
Chap. 151: For the relief of Mrs. Evalyn N. Van Vliet. Chapter 151 28 Stat. 1036 1895-03-01 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 151.—
An Act For the relief of Mrs. Evalyn N. Van Vliet.

March 1, 1895

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

Evalyn N. Van Vliet.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll, at twenty-five dollars per month pension, the name of Mrs. Evalyn N. Van Vliet, widow of the late Major Frederick Van Vliet, of the Tenth Cavalry, United States Army.
Approved, March 1, 1895.
Chap. 152: For the relief of Captain Ceran Saint Vrain’s Company of New Mexico Mounted Volunteers. Chapter 152 28 Stat. 1036 1895-03-01 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 152.—
An Act For the relief of Captain Ceran Saint Vrain’s Company of New Mexico Mounted Volunteers.

March 1, 1895

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

New Mexico Mounted Volunteers.

Captain Ceran Saint Vrain’s company to receive pay, etc.
That the officers and enlisted men of the company of New Mexico Mounted Volunteers which served under Captain Ceran Saint Vrain, and was present at the battles of La Canada, January twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, El Embudo, January twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and Taos, February fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, in the Territory of New Mexico, shall be placed on the same tooting in regard to pay and allowances, as volunteers regularly mustered into the United States service.
Sec. 2. That in auditing and paying the foregoing accounts, the copy

Muster roll.

 of muster roll of said company now on tile in the War Department, dated Santa Fe, New Mexico, February twentieth, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, which shows the company organized at Santa Fe, New Mexico, January twenty-third, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and discharged at that place February twentieth, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, and which bears the indorsement of the secretary of the Territory of New Mexico, dated October tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, certifying that it is a true copy of the original roll of said company, shall be the data to guide the accounting officers.
Approved, March 1, 1895.
Chap. 153: For the relief of Mathew S. Priest. Chapter 153 28 Stat. 1037 1895-03-01 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 153–155. 1895.1037

CHAP. 153.—
An Act For the relief of Mathew S. Priest.

March 1, 1895

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

Mathew S. Priest.

Payment to.
That the sum of three hundred and seventy-five dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to compensate Mathew S. Priest for services rendered by him for the Government of the United States from the sixteenth day of March to the seventeenth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, as engineer of the steamers Silver Wave and Moderator, in passing the batteries of Vicksburg, Warrenton, and Grand Gulf, and for repairing steamers.
Approved, March 1, 1895.
Chap. 154: For the relief of Witherby and Gaffney. Chapter 154 28 Stat. 1037 1895-03-01 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 154.—
An Act For the relief of Witherby and Gaffney.

March 1, 1895

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

Witherby and Gaffney.

C.aim for work, Sacketts Harbor, to be examined.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to examine into the contract entered into by Witherby and Gaffney with the United States on the ninth day of September, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, to tear down and reconstruct the west wing of the officers’ quarters at Madison Barracks, Sacketts Harbor, New York, and ascertain what work was done thereunder and whether any balance is still due to the said contractors therefor; also, whether the said contractors were required by the officers of the Government having direction of the work to modify or change the plans or to add to the work; and if so, whether the cost of construction was thereby increased, and the amount of such increase; also, whether there was any failure on the part of the Government to comply with any agreement or obligation to furnish heat for the work during the winter whereby the contractors were injured or damaged; and if so, the value of the material lost and of increased labor caused thereby; also, whether there was any loss to the contractors justly chargeable to the Government on account of the removal of the old building mentioned in the contract and the rejection of any materials it contained which the contractors had a right to expect they could use in the construction of the new building; if so, the amount in value of such loss; also, whether for any other reason or because of any other facts the said contractors are equitably entitled to any additional compensation on account of work performed or material furnished in the construction of said barracks. And the Secretary

Allowance.

 is authorized to take evidence to ascertain the facts in the case, notwithstanding the terms of the contract, and to determine the aggregate amount that is justly and equitably due the contractors as the result of his examination into the matters aforesaid: Provided, That

Proviso.

Maximum.

 in no event, shall an amount exceeding five thousand four hundred and fourteen dollars and twenty eight cents be allowed against the Government; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the said contractors, Witherby and Gaffney, the aggregate sum so found to be due to them when properly certified by the Secretary of War. And a sufficient amount of money is hereby appropriated, out of the funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,

Appropriation for amount round due.

 not exceeding five thousand four hundred and fourteen dollars and twenty-eight cents, to pay the said aggregate sum to the said Witherby and Gaffney.
Approved, March 1, 1895.
Chap. 155: For the relief of James Phelan, internal-revenue collector at Detroit, Michigan. Chapter 155 28 Stat. 1037 1895-03-01 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 155.—
An Act For the relief of James Phelan, internal-revenue collector at Detroit, Michigan.

March 1, 1895

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

James Phelan.

Payment to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to James 1038FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 155–158, 196. 1895. Phelan, United States collector of internal revenue at Detroit, Michigan, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six hundred dollars and five cents, the amount stolen from the vault in the internal-revenue office on the night of April thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.
Approved, March 1, 1895.
Chap. 156: For relief of William W. Buckley, late first lieutenant, One hundred and ninety-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteers. Chapter 156 28 Stat. 1038 1895-03-01 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 156.—
An Act For relief of William W. Buckley, late first lieutenant, One hundred and ninety-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteers.

March 1, 1895

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

William W. Buckley.

Granted honorable discharge.
That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to revoke the order mustering out of service William W. Buckley as first lieutenant of Company K, One hundred and ninety-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, on October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and to direct the Secretary of War to issue to him an honorable discharge, as

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

of that date: Provided, That under the terms of this Act the said Buckley shall not be entitled to receive any pay, bounty, or other allowances to which he would not have been entitled under his original muster out of service.
Approved, March 1, 1895.
Chap. 157: For the relief of Glenmore Distilling Company, of Daviess County, Kentucky. Chapter 157 28 Stat. 1038 1895-03-01 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 157.—
An Act For the relief of Glenmore Distilling Company, of Daviess County, Kentucky.

March 1, 1895

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

Glenmore Distilling Company.

Payment to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to pay to Glenmore Distilling Company, of Daviess County, Kentucky, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand one hundred and thirty dollars, same being money paid for stamps for distilled spirits on the sixth day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, which said spirits were destroyed by fire before said stamps were received at the distillery.
Approved, March 1, 1895.
Chap. 158: For the relief of the heirs and devisees of Jonathan Kirkwood, deceased. Chapter 158 28 Stat. 1038 1895-03-01 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 158.—
An Act For the relief of the heirs and devisees of Jonathan Kirkwood, deceased.

March 1, 1895

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

Jonathan Kirkwood.

Real estate purchased by, released from forfeiture.

Vol. 24, p. 476.
That all real estate lying in the District of Columbia heretofore purchased by Jonathan Kirkwood, deceased, and devised by him be released and exempted from the operation of an Act entitled “An Act to restrict the ownership of real estate in the Territories to American citizens,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all forfeitures incurred by force of said Act are, in respect to such real estate, hereby remitted to the American heirs and to the devisees under the last will and testament of said Jonathan Kirkwood, their heirs and assigns.
Approved, March 1, 1895.
Chap. 196: Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Martha Custis Carter, widow of the late Rear-Admiral S. P. Carter. Chapter 196 28 Stat. 1038 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 196.—
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mrs. Martha Custis Carter, widow of the late Rear-Admiral S. P. Carter.

March 2, 1895

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

Martha Custis Carter.

Pension increased.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place the name FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 190–200. 1895.1039 of Martha Custis Carter, widow of the late Rear-Admiral S. P. Carter, on the pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, and pay her a pension at, the rate of thirty dollars per month from and after the passage of this Act.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 197: For the relief of Washington College (now known as Washington and Lee University), located at Lexington, Virginia. Chapter 197 28 Stat. 1039 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 197.—
An Act For the relief of Washington College (now known as Washington and Lee University), located at Lexington, Virginia.

March 2, 1895

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

Washington College.

Payment to, for injuries.
That in order to reimburse to Washington College (now known as Washington and Lee University) for the injury to its buildings, apparatus, libraries, and other property injured or destroyed by troops of the United States during the late war, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the proper authorities of said institution, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sum, not exceeding seventeen thousand four hundred and eighty-four dollars, as the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, under direction of the Secretary, may find to be duly proven on account of such injury and destruction.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 198: For the relief of Maria T. Karge. Chapter 198 28 Stat. 1039 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 198.—
An Act For the relief of Maria T. Karge.

March 2, 1895

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

Maria T. Karge.

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 Maria T. Karge, widow of Joseph Karge, colonel Second Regiment New Jersey Cavalry, at the rate of thirty dollars per month.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 199: To grant a pension to Ida C. Martin Chapter 199 28 Stat. 1039 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 199.—
An Act To grant a pension to Ida C. Martin

March 2, 1895

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

Ida C. Martin.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Ida C. Martin, widow of John A. Martin, who was colonel of the Eighth Kansas Regiment of Kansas Infantry Volunteers in the war of the rebellion, subject to the provisions and limitations of the general pension laws.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 200: Granting a pension to Marian C. Gurney. Chapter 200 28 Stat. 1039 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 200.—
An Act Granting a pension to Marian C. Gurney.

March 2, 1895

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

Marian C. Gurney.

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

Vol. 26, p, 182.

 approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, the name of Marian C. Gurney, the indigent widow of James W. Gurney, late a captain of Company E. One hundred and twenty-seventh Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry: Provided, That if it shall at any time be

Proviso.

Condition.

 ascertained that said James W. Gurney is living, then the pension herein granted shall cease to be paid to said widow.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 201: To increase the pension of Mrs. Mary Tassin. Chapter 201 28 Stat. 1040 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private 1040FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs 201–205. 1895.

CHAP. 201.—
An Act To increase the pension of Mrs. Mary Tassin.

March 2, 1895

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

Mary Tassin.

Pension increased.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to increase to the sum of twenty-five dollars per month the pension of Mrs. Mary Tassin, widow of Augustus G. Tassin, late first lieutenant, Twelfth Regiment United States Infantry; said pension to be in lieu of pension numbered three hundred and ninety-two thousand six hundred and forty-two.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 202: For the relief of John and Sarah Griffin. Chapter 202 28 Stat. 1040 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 202.—
An Act For the relief of John and Sarah Griffin.

March 2, 1895

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

John and Sarah Griffin.

Claim referred to Court of Claims.
That the claim of John Griffin and Sarah Griffin; of the city of Greenville and State of Mississippi, for damage done to their realty, situate in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, by United States troops, while the said troops occupied the said realty as a smallpox hospital from the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two to the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, both inclusive, be, and hereby is, referred to the Court of Claims, with full jurisdiction and authority in the said court to hear and determine all questions of fact and law in the said claim, and said court is directed to take order in the premises, and as speedily as may be to report herein to the House of Representatives in all things as provided by law.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 203: For the relief of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Bethel Springs, Tennessee. Chapter 203 28 Stat. 1040 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 203.—
An Act For the relief of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Bethel Springs, Tennessee.

March 2, 1895

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

Presbyterian Church, Bethel Springs, Tenn.

Payment to.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the trustees of the Presbyterian Church in Bethel Springs, Tennessee, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of four hundred dollars, being for the use, and occupation, of said church by the Army of the United States during the late war.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 204: Granting a pension to Bridget Devine. Chapter 204 28 Stat. 1040 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 204.—
An Act Granting a pension to Bridget Devine.

March 2, 1895

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

Bridget Devine.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the

Vol. 26, p. 182.

pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the Act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, the name of Bridget Devine, widow of William P. Devine, late of Company B, Third Rhode

Proviso.

Condition.

Island Volunteer Cavalry: Provided, That pension under this Act shall cease in case it be shown that the soldier is alive.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 205: Granting a pension to Ellen Carney. Chapter 205 28 Stat. 1040 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 205.—
An Act Granting a pension to Ellen Carney.

March 2, 1895

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

Ellen Carney.

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 general FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 205–209. 1895.1041 pension laws, the name of Ellen Carney, dependent mother of Patrick Carney, late a second lieutenant of Company H, Sixty-ninth New York Volunteer Infantry, in the war of the rebellion, and allow the said Ellen Carney a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 206: To pension John B. Leach. Chapter 206 28 Stat. 1041 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 206.—
An Act To pension John B. Leach.

March 2, 1895

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

John B. Leach.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension rolls the name of John B. Leach, father of John R. Leach, who was formerly a member of Company A, Fifty-ninth New York Infantry, and to pay him the pension of a dependent father from the passage of this Act.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 207: To pension Jane Webster. Chapter 207 28 Stat. 1041 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 207.—
An Act To pension Jane Webster.

March 2, 1895

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

Jane Webster.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Jane Webster, widow of Joel Webster, a former wagon master in the volunteer militia service of the United States during the war of the rebellion, at the rate of twelve dollars per month, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 208: To remove the charge of desertion from the record of William Albin, late of Company D, Thirty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Chapter 208 28 Stat. 1041 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 208.—
An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the record of William Albin, late of Company D, Thirty-fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

March 2, 1895

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

William Albin.

Charge of desertion removed.
That the Secretary of War is directed to remove from the records of the War Department the charge of desertion now standing against William Albin, late a sergeant of Company D, Thirty-fourth Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry in the war of the rebellion; Provided, That no pay, bounty, or allowance

Proviso.

No pay, etc.

 shall accrue to the said William Albin in consequence of the passage of this Act.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 209: To pension David H. Sexton for services in Oregon Indian wars. Chapter 209 28 Stat. 1041 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 209.—
An Act To pension David H. Sexton for services in Oregon Indian wars.

March 2, 1895

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

David H. Sexton.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place on the pension roll of the Government the name of David H. Sexton, of Captain Robert Williams’s Company E, Second Regiment Oregon Volunteers, for meritorious service, and for wounds received by hostile Indians, in the Oregon Indian war of eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six in Oregon, then a Territory, and allow him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 210: Granting a pension to Joseph R. Brooks, father, by adoption, of Henry M. Brooks. Chapter 210 28 Stat. 1042 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private 1042FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 210–214. 1895.

CHAP. 210.—
An Act Granting a pension to Joseph R. Brooks, father, by adoption, of Henry M. Brooks.

March 2, 1895

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

Joseph R. Brooks.

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 R. Brooks, father, by adoption, of Henry M. Brooks, late of Company C, One hundred and sixth Regiment New York Volunteers, to date front the approval of this Act, at the rate of twelve dollars per month.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 211: To pension Mary E. Hamilton, widow of David Hamilton, soldier in Indian war of eighteen hundred and eighteen. Chapter 211 28 Stat. 1042 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 211.—
An Act To pension Mary E. Hamilton, widow of David Hamilton, soldier in Indian war of eighteen hundred and eighteen.

March 2, 1895

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

Mary E. Hamilton.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to place on the pension rolls and pay a pension of twelve dollars per month to Mrs. Mary E. Hamilton, of Williamson County, Tennessee, she being the widow of David Hamilton, who served in the Indian war of eighteen hundred and eighteen.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 212: To pension Albert Munson. Chapter 212 28 Stat. 1042 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 212.—
An Act To pension Albert Munson.

March 2, 1895

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

Albert Munson.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension roll the name of Albert Munson, imbecile son of Jacob H. Munson, late a member of Company I, First Regiment Iowa Cavalry, subject to the provisions and limitations of the Act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 213: To pension Susannah Kepford, of Noble County, Indiana. Chapter 213 28 Stat. 1042 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 213.—
An Act To pension Susannah Kepford, of Noble County, Indiana.

March 2, 1895

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

Susannah Kepford.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Susannah Kepford, of Noble County, Indiana, as former widow of Joel Clark, deceased, late a private in Company D, One hundred and forty-second Regiment of Indiana Volunteers in the war of the rebellion, subject to the provisions and limitations of the general pension law, at the rate of twelve dollars per month from the date of the Final passage of this Act.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 214: To pension Joseph W. Snyder, crippled son of a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. Chapter 214 28 Stat. 1042 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 214.—
An Act To pension Joseph W. Snyder, crippled son of a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

March 2, 1895

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

Joseph W. Snyder.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and required to place on the pension roll the name of Joseph W. Snyder, the aged and crippled son of Jacob Snyder, deceased, late a private in Captain Roger’s company of Pennsylvania Militia, in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve,, and to pay him a pension at the rate of eight dollars a month from and after the passage of this Act.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 215: Granting a pension to Elizabeth L. Markham. Chapter 215 28 Stat. 1043 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 215–219. 1895.1043

CHAP. 215.—
An Act Granting a pension to Elizabeth L. Markham.

March 2, 1895

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

Elisabeth L. Markham.

Pension.
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 Elizabeth L. Markham, widow of Rufus A. Markham, late of Company G, Fiftieth Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry, and pay her a pension of eight dollars per month: Provided, That pension under

Proviso.

Condition.

 this Act shall cease in case it be shown that said soldier is alive.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 216: Granting a pension to Saloma Mangold. Chapter 216 28 Stat. 1043 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 216.—
An Act Granting a pension to Saloma Mangold.

March 2, 1895

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

Saloma Mangold.

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 Act

Vol. 26, p. 182.

 approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety, the name of Saloma Mangold, of Carbondale, State of Kansas, widow of Philip Mangold, deceased, late of Company F, Eighty-second Illinois: Provided,

Proviso.

Condition

 That in the event the soldier should hereafter apply or be granted a pension this pension will cease.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 217: Granting a pension to Josephine Foote Fairfax. Chapter 217 28 Stat. 1043 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 217.—
An Act Granting a pension to Josephine Foote Fairfax.

March 2, 1895

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

Josephine Foote Fairfax.

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 Josephine Foote Fairfax, widow of the late Rear-Admiral Donald MacNeill Fairfax, of the United States Navy, at the rate of thirty dollars per month.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 218: Granting a pension to Harrison C. Hobart, brevet brigadier-general of volunteers. Chapter 218 28 Stat. 1043 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 218.—
An Act Granting a pension to Harrison C. Hobart, brevet brigadier-general of volunteers.

March 2, 1895

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

Harrison C. Hobart.

Pension.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, anti he is hereby, authorized and directed to place upon the pension rolls the name of Harrison C. Hobart, late brevet brigadier-general of volunteers, and pay him a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 219: To increase the pension of Major-General Julius H. Stahel. Chapter 219 28 Stat. 1043 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 219.—
An Act To increase the pension of Major-General Julius H. Stahel.

March 2, 1895

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

Julius H. Stahel.

Pension increased.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Julius H. Stahel, late major-general of volunteers in the Union Army, and pay same at the rate of fifty dollars per month, in lieu of what he now receives, from and after the passage of this Act.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 220: Granting a pension to James Jones. Chapter 220 28 Stat. 1044 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private 1044FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 220–224. 1895.

CHAP. 220.—
An Act Granting a pension to James Jones.

March 2, 1895

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

James Jones.

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 James Jones, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and pay him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month from and after the passage of this Act.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 221: Granting a pension to Alexander M. Laughlin. Chapter 221 28 Stat. 1044 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 221.—
An Act Granting a pension to Alexander M. Laughlin.

March 2, 1895

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

Alexander M. Laughlin.

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 Alexander M. Laughlin, who was a private in the company of Captain George B. Willis, Fortieth Regiment, Fourth Brigade, First Division, of the Illinois State Militia, and who served as such in the Indian war of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, known as the Black Hawk war, and pay to him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 222: Granting an increase of pension to Mary A. L. Eastman. Chapter 222 28 Stat. 1044 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 222.—
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Mary A. L. Eastman.

March 2, 1895

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

Mary A. L. Eastman.

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 Mary A. L. Eastman, widow of Robert L. Eastman, late captain and brevet major, United States Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of fifty dollars per month in lieu of the pension she is now receiving.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 223: Granting a pension to Major-General John A. McClernand. Chapter 223 28 Stat. 1044 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 223.—
An Act Granting a pension to Major-General John A. McClernand.

March 2, 1895

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

John A. McClernand.

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 Major-General John A. McClernand, late a major-general in the United States Army, at the rate of one hundred dollars per month.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 224: Granting a pension to Charity Ann Smith. Chapter 224 28 Stat. 1044 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 224.—
An Act Granting a pension to Charity Ann Smith.

March 2, 1895

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

Charity Ann 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 Charity Ann Smith, mother of R. Monroe Wiley, late a private in Company G, Thirteenth Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and pay her a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month from the approval of this Act.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 225: Granting increase of pension to Jesse C. Pinney. Chapter 225 28 Stat. 1045 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 225–228. 1895.1045

CHAP. 225.—
An Act Granting increase of pension to Jesse C. Pinney.

March 2, 1895

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

Jesse C. Pinney.

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, at the rate of fifty dollars per month, the name of Jesse C. Pinney, late a private of Company B, Ninth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, of the late war of the rebellion, and that said pension be in lieu of the pension now received by him.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 226: For the relief of Thorwald Olsen. Chapter 226 28 Stat. 1045 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 226.—
An Act For the relief of Thorwald Olsen.

March 2, 1895

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

Thorwald Olsen.

Military record corrected.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to revoke the discharge from the military service of Commissary-Sergeant Thorwald Olsen, dated October twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and to cancel the enlistment of the said Olsen, dated January eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two; and the said Olsen shall be considered now to be, and to have been, continuously in the service under his enlistment of July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, as if said discharge of October twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and enlistment of January eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, had never taken place; and the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to adjust and pay the accounts for pay and

Pay, etc.

 allowances of the said Olsen in accordance with the object and intent of this Act.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 227: To grant a pension to Mrs. Mary Button, of Arkansas, widow of Asa Button, deceased. Chapter 227 28 Stat. 1045 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 227.—
An Act To grant a pension to Mrs. Mary Button, of Arkansas, widow of Asa Button, deceased.

March 2, 1895

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

Mary Button.

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 eight dollars per month, the name of Mary Button, widow of Asa Button, deceased, who served as a private from December eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, to April twelfth, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, in Captain M. W. Reinhart’s Company of Arkansas Volunteers, under General Gaines, in the “Sabine disturbance.”
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 228: For the relief of James Berry Duckett. Chapter 228 28 Stat. 1045 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 228.—
An Act For the relief of James Berry Duckett.

March 2, 1895

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

James Berry Duckett.

Military record corrected.
That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to muster James Berry Duckett, of North Carolina, as of Company E, Ninth Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry, said muster to date from the sixteenth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and to issue to said James Berry Duckett an honorable discharge from said service, to date from the mustering out of said regiment.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 229: To amend the military record of Angus V. Wilson. Chapter 229 28 Stat. 1046 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private 1046FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 229–233. 1895.

CHAP. 229.—
An Act To amend the military record of Angus V. Wilson.

March 2, 1895

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

Angus V. Wilson.

Military record corrected.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to amend the records of the War Department so as to show Aligns V. Wilson mustered into the service of the United States on the fifteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, as first lieutenant and adjutant of the Forty fifth Kentucky Mounted Infantry; and said Wilson shall be recognized as having been in the military service of the United States from said date to the twenty-seventh day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, when he was killed in battle on the Big Sandy River in Kentucky.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 230: To increase the pension of Alexander Williamson. Chapter 230 28 Stat. 1046 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 230.—
An Act To increase the pension of Alexander Williamson.

March 2, 1895

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

Alexander Williamson.

Pension increased.
That the present pension paid to Alexander Williamson, a private in Company H, Second Regiment Kentucky Infantry, during the war with Mexico, be, and is hereby, increased to twenty-five dollars per month, and the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to have his name placed on the pension roll at such increased pension.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 231: To provide increase of pension to Hosea Brown, of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. Chapter 231 28 Stat. 1046 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 231.—
An Act To provide increase of pension to Hosea Brown, of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.

March 2, 1895

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

Hosea Brown.

Pension increased.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to increase the pension of Hosea Brown, formerly a member of Captain Edward Burgess’s company of New York militia, and who was in the military service in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, to fifty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 232: Granting a pension to Alice K. Potter, widow of General Joseph H. Potter, deceased. Chapter 232 28 Stat. 1046 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 232.—
An Act Granting a pension to Alice K. Potter, widow of General Joseph H. Potter, deceased.

March 2, 1895

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

Alice K. Potter.

Pension increased.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, directed to place upon the pension roll the name of Alice K. Potter, widow of the late General Joseph H. Potter, United States Army, subject to the provisions and limitations of existing laws, and pay her a pension of fifty dollars per month in lieu of that she is now receiving.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 233: For the relief of Fred Kormann. Chapter 233 28 Stat. 1046 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 233.—
An Act For the relief of Fred Kormann.

March 2, 1895

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

Fred Kormann.

Land patent to issue to.
That the cash entry numbered eighty-three hundred and nine of lot four in section twenty-three, lot three in section twenty-four, lot one in section twenty-five, and lot five FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 233–237. 1895.1047 in section twenty-six, in township one hundred and ten north of range twenty-nine west, in the district of lands subject to entry at the United States local land office at Marshall, in the State of Minnesota, made by one Fred Kormann on the sixth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, and the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized and directed to issue a patent therefor.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 234: Granting an increase of pension to Thomas M. Chill. Chapter 234 28 Stat. 1047 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 234.—
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Thomas M. Chill.

March 2, 1895

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

Thomas M. Chill.

Pension increased.
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 Thomas M. Chill, a private in the Black Hawk war of eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and pay him a pension at the rate of twelve dollars per month in lieu of the pension be is now receiving.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 235: Granting a pension to Charles F. Holly. Chapter 235 28 Stat. 1047 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 235.—
An Act Granting a pension to Charles F. Holly.

March 2, 1895

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

Charles F. Holly.

Pension increased.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, directed to place on the pension roll the name of Charles F. Holly, late captain of Company H, Second Regiment of Colorado Volunteer Cavalry, and pay him a pension at the rate of thirty-six dollars per month from the passage of this Act in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 236: Granting an increase of pension to Eugenia R. Sweeny. Chapter 236 28 Stat. 1047 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 236.—
An Act Granting an increase of pension to Eugenia R. Sweeny.

March 2, 1895

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

Eugenia R. Sweeny.

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 Eugenia R. Sweeny, widow of Thomas W. Sweeny, late a brigadier-general in the Army of the United States, at the rate of thirty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension she is now receiving.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
Chap. 237: For the relief of James Curran. Chapter 237 28 Stat. 1047 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private

CHAP. 237.—
An Act For the relief of James Curran.

March 2, 1895

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

James Curran.

Credit in postal accounts.
That the Postmaster-General be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to give credit to James Curran, postmaster at Hoboken, New Jersey, in the sum of six thousand five hundred and sixty-six dollars for postage stamps stolen from said office on the third day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, through no fault of the said James Curran.
Approved, March 2, 1895.

RESOLUTIONS.

 No. 4: Authorizing Rear-Admiral S. B. Luce, United States Navy, to accept a decoration from the King of Spain. Private Resolution 4 28 Stat. 1048 1895-01-16 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private [No. 4.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing Rear-Admiral S. B. Luce, United States Navy, to accept a decoration from the King of Spain.

January 16, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

S. B. Luce, U. S. N.

May accept decoration from King of Spain.
That Rear-Admiral S. B. Luce, of the United States Navy, be, and is hereby, authorized to accept the grand cross of naval merit with the white distinction mark, conferred upon him by the King of Spain in recognition of the services rendered by that officer as a delegate of his Government in the commemoration of the fourth century of the discovery of America, and his active cooperation toward the brilliancy of the acts with which the event has been celebrated.
Approved, January 16, 1895.
No. 6: Authorizing Commander Dennis W. Mullan, United States Navy, to accept a medal presented to him by the Chilean Government. Private Resolution 6 28 Stat. 1048 1895-01-21 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private [No. 6.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing Commander Dennis W. Mullan, United States Navy, to accept a medal presented to him by the Chilean Government.

January 21, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Dennis W. Mullan, U. S. N.

May accept medal from Chile.
That Commander Dennis W. Mullan, United States Navy, be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept a medal presented to him by the Government of Chile, through the State Department of the United States, as a memento of his presence with the headquarters of the Chilean army at the battles of Chorillos and Maraflores in Peru, by virtue of an official order issued November twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, by Captain J. A. Howell, United States Navy, then commanding the United States warship Adams, off Callao, Peru, to Commander Dennis W. Mullan to accompany General Baquedano, chief of the Chilean military forces, for the purpose of observing, as a representative of the American Navy, the military and naval operations then going on between the Governments of Chile and Peru and making a report thereon to the proper authorities of the Government of the United States.
Approved, January 21, 1895.
No. 7: For the relief of Peter Hagan. Private Resolution 7 28 Stat. 1048 1895-01-26 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private [No. 7.]
Joint Resolution For the relief of Peter Hagan.

January 26, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Peter Hagan.

Claim for loss of canal barge referred to Court of Claims.

That the claim of Peter Hagan, owner of the canal barge Mary Hagan, of Philadelphia, for damages sustained for the total loss of the said canal barge in consequence of injuries received while being discharged of a cargo of stone, by the military authorities of the United States, at Fort Monroe, September twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and all papers relating thereto (1048) FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, Sess. III. Res. 7, 32, 33. 1895.1049 now on file in the office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury be referred to the Court of Claims with the right of appeal to either party to the Supreme Court for examination and the allowance of the amount of damages actually sustained by said claimant by reason of said loss, the judgment rendered by said court to be paid out of the appropriations duly made to pay judgments rendered by said court: Provided, That

Provisos.

Amount.

the said damages shall only include the actual value of said canal barge at the time she sustained the injuries aforesaid: And provided further, That said Court shall find whether or not said injuries to said

Liability.

 barge resulted from any fault or negligence of the owner of said barge or of his employees, and that said Court, before determining the question of damages, shall determine the question of liability of the Government.

Received by the President, January 15, 1895.

[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.]
No. 32: Authorizing Second Lieutenant F. D. Rockenbach, of the Tenth Cavalry, United States Army, to accept the position of commandant of cadets at the Virginia Military Academy, Lexington, Virginia. Private Resolution 32 28 Stat. 1049 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private [No. 32.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing Second Lieutenant F. D. Rockenbach, of the Tenth Cavalry, United States Army, to accept the position of commandant of cadets at the Virginia Military Academy, Lexington, Virginia.

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

F. D. Rockenbach, U. S. A.

May accept position Virginia Military Academy.
That Second Lieutenant F. D. Rockenbach, of the Tenth Cavalry, United States Army, be, and he is hereby, permitted to accept the position of commandant of cadets at the Virginia Military Academy tit Lexington, Virginia, and the emolument pertaining thereto: Provided, That the Secretary of War may, in his

Proviso.

Return to duty.

 discretion, at any time when in his opinion the interests of the service require it, order him upon duty.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
No. 33: Authorizing the Secretary of War to correct the military record of Captain Edward Wheeler, Fifty-sixth New York Volunteers. Private Resolution 33 28 Stat. 1049 1895-03-02 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 2026-02-15 53 3 private [No. 33.]
Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to correct the military record of Captain Edward Wheeler, Fifty-sixth New York Volunteers.

March 2, 1895

. Whereas Captain Edward Wheeler, Fifty-sixth New York Volunteers,

Preamble.

 was dismissed from the military service of the United States by an erroneous order dated September fourth, eighteen hundred find sixty-two, while absent from his command sick, and reinstated December twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, upon the discovery that an error had been committed: Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Edward Wheeler.

Military record corrected.
That the Secretary of War be, and be is hereby, authorized and directed to revoke said order dismissing said officer and to correct his military record to show a continuous service covering said period.
Approved, March 2, 1895.
TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS
concluded by the
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
with
FOREIGN NATIONS. (1051) CONVENTIONS. December 5, 1895 Convention 28 Stat. 1053 CONVENTION—VENEZUELA. December 5, 1895 Contention between the United States

December 5, 1895

 of America and the United States of Venezuela for a, re opening of the claims of citizens of the United States against Venezuela under the treaty of April 25, 1866. Concluded, at Washington, December 5, 1895; ratification, with amendments, advised by the Senate, April 15, 1886; ratified by the President of the United- States of America, August 7, 1888; ratified by the President of the United States of Venezuela, August 2, 1888; ratifications exchanged at Washington, June 3, 1895. Proclaimed June 4, 1889.
By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and

Preamble.

 the United States of Venezuela for a re-opening of the claims of citizens of the United States of America against the Government of Venezuela under the Treaty of April 25, 1866, was concluded and

Vol, 16, p. 713.

 signed by the respective Plenipotentiaries of the aforesaid High Contracting Parties at the City of Washington, on the fifth day of December, one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-five, the original of winch Convention, as amended by the Senate of the United States of America and being in the English and Spanish languages, is word for word as follows: Convention for a re-opening of the claims of citizens of the United States against Venezuela under the treaty of April 25, 1863.

The President of the United States of America having on the 3d. day of March 1883, approved the following Joint Resolution of Congress: (Public Resolution—No 26.)

“Joint Resolution providing for a new Mixed Commission in accordance with the treaty of April twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, with the United States of Venezuela.

“Whereas since the dissolution of the mixed Commission appointed under the treaty of April twenty fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, with the United States of Venezuela, serious charges, impeaching the validity and integrity of its proceedings, have been made by the Government of the United States of Venezuela, and also charges of a like, character by divers citizens of the United States of America, who presented claims for adjudication before that tribunal; and (1053) 1054 “Whereas, the evidence to he found in the record of the proceedings of said commission, and in the testimony taken before committees of the House of Representatives in the matter, tends to show that such charges are not without foundation: and “Whereas it is desirable that the matter be finally disposed of in a manner that shall satisfy any just complaints against the validity and integrity of the first Commission, and provide a tribunal under said treaty constructed and conducted so as not to give cause for just suspicion; and “Whereas, all evidence before said late Commission was presented in writing and is now in the archives of the State Department; and “Whereas the President of the United States has, in a recent communication to Congress, solicited its advisory action in this matter:

“Therefore

“Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the President be. and he hereby is, requested to open diplomatic correspondence with the Government of the United States of Venezuela, with a view to the revival of the general stipulations of the treaty of April 25th 1866, with said government, and the appointment thereunder of a new Commission, to sit in the city of Washington, which Commission shall be authorized to consider all the evidence presented before the former Commission in respect to claims brought before it, together with such other and further evidence as the claimants, may oiler; and from the awards that may be made to claimants, any moneys heretofore paid by the Department of State, upon certificates issued to them, respectively, upon awards made by the former Com-mission. shall be deducted, and such certificates deemed cancelled; and the moneys now in the Department of State received from the Government of Venezuela on account of said awards, and all moneys that may hereafter be paid under said treaty, shall be distributed pro rata in payment of such a wards as may be made by the Commission to be appointed in accordance with this resolution.”

And the proposal contemplated and authorized by the foregoing joint resolution of Congress having been made by the Government of the United States of America to the Government of the United States of Venezuela, and accepted by the latter through its diplomatic representative in

Contracting parties.

Washington; The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United States of Venezuela, to the end of effecting by means of a Con-1055 vention arrangements for the execution of the accord thus reached between the two Governments, have named their Plenipotentiaries to colder and agree there-upon, as follows:

The President of the United States of America, Thomas F. Bayard, Secretary of State of the ’United States of America; and

The President of the United States of Venezuela, Antonio M. Sotehlo, Chargé d’Affaires of Venezuela at Washington;

Who after having communicated to each other their respective full powers found in good and due form, having agreed upon the following articles;

Article I. The general stipulations of the Convention of April 25th. 1866, between the contracting parties are hereby revived with such alterations as are required in conformity with the aforesaid joint resolution of the Congress of the United States, and with such further modifications as are deemed necessary for the certain and speedy accomplishment of the ends in view, and for the reciprocal protection of the interests of the high contracting parties as hereinafter provided.
Article II.

All claims on the part of corporations, companies, or individuals, Citizens of the United States, upon the Government of Venezuela, which may have been presented to their Government or to its legation at Caracas, before the first day of August, 1868, and which by the terms of the aforesaid Convention of April 25th 1866, were proper to be presented to the Mixed Commission organized under said convention shall be submitted to a new Commission, consisting of three Commissioners one of whom shall be appointed by the President of the United States of America,one by the Government of the United States of Venezuela and the third shall be chosen by these two Com-missioners; if they cannot agree within ten days from the time of 1056 their first meeting as hereinafter provided, then the diplomatic representative of either Russia or Switzerland at this capital shall be requested by the Secretary of State and the Venezuelan Minister at Washington to name the third Commissioner.

Filling vacancies.

In case of the death, resignation or incapacity of any of the Com-missioners, or in the event of any of them omitting or ceasing to act, the vacancy shall be filled within three months by naming another Commissioner in like manner as herein provided for the original appointment.
Article III.

Meeting.

The Commissioners so appointed shall meet in the city of Washington at the earliest convenient time within three months from the ex-change of the ratifications of this Convention, and shall, as their first act in so meeting, make and sub-scribe a solemn declaration that they will carefully examine and

Oath.

impartially decide, according to justice and in compliance with the provisions of this Convention, all claims submitted to them in conformity herewith, and such declaration shall be entered on the record of their proceedings.
Article IV.

Concurrence of two Commissioners sufficient.

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 decision or award.
Article V.

Notice of organization.

So soon as the Commission shall have organized, notice shall be given to the respective Government of the date of organization and of readiness to proceed to the transaction of the business of the Commission.

Examination of claims.

The Commissioners shall thereupon proceed without delay to hear and examine all the claims which by the terms of the aforesaid Convention of April 25, 1866, were proper to be pre- 1057 seated to the Mixed Commission organized tinder the Convention of April 25, 1866; and they shall to that end consider all the evidence admissible under the aforesaid Convention of April 25, 1866, in respect to claims adjudicable thereunder, together with such other and further evidence as the claimants may offer through their respective Governments, and such further evidence as may be offered to rebut any such new evidence offered on the part of the claimants, and they shall, if required, hear one person on behalf of each Government on every separate claim.

All the papers and evidence before the said former Commission, now on file in the archives of the Department of State at Washing-ton, shall be laid before the Com-mission; and each Government shall furnish, at the request of the Commissioners, or of any two of them, all such papers and documents in its possession as may be deemed important to the just determination of any claim.
Article VI.

The Commissioners shall make such decision as they shall deem, in reference to such claims, conformable to justice.

The concurring decisions of the three Commissioners, or of any two of them, shall be conclusive and final. Said decisions shall in every case be given upon each individual claim, in writing, stating in the event of a pecuniary reward being made, the amount or equivalent value of the same, expressed in gold coin of the United States of America; and in the event of interest being allowed for any cause and embraced in 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.

In all cases where the Commissioners award an indemnity as aforesaid, they shall issue one certificate of the sum to be paid to 1058 each claimant, respectively, by virtue of their decisions, inclusive of interest when allowed, and after having deducted from the sum so found due to any claimant or claimants any moneys hereto-fore paid by the Department of State at Washington upon certificates issued to such claimants, respectively, upon awards made by the former Mixed Commission under the Convention of April 25th 1866. And all certificates of awards issued by the said former Mixed Commission shall be deemed

Former certificates canceled.

canceled from the date of the decision of the present Commission in the case in which they were issued

payment of awards.

The aggregate amount of all sums awarded by the present Commission, and of all sums accruing therefrom, shall be paid to the United States. Payment of said aggregate amount shall be made in equal annual payments to be completed within ten years from the date of the termination of the labors of the present

Interest.

Commission. Semi-annual interest shall be paid on the aggregate amount awarded, at the rate of five per cent per annum from the date of the termination of the labors of the Commission.
Article VII.

Disposition of money held by United States on former awards.

The moneys now in the Department of State actually received from the Government of Venezuela on account of the awards of the said former Mixed Commission under the convention of April 25, 1866, and all moneys that may hereafter be paid on said former account by the Government of Venezuela to the Government of the United States, shall be credited to the Government of Venezuela incomputing the aggregate total which may be found due to the Government of the United States under the stipulations of the preceding article, and the balance only shall be considered as due and payable with interest in ten annual payments as aforesaid.

Repayment of excess.

Provided however, that in the event of the aggregate amount which the 1059 present Commission may find due to the Government of the United States being less than the aggregate of the sums actually received from the Government of Venezuela, and remaining undistributed in the Department of State, at Washington, the Government of the United States will refund such excess to the Government of Venezuela within six months from the conclusion of the labors of the Commission.

The payment of moneys due from the Government of Venezuela to the Government of the United States under the former Convention of April, 25, J866, shall be deemed to have ceased from the first day of April 1883, to be resumed should occasion arise as hereinbefore provided.
Article VIII.

In the event of the annulment of any awards made by the former Mixed Commission under the Convention of April 25, 1866, the Government of the United States is not to be regarded as responsible to that of Venezuela for any sums which may have been paid by the latter Government on account of said awards, so far as said sums may have been distributed. In like manner, if the awards made by the present Commission and the certificates issued by it shall in any cases be found less than the amount heretofore paid to the claimants from the moneys received from Venezuela, the Government of the United States shall not be regarded as responsible by reason thereof to the Government of Venezuela.

The rehearing provided in the present convention affects, as against the Government of the United States, only the installments of moneys paid to and now held by the United States, and those hereafter to be paid ; and the effect of such annulment or reduction in any case shall be to dis-charge the Government of Venezuela, wholly and forever, from any obligation to pay further installments in such case, except as provided in the present convention.
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Article IX.

Rights of innocent third parties.

Post, p. 1064.

It is further agreed that if the commission, hereunder organized shall in whole or part annul any money awards made in any cases by the former Mixed Commission under the Convention of April 25, 1866, it shall be the duty of the Commission to examine and decide whether, under all the circumstances, and with due regard to principles of justice and equity there are any third parties who have, with the observance of due care and diligence, become possessed, prior to the date of the exchange of ratifications hereof, tor a just and valuable consideration, of any portion of the certificates of award heretofore issued in said claims, and whether, under the constitution or laws of either of the contracting parties, said third parties have acquired vested rights, by virtue of the awards of the former Commission under the Convention of 1866. imposing the duty on the Government of the United States to collect from Venezuela the amount or pro-portion of said certificates of awards which may be held and owned by third parties.

Awards to preserve vented rights of third parties.

If the present Commission shall decide that there are third parties who are possessed of vested rights, then it shall examine and ascertain the sum paid by each and all of said third parties tor their respective interests or shares in said awards, and shall fix the amount of their said interest in said certificates of award or each of them, and shall issue new certificates of award for the sums so adjudged due, which shall be paid by Venezuela to the United States in the manner hereinbefore stipulated, the same as all other certificates issued by the present Commission.
Article X.

Distribution of moneys on band.

Upon the conclusion of the labors of the Commission organized in virtue of this present Convention, the Department of State of the United States of America shall distribute pro rata among the hold- 1061 ers of the certificates which may be issued under the present convention, the moneys in the Department of State actually received from the Government of Venezuela on account of the awards of the former Mixed Commission under the Convention of April 25, 1866; and all moneys that may hereafter be paid to the United States under this present convention shall be in like manner distributed pro rata in payment of such awards as may be made under this present convention.
Article XI. The decisions of the Commission organized under this present convention shall be final and conclusive as to all claims presented or proper to lie presented to the former Mixed Commission.
Article XII. The Commission appointed under this present convention shall terminate its labora within twelve months from the date of its organization. A record of the proceed-ings of the Commission shall be kept, and the Commissioners may appoint a Seeretary.
Article XIII. Notwithstanding that the pres-ent Commission is organized in consequence of representations made by the Government of Venezuela and that it deals solely with the claims of citizens of the United States, (for which reasons the United States might properly claim that all the expenses hereunder should be borne by Venezuela alone) it is agreed that, in continuation of the arrangement made in the former convention of 1866, the expenses shall be shared as follows: Each Government shall pay its own Commissioner and shall pay one-half of what may be due to the third Commissioner and the Secretary, and one-half of the incidental expenses of the Commission.
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Article XIV.

Former treaty abrogated.

Except so far as revived, continued, modified and replaced by the terms and effects of this present convention, the effects of the former convention of April 25, 1866, shall absolutely cease and determine from and after the date of the exchange of ratifications of this present convention, and the high contracting parties hereby agree that the responsibilities and obligations arising under said former Convention shall be deemed wholly discharged and annulled by the substitution therefor of the responsibilities contracted and obligations created under this present convention, to which the high contracting parties mutually bind themselves to give full, perfect and final effect, without any evasion, reservation or delay whatever.
Article XV.

Ratification.

The present convention shall be ratified by the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States of America; and by the President of the United States of Venezuela by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States of Venezuela, and the ratification shall be exchanged at Washington within twelve months from the

Post, pp. 1064, 1067.

date of this present convention, and the publication of the ex-change of ratifications shall be notice to all persons interested.

Signatures.

In testimony whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have hereunto affixed their signatures and seals.

Done in duplicate, in the English and Spanish languages, at the city of Washington, this 5th day of December 1885.

 Tratado para la révision de las reclamaciones de ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos contra Venezuela por el tratado de Abril 25 de 1863.

Habiendo aprobado el Presidente

Joint Resolution authorizing reopening claims.

Vol. 23, p. 643.

de los Estados Unidos de América el dia 3 de Marzo de 1883 la siguiente resolución del Congreso, (Resolución Pública—No 26.”)

“Resolución conjunta, proveyendo una comisión mixta, de acuerdo con el tratado de veinte y cinco du Abril de mil ochocientos sesenta y seis con los Estados Unidos de Venezuela.

“Por cnanto desde la disolución de la comisión mixta nombrada según el tratado de 25 de Abril de 1866, con los Estados Unidos de Venezuela, se han hecho serios cargos, recusándose la validez 6 integridad du sus procedimientos por el Gobierno de Venezuela, y también cargos de semejante carácter por diversos ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos de América, que presentaron reclamaciones para ser juzgadas ante aquel tribunal y (1053) 1054 “Por cuanto las pruebas, que se errcuentean en loa registros de los procedimientos do dicha Comisión y en el testimonio evacuado ante las Comisiones do la Cámara de Representantes sobre la materia, tienden á mostrar que tales cargos no son infundados, y “Por cuanto es de desearse que se disponga finalmente de la materia de manera que se satisfagan cualesquiera, justas quejas contra la validez 5 integridad do la primera comisión, y se provea de up tribunal, según dicho tratado, construido y conducido de manera que no dé motivos de justas sospechas; y “Por cnanto toda la prueba ante la dicha Comisión anterior se presentó por escrito y se encuentra hoy en los archivos del Departamento de Estado; y “Por cuanto el Presidente de los Estados Unidos, en comunicación reciente al Congreso, ha solicitado su consejo sobreestá materia: por tanto, “Resuelven el Senado y la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos de América reunidos en Conyveso,
Que el Presidente sea requerido, como por la presente se le requiere, á que abra correspondencia diplomática con el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela, con el fin de que se revivan las estipulaciones generales del tratado de 25 de Abril de 1866 con dicho Gobierno, y para el nombramiento, bajo sus términos, de tina nueva comisión en consecuencia, que se reuna en la ciudad de Washington, con la facultad do considerar todas las pruebas presentadas ante la Comisión anterior, con respecto á las reclamaciones intentadas ante ella, juntamente con todas las otras pruebas posteriores, que los reclamantes puedan ofrecer; y de los fallos que se dén á favor de los reciamentes deberán deducirse las sumas de dinero que basta aquí hayan sido pagadas por el Departamento do Estallo en virtud lie loa certificados que so les han expedido, respectivamente, sobre los fallos do la anterior Comisión, y tales certificados se estimarán cancelados, y las sumas de dinerorecibidas del Gobierno de Venezuela y actualmente en el Departamento do Estado, á cuenta de dichos fallos, y las demas sumas de dinero que en lo adelante se paguen, según dicho tratado, serán distribuidas pro rata, en pago de los fallos que puedan ser dados por la comisión, que se nombre de conformidad con esta resolución.”

Y la proposición proyectada y autorizada por la anterior resolución del Congreso habiendo sido hecha por el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de América al Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela, y aceptada por éste, por medio de su representante diplomático en Washington;

El Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de América, y el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela, con el fin de efectuar, por medio de una convención, los-1055 arreglos para la ejecución del acuerdo así obtenido entre los dos Gobiernos, han nombrado como sus Plenipotenciarios, para conferenciar y convenir desde luego, del modo siguiente:

El Presidente de los Estados Unidos de

Plenipotentiaries.

América á Thomas F. Bayard, Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos de América ; y

El Presidente de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela á Antonio M. Soteldo, Encargado de Negocióse:) Washington;

Quienes, después de haberse comunicado sus respectivos plenos poderes y halládolos en debida forma, han convenido en los artículos siguientes:

Artículo I. Las estipulaciones generales del

Former treaty revived.

 convenio de 25 de Abril de 1866, entre las partes contratantes, quedan revividas por la presente, con tales alteraciones cuales se requieren de conformidad con la susodicha resolución del Congreso de los Estados Unidos, y con las demas modificaciones que se creen necesarias para el exacto y pronto cumplimiento de los fines propuestos, y para la reciproca protección de los intereses de las altas partes contratantes, según lo proveído después en la presente.
Artículo II.

Todas las reclamaciones, por

Claims to be presented to a new Commission.

parte de corporaciones, compa-ñías ó individuos, ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos, contra el Gobierno de Venezuela, que hayan sido presentadas á su Gobierno, ó A la legación de éste en Gariteas, antes del dia 1 de Agosto de 1868, y tpie por los términos de dicho Convenio de Abril 25 de 1866 eran propios para ser presentados á la Comisión mixta organizada según dicho convenio, se someterán A una nueva Comisión, compuesta de tres Comisionados, uno de los cuales

Composition.

 será nombrado por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América, otro por el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela, y el tercero por los otros dos Comisionados. Si no sepudieren avenir dentro de diez días conta- 1056 dos desde su primera reunion, según se proveerá después, entónees el representante diplomático, ya sea de Rusia, ya de Suiza en esta capital, será requerido por el Secretiuio de Estado y el Ministro de Venezuela en Washington á nombrar un tercer Comisionado.

En caso de muerte, renuncia ó incapacidad de cualquiera de los Comisionados, ó en el evento de que cualquiera de ellos omita ó deje de funcionar, se llenará la vacante dentro de tres meses, nombrándose otro Comisionado de la misma manera proveída hasta aquí para el nombramiento original.
Artículo III. Los Comisionados así nombrados se reunirán en la ciudad de Washington en el mas breve término conveniente dentro de tres meses del cange de las ratificaciones de este Convenio, y el primer acto, después de reunirse, será el de suscribir la declaración solemne de que examinarán cuidadosamente y decidirán con imparcialidad, como sea de justicia, y en cumplimiento délas provisiones de este convenio, todas las reclamaciones que les fueren sometidas de conformidad con esta convención, y tal declaración se agregará al registro de sus procedimientos.
Artículo IV. El juicio conforme de dos Comisionados se considerará suficiente para cualquiera decision inter-media que proceda del cumplimiento de su deber y para todo fallo ó decision final.
Artículo V.

Tan luego como se haya organizado la comisión, se dará aviso á los respectivos Gobiernos de la fecha de la organización, y de estar pronta á proceder al desempeño de los negocios de la Comisión.

Los Comisionados procederán desde luego, sin dilación, á oir y examinar todas las reclamaciones que, según los términos de la susodicha convención de Abril 25 de 18(56, fueron propios para ser pre- 1057 sentados á la Comisión Mixta organizada por la Convención de Abril 25 de 1866, y con tal fin considerarán toda prueba admisible según la Convención de Abril 25

Evidence admisible.

de 1866, con respecto á las reclamaciones admisibles en su virtud, junto con cualquiera otra prueba posterior que los reclamantes presenten por medio de sus Gobiernos respectivos, y cualquiera otra prueba posterior que se produzca para rebatir la nueva prueba que se ofrezca por parte del reclamante: y oirán, si se requiere, una persona por parte de cada Gobierno, sobre cada reclamación separada.

Todos los papeles y pruebas ante

Documents in archives of both Governments to be furished.

la dicha comisión mixta anterior, que ahora se conservan en los archivos del Departamento de Estado en Washington, serán presentados á la comisión, y cada Gobierno facilitará, al requerirlo los comisionados, ó dos de ellos, los papeles y documentos que posean y se crean importantes para la justa determinación de cualquiera reclamación.
Artículo VI.

Los Comisionados decidirán tales

Decisions.

reclamaciones como crean ser de justicia.

Las decisiones conformes de los

Concurrence of two commissioners final.

tres árbitros, ó de dos de ellos, serán concluyentes y finales. Dichas decisiones serán dadas, en cada caso, sobre cada reclamación

To be In writing.

 individual, por escrito, fijando, en el evento de dar un fallo pecuniario, el valor montante ó equivalente, y expresándolo en monedas de oro corriente de los Estados Unidos de América, y en el

Interest.

 evento de conceder intereses sobre tales fallos, el tanto por ciento de los mismos, y el período por el cual se hayan de computar, deberán fijarse, cuyo período no se extenderá, más allá del dia de cerrarse la Comisión, y dichas decisiones serán firmadas por Jos Comisionados que convengan en ellas.

En todos los casos en que los

Certificates of award.

comisionados acuerden indemnizaciones como se ha dicho, expedirán un certificado de la suma que 1058 haya de pagarse á cada reclamante respectivamente, en virtud de sus decisiones, incluyendo los intereses que se concedan, y después de haber deducido de la suma hallada á deberse á cualquier reclamante ó reclamantes, la suma de dinero que hasta entonces haya pagado el Departamento de Estado en Washington sobre los certificados expedidos ti tales reclamantes, respeetivamante, según los fallos dados por la interior Comisión mixta, de acuerdo con la convención de25 de Abril de 1866. Y todos los certificados librados por los fallos de la dicha Comisión mixta anterior se juzgarán cancelados, desde la fecha, de la decisión de la presente Comisión, en el caso en que hayan sido expedidos.

El montante total de todas las sumas acordadas por los fallos de la presente comisión y de todas las sumas que se las agreguen, deberá. pagarse al Gobierno de los Estados Uu idos. El pago de dicho monto total se hará en pagos anuales iguales, que habrán de completarse dentro de diez años de la fecha de la terminación de los trabajos de la presente comisión. Se pagará el interés semianual sobre la suma total acordada, á razón de cinco por ciento al año, desde la fecha de la terminación de los trabajos de la Comisión.
Artículo VII. El dinero existente en el Departamento de Estado actualmente, recibido del Gobierno de Venezuela, por cuenta de los fallos de dicha Comisión mixta anterior, bajo la convención de 25 de Abril de 1866, y el demas dinero que se pague en lo adelante, por dicha cuenta anterior, por el Gobierno de Venezuela al Gobierno de los Estados Unidos, se acreditará al Gobierno de Venezuela en el cómputo del monto total que se halle á deberse al Gobierno de los Estados Unidos por las estipulaciones del precedente artículo, y el balance únicamente se considerará como lo debido y pagadero con interés en los pagos anuales sobredichos. Con tal sin embargo; Que en el evento de que el monto total que la pre- 1059 sente Comisión halle deberse al Gobierno de los Estados Unidos fuere ménos que el montante de las sumas realmente recibidas del Gobierno de Venezuela, y que permanezca sin distribuirse en el Departamento de Estado en Washing-ton, el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos restituirá tal exceso al Gobierno de Venezuela dentro de seis meses de la conclusion de los trabajos de la comisión. El pago del dinero debido por el Gobierno de Venezuela al Gobierno de los Estados Unidos bajo la anterior

Former payments deemed to have ceased April 1, 1883.

 convention de Abril 25 de 1866, se considerará haber cesado desde el primero de Abril de 1883, para reasumirse, si llegare el caso, según lo proveído hasta aquí.
Artículo VIII.

En el evento de la

Awards annulled or reduced.

anulación de cualesquiera fallos de la anterior comisión mixta, bajo la convención de Abril 25 de 1866, el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos no se mirará como responsable al de Venezuela por las sumas que los Estados Unidos de América hayan pagado por cuenta de dichas adjudicaciones, en tanto que dichas sumas hayan sido distribuidas. De la misma manera, si los fallos dados por la presente Comisión, y los certificados emitidos por ella, se hallaren ser ménos que el montante pagado hasta ah ora á los reclamantes, del dinero recibido de Venezuela, no se mirará al Gobierno délos Estados Unidos como responsable, portal razón, al Gobierno de Venezuela.

La revisión próvida en la presente

Rehearings to affect only future installments.

convención afecta al Gobierno de los Estados Unidos, tan solo en las porciones de dinero pagadas que éstos tengan ahora en su poder y en las que en lo adelante se pagaren; y el efecto de tal anulamiento ó reducción, en cualquier caso, será el de descargar al Gobierno de Venezuela, en todo y para siempre, de cualquiera obligación de pagar mas porciones en tal caso, salvo lo proveído en la presente convención.
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Artículo IX.

Se conviene ademas en que, si la Comisión organizada por la presente anulare, en todo ó en parte, cualesquiera adjudicaciones de dinero, hechas en cualesquiera casos por la anterior Comisión mixta, bajo la convención de Abril 25 de 1866, será deber de la Comisión examinar y decidir si, bajo todas las circunstancias, y atendiendo debidamenteá los principios de justicia y equidad, hay terceros que, con la observanciade la diligencia y del cuidado debido, hayan entrado en posesión, antes de la fecha del cange de las ratificaciones de la presente, por justa y valiosa consideración, de cualquiera porción de los certificados de adjudicación hasta ahora emitidos sobre dichas reclamaciones, y si, bajo la constitución y leyes de una ú otra de las partes contratan tes, dichos terceros han adquirido derechos fijos por virtud de las adjudicaciones de la anterior comisión, bajo la convención de 1866, imponiendo el deber al Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de cobrar de Venezuela el montante ó proporción de dichos certificados de adjudicaciones que se encuentren en posesión y propiedad de terceros.

Si la presente Comisión decidiere que hay terceros, que posean derechos fijos, entonces examinará y fijará la suma pagada por todos y cada uno de dichos terceros por sus respectivos intereses ó partes en tales adjudicaciones, y fijará el montante de su dicho interes en dichos certificados de adjudicación, ó en cada uno de ellos, y emitirá nuevos certificados deadjudacioues por las sumas que se fallen como debidas, y que Venezuela pagará á los Estados Unidos del modo estipulado por la presente, lo mismo que cualesquiera otros certificados emitidos por la presente Comisión.
Artículo X. Concluidos los trabajos de la, Comisión organizada en virtud de este Convenio, el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos de América distribuirá pro rata entre los tenedores de los certifi- 1061 cados que se expidieren en virtud del presente convenio, las sumas de dinero existentes en el Departamento de Estado, recibidas del Gobierno de Venezuela por cuenta de los fallos de la anterior Comisión Mixta bajo la convención de Abril 25 de 1866;

Distribution of installments.

 y todas las sumas de dinero que en lo adelante se llagaren á los Estados Unidos según este convenio se distribuirán pro rata, de la misma manera, en pago de los fallos que se den bajo la presente convención.
Artículo XI. Las decisiones de la comisión

Decisions to be final,

 organizado bajo la presente convención se tendrán por finales y concluyentes, en cuanto á todas las reclamaciones presentadas ó propias para ser presentadas ante la anterior Comisión Mixta.
Artículo XII. La Comisión nombrada por la

Duration of Commission.

 presente convención terminará sus trabajos dentro de doce meses de la fecha de su organización. Se llevará un registro ríe

Record.

 los procedimientos de la comisión, y los Comisionados podrán nombrar un Secretario.
Artículo XIII. Sin embargo de que la presente

Each Government to bear one-half the expenses.

 comisión se organiza á consecuencia de las representaciones hechas por el Gobierno de Venezuela, y de que trata solamente de reclamaciones de ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos, (por cuyas razones los Estados Unidos podrían con razón reclamar que to-dos los gastos de la presente fuesen hechos por Venezuela solamente,) se conviene en que, en continuación del arreglo hecho en la convención anterior de 1866, los gastos se hagan como sigue: cada Gobierno pagará su Comisionado y ademas la mitad de lo que se deba pagar al tercer Comisionado y al Secretario, y ademas la mitad de los gastos incidentes de la comisión.
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Artículo XIV. Excepto en lo revivido, continuado, modificado ó repuesto por los términos de la presente convención, los efectos de la anterior de Abril 25 de 1866 cesarán absolutamente desde la fecha del cange de las ratificaciones de la presente convención, y las altas partes contratantes convienen en que las responsabilidades y obligaciones provenientes de dicha convención anterior se tengan por descargadas del todo y por anuladas con la sustitución en su lugar de las responsabilidades contraidas, y las obligaciones creadas por esta convención presente, á la cual las altas partes contratantes se obligan recíprocamente á dar cabal, perfecto y final efecto, sin ninguna evasion, reserva ni dilación de uingua género.
Artículo XV.

La presente convención será ratificada por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos con el acuerdo y consentimiento del Senado de los Estados Unidos de América y por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela, con el consejo y consentimiento del Congreso Nacional, y las ratificaciones serán cangeadas en Washington, dentro de doce meses de la fecha de la presente convención, y la publicación del cange de las ratificaciones servirá de notificación á todas las personas interesadas.

En testimonio de lo cual los respectivos plenipotenciarios hemos puesto nuestras firmas y estampado nuestros sellos.

Hecha en duplicado en las lenguas inglesa y castellana en la ciudad de Washington el dia 5 de Diciembre de 1885.
T. F. Bayard [seal.] A. M. Soteldo. [seal.] And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both

Exchange of ratifications.

 parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at the City of Washington, on the third day of June, one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-nine;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of

Proclamation.

the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be 1063made public, as amen (led, to the end that the same, and any article and clause 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 of America to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this 4th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred [seal.] and thirteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.
March 15, 1888 Convention 28 Stat. 1064 1064 CONVENTION—VENEZUELA. March 15, 1888

March 15, 1888

Convention to remove doubts as to the meaning of Article IX of the preceding convention and extending the time for the exchange of the ratifications thereof. Concluded at Washington March 15, 1888; ratification advised by the Senate June 18, 1888; ratified by the President of the United States of America August 7, 1888; ratified by the President of the United States of Venezuela August 2, 1888; ratifications exchanged at Washington June 3, 1889; proclaimed June 4, 1889.
By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and the United States of Venezuela, to remove doubts as to the meaning of the Convention between the same High Contracting Parties, signed the fifth day of December, one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-five, and to extend the time for the exchange of the ratifications thereof, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries, at the City of Washington, on the fifteenth day of March, one thousand, eight hunched and eighty-eight, the original of which Convention, being in the English and Spanish languages, is word for word as follows: Convention between the United States and Venezuela to remove DOUBTS AS TO THE MEANING OF THE Convention signed December 5, 1895. Whereas doubts have arisen in respect of the true intent and meaning of Article IX of the treaty between the United States of America and the United States of Venezuela signed at Washing-ton on the fifth day of December 1885, and,in consequence of such ambiguities, the exchange of ratifications of said treaty has not taken place within the period therein prescribed for such ex-change; And, whereas, the High Contracting Parties are desirous of removing all doubts in respect of the meaning and intent of said Article, and of extending the time for the exchange of ratifications of said treaty, to the end of reaching an amicable and honorable solution of the difficulties that now impair their good relations; 1065

The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United States of Venezuela, have named as their Plenipotentiaries to conclude a Convention for that purpose, the President of the United States of America, Thomas F. Bayard, Secretary of State of the United States of America; and the President of the United States of Venezuela, José Antonio Olavarria, Chargé d’Affairesof Venezuela at Washington ; who, after reciprocal communication of their full powers, found in due and good form, have agreed upon the following Articles:

Article I. It is understood and agreed that in the event of any of the awards oí the Mixed Commission under the Convention of April 25, 1866, being annulled in whole or in part by the Commission authorized and created by Article II of the treaty of December 5, 1895, no new award shall in any case be made by said Commission, to the holders of certificates of any award or awards annulled as aforesaid, in excess of the sum which may be found to be justly due to the original claimant.
Article II. The time fixed for the exchange of the ratiíieations of the aforesaid treaty between the United States and Venezuela signed at Washington on the fifth day of December, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, is hereby extended to a period not exceeding five months from the date of this Convention or sooner if possible.
Article III. The present Convention shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by the President of the United States of Venezuela by and with the advice and consent of the Congress thereof, 1066 and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible within the time specified in Article II hereof as the

Ante, p. 1065.

period of extension of the time for the exchange of ratifications of the treaty signed at Washington on the fifth day of December, 1895.

In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed the present Convention in duplicate.

Done at Washington this 15th day of March, A. D., 1888.

 Convención entre los Estados Unidos y Venezuela para remover dudas sobre el sentido de la convenciÓn firmada el 5 de Diciembre de 1885. Visto: que se han presentado dudas en cuanto al verdadero sentido é intención del Artículo IX del tratado entre los Estados Uni-dos de América y los Estados Uni-dos de Venezuela, firmado en Washington, el 5 de Diciembre de 1885, y que á causa de tales ambigüedades el cambio de ratificaciones de dicho tratado no ha tenido lugar dentro del término en él fijado: Visto: que las Altas Partes Contratantes desean remover toda duda en cuanto al sentido é intención de dicho Artículo y prorogar el plazo para el cambio de ratificaciones del citado tratado, con el fin de llegar á una honrosa y amigable solución de las dificultades que actualmente alteran sus buenas relaciones; 1065

El Gobierno de los Estados Unidos

Plenipotentiaries.

de América y el Gobierno de Fs Estados Unidos de Venezuela, han nombrado Plenipotenciarios para concluir una Convención con tal objeto: el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América, al Señor Thomas F, Bayard, Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos de América; y el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela,al Señor José Antonio Olavarría, Encargado de Negocios de Venezuela en Washington; quienes después de recíproca comunicación de sus plenos poderes, estimados en debida y buena forma, han convenido en lo siguiente:

Artículo 1°. Queda entendido y aceptado, que en el caso de que

No new award to holders of certificates in excess of amount due original claimnant.

 alguno ó algunos délos fallos de la Comisión Mixta, que actuó en virtud de la Convención de 25 de Abril de 1866 fueren anulados en todo ó en parte por la nueva Comisión autorizada y creada por el Art” 2° del tratado de 5 de Diciembre de 1885, ninguna otra concesión se hará en caso alguno por dicha Comisión á los tenedores de certificados provenientes de dicho fallo ó fallos anulados que venga á exceder la suma que haya resultado justa adjudicar al reclamante primitivo.
Artículo 2°. El tiempo fijado para el cambio

Time extended for exchange of ratifications.

 de ratificaciones del antedicho Tratado entre los Estados Unidos y Venezuela, firmado en Washington

Post, p. 1087.

 el 5 de Diciembre de 1885, queda prorogado por la presente á un periodo que no excederá de cinco meses, contados desde la fecha de esta Convención, ó menos si posible.
Artículo 3°. La presente Convenciàn sera

Ratification.

 ratificada por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América, previa consulta y aceptaciàn del Senado, y por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela, previa consulta y aceptación del Congreso, y las ratifica- 1066 cienes se cambiarán en Washington tan pronto como posible dentro del término expresado en el Artículo II como próroga del plazo para el cambio de ratificaeiónes del tratado firmado en Washington el 5 de Diciembre de 1885.

En fé de lo cual los respectivos Plenipotenciarios firman y sellan la presente Convención por duplicado.

En Washington el dia 15 de Marzo del Ano de 1888.

 T. F.

Signatures.

Bayard [seal.] J A Olavarria [seal.] And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both

Exchange of ratificationss.

 parts, and the respective ratifications of the same were exchanged at the City of Washington, on the third day of June, one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-nine;

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 of America and the citizens thereof.

In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this 4th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-nine, and of [seal] the Independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and thirteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.
October 5, 1888 Convention 28 Stat. 1067 1067 CONVENTION—VENEZUELA. October 5, 1895 Supplementary convention further extending the period fixed for the,

October 5, 1888

. exchange of ratifications of the convention of December 5, 1895; and extending that fixed for the explanatory convention of March 15, 1888; concluded at Washington, October 5, 1888; ratification advised by the Senate, December 5, 1888; ratified by the President of the fruited States of America, January 30, 1889; ratified by the President of the United States of Venezuela, May 11, 1889; ratifications exchanged at Washington, June 3, 1889; proclaimed June 4, 1889.
By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Supplementary Convention between the United States

Preamble.

 of America and the United States of Venezuela, to further extend the period fixed for the exchange of ratifications of the Convention of

Ante, pp. 1053, 1064.

 Decembers, 1895, and to extend the period for the exchange of the ratifications of the Convention of March 15, 1888, between the same High Contracting Parties, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at the City of Washington on the fifth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, the original of which Supplementary Convention, being in the English and Spanish languages, is word for word as follows: Supplementary Convention between the United States of America and Venezuela, to further extend the period fixed for the exchange of ratifications of the Convention of December 5, 1895, and to extend the period for the exchange of the ratifications of the convention of March 15, 1888. Whereas, by Articles I and II of Convention, signed and concluded by the respective Plenipotentiaries of the United States and Venezuela, in the city of Washington, on the 15th day of March, 1888, it was provided that the time fixed by the Convention between the said parties, signed and concluded December 5, 1895, for the exchange at Washington of the ratifications thereof, should be extended to a period not exceeding five months from the date of said Convention, to wit, from the 15th day of March, 1888, or sooner if possible, and that the ratifications of said Convention of March 15, 1888, should in like manner be exchanged at Washington within the same period; 1068 And whereas the period, as aforesaid prescribed, elapsed on the 15th day of August, 1888, without such exchange having been effected ; And whereas it appears that the Congress and Government of Venezuela did, according to the Constitutional forms of that Republic, ratify and continue the said Conventions at Caracas on the 27th day of July, 1888, and that the President of the Republic of Venezuela did on the 2nd day of August, 1888, fully empower the representative of that Republic in the United States to exchange ratifications thereof with whoever should be duly authorized on be-half of the United States; And whereas the said Conventions having been theretofore duly ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, the Secretary of State of the United States, duly empowered by the President of the United States, was ready on and before the said 15th day of August, 1888, to effect the exchange of ratifications of the said Conventions as stipulated; And whereas, by reason of unavoidable delay, the copy of the said Convention ratified by the. Government of Venezuela as aforesaid and the necessary powers to enable the Representative of that Government in the United States to make exchange of ratifications could not be produced in the city of Washington, D. C., until after the expiration of the period so as aforesaid stipulated for the exchange of ratifications;

Contracting parties.

Now, therefore, the Governments of the United States and Venezuela, being desirous of completing and putting in force the two Conventions aforesaid at the earliest day possible, have respectively named as their Plenipotentiaries to conclude a Convention for that purpose,

The President of the United States of America, Thomas F. bayard, Secretary of State of the United States of America,

Plenipotentiaries.

And the President of the United States of Venezuela, Francisco 1069 Antonio de Silva, Charge d’Affaires of the United States of Venezuela at Washington;

Who, after reciprocally satisfying each other in good and due form of their competency to negotiate to such end, have agreed upon the following Articles:

Article I. The time fixed, by Articles I and II of the Convention between the Contracting Parties, signed at Washington, the 15th day of March, 1888, within which to affect the exchange of the ratifications of the Convention between said parties signed at Washington, on the 5th day of December, 1895, and also of the said Convention of the 15th day of March, 1888, is hereby extended to a period not exceeding ten months from the 15th day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, or sooner if possible.
Article II. The present Convention shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advise and consent of the Senate thereof; and by the President of the United States of Venezuela, by and with the advice and consent of the Congress thereof; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington, as soon as possible within the time specified in Article I hereof as the period of extension of the time for the exchange of ratifications of the Convention signed at Washington, on the 5th day of December, 1895, and of the Convention signed at Washington on the 15th day of March, 1888.

In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed the present Convention in duplicate, in the English and Spanish languages.

Done at Washington, this fifth 1070 day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

 Convenio adicional entre los Estados Unidos de América y Venezuela, para pkorogali el tÉrmino fijado para el canje de las ratificaciones del convenio de 5 de diciembre de 1885, y asimismo para puorogar el tÉrmino para el canje de las ratificaciones del convenio de 15 de marzo de 1888. Por cnanto, por los artículos I y II del Convenio firmado y concluido por los respectivos Plenipotenciarios de los Estados Uni-dos y de Venezuela, en la ciudad de Washington el 15 de Marzo 1888, se estipuló que. el tiempo fijado por el Convenio entre ambas partes contratantes, firmado y concluido en 5 de diciembre de 1885, para el cambio en Washing-ton de las ratificaciones consiguientes no excediera de 5 meses contados desde la fecha de dicho Convenio, es decir, del 15 de marzo de 1888, ó antes si fuera posible, y que las ratificaciones del mencionado Convenio de 15 de marzo de 1888, fueran de la misma manera cambiadas en Washington dentro del mismo término; 1068 Y por cuanto en el término prescrito, á que se ha hecho referencia, expiró el 15 de agosto de 1888, sin haber tenido efecto el cange expresado; Y por cuanto aparece que el Congreso y Gobierno de Venezuela, ajustándose á las fórmulas constitucionales de dicha República, ratificaron y confirmaron dichos Convenios en Caracas á 27 de Julio de 1888; y que el Presidente de la República de Venezuela, en dos de agosto de 1888, autorizó, tanto como se requiere, al representante de la misma Re-pública en los Estados Unidos para cambiar las precitadas ratificaciones con cualquiera persona debidamente autorizada por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos; Y por cuanto, ratificadas dichas Convenciones por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos, con el consejo y consentimiento del Senado de los mismos Estados, el Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos, autorizado por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos, estaba dispuesto, antes del 15 de agosto de 1888, á efectuar el cambio de las ratificaciones, como se había estipulado, de las ya referidas Convenciones; Y por cuanto, por causas de inevitable dilación, la copia del apuntado Convenio, ratificado por el Gobierno de Venezuela, como se ha dicho, con los poderes necesarios del Representante de aquel Gobierno en los Estados Unidos para hacer el cambio de las ratificaciones, no pudieron presentarse en la ciudad do Washington, D. O., hasta la terminación del término estipulado para el canje de las ratificaciones;

Por tanto, los Gobiernos de los Estados Unidos y de Venezuela, deseosos de completar y poner en ejecución, en el tiempo más breve posible, los dos Convenios expresados, han nombrado respectivamente como sus Plenipotenciarios para celebrar un Convenio con tal objeto,

El Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América, á Tomás F. Bayard, Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos de América,

Y el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela, á Francisco

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Antonio do Silva, Encargado de Negocios de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela en Washington;

Quienes, después de haber recíprocamente examinado y hallado en buena y debida forma sú competencia para negociar con el fin indicado, han convenido en los artículos siguientes:

Artículo I. Se proroga por un término qne

Time extended fnr exchange of ratifications.

 no exceda de diez meses

Ante, pp. 1062, 1066.

 contados desde el 15 de agosto de mil ochocientos ochenta y ocho, ó para antes, si fuere posible, el tiempo fijado por los artículos primero y segundo del convenio entre ambas paites contratantes, firmado en Washington el 15 de marzo de 1888, para efectuar el cambio de las ratificaciones del Convenio entre las dichas partes contratantes, firmado en Washington el 5 de diciembre de 1885, y también el término fijado para el cambio de las ratificaciones del Convenio de 15 de marzo de 1888.
Artículo II. El presente Convenio sera ratificado

Ratification.

 por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América, con el consejo y consentimiento del Senado de dichos Estados; y por el Presidente délos Estados Unidos de Venezuela con el consejo y consentimiento del Congreso de dicha República; y las ratificaciones serán canjeadas en Washington tan pronto como sea posible dentro del término especificado en el artículo I como próroga del tiempo estipulado para el cambio de las ratificaciones del Convenio firmado en Washington en 5 de diciembre de 1885, y del tiempo estipulado para el cambio de las ratificaciones del Convenio firmado en Washington el 15 de marzo de. 1888.

En prueba y fé de lo cual, los respectivos Plenipotenciarios han firmado y sellado el presente Convenio, por duplicado, en los idiomas inglés y español.

Hecha en la ciudad de Wash- 1070 ington, à cinco de Octubre de mil ochocientos ochenta y ocho.

 T. F.

Signatures.

Bayard [seal.] Fco. Anto. Silva [seal.] And whereas the said Supplementary Convention has been duly

Exchange of ratification .

 ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the same were exchanged at the City of Washington, on the third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President

Proclamation.

of the United States of America, have caused the said Supplementary 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 of America and the citizens thereof.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this 4th day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-nine, and of the i Independence of the United States of America, the one [seal] hundred and thirteenth.

Benj Harrison. By the President: James G. Blaine Secretary of State.
October 16, 1888 October 28, 1888 Convention 28 Stat. 1071 1071 CONVENTION—RUSSIA. March 1628, 1887. Convention between the United States of America and the Empire

March 16, 28, 1887

. of Russia for the extradition of criminals. Signed at Washington March 1628, 1887; ratification, with amendments, advised by the Senate February 6, 1893; ratified by the President February 11, 1893; ratified by the Emperor April 416, 1893; ratifications exchanged at St. Petersburg April 921, 1893; proclaimed June 5, 1893.
By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and

Preamble.

 His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, for the extradition of criminals, was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at the City of Washington, on the twenty-eighth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty seven, which Convention, being in the English and French languages, and as amended by the Senate of the United States, is word for word as follows:—

The United States of America and His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias having thought proper, with a view to the better administration of justice, and for the prevention of crime in their respective territories and jurisdictions, that persons convicted of, or charged with, any of the crimes hereinafter enumerated, and having escaped from justice, should, in certain eases, be reciprocally delivered tip, have resolved to conclude a Convention to this end, and have named as their Plenipotentiaries, to wit:

The President of the United States of America, Thomas F. Bayard,Secretary of State of the United States; and His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, Charles Struve, His blaster of the Court, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary near the Government of the United States of America, and Baron Romain Rosen, His Gentleman in Waiting, Councillor of State, and Consul-General at New York; who, having communicated to each other their full 1072 powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:

Article I.

Reciprocal delivery of persons charged with crime.

The High Contracting Parties reciprocally agree to surrender to each other, upon mutual requisitions and according to then respective regulations and procedure, persons who. being charged with, or convicted of, the commission, in the territory of one of the constructing parties, of airy of the crimes and offenses specified in the following article, shall seek an asylum or be found within the

Proviso.

Evidence required.

territory 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.

Extraditable crimes.

Persons convicted of, or charged with, any of the following crimes, as well as attempts to commit, or participation in, the same, as an accessory before the fact, provided such attempt or participation is punishable by the laws of both countries, shall be delivered up in virtue of the provisions of this Convention: 1.

Murder, etc

 Murder and manslaughter, when voluntary. 2.

Rape, etc.

 Rape, abortion. 3.

Arson.

 Arson. 4.

Burglary, etc.

 Burglary, defined to be the act of breaking, and entering by night, into the dwelling-house of another, with intent to commit felony; robbery, defined to be the act of feloniously and forcibly taking from the person of another money or goods, by violence or putting him in fear; larceny, when the value of the property stolen shall exceed two hundred dollars, or three hundred roubles. 5.

Forgery.

 Forgery; and the utterance of forged papers, including public, sovereign, or governmental acts. 1073 6. The fabrication or circulation of counterfeit money, either coin or paper, or of counterfeit public bonds, coupons of the public debt, bank notes, obligations, or, in general, of any counterfeit title or instrument of credit; the counterfeiting of seals and dies, impressions, stamps, and marks of state and public administrations, and the utterance thereof. 7. The embezzlement of public moneys by public officers or depositaries. 8. Embezzlement by any person or persons, hired or salaried, to the detriinent of their employers, when the value of the property so taken shall exceed two hundred dollars, or three hundred roubles. 9. Piracy, or mutiny on ship-board. whenever the crew, or part thereof, shall have taken possession of the vessel by fraud or by violense against the commander. 10. Wilful or unlawful destruction or obstruction of railroads which endangers human life.
Article III.

If it be made to appear that extradition is sought with a view to try or punish the. person demandad for an offense of a political character, surrender shall not take place; nor shall any person surrendered be tried or punished for any political offense committed previously to his extradition, nor for any offense other than that for which the extradition was granted; nor shall the surrender of any person be demanded for an offense committed prior to the date at which this Convention shall take effect.

An attempt against the life of the head of either Government, or against that of any member of his family, when such attempt comprises the act either of murder or assassination or of poisoning, or of accessoriship thereto, shall not be considered a political offense or an act connected with such an offense.
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Article IV.

Neither country bound to deliver its own citizens.

The contracting parties shall not be required to deliver up their own citizens or subjects, in virtue of the stipulations of the present Convention.
Article V.

Persons under prosecution in country where found.

If the person demanded be held for trial in the country on which the demand is made, it shall be optional with the latter to grant extradition, or to proceed with the trial: Provided, that, unless the trial shall be for the crime for which the fugitive is claimed, the delay shall not prevent ultimate extradition.
Article VI.

Requisitions.

Requisitions for the surrender of fugitives from justice, accused or convicted of any of the crimes or offenses hereinbefore mentioned, shall be made by the diplomatic agent of the demanding Government. In case of the absence of such agent either from the country or from the seat of Government, such requisitions may be made by the superior consular officer.

Persons already convicted.

When the person whose surrender is requested shall already have been convicted of the crime or offense for which his extradition is demanded, the demand therefor shall be accompanied by a copy of the judgment of the court that pronounced the sentence, bearíng the seal of said court. The signature of the judge thereof shall be authenticated by the proper executive officer of the, demanding Government, whose official character shall, in turn, be attested by the diplomatic agent or superior consular officer of the Government on which the demand is made.

Persons charged with crime.

When the person whose surrenders asked shall be merely charged with the commission of an extraditable crime or offense, the application for extradition shall be accompanied by an authenticated copy of the warrant of arrest or of some other equivalent judicial document 1075 issued by a judge or a magistrate duly authorized to do so; and likewise by authenticated copies of the depositions or declarations made before such judge or magistrate and setting forth the acts with which the fugitive is charged.
Article VII.

It shall be lawful for any competent judicial authority of the United States, upon production of a certificate issued by the Secretary of State, stating that request has been made by the Imperial Government of Russia for the provisional arrest of a person convicted or accused of the commission therein of a crime or offense extraditable under this Convention, and upon complaint, duly made, that such crime or offense has been so committed, to issue his warrant for the apprehension of such person. But if the formal requisition for surrender, with the formal proofs hereinbefore mentioned, be not made as aforesaid by the diplomatic agent of the demanding Government, or, in his absence, by the competent consular officer, within forty days from the date of the commitment of the fugitive, the prisoner shall be discharged from custody.

And the Imperial Russian Government will, upon request of the Government of the United States, transmitted through the diplomatic agent of the United States, or, in his absence, through the competent consular officer, secure the provisional arrest of persons convicted or accused of the commission therein of crimes or offenses extraditable under this convention. But if the formal requisition for surrender, with the formal proofs hereinbefore mentioned, benot made as aforesaid by the diplomatic agent of the demanding Government, or, in his absence, by the competent consular officer within forty days from the dale of the arrest of the fugitive, the prisoner shall be discharged from custody.
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Article VIII.

Articles seized with fugitive.

Articles in the possession of the fugitive that have aided the commission of the crime or offense, and any article or property which was obtained through the commission of the crime or offense charged, and, also, any other article that may serve to convict, shall, if he demand for extradition be granted, be delivered to the authorities of the demanding Government, even where, owing to the death or escape of the fugitive, extradition can not take place. Such delivery shall also include articles of the character above-mentioned which the fugitive may have concealed or deposited in the country of refuge, and which may subsequently be found there. The rights of third parties to the above-mentioned articles shall, nevertheless, be duly respected, and they shall be returned to the owners free of expense after the conclusion of the case.

The right of the Government on which the demand for extradition is made to temporarily retain such articles, when they may be necessary for the institution of criminal proceedings occasioned by the same act that has given rise to the demand for extradition, or by any other act, is admitted.
Article IX.

Persuns claimed by another government.

In case the person whose extradition is demanded under the present Convention is also claimed by another Government, preference shall be given to the Government whose demand shall be earliest in point of time: Provided, the Government from which extradition is sought is not bound by treaty to give preference otherwise.
Article X.

Expenses.

The expense occasioned by the arrest, detention, and transportation of persons whose extradition is requested shall be borne by the Government making the application.
Article XI.

Ratification.

The present Convention shall be ratified and the ratifications shall 1077be exchanged at St. Petersburg as soon as possible.

It shall take effect on the twentieth day after its promulgation in the manner prescribed by the laws in force in the territories of the contracting parties. It shall remain in force for six moi tbs after notice of its termination shall have been given by either of the contracting parties.

In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Convention and have thereunto affixed the seals of their arms.

Done in duplicate, at the city of Washington, on the twenty eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

T. F. Bayard [seal.] C Struve. [seal.] Rosen. [seal.]

Les Etats-Unis d’Amérique et Sa Majesté

Contracting parties.

l’Empereur de toutes les Russiesayautjugé opportun, en vue d’une meilleure administration de Injustice et pour prévenir les crimes dans leurs territories et jurisdictions respectifs, que les individus condamnés ou accusés du chef des crimes ciaprès énumérés et qui se seraient soustraits parla fuite aux poursuites de la justice, lussent, dans certaines circonstaces, réciproquement extradés, ont résolu de conclure une convention dansce but et ont nommé pour leurs plénipotentiaires, savoir:

Le Président des Etats-Unis

Plenipotentiaries.

d’Amerique, Thomas F. Bayard, Secrétaire d’Etat des EtatsUnis; et Sa Majesté l’Empereur de toutes les Bussies, Charles Struve, Son Maître de la Cour, Envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire près le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis d’Amérique et le Baron Romain Rosen, Son Gentilhomme de la Chambre, Conseiller d’Etat et Consul Général à New-York; Lesquels, après s’être communiqué leurs pleins pouvoirs, trouvés en 1072 bonne et due forme, sont convenus des articles suivants:

Article I. Les Hautes Parties contractantes s’engagent réciproquement A se livrer à la suite de requisitions mutuelles et. conformément à leurs lois et modes de procédure respectifs, les individus qui, poursuivis ou condamnés du chef de l’un des crimeset délits énumérés à l’article suivant, commis sur le territoire de l’une des parties contractantes, chercheront un asile ou seront trouvés sur le territoire de l’autre. Toutefois l’extradition n’aura lieu que dans le cas où l’existence de l’infraction sera constatée de telle manière que les lois du pays où le fugitif ou la personne poursuivie sera trouvée, justifieraient sa detention et sa mise en jugement, si le crime ou délit y avait été commis.
Article II. Seront livrés en vertu des dispositions de la présente Convention, les individus condamnés ou poursuivis du chef de l’un des crimes suivants, y compris les cas de tentative et de participation: comme complice anté-rieur au fait pourvu queeette tentativeou participation soit punissable selon la législation des deux pays. 1. Meurtre et “manslaughter” volontaire. 2. Viol et le crime de provoquer un avortement, 3. Incendie. 4. “Burglary” consistant dans l’action de s’introduire nuitamment et avec effraction ou escalade dans l’habitation d’autrui avec une intention criminelle; “robbery” consist-ant dans l’enlèvement forcé et criminel, effectué sur la personne d’autrui, d’argent ou d’effets, à l’aide de violence ou d’intimidation; vol, lorsque la valeur de l’argent ou des objets volés dépasse la somme de deux cents dollars ou trois cents roubles. 5. Crime de faux ainsi que l’émission de documents falsifiés, y compris les actes publics du Gouvernement ou de l’autorité souveraine. 1073 6. Fabrication ou mise en circulation

Counterfeiting.

 de fausse monnaie, ou de faux papiermonnaie ou de faux titres ou coupons de la dette publique, de faux billets de banque, de fausses obligations, ou, en gén-éral. de tout faux titre ou instrument de crédit quelconque; contrefaçon de sceaux, empreintes, timbres ou marques de l’Etat et des administrations publiques et mise en circulation de pièces ainsi marquées. 7. Détournement de deniers publics

Embezzlement by officers.

 commis par des officiers ou dé-positaires publics. 8. Détournement commis par

Embezzlement ni private property.

 toute personne ou personnes em-ployées ou salariées, au détriment de ceux qui les emploient, lorsque la valeur de l’argent ou des effets ainsi détournés dépasse la somme de deux cents dollars ou trois cents roubles. 9. Piraterie ou rébellion à bord

Piracy, etc.

 d’un navire, lorsque l’équipage on partie de celuici aura pris possession du navire par fraude ou violence envers le commandant. 10. Obstruction ou destruction

Wilful destruction of railroads, etc.

 volontaire ou illégale de voies fer-rées qui mette eu danger la vie humaine.
Article III.

L’extradition n’aura pas lieu,

No surrender for political offenses.

lorsqu’il sera prouvé qu’elle a. été demandéedaus le but.depoursuivre ou de punir la personne réclamée pour un délit d’un caractère politique; aucun individu extradé ne pourra être poursuivi ou puni ni pour un délit politique commis antérieurement à son extradition

Trial to be only for often so on which extradited.

 ni pour aucun délit autre que celui pour lequel son extradition a été accordée; l’extradition ne pourra être demandée pour aucun délit commis antérieurement à- la date à laquelle la présente Convention sera entrée en vigueur.

Ne sera pas réputé délit politique,

Attempts against Head of Government not apolitical offense.

ni fait connexe â un semblable délit, l’attentat contre la vie du chef de l’un ou de l’autre Etat contractant ou contre celle des membres de sa famille, lorsque cet attentat constituera soit le fait, soit la complicité, de meurtre d’assassinat ou d’empoisonnement.
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Article IV. Les parties contractantes ne seront point obligées dese livrer leurs propres citoyens ou sujets en vertu des stipulations de la présente convention.
Article V. Lorsque la personne réclamée aura été mise en jugement dans le pays au Gouvernement duquel la demande d’extradition est adressée, ce Gouvernement est libre, soit d'accorder l’extradition, soit de poursuivre le procès intenté: il demeure entendu cependant que ce délai ne devra pas empêcher l’ex-tradition ultérieure du fugitif, à moins que ce procès ne lui ait été intenté pour le même crime qui avait motivé la demande de son extradition.
Article VI.

Les demandes tendant à la remise des fugitifs, accusés ou con-damnés du chef d’un des crimes ou délits cidessus énumérés, seront fait par l’agent diplomatique du Gouvernement requérant. Eu cas d’absence de cet agent, soit du pays, soit du siège du Gouvernement, ces demandes pourront être faites par l’agent consulaire supérieur.

Lorsque la personne réclamée aura déjà été condamnée à raison du crime ou du délit qui a motivé la demande d’extradition, cette demande devra être accompagnée d’nne expédition authentique de l’arrêt de la cour qui a prononcé la sentence, munie du sceau de cette cour. La signature du juge devra être légalisée par l’agent compétent du pouvoir exécutif du Gouvernement requérant, dont le caractère officiel sera, à son tour, attesté par l’agent diplomatique ou l’agent consulaire supérieur du Gouvernement auquel la demande est addressée.

Lorsque la personne réclamée sera seulement prévenue d’un crime ou délit pouvant motiver son ex-tradition, la demande d’extradition devraêtreaccompagnée d’une copie authentique du mandat d’arrêt ou d’un antre document judiciaire équivalent, délivré par un juge ou 1075 un magistrat dûment autorisé A cet effet, ainsi que des dépositions ou déclarations faites devant ce juge ou magistrat et énonçant les actes dont le fugitif est provenu.
Article VII.

Sur la présentation d’un eertificat

Provisional arrest in United States.

délivré par le Secretaire d’Etat, constatant que le Gouvernement Imperial de Russie a demandé la miseenétat d’arrestation provisoire d’une personiiecondamnéeou poursuivie du chef d’un crime ou délit commisen Russie etpouvantdonner lien áson extradition en vertu déla présente Convention. et sur une plainte dfiment déposéeeténonant que telle crime ou délit a été ainsi commis, toute autorité judieiaire competente des Etats-Unis aura le pouvoir legal dedelivrer un maudat pour l’arrestation

Discharge on failure to make formal request, etc.

 decette personne. Mais si, dans l’espaee de qnarante jours A compter de la date de l’arrestation du fugitif, la demande fbrmelle d’extradition, accompag-née des preuves formellesci-dessus mentionnées n’est pas faite, ainsi qu’il est slipulé plus haut, par l’agent diplomatique du Gouvernement requérant ou, en son absence par l’agent eonsulaire compétent, le détenu sera mis en liberté;

et le Gouvernement Impérial de

Provisional arrest in Russia.

Russie prendí a, sur la demande du Gouvernement des Etats-Unis transmise par l’agent diplomatique des Etats-Unis, ou, en son absence, par l’agent eonsulaire compétent, des mesures pour la mise en état d’arrestation provisoire de toute personne coudamnée ou poursuivie du chef d’un crime ou délit commis dans les Etats-Unis etpouvant donner lieu á son extradition. Mais si, dans l’espaee de qnarante jours à compter de la date de l’arrestation du fugitif, la demande formelle d’extradition, accompagnée

Discharge on failure to make formal request, etc.

 des preuves formelles ci-dessus mentionnées, n’est pas faite, ainsi qu’il est stipulé plus haut, par l’agent diplomatique du Gouvernement requérant ou, en son absence, par l’agent eonsulaire compétent, le détenu sera mis en liberté.
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Article VIII. Les objets trouvés en la possession du fugitif qui auront servi pour commettre le crime ou délit, et tous objets ou effets provenant du fait incriminé, ainsi que, toute autre pièce de conviction, seront livrés aux agents du Gouvernement requérant, même dans les cas oïl l’extradition ne pourrait avoir lieu par suite de la mort ou de la fuite de l’inculpé. Cette remise comprendra aussi les objets appartenant à la même catégorie et que le prévenu aurait cachés ou déposés dans le pays où il s’est réfugié et qui y serait trouvés plus tard. Sont cependant réservés les droits des tiers sur les objets susmentionnés, qui devront leur être rendus sans frais après la conclusion du procès. Une semblable réserve est egalement stipulée à l’égard du droit du Gouvernement, auquel la demande d’extradition est addressée, de retenir provisoirement les dits objets lors qu’il seraient nécessaires pour l’instruction d’une affaire pénale occasion-née par le même fait qui a donné lien à la demande ou par un autre fait quelconque.
Article IX. Dans le cas on la personne dont l’extradition est demandee en vertu déla présente Convention est aussi réclamée par un autre Gouvernement, elle sera livrée au Gouverne-ment dont la demande aura une date plus ancienne. l’ourvu que le Gouvernement auquel l’extradition est demandee ne soit tena en vertu d’un traite d’en agir autrement.
Article X. Les dépenses causees par l’arrestation, ladétention et le transport des individua reclames, seront supportés par le Gouvernement requérant.
Article XI. La présente Convention sera ratifiée et les ratifieations en seront 1077 échangées à St. Petersbourg aussitôt que faire se pourra.

Elle sera exécutoire à dater du

Effect.

vingtième jour après sa promulgation dans les formes prescrites par les lois en vigueur dans les territores d’état des Parties contractantes. Elle continuera à être en vigueur jusqu’à six mois après déclaration contraire de la part de l’une des Parties contractantes.

En foi de quoi, les plénipotentiaires respectifs ont sigué la présente Convention et y ont apposé lecachet de leurs armes.

Fait en double expédition à Washington, le seize (vingthuit) Mars, mil huitcent quatrevingt- sept.

T. F. Bayard [L. S.]

Signatures.

 C Struve. [L. S.] Rosen. [L. S.] 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 St. Petersburg on the twenty-first day of April, one thou-sand eight hundred and ninety-three;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Grover Cleveland, President of

Proclamation.

the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same find every article and clause thereof, as amended, may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.

In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my band and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this fifth day of June 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.
UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION. July 4, 1891 Convention 28 Stat. 1053 1078 UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION—VIENNA, July 4, 1891 Convention Postale Universelle conclue

Powers contracting.

 entre l’Allemagne et les Protectorats Allemands, les États- Unis d’Amérique, la République Argentine, F AutricheHongrie, la Belgique, la Bolivie, le Brésil, la Bulgarie, le Chili, la République de Colombie, P État Indépendant dit Congo, la République de CostaRica, le Danemark et les Colonies Danoises, la République Dominicaine, P Égypte, F Équateur, P Espagne et les Colonies Espagnoles, la France et les Colonies Fran-çaises, la GrandeBretagne et diverses Colonies Britanniques, les Colonies Britanniques d’A ustralasie, le Canada, l’Inde Britannique, la Grèee, le Guatemala, la République d’Haiti, le Royaume JHawai, la République du Honduras, Fltalie, le Japon, la République de Libéria, le Luxembourg, le Mexique, le Monténégro, le Nicaragua, la Norvège, le Paraguay, les PaysBas et les Colonies Néerlandaises, le Pérou, la Perse, le Portugal, et les Colonies Portugaises, la Roumanie, la Russie, le Salvador, la Serbie, le Royaume de Siam, la République SudAfricaine, la Suède, la Suisse, la Régence de Tunis, la Turquie, P Uruguay et les États-Unis de Vénézuéla.

July 4, 1891

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UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONVENTION.

Les soussignés, plénipotentiaires des

Preamble.

Gouvernements des pays cidessus énumérés, s’étant réunis en Congrès à Vienne, en vertu de l’article 19

Vol 20, p. 744.

 delaConveution postale universelle conclue à Paris le 1er juin 1878, ont, d’un commun accord et sous réserve de

Vol. 25, p. 1339.

 ratification, révisé ladite Convention, ainsi que l’acte additionnel y relatif conclu à Lisbonne le 21 mars 1885, conformément aux dispositions suivantes:

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Article Premier. Les pays entre lesquels est conclue la présente Convention, ainsi que ceux qui y adhéreront ulté-rieurement, forment, sous la dénomination d’Union postale universelle, un seul territoire postal pour l’échange réciproque des correspondances entre leurs bureaux de poste.
Article 2. Les dispositions de cette Convention s’étendent aux lettres, aux cartes postales simples et avec ré-ponse payée,aux imprimés de toute nature, aux papiers d’affaires et aux échantillons de marchandises originaires de l’un des pays de l’Union et à destination d’un autre de ces pays. Elles s’appliquent également à l’échange postal des objets cidessus entre les pays de l’Ûnion et les pays étrangers à l’Union, toutes les fois que cet échange emprunte les services de deux des parties contractantes, au moins.
Article 3. 1.— Les Administrations des postes des pays limitrophes ou aptes à correspondre directement entre eux sans emprunter l’inter-médiaire des services d’une tierce Administration, déterminent, d’un commun accord, les conditions du transport de leurs dépêches ré-ciproques à travers la frontière ou d’une frontière à l’autre. 2.— A moins d’arrangement contraire, on considère comme services tiers les transports maritimes effectués directement entre deux pays, au moyeu de paquebots ou bâtiments dépendant de l’un d’eux, et ces transports, de même que ceux effectués entre deux bureaux d’un même pays, par l’inter-médiaire de services maritimes ou territoriaux dépendant d’un autre pays, sont régis par les dispositions de l’article suivant.
Article 4. 1.— La liberté du transit est garantie dans le territoire entier de l’Union. 1080 2.— Eh conséquence, les diverses Administrations postales de l’Union peuvent s’expédier réciproquement, par l’intermédiaire d’une ou de plusieurs d’entre elles, tant des dépêches closes que des correspondances à découvert, suivant les besoins du tralic et les convenances du service postal. 3.— Les correspondances échangées,

Transit charges.

 soit à découvert, soit en dé-pêches closes, entre deux Administrations de l’Union, au moyen des services d’une ou de plusieurs autres Administrations de l’Union, sont soumises, au profit de chacun des pays traversés ou dont les services participent au transport, aux frais de transit suivants, savoir: 1.° pour les parcours territoriaux,

Land.

 2 francs par kilogramme de lettres ou cartes postales, et 25 centimes par kilogramme d’autres objets; 2.° pour les parcours maritimes,

Sea.

 15 francs par kilogramme de lettres ou cartes postales, et 1 franc par kilogramme d’autres objets. 4.— Il est toutefois entendu:

Exceptions.

Free matter.

 1.° 1 que partout où le transit est déjà actuellement gratuit ou soumis à des conditions plus avantageuses, ce régime est maintenu, sauf dans le. cas prévu au chiffre 3° ciaprès; 2.° que partout où les frais de

Present sea charges.

 transit maritime sont fixés actuellement à 5 francs par kilogramme de lettres ou de cartes postales, et à 50 centimes par kilogramme d’autres objets, ces prix sont maintenus; 3.° que tout parcours maritime

Free conveyance.

Limit.

 n’excédant pas 300 milles marins est gratuit, si l’Administration in-téressée a déjà droit, du chef des dépêches ou correspondances béné-ficiant de ce parcours, à la rému-nération afférente au transit territorial; dans le cas contraire, il est rétribué à raison de 2 francs par kilogramme de lettres ou cartes postales et de 25 centimes par kilogramme d’autres objets: 4.° que, en cas de transport maritime

Maximum of sea expenses.

 effectué par deux ou plusieurs Administrations, les frais du parcours total ne peuvent dépasser 15 francs par kilogramme de lettres ou cartes postales et l franc par kilogramme d’autres objets; ces frais, le cas échéant, sont ré- 1081 partis entre ces Administrations au prorata des distances parcourues, sans préjudice «les arrangements ditto rents entre les parties intéressées; 5.° que les prix spécifiés au pré-sent article ne s’appliquent, ni aux transports au moyen de services dépendant d’Administrations étrangères à l’Union, ni aux trans-ports dans l’Union au moyen de services extraordinaires spécialement créés ou entretenus par une Administration, soit dans l’intérêt, soit sur la demande d’une ou de plusieurs autres Administrations. Les conditions de ces deux caté-gories de transports sont réglées de gré à gré entre les Administrations intéressées. 5.— Les frais de transit sont à la charge de l’Administration du pays d’origine. 6.— Le décompte général de ces frais a lien sur la base de relevés établis tous les trois ans, pendant une période de 28 jours à déterminer dans le Règlement d’exécution prévu par l’article 20 ciaprès. 7.— Sont exempts de tous frais de transit territorial ou maritime, la correspondance des Administrations postales entre elles, les cartes postalesréponse renvoyées au pays d’origine, les objets réexpédiés ou mal dirigés, les rebuts, les avis de réception, les mandats de poste et tous autres documents relatifs au service postal.
Article 5. 1.— Les taxes pour le transport des envois postaux dans toute l’é-tendue de l’Union, y compris leur remise au domicile des destinataires dans les pays de l’Union où le service de distribution est ou sera organisé, sont fixées comme suit: 1.° pour les lettres, à 25 centimes en cas d’aifranchissement, et au double dans le cas contraire, par chaque lettre et par chaque poids de 15 grammes ou fraction «le 15 grammes ; 2.° pour les cartes postales, à 10 centimes pour la carte simple ou pour chacune des deux parties de la carte avec réponse payée. 1082 Les cartes postales non affranchies sont soumises à la taxe des lettres non affranchies. 3.°

pour les imprimas de, toute

Printed matter.

nature, les papiers d’affaires et les échantillons de marchandise, à 5 centimes par chaque objet ou paquet portant une adresse particulière et par chaque poids de 50 grammes ou fraction de 50 gram-mes, pourvu que cet objet ou paquet ne contienne aucune lettre ou note manuscrite ayant le caractère de correspondance actuelle et personnelle, et soit conditionné de manière à pouvoir être facilement vérifie.

La taxe des papiers d’affaires ne peut être inférieure à 25 centimes par envoi, et la taxe des échantillons ne peut être inférieure à 10 centimes par envoi.

 2.— 11 peut être perçu, en sus des

Additional charges.

 taxes fixées parle paragraphe pré-cédent : 1.° pour tout envoi soumis à des frais de transit

Surtax on sea transit.

 maritime de 15 francs par kilogramme de lettres ou cartes postales et de 1 franc par kilogramme d’autres objets et dans toutes les relations auxquelles ces frais de transit sont applicables, une surtaxe uniforme qui ne peut pas dépasser 25 centimes par port simple pour les lettres, 5 centimes par carte postale et 5 centimes par 50 grammes ou fraction de 50 grammes pour les autres objets ; 2.° pour tout objet transporté par des

MattertononUnion countries.

 services dépendant d’Ad-ministrations étrangères à l’Union ou par des services extraordinaires dans l’Union, donnant lieu à des frais spéciaux, une surtaxe en rap-port avec ces frais. 3.— En cas d’insuffisance d’affran classement,

Penalty for inauitici ent prepayment.

 les objets de correspondance de toute nature sont passibles, à la charge des destinataires, d’une taxe double du montant de l’insuffisance, sausquecette taxe puisse dépasser celle qui est perçue dans le pays dedestination sur les correspondances non affranchies de même nature, poids et origine. 4.— Les objets autres que les lettres et les

Prepayment required.

 cartes postales doivent être affranchis au moins partiellement. 5.— Les paquets d’échantillons

Samples.

 de marchandise ne peuvent renfermer aucun objet ayant une valeur 1083 marchande; ils ne doivent pas dé-passer le poids de 250 grammes, ni présenter des dimensions supérieures à 30 centimètres en longueur, 20 centimètres en largeur et 10 centimètres en épaisseur on, s’ils ont la forme de rouleau, à 30 centimètres de longueur et 15 centimè-tres de diamètre. Toutefois, les Administrations des pays intéres-sés sont autorisées ¿1 adopter decommun accord, pour leurs échanges réciproques, des limites de poids ou de dimensions supérieures à celles fixées cidessus. 6.— Les paquets de papiers d’affaires et d’imprimés ne peuvent pas dépasser le poids de 2 kilogrammes, ni présenter, sur aucun de leurs côtés, une dimension supérieure à 45 centimètres. On peut, toutefois, admettre au transport par la poste les paquets en forme de rouleau dont le diamètre ne dépasse pas 10 centimètres et dont la longueur n’excède pas 75 centimètres.
Article 6. 1.— Les objets désignés dans l’article 5 peuvent être expédiés sous recoinman dation. 2.— Tout envoi recommandé, est passible, à la charge de l’envoyeur: 1.° du prix d’affranchissement ordinaire de l’envoi, selon sa nature; 2.° d’un droit fixe de recommandation de 25centimes au maximum, y compris la délivrance d’un bulletin de dépôt à l’expéditeur. 3.— L’envoyeur d’un objet recommandé jieut obtenir un avis de ré-ception de cet objet, en payant d’avance un droit fixe de 25 centimes au maximum.
Article 7. 1.— Les correspondances recommandées peuvent être expédiées grevées deremboursementj usqu’au montant de 500 francs dans les relations entre les pays dont les Ad-ministrations conviennent d’introduire ce service. Ces objets sont soumis aux formalités et aux taxes des envois recommandés. 2.— Le montant, encaissé du destinataire doit être transm is à l’en-voyeur au moyen d’un mandat de poste, après déduction de la taxe 1084 des mandats ordinaires et d’un droit d’encaissement de 10 centimes.
Article 8.

Art. 8.

 1.— En cas de perte d’un envoi recommandé

Indemnity for lost registered aiticles.

 et sauf le cas de force majeure, l’expéditeur ou, sur sa demande, le destinataire a

Post, p. 1098.

droit à une inde„.nité de 50 francs. 2.— L’obligation de payer l’indemnité incombe à l’Administration dont relève le bureau expéditeur, Est réservé à cette Ad minis tration le recourscontre l’Administration responsable, c’est-à-dire contre l’Administration sur le territoire ou dans le service de laquelle la perte a eu lieu. 3.— Jusqu’à preuve du contraire, la

Responsibility.

responsabilité incombe à l’Ad-ministration qui, ayant reçu l’objet sans faire d’observation, ne peut établir ni la délivrance au destinataire ni, s’il y a lieu, la trans-mission régulière à l’Administration suivante. Pour les envois adressés poste restante, la responsabilité cesse par la délivrance à une personne qui a justifié, suivant les règles en vigueur dans le pays de destination, que ses nom et qualité sont conformes aux indications de l’adresse. 4.— Le paiement de l’indemnité par l’Office

Payment.

 expéditeur doit avoir lieu le plus tôt possible et, au plus tard, dans le délai d’un an à partir dnjonr de la réclamation. L’Office responsable est tenu de rembourser sans retard, à l’Office expéditeur, le montant de l’indemnité payée par celuici. Dans le cas oit l’Office responsable aurait notifié à l’Office expéditeur de ne point effectuer le paiement, il devrait rembourser à ce dernier Office les frais qui seraient la conséquence du nonpaie-ment. 5.— Il est entendu que la réclamation

Time limits.

 n’est admise que dans le délai d’un an, à partir du dépôt à la poste de l’envoi recommandé; passé ce terme, le réclamant n’a droit à aucune indemnité. 6.— Si la perte a eu lieu en cours de transport

Sharing liability.

 sans qu’il soit possi- 1085 ble d’établir sur le territoire de quel pays le fait s’est accompli, les Administrations en cause supportent le dommage par parts égales. 7.— Les Administrations cessent d’être responsables des envois re-commandés dont les ayants droit ont donné reçu et pris livraison.
Article 9. 1.— L’expéditeur d’un objet de correspondance peut le faire retirer du service on en faire modifier l’adresse, tant que cet objet n’a pas été livré au destinataire. 2.— La demande à formuler à cet effet est transmise par voie postale ou par voie télégraphique aux frais de l’expéditeur, qui doit payer, savoir: 1.° pour toute demande par voie postale, la taxe applicable a une lettre simple recommandée; 2.° our toute demande par voie télégraphique, la taxe de télé-gramme d’après le tarif ordinaire. 3.— Les dispositions du présent article ne sont pas obligatoires pour les pays dont la législation ne permet pas à l’expéditeur de disposer d’un envoi en cours de transport.
Article 10. Ceux des pays de l’Union qui n’ont pas le franc pour unité mo-nétaire fixent leurs taxes à l’équivalent, dans leur monnaie respective, des taux déterminés par les articlesâ et 6 précédents. Ces pays ont la faculté d’arrondir les fractions conformément au tableau in-séré au Règlement d’exécution mentionné à l’article 20 de la présente Convention.
Article 11. 1.— L’affranchissement de. tout envoi quelconque ne peut être opéré qu’au moyen de timbresposte valables dans le pays d’origine pour la correspondance des particuliers. Toutefois,sont également considérées comme dûment affranchies les cartesréponse por- 1086 taut des timbresposte du pays ¿’émission de ces cartes. 2.— Les correspondances officielles

Official postal matter tree.

 relatives au service de postes et échangées entre les Administrations postales sont seules exemptées de cette obligation et admises à la Iran chise. 3.— Les correspondances déposées

Stamps for matter moiled on ships.

 en pleine mer à la boite d’un paquebot ou entre les mains des commandants de navires peuvent être affranchies au moyen des timbresposte et d’après le tarif du pays auquel appartient ou dont dépend ledit paquebot. Si le dépôt à bord a lieu pendant le stationnement aux deux points extrêmes du parcours ou dans l’une des escales intermédiaires, l’affranchissement n’est valable qu’autant qu’il est effectué au moyen de timbresposte et d’après le tarif du pays dans les eaux duquel se trouve le paquebot.
Article 12.

Art. 12.

 1.— Chaque Administration garde

Retention of collections.

 en entier les sommes qu’elle a per- ?ues en exécution des articles 5,6, , 10 et 11 précédents, sauf la bonification due pour les mandats prévus au paragraphe 2 de l’article 7. 2.— Eu conséquence, il n’y a pas

Accounts.

 lieu, de ce chef, à un décompte entre les diverses Administrations de l’Union, sous réserve delà bonification prévue au paragraphe 1 du présent article. 3.— Les lettres et autres envois postaux ne peuvent,

Limit of charges.

 dans le pays d’origine, comme dans celui de destination, être frappés, à la charge des expéditeurs ou des destinataires, d’aucune taxe ni d’aucun droit postal autres que ceux prévus par les articles susmentionnés.
Article 13.

Art. 13.

 1.— Les objets de correspondance

Special delivery.

 de toute nature sont, à la demande des expéditeurs, remis à domicile par un porteur spécial immédiatement après l’arrivée, dans les pays de l’Union qui consentent à se 1087 charger de ce service dans leurs relations réciproques. 2.— Ces envois, qui sont qualifiés „ exprès, sont soumis à une taxe spéciale de remise à domicile; cette taxe est fixée il 30 centimes et doit être acquittée complètement et à l’avance, par l’expéditeur, en sus du port ordinaire. Elle est acquise à l’Administration du pays d’ori • gine. 3.— Lorsque l’objet est destiné à une localité on il n’existe pas de bureau de poste, l’Administration des postes destinataires peut percevoir une taxe complémentaire, jusqu’à concurrence du prix fixé pour la remise par exprès dans son service interne, déduction faite de la taxe fixe payée par l’expéditeur, ou de sou équivalent dans la monnaie du pays qui perçoit ce com-plément. 4.— Les objets exprès non com-plètement affranchis pour Je montant total des taxes payables à l’avance sont distribués par les moyens ordinaires.
Article 14. 1.— Il n’est perçu aucun supplé-ment de taxe, pour la réexpédition d’envois postaux dans l’intérieur de l’Union. 2.— -Les correspondances tombées eu rebut ne donnent pas lieu à restitution des droits de transit revenant aux Administrations in-termédiaires, pour le transport an-térieur desdites correspondances. 3.— Les lettres et les cartes postales non affranchies et les correspondances de toute nature insuffisamment affranchies, qui font retour au pays d’origine par suite de réexpédition ou de mise en rebut, sont passibles, à la charge des destinataires ou des expéditeurs, des mêmes taxes que les ob jets similaires directement adressés du pays de la première destination au pays d’origine.
Article 15. 1.— Des dépêches closes peuvent être échangées entre les bureaux de poste de l’un des pays contractants et les commandants do divisions navales ou bâtiments de guerre de ce même pays en station à l’étranger, par l’intermédiaire des 1088 services territoriaux ou maritimes dépendant d’autres pays. 2.— Les correspondances de toute

Regulations.

 nature comprises dans ces dé-pêches doivent être exclusivement à l’adresse ou en provenance des états-majors et des équipages des bâtiments destinataires ou expedí tours des dépêches; les tarifs et conditions d’envoi qui leur sont applicables sont déterminés, d’a- prés ses règlements intérieurs, par l’Administration des postes’ du pays auquel appartiennent les bâtiments. 3.— Sauf arrangement contraire

Transit expenses.

 entre les Offices intéressés, l’Office postal expéditeur ou destinataire des dépêches dont il s’agit est redevable, envers les Offices inter-médiaires, de frais de transit calculés conformément aux dispositions de l’article 4.
Article 16.

Art 16.

 1.— Il n’est pas donné cours:

Limits to articles forwarded.

 a) aux papiers d’affaires, échantillons et imprimés qui ne sont pas affranchis au moins partiellement ou qui ne sont pas conditionnés de façon à permettre une vérification facile du contenu; b) aux objets de mêmes caté tories qui dépassent les limites de poids et de dimensions fixées à l’article 5; c) aux échantillons de marchandises ayant une valeur marchande. 2.— Le cas échéant, les envois

Return to sender.

 mentionnés au paragraphe précé-dent doivent être renvoyés au timbre d’origine et remis, s’il est possible, à l’expéditeur. 3.— Il est interdit:

Matter forbidden.

 1.° d’expédier par la poste: a) des échantillons et autres objets qui, par leur nature, peuvent présenter du danger pour les agents postaux, salir ou détériorer les correspondances; b) des matières explosibles, in-flammables ou dangereuses; des animaux et insectes, vivants ou morts, sauf les exceptions prévues au Règlement de détail. 2.° d’insérer dans les correspondan ces ordinaires ou recommandées consignées à la poste: a) Des pièces de monnaie ayant cours; 1089 b) des objets passibles des droits de douane; c) des matières d’or ou d’argent, des pierreries, des bijoux et autres objets précieux, niais seulement dans le cas où leur insertion ou expédition serait, détendue d’après la législation des pays intéressés. 4.— Les envois tombant sous les prohibitions du paragraphe 3 qui précède et qui auraient été à tort admis à l’expéditioii, doivent être renvoyés au timbre d’origine, sauf le cas où l’Administration du pays de destination serait autorisée par sa législation ou par ses règlements intérieurs à en disposer autrement. 5.— Est d’ailleurs réservé le droit du Gouvernement de tout pays de l’Union de ne pas effectuer, sur son territoire, le transport ou la distribution, tant des objets jouissant de la modération de taxe à l’égard desquels il n’a pas été satisfait aux lois, ordonnances ou décrets qui règlent les conditions de leur publication ou de leur circulation dans ce pays, que de correspondances de toute nature qui portent ostensiblement des inscriptions, dessins, etc. interdits par les dispositions légales ou réglementaires en vigueur dans le même pays.
Article 17. 1.— Les Offices de l’Union (pii ont des relations avec des pays situés en dehors de l’Union, admettent tous les autres Offices de l’Union à profiter de ces relations pour l’échange des correspondances avec lesdits pays. 2.— Les correspondances échangées à découvert entre un pays de l’Union et un pays étranger à celleci, par l’intermédiaire d’un autre pays de l’Union, sont traitées, pour ce (pii concerne le transport en dehors des limites de l’Union, d’après les conventions, arrangements ou dispositions particulières régissant les rapports postaux entre ce dernier pays et le pays étranger à l’Union. 3.— A l’égard des frais de transit dans le ressort de l’Union, les correspondances originaires ou à destination d’un pays étranger sont assimilées à celles de ou pour le pays de l’Union qui entretient les 1090 relations avec ce premier pays. 4.— A l’égard des frais de transit

Expenses beyond the Union.

 en dehors des limites de l’Union, les correspondances à destination d’un pays étranger sont soumises, au profit, du pays de l’Union qui entretient les relations avec le pays étranger à celleci, aux frais de transit suivant, savoir: a) pour les parcours maritimes

Sea transit.

 en dehors de l’Union, 20 francs par kilogramme de lettres ou cartes postales, et 1 franc par kilogramme d’autres objets; b) pour les parcours territoriaux

Land transit

 en dehors de l’Union, s’il y a lieu, les frais par kilogramme notifiés par le pays de l’Union qui entretient les relations avec le pays étranger servant d’intermédiaire. 5.— En cas de transport maritime effectué par

Maximum maritime conveyance charges.

 deux ou plusieurs Administrations, les frais du parcours maritime total, dans le res-sort de l’Union et en dehors de l’Union, ne peuvent déliasser 20 francs par kilogramme de lettres ou cartes postales et 1 franc par kilogramme d’antres objets; le cas échéant, ces frais sont répartis entre ces Administrations au prorata des distances parcourues, sans préjudice des arrangements différents entre les parties inté-ressées. 6.— Les frais de transit, en dehors

Payment

 de l’Union mentionnés ci dessus sont h la charge de l’Administration du pays d’origine. Ils s’appliquent à toutes les correspondances expédiées soit à découvert, soit en dépêches closes. Mais dans le cas de dépêches closes envoyées d’un pays de l’Union à destination d’un pays étranger à celleci, ou d’un pays étranger à destination d’un pays de l’Union, un arrangement préalable concernant le mode de paiement des frais de transit devra, être conclu entre les Administrations intéressées. 7.— Le décompte général des frais

General settlement.

 de transit des correspondances échangées entre un pays de l’Union et un pays étranger, par l’intermé-diaire d’un autre pays de l’Un ion, a lien sur la base de relevés qui sont établis en même temps que les relevés dressés, en vertu de l’artiUnion which maintains relations with the first mentioned country. 1091 de 4 précédent, pour la fixation des frais de transit dans l’Union. 8.— Les taxes à percevoir dans un pays de l’Union sur les correspondances à destination ou provenant d’un pays étranger à l’Union et empruntant l’intermédiaire d’un autre pays de l’Union, ne pourront jamais être inférieures au tarif normal de l’Union. Ces taxes restent acquises en entier au pays qui les perçoit.
Article 18. Les hautes parties contractantes s’engagent à prendre, ou à proposer à leurs législatures respectives, les mesures nécessaires pour punir l’emploi frauduleux, pour l’affranchissement de correspondances, de timbresposte contrefaits ou ayant déjà servi. Elles s’eu gagent également à prendre, ou à proposer à leurs législatures respectives, les mesures nécessaires pour interdire et réprimer les opérations frauduleuses de fabrication, vente, colportage ou distribution de vignettes et timbres en usage dans le service des postes, contrefaits ou imités de telle manière qu’ils pourraient être confondus avec les vignettes et timbres émis par l’Administration d’un des pays adhérents
Article 19. Le service des lettres et boîtes avec valeurs déclarées, et ceux des mandats de poste, îles colis postaux, des valeurs à recouvrer, des livrets d’identité, des abonnements aux journaux, etc., font l’objet d’arrangements particuliers entre les divers pays ou groupes de pays de l’Union.
Article 20. 1.— Les Administrations postales des divers pays qui composent l’Union sont compétentes pour arrêter d’un commun accord, dans un Règlement d’exécution, toutes les mesures d’ordre et de détail qui sont jugées nécessaires. 2.— Les différentes Administrations peuvent, en outre, prendre 1092 entre elles les arrangements né-cessaires au sujet des questions qui ne concernent pas l’ensemble de FUnion. pourvu que ces arrangements ne dérogent pas à la pré-sente Convention. 3.— 11 est toutefois permis aux Administrations intéressées

Lower postage.

 de s’entendre mutuellement pour l’adoption de taxes réduites dans un rayon de 30 kilomètres.
Article 21.

Art. 21.

 1.— La présente Convention ne porte

Limitation of effect.

 point altération à la législation de chaque pays dans tout ce qui n’est pas prévu par les stipulations contenues dans cette Convention. 2.— Elle ne restreint pas le droit des parties contractantes de maintenir et de conclure des traités, ainsi que de maintenir et d’établir des unions plus restreintes, en vue de l’amélioration des relations postales.
Article 22.

Art 22.

 1.— Est maintenue l’institution, sous

International Bureau.

Maintenance.

 le nom de Bureau international de l’Union postale universelle. d’un Office central qui fonctionne sous la haute surveillance de l’Administration des postes suisses et dont les frais sont sup-portés par toutes les Administrations de l’Union. 2.— Ce Bureau demeure chargé de réunir,

Duties.

 lt;le coordonner, de publier et de distribuer les renseignements de toute nature qui intéres-sent le service international des postes; d’émettre, à la demande des parties en cause, un avis sur lesqRestions litigieuses;d’instruire les demandes en modification des actes du Congrès; de notifier les changements adoptés, et, en géné-ral, de procéder aux études et aux travauxdont Userait saisi dans l’intérêt de l’Union postale.
Article 23.

Art.23.

 1.— En cas de dissentiment entre deux ou plusieurs

Arbitration of disagreements.

 membres de l’Union, relativement à l’interpré-tation de la présente Convention on à la responsabilité d’une Admi- 1093 nistration en cas de perte d’un envoi recommandé, la question en litige est réglée par jugement arbitral. A eet effet, chacune des Ad-ministrations en cause choisit un autre membre de l’Union qui n’est pas directement intéressé dans l’affaire. 2.— La décision des arbitres est donnée à la majorité absolue des voix. 3.— En cas de partage des voix, les arbitres choisissent, pour trancher le différend, une autre Administration également désintéressée dans le litige. 4.— Les dispositions du présent article s’appliquent également à tous les Arrangements conclus en vertu de l’article 19 précédent.
Article 24. 1.— Les pays qui n’ont point pris part à la présente Convention sont admis à y adhérer sur leur demande. 2.— Cette adhésion est notifiée, par la voie d i p I o m a t i q u e, au Gouvernement de la Confédération suisse et, par ce Gouvernement, à tous les pays de l’Union. 3.— Elle emporte, de plein droit, accession à toutes les clauses et ad-mission à tous les avantages stipulés par la présente Convention. 4.— Il appartient au Gouvernement de la Confédération suisse de déterminer, d’un commun accord avec le Gouvernement du pays in-téressé, la part contributive de l’Administration de ce dernier pays dans les frais du Bureau international, et, s’il y a lieu, les taxes à percevoir par cette Administration en conformité de l’article 10 précé-dent.
Article 25. 1.— Des Congrès de plénipotentiaires des pays contractants ou de simples Conférences administratives, selon l’importance des questions à résoudre, sont réunis, lorsque la demande en est faite ou approuvée par les deux tiers, au moins, des Gouvernements on Ad-ministrations, suivant le cas. 1094 2.— Toutefois, un Congrès doit

Regular congreso.

 avoir lieu au moins tous les cinq ans. 3.— Chaque pays peut se faire

Representation.

 représenter, soit par un ou plusieurs délégués, soit par la délégation d’un autre pays. Mais il est entendu que le délégué ou les délé-gués d’un pays ne peuvent être chargés que de la représentation de deux pays, y compris celui qu’ils représentent. 4.— Dans les délibérations, chaque

Votes.

 pays dispose d’une seule voix. 5.— Chaque Congrès fixe le lieu

Place of meeting.

 de la réunion du prochain Congrès. 6.— Pour les Conférences, les Administrations

Conferences.

 fixent les lieux de réunion sur la proposition du Bureau international.
Article 26.

Art 26.

 1.— Dans l’intervalle qui s’écoule

Changes proposed.

 entre les réunions, toute Administration des postes d’un pays de l’Union a le droit d’adresser aux autres Administrations participantes, par l’intermédiaire du Bureau international, des propositions concernant le régime de l’Union. 2.—

Toute proposition est soumise

Procedure.

au procédé suivant:

Un délai de cinq mois est laissé aux Administrations de l’Union pour examiner les propositions et pour faire parvenir au Bureau international, le cas échéant, leurs observations, amendements ou contre-propositions. Les réponses sont réunies par les soins dn Bureau international et communiquées aux Administrations avec l’invitation de se prononcer pour ou contre. Celles qui n’ont point fait parvenir leur vote dans un délai de six mois, à compter de la date de la seconde circulaire du Bureau international leur notifiant les observations apportées, sont considérées comme s’abstenant.

 3.— Pour devenir exécutoires, les

Votes necessary.

 propositions doivent réunir, savoir: 1.° l’unanimité des suffrages, s’il s’agit de l’addition de nouveaux articles ou de la modification des dispositions du présent article et 1095 des articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, S, 9, 12, 13, 15 et 18; 2.° les deux tiers des suffrages, s’il s’agit de la modification des dispositions de la Convention autres que celles des articles 2, 3, 4, 5, (i, 7, S, 9, 12, 13, 15, 18 et 26; 3.° la simple majorité absolue, s’il s’agit de la modification des dispositions de la Convention, hors le cas de litige prévu à l’article 23 précédent. 4.— Les résolutions valables sont consacrées, dans les deux premiers cas, par une déclaration diplomatique, que le Gouvernement de la Confédération suisse est chargé d’établir et de transmettre à tous les Gouvernements des pays contractants, et, dans le troisième cas, par une simple notification du Bureau international à toutes les Administrations de l’Union. 5.— Toute modification ou résolution adoptée n’est exécutoire que deux mois, au moins, après sa notification.
Article 27. Sont considérés comme formant, pour l’application des articles 22, 25 et 26 précédents, un seul pays ou une seule Administration, suivant le cas: 1.° L’Empire de l’Inde britannique; 2.° Le Dominion du Canada : 3.° L’ensemble des colonies britanniques de l’Australasie; 4.° L’ensemble des colonies danoises ; 5.° L’ensemble des colonies espagnoles; 6.° L’ensemble des colonies fran-çaises; 7.° L’ensemble des colonies né-erlandaises; 8.° L’ensemble des colonies portugaises.
Article 28. La présente Convention sera mise à exécution le 1er juillet 1892 et demeurera en vigueur pendant untempsindéterminé ;mais chaque partie contractante a le droit de se retirer de l’Union, moyennant un avertissement donné une année à l’avance par son Gouvernement au Gouvernement de la Confédération suisse.
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Article 29.

Art. 29.

 1.— Sont abrogées, à partir du

Prior treaties, etc., abrogated.

 jour de la mise à exécution de la présente Convention, toutes les dispositions des Traités, Conventions. Arrangements ou autres Actes con el us antérieurement entre les divers pays on Administrations, pour autant que ces dispositions ne seraient pas conciliables avee les termes de la présente Convention, et sans préjudice des droits réservés par l’article 21 ci-dessus. 2.— La présente Convention sera

Ratification.

 ratifiée aussitôt que faire se pourra. Les actes de ratification seront échangés à Vienne. 3.— En foi de quoi, les plénîpotentiaires

signatures.

 des pays cidessus énumérés ont signé la présente Convention à Vienne, le quatre juillet mil huit cent quatre-vingt-onze.
Universal Postal Convention concluded between Germany and the German Protectorates, the United-States of America, the Argentine Republic, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chili, the Republic of Colombia, the Independent State of Congo, the Republic of Costa Rica, Den-mark and the Danish Colonies, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ecuador, Spain and the Spanish Colonies, France and the French Colonies, Great Britain and various British Colonies, the British Colonies of Australasia, Canada and British India, Greece, Guatemala, the Republic of Haiti, the Kingdom of Hawaii, the Republic of Honduras, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Liberia, Luxemburg, Mexico, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Norway, Paraguay, the Nether-lands and the Netherlands Colonies, Peru, Persia, Portugal and the Portuguese Colonies, Roumania, Russia, Salvador, Servia, the Kingdom of Siam, the South African Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, the Regency of Tunis, Turkey, Uruguay, and the United States of Venezuela. [Translation made at Post-Office Department, Washington.]

The undersigned, plenipotentiaries of the Governments of the countries above enumerated, being assembled in Congress at Vienna, by virtue of Article 19 of the Universal Postal Convention concluded at Paris on the 1st of June 1878, have by common consent, and subject to ratification, revised said Convention, as well as the Additional Act relating thereto concluded at Lisbon on the 21st of March 1885, in conformity with the following stipulations:

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Article First.

Article 1.

 The countries between which the

Universal Postal Union formed.

 present Convention is concluded, as well as those which may join it hereafter, form, under the title of Universal Postal Union, a single postal territory for the reciprocal exchange of articles of correspondence between their post-offices.
Article 2.

Art. 2.

 The stipulations of this Convention

Scope of stipulations.

 extend to letters, to single post-cards and post-cards with paid reply, printed matter of every kind, commercial papers and samples of merchandise originating in one of the countries of the Union, and in-tended for another,of those countries. They also apply to the exchange by mail of the articles above mentioned between the countries of the Union and the countries foreign to the Union, whenever the services of two of the contracting parties at least are used for that exchange.
Article 3.

Art. 3.

 1.— The Postal Administrations

Special agreements by contiguous countries

 of neighboring countries, or countries able to correspond directly with each other without using the intermediary of the services of a third Administration, determine, by mutual agreement, the conditions of the conveyance of mails which they exchange across the frontier, or from one frontier to the other. 2.— Unless there be a contrary

Maritime conveyance.

 arrangement, the direct maritime conveyance performed between two countries by means of packets or vessels depending upon one of them, shall be considered as a third service, and this conveyance, as well as that performed between two offices of the same country by the intermediary of maritime or territorial services depending upon another country, is regulated by the stipulations of the following Article.
Article 4.

Art. 4.

 1.— The right of transit is guaranteed

Transit guaranteed.

 throughout the entire territory of the Union. 1080 2.— Consequently, the several Postal Administrations of the Union may send reciprocally, through the intermediary of. one or several of them, as well closed mails as correspondence in open-mail according to the needs of the traffic, and the convenience of the postal service. 3.— The correspondence exchanged, whether in open-mail or in closed mails between two Ad-ministrations of the Union, by means of the services of one or several other Administrations of the Union, is subject to the following transit charges, to be paid to each of the countries traversed, or whose services participate in the conveyance, viz: 1st. For territorial conveyance, 2 francs per kilogram of letters or post-cards, and 25 centimes per kilogram of other articles; 2nd. For maritime conveyance, 15 francs per kilogram of letters or post-cards, and 1 franc per kilo-gram of other articles; 4.— It is, however, understood— 1st. That wherever the transit is already gratuitous at present, or subject to more advantageous conditions, such condition is maintained, except in the case provided for in paragraph 3d, following; 2nd. That wherever the maritime transit charges are fixed at present at 5 francs per kilogram of letters or post-cards, and at 50 centimes per kilogram of other articles, these charges are maintained; 3d. That every maritime conveyance not exceeding 300 nautical miles is gratuitous, if the Administration concerned is already entitled, on account of mails or articles benefiting by this conveyance, to the remuneration applicable to territorial transit; in the contrary case, payment is made at the rate of 2 francs per kilogram of letters or post-cards, and 25 centimes per kilogram of other articles; 4th. That in the case of maritime conveyance effected by two or more Administrations, the expenses of the entire transportation can not exceed 15 francs per kilo-gram of letters or post-cards and 1 franc per kilogram of other articles; these expenses are in such 1081 case shared between those Administrations pro rata for the distances traversed, without prejudice to other arrangements between the parties interested; 5th. That the rates specified in

Services to non Union or special countries.

 the present Article do not apply either to conveyance by means of services depending upon Administrations foreign to the Union, or to conveyance within the Union by means of extraordinary services specially established or maintained by one Administration, either in the interest, or at the request of one or several other Administrations. The conditions of these two categories of conveyance are regulated by mutual agreement between the Administrations interested. 5.— The expenses of transit are

Expenses of transit.

 borne by the Administration of the country of origin. 6.— The general settlement of

General settlement.

 these expenses takes place on the basis of statements prepared every three years, during a period of 28 days to be determined on in the Regulations of execution referred to in Article 20 hereafter. 7.— The correspondence between

Exemptions.

 the Postal Administrations, the reply-halves of double post cards returned to the country of origin, articles reforwarded or missent, tin deliverable articles, return-receipts, money orders, and all other documents relative to the postal service, are exempt from all transit charges, whether territorial or maritime.
Article 5.

Art. 5.

 1.— The rates of postage for the

Rates of postage.

 conveyance of postal articles throughout the entire extent of the Union,including their delivery at the residence of the addressees in the countries of the Union where a delivery service is or shall be organized, are fixed as follows: 1st. For letters, 25 centimes in

Letters.

 case of prepayment, and double that amount in the contrary case, for each letter and for every weight of 15 grams or fraction of 15 grams; 2nd. For post cards, 10 centimes

Postal cards.

 for a single card, or for each of the two halves of a post-card with paid reply. 1082 Post-cards not prepaid are subject to the rate of postage for letters not prepaid. 3d.

For printed matter of every kind, commercial papers, and samples of merchandise, 5 centimes for each article or packet bearing a particular address, and for every weight of 50 grams or fraction of 50 grams, provided that such article or packet does not contain any letter or manuscript note having the character of actual and personal correspondence, and that it be made up in such a manner as to admit of its being easily examined.

The charge on commercial papers cannot be less than 25 centimes per packet, and the charge on samples cannot be less than 10 centimes per packet.

 2.— In addition to the rates fixed by the preceding paragraph, there may be levied: 1st. For every article subjected to maritime-transit charges of 15 francs per kilogram of letters or post-cards and 1 franc per kilo-gram of other articles, and in all the relations to which these transit charges are applicable, a uniform surtax which may not exceed 25 centimes per single rate for letters, 5 centimes per post-card, and 5 centimes per 50 grams or fraction of 50 grams for other articles. 2d. For every article conveyed by services depending on Administrations foreign to the Union, or by extraordinary services in the Union giving rise to special expenses, a surtax in proportion to these expenses. 3.— In case of insufficient prepayment, articles of correspondence of every kind are liable to a charge equal to double the amount of the deficiency, to be paid by the addressees, which charge, however, may not exceed that which is levied in the country of destination on correspondence not prepaid, of the same nature, weight and origin. 4.— Articles other than letters and post-cards must be prepaid at least in part, 5.— Packets of samples of merchandise may not contain any article having a salable value; they 1083 most not exceed 250 gram s in weight, or measure more than 30 centimeters in length, 20 centimeters in breadth and 10 centimeters in depth, or if they are in the form of a roll, 30 centimeters in length and 15 centimeters in diameter. The Administrations of the countries interested are, however, authorized to adopt by common consent, for their reciprocal exchanges, limits of weight or size exceeding those fixed above. 6.— Packets of commercial papers

Limited weight, etc.

 and printed matter may not exceed 2 kilograms in weight or measure more in any direction than 45 centimeters. Packets in the form of a roll may, however, be admitted to the mails provided they do not exceed If) centimeters in diameter, and 75 centimeters in length.
Article 6.

Art. 6.

 1.— The articles specified in Article

Registration.

 5 may be registered. 2.— Every registered article is

Charges.

 liable, at the charge of the sender: 1st. To the ordinary prepaid rate of postage upon the article, according to its nature; 2nd. To a fixed registration fee

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 of 25 centimes at the maximum, including the issue of a receipt to the sender, 3.— The sender of a registered article may obtain an acknowledgment of delivery of said article by paying in advance a fixed fee of 25 centimes at the maximum.
Article 7.

Art. 7.

 1.— Registered articles may be

Collections.

 sent, marked with trade-charges up to the amount of 500 francs, to be collected on delivery, in the mails exchanged between the countries whose Administrations agree to introduce this service. These articles are subject to the formalities and rates applicable to registered articles. 2.— The amount collected from

Remittance.

 the addressee, must be transmitted to the sender by means of a money order, after deducting the fee 1084 chargeable for said money order, and a fee of 10 centimes for collection.
Article 8. 1.— In case of the loss of a registered article, and except in case of force majeure, the sender, or, at his request, the addressee, isentitled to an indemnity of 50 francs. 2.— The obligation to pay the indemnity is incumbent on the Ad-ministration to which the dispatching office belongs. There is re-served to that Administration a remedy against the responsible Administration, that is to say, against the Administration within whose territory or in whose service the loss occurred. 3.— Until the contrary is proved, the responsibility rests with the Administration which, after having received the article without making any remark, cannot prove either its delivery to the addressee, or its regular transmission to the next Administration, as the case may be. As regards articles ad-dressed poste restante, the responsibility ceases upon delivery to a person who has proved, according to the regulations in force in the country of destination, that his name and description are in conformity with the indications of the address. 4.— -The payment of the indemnity by the dispatching office should be made as soon as possible, and at the latest within the period of one year dating from the day of the reclamation. The responsible office is bound to refund to the dis-patching office without delay the amount of the indemnity paid by the latter. In the case where the responsible office has notified the dispatching office not to make the payment, the former must refund to the latter office the expenses which may result from such non-payment. 5.— It is understood that the reclamation is only entertained if made within the period of one year from the time when the registered article was mailed ; after this period has passed, the claimant has no right to any indemnity. 6.— If the loss has occured during transportation, and it is impos- 1085 sible to ascertain on the territory of which country the Loss took place, the Administrations concerned bear the loss in equal proportions. 7.— The Administrations cease

Responsibility ended by delivery.

 to be responsible for registered articles, the addressees of which have given a receipt for them and have accepted them.
Article 9.

Art. 9.

 1.— The sender of an article of

Withdrawal of article from mail or changing address.

 correspondence may cause it to be withdrawn from the service, or cause the address to be changed, as long as the article has not been delivered to the addressee. 2.— The request to be formulated

Requests.

 for this purpose is transmitted by mail or by telegraph, at the expense of the sender, who must pay, as follows: 1st for every request by mail the charge applicable to a registered single letter; 2nd for every request by telegraph, the charge for the telegram according to the ordinary tariff. 3.— The provisions of this Article

Provisions not obligatory.

 are not obligatory in countries the legislation of which does not allow the sender to dispose of an article in course of transportation.
Article 10.

Art. 10.

 Those countries of the Union

Equivalent rates in currency of each country.

 which have not the franc for their monetary unit fix their postage rates at the equivalents, in their respective currencies, of the rates determined by Articles 5 and 6 preceding. Such countries have the option of rounding off the fractions in conformity with the Table inserted

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 in the Regulations of execution mentioned in Article 20 of

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 the present Convention.
Article 11.

Art. 11.

 1.— Prepayment of postage on

Stamps required.

 every description of article can be effected only by means of postage-stamps valid in the country of origin for the correspondence of private individuals. Nevertheless, the reply-halves of post-cards with paid reply bearing postage-stamps 1086 of the country which issued these cards are likewise considered as duly prepaid. 2.— Official correspondence relative to the postal service, and ex-changed between the Postal Ad-ministrations, is alone exempt from this obligation and admitted free. 3.— Correspondence mailed on the high seas in the letter-box of a vessel or by being handed to the captains of vessels may be prepaid by means of the postage-stamps and according to the postage-rates of the country to which said vessel belongs or on which it is dependent. If the mailing on board takes place during the stay of the vessel at one of the two terminal points of the voyage or at one of the intermediate ports of call, prepayment of postage is not valid unless it is effected by means of the post-age-stamps and according to the postage-rates of the country in whose waters the vessel happens to be.
Article 12. 1.— Each Administration keeps the whole of the sums which it collects in execution of the foregoing Articles 5, 6, 7,10 and 11, except the payments due for money orders provided by paragraph 2 of Article 7. 2.— Consequently, there is no necessity on this head for any accounts between the several Administrations of the Union, except as regards the payments mentioned in paragraph 1 of the present Article. 3.— Neither the senders nor the addressees of letters and other postal articles can be called upon to pay, either in the country of origin or in that of destination, any post-age or any postal fee other than those contemplated by the Articles above-mentioned.
Article 13. 1.— Articles of correspondence of every kind are, at the request of the senders, delivered at the residence of the addressees by a special carrier immediately after their arrival, in the countries of the Union 1087 which consent to undertake this service in their reciprocal relations. 2.— These articles, which are endorsed

Charge

 “express”, are subject to a special charge for delivery at the residence; this charge is fixed at 30 centimes, and must be paid in full and in advance, by the sender, over and above the ordinary post-age. It belongs to the Administration of the country of origin. 3.— If the article is destined for a

Delivery where no office exists.

 locality where there is no post-office, the Postal Administration of the country of destination may levy an additional charge, to the amount of the rate fixed for delivery by special carrier in its domestic service, a deduction being made of the fixed rate paid by the sender, or of its equivalent in the money of the country which levies this additional charge. 4.— “Express” articles upon

Ordinary delivery if not prepaid

 which the entire charges payable in advance are not fully prepaid, are delivered by the ordinary means.
Article 14.

Art. 14.

 1.— No additional charge is levied

Reforwarding

 for the re forwarding of postal articles within the interior of the Union. 2.— Undeliverable articles do not give rise to a restitution of the transit charges due to intermediary Administrations for the previous conveyance of said articles. 3.— Unpaid letters and post-cards,

Charges on returned matter

 and insufficiently prepaid articles of every kind, when returned to the country of origin, owing to their being reforwarded or because they have become undeliverable, are liable, at the expense of the addressees or senders, to the same rates as similar articles addressed directly from the country of the first destination to the country of origin.
Article 15.

Art. 15

 1.— Closed mails may be exchanged

Exchange of closed mails with ships of war

 between the post offices of any one of the contracting countries and the commanders of naval squadrons or ships-of-war of the same country stationed abroad, through the intermediary of the 1088 territorial or maritime services depending on other countries. 2.— Articles of every kind en-closed in these mails must consist exclusively of those addressed to or sent by the officers and crews of the vessels for which the mails are destined or from which they are dispatched; the rates and conditions of dispatch applicable thereto are determined by the Postal Administration of the country to which the vessels belong, in accordance with its domestic regulations. 3.— Unless there be a. contrary arrangement between the offices interested, the Post Office which dispatches or receives the mails in question is accountable to the intermediary Offices for the transit expenses calculated in conformity with the provisions of Article 4.
Article 16. 1.— Circulation shall not be given: a) to commercial papers, samples and printed matter which are not prepaid at least in part or which are not put up in such a manner as to permit the easy examination of the contents; b) to articles of the same categories which exceed the limits of weight and size fixed by Article 5; c) to samples of merchandise which have a salable value. 2.— If any of the articles mentioned in the preceding paragraph be given circulation, they should be returned to the office of origin, and, if possible, be delivered to the sender. 3.— It is forbidden: 1st to send by mail: a) samples and other articles which, from their nature, may prove dangerous to the postal employes, soil or injure the correspondence; b) explosive, inflammable or dangerous substances; animals and insects, living or dead, excepting the cases provided tor in the Regulations of detail. 2nd to insert in ordinary or registered articles placed in the mails: a) current coin; 1089 b) articles liable to customs duty; c) gold or silver bullion, precious stones, jewelry, and other precious articles, but only in ease their insertion or transmission is prohibited by the legislation of the countries concerned. 4.— Articles coming under the

Return if erroneously forwarded.

 prohibition of paragraph 3 preceding which have been forwarded erroneously, should be returned to the office of origin, except in cases where the Administration of the country of destination is authorized by its legislation or by its domestic regulations to dispose of them otherwise. 5.— There is, moreover, reserved

Reserved rights.

 to the Government of every country of the Union the right to re-fuse to convey over its territory, or to deliver, as well articles liable to the reduced rate in regard to which the laws, ordinances or decrees which regulate the conditions of their publication or circulation in that country have not been com-plied with, as correspondence of every kind which bears ostensibly inscriptions, designs, Ac. forbidden by the legal enactments or regulations in force in the same country.
Article 17.

Art. 17.

 1.— The Offices of the Union

Extension of Union privileges to u o nUnion countries.

 which have relations with countries outside the Union, admit all the other Offices of the Union, to take advantage of such relations for the exchange of postal articles with the said countries. 2.— The postal articles exchanged

Open-mail exchanges.

 in open mail between a country of the Union and a country foreign to the Union, through the intermediary of another country of the Union, are treated, as regards the conveyance beyond the limits of the Union, in conformity with the Conventions, Arrangements, or special provisions governing the postal relations between the latter country and the country foreign to the Union. 3.— With regard to the expenses

Expenses in the Union.

 of transit within the limits of the Union, articles originating in or addressed to a country foreign to the Union are assimilated to those from or for the country of the 1090 Union which maintains relations with the first mentioned country. 4.— With regard to the expenses of transit beyond the limits of the Union, articles addressed to a country foreign to the Union are subjected to the following transit charges, credited to the country of the Union which maintains relations with the country foreign to the Union: a) for maritime transits beyond the Union, 20 francs per kilogram of letters or post-cards, and one franc per kilogram of other articles; b) for territorial transits beyond the Union, if any, the charges per kilogram announced by the country of the Union which maintains relations with the country foreign to the Union serving as intermediary. 5.— In the ease of maritime conveyance effected by two or more Administrations, the charges for the entire maritime transit, within and beyond the Union, may not exceed 20 francs per kilogram of letters or post-cards and 1 franc per’ kilogram of other articles; if the case demands it, these charges are shared between these Administrations pro rata for the distances traversed, without prejudice to other arrangements between the parties interested. 6.— The above-mentioned expenses of transit beyond the Union are payable by the Administration of the country of origin. They apply to all articles dispatched whether in open-mail or in closed mails. But in the ease of closed mails dispatched from a country of the Union to a country foreign thereto, or from a country foreign to the Union to a country of the Union, a previous arrangement concerning the mode of payment of the transit expenses should be concluded between the Administrations interested. 7.— The general settlement of the transit expenses tor articles ex-changed between a country of the Union and a country foreign to it, through the intermediary of an-other country of the Union, takes place on the basis of statements which are prepared at the same 1091 time as the statements prepared by virtue of Article 4 preceding,

Ante, p. 1081.

 for determining the expenses of transit within the Union. 8.— The rates to be levied in a

Minimum rates.

 country of the Union on articles addressed to or originating in a country foreign to the Union and using the intermediary of another country of the Union, can never be lower than the normal Union rates. These rates belong entirely to the country which levies them.
Article 18.

Art. 18.

 The high contracting parties

Legislation to punish counterfeiting, ole.

 engage to adopt, or to propose to their respective legislatures, the necessary measures for punishing the fraudulent use, for the prepayment of postal articles, of counterfeit postage-stamps, or postage-stamps which have already been used. They likewise engage to adopt, or to propose to their respective legislatures, the necessary measures for prohibiting and sup-pressing the fraudulent manufacture, sale, offering for sale, or distribution of embossed and adhesive stamps in use in the postal service, counterfeited or imitated in such a manner as to be mistakable for the embossed and adhesive stamps issued by the Administration of any one of the contracting countries.
Article 19.

Art. 19.

 The services concerning letters

Special arrangements.

 and boxes with declared value, and those of money-orders, postal parcels, collection of bibs and drafts, books of identity, subscriptions to newspapers, Ac., form the subject of special arrangements between the different countries or groups of countries of the Union.
Article 20.

Art. 20.

 1.— The Postal Administrations

Regulations.

 of the various countries composing the Union are competent to establish by mutual agreement, in Regulations of execution, all the measures of order and detail which are judged necessary. 2.— The several Administrations

Special conventions.

 may, moreover, make among them- 1092 selves the necessary arrangements on the subject of questions which do not concern the Union generally, provided that those arrangements are not contrary to the present Convention. 3.— The Administrations interested are, however, permitted to conclude mutual agreements for the adoption of lower rates of postage within a radius of 30 kilo-meters.
Article 21. 1.— The present Convention involves no alteration in the legislation of any country as regards any-thing which is not provided for by the stipulations contained in this Convention. 2.— It does not restrict the right of the contracting parties to maintain and to conclude treaties, as well as to maintain and establish more restricted Unions, with the view to the improvement of postal relations.
Article 22. 1.— There is maintained, under the name of the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union, a central office, which is conducted under the superintendence of the Swiss Postal Administration, and the expenses of which are borne by all the Administrations of the Union. 2.— This Bureau continues to be charged with the duty of collecting, collating, publishing and distributing information of every kind which concerns the international postal service; of giving, at the re-quest of the parties concerned, an opinion upon questions in dispute; of making known propositions for modifying the acts of the Congress; of giving notice of the changes adopted, and, in general, of under-taking such researches and labors as may be entrusted to it in the interest of the Postal Union.
Article 23. 1.— Incase of disagreement, be-tween two or more members of the Union, as to the interpretation of the present Convention or as to the responsibility of an Adminis- 1093 tration in case of the loss of a registered article, the question in dispute is decided by arbitration. To that end, each of the Administrations concerned chooses another member of the Union not directly interested in the matter. 2.— The decision of the arbitrators

Decision.

 is given by an absolute majority of the votes. 3.— In case the votes are equally

Division.

 divided, the arbitrators choose, in order to settle the difference, an-other Administration equally dis-interested in the disputed question. 4.— The provisions of the present Article apply equally to all the

Application.

Ante, p. 1091.

 Agreements concluded by virtue of Article 19, preceding.
Article 24.

Art. 24.

 1.— Countries which have not

Admission of other counities

 taken part in the present Convention are admitted to adhere thereto upon their demand. 2.— Notice is given of this adhesion,

Notification.

 through the diplomatic, channel, to the Government oft lie Swiss Confederation, and by that Government to all the countries of the Union. 3.— It implies, as a right, accession

Powers.

 to all the clauses and admission to all the advantages stipulated by the present Convention. 4.— It devolves upon the Government

Share of expenses, International Bureau.

 of the Swiss Confederation to determine, by mutual agreement with the Government of the country interested, the share to be contributed by the Administration of this latter country toward the expenses of the International Bureau, and, if necessary, the rates to be levied by that Administration in conformity with Article 10, preceeding.
Article 25.

Art. 25.

 1.— Congresses of plenipotentiaries

Special congresses and conferences.

 of the contracting countries, or simple administrative conferences, according to the importance of the questions to be solved, are held when a demand for them is made or approved by two-thirds, at least, of the Governments or Administrations, as the case may be. 1094 2.— Nevertheless, a Congress must be held at least once every five years. 3.— Bach country must be represented either by one or several delegates, or by the delegation of another country. But it is under-stood that the delegate or delegates of one country can be charged with the representation of two countries only, including the country which they represent. 4.— In the deliberations each country has one vote only. 5.— Each Congress fixes the place of meeting tor the following Congress. 6.— For Conferences, the Administrations fix the places of meeting upon the proposal of the International Bureau.
Article 26. 1.— In the interval which elapses between the meetings, any Postal Administration of a country of the Union has the right to address to the other Administrations belonging to it, through the intermediary of the International Bureau, propositions concerning the regimen of the Union. 2.—

Every proposition is subject to the following procedure:

A period of five months is allowed to the Administrations of the Union to examine the propositions, and to transmit to the International Bureau, if necessary, their observations, amendments, or counter-propositions which they may desire to submit. The replies are tabulated by the International Bureau and communicated to the Administrations with the invitation to pronounce either for or against the proposition. Those Administrations which have not transmitted their vote within a period of six months, counting from the date of the second circular of the International Bureau notifying them of the observations made, are considered as abstaining from voting.

 3.— In order to become binding the propositions must obtain, as follows: 1st. Unanimity of votes, if they involve the addition of new Articles or a modification of the stipulations of the present Article and 1095 of Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15 and 18: 2nd. Two-thirds of the votes, if

Two-thirds.

 they involve a modification of stipulations of the Convention other than those of Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 18 and 26; 3d. Simply an absolute majority,

Majority.

 if they affect the interpretation of the stipulations of the Convention, except in the case of dispute contemplated in Article 23 preceding. 4.— The binding decisions are

Notice of changes.

 sanctioned, in the first two cases, by a diplomatic declaration, which the Government of the Swiss Con-federation is charged to prepare and transmit to all the Governments of the contracting countries, and. in the third case, by a simple notification from the International Bureau to all the Administrations of the Union. 5.— No modification or resolution

Time limit.

 adopted is binding until at least two months after its notification.
Article 27.

Art. 27.

 The following are considered as

Colonies forming single administrations.

 forming, for the application of Articles 22, 25 and 26 preceding, a single country, or a single Administration, as the case may be: 1st. The Empire of British India; 2nd. The Dominion of Canada; 3d. The whole of the British Colonies of Australasia. 4th. The whole of the Danish Colonies; 5th. The whole of the Spanish Colonies. 6th. The whole of the French Colonies; 7th. The whole of the Netherlands Colonies; 8th. The whole of the Portuguese Colonies.
Article 28.

Art. 28.

 The present Convention shall

Duration of convention.

 be put into execution on the 1st of July, 1892, and shall remain in force during an indefinite period; but each contracting party has the right to withdraw from the Union, by means of a notice given one year in advance by its Government to the Government of the Swiss Confederation.
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Article 29. 1.— From the date on which the present Convention takes effect, all the stipulations of the Treaties, Conventions, Arrangements, or other Acts previously concluded between the various countries or Administrations, in so far as those stipulations are not in accordance with the terms of the present Convention, are abrogated, without prejudice to the rights reserved by Article 21 preceding. 2.— The present Convention shall be ratified as soon as possible. The acts of ratification shall be exchanged at Vienna. 3.— In faith of which, the plenipotentiaries of the above named countries have signed the present Convention at Vienna on the fourth of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

Pour l’Allemagne et les protectorats Allemands..................................

Pour les États-Unis d'Amérique.....

Pour la République Argentine.....

Pour l'Autriche.....

Pour la Hongrie.....

Pour la Belgique.....

Pour le Brésil.....

Pour la République de Colombie.....

Pour l'État Indépendant du Congo.....

Pour le Danemark et les Colonies Danoises.....

Pour l'Égypte.....

Pour l'Espagne et les Colonies Espagnoles.....

Pour la France.....

Pour les Colonies Françaises.....

Pour la Grande-Bretagne et diverses Colonies Britanniques.....

Pour les Colonies Britanniques d'Australasie.....

Pour le Canada.....

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Pour l’Inde Britannique

Pour la Grèce

Pour le Guatemala

Pour la République d’Haïti

Pour le Royaume d’Hawaï

Pour la République du Honduras

Pour l’Italie

Pour le Japon

Pour la République de Libéria

Pour le Luxembourg

Pour le Mexique

Pour le Monténégro

Pour le Nicaragua

Pour la Norvège

Pour le Paraguay

Pour les Pays-Bas

Pour les Colonies Néerlandaises

Pour le Pérou

Pour la Roumanie

Pour la Russie

Pour le Salvador

Pour la Serbie

Pour le Royaume de Siam

Pour la République Sud-Africaine

Pour la Suède

Pour la Suisse

Pour la Régence de Tunis

Pour la Turquie

Pour l’Uruguay

Pour les États-Unis de Vénézuéla

{ Dr. v. Stephan. Sachse.       Fritsch.      

{ N. M. Brooks.       William Potter.      

Carlos Calvo.      

{ Obentraut. Dr. Hofmann. Dr. Lilienau. Habberger.

{ P. Heim. S. Schrimpf.

Lichtervelde.

{ Luiz Bettim Paes Leme. P. M. Mattheef.

G. Michelsen.

{ Stassin. Lichtervelde. Garant. De Craene.

Lund.

Federico Bas.

{ Montmarn. I. de Selves. Ansault.

G. Gabrié.

{ S. A. Blackwood. H. Buxton Forman.

{ H. M. Kisch.

{ I. Georgantas.

{ Dr. Gotthelf Meyer.

{ Eugène Borel.

{ Emidio Chiaradia. Felice Salivetto.

{ Indo. Fujita.

{ Bd. de Stein. M. Koentzer.

{ C. Goedel. Mongensant.

{ L. Breton y Vedra. Obentraut.

{ Dr. Hofmann. Dr. Lillenau. Habberger.

{ Haberberger.

{ Th. Heyerdahl.

{ Hofstede. Baron van der Feltz. Johs. J. Perk.

{ D. O. Urea.

{ Génl. N. Semino.

{ Guelhermino Augusto de Barros.

{ Colonel A. Gorjean. S. Dimitrescu.

{ Général de Bséak. A. Skalkovsky.

{ Louis Kehlmann.

{ Svetozar I. Gvozditch. Et. V. Popovitch.

{ Luang Suriya Nuvatr.

{ H. Keuchenius.

{ E. von Krusenstjerna.

{ Ed. Höhn. C. Delessert.

{ Montmartin.

{ E. Petacci. A. Fahri.

{ Federico Susviela Guarch. José G. Busto.

{ Carlos Matzenauer.

Le Ministère I. et R. des Affaires étrangères certifie que la présente copie est conforme à l’original dé-posé dans ses archives.

Vienne, le 7 juillet 1891.

Le Directeur de la chancellerie du Ministère I. et R. des Affaires étrangères.

(Signé:)

Mittag.

The Imperial and Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs certifies that the present copy is in conformity with the original deposited in its archives.

Vienna, July 7th 1891.

The Director of the Chancellor’s Office of the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(Signed)

Mittag.

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Having examined and considered the provisions of the aforegoing

Approval

Convention signed in Vienna on the 4th day of July, A. 1). 1891, revising the Convention constituting the Universal Postal Union which was concluded in Paris on the 1st day of June, 1878, and also the “Additional Act” relative thereto concluded in Lisbon on the 21st day of March, 1895; the same is by me, by virtue of the powers vested by Jaw in the Postmaster-General, hereby ratified and approved by and with the advice and consent of the President of the United States.

In witness whereof, I have caused the seal of the Post Office Department of the United States to be hereto affixed, with my signature, this 24th day of May, 1892.

[seal.]

John Wanamaker, Postmaster-General.

I hereby approve the above-mentioned Convention, and in testimony thereof, have caused the seal of the United States to be hereto affixed.

[seal.]

Benj Harrison. By the President: William F. Wharton, Acting Secretary of State. Washington, May 24th, 1892. union postale universelle. PROTOCOLE FINAL.

Final protocol.

 Au moment de procéder à la signature des Conventions arrêtées par le Congrès postal universel de Vienne, les plénipotentiaires sous-signés sontconvenus de ce qui suit:
I. En dérogation à la disposition de l’article

Registration fee outside of Europe.

 6 de la Convention, qui fixe à 25 centimes au maximum le droit de recommandation, il est convenu que les États hors d’Europe sont autorisés à maintenir ce maximum à 50 centimes, y compris la délivrance d’un bulletin de dé-pôt à l’expéditeur.
II. En dérogation aux dispositions de l’article

Payment for lost registered articles postponed.

 8 de la Convention, il est convenu que, par mesure de transition, les Administrations des pays hors d’Europe dont la législation est actuellement contraire au principe de la responsabilité, conservent la faculté d’ajourner l’application de ce principe jusqu’au.jour où elles auront pu obtenir du pouvoir législatif l’autorisation de l’introduire. Jusqu’à ce moment, les autres Administrations de l’Union ne sont pas astreintes à payer une indemnité pour la perte, dans leurs 1099 services respectifs, d’envois recommandés à destination ou provenant desdits pays.
III. La Bolivie, le Chili, Costa-Rica, la République Dominicaine, l’Equa teur, Haïti, Honduras et Nicaragua, qui font partie de l’Union postale, ne s’étant pas fait représenter au Congrès, le protocole leur reste ouvert pour adhérer aux Conventions qui y ont été conclues ou seulement à l’une ou à l’autre d’entre elles.
Le protocole reste également ouvert en faveur des Colonies britanniques de l’Australasie, dont les délégués au Congrès ont déclaré l’intention de ces pays d’entrer dans l’Union postale universelle à partir du 1er octobre 1891, Il demeure aussi overt à la République Sud-Africaine, dont le délégué au Congrès a manifesté l’intention de ce pays d’adhérer à l’Union postale universelle, en se réservant de fixer ultérieurement la date de son entrée dans eette Union. Enfin, dans le but de faciliter aux autres pays qui sont encore en dehors de l’ Union postale universelle leur entrée dans celleci, le protocole leur reste également ouvert.
IV. Le protocole demeure ouvert en faveur des pays dont les représentants n’ont signé aujourd’hui que la Convention principale, ou un certain nombre seulement des Conventions arrêtées par le Congrès, à l’effet de leur permettre d’adhérer aux antres Conventions signées ce jour, ou à 1’une ou l’autre d’entre elles.
V. Les adhésions prévues à l’article III cidessus devront être notifiées au Gouvernement Impérial et Royal de l’Autriche-Hongrie, par les Gouvernements respectifs, en la forme diplomatique. Le délai qui leur est accordé pour cette notification expirera le ler juin 1892.
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VI. Dans le cas où une ou plusieurs

Conventions binding on States ratifying.

 des parties contractantes aux Conventions postales signées aujourd’hui à Vienne, ne ratifieraient pas l’une ou l’autre de ces Conventions, cette Convention n’en sera pas moins valable pour les Etats qui l’auront ratifiée.

En foi de quoi, les plénipotentiaires

Signatures.

ci-dessous ont dressé le présent protocole final, qui aura la même force et la même valeur que si ses dispositions étaient insérées dans le texte même des Conventions auxquelles il se rapporte, et ils l’ont signé en un exemplaire qui restera déposé aux Archives du Gouvernement autrichien et dont une copie sera remise à chaque partie.

Fait à Vienne le quatre juillet mil huit cent quatre-vingt-onze.

[Translation.]

universal postal union. FINAL PROTOCOL. At the moment of proceeding to sign the Conventions concluded by the Universal Postal Congress of Vienna, the undersigned plenipotentiaries have agreed as follows:
I. In modification of the stipulation of Article 6 of the Convention, which fixes the maximum registration fee at 25 centimes, it is agreed that the States outside of Europe are authorized to maintain this maximum at 50 centimes, including a receipt given to the sender.
II. In modification of the stipulations of Article 8 of the Convention, it is agreed that, as a temporary measure, the Administrations of the countries outside of Europe, whose legislation is at present op-posed to the principle of responsibility, retain the option of postponing the application of that principle until they shall have been able to obtain from the legislative power the authority to introduce it. Up to that time, the other Ad-ministrations of the Union are not bound to pay an indemnity for the 1099 loss, in their respective services, of registered articles addressed to or originating in the said countries.
III. Bolivia, Chili, Costa Rica, the

Adhesion.

Union countries not represented.

 Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Honduras and Nicaragua, which form part of the Postal Union, not having been represented at the Congress, the protocol remains open for their adhesion to the Conventions which have been concluded at the Congress, or only to one or the other of these Conventions. The protocol also remains open to the British Colonies of Australasia

Australasia.

, whose delegates at the Congress have declared the intention of those countries to enter the Universal Postal Union on the 1st of October 1891. It also remains open to the South

South African Republic.

 African Republic, whose delegate to the Congress has declared the intention of that country to adhere to the Universal Postal Union, reserving the right to hereafter fix the date of its entry into the Union. Finally, with the view of facilitating

Non-Union countries.

 the entry into the Universal Postal Union of other countries which are still outside the Union, the protocol remains equally open for them.
IV. The protocol remains open to

Protocol left open for certain countries.

 those countries whose representatives have signed this day the principal Convention only or only a certain number of the Conventions concluded by the Congress, for the purpose of allowing them to adhere to the other Conventions signed this day, or to one or the other of them.
V. The adhesions contemplated by

Notification of adhesions.

 Article III preceding, must be notified to the Imperial and Royal Government of Austria-Hungary, by the respective Governments, in diplomatic form. The term accorded to them for that notification will expire on the 1st of June 1892.
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VI. In case one or more of the contracting parties to the Postal Conventions signed this day at Vienna, shall not ratify one or the other of those Conventions, that Convention shall be none the less valid for the States which shall have ratified it.

In faith of which, the undersigned plenipotentiaries have drawn up the present final protocol, which shall have the same force and value as if its provisions were inserted in the text itself of the Conventions to which it relates, and they have signed it on a single copy which shall remain in the Archives of the Austrian Government, and a copy of which shall be delivered to each party.

Done at Vienna the fourth of July one thousand eight hundred and ninety one.

Pour l’Allemagne et les protectorats Allemands..................................

Pour les États-Unis d'Amérique.....

Pour la République Argentine.....

Pour l'Autriche.....

Pour la Hongrie.....

Pour la Belgique.....

Pour le Brésil.....

Pour la République de Colombie.....

Pour l'État Indépendant du Congo.....

Pour le Danemark et les Colonies Danoises.....

Pour l'Égypte.....

Pour l'Espagne et les Colonies Espagnoles.....

Pour la France.....

Pour les Colonies Françaises.....

Pour la Grande-Bretagne et diverses Colonies Britanniques.....

Pour les Colonies Britanniques d'Australasie.....

Pour le Canada.....

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Pour l’Inde Britannique

Pour la Grèce

Pour le Guatemala

Pour la République d’Haïti

Pour le Royaume d’Hawaï

Pour la République du Honduras

Pour l’Italie

Pour le Japon

Pour la République de Libéria

Pour le Luxembourg

Pour le Mexique

Pour le Monténégro

Pour le Nicaragua

Pour la Norvège

Pour le Paraguay

Pour les Pays-Bas

Pour les Colonies Néerlandaises

Pour le Pérou

Pour la Roumanie

Pour la Russie

Pour le Salvador

Pour la Serbie

Pour le Royaume de Siam

Pour la République Sud-Africaine

Pour la Suède

Pour la Suisse

Pour la Régence de Tunis

Pour la Turquie

Pour l’Uruguay

Pour les États-Unis de Vénézuéla

{ Dr. v. Stephan. Sachse.       Fritsch.      

{ N. M. Brooks.       William Potter.      

Carlos Calvo.      

{ Obentraut. Dr. Hofmann. Dr. Lilienau. Habberger.

{ P. Heim. S. Schrimpf.

Lichtervelde.

{ Luiz Bettim Paes Leme. P. M. Mattheef.

G. Michelsen.

{ Stassin. Lichtervelde. Garant. De Craene.

Lund.

Federico Bas.

{ Montmarn. I. de Selves. Ansault.

G. Gabrié.

{ S. A. Blackwood. H. Buxton Forman.

{ H. M. Kisch.

{ I. Georgantas.

{ Dr. Gotthelf Meyer.

{ Eugène Borel.

{ Emidio Chiaradia. Felice Salivetto.

{ Indo. Fujita.

{ Bd. de Stein. M. Koentzer.

{ C. Goedel. Mongensant.

{ L. Breton y Vedra. Obentraut.

{ Dr. Hofmann. Dr. Lillenau. Habberger.

{ Haberberger.

{ Th. Heyerdahl.

{ Hofstede. Baron van der Feltz. Johs. J. Perk.

{ D. O. Urea.

{ Génl. N. Semino.

{ Guelhermino Augusto de Barros.

{ Colonel A. Gorjean. S. Dimitrescu.

{ Général de Bséak. A. Skalkovsky.

{ Louis Kehlmann.

{ Svetozar I. Gvozditch. Et. V. Popovitch.

{ Luang Suriya Nuvatr.

{ H. Keuchenius.

{ E. von Krusenstjerna.

{ Ed. Höhn. C. Delessert.

{ Montmartin.

{ E. Petacci. A. Fahri.

{ Federico Susviela Guarch. José G. Busto.

{ Carlos Matzenauer.

Le Ministère I. et R. des Affaires étrangères certifie que la présente copie est conforme à l’original dé-posé dans ses archives.

Vienne, le 7 juillet 1891.

Le Directeur de la Chancellerie du Ministère I. et R. des Afiaires «étrangères.

(Signé:)

Mittag.

The Imperial and Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs certifies that the present copy is in conformity with the original deposited in its archives.

Vienna, July 7th 1891.

The Director of the Chancellor’s Office of the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(Signed)

Mittag.

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Having examined and considered the provisions of the aforegoing

Approval.

final protocol signed in Vienna on the 4th of July A. D. 1891, relative to the Universal Postal Convention of Vienna, signed the same day; the same is by me, by virtue of the powers vested by law in the Post-master-General, hereby ratified and approved by and with the advice of the President of the United States.

In witness whereof, I have caused the seal of the Post-Office Department of the United States to be hereto affixed, with my signature, this 24th day of May, A. D. 1892.

[seal.]

 John Wanamaker, Postmaster-General.

I hereby approve the above-mentioned final protocol, and in testimony thereof, have caused the seal of the United States to be hereto affixed.

[seal.]

Benj Harrison. By the President: William F. Wharton, Acting Secretary of State. Washington, May 24th, 1892. REGULATIONS OF DETAIL AND ORDER. Règlement de Détail

Parties contracting.

 et (V Ordre pour F Exécution delà Convention con-clue entre l’Allemagne et les Protectorats Allemands, les États- Unis d’Amérique, la République Argentine, VAutricheHongrie, la, Belgique, la Bolivie, le Brésil, la Bulgarie, le Chili, la République de Colombie, l’Etat Indépendant du Congo, la République de CostaRica, le Danemark et les Colonies Danoises, la République Dominicaine, l’Egypte, PEquateur, l’Espagne et les Colonies Espagnoles, la France et les Colonies Françaises, la GrandeBretagne et Di verses Colonies Britanniques, les Colonies Britanniques d’Australasie, le Canada, Iliade Britannique, la Grèce, le Guatemala, la Républiqued’Haiti, le Royaume d’Hawaï, la République du Honduras, l’Italie, le Japon, la République de Libéria, le Luxembourg, le Mexique, le Monténégro, le Rica vagua, la Norvège, le Paraguay, les PaysBas et les Colonies Néerlandaises, le Pérou, la Perse, le Portugal et les Colonies Portugaises, la Roumanie, la Russie, le Salvador, la Serbie, le Royaume de Siam, la République Mini-Africaine, la Suède, la Suisse, la Ré-gence de Tunis, la Turq uie, l’Ur uguay et les États-Unis de Vénézuéla.

Les soussignés, vu l’article

Regulations.

20 de la Convention postale universelle 1103 conclue à Vienne le 4 juillet 1891, ont, au nom de leurs Administrations respectives, arrête d’un commun accord les mesures suivantes, pour assurer l’exécution de ladite Convention.

I. Direction des Correspondances. 1.— Chaque Administration est obligée d’expédier, par les voies les plus rapides dont elle pent disposer pour ses propres envois, les dépêches closes et les correspondances à découvert qui lui sont livrées par une autre Administration. 2.— Les Administrations qui usent de la faculté de percevoir des taxes supplémentaires, en repré-sentation des frais extraordinaires afférents à certaines voies, sont libres de ne pas diriger par ces voies, lorsqu’il existe d’autres mo-yens de communication, celles des correspondances insutti sa ni ni en t affranchies pour lesquelles l’emploi desdites voies n’a pas été réclamé expressément par les envoyeurs.
II. Échange en Dépêches Closes. 1.— L’échange d es correspondances en dépêches closes, en tre les Administrations de l’Cniou, est réglé d’un commun accord et selon les nécessités d u service entre les Administrations en cause. 2.— S’il s’agit d’un échange à faire par l’entremise d’un ou de plusieurs pays tiers, les Administrations de ces pays doivent eu être prévenues en temps opportun. 3.— Il est, d’ailleurs, obligatoire, dans ce dernier cas, de former des dépêches closes toutes les fois que le nombre des correspondances est denature à entraver les opérations d’une Administration intermédiaire, d’après la déclaration de cette Administration. 4.— En cas de changement dans un service d’échange en dépêches closes, établi entre deux Administrations par l’entremise d’un ou de plusieurs pays tiers, l’Administration qui a provoqué le changement 1104 en donne connaissance aux Administrations despays par l’entremise desquels cet échange s’eüéctue.
III. Ber vices extrao rdina ires. Les services extraordinaires de

Special charges tor extraordinary services.

 l’Union donnant lien à des frais spéciaux dont la fixation est réservée, par l’article 4 de la Coin veution, à des arrangements entre les Administrations intéressées, sont exclusivement: 1.° ceux qui sont entretenus pour

Indian mail.

 le transport territorial accéléré de la Malle dite des Indes; 2.° celui que l’Administration

Atlantic and Pacific mail.

 des postes des EtatsUnis d’Amé-rique entretient sur son territoire pour le transport de dépêches closes entre l’océan Atlantique et l’océan Pacifique; 3.° celui qui est établi pour le

Panama mail.

 transport des dépêches par chemin de fer entre Colon et Panama.
IV. Fixation (les Taxes. 1.— En exécution de l’article 10

Rates of postage.

 de la Convention, les Administrations des pays de l’Union qui n’ont pas le franc pour unité monétaire perçoivent leurs taxes d’après les équivalents ci-dessous:
Paya del’Union.

Table of currency equivalents.

 25 centi mes. 10 centimes. 5 centimes.
       
Allemagne 20 pfennig 10 pfennig 5 pfennig.
Protectorate al- lemands:      
Territoire de Cameroun, Compagnie de la Nou­velle- Gui­née, Terri­toire de To­go, Terri­toire de I’A- frique du Sud-Quest, Territoire de l'Afrique orient ale, Territoires des Iles Mar­sh all. 20 pfennig 10 pfennig 5 pfennig.
Argentine (Ré­publique). 8 centavos 4 centavos 2 centavos.
Autriche-Hongrie- 10 kreuzer 5 kreuze r. 3 kreuzer.
Bolivie 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Brésil 100 reís 50 reis 25 reis.
Canada 5 cents 2 cents 1 cent.
Chili 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Colombie 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Costa-Rica 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Danemark 20 ore 10 ore 5 ore.
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Pays de I’Union. 25 centimes. 10 centimes. 5 centimes.
       
Colonies danio- ses:      
Groenland 20 ore 10 ore 5 ore.
Antilles da-noises. 5 cents 2 cents 1 cent.
Dominicaine (République). 5 centavos. 2 centavos. 1 centavo.
Egypte 1 piastre.. 5 millièmes de livre. 2millémes de livre.
Equateur 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo
Colonies espa­gnoles:      
Cuba, Porto- Rico, Iles Philippines et dependances, établisse- ments du golfe de Guinée. 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Etats-Unis d'Amérique. 5 cents 2 cents 1 cent.
Grande -Bre­tagne. 2 ½ pence .. 1 penny ½ penny.
Colonies Bri- tannniqués:      
Antigua, Ba­hamas (iles), Barbade, Bermudes, Côte-d’Or, Dominique. Falkland (iles). Gam­bie. Gre nade, Jamique, Lagos, Malte, Mont-serrat, Nevis, St. Chris- tophe, Ste- Lucie, St­Vincent, Sierra-Lé­on e, Taba­co. Trinité, Turques (iles) et Vierges (iles). 2 ½ pence .. 1 penny.. ½ penny.
Guyanean- glaise, Hong Kong. Là- Loan. Straits- Settlements et Terre- Neuve. 5 cents 2 cents 1 cent.
       
Bornéo du Nord bri­tannique. 6 cents de dollar. 3 cents de dollar. 1 cent de dollar.
Honduras 6 cents 3 rents 1 cent.
       
Maurice (ile) et dépendances 10 cent. de roupie. 4 cent, de roupie. 2 cents de roupie.
Chypre 2 piastres ou 80 pa­ras. 1 piastre ou 40 pa­ras. ½ piastre ou 20 pa- ras.
Ceylan 14 cent. de roupie. 5 cent. de roupie. 2 ½ cent.de roupie.
Australasie.. 2 ½ pence.. 1 penny ½ penny.
Guatemala 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Haïti 5 centavos de piastre. 2 centavos de piastre. 1 centavo de piastre.
       
Hawaï 5 cents 2 cents 1 cent.
Honduras (République du). 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Indo Britan- nique. 2 annas ¼ anna ½ anna.
Japon 5 sen 2 sen 1 son.
Libéria 5 cents 2 cents 1 cent.
Mexique 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Monténegro 10 soldi 5 soldi 3 soldi.
Nicaragua 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Norvege 20 öre 10 öre 5 öre
Paraguay 5 centavos de peso. 2 centavos de peso. 1 centavo do peso.
Pays-Bas et colonies néer- landaises. 12 ½ cents.. 5 cents 2 ½ cents.
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Pays del’Union.

Currency equivalents—Continued.

 25 centimes. 10 centimes. 5 centimes.
       
Perou 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Perse 7 shahis.. 3 shabis.. 1 shahi.
Portugal et colonies por tugaises, sauf I’Inde portu- gaise. 50 reis 20 reis 10 reis.
Inde portugaise 2 tangas.. 10 reis 5 reis.
       
Russie 10 kopeks. 4 kopeks.. 2 kopeks.
Salvador 5 centavos de penso. 2 centavos de peso 1 centavo, de peso.
Siam 7 ½ atts 3 atts 1 ½ atts.
Suéde 20 ore 10 ore 5 ore
Turquie 40 paras. 20 paras. 1 centavo.
Uruguay 5 centavos de piastre. 2 centavos de piastre 1 centavo de piastre
       
2.— En cas de changement du système

Notice of monetary changes.

 monétaire dans l’un des pays susmentionnés, l’Administration de ce pays doit s’entendre avec l’Administration des postes suisses pour modifier les équivalents cidessus; il appartient à cet te dernière Administration défaire notifier la modification à tous les autres Offices de PUnion par l’intermédiaire du Bureau international. 3.— Toute Administration a la

Important modifications.

 faculté de recourrir, si elle le juge nécessaire, à l’entente prévue au paragraphe précédent en cas de modification importante dans la valeur de sa monnaie. 4.— Les fractions monétaires

Adjustment of fractions.

 ré-sultant, soitdu complémentde taxe applicable aux correspondances insuffisamment, affranchies, soit de la fixation des taxes des correspondances échangées avec les pays étrangers à l’Union, ou de la combinaison des taxes de l’Union avec les surtaxes prévues par l’article 5 de la Convention, peuvent être arrondies par les Administrations qui en effectuent la perception. Nais la somme à ajouter de ce chef ne peut, dans aucun cas, excéder la valeur d’un vingtième de franc (cinq centimes).
V. Correspondance arec les Pays étrangers à l’Union. Les Offices de l’Union qui ont des

Correspondence to non-Union countries.

 relations avec des pays étrangers à l’Union fournissent aux autres Offices de l’Union la liste de ces 1107 pays, avec l’indication des conditions d’envoi auxquelles les correspondances sont soumises dans les relations dont il s’agit. those countries, indicating the eonditionsof transmission to which the articles are subject in the relations in question.
VI. Application dos Timbres. 1.— Les correspondances originaires des pays de l’Union sont frappées d’un timbre indiquant le lieu d’origine et la date du dépôt à la poste. 2.— A l’arrivée, le bureau île, destination applique son timbre à date au verso des lettres et au recto des cartes postales. 3.— L’application des timbres sur les correspondances déposées sur les paquebots dans les Imites mobiles ou entre les mains des commandants, incombe, dans les cas prévus par le paragraphe 3 de l’article 11 de la Convention, a l’agent des postes embarqué ou, s’il n’y en a pas, au bureau de poste auquel ces correspondances sont livrées. 4.— Les correspondances originaires des pays étrangers à PUnion sont frappées, par l’Office de l’Uni-on qui les a recuellies, d’un timbre indiquant le point et la date d’en-trée dans le service de cet Office. 5.— Les correspondances non affranchies ou insuffisamment affranchies sont, en outre, frappées du timbre T (taxe à payer), dont l’application incombe à l’Office du pays d’origine s’il s’agit île correspondances originaires de l’Union, et à l’Office du pays d’entrée s’il s’agit de correspondances originaires des pays étrangers à l’Union. 6.— Les envois à remettre par ex-près sont frappés d’un timbre portant en gros caractères le mot „Exprès“. Les. Administrations sont toutefois autorisées à remplacer ce timbre par une étiquette imprimée ou par une inscription manuscrite et soulignée en crayon de couleur. 7.— Tout objet de correspondance ne portant pas le timbre T est considéré comme affranchi et traité en conséquence, sauf erreur évidente.
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VII. Indication du Hombre de Ports. 1.— Lorsqu’une lettre ou tout

Rates levied, to be marked.

 autre objet de correspondance est passible, en raison de son poids, de plus d’un port simple, l’Office d’origine ou d’entrée dans l’Union, suivant le cas, indique, à l’angle gauche supérieur de la suscription, en chiffres ordinaires, le nombre des ports perçus ou à percevoir. 2.— Cette mesure n’est pas de

Not on fully paid matter.

 rigueur pour les correspondances dûment affranchies.
VIII. Affranchissement Insuffisant. 1.— Lorsqu’un objet est insuffisamment

Marking insufficient payment.

 affranchi au moyen de timbresposte, l’Office expéditeur indique en chiffres noirs, apposés à côté des timbresposte, le montant de l’in suffi sauce en l’exprimant en francs et centimes. 2.— D’après cette indication, le

Double rate charged.

 bureau d’échange du pays de destination taxe l’objet au double de l’in suffi sauce constatée. 3.— Dans le cas où il a été fait

Invalid stamps.

 usage de timbresposte non valables pour l’affranchissement, il n’en est tenu aucun compte. Cette circonstance est indiquée par le chiffre zéro (0) placé à coté des timbresposte.
IX. Avis de Réception. 1.— Les envois dont l’expéditeur

Return receipts.

 demande un avis de réception doivent porter l’annotation très apparente: „Avis de réception“ ou l’empreinte d’un timbre portant: A. R. 2.— Les avis de réception doivent

Form.

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 être établis par les bureaux de destination sur une formule conforme ou analogue au modèle A cian- nexé, et transmis par ces bureaux aux bureaux d’origine, chargés de les faire parvenir aux expéditeurs des envois auxquels ils se rapportent. Les avis de réception doivent être formulés en français ou porter une traduction subliné-aire en cette langue.
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X. Feuilles d’Avis. 1.—

Les feuilles d’avis accompagnant les dépêches échangées entre deux Administrations de l’Union sont conformes an modèle B joint au présent Règlement. Elles sont placées sous des enveloppes de couleur portant distinctement l’indication „Feuille d’avis “.

Dans les relations par mer qui, bien que périodiques et régulières, ne comportent pas d’échange quotidien ou à jour iixe, les bureaux expéditeurs doivent numéroter leurs feuilles d’avis d’après nue série annuelle par chaque bureau d’origine et pour chaque bureau de destination, en mentionnant autant que possible, sur la feuille d’avis, le nom du paquebot ou du bâtiment qui emporte la dépêche.

 2.—

Les objets recommandés sout inscrits au tableau n° 1 de la feuille d’avis avec les détails suivants: le nom du bureau d’origine et le numéro d’inscription de l’objet à ce bureau, ou: le nom du bureau d’origine, le nom du destinataire et le lieu de destination.

Dans la colonne „Observations“, la mention „Remb.“ est ajoutée en regard de l’inscription des envois recommandés grevés de remboursement.

Les envois à faire remettre par exprès sont inscrits en nombre au tableau I de la feuille d’avis.

Les avis de réception sont inscrits au tableau précité, soit individuellement, soit en bloc, suivant que ces avis sont plus ou moins nombreux.

La partie de la feuille d’avis intitulée „ Recommandations d’office“ est destinée à recevoir l’inscription des bulletins de vérification, des lettres de service ouvertes adressées par le bureau d’échange à son correspondant ainsi que des communications du bureau expéditeur.

 3.—

Lorsque le nombre des objets recommandés expédiés habituellement d’un bureau d’échange à un autre le comporte, il peut être fait usage d’une liste spéciale et dé-tachée, pour remplacer le tableau n” 1, de la feuille d’avis.

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Le nombre des envois recommandés inscrits sur cette liste et le nombre de paquets ou de sacs (pii renferment ces envois doivent être portés sur la feuille d’avis.

 4.— Au tableau n“ IL on inscrit,

Closed mails.

 avec les details que ce tableau comporte, les dépêches closes in-sérées dans l’envoi direct auquel la feuille d’avis se rapporte. 5.— Ou indique, à l’angle droit

Number of packages, etc.

 Supérieur de la feuille d’avis, le nombre de paquets ou de sacs dé-tachés dont se compose chaque expédition pour une même destination. 6.— Lorsqu’il est jugé nécessaire,

Other details.

 pour certaines relations, de créer d’autres tableaux ou rubriques sur la feuille d’avis, la mesure peut être réalisée d’un commun accord entre les Administrations intéressées. 7.— Lorsqu’un bureau d’échange

Bill with no articles.

 n’a aucun objet à livrer à un bureau correspondant, il n’en doit pas moins envoyer, dans la forme ordinaire, une dépêche qui se com-pose uniquement de la feuille d’avis. 8.— Quand des dépêches closes

Closed mails on merchant ships.

 sont confiées par une Administration à une autre, pour être transmises au moyen de bâtiments de commerce, le nombre de lettres ou autres objets est indiqué à la feuille d’avis ou sur l’adresse de ces dépêches.
XI. Transmission des Objets Recommandés. 1.— Les objets recommandes, les avis de réception, les

Registered articles.

 envois exprès et, s’il y a lieu, la liste

Special packages.

 spéciale pré-vue au paragraphes de l’article X, sont réunis eu un paquet distinct, qui doit être convenablement enveloppé et cacheté de manière à en préserver le contenu. 2.— A ce paquet est. attaché exté-rieurement,

Position of packages.

 par un croisé de ficelle, l’enveloppe spéciale contenant la feuille d’avis. Le paquet est en-suite placé au centre de la dépêche. 3.— La présence,dans la dépêche,

Entry on letter bill.

 d’un paquet d’objets recommandés dont la description est faite sur la liste spéciale mentionnée au para- 1111 graphe 1er cidessus, doit être annoncée par l’application, en tête de la feuille d’avis, soit d’une annotation spéciale, soit de l’étiquette ou du timbre de recommandation en usage dans le pays d’origine. 4.—

Il est entendu que le mode d’emballage et de transmission des objets recommandés, prescrit par les paragraphes 1 et 2 cidessus, s’applique seulement aux relations ordinaires, roui’ les relations importantes, il appartient aux Ad-ministrations intéressées de prescrire, d’un commun accord, des dis-positions particulières, sous ré-serve, dans l’un comme dans l’autre cas, des mesures exceptionnelles à prendre par les chefs des bureaux d’échange, lorsqu’ils ont à assurer la transmission d’objets recommandés qui, par leur nature, leur forme ou leur volume, ne seraient pas susceptibles d’être insérés dans la dépêche.

Toutefois, les bureaux d’échange expéditeurs indiquent en tête de la feuille d’avis, le cas échéant, le nombre des objets recommandés qui se trouvent dans la dépêche en dehors du paquet ou sac spécial, parmi les correspondances ordinaires, et font figurer sur les listes, dans la colonne „Observations “,1a mention „en dehors“ en regard de l’inscription de chacun de ces objets.

Ceux-ci sont autant que possible réunis en paquets ficelés munis d’une étiquette portant, eu caractères apparents, les mots,. Recommandés en dehors“ précédés d’un chiffre indiquant le nombre d’objets que contient chaque paquet.

 5.— Les avis de réception sont placés dans une enveloppe par l’office distributeur des objets re-commandés auxquels ces avis se rapportent. Ces enveloppes re-vêtues de la mention: „Avis de réception; Bureau de poste de . . . (Pays) . . . “sont soumises aux formalités de la recommandation et acheminées sur leur destination comme des objets recommandés ordinaires.
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XII. Indemnité pour la Perte d’un Envoi Recommandé. Lorsque l’indemnité due pour la

Reimbursement of losses.

 perte d’un envoi recommandé a été payée par une Administration pour le compte d’une autre Administration, rendue responsable, celleci est tenue d’en rembourser le montant dans le délai de trois mois après avis du paiement. Ce remboursement s’effectue, soit au moyen d’un mandat do poste ou d’une traite, soit en espèces ayant cours dans le pays créditeur. Lorsque le remboursement de l’indemnité comporte des frais, ils sont toujours à la charge de l’Office dé-biteur.
XIII. Confection des Dépêches. 1.— En règle générale, les objets

Making up mails. Separation.

 qui composent les dépêches doivent être classés et enliassés par nature de correspondances, eu séparant les objets affranchis des objets non ou insuffisamment affranchis. 2.— Toute dépêche, après avoir

Packages.

 été ficelée, est enveloppée de papier fort en quantité suffisante pour éviter toute détérioration du contenu, puis ficelée extérieurement et cachetée à la cire ou au moyen d’un cachet en papier gommé, avec l’empreinte du cachet du bureau. Elle est munie d’une suscriptiou imprimée portant, en petits caractères, le nom du bureau expéditeur et, en caractères plus forts, le nom du bureau destinataire: „de . . . pour . . .“ 3.— Si le volume de la dépêche le

Sealed sacks.

 comporte, elle est renfermée dans un sac convenablement fermé, cacheté, ou plombé et étiqueté. 4.— Les paquets ou sacs renfermant

Notice of special delivery articles.

 des envois à remettre par exprès doivent porter extérieurement une désignation signalant ces objets à l’attention des agents postaux. 5.— Lorsqu’il est fait usage d’étiquettes

Labels.

 en papier, elles doivent être collées sur des planchettes. 1113 6.— Le poids de chaque sac ne doit pas dépasser 40 kilogrammes. 7.— Les sacs doivent être renvoyés vides au bureau expéditeur par le prochain courrier, sauf autre arrangement entre les Offices correspoudants.
XIV. Vérification des Dépêches. 1.—

Le bureau d’échange qui reçoit une dépêche constate si les inscriptions sur la feuille d’avis et, s’il y a lieu, sur la liste des objets recommandés, sont exactes.

Les dépêches doivent être livrées en bon état. Cependant, la réception d’une dépêche ne peut pas être refusée à cause de son mauvais état. S’il s’agit d’une dépêche pour un autre bureau que celui qui en a pris livraison, elle doit être emballée de nouveau, tout en con-servant, autant que possible, l’emballage original. Le remballage est précédé de la vérification du contenu, s’il est à présumer que celui ci u’est pas resté intact.

 2.— Lorsque le bureau d’échange reconnaît des erreurs ou dés omissions, il opère immédiatement les rectifications nécessaires sur les feuilles ou listes, en ayant soin de biffer, d’un trait de plume, les indications erronées de manière à laisser reconnaître les inscriptions primitives. 3.— t’es rectifications s’effectuent par le concours de deux agents. A moins d’uneerreur évidente, elles prévalent sur la déclaration originale. 4.—

Un bulletin de vérification, conforme au modèle C annexé au présent Règlement, est dressé par le bureau destinataire et envoyé sans délai, sous recommandation d’office, au bureau expéditeur. Eu même temps, un duplicatadu bulletin de vérification est envoyé par le bureau destinataire h l’Administration dont relève le bureau expé-diteur.

Dans le cas prévu au paragraphe

Supra.

1 du présent article, une copie du bulletin de vérification est insérée dans la dépêche remballée.

 1114 5.— Le burean expéditeur, après

Return of Bulletin,

 examen, renvoie le bulletin avec ses observations, s’il y a lieu. 6.— En cas de manque d’une dé-pêche,

Report of errors and irregularities.

 d’un objet recommandé, de la feuille d’avis on de la liste spé-ciale, le fait est constaté immédiatement dans la forme voulue par deux agents du bureau d’échange destinataire, et portó à la connaissance du bureau d’échange expé-diteur au moyen du bulletin de vérification. Si le cas le comporte, ce dernier bureau peut, en outre, être avisé par télégramme aux frais de l’office expéditeur du télégramme. 7.— En cas de perte d’une dé-pêche

Responsibility for losses.

 close, les offices intermédiaires sont rendus responsables des objet s recomm an dé s que renferm ait la dépêche, dans les limites de l’article 8 de la Convention, à condition que la non-réception de cette dépêche leur ait été signalée aussitôt que possible. 8.— Lorsque le bureau destinataire

Failure to send bul letin evidence of receipt of mail.

 n’a pas fait parvenir par le premier courrier an bureau expéditeur un bulletin de vérification, constatant des erreurs ou des irré-gularités quelconques, l’absence de ce document vaut comme accusé de réception de la dépêche et de son contenu, jusqu’à preuve du contraire.
XV. Conditionnement des Objets Recommandés.

Registered articles.

 1.— Les objets de correspondance

Addresses forbidden.

 adressés sous des initiales et ceux qui portent une adresse écrite an crayon ne sont pas admis à la recommandation. 2.— Aucune condition spéciale

Form, etc.

 de forme ou de fermeture n’est exigée pour les objets

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 recommandés. Chaque Office a la facultó d’appliquer à, ces envois les règles établies dans son service intérieur. 3.—

Lesobjets recommandés doivent

Label.

porter une étiquette conforme ou analogue au modèle I) annexé au présent Règlement, avec l’indication du nom dit bureau d’origine et du numéro d’ordre sous lequel l’envoi est inscrit dans le registre de ce bureau.

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Toutefois, il est permis aux Ad-ministrations dont le régime inté-rieur s’oppose actuellement à l’emploi des étiquettes, d’ajourner la mise à exécution de cette mesure et de continuer ¿.employer des timbres pour la. désignation des objets recommandés.

 4.— Les envois recommandés grevés de remboursement doivent être revêtus d’tiue annotation manuscrite, d’une empreinte de timbre ou d’une étiquette, portant le mot : „ Remboursement”. 5.— Les envois recommandés non affranchis ou insuffisamment affranchis sont transmis aux destinataires sans taxe, mais le bureau qui reçoit un envoi dans ces conditions est tenu de signaler le cas à son Administration, afin qu’elle en informe l’Administration dont re-lève le bureau d’origine. Cette Ad-ministration procède d’après les règles suivies dans son service in-térieur.
XVI. Cartel: Postales. 1.—

Les cartes postales doivent être expédiées à découvert. Le recto est réservé aux timbres d’affranchissement, aux indications relatives au servi.ee postal (recommandé, avis de réception, etc.) et à l’adresse du destinataire, laquelle peut être écrite à la main ou figurer sur une étiquette collée n’excédant pas deux centimètres sur cinq.

En outre,l’expéditeur ala faculté d’indiquer au recto ou au verso son nom et son adresse, soit par écrit, soit an moyen d’un timbre, d’une griffé ou de tout autre procédé typographique.

Des vignettes ou réclames peuvent être imprimées sur le verso.

A l’exception des timbres d’affranchissement et des étiquettes mentionnées au lr alinéa et an paragraphe 6 du présent article, il est interdit de joindre ou d’attacher aux cartes postales des objets quelconques.

 2.— Les cartes postales ne peuvent excéder les dimensions suivantes: longueur, 14 centimètres; largeur, 9 centimètres. 3.—

Autant que possible, les cartes postales émises spécialement en 1116 vue de la circulation dans l’Union postale doivent porter, au recto, en langue française ou avec traduction sublinéaire eu cette langue, le titre suivant:

Carte Postale.

Union Postale Universelle.

(Côté réservé à l’adresse.)

 4.— Le timbreposte représentant

Stamp.

 l’affranchissement figure à l’un des angles supérieurs du recto; il en est de même du timbre supplémentaire qui pourrait être ajouté. 5.— Eu règle générale, les cartes

Return cards.

 postales avec réponse payée doivent présenter, au recto, comme titre imprimé, sur la première par-tie: „Carte postale avec réponse payée“; sur la seconde partie: „Carte postaleréponse“. Les deux parties doivent d’ailleurs remplir, chacune, les autres conditions imposées à la carte postale simple ; elles sont repliées Tune sur l’autre et ne peuvent être fermées d’une manière quelconque. 6.— Il est loisible à l’expéditeur

Address on reply.

 d’une carte postale avec réponse payée d’indiquer son nom et son adresse au recto de la partie „ Ré-ponse “, soit par écrit, soit en y collant une étiquette. 7.— L’affranchissement de la par-tie ,,

Prepayment limited to country of origin

 Réponse “au moyen d u timbreposte du pays qui a émis la carte n’est valable que si elle est expé-diée à destination de ce pays. Dans le cas contraire, elle est soumise à la taxe des lettres non affranchies. 8.— Les cartes postales simples

Private cards.

 et celles avec réponse payée, émanant de l’industrie privée, sont admises à la circulation internationale pourvu que la législation du pays d’origine le permette et qu’elles soient conformes, au moins eu ce qui concerne le. format et la consistance du papier, aux cartes postales émises par l’Office des postes d’origine. 9.— Les cartes postales ne remplissant pas, quant aux

Cards treated ns letters.

 dimensions, à la forme extérieure, etc., les conditions imposées par le pré-sent article à cette catégorie d’envois, sont traitées comme lettres.
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XVII. Papiers d’Affaires. 1.— Sont considérés comme papiers d’affaires, et admis comme tels à la modération deport consacrée par l’article 5 de la Convention, toutes les pièces et tous les documents, écrits ou dessinés en tout ou partie à la main, qui n’ont pas le caractère d’une correspondance actuelle et personnelle, tels que les pièces lt;le procédure, les actes de tout genre dressés par les officiers ministériels, les lettres de voiture ou connaissements, les factures, les différents documents de service des compagnies d’assurance, les copies ou extraits d’actes sous seiug privé écrits sur papier timbré ou non timbré, les partitions ou feuilles de musique manuscrites, les manuscrits d’ouvrages ou de journaux expédiés isolément, etc. 2.— Les papiers d’affaires sont soumis, en ce qui concerne la forme et le conditionnement, aux dispositions prescrites pour les imprimés (article XVIII ciaprès).
XVIII. Imprimés de toute Nature. 1.—

Sont considérés comme imprimés, et admis comme tels à la modération de port consacrée par l’article 5 de la Convention, les journaux et ouvrages périodiques, les livres brochés ou reliés, les brochures, les papiers de musique, les cartes de visite, les cartesadresses, les épreuves d’imprimerie avec ou sans les manuscrits s’y rapportant, les papiers revêtus de points en relief à l’usage des aveugles, les gravures, les photographies, les images, les dessins, plans, cartes géographiques, catalogues, prospectus, annonces et avis divers, imprimés, gravés, lithographiés ou autographiés, et en général, toutes les impressions ou re-productions obtenues sur papier, sur parchemin ou sur carton, au moyen de la typographie, de la gravure, de la lithographie et de l’autographie, ou de tout autre procédé mécanique facile à reconnaître, hormis le décalque et la machine à écrire.

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Sont considérés, comme faciles à reconnaître les procédés mécaniques désignés par les noms de clipornographie, polygraphie, heetographie, papyrographie, vélocigraphie, etc.; mais pour jouir de la modération de port, les reproductions obtenues au moyen de ces procédés doivent être déposées aux guichets des bureaux île poste et au nombre minimum de vingt exemplaires parfaitement identiques.

 2.— Sont exclus de la modération

Articles excluded.

 de port, les timbres ou formules d’affranchissement, oblitérés ou non, ainsi que tous imprimés constituant le signe représentatif d’une valeur. 3.— Ne peuvent être expédiés

Modified printed articles.

 à la taxe réduite les imprimés dont le texte a été modifié, après tirage, soit à la main, soit à l’aide d’un procédé mécanique, ou a été revêtu de signes quelconques de manière à constituer un langage conventionnel. 4.— Comme exception à la règle

Modifications permitted.

déterminée par le paragraphe 3 précédent, il est permis: a) d’indiquer â l’extérieur de l’envoi le nom, la raison de commerce et le domicile de l’expédileur; b) d’ajouter à la main, sur les cartes de visite imprimées, l’adresse de l’expéditeur, son titre, ainsi que des initiales conventionnelles (p. f., etc.); c) d’indiquer on de modifier sur l’imprimé même, à la main ou par un procédé mécanique, la date de l’expédition, la signature ou la raison de commerce et la profession, ainsi que le domicile de l’expéditeur; d) d’ajouter aux épreuves cor-rigées le manuscrit et de faire à ces épreuves les changements et additions qui se rapportent à la correction, à la forme et à l’impression. En cas de manque de place, ces additions peuvent être faites sur des feuilles spéciales; e) de corriger les fautes d’impression aussi sur les imprimés autres que les épreuves; f) de biffer certaines parties d’un texte imprimé pour les rendre illisibles ; g) de faire ressortir au moyen de traits les passages du texte sur lesquels on désire attirer l’attention; 1119 h) de porter ou de corriger à la plume on par un procédé mécanique les chiffres, de même que le nom du voyageur et la date de son passage, sur les listesde prixcourants, les offres d’annonces, les cotes de bourse et circulaires de commerce; i) d’indiquer à la main, sur les avis concernant les départs de navires, la date de ces départs; k) d’indiquer sur les cartes d’invitation et de convocation le nom de l’invité, la date, le but et le lieu de la réunion; l) d’ajouter une dédicace sur les livres, papiers de musique, journaux, photographies et gravures, ainsi que d’y joindre la facture se rapportant à l’ouvrage luimême; m) dans les bulletins de coinmande de librairie (imprimés et ouverts, ayant pour objet, la commande de livres, journaux, gravures, pièces de musique), d’indiquer au verso, à la main, les ouvrages demandés ou offerts, et de biffer ou de souligner au recto tout ou partie des communications imprimées; n) de peindre les images de mode, les cartes géographiques, etc. 5.— Sont interdites les additions faites à la plume ou au moyen d’un procédé mécaniquequi enlèveraient à l’imprimé son caractère de géné-ralité et lui donneraient celui d’une correspondance individuelle. 6.— Les imprimés doivent être, soit placés sous bande, sur rouleau, entre des cartons, dans un étui ouvert des deux côtés ou aux deux extrémités, ou dans une enveloppe non fermée, soit simplement pliés de manière à ne pas dissimuler la natu re de l’envoi, soit en ti n e» i tourés d’une ficelle facile à dénouer. 7.— Les cartesadresses et tous imprimés présentant la forme et la consistance d’une carte non pliée peuvent être expédiés sans bande, enveloppe, lien ou pli. 8.— Les cartes portant le titre „ carte postale“ ne sont pas admises au tarif des imprimés.
XIX. Échantillons. 1.— Les échantillons de marchandises ne sont admis à bénéficier de la modération de port qui leur est 1120 attribuée par l’article 5 de la Convention que sous les conditions suivantes; 2.— Ils doivent être placés dans

Wrapping.

 des sacs, des boîtes ou des enveloppes mobiles de manière à permettre une facile vérification. 3.— Ils ne peuvent avoir aucune

Writing permitted.

 valeur marchande, ni porter aucune écriture à la main que le nom ou la raison sociale de l’envoyeur, l’adresse du destinataire, une marque de fabrique ou de marchand, des numéros d’ordre, des prix et des indications relatives au poids, au métrage et à ladimension, ainsi qu’à la quantité disponiple, ou celles qui sont nécessaires pour préciser la provenance et la nature de la marchandise. 4.— D’un commun accord entre

Package of liquids, etc.

 les Administrations intéressées, c’est à dire entre les Administrations du pays d’origine et du pays de destination et, s’il y a lieu, du ou des pays effectuant le transit à découvert ou eu dépêches closes, les envois de liquides, huiles, corps gras, poudres sèches, colorantes ou non, ainsi que les envois d’abeilles vivantes, peuvent être admis au transport comme échantillons de marchandises, pourvu qu’ils soient conditionnée de la manière suivante: 1.° Les liquides, huiles et corps

Packing required.

Liquids, etc.

 gras facilement liquéfiables doivent être insérés dans des flacons en verre hermétiquement oouchés. Chaque flacon doit être placé dans une boîte en bois suffisamment garnie de sciure de bois, de cotton ou de matière spongieuse en quantité suffisante pour absorber le liquide en cas de bris du flacon. Enfin, la boîte ellemême doit être enfermée dans un étui eu métal, en bois avec couvercle vissé ou en cuir fort et épais. 2.° Les corps gras difficilement,

Fatty substances, etc.

 liquéfiables, tels que les onguents, le savon mou, les résines, etc., dont le transport offre moins d’inconvénients, doivent être enfermés sous une première enveloppe (boite, sac en toile, parchemin, etc.), placée ellemême dans une seconde boîte en bois, en métal ou en cuir fort et épais; 3.° Les poudres sèches.colorantes

Powders.

 ou non, doivent être placée dans des boîtes en carton, lesquelles 1121 ellesmêmes sont enfermées dans un sac en toile ou en parchemin. 4.° Les abeilles vivantes doivent

Live bees.

 4th. Live bees must be placed être renfermées dans des boites in boxes so constructed as to avoid disposées de façon à éviter tout ail danger and to permit the coudanger et à permettre la vérificatents to be ascertained, tion du contenu.
XX. Objets groupés. Il est permis de réunir dans un

Grouping articles.

 même envoi des échantillons de marchandises, des imprimés et des papiers d’affaires, mais sous ré-serve: 1.° que chaque objet pris isolé-ment ne dépasse pas les limites qui lui sont applicables quant au poids et quant à la dimension; 2.° que le poids total ne dépasse pas 2 kilogrammes par envoi ; 3.° que la taxe soit au minimum de 25 centimes si l’envoi contient des papiers d’affaires, et de 10 centimes s’il se compose d’imprimés et d’échantillons.
XXI. Correspondances réexpédiées. 1.— En exécution de l’article 14 de

Reforwarding a rtb cles.

 la Convention, et sauf les exceptions

Ante, p. 1087.

 prévues au paragraphe 2 suivant, les correspondances de toute nature adressées, dans l’Union, à des destinataires ayant changé de résidence, sont traitées par l’Office distributeur comme si elles avaient été adressées directement du lieu d’origine au lieu de la nouvelle destination. 2.— A l’égard des envois du service

Domestic service.

 interne de l’un des pays de l’Union qui entrent, par suite de réexpédition, dans le service d’un autre pays de l’Union, on observe les règles suivantes: 1.° Les envois non affranchis ou

Insufficiently pre paid articles.

 insuffisamment affranchis pour leur premier parcours sont traités comme correspondances internationales et frappés, par l’Office distributeur, de la taxe applicable aux envois de même nature directement adressés du pays d’origine dans le pays où se trouve le destinataire; 1122 2.° Les envois régulièrement

Paid for first transmission.

 affranchis pour leur premier parcours, et dont le complément de taxe afférent au parcours ultérieur n’a pas été acquitté avant leur ré-expédition, sont frappés, suivant leur nature, par FOtlice distributeur, d’une taxe égale à la diffé-rence entre le prix d’affranchissement déjà acquitté et celui qui aurait été perçu si les envois avaient été expédiés primitivement sur la nouvelle destination. Le montant de cette différence doit être exprimé en francs et centimes, à côté des timbresposte,par l’Office réex-péditeur. Dans l’un et l’autre cas, les taxes prévues cidessus restent exigibles du destinataire, alors même que, par suite de réexpéditions successives, les envois reviennent dans le pays d’origine. 3.— Lorsque des objets primitivement

Cash prepayments.

 adressés à l’intérieur d’un pays de l’Union et affranchis en numéraire sont réexpédiés à un autre pays, l’Oflice réexpéditeur doit indiquer, sur l’objet, le montant de la taxe perçue en numéraire. 4.— Les objets de toute nature

Missent articles.

 mal dirigés sont, sans aucun délai, réexpédiés par la voie la plus prompte sur leur destination. 5.— Les correspondances de toute

Returned for correct address.

 nature, ordi naires ou recommandées qui, portant une adresse incomplète ou erronuée, sont renvoyées aux expéditeurs pour qu’ils la complètent ou la rectifient, ne sont pas, quand elles sont remises dans le service avec une suscription complétée ou rectifiée, considérées comme des correspondances réexpédiés, mais bien comme de

Postage.

nouveaux envois, et deviennent, par suite, passibles d’une nouvelle taxe.
XXII. Rebuts.

Undelivered articles.

 1.— Les correspondances de toute

Return.

 nature qui sont tombées en rebut, pour quelque cause que ce soit, doivent être renvoyées, aussitôt après les délais de conservation voulus par les règlements du pays destinataire, et au plus tard dans 1123 un délai de six mois dans les relations avec les pays d’outremer et de deux mois pour les autres relations, par l’intermédiaire des bureaux d’échangerespectifseten une liasse spéciale étiquetée : „ Rebuts “ et portant l’indication du pays d’origine des correspondances. Les termes de deux mois et de six mois comptent à partir de la fin du mois dans lequel les correspondances sont parvenues au bureau de destination. 2.— Toutefois, les correspondances

Registered articles.

 recommandées tombées en rebut sont renvoyées au bureau d’échange du pays d’origine comme s’il s’agissait de correspondances recommandées à destination de ce pays, sauf qu’en regard de l’inscription nominative au tableau n° I de la feuille d’avis ou sur la liste détachée, la mention “ Rebuts” est consignée dans la colonne “ Observations” par le bureau réexpéditeur. 3.— Par exception, deux Offices

Special agreements.

 correspondants peuvent, d’un commun accord, adopter un autre mode de renvoi de rebuts, ainsi que se dispenser de se renvoyer réciproquement certains imprimés considérés comme dénués de valeur. 4.— Avant de renvoyer à l’Office

Censo of nondelivery to be indicated.

 d’origine les correspondances non distribuées pour un motif quelconque, l’Office destinataire doit indiquer d’une manière claire et concise, eu langue française, au verso de ces objets, la cause (le la nonremise sous la forme suivante: inconnu, refusé, parti, non réclamé, décédé, etc. Cette indication est fournie par l’application d’un timbre ou l’apposition d’une étiquette. Chaque Office a la faculté d’ajouter la traduction, dans sa propre langue, de la cause de nonremise et les autres indications qui lui conviennent.
XXIII. Statistique des Frais de Transit.

Statistics.

 1.— Les statistiques à effectuer

Triennial preparation.

 une fois tous les trois ans, en exécution des articles 4 et 17 de la Convention, pour le décompte des frais de transit dans l’Union et en dehors des limites de FUniou, sont 1124 établies d’après les dispositions des articles suivants, pendant les vingthuit premiers jours du mois de mai ou de novembre (alternativement) de la deuxième année de chaque période triennale, pour sortir leurs effets rétroactivement à partir de la première année. 2.— La statistique de novembre

Periods.

 1893 s’appliquera aux années 1892, 1893 et 1894 ; la statistique de mai 1896 s’appliquera aux années 1895, 1896 et 1897, et ainsi de suite. 3.— Si, pendant la période d’application

Special statistics.

 de la statistique, il vient à entrer dans l’Union un pays ayant des relations importantes, les pays de l’Union dont la situation pourrait, par suite decettecirconstance, se trouver modifiée sous le rapport de paiement des droits de transit, ont la faculté de réclamer une statistique spéciale se rapportant exclusivement au pays nouvellement entré. 4.—

Les frais incombant à l’Office

Fixing charges.

expéditeur du chef du transit territorial et du transport maritime sont fixés invariablement d’après la statistique pour toute la période qu’elle embrasse, sauf le cas prévu à l’alinéa précédent.

Mais lorsqu’il se produit une modification importante dans le cours des correspondances, et pour autant que cette modification affecte une période de six mois au moins, les Offices intermédiaires s’entendent pour régler entre eux le partage de ces frais, proportionnellement à la part d’intervention desdits Offices dans le transport des correspondances auxquelles ces frais se rapportent.
XXIV. Correspondances à Découvert.

Articles in open mail.

 1.— L’Office servant d’intermédiaire

Table from intermediary office.

 pour la transmission des correspondances échangées à découvert, soit entre deux pays de l’Union, soit entre un pays de l’Union

Post, p. 1156.

 et un pays étranger à celleci, dresse d’advance, pour chacun de ses correspondants de l’Union, un tableau conforme au modèle E annexé au présent Règlement et dans lequel il indique, eu distinguant, s’il y alieu, lesdiverses voies d’acheminement, les prix de 1125 port au poids lui revenant pour le transport dans l’Union de l’une et de l’autre catégorie de ces correspondances au moyen des services dont il dispose, ainsi que les prix de port au poids à bonifier, le cas échéant, par luimême, à d’autres Offices de l’Uniou, pour le transport ultérieur desdites correspondances dans l’Union. Au besoin, il se renseigne en temps utile, auprès des Offices des pays à traverser, sur les voies que devront suivre les correspondances et sur les prix à leur appliquer. 2.— Lorsque plusieurs voies comportant

Payment by dispatching office in case of several routes.

 chacune des trais de transit différents applicables aux voies que l’Office intermédiaire utilise, sont ouvertes à la transmission des correspondances pour un même pays, l’Office expéditeur rétribue l’Office intermédiaire d’après un tarif unique basé sur la moyenne des différents prix de transit. 3.— Un exemplaire du tableau E

Post, p. 1156.

 est rends par ledit Office à l’Office correspondant intéressé et sert de base à un décompte spécial à établir entre eux, du chef du port in-termédiaire dans l’Union des correspondances dont il s’agit. Ce décompte est dressé par l’Office qui reçoit les correspondances et soumis à la vérification de l’Office expéditeur’. 4.—

L’Office expéditeur établit,

Table for diapatcb ing office.

d’après les données de la formule E fournie par son correspondant, des tableaux conformes au modèle F ciannexé et

Post, p. 1158.

 destinés à relater, pour chaque dépêche, les frais de port intermédiaire des correspondances sans distinction d’origine, comprises dans la dépêche pour être acheminées par l’intermédiaire dudit correspondant. A cet effet, le bureau d’échange expéditeur inscrit dans un tableau F, qu’il joint à son envoi, le poids total, selon leur nature, des correspondances de l’espèce qu’il livre à découvert au bureau d’échange correspondant, et celuici, après vérification, prend livraison de ces correspondances, pour les acheminer vers leurs destinations, en les confondant avec les siennes propres pour le paiement, s’il y a lieu, des prix de port ultérieurs.

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Sur la demande des Offices intéressés, il y a lieu de distinguer sur le tableau F l’origine des correspondances soumises à des frais de transit maritime de 15 francs par kilogramme de lettres ou cartes postales et de 1 franc par kilogramme d’autres objets à répartir entre plusieurs Administrations.

 5.— Toute erreur dans la déclaration

Errors.

 du bureau d’échange expéditeur du tableau F est signalée immédiatement à ce bureau au moyen d’un bulletin de vérification, nonobstant la rectification opérée sur le tableau luimême. 6.— A défaut de correspondances

In ease of no charges.

 passibles d’un port intermédiaire ou étranger, il n’est pas dressé de tableau F et le bureau expéditeur inscrit eu tête de la feuille d’avis la mention: „Pas de tableau F.“ Dans le cas de l’omission non .justifiée deee tableau, l’irrégularité est également signalée, an moyen d’un bulletin de vérification, au bureau en faute, et doit être réparée immédiatement par ce dernier.
XXV. Dépêches Closes.

Closed mails.

 1.— Les correspondances échangées

Form required.

 en dépêchés closes, entre deux Offices de l’Union oit entre un Office de l’Union et un Office étranger à l’Union, A travers le territoire ou au moyen des services d’un ou de plusieurs autres Offices, font l’objet d’un relevé conforme au

Post, p. 1160.

modèle G annexé au présent Rè-glement. et (pii est établi d’après les dispositions suivantes. 2.— En ce qui concerne les dé-pêches

Entry of weight.

 d’un pays de l’Union pour un autre pays de l’Union, le bureau d’échange expéditeur inscrit, à la feuille d’avis pour le bureau d’échange destinataire de la dé-pêche, le poids net des lettres et des cartes postales et celui îles autres objets sans distinction de l’origine ni de la destination des correspondances. Ces indications sont vérifiées par le bureau destinataire, lequel dresse, à la fin de la période de statistique, le relevé mentionné cidessus, en autant d’expéditions qu’il y a d’Offices intéressés, y compris celui du lieu de départ. 1127 3.— Dans les quatre jours qui

Forwarding statement.

 suivent la clôture des opérations de statistique, les relevés G sont transmis, parles bureauxd’échange qui les ont établis, aux bureaux d’échange de l’Office débiteur pour être revêtus de leur acceptation. Ceuxci, après avoir accepté ces relevés, les transmettent à l’Ad-ministration centrale dont ils relè-vent, chargée de les répartir entre les Offices intéressés. 4.—

En ce qui concerne les dé-pêches

Mail tor non-Union countries.

closes échangées entre un pays de l’Union et un pays étranger à l’Union, par l’intermédiaire d’un ou de plusieurs Offices de l’Union, les bureaux d’échange du pays de l’Union dressent, pour les dépêches expédiées ou reçues, un relevé G qu’ils transmettent à l’Office de sortie ou d’entrée, lequel établit, à la tin de la période de statistique, un relevé général en autant d’ex-péditions qu’il y a d’Offices intéres-sés, y compris luimême et l’Office de ¡’Union débiteur. Une expédition de ce relevé est transmise à l’Office débiteur, ainsi qu’à chacun des Offices qui ont pris part au transport des dépêches.

Sur la demande des Offices in-téressés, les bureaux d’échange doivent distinguer sur la feuille d’avis l’origine et la destination des correspondances soumises à des frais de transit maritime de 15 francs et de 1 franc, à répartir entre plusieurs Administrations.

 5.— Après chaque période de

List to intermediaries.

 statistique, les Administrations qui ont expédié des dépêches en transit envoient la liste de ces dé-pêches aux différentes Administrations dont elles ont emprunté l’in-termédiaire. 6.— Le simple entrepôt, dans un port, de dépêches

Mails not included.

 closes apportées par un paquebot et destinées à être reprises par un autre paquebot, ne donne, pas lieu au paiement de frais de transit territorial an profit do l’Office des postes du lieu d’entrepôt.
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XXVI. Dépêches échangées avec des Bâtiments de Guerre. 1.— L’établissement d’un échange,

Mails exchanged with naval vessels.

 en dépêches closes, entre un Office postal de l’Union et des divisions navales ou bâtiments de guerre de même nationalité, doit être notifié, autant que possible à l’avance, aux Offices intermédiaires. 2.—

Address.

 La suscription de ces dé- pêches est rédigée comme suit:

Du bureau de..... Pour De la division navale (nationalite) de (designation de la division) a..... Du batiment (nationality) le (nom du batiment) a..... Pour le bureau de       (Pays)

{ la division navale (nationalité) de (designation de la division) à..le bàtiment (nationalité) le (nom du bàtiment) à ou le batiment (nationalite) le (nom du batiment) a

3.— Les dépêches à destination

Forwarding.

 ou provenant de divisions navales ou de bâtiments de guerre sont acheminées, sauf indication d’une voie spéciale sur l’adresse, par les voies les plus rapides et dans les mêmes conditions que les dépêches échangées entre bureaux de poste. 4.— Si les bâtiments ne se trouvent

Reforwordiug.

 pas au lieu de destination quand les dépêches à leur adresse y arrivent, ces dépêches sont conservées au bureau de poste, en attendant leur retrait pur le destinataire ou leur réexpédition sur un autre point. La réexpédition peut être demandée, soit pa r l’Office postal d’origine, soit par le commandant de la division navale ou du bâtiment destinataire, soit enfin par un Consul de même nationalité. 5.— Celles des dépêches dont il

In care of consul.

 s’agit qui portent la mention „Aux soins du Consul de . . . .“ sont consignées au Consulat du pays d’origine. Elles peuvent être ulté- rieurement, à la demande du Consul, réintégrées dans le service postal et réexpédiées sur le lieu d’origine ou sur une autre destination. 6.— Les dépêches à destination

Delivery.

 d’un bâtiment de guerre sont considérées comme étant en transit iusuu’à leur remise au commandant 1129 de ce bâtiment de guerre, alors même qu’elles auraient été primitivement adressées aux soins d’un bureau de poste ou à un Consul chargé de servir d’agent de trans-port intermédiaire; elles ne sont done pas considérées comme étant parvenues à leur adresse, tant qu’elles n’auront pas été délivrées au bâtiment de guerre respectif. 7.— Il incombeâ l’Administration

Statement of mails exchanged.

 du pays dont les bâtiments de guerre relèvent de dresser les tableaux G pour les dépêches

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 échangées. Ce.s dépêches doivent, pendant la période de statistique, porter sur des étiquettes les indications suivantes: a) le poids net des lettres et cartes postales; b) le poids net des autres objets, et c) la route suivie ou à suivre. Dans le cas où une dépêche à l’adresse d’un bâtiment de guerre est réexpédiée pendant la période de statistique, l’Otlice réexpéditeur en informe l’Office du pays dont le bâtiment relève.
XXVII. Compte des Frais de Transit.

Transit expenses.

 1.— Les tableaux F et G sont

Special account.

 résumés dans un compte particulier par lequel ou établit, en francs et centimes, le prix annuel de transit revenant à chaque Office, en multipliant les totaux par 13. Dans le cas où le multiplicateur ne se rapporte pas à la périodicité du service, ou lorsqu’il s’agit d’expéditions extraordinaires faites pendant la période statistique, les Administrations intéressées s’entendent pour l’adoption d’un antre multiplicateur. Le soin d’établir ce compte incombe à l’Office créditeur, qui le transmit à l’Otlice débiteur. Le multiplicateur admis fait chaque fois règle pour les 3 années d’une même période de statistique. 2.— Le solde résultant de la balance

Payment of balance.

 des comptes réciproques entre deux Offices est payé par l’Office débiteur à l’Office créditeur, en francs effectifs et au moyen de traites tirées sur une place du pays créditeur au gré de l’Office débiteur. Les frais du paiement, 1130 y compris les frais d’escompte, restent, le cas échéant, à la charge de l’Office débiteur. 3.—

L’établissement, l’envoi et le

Accounts to be promptly made.

paiement des comptes des frais de transit afférents à un exercice doivent. être effectués dans le plus bref délai possible, et, au plus tard, avant l’expiration du premier semestre de l’exercice suivant. En tout cas, si l’Office qui a envoyé le compte n’a reçu dans cet intervalle aucune observation rectificative, ce compte est considéré comme admis de plein droit. Cette dis-position s’applique également aux observations non contestées faites par un office sur les comptes pré-sentés par un autre Oiïice. Passé ce délai de six mois, les sommes dues par un Oiïice à un autre Office sontproductives d’intérêts, à raison de 5 pour cent l’an et à dater d u jour d’expiration dudit délai.

Les paiements des frais de transit pour la première et au besoin pour la seconde année de charpie période triennale «’effectuent provisoirement, à la fin de l’année, sur les bases de la statistique précé-dente, sauf règlement ultérieur des comptes d’après les résultats de la statistique nouvelle.

 4.— Est réservée, toutefois, aux

Special arrange monts.

 Offices intéressés la faculté de prendre d’un commun accord, d’autres dispositions que celles qui sont formulées dans le présent article.
XXVIII. Exceptions en Matière de Poids. Il est admis, par mesure d’exception,

Weight equivalents.

 que les États qui, à cause de leur régime intérieur, ne peuvent adopter le type de poids décimal métrique, ont la faculté d’y substituer l’once avoirdupois (28 gr. 3465), eu assimilant une demionce à 15 grammes et deux onces à 50 grammes, et d’élever, au besoin, la limite du port simple des journaux à quatre onces, mais sous la condition expresse que, dans ce dernier cas, le port des journaux ne soit pas inférieur à 10 centimes et qu’il soit perçu un port entier par numéro de journal, alors même que plu- 1131 sieurs journaux se trouveraient groupés dans un même envoi.
XXIX. Réclamation d’Objets ordinaires non parvenus. 1.— Toute réclamation relative à un objet de correspondance ordinaire non parvenu à destination donne lieu au procédé suivant: 1.° Il est remis au réclamant une formule conforme au modèle H cian nexé, avec prière d’en remplir, aussi exactement que possible, la partie qui le concerne. 2.° Le bureau oii la réclamation s’est produite transmet la formule directement au bureau correspondant. La transmission s’effectue d’oflice et sans aucun écrit. 3.° Le bureau correspondant fait présenter la formule au destinataire ou à l’expéditeur, selon le cas, avec prière de fournir des renseignements à ce sujet. 4.° Munie de ces renseignements, la formule est renvoyée d’oftice au bureau qui l’a dressée. 5.° Dans le cas où la réclamation est reconnue fondée, elle est transmise à l’Administration centrale pour servir de base aux investigations ultérieures. 6.° A moins d’entente contraire, la formule est rédigée en français ou porte une traduction française. 2.— Toute Administration peut exiger, par une notification adressée au Bureau international, que l’échange des réclamations, en ce qui la concerne, soit effectué par l’entremise des Administrations centrales, ou par l’intermédiaire d’un bureau spécialement désigné.
XXX. Retrait de Correspondances et Rectifca tions d’Adresses. 1.— Pour les demandes de renvoi ou de réexpédition de correspon- 1132 dances, ainsi que pour les demandes de rectification d’adresses, l’expéditeur doit faire usage d’une formule

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 conforme au modèle I annexé au présent Règlement. En remettant cette réclamation au bureau de poste, l’expéditeur doit y justifier de son identité et produire, s’il y a lieu, le bulletin du dépôt. Après la justification, dont l’Administration du pays d’origine assume la responsabilité, il est procédé de la manière suivante: 1.° Si la demande est destinée à

Request by mail.

 être transmise par voie postale, la formule, accompagnée d’un facsimilé parfait de ¡’enveloppe ou suseription de l’envoi, est expédiée directement, sous pli recommandé, au bureau de poste destinataire; 2.° Si la demande doit être faite

Request by telegraph.

 par voie télégraphique, la formule est déposée au service télégraphique chargé d’en transmettre les termes au bureau de poste destinataire. 2.—

A la réception de la formule

Compliance.

I ou du télégramme en tenant lieu, le bureau de poste destinataire recherche la correspondance signalée et donne à la demande la suite nécessaire.

Toutefois, s’il s’agit d’un changement d’adresse demandé par voie télégraphique, le bureau destinataire se borne à retenir la lettre et attend, pour faire droit à la demande, l’arrivée du facsimilé nécessaire.

Si la recherche est infructueuse, si l’objet a déjà été remis au destinataire ou si la demande par voie télégraphique n’est pas assez explicite pour permettre de reconnaître sûrement l’objet de correspondance indiqué le fait est signalé immédiatement aubureau d’origine, qui en prévient le réclamant.

 3.— A moins d’entente contraire,

Language.

 la formule I est rédigée en fran-çais ou porte une traduction sublinéaire en cette langue, et, dans le cas d’emploi de la voie télégraphique, le télégramme est formulé en langue française. 4.— Une simple correction d’adresse(sans

Simple corrections.

 modification du nom ou de la qualité du destinataire) peut aussi être demandée directement au bureau destinataire, c’est-à-dire sans l’accomplissement des forma-

July 4, 1891

.

Art. 29.

Prior treaties, etc., abrogated.

Ratification.

signatures.

Conventions binding on States ratifying.

Signatures.

 1133 lités prescrites pour le changement d’adresse proprement dit. 5.—

Tonte Administration peut exiger, par une not i tirât ion adressée au Bureau international, que l’échange des réclamations, en ce qui la concerne, soit effectué par l’entremise des Administrations centrales ou d’un bureau spécialement désigné.

Dans le cas où l’échange des réclamations s’effectue par l’entremise des Administrations centrales, il doit être tenu compte des demandes expédiées directement par les bureaux d’origine aux bureaux de destination, dans ce sens que les correspond anees y relatives sont exclues de la distribution jusqu’à l’arrivée de la réclamation de l’Administration centrait’.

Les Administrations qui usent de la faculté prévue, par le premier alinéa du présent paragraphe, prennent à leur charge les frais que peut entraîner la transmission, dans leur service intérieur, par voie postale ou télégraphique, des communications à échanger avec re bureau destinataire.
XXXI. Emploi, pour l’Affranchissement, de Timbresposte présumés Frauduleux. 1.— Sous réserve des dispositions que comporte la législation de chaque pays, même dans les cas ou cette réserve n’est pas expressé-ment stipulée dáosles dispositions du présent article, le procédé ciaprès-est suivi pour la constatation de l’emploi, pour l’affranchissement, de timbresposte frauduleux: a) Lorsque la présence, sur un envoi quelconque, d’un timbreposte frauduleux (contrefait ou ayant déjà servi) est constatée au départ, par un Office dont la législation particulière n’exige pas la saisie immédiate de l’envoi, la figurine n’est altérée d’aucune façon, et l’envoi, inséré dans une enveloppe à l’adresse du bureau destinataire, est acheminé sous recommandation d’office. 1134 b) Cette formalité est notifiée, sans délai, aux Administrations des pays d’origine et de destination,

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 au moyeu d’un avis conforme au modèle K annexé au présent Règlement. Un exemplaire de cet avis est, en outre, transmis au bureau de destination dans l’enveloppe qui renferme l’objet revêtu du timbreposte réputé frauduleux. c)

Le destinataire, est convoqué pour constater la contravention.

La remise de l’envoi n’a lieu que dans le cas où le destinataire ou son fondé de pouvoirs consent à faire connaître le nom et l’adresse de l’expéditeur, et à mettre à la disposition de la poste, après avoir pris connaissance du contenu, l’objet entier s’il est inséparable du corps du debt ou bien la partie de l’objet (enveloppe, bande, portion de lettre, etc.) qui contient la suscription et le timbre signalé comme frauduleux.

 d)

Le résultat de la convocation est constaté par un procès-

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verbal conforme au modèle L annexé au present Règlement et on il est fait mention des incidents survenus, tels que noncoinparu-tion, refus de recevoir l’envoi, de l’ouvrir ou d’en faire connaître l’expéditeur, etc. Ce document est signé par l’agent des postes et par le destinataire de l’envoi ou son fondé de pouvoirs; si ce dernier refuse de signer, le refus est con-staté aux lieu et place de la signature.

Le procès-verbal est transmis, avec pièces à l’appui et par l’inter-médiaire de l’A (¡ministration du pays de destination, à l’Administration des postes du pays d’origine. qui, à l’aide de ces documents, tait poursuivre, s’il a lieu, la repression de l’infraction, d’après sa législation intérieure.
XXXII. Répartition des Frais du Bureau International.

Expenses of Inter-national Bureau,

 1.— Les frais communs du Bureau

Maximum.

 international ne doivent pas dépasser, par année, la somme de 1135 125,000 francs, non compris les frais spéciaux auxquels donne lieu la réunion d’un Congrès ou d’une Conférence. 2.— L’Administration des postes suisses surveille les dépenses du Bureau international, fait les avances nécessaires et établit le compte annuel, qui est communiqué à toutes les autres Administrations. 3.— Pour la répartition des frais, les pays de l’Union sont divisés en sept classes, contribuant chacune dans la proportion d’un certain nombre d’unités, savoir:
1re classe - - 25 unités.
2e “ - - 20 “
3e “ - - 15 “
4e “ - - 10 “
5e “ - - 5 “
6e “ - - 3 “
7e “ - - 1 unité.
4.— Ces coefficients sont multipliés par le nombre des pays de chaque classe, et la somme des produits ainsi obtenus fournit le nombre d’unités par lequel la dé-pense totale doit être divisée. Le quotient donne le montant de l’unité de dépense. 5.— Les pays de l’Union sont classés ainsi qu’il suit, en vue de la répartition des frais: 1.° classe : Allemagne, AutricheHongrie, EtatsUnis d’Amérique, France, GrandeBretagne, Inde britannique, colonies britanniques de l’Australasie, ensemble des autres colonies et protectorats britanniques moins le Canada, Italie, Russie, Turquie; 2.° classe: Espagne; 3.° classe: Belgique, Brésil, Canada, Egypte, Japon, Pays Bas, Roumanie, Suède, colonies ou provinces espagnoles d’outremer, colonies françaises, Indes orientales néerlandaises ; 4.° classe: Danemark, Norvège, Portugal, Suisse, colonies portugaises; 5.° classe: Argentine (République), Bulgarie, Chili, Colombie, Grèce, Mexique, Pérou, Serbie, Tunisie; 6.° classe: Bolivie, CostaRica, République Dominicaine, Equateur, Guatemala, Haïti, République du Honduras, Luxembourg, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Perse, Pro- 1136 tectorats allemands, Salvador, Royaume de Siam, Uruguay, Venezuela, colonies danoises, colonie «le Curaçao (ou Antilles néerlandaises), colonie de Surinam (ou Guyane néerlandaise); 7.° classe: Etat indépendant du Congo, Hawaï, Libéria, Monténé-gro.
XXXIII. Communications à adresser au Pureau International. 1.— Le Bureau international sert

Correspondence with International Bureau.

 d’intermédiaire aux notifications régulières et générales qui intéres-sent les relations internationales. 2.— Les Administrations faisant partie de l’Union doivent se communiquer, notamment, par l’inter-médiaire du Bureau international: 1.° l’indication des surtaxes qu’-elles

Information for Union countries.

 perçoivent, par application

Ante, p. 1081.

 de l’article 5 «le la Convention, en plus de la taxe de l’Union, soit pour port maritime, soit pour frais de transport extraordinaire, ainsi que la nomenclature des pays par rapport auxquels ces surtaxes sont perçues, et, s’il y a lieu, la désignation des voies qui en motivent la perception ; 2.° la collection en cinq exemplaires de leurs timbresposte; 3.° l’avis si elles entendent user de la facidté qui est laisée aux Administrations d’appliquer ou de ne pas appliquer certaines dispositions générales de la Convention et du présent Règlement. 3.— Toute modification apportée

Modifications.

 ultérieurement à l’égard de l’un ou l’autre des trois points cidessus mentionnés, doit être notifiée sans retard de la même manière. 4.— Le Bureau international re-çoit

Documents.

 également de tontes les Ad-ministrations de l’Union deux exemplaires de tous les documents qu’elles publient, tant sur le service intérieur que sur le service international. 5.— Les correspondances adressées par les Administrations de l’Union au Bureau international et vice versa, sont assimilées, pour la franchise de port, aux correspondances échangées entre les Administrations.
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XXXIV. Statistique Générale. 1.— Chaque Administration fait parvenir, à la fin du mois de juillet de chaque année au Bureau inter-national, une série aussi complète que possible de renseignements statistiques se rapportant à l’année précédente, sous forme de tableaux conformes ou analogues aux mo-dèles eiannexés M et N. 2.— Les opérations de service qui donnent lien à enregistrement font l’objet de relevés périodiques, d’après les écritures effectuées. 3.— Pour toutes les autres opérations il est procédé à un dénombrement, pendant une semaine au moins pour les échanges quotidiens, et pendant quatre semaines poulies échanges non quotidiens, avec faculté pour chaque Administration de faire un dénombrement séparé pour chaque catégorie de cor r e spo 11 d an ces. 4.— Est réservé à chaque Administration le droit de procéder à ce dénombrement aux époques qui se rapprochent le plus de la moyenne de son trafic postal. 5.— Le Bureau international est chargé de faire imprimer et de distribuer les formules de statistique à remplir par chaque Administration. Il est chargé, en outre, de fournir aux Administrations qui en feront la demande toutes les indications nécessaires sur les règles à suivre pour assurer, autant que possible, l’uniformité des opérations de statistique.
XXXV. Attributions du Bureau International. 1.— Le Bureau international dresse une statistique générale pour chaque année. 2.— Il rédige, à l’aide des documents qui sont mis à sa disposition, un journal spécial en langues allemande, anglaise et française. 3.— Tous les documents publiés par le Bureau international sont distribués aux Administrations de l’Union, dans la proportion du nombre d’unités contributives as- 1138 signées à chacune d’elles par l’article XXXII précédent. 4.— Les exemplaires et documents

Additional copies.

 supplémentaires qui seraient réclamés par ces Administrations sont payes à part, d’après leur prix de revient. 5.— Le Bureau international doit,

Information.

 d’ailleurs, se tenir en tout temps à la disposition des membres de l’Union, pour leiw fournir, sur les questions relatives au service international des postes, les renseignements spéciaux dont ils pourraient avoir besoin. 6.— Le Bureau international instruit

Modi tic at ions.

 les demandes de modification ou d’interprétation des dispositions qui régissent l’Union. Il notiüe les résultats de chaque instruction, et toute modification ou résolution adoptée n’est exécutoire que deux mois, au moins, après sa notification. 7.— Le Bureau international

Accounts.

 opère la balance et la liquidation des décomptes de toute nature entre les Administrations de l’Union qui déclarent vouloir emprunter l’intermédiaire de ce Bureau dans les conditions déterminées par l’article XXXVI ciaprès. 8.— Le Bureau international pré-pare

Congresses and conferences.

 les travaux des Congrès ou Conférences. 11 pourvoit aux co-pies et impressions nécessaires, à la rédaction et à la distribution des amendements, procèsverbaux et autres renseignements. 9.— Le Directeur de ce Bureau

Director.

 assiste aux séances des Congrès ou Conférences et prend part aux discussions sans voix délibérative. 10.— Il fait sur sa gestion un

Annual report.

 rapport annuel qui est communiqué à toutes les Administrations de l’Union. 11.— La langue officielle du Bureau

Language.

 international est la langue française. 12.—

Le Bureau international est

Post-office directory.

chargé de publier un dictionnaire alphabétique de tous les bureaux de poste du monde, avec une mention spéciale pour ceux de ces bureaux chargés de services qui ne sont pas encore généralisés. Ce dictionnaire est tenu au courant au moyen de suppléments ou de toute autre mauière que le Bureau 1139 international jugera convenable.

Le dictionnaire mentionné au présent paragraphe est livré ait prix de revient aux Administrations qui eu font la demande.
XXXVI. Office Central de Comptabilité et de Liquidation des Comptes entre les Administrations de l’Union. 1.—

Le Bureau international de l’Union postale universelle est chargé d’opérer la balance et la liquidation des décomptes de toute nature relatifs au service international des postes entre les Administrations des pays de l’Union qui ont le franc pour unité monétaire ou qui se sont mis d’accord sur le taux de conversion de leur monnaie en francs et centimes métalliques.

Les Administrations qui ont l’intention de réclamer, pour ce service de liquidation, le concours du Bureau international, se concertent, à cet effet, entre elles et avec ce Bureau.

Malgré son adhésion, chaque Administration conserve le droit d’établir à son choix des décomptes spéciaux pour diverses branches de service et d’en opérer à sa convenance le règlement avec ses correspondants, sans employer l’in-termédiaire du Bureau international, auquel, à teneur de l’alinéa qui précède, elle se borne à indiquer pour quelles branches de service et pour quels pays elle réclame ses offices.

Sur la demande des Administrations intéressées, les décomptes télégraphiques peuvent aussi être indiqués au Bureau international pour entrer dans la compensation des soldes.

Les Administrations qui auront emprunté l’intermédiaire du Bureau international pour la balance et la liquidation des décomptes peuvent cesser d’user de cet inter-médiaire trois mois après qu’ils en auront averti ledit Bureau.

 2.— Après avoir débattu et arreté leurs comptes, les Administrations se font parvenir réciproquement une reconnaissance de 1140 leur Doit, établi en francs et centimes, en y constatant l’objet, la période et le résultat du décompte. 3.—

Chaque Administration

Monthly accounts.

adresse mensuellement, au Bureau international,un tableau indiquant son Avoir du chef des décomptes particuliers, ainsi que le total des sommes dont elle est créditrice envers chacune des Administrations contractantes; chaque cré-ance figurant dans ce tableau doit être justifiée par une reconnaissance de l’Office débiteur.

Ce tableau doit parvenir au Bureau international le 19 de chaque mois au plus tard, sous peine de n’être compris que dans la liquidation du mois suivant.

 4.—

Le Bureau international

Comparisons.

constate, en rapprochant les reconnaissances, si les tableaux sont exacts. Toute rectification nécessaire est notifiée aux Offices inté-ressés.

Le Doit de chaque Administration envers une autre est reporté dans un tableau récapitulatif; afin d’établir le total dont chaque Ad-ministration est. débitrice, il suffit d’additionner les diverses colonnes de ce tableau récapitulatif.

 5.— Le Bureau international ré-unit

General balance sheet.

 les tableaux et les récapitulations en une balance générale indiquant: a) le total du Doit et de l’Avoir de chaque Administration; b) le solde débiteur ou le solde créditeur de chaque Administration, représentant la différence entre le total du Doit et le total de l’Avoir; c)

les sommes à payer par une partie des membres de l’Union à une Administration, ou réciproquement les sommes à payer par cette dernière à l’autre partie.

Les totaux des deux catégories de soldes sous a et b doivent nécessairement être égaux.

On pourvoira autant que possible

Payment.

à ce que chaque Administration n’ait à effectuer, pour se libérer, qu’un ou deux paiements distincts.

Toutefois, l’Administration qui se trouve habituellement à découvert vis-à-vis d’une autre Administration pour une somme supé-rieure à 50,000 francs, a le droit de réclamer des acomptes.

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Ces accomptes sont inscrits, tant par l’Administration créditrice que par l’Administration débitrice, au bas des tableaux à adresser au Bureau international (voir § 3).

 6.—

Les reconnaissances (voir § 3) transmises au Bureau international avec les tableaux sont classées par Administration.

Elles servent de buse pour l’établissement de la liquidation de chacune des Administrations in-téressées. Dans cette liquidation doivent figurer:

 a) les sommes afférentes aux décomptes spéciaux portant sur les divers échanges; b) le total des sommes résultant de tous les décomptes spéciaux par rapport à chacune des Administrations intéressées ; c)

les totaux des sommes dues à toutes les Administrations créditrices pour chaque branche du service, ainsique leur total général.

Ce total doit être égal an total du Doit qui figure dans la récapitulation.

Au bas de la liquidation la balance est établie entre le total du Doit et le total de l’Avoir résultant des tableaux adressés par les Ad-ministrations au Bureau international (voir § 3). Le montant net du Doit ou de l’Avoir doit être égal au solde débiteur ou au solde cré-diteur porté dans la balance gé-nérale. En outre, la liquidation statue sur le mode de liquidation, c’est-à-dire qu’elle indique les Ad-ministrations en faveur desquelles le paiement doit être effectué par l’A d m inistration débitrice.

Les liquidations doivent être transmises aux Administrations in-téressées par le Bureau international, au plus tard le 22 de chaque mois.

 7.— Les soldes débiteurs on cré-diteurs n’excédant pas 500 francs peuvent être reportés à la liquidation du mois suivant, à la condition toutefois que les Administrations intéressées soient en rapport mensuel avec le Bureau international. 11 est fait mention de ce report dans les récapitulations et dans les liquidations pour les Administrations créditrices et débitrices. L’Administration débitrice fait 1142 parvenir, le cas échéant, à l’Ad-ministration créditrice, une reconnaissance de la somme due, pour être portée au prochain tableau.
XXXVII. Langue. 1.— Les feuilles d’avis, tableaux,

French language to be need.

 relevés et autres formules à l’usage des Administrations de F Union pour leurs relations réciproques doivent, en règle générale, être rédigés en languefrançaise, à moins que les Administrations intéressées n’en disposent autrement par une entente directe. 2.— En ce qui concerne la correspondance de service, l’état de choses actuel est maintenu, sauf autre arrangement à intervenir ultérieurement et d’un commun ac-cord entre les Administrations in-téressées.
XXXVIII. Ressort de l’Union. Sont considérés comme appartenant

Jurisdiction of the Union.

 à l’Union postale universelle: 1.° les bureaux de poste allemands

Classification of offices.

 établis à Apia (îles Samoa) et à ShangHaï (Chine) comme relevant de l’Administration des postes d’Allemagne; 2.° la principauté de Liechtenstein, comme relevant de l’Administration des postes d’Autriche ; 3.° l’Islande et les îles Féroé, comme faisant partie du Dane-mark ; 4.° les possessions espagnoles de la côte septentrionale d’Afrique, comme faisant partie de l’Espagne; la République du Val d’Andorre, les établissements de poste de l’Espagne sur la côte occidentale du Maroc, comme relevant tie l’Ad-ministration des postes espagnoles ; 5.° l’Algérie, comme faisant par-tie de la France; la principauté de Monaco et les bureaux de poste français établis à Tanger (Maroc), à Shangliai (Chine) et à Zanzibar, comme relevant de l’Administration des postes de France; le Cam-bodge, l’Annam et le Tonkin, comme assimilés, quant au service postal, à la colonie française de Cochinchine. 1143 6.° les agences postales que l’Ad-ministration des postes de Gibraltar entretient à Tanger, Laraïche, Rabat, Casablanca, Saffi, Mazagan et Mogador (Maroc) ; 7.° les bureaux de poste que l’Ad-ministration de la colonie anglaise de Hong- Kong entretient à Hoihow (KiungSchow), Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Foo-Chow, Ningpo, ShangHaï et Hankow (Chine); 8.° les établissements de poste indiens d’Aden, de Zanzibar, de Mascate, du golfe Persique et de Guadur, comme relevant de l’Ad-ministration des postes de l’Inde britannique; 9.° la République de Saint-Marin et les bureaux italiens de Tunis et de Tripoli de Barbarie, comme relevant de l’Administration des postes d’Italie; 10.° les bureaux de poste que l’Administration japonaise a établis à ShangHaï (Chine), à Fusanpo, à Genzanshin et à Jinsen (Corée); 11.° le Grand-Duché de Finlande, comme faisant partie intégrante de l’Empire de Russie.
XXXIX. Propositions faites dans l’Intervalle des Réunions. 1.— Dans l’intervalle qui s’écoule entre les réunions, toute Administration des postes d’un pays de l’Union a le droit d’adresser aux autres Administrations participantes, par l’intermédiaire du Bureau international, des propositions concernant les dispositions du pré-sent Règlement. 2.—

Toute proposition est soumise au procédé suivant:

Un délai de cinq mois est laissé aux Administrations de l’Union pour examiner les propositions et pour faire parvenir au Bureau international, le cas échéant, leurs observations, amendements ou contre-propositions. Les réponses sont réunies par les soins du Bureau international et communiquées aux Administrations avec l’invitation de se prononcer. Les Administrations qui n’ont point fait parvenir leur vote dans un délai de six mois, à compter de la date de la seconde circulaire du 1144 Bureau international leur notifiant les observations apportées, sont considérées comme s’abstenant.

 3.— Pour devenir exécutoires, les

Votes necessary.

 propositions doivent réunir, savoir: 1.° l’unanimité des suffrages, s’il

Unanimous.

 s’agit de l’addition de nouveaux articles ou de la modification des dispositions du présent article et des articles III, IV, V, XII, XXVII, XXX, XXXI et XL; 2.° les deux tiers des suffrages,

Two-thirds.

 s’il s’agit de la modification des dispositions des articles 1, II, VIII, IX, XI, XIV, XV, XVI, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVIII, XXXIV, XXXVI, XXXVII et XXXVIII; 3.° la simple majorité absolue s’il

Majority.

 s’agit, soit de la. modification des dispositions autres que celles indiquées cidessus, soit de l’interpré-tation des diverses dispositions du Règlement, sauf le cas de litige prévu à l’article 23 de la Convention. 4.— Les résolutions valables sont

Notification.

 consacrées par une simple notification du Bureau international à toutes les Administrations de l’Union. 5.— Toute modification ou résolution

Effect.

 adoptée n’est exécutoire que deux mois, au moins, après sa notification.
XL. Durée du Règlement.

Duration of regulations.

 Le présent Règlement sera exé-cutoire à patir du jour de la mise en vigueur de la Convention du 4 juillet 1891. Il aura la même durée que cette Convention, à moins qu’il ne soit renouvelé d’un commuu accord entre les parties inté ressées.

Fait à Vienne, le 4 juillet 1891.

Bureau notifying them of the observations made, are considered as not voting.

 Regulations of Detail and Order for the Execution of the Convention concluded between Germany and the German Protectorates, the United States of America, the Ar gen tine Republic, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chili, the Republic of Colombia, the In depen dent Sta te of Congo, the. Republic of Costa Rica, Denmark and the Danish Colonies, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ecuador, Spain and the Spanish Colonies, France and the French Colonies, Great Britain and various British Colonies, the British Colonies of Australasia, Canada and British 1 ndia, Greece, Guatemala, the Republic of Haiti, the Kingdom of Hawaii, the Republic of Honduras, Italy, Japan, the Republie of Liberia, Luxemburg, Mexico, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Norway, Paraguay, the Netherlands and the Netherlands Colonies, Peru, Persia, Portugal and the Portuguese Colonics, Roumania, Russia, Salvador, Servia, the Kingdom of Siam, the South-African Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, the Regency of Tunis, Turkey, Uruguay, and the United States of Venezuela.

[Translation.]

The undersigned, in view of Article 20 of the Universal Postal 1103 Convention concluded at Vienna on the 4th of July, 1891, have, in the name of their respective Ad-ministrations, established, by mu trial agreement, the following measures to insure the execution oi the said Convention.

I. Direction of the Correspondence. 1.— Each Administration is

Forwarding by most rapid route.

 bound to forward, by the most rapid routes at its disposal for its own mails, the closed mails and the articles in open-mail which are delivered to it by another Administration. 2.— The Administrations which

Supplementary charges.

 avail themselves of the option to levy supplementary charges, as representing the extraordinary expenses pertaining to certain routes, are at liberty not to forward by those routes, when other means of communication exist, any insufficiently prepaid articles for which the employment of the said routes has not been expressly requested by the senders.
II. Exchange in Closed Mails. 1.— The exchange of articles in

Arrangement of exchanges in closed mails.

 closed mails between the Administrations of the Union is regulated by mutual agreement and according to the needs of the service be-tween the Administrations concerned. 2.— If an exchange is to be made

Through intermediary countries.

 through the intermediary of one or more countries, the /Administrations of those countries must be informed thereof in due time. 3.— It is, moreover, obligatory, in this latter case, to make up closed mails, whenever the number of articles is such as to impede the operations of an intermediary Ad-ministration, according to the statement of that Administration. 4.— In case of alteration in a service

Notice of changes is routes.

 of exchange in closed mails established between two Administrations through the intermediary of one or more other countries, the Administration which has caused 1104 the alteration gives notice thereof to the Administrations of the countries through whose intermediary the exchange is made.
III. Extraordinary Services. The extraordinary services of the Union giving rise to special charges, the fixing of which is re-served, by Article 4 of the Convention, for arrangements between the Administrations interested, are exclusively: 1st. Those which are maintained for the accelerated territorial conveyance of the mail called Indian; 2nd. That which the Postal Ad-ministration of the United States of America maintains upon its territory for the conveyance of closed mails between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean ; 3d. That which is established for the conveyance of mails by railroad between Colon and Panama.
IV. Fixing the Hates of Postage. 1.— Tn execution of Article 10 of the Convention, the Administrations of the countries of the Union which have not the franc for their monetary unit, levy their rates of postage according to the following equivalents:
Countries of the Union. 25 centimes. 10 centimes. 5 centimes.
       
Germany 20 pfennig 10 pfennig 5 pfennig.
German protec­torates :      
Territory of Cameroon, New Guinea Company, Territory of Togo, Territory of South west Africa, Ter­ritory of East Africa, Territory of the Marshall Islands. 20 pfennig 10 pfennig 5 pfennig.
       
       
       
Argentine Re­public. 8 centavos 4 centavos 2 centavos.
Austria-Hun­gary. 10 kreuzer 5 kreuzer 3 kreuzer.
Bolivia 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Brazil 100 reis 50 reis 25 reis.
Canada 5 rents 2 cents 1 cent.
Chili 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Colombia 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Costa Rica 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Denmark 30 ore 10 ore 5 ore.
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Countries of the Union. 25 centimes. 10 centimes. 5 centimes.
       
Danish Colonies:      
Greenland 20 ore 10 ore 5 ore.
Danish West Indies. 5 cents 2 cents 1 cent.
Dominican Re-public. 5 centavos 2 centavos. 1 centavo.
Egypt 1 piastre. 5 millièmes of a livre. 2 millièmes of a livre.
Ecuador      
Spanish Colo-nies.      
Cuba, Porto Rico, Phillip pine Islands and dependencies, and establish- merits on the Gulf of Gui nea. 5 centavos 3 centavos 1 centavo.
United States of America. 5 cents 2 cents 1 cent.
Great Britain.. 2 ½ pence 1 penny ½ penny.
       
British Colo- nies:      
Antigua, Ba­hamas, Bar- bados, Ber­mudas. Gold Coast, Dom­inica. Falkland Islands, Gam bia. Grena­da. Jamai­ca, Lagoa, Malta, Mont­serrat, Nev­is, St. Chris­topher, St, Lucia, St. Vincent, Sierra Leone, Toba­go. Trinidad. Turks Island, Vir­gin Islands. 2 ½ pence.. 1 penny ½ penny.
British Guiana. Hong Kong, La buan, Straits Set­tlements, Newfound­land. 5 cents 2 cents 1 cent.
British North Bor­neo. 6 cents of a dollar. 3 cents of a dollar. 1 cent of a dollar.
British Hon­duras. 6 cents 3 cents 1 cent.
Mauritius and depen- dencies. 10 cents of a rupee. 4 cents of a rupee. 2 ½ cents of a rupee.
Cyprus 2 piastres or 80 pa­ras. 1 piastre or 40 paras. ½ piastre or 30 paras.
Ceylon 14 cents of a rupee. 5 cento of a rupee. 2 ½ cents of a ru pee.
Australasia.. 2 ½ pence. 1 penny. ½ penny.
Guatemala 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Haiti 5 centavos of a pias­tre. 2 centavos of a pias­tre. 1 centavo of a pias­tre.
Hawaii 5 cents. 2 cents. 1 cent.
Honduras (Re­public of). 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
British India.. 2 annas ¾ anna ½ anna.
       
Japan 5 sen 2 sen 1 sen.
Liberia 5 cents 2 cents 1 cent.
Mexico 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Montenegro 10soldi 5 soldi 3 soldi.
Nicaragua 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Norway 20 ore 10 ore 5 ore.
Paraguay 5 centavos of a peso. 2 centavos of a peso. 1 centavo of a peso
Netherlands and Nether- lands colonies. 12 ½ cents (Dutch). 5 cents (Dutch). 2 ½ cents (Dutch).
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Countries of the Union. 25 centimes. 10 centimes. 5 centimes.
       
Peru 5 centavos 2 centavos 1 centavo.
Persia 7 shahis 3 shahis 1 shahi.
Portugal mid Portuguese Colonies, ex­cept Portu-guese India. 50 reis 20 reis 10 reis.
Portuguese In­dia. 2 tangas.. 10 reis 5 reís.
Russia 10 kopeks. 4 kopeks.. 2 kopeks.
Salvador 5 centavos of a peso. 2 centavos of a peso. 1 centavo of a peso.
Siam 7 ½ atts 3 atts 1 ½ atts.
Sweden 20 öre 10 öre 5 öre.
Turkey 40 paras 20 puras 10 paras.
Uruguay 5 centavos of a pias­tre. 2 centavos of a pias­tre. 1 centavo of a pias­tre.
       
2.— In case of change in the monetary system of any one of the above-mentioned countries, the Ad-ministration of that country must come to an understanding with the Swiss Postal Administration in order to modify the above equivalents; it devolves upon the latter Administration to give notice of this modification to all the other offices of the Union through the intermediary of the International Bureau. 3.— Any Administration has the right to have recourse, if it deems it necessary, to the understanding provided for in the preceding paragraph, in case of an important modification in the value of its money. 4. —The monetary fractions resulting either from the complement of the charge applicable to insufficiently prepaid articles, or from the fixing of the rates on articles exchanged with countries foreign to the. Union, or from the combination of the Union rates with the surtaxes contemplated by Article 5 of the Convention, may be rounded off by the Administrations which levy the rates. But the sum to be added on this account must, in no ease, exceed the value of one twentieth of a franc (five centimes).
V. Correspondence with Countries Foreign to the Union. The Offices of the Union which have relations with countries foreign to the Union, furnish to the other Offices of the Union a list of 1107 those country, indicating the conditions of transmission to which the articles are subject in the relations in questions.
VI. Application of Stamps. 1.— Articles originating in countries

Application of post marks.

 of the Union are impressed with a stamp indicating the place

At place of origin.

 of origin and the date of posting. 2.— On arrival, the office of destination

At destination.

 impresses its date stamp on the back of letters and on the front of post-cards. 3.— The impression of the stamps

On ships.

 on articles deposited on board vessels in the movable boxes, or in the hands of the commanders, devolves, in the cases contemplated by paragraph 3 of Article 11 of the Convention, on the postal agent on board, or if there be none, on the post-office to which the articles are delivered. 4.— Articles originating in countries

From non-Union countries.

 foreign to the Union are impressed by the Office of the Union which first receives them, with a stamp indicating the place and date of entry into the service of that Office. 5.— Unpaid or insufficiently prepaid

Lacking payment.

 articles are, in addition, impressed with the stamp T (tax to be paid), the application of which devolves upon the office of the country of origin in the case of articles originating in the Union, and upon the Office of the country of entry in the case of articles originating in countries foreign to the Union. 6.— Articles to be delivered by

Special delivery.

 special carrier are impressed with a stamp showing in large letters the word “Express”. The Administrations are, however, authorized to substitute for this stamp a printed label or a written inscription underscored with a colored pencil. 7.— Every article of correspondence

Failure to mark non-payment.

 which does not bear the stamp T is considered as prepaid and treated accordingly, unless there be an obvious error.
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VII. Indication of the Number of Rates. 1.— When a letter or other article of correspondence is liable, by reason of its weight, to more than a single rate of postage, the Office of origin or of entry into the Union, as the case may be, indicates in the upper left-hand corner of the ad-dress, in ordinary figures, the number of rates levied or to be levied. 2.— This treatment is not required for fully prepaid articles.
VIII. Insufficient Prepayment. 1.— When an article is insufficiently prepaid by means of post-age-stamps, the dispatching Office indicates, in black figures placed at the side of the postage-stamps, the amount of the deficiency, ex-pressing it in francs and centimes. 2.— According to this indication, the exchange office of the country oi’ destination charges the article with double the deficiency as indicated. 3.— In case use has been made of postage-stamps not valid for prepayment, no account is taken of them. This circumstance is indicated by a cipher (0) placed at the side of the postage-stamps.
IX. Return-Receipts. 1.— Articles for which the sender requests a return receipt must be marked very clearly: “Avis de réception” (Return-Receipt) or be stamped with the letters: A. R. 2.— The Return-Receipts must be prepared by the offices of destination on a form conforming or analogous to the Form A appended hereto, and transmitted by those offices to the offices of origin, whose duty it is to deliver the receipts to the senders of the articles to which they relate. Return-Receipts must be formulated in French or bear an interlinear translation in that language.
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X. Letter Bills. 1.—

The Letter bills accompanying

Letter bills.

Post, p. 1150.

the mails exchanged between two Administrations of the Union are in conformity with the Form B appended to the present Regulations. They are placed in colored envelopes bearing distinctly the indication „Feuilled’avis” (Letter Bill).

In the intercourse by sea which,

Sea mails.

although periodical and regular, does not allow a daily exchange or an exchange on a fixed day, the dispatching offices must number their Letter Bills in an annual series for each office of origin and for each office of destination, stating as far as possible, on the Letter Bill, the name of the steamer or vessel which carries the mail.

 2.—

The registered articles are

Registered art idea

entered in Table No. I of the Letter Bill, with the following details: The name of the office of origin, and the number given to the article at that office; or, the name of the office of origin, the name of the addressee and the place of destination.

In the column “Observations,” the indication “Remb.” is added opposite the entry of each registered article marked with trade charges.

Articles to be delivered by special carrier are entered by number in table No. I of the Letter Bill.

Return receipts are entered in said Table, either individually or collectively, according as they are more or less numerous.

The part of the Letter Bill headed “Recommandations d’office” (Official registrations) is intended for the entry of the Bulletins of verification, open letters relating to the service addressed by the office of exchange to its corresponding office, as well as communications from the dispatching office.

 3.—

When the number of registered

Separate registered lists.

articles usually dispatched from one office of exchange to the other requires it, a special and separate list may be used to take the place of Table No. 1 of the Letter Bill.

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The number of registered articles entered on that list and the number of packages or sacks containing those articles must be entered on the Letter Bill.

 4.— In Table No. II are entered, with the details which this Table requires, the closed mails contained in the direct mail to which the Letter Bill relates. 5.— The number of separate packages or sacks composing each mail for one and the same destination is indicated in the upper right-hand corner of the Letter Bill. 6.— When it is deemed necessary, for certain relations, to make other Tables or headings in the Letter Bill, the measure may be accomplished by mutual agreement between the Administrations interested. 7.— When an office of exchange has no article to forward to a cor-responding office, it must nevertheless dispatch a mail in the usual form composed solely of the Letter Bill. 8.— When closed mails are en-trusted by one Administration to another, to be conveyed by means of merchant vessels, the number of letters or other articles is indicated in the Letter Bill or on the address of the mails.
XI. Transmission of Registered Articles. 1.— Registered articles, Return-Receipts, express articles, and, if there be one, the special list mentioned in paragraph 3 of Article X, are placed together in a separate package, which must be suitably enclosed and sealed so as to preserve its contents. 2.— To the outside of this pack-age is attached, by a string tied crosswise, the special envelope containing the Letter Bill. The package is then placed in the center of the mail. 3.— The presence in the mail of a package of registered articles, the description of which is given on the special list mentioned in 1111 paragraph 1 above, must be announced by placing at the head of the Letter Bill, either a special entry or the registration label or stamp in use in the country of origin. 4.—

It is understood that the

Wrappings.

mode of wrapping up and forwarding registered articles prescribed by paragraphs 1 and 2 above, applies only to ordinary relations. For important relations it appertains to the Administrations interested to prescribe, by mutual agreement, special arrangements, subject, in the one case as in the other, to exceptional measures to be taken by the chiefs of the exchange offices, when they have to ensure the transmission of registered articles which, from their nature, form, or bulk, could not be inserted in the mail.

In such case, however, the dis-patching exchange offices indicate at the head of the Letter Bill the number of registered articles contained in the mail outside the special package or sack, among the ordinary correspondence, and enter on the lists, in the column “Observation”, the words “en dehors” (“outside”) opposite the entry of each of those articles.

These articles are placed together, as far as possible, in pack-ages tied with a string, having labels attached bearing, in plain characters, the words “Recommandés en dehors (registered out-side) preceded by figures indicating the number of articles contained in each package.

 5.— The ReturnReceipts are

Return receipts.

 placed in an envelope by the office delivering the registered articles to which the receipts relate. These envelopes bearing the inscription: “Aris de reception; liar eau de poste de . . . (Pays) . . .” (Return-receipt; Post office of . . . (country) . . .) are subjected to the formalities of registration, and dispatched to their destination as other registered articles.
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XII. Indemnity for the loss of a Registered Article. When the indemnity due for the loss of a registered article has been paid by one Administration, on behalf of another Administration which is responsible, the latter Administration is obliged to reimburse the amount within a period of three months after having been advised of the payment. This reimbursement is made either by means of a money-order, or a draft, or in specie current in the creditor country. When the reimbursement of the indemnity involves expenses, they are invariably borne by the debtor Office.
XIII. Making up the Mails. 1.— As a general rule, the articles of which the mails consist must be classified and put up in bundles according to the nature of correspondence, separating the prepaid articles from those unpaid or insufficiently prepaid. 2.— Every mail, after having been tied with a string, is enclosed in strong paper of sufficient quantity to prevent any injury to the con-tents, then tied again with a string on the outside and sealed with wax or by means of a gummed paper label bearing an impression of the seal of the office. The mail is furnished with a printed address bearing, in small characters, the name of the dispatching office, and, in larger characters, the name of the office of destination: “From . . . for . . . .” 3.— If the size of the mail requires it, it is placed in a sack properly closed, sealed with wax or with lead, and labeled. 4.— The packages or sacks containing express articles sent must bear on the outside an indication directing the attention of the postal employees to these articles. 5.— If paper labels are used they must be pasted on blocks. 1113 6.— No sack may exceed 40 kilo-grams in weight. 7.— The sacks must be returned

Return of sacks.

 empty to the dispatching office by the next mail, unless there be another arrangement between the corresponding offices.
XIV. Verification of the Mails. 1.—

The office of exchange which

Verification of mails.

receives a mail ascertains whether the entries on the Letter Bill and on the list of registered articles, if there be one, are correct.

The mails must be delivered in good condition. Nevertheless the receipt of a mail can not be refused on account of its bad condition. If it is a mail for another office than that which has received it, it must be packed anew, preserving however, as far as possible, the original packing. The repacking is preceded by a verification of the contents, if (here is reason to presume that they have not remained intact.

 2.— When the office of exchange

Corrections of errors.

 detects errors or omissions, it immediately makes the necessary corrections on the Letter Bills or lists, taking care to strike out the erroneous entries by the stroke of a pen, in such a manner as to leave the original entries legible. 3.— These corrections are made

Acceptance.

 with the concurrence of two officers. Except in the case of an obvious error, they are accepted in preference to the original statement. 4.—

A Bulletin of verification,

Bulletin of verification.

Post, p. 1154.

in conformity with the Form C annexed to the present Regulations, is prepared by the receiving office and sent without delay, under official registration, to the dispatching office. At the same time a duplicate of the Bulletin of verification is sent by the receiving office to the Administration to which the dispatching office belongs.

In the case contemplated in paragraph

Supra.

1 of the present Article, a copy of the Bulletin of verification is inserted in the repacked mail.

 1114 5.— The dispatching office, after examination, returns the Bulletin with any observations to which it may give rise. 6.— In case of the failure of a mail, of a registered article, of the Letter Bill, or of the special list, the fact is immediately authenticated, in the manner prescribed, by two officers of the receiving ex-change office, and reported to the dispatching exchange office by means of a Bulletin of verification. If the case requires it, the latter office may also be advised thereof by telegram at the expense of the office which sends the telegram. 7.— In case of the loss of a closed mail, the intermediary offices be-come responsible for the registered articles contained in the mail, within the limits of Article 8 of the Convention, provided the non-receipt of that mail has been reported to them as soon as possible. 8.— In case the receiving office has not forwarded, by the first mail, to the dispatching office a Bulletin of verification reporting errors or irregularities of any kind, the absence of that document is to be regarded as evidence of the receipt of the mail and of its contents, until the contrary is proved.
XV. Conditions applicable to Registered Articles. 1.— Articles of correspondence addressed under initials and those which bear an address written in pencil are not admitted to registration. 2.— No special condition of form or fastening is prescribed for registered articles. Each Office has the right to apply to such articles the regulations established in its domestic service. 3.—

Registered articles should bear a label in conformity with or analogous to Form D annexed to the present Regulations, indicating the name of the office of origin and the number of order under which the article is entered on the records of that office.

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Nevertheless, Administrations whose domestic regulations do not at present authorize the use of labels, are permitted to defer the execution of this measure, and to continue the use of stamps for designating registered articles.

 4.— Registered articles marked

Trade chargea to collect.

 with trade charges must bear a manuscript inscription, the impression of a stamp, or a label bearing the word: “Remboursement” (C. O. D.). 5.— Unpaid or insufficiently prepaid

Unpaid and short paid articles.

 registered articles are for-warded to the addresses without charge, but the office which receives an article under these conditions, must report the ease to its Administration, in order that that Administration may advise the Administration to which the office of origin belongs. That Administration proceeds according to the Regulations in force in its domestic service.
XVI. Post-cards. 1.—

Post-cards must be forwarded

Postal cards.

without cover. The front is reserved

General provisions.

 for the stamps for prepayment, for indications relating to the postal service (registered, Return-receipt, etc.) and for the address of the addressee, which may be in manuscript or be given on a label pasted on the card, not exceeding two centimeters by five.

Moreover, the sender has the option of indicating his name and address on the front or on the back either in writing, or by means of a stamp, autograph stamp, or by any other typographical process.

Engravings or advertisements may be printed on the back.

Except stamps for prepayment and the labels mentioned in paragraph 1 and paragraph 6 of the. present Article, it is forbidden to join or attach to post-cards any articles whatsoever.

 2.— Post-cards may not exceed

Dimensions.

 the following dimensions: length, 14 centimeters; breadth, 9 centimeters. 3.—

As far as possible, post-cards

Inscription.

issued specially tor circulation 1116 within the Postal Union must hear on the front, in the French language or with an interlinear translation in that language, the following title:

Post-Card.

Universal Postal Union.

(Side reserved for the address.)

 4.— The postage-stamp representing prepayment is placed in one of the upper corners of the front; the same applies to any additional stamp which may be attached. 5.— As a general rule, post-cards with paid reply must bear on the front, as printed title, on the first half: “Post-card with paid reply”; on the second half: “Reply Post-Card.” Each of the two halves must also comply with the other conditions prescribed for the single-post-card; they are folded one over the other and must not be closed in any manner whatsoever. 6.— The sender of a post-card with paid reply may indicate his name and address on the front of the “reply half”, either in writing or by pasting a label on it. 7.— The prepayment of the “re-ply halt ” by means of the postage-stamp of the country which issued the card is valid only when for-warded to a destination in that country. In the contrary case, it is subject to the rate applicable to unpaid letters. 8.— Single post cards and post-cards -with paid reply, issued by private establishments, are admit-ted to international circulation, provided the legislation of the country of origin allows it, and if they be in conformity with the post-cards issued by the Post-Office of that country, at least as regards their size and the consistency of the paper. 9.— Post-cards not fulfilling, as regards dimensions, external form, &c., the conditions prescribed by the present Article for articles of this category, are treated as letters.
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XVII. Commercial Papers. 1.— The following are considered

Commercial papers.

Definition.

Ante, p. 1082.

 as commercial papers and admitted as such at the reduced postage sanctioned by Article 5 of the Convention; all instruments or documents, written or drawn wholly or partly by hand which have not the character of an actual and personal correspondence, such as papers of legal procedure, deeds of all kinds drawn up by public functionaries, way bills or bills of lading, in-voices, the various documents of insurance companies, copies of or extracts from acts under private signature written on stamped or unstamped paper, scores or sheets of manuscript music, manuscripts of works or of newspapers for-warded separately, etc. 2.— Commercial papers are subject,

Conditions.

 as regards form and conditions, to the stipulations prescribed for printed matter (Article XVIII).
XVIII. Printed Matter of every Kind. 1.—

The following are considered

Printed matter.

Definition.

as printed matter, and admitted as such at the reduced postage sanctioned by Article 5 of the Convention, viz: newspapers and periodical works, books stitched or bound, pamphlets, sheets of music, visiting cards, address cards, proofs of printing with or without the manuscripts relating thereto, papers with raised points for the use of the blind, engravings, photo-graphs, pictures, drawings, plans, maps, catalogues, prospectuses, announcements and notices of various kinds, whether printed, engraved, lithographed, or auto-graphed, and in general, all impressions or reproductions obtained upon paper, parchment or cardboard, by means of printing, engraving, lithographing and auto-graphing, or any other mechanical process easy to recognize, except the copying-press and the type-writer.

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The mechanical processes designated by the names of chromography, polygraphy, hectography, papyrography, velocigraphy, etc., are considered as “easy to recognize”; but in order to pass at the reduced postage, reproductions obtained by means of these processes, must be mailed at the post office windows, and in the minimum number of twenty perfectly identical copies.

 2.— The following are excluded from transmission at the reduced postage, viz: stamps or forms of prepayment, whether canceled or not, as well as all printed articles constituting the representative sign of a monetary value. 3.— Printed articles the text of which has been modified, after printing, either by hand or by means of a mechanical process, or which bear any marks whatever of a kind constituting a conventional language, cannot be forwarded at the reduced rate. 4.— As exceptions to the rule laid down by paragraph 3 preceding, it is permitted: a) to indicate on the outside of the article the name, business and residence of the sender; b) to add, by hand, on printed visiting cards, the address of the sender, his title, as well as conventional initials (p. f., etc.); c) to indicate or to change on the print itself, by hand or by a mechanical process, the date of dispatch, the signature or business and profession, as well as the residence of the sender; d) to add to the corrected proof the manuscript and to make in the proof the changes and additions relating to the correction, the form and the printing. In ease of want of space, these additions may be made on separate sheets; e) to correct also errors in printing on articles of printed matter other than proof; f) to cross out certain parts of printed text, in order to make them illegible; g) to make prominent by means of marks passages of the text to which it is desired to draw attention; 1119 h) to insert or correct in manuscript or by a mechanical process, figures, as well as the name of the traveler and the date of his visit, in price lists, offers for advertisements, stock quotations, and trade circulars; i) to indicate by hand, on notices relating to the sailings of vessels, the dates of these sailings; k) to indicate on cards of invitation and notices of meetings the name of the invited person, the date, the object and the place of meeting; l) to add a dedication on books, sheet-music, newspapers, photographs and engravings, as well as to attach thereto the invoice relating to the work itself; m) to indicate in manuscript on the back of booksellers’ order bulletins (printed and open, intended for orders for books, newspapers, engravings, pieces of music) the works desired or offered, and to cross out or underscore on the front the whole or part of the printed communications; n) to paint fashion-plates, maps, etc. 5.— It is forbidden to make additions

Forbidden additions.

 in manuscript or by means of a mechanical process which would deprive the printed paper of its general character, and give to it the character of individual correspondence. 6.— Articles of printed matter

Mode of sending.

 must be either placed under bond, upon rollers, between boards, in covers open at both sides or at both ends, or in unclosed envelopes, or simply folded in such a manner as not to conceal the nature of the article, or lastly, tied with a string easy to unfasten. 7.— Address cards and all

Cards.

 printed matter presenting the form or consistency of an unfolded card, may be forwarded without band, envelope, fastening, or fold. 8.— Cards bearing the title “post-card”

Postal cards not included.

 are not admitted at the rate for printed matter.
XIX. Samples. 1.— Samples of merchandise are

Samples.

 admitted to the advantage of the reduction of postage which is 1120 granted to them by Article 5 of the Convention only under the following conditions; 2.— They must be placed in bags, boxes, or removable envelopes, in such a manner as to admit of easy inspection. 3.— They must not have any salable value, nor bear any manuscript other than the name or the social position of the sender, the address of the addressee, a manufacturer’s or a trade mark, numbers of order, prices, and indications relating to weight and size, as well as to the quantity to be disposed of, or those which are necessary to precisely indicate the origin and nature of the merchandise. 4.— By mutual agreement be-tween the Administrations interested, that is to say between the Administrations of the country of origin and the country of destination,and of the country or countries, if any, performing the transit in open-mail or in closed mails, pack-ages of liquids, oils, fatty substances, dry powders coloring or not, as well as packages of live bees, may be admitted to transmission as samples of merchandise, provided they are put up in the following manner: 1st. Liquids, oils and fatty sub-stances easily liquefiable must be enclosed in glass bottles hermetically closed. Each bottle must be placed in a wooden box sufficiently filled with sawdust, cotton, or spongy matter in sufficient quantity to absorb the liquid in ease the bottle should break. Finally, the box itself must be enclosed in a case of metal, of wood with a screw-top, or of strong and thick leather. 2nd. Fatty substances which are not easily liquefiable, such as ointments, soft soap, resins, etc., the conveyance of which causes less inconvenience, must be in-closed in an inner cover (box, linen bag, parchment, etc.), which is placed in a second box of wood, metal or strong and thick leather. 3d. Dry powders, whether coloring. or not, must be placed in pasteboard boxes, which are in- 1121 closed in a linen bag, or parchment.
XX. Articles grouped together. It is permitted to inclose in the same package samples of merchandise, printed matter and commercial papers, but subject to the following conditions: 1st, that each article taken singly does not exceed the limits which are applicable to it as regards weight and size; 2nd, that the total weight does not exceed 2 kilograms per package; 3d, that the minimum charge is 25 centimes if the package contains commercial papers, and 10 centimes if it consists of printed matter and samples.
XXI. Reforwarded Articles. 1.— In execution of Article 14 of the Convention, and subject to the exceptions specified in paragraph 2 following, articles of every kind addressed, within the Union, to persons who have changed their residence, are treated by the delivering office as if they had been addressed directly from the place of origin to the place of the new destination. 2.— With regard to articles of the domestic service of one country of the Union, which enter, in consequence of reforwarding, into the service of another country of the Union, the following rules are observed: 1st. Articles unpaid or insufficiently prepaid for their first trans-mission are treated as international correspondence, and subjected by the delivering office to the charge applicable to articles of the same nature addressed directly from the country of origin to the country in which the addressee may be; 1122 2nd. Articles duly prepaid for their first transmission, and upon which the remainder of the postage relating to the further transmission has not been paid previous to reforwarding, are subjected, ac-cording to their nature, by the delivering office, to a charge equal to the difference between the amount of postage already paid and that which would have been levied if the articles had been originally dispatched to their new destination. The amount of this difference must be expressed in francs and centimes at the side of the postage-stamps, by the reforwarding office. In both cases, the charges contemplated above re-main to be collected from the addressees, even if, owing to successive reforwardings, the articles should return to the country of origin. 3.— When articles originally ad-dressed from one part to another of a country of the Union, and prepaid in cash, are reforwarded to another country, the reforwaiding office must indicate, on the article, the amount of postage so prepaid in cash. 4.— Missent articles of every kind are reforwarded without delay by the quickest route to their destination. 5.— Articles of every kind, ordinary or registered, which, bearing an incomplete or erroneous ad-dress, are returned to the senders in order that they may complete or correct the address, are not considered, when remailed with a completed or corrected address, as reforwarded correspondence, but as newly mailed articles, and become, in consequence, subject to a new charge.
XXII. Undelivered Articles. 1.— Articles of every kind which have become undeliverable, from whatever cause, must be returned as soon as possible after the expiration of the period for keeping them required by the Regulations of the country of destination, and 1123 at latest at the expiration of six months in relations with countries beyond the sea, and of two months in other relations, through the intermediary of the respective offices of exchange, and in a special bundle labeled “Rebuts”, and bearing an indication of the country of origin of the articles. The periods of two months and six months are counted from the end of the month in which the articles reached the office of destination. 2.— Nevertheless, registered articles which become undeliverable are returned to ( he exchange office of the country of origin as if they were registered articles addressed to that country, except that opposite the descriptive entry in Table No. I of the Letter Bill, or in the separate list, the word “Rebuts” is entered in the column “ Observations ” by the returning office. 3.— As an exception, two corresponding Offices may, by mutual agreement, adopt a different mode of returning undeliverable articles, and may also dispense with the reciprocal return of certain printed matter considered to be without value. 4.— Before returning to the office of origin the articles which from any reason or any cause have not been delivered, the Office of destination must indicate in a clear and concise manner, in the French language.ou the back of the articles, the cause of non-delivery, in the following form : not known,refused, left, not claimed, deceased, etc. This indication is furnished by the impression of a stamp or by attaching a label. Each Office has the option of adding a translation, in its own language, of the cause of non-delivery, and other indications which it may deem necessary.
XXIII. Statistics of Transit Expenses. 1.— The statistics to be taken once every three years, in execution of Articles 4 and 17 of the Convention, for the settlement of the expenses of transit within the Union and beyond the limits of the 1124 Union, are prepared according to the provisions of the following Articles, during the first twenty-eight days of the month of Mayor November (alternately) of the second year of each triennial period, and have a retroactive force dating from the first year. 2.— The statistics of November, 1893, will apply to the years 1892, 1893 and 1894; the statistics of May, 1896, will apply to the years 1895, 1896 and 1897, and so on. 3.— If during the period to which the statistics apply, a country having important relations should enter the Union, the countries of the Union whose situation with regard to the payment of transit expenses might be modified in consequence of this circumstance, have the option of demanding special statistics relating exclusively to the country recently admitted. 4.— The charges to be paid by the dispatching Office for territorial transit and maritime conveyance are fixed invariably, on the basis of the statistics, for the entire period which said statistics em-brace, except in the case provided for in the preceding paragraph. But whenever an important change takes place in the current of the correspondence, and provided that the change affects a period of six months, at least, the intermediary Offices come to an agreement to regulate between themselves the division of the charges, in proportion to the part taken by said Offices in the conveyance of the correspondence to which the charges relate.
XXIV. Articles in Open-Mail. 1.— The Office serving as the intermediary for the transmission of articles exchanged in open-mail, either between two countries of the Union, or between a country of the Union and a country foreign to it, prepares beforehand, for each of its correspondents of the Union, a Table in conformity with Form E annexed to the present Regulations, in which it indicates, distinguishing if needful the different routes of transmission, the rates of 1125 payment by weight due to it for the conveyance within the Union of both categories of articles by means of the services at its disposal, as well as the rates of payment by weight to be paid, it the case demands it, by the Office itself to other Offices of the Union tor the further conveyance of the said articles within the Union. If needful, it communicates in due time with the Offices of the countries to be traversed, as to the routes the articles are to take and the rates to be applied thereto. 2.— When several routes, each involving different transit charges applicable to the routes which the intermediary Office uses, are open for the transmission of articles for one and the same country, the dis-patching Office pays the intermediary Office according to a single rate based upon the average of the different transit rates. 3.— A copy of Table E is for-warded by the said Office to the corresponding Office interested, and serves as the basis of a special account to be established between them, with reference to the intermediary conveyance within the Union of the articles in question. This account is prepared by the Office which receives the articles and is submitted to the dispatching Office for verification. 4.—

The dispatching Office prepares, according to the particulars given in the Form E furnished by its correspondent, Tables in conformity with the Form F hereto annexed, intended to show, for each mail, the charges for intermediary conveyance of the articles, without distinction of origin, contained in the mail to be forwarded through the intermediary of the said corresponding Office. For this purpose, the dispatching ex-change office enters in a Table F, which it joins to its dispatch, the total weight, according to their nature, of the articles of this class which it delivers in open-mail to the corresponding exchange office, and that office, after verification, takes charge of the articles and forwards them to their destinations, mixed with its own in respect to the payment, if required, of charges for further conveyance.

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At the request of the Offices interested, it is necessary to distinguish in the Table F the origin of the articles subject to the maritime transit rates of 15 francs per kilogram of letters and post-cards and 1 franc per kilogram of other articles, to be divided between several Administrations.

 5.— Any error in the statement of the exchange office which has dispatched the Table F is immediately notified to that office by means of a Bulletin of verification, notwithstanding the correction made in the Table itself. 6.— If there be no articles liable to a charge for intermediary or foreign conveyance, the Table F is not prepared, and the dispatching office enters at the head of the Letter Bill the words: “No Table F.” In case of the unexplained omission of this Table, the irregularity is likewise reported, by means of a Bulletin of verification, to the office at fault, and must be immediately corrected by the latter.
XXV. Closed Mails. 1.— The articles exchanged in closed mails, between two Offices of the Union or between an Office of the Union and an Office foreign to the Union, across the territory or by means of the services of one or more Offices, forms the subject of a statement in conformity with Form G annexed to the present Regulations, which is prepared ac-cording to the following stipulations. 2.— As regards the mails from one country of the Union for another country of the Union, the dispatching exchange office enters in the Letter Bill for the receiving ex-change office, the net weight of the letters and post cards and that of the other articles, without distinction of the origin or destination of the articles. These en-tries are verified by the receiving office, which prepares, at the end of the statistical period, the statement above mentioned, in as many copies as there arc Offices interested, including the Office of the place of dispatch. 1127 3.— In the four days which fol-low the close of the statistical operations, the statements G are transmitted by the exchange offices which prepared them to the exchange offices of the debtor Ad-ministration for acceptance by them. The latter, after having accepted the statements, transmit them to the central Administration to which they are subordinate, which is charged with the duty of distributing them among the Offices interested. 4.—

As regards the closed mails exchanged between a country of the Union and a country foreign to the Union, through the intermediary of one or more Offices of the Union, the exchange offices of the Union country prepare, for each mail dispatched or received, a statement G which they transmit to the Office of departure or entry; this latter prepares, at the end of the statistical period, a general statement in as many copies as there are Offices interested, including itself and the debtor Office of the Union. One copy of this statement is transmitted to the debtor Office, and one to each of the Offices which have participated in the conveyance of the mails.

At the request of the Offices interested, the exchange offices must distinguish on the Letter Bill the origin and destination of the articles subject to maritime transit charges of 15 francs and 1 franc, to be divided among several Administrations.

 5.— After each statistical period, the Administrations which have dispatched mails in transit send a list of such mails to the different Administrations which they have used as intermediaries. 6.— The mere storing, at a port, of closed mails brought by one vessel, and intended for dispatch by another, does not give rise to the payment of territorial transit charges to the Post-Office of the place where these mails are stored.
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XXVI. Mails exchanged with Natal Vessels. 1.— The establishment of an exchange, of closed mails, between a Post Office of the Union and naval squadrons or ships of war of the same nationality, must be notified, as far as possible in advance, to the intermediary Offices. 2.— The address of such mails should be as follows:

From the post-office of..... For From the (nationality) naval squadron of (designation of the squadron) a..... From the (nationality) vessel (name of vessel) a..... For the post-office of       (country)

{ the (nationality) naval squadron of (designation of the squadron) at..... the (nationality) vessel, (name of vessel) at..... or

3.— Mails destined for or sent from naval squadrons or ships of war are forwarded, unless a special route be indicated in the address, by the most rapid routes and under the same conditions as mails exchanged between post-offices. 4.— If the vessels are not at the place of destination when the mails addressed to them arrive there, the mails are held at the post office, until claimed by the addressee or reforwarded to another place. T fie reforwanding may be requested, either by the office of origin, or by the commander of the naval squadron or ship addressed, or finally by a Consul of the same nationality. 5.— Such of the mails in question as bear the endorsement “In care of the Consul of . . . .” are delivered to the Consulate of the country of origin. At the request of the Consul, they may be received back into the postal service and be reforwarded to the place of origin or to some other destination. 6.— Mails addressed to a ship of war are considered as being in transit until delivered to the commander of that ship, even when 1129 they were originally addressed in care of a post office or a Consul charged to serve as agent for intermediary conveyance; they are not therefore considered as having reached their address, until they have been delivered to that ship. 7.— It is incumbent on the Ad-ministration of the country to which the ships of war belong to prepare Tables G for the mails ex-changed. During the statistical period these mails must bear on the labels the following indications: a) the net weight of the letters and post cards; b) the net weight of other articles, and c) the route followed or to be followed. In case a mail addressed to a ship of war is reforwarded during a statistical period, the reforwarding office informs the office of the country to which the ship belongs.
XXVII. Account of Transit Expenses. 1.— The Tables F and G are incorporated in a special account, in which is shown, in francs and centimes, the annual amount of transit payment accruing to each Office, by multiplying the totals by 13. In case the multiplier does not correspond with the periodicity of the service, or when a question arises as to exceptional dispatches made during the statistical period, the Administrations interested arrange for the adoption of an other multiplier. The duty of preparing this account devolves on the creditor Office which transmits it to the debtor Office. The multiplier agreed upon is used every time during the 3 years of one and the same statistical period. 2.— The balance resulting from the reciprocal accounts between two Offices is paid by the debtor Office to the creditor Office, in effective francs, and by means of bills of exchange drawn on a place in the creditor country at the option of the debtor Office The costs 1130 of payment, including the discount charges, if any, are borne by the debtor Office. 3.—

The preparation, transmission, and payment of the accounts of transit expenses relating to a period of service must be effected with the least possible delay, and, at the latest, before the expiration of the first six months of the fol lowing period of service. In all cases, if the Office which has transmitted the account has not received during that period a correcting observation, the account is considered as duly accepted. This provision likewise applies to uncontested observations made by one Office relative to the accounts presented by another. When this term of six months has passed, the amounts due by one Office to another Office are subject to interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, dating from the day of expiration of said term.

The payments of transit expenses for the first and, if necessary, for the second year of each triennial period are made provisionally, at the end of the year, on the basis of the previous statistics, subject to a subsequent adjustment of the accounts according to the results of the new statistics.

 4.— The Offices interested are, however, at liberty to make, by mutual agreement, other arrangements than those formulated in the present Article.
XXVIII. Exceptions in Matters of Weight. As an exceptional measure, it is agreed that, the States which, in consequence of their domestic regulations are unable to adopt the decimal metrical system of weight, have the right to substitute for it the ounce avoirdupois (28.3465 grams), by assimilating a half-ounce to 15 grams, and two ounces to 50 grams, and to raise, if needful, the limit of the single rate of postage on newspapers to four ounces, but under the express condition that, in the latter case, the postage on newspapers be not less than 10 centimes, and that an 1131 entire rate of postage be charged for each copy of the newspaper, even though several newspapers be included in the same package.
XXIX. Applications for Ordinary Articles which have failed to reach their Destination. 1.— Every application respecting

Missing ordinary articles.

Applications.

 an article of ordinary correspondence which has failed to reach its destination gives rise to the fol-lowing procedure: 1st. A form similar to the Form

Post, p.1162.

 H hereto annexed is banded to applicant with the request to fill up, as exactly as possible, the portion which concerns him. 2nd. The office at which the application originates transmits the Form direct to the corresponding office. It is transmitted officially and without any written communication. 3d. The corresponding office causes the Form to be handed to the addressee or to the sender, as the case may be, with the request that particulars on the subject be furnished. 4th. With these particulars added the Form is sent back officially to the office which prepared it. 5th. In case the application proves to be well founded, it is transmitted to the Central Administration, to serve as a basis for further investigations. 6th. Unless there be an agreement to the contrary, the Form is drawn up in French or bears a French translation. 2.— Any Administration may require,

Special offices.

 by notification addressed to the. International Bureau, that the exchange of applications, so far as that Administration is concerned, shall be effected through the intervention of the Central Administrations, or the intermediary of an office specially designated.
XXX. Withdrawal of Articles and Correction of Addresses. 1.— For requests to have articles

Withdrawing articles or correcting addresses.

 returned or reforwarded, as well 1132 as for requests to have addresses corrected, the sender must use a form similar to Form J annexed to the present Regulations. In transmitting this request to the post office, the sender must establish his identity and produce, if necessary, the certificate of mailing. After identification, the responsibility for which is assumed by the country of origin, the following course is pursued: 1st. If the request is to be transmitted by mail, the Form, accompanied by a perfect facsimile of the envelope or address of the article, is forwarded direct, under registration, to the post office of destination; 2nd. If the request is to be made by telegraph, the Form is handed to the telegraph service which is charged to transmit its contents to the post office of destination; 2.—

Upon receipt of Form J, or of the telegram taking its place, the office of destination institutes an inquiry for the articles indicated and takes such steps as may be necessary;

If, however, the request for change of address has been made by telegraph, the office of destination simply retains the letter, and defers compliance with the request until the necessary facsimile arrives.

If the inquiry is without result, if the article has already been delivered to the addressee, or if the request by telegraph is not explicit enough to allow the article indicated to be recognized with absolute certainty, the fact is immediately made known to the office of origin, which communicates it to the claimant.

 3.— Unless there be an agreement to the contrary, Form J is drawn up in French or bears an interlinear translation in that language, and, in case the telegraph is used, the telegram is written in the French language. 4.— A simple correction of address (without change of the name or description of the addressee) may also be requested direct of the office of destination, that is to say, without conforming to the formali- 1133 ties prescribed for a change of address properly so called. 5.—

Any Administration may

Specially designated offices.

require, by means of a notification addressed to the International Bureau, that the exchange of applications, so far as that Administration is concerned, shall be effected through the intermediary of the Central Administrations or of an office specially designated.

In cases where the exchange of applications is effected through the intermediary of the Central Administrations, requests sent directly by the office of origin to the office of destination must be taken into account to the extent that the article concerned shall be withheld from delivery until the arrival of the application from the Central Administration.

The Administrations which avail

Expenses.

themselves of the liberty given by the first section of the present paragraph, take upon themselves the expenses involved by the transmission in their domestic service, by mail or telegraph, of the communications to be exchanged with the office of destination.
XXXI. Use, for the Prepayment of Postage, of Postage-stamps presumed to be fraudulent. 1.— Subject to the regulations

Use of fraudulent stamps.

 prescribed by the laws of each country, even in the cases where this reservation is not expressly stipulated in the provisions of the present Article, the following mode of procedure is employed for detecting the use of fraudulent post-age stamps for the prepayment of postage: a) When the presence of a

Manner of procedure.

 fraudulent postage- stamp (counterfeit, or one already used) on any article whatever is detected, at the time the mail is dispatched, by the post office of a country the legislation of which does not require the immediate seizure of the article, the stamp is not altered in any way, and the article, placed in an envelope addressed to the office of destination, is forwarded under official registration. 1134 b) This formality is notified, without delay, to the Administrations of the countries of origin and destination, by means of a notice in conformity with form K annexed to the present regulations. A copy of this notice is also transmitted to the post office of destination in the envelope which encloses the article bearing the supposed fraudulent postage stamp. c)

The addressee is summoned for the purpose of verifying the offence.

The delivery of the article takes place only in ease the addressee or his representative consents to make known the name and address of the sender, and to place at the disposal of the post office, alter having taken cognizance of its contents, the entire article if it is inseparable from the substance of the offence, or the part of the article (envelope, wrapper, portion of the letter, etc.) which contains the address and the postage stamp said to be fraudulent.

 d)

The result of the investigation is incorporated in a deposition in conformity with Form L annexed to the present Regulations, in which are mentioned the incidents which have happened, such as non-appearance, refusal to receive the article, to open it, or to make known the sender, etc. This document is signed by the postal official and by the addressee of the article or his representative; if the latter refuses to sign the refusal is entered instead of, and in the place of the signature.

The deposition is transmitted, with the vouchers relating thereto, through the intermediary of the Administration of the country of destination, to the. Postal Administration of the country of origin which, with the aid of these documents, proceeds, if necessary, to take notice of the offence, in accordance with its domestic legislation.
XXXII. Division of the Expenses of the International Bureau. 1.— The ordinary expenses of the International Bureau must not exceed the sum of 125,000 francs 1135 annually, not including the special expenses to which the meeting of a Congress or a Conference may give rise. 2.— The Swiss Postal Administration

Advances.

 superintends the expenses of the International Bureau, makes the necessary advances, and prepares the annual account, which is communicated to all the other Administrations. 3.— For the apportionment of

Apportionment.

 the expenses, the countries of the Union are divided into seven classes, each contributing in the proportion of a certain number of units, viz:
1st class - - 25 units.
2d “ - - 20 “
3d “ - - 15 “
4th “ - - 10 “
5th “ - - 5 “
6th “ - - 3 “
7th “ - - 1 unit.
4.— These coefficients are multiplied

Unit of expenses.

 by the number of countries of each class, and the total of the products thus obtained furnishes the number of units by which the total expenses is to be divided. The quotient gives the amount of the unit of expense. 5.— The countries of the Union

Classification of countries.

 are classified as follows, in view of the division of the expenses: 1st class: Germany, Austria-Hungary, United States of America, France, Great Britain, British India, British Colonies of Australasia, the whole of the other British Colonies and Protectorates exceptCanada, Italy, Russia, Turkey; 2d class: Spain; 3d class: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Japan, Netherlands, Roumania, Sweden, Spanish Colonies or Provinces beyond the sea, French Coloides, Netherlands East Indies; 4th class: Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland. Portuguese Colonies; 5th class: Argentine Republic, Bulgaria, Chili, Colombia, Greece, Mexico, Peru, Servia, Tunis; 6th class: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic. Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Republic of Hondura, Luxemburg, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Persia, German Protec- 1136 torates, Salvador, Kingdom of Siam, Uruguay, Venezuela, Danish Colonies, Colony of Curaçao (or Netherlands West Indies), Colony of Surinam (or Netherlands Guiana); 7th class: Independent State of Congo, Hawaii, Liberia, Montenegro.
XXXIII. Communications to be addressed to the International Bureau. 1.— The International Bureau serves as the intermediary for regular and general notifications which concern the international relations. 2.— The Administrations forming the Union must communicate to each other, specially, through the intermediary of the International Bureau: 1st. information relative to the surtaxes which they levy, by virtue of Article 5 of the Convention, in addition to the Union rate, whether for maritime, conveyance or for the expenses of extraordinary conveyance, as well as a list of the countries in relation to which these surtaxes are levied, and, if necessary, the designation of the routes which cause their collect ion. 2nd. Five complete sets of their postage-stamps. 3d. Notice whether the Administrations intend to use the option allowed to them to apply or not to apply certain general provisions of the Convention and of the present Regulations. 3.— Every modification adopted hereafter in regard to one or other of the three points above-mentioned, must be notified without delay in the same manner. 4.— The International Bureau likewise receives from all the Ad ministrations of the Union two copies of all the documents which they publish, whether relating to the domestic service or to the inter-national service. 5.— The correspondence ad-dressed by the Administrations of the Union to the International Bureau, and vice-versa, is assimilated, as regards freedom from postage, to the correspondence exchanged between the Administrations.
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XXXIV. General Statistics.

Statistics.

 1.— Each Administration transmits

Yearly report.

 at the end of the month of July of each year, to the International Bureau, a series of statistical data as complete as possible, relating to the preceding year, in the form of tables in conformity with or analogous to forms M

Post, pp. 1174–1182.

 and N annexed hereto. 2.— The operations of the service

Periodical statements.

 which give rise to the keeping of records, form the subject of periodical statements, based upon the entries made. 3.— As regards all other operations

Periodical count a.

 a count is made, during one week at least for daily exchanges, and during four weeks for ex-changes other than daily, leaving it optional with each Administration to make a separate count for each class of articles. 4.— There is reserved to each

Average counts.

 Administration the right to make this count at periods which come nearest to the average of its postal traffic. 5.— The International Bureau is

Forms, etc.

 charged with the duty of printing and distributing the statistical Forms to be filled out by each Administration. It is likewise obliged to furnish to the Administrations which may make the request, all the necessary information relative to the rules to be followed in order to ensure, as far as possible, uniformity in the statistical operations.
XXXV. Duties of the International Bureau. 1.— The International Bureau

Duties of International Bureau.

 prepares general statistics for each year. 2.— It publishes, by the aid of

Documents.

 the documents which are put at its disposal, a special journal in the German, English and French languages. 3.— All the documents published

Distribution.

 by the International Bureau are distributed to the Administrations of the Union in the proportion of the number of contributive units 1138 assigned to each by Article XXXII preceding. 4.— Any additional copies and documents which may be applied for by these Administrations are paid for separately, at prime cost. 5.— The International Bureau must, besides, hold itself always at the disposal of the members of the Union, for the purpose of furnishing them with any special in-formation they may require upon questions relating to the international postal service. 6.— The International Bureau makes known requests for the modification or interpretation of the stipulations which govern the Union. It notifies the results of each application, and no modification or resolution adopted is binding until two months, at least, after its notification. 7.— The International Bureau effects the balance ami liquidation of accounts of every kind between the Administrations of the Union which declare their wish to use the intermediary of that Bureau on the conditions described by Article XXXVI hereafter. 8.— The International Bureau prepares the business to be submitted to the Congresses or Conferences. It undertakes the necessary copying and printing, the editing and distribution of amendments, journals of proceedings, and other information. 9.— The Director of this Bureau attends the sessions of the Congresses or Conferences and takes part in the discussions, but without the power of voting. 10.— He publishes an annual Re-port on the work of the Bureau, which is communicated to all the Administrations of the Union. 11.— The official language of the International Bureau is the French language. 12.—

The International Bureau is charged with the duty of publishing an alphabetical dictionary of all the cost offices of the world, with special indications of such of these offices as undertake services which have not yet become general. This dictionary is kept up to date by means of supplements, or in any other manner which the 1139 International Bureau may deem suitable.

The dictionary mentioned in the present paragraph is furnished at prime cost to the Administrations which may apply for it.
XXXVI. Central Office of Settlement and Liquidation of Accounts between, the Administrations of the Union. 1.—

The International Bureau of

Central office of accounts.

the Universal Postal Union is charged with the duty of effecting the balance and liquidation of ac-counts of every kind relating to the international postal service between the Administrations of the countries of the Union which have the franc for their monetary unit or which have come to an agreement as regards the rate of conversion of their currency into metallic francs and centimes.

The Administrations which intend to claim the aid of the International Bureau for this service of liquidation, arrange accordingly among themselves and with the Bureau.

Notwithstanding its adhesion,

Special accounts.

each Administration retains the right to prepare, at its option, special accounts for different branches of the service, and to effect the settlement of them, to suit itself, with its correspondents, without using the intermediary of the International Bureau ; simply advising the Bureau, in accordance with the provision of the preceding paragraph, for which branches of the service and for which countries it intends to employ its services.

At the request of the Administrations

Telegraph accounts.

interested, the telegraph accounts may also be reported to the international Bureau, to be included in the settlement of the balances.

The Administrations which shall

Notice of.

have used the intermediary of the International Bureau for the balancing and liquidation of accounts, may cease to use this intermediary three months after giving notice to the Bureau to that effect.

 2.— After having examined and

Debt statement.

 accepted their accounts, the Administrations transmit to each other reciprocally an acknowledg- 1140 ment of their Debit, made out in francs and centimes, stating therein the nature, period, and result of the account. 3.—

Each Administration transmits monthly, to the International Bureau, a Table showing the total credit due to it on individual ac-counts, as well as the total of the sums which are due to it from each of the contracting Administrations; each credit appearing in this Table must be substantiated by an acknowledgment from the debtor office.

This Table should reach the International Bureau, on the 19th of each month, at the latest; other-wise its liquidation is liable to be deferred until the following month.

 4.—

The International Bureau ascertains, by comparing the acknowledgments, if the Tables are correct. Every correction which is necessary is notified to the Offices interested.

The Debit of each Administration to another is stated in a re-capitulation; in order to ascertain the total amount of indebtedness of each Administration it is only necessary to add up the different columns of the recapitulation.

 5.— The International Bureau incorporates the Tables and the recapitulations in a general balance- sh eet, showing: a) the total of the Debit and of the Credit of each Administration; b) the balance against or in favor of each Administration, representing the difference between the total of the Debit and the total of the Credit; c)

the sums to be paid by some of the members of the Union to a single Administration, or vice-versa the sums to be paid by the latter to the former.

The totals of the two categories of balances under a and b must necessarily be the same.

It shall be arranged, as far as possible, that each Administration, in order to liquidate its indebtedness, shall have to make only one or two distinct payments.

Nevertheless, an Administration which habitually finds a sum exceeding 500,000 francs due to it from another Administration, has the right to claim remittances on account.

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These remittances on account are entered, both by the creditor Administration and by the debtor Administration, at the foot of the Tables to be transmitted to the International Bureau (see § 3).

 6.—

The acknowledgments (see

Settlements.

§ 3) transmitted to the International Bureau with the Tables are classified by Administrations.

They serve as the basis for settling the account of each of the Administrations interested. In this settlement should appear:

 a) the sums relating to the special accounts regarding the different exchanges: b) the total of the sums resulting from all the special accounts with respect to each of the Administrations interested; c)

the totals of the sums due to all the creditor Administrations on account of each branch of the service, as well as their general total.

This total should be equal to the total of the Debit which appears in the recapitulation.

At the foot of the liquidation ac-count the balance is shown between the total of the Debit and the total of the Credit resulting from the Tables transmitted by the Ad-ministrations to the International Bureau (see § 3). The net amount of the Debit or of the Credit should be equal to the Debit balance or to the Credit balance carried into the general balance sheet. Moreover, the liquidation account determines the manner of settlement, that is to say, it indicates the Administrations to which payment must be made by the debtor Ad-ministration.

The liquidation-accounts must be transmitted to the Administrations interested by the International Bureau, at the latest on the 22nd of each month.

 7.— The Debit or Credit balances

Account of balances.

 exceed i n g500 francs may be entered in the account for the following month, on condition however that the Administrations interested are in monthly communication with the International Bureau. These en-tries are stated in the recapitulations and in the liquidation-ac-counts for the creditor and debtor Administrations. The debtor Administration transmits, in that case 1142 to the creditor Administration an acknowledgment of the sum due, to be entered in the next table.
XXXVII. Language. 1.— The Letter-Bills, Tables, Statements, and other Forms used by the Administrations of the Union in their reciprocal relations must, as a general rule, be drawn up in the French language, unless the Administrations iinterested arrange otherwise by direct agreement. 2.— As regards official correspondence, the present state of things is maintained, unless an-other arrangement should subsequently be agreed upon by common consent between the Administrations interested.
XXXVIII. Jurisdiction of the Union. The following are considered as belonging to the Universal Postal Union: 1st. The German post offices established at Apia (Samoan Islands) and at Shanghai (China) as subordinate to the Postal Administration of Germany; 2nd. The principality of Liechtenstein, as subordinate to the Postal Administration of Austria; 3d. Iceland and the Faroe Islands, as forming part of Den-mark. 4th. The Spanish possessions on the North Coast of Africa, as forming part of Spain ; the Republic of Andorra and the postal establishments of Spain on the West Coast of Morocco, as subordinate to the Postal Administration of Spain. 5th. Algeria, as forming part of France; the principality of Monaco, and the French post offices establish ed at Tangier ( Morocco ), Shanghai (China), and at Zanzibar, as subordinate to the Postal Administration of France; Cambodia, Annam, and Tonquin, as assimilated, so far as regards the postal service, to the French Colony of Cochinchina. 1143 6th. The postal agencies which the Postal Administration of Gibraltar maintains at Tangier, Laraiche, Rabat, Casablanca, Satti, Mazagan and Mogador (Morocco); 7th. The post offices which the Administration of the British Colony of Hong-Kong maintains at Hoihow (Kiungchow), Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Foo-Chow, Ningpo, Shanghai,and Hankow (China); 8th. The Indian postal establishments of Aden, Zanzibar, Mus-cat, Persian Gulf, and Guadur, as subordinate to the Postal Administration of British India; 9th. The Republic of San Marino and the Italian post offices of Tunis and Tripoli in Barbary, as subordinate to the Postal Administration of Italy; 10th. The post offices which the Japanese Administration has established at Shanghai (China), Fusanpo, Genzhanshin, and Jinsen (Corea); 11th. The Grand Duchy of Fin-land, as forming an integral part of the Empire of Russia.
XXXIX. Propositions made in the Interval between the Meetings. 1.— In the interval which elapses

Changes proposed.

 between the meetings, the Postal Administration of each country of the Union has the right to address to the other participating Administrations, through the intermediary of the International Bureau, propositions in regard to the stipulations of the present Regulations. 2.—

Every proposition is subject

Procedure.

to the following mode of procedure:

A period of five months is allowed to the Administrations of the Union to examine the propositions and transmit to the Inter-national Bureau any observations, amendments, or counter propositions. The replies are tabulated by the International Bureau and communicated to the Administrations with an invitation to express their views. The Administrations which have not transmitted their vote within a period of six months, counting from the date of the second circular of the International Bureau notifying them of the observations made, are considered as not voting.

 1144 3.— To become binding the propositions must obtain— 1st. Unanimity of votes if they relate to the addition of new Articles, or to the modification of the provisions of the present Article and those of Articles III, IV, V, XII, XXVII, XXX, XXXI, and XL. 2nd.

Two-thirds of the votes, if they relate to the modification of the provisions of Articles I, II, VIII. IX, XI, XIV, XV, XVI, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVIII, XXXIV, XXXVI, XXXVII, and XXXVIII;

Simply an absolute majority, if they relate to the modification of provisions other than those above-mentioned, or to the interpretation of the various provisions of the Regulations, except in the case of arbitration contemplated in Article 23 of the Convention.

 4.— The resolutions adopted in due form are made binding by a simple notification from the Inter-national Bureau to all the Administrations of the Union. 5.— No modification or resolution adopted is binding until at least two months after its notification.
XL. Duration of the Regulations. The present Regulations shall be put into execution on the day on which the Convention of the 4th of July, 1891, comes into force. They shall have the same duration as that Convention, unless they be renewed by mutual agreement between the parties interested.

Done at Vienna, the 4th of July, 1891.

Pour l’Allemagne et les protectorats Allemands..................................

Pour les États-Unis d'Amérique.....

Pour la République Argentine.....

Pour l'Autriche.....

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Pour la Hongrie.....

Pour la Belgique.....

Pour le Brésil.....

Pour la République de Colombie.....

Pour l'État Indépendant du Congo.....

Pour le Danemark et les Colonies Danoises.....

Pour l'Égypte.....

Pour l'Espagne et les Colonies Espagnoles.....

Pour la France.....

Pour les Colonies Françaises.....

Pour la Grande-Bretagne et diverses Colonies Britanniques.....

Pour les Colonies Britanniques d'Australasie.....

Pour le Canada.....

Pour l’Inde Britannique.....

Pour la Grèce.....

Pour le Guatemala.....

Pour la République d’Haïti.....

Pour le Royaume d’Hawaï.....

Pour la République du Honduras.....

Pour l’Italie.....

Pour le Japon.....

Pour la République de Libéria.....

Pour le Luxembourg.....

Pour le Mexique.....

Pour le Monténégro.....

Pour le Nicaragua.....

Pour la Norvège.....

Pour le Paraguay.....

Pour les Pays-Bas.....

Pour les Colonies Néerlandaises.....

Pour le Pérou.....

Pour la Roumanie.....

Pour la Russie.....

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Pour le Salvador.....

Pour la Serbie.....

Pour le Royaume de Siam.....

Pour la République Sud-Africaine.....

Pour la Suède.....

Pour la Suisse.....

Pour la Régence de Tunis.....

Pour la Turquie.....

Pour l’Uruguay.....

Pour les États-Unis de Vénézuéla.....

{ Dr. v. Stephan. Sachse.       Fritsch.      

{ N. M. Brooks.       William Potter.      

Carlos Calvo.      

{ Obentraut.       Dr. Hofmann.       Dr. Lilienau.       Habberger.      

{ P. Heim.       S. Schrimpf.      

Lichtervelde.      

{ Luiz Bettim Paes Leme. P. M. Mattheef.

G. Michelsen.

{ Stassin. Lichtervelde. Garant. De Craene.

Lund.

Federico Bas.

{ Montmarn. I. de Selves. Ansault.

G. Gabrié.

{ S. A. Blackwood. H. Buxton Forman.

{ H. M. Kisch.

{ I. Georgantas.

{ Dr. Gotthelf Meyer.

{ Eugène Borel.

{ Emidio Chiaradia. Felice Salivetto.

{ Indo. Fujita.

{ Bd. de Stein. M. Koentzer.

{ C. Goedel. Mongensant.

{ L. Breton y Vedra. Obentraut.

{ Dr. Hofmann. Dr. Lillenau. Habberger.

{ Haberberger.

{ Th. Heyerdahl.

{ Hofstede. Baron van der Feltz. Johs. J. Perk.

{ D. O. Urea.

{ Génl. N. Semino.

{ Guelhermino Augusto de Barros.

{ Colonel A. Gorjean. S. Dimitrescu.

{ Général de Bséak. A. Skalkovsky.

{ Louis Kehlmann.

{ Svetozar I. Gvozditch. Et. V. Popovitch.

{ Luang Suriya Nuvatr.

{ H. Keuchenius.

{ E. von Krusenstjerna.

{ Ed. Höhn. C. Delessert.

{ Montmartin.

{ E. Petacci. A. Fahri.

{ Federico Susviela Guarch. José G. Busto.

{ Carlos Matzenauer.

Le Ministère I. et R. des Affaires étrangères certifie que la présente copie est conforme à l’original dé-posé dans ses archives.

Vienne, le 7 juillet 1891.

Le Directeur de la Chancellerie du ministère I. et R. des Affaires étrangères.

(Signé:)

Mittag.

The Imperial and Royal Minis-try of Foreign Affairs certifies that the present copy is in conformity with the original deposited in its archives.

Vienna, July 7th, 1891.

The director of the Chancellor’s office of the Imperial and Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(Signed:)

Mittag.

 ANNEXES. (1147) 1148

Form A.

Return receipt.
1149

Form A

Return receipt.
1150

Form B.

Letter bill.
1151

Form B.

Letter bill.
1152

Closed mails.
1153

II. Closed mails.
1154

Form C.

Bulletin of verification.
1155

Form C.

Bulletin of verification.
1156

Form D.

Form E.

Transit in open mail.
1157

Form D.

Form E.

Transit in open mail.
1158

Form F.

Open mail transit.
1159

Fonn F.

Open mail transit.
1160

Form G.

Transit in closed mails.
1161

Form G.

Transit in closed mails.
1162

Form H.

Application for lost articles.

By Hender.
1163

Form H.

Application for Inst articles.

By sender.
1164

Application for lost articles.

By addressee.
1165

Application for lost articles.

By addressee.
1166

Form J.

Request for withdrawal or correction of address.
1167

Form J.

Request for withdrawal or correction of address.
1168

Telegraphic requests.
1169

Telegraphic re-quests.
1170

Form K.

Notice of supposed fraudulent stamps.
1171

Form K.

Notice of supposed fraudulent stamps.
1172

Form L.

Report on supposed fraudulent stamps.
1173

Form L.

Reporten supposed fraudulent stamps.
1174

Form M.

Annual statistics.
1175

Form M.

Continued.
1176

Form M.

Continued.
1177

Form M.

Continued.
1178

Form M.

Continued.
1179

Form N.

Annual statistics by countries.
1180

Form N.

Continued.
1181

Form N.

Continued.
1182

Form N.

Continued.
January 19, 1892 Convention 28 Stat. 1183 CONVENTION—VENEZUELA. January 19, 1892. 1183 Convention between the United States of America and the United States

January 19, 1892

. of Venezuela, providing for a reference to arbitration of the claim of the Venezuela Steam Transportation Company against the Government of Venezuela. Signed at Caracas, January 19, 1892; ratification advised by the Senate, March 17, 1893; ratified by the President of Venezuela, June 30, 1894; ratified by the President of the United States, July 3, 1894; ratifications exchanged at Washington, July 28, 1894; proclaimed, July 30, 1894.
By the President of the United States. of America. A PROCLAMATION Whereas, a Convention between the United States of America and

Preamble.

 the United States of Venezuela, providing for a reference to arbitration of the claim of the Venezuela Steam Transportation Company against the Government of Venezuela, was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at the city of Caracas on the 19th day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, which Convention, being in the English and Spanish languages is, word for word, as follows:—

The Government of the United States of America and the United States of Venezuela, being mutually desirous of removing all causes of difference between them in a manner honorable to both parties and in consonance with their just rights and interests, have resolved to submit to arbitration the claim of the “Venezuela Steam Transportation Company”, and have respectively named as their plenipotentiaries to conclude a Convention for that purpose:—

The President of the United States of America, William L. Scruggs, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Caracas;

And the President of the United States of Venezuela, Doctor Rafael Seijas, legal adviser for the Department of Foreign Relations;

Who, after having exhibited their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles;—

Article I., The high contracting parties agree to submit to arbitration the question whether any, and, if any, 1184 what indemnity shall be paid by the Government of the United States of Venezuela to the Govern merit of the United States of America for the alleged wrongful seizure, detention and employment in war or otherwise of the Steamships Hero, Nutrias and San Fernando, the property of the “Venezuela Steam Transportation Company,” a corporation existing under the laws of the State of New York, and a citizen of the United States, and the imprisonment of its officers, citizens of the United States.
Article II.,

The question stated in Article I.,

Appointment of Commissioners.

shall be submitted to a board of three Commissioners, one to be appointed by the President of the United States of America, one by the President of the United States of Venezuela, and the third who shall not be either an American or a Venezuelan citizen, to be chosen by the two appointed as aforesaid; but if, within ten days from the time of their first meeting as hereinafter provided, they cannot agree upon the third Commissioner, the Secretary of State of the United States and the Venezuelan Minister at Washington shall forthwith request either the Diplomatic representative of Belgium or that of Sweden and Norway at that capital to name him subject to the restriction aforesaid.

The Commissioners to be chosen

Appointment.

by the President of the United States of America and the President of the United States of Venezuela shall be appointed within a month from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this Convention.

In case of the death, resignation

Vacancies.

or incapacity of any of the Commissioners, or in the event of any of them ceasing or omitting to act, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as is herein provided for the original appointment.

Article III.,

The Commissioners appointed by

Commission to meet in Washington.

the President of the United States of America and the President of 1185 the United States of Venezuela shall meet in the city of Washington at the earliest convenient moment within three months from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this Convention, and shall proceed to the selection of a third Commissioner.

When such Commissioner shall have been chosen, either by agreement between the two first named, or in the alternate manner hereinbefore provided, the three Commissioners shall meet in the city of Washington at the earliest practicable moment within five months from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this Convention, and shall subscribe, as their first act, a solemn declaration to examine and decide the claim submitted to them in accordance with justice and equity and the principles of international law.

The concurrent judgment of any two of the Commissioners shall be adequate for the decision of any question that may come before them, and for the final award.

Article IV.,

The Commissioners shall decide the claim on the Diplomatic correspondence between the two Governments relative thereto, and on such legal evidence as may be submitted to them by the high contracting parties within two months from the date of the first meeting of the full Commission.

Their decision shall be rendered within three months at farthest from the date of such first meeting, and shall be final and conclusive.

They shall hear one person as Agent in behalf of each Government and consider such arguments as either of such persons may present; and may, in their discretion, hear other counsel either in support of or in opposition to the claim.

Article V., If the award shall be in favor of the United States of America, the amount of the indemnity, which shall be expressed in American gold, shall be paid in cash at the city of Washington, in equal annual sums, without interest, within 1186 five years from the date of the award, the first of the five payments to be made within eight months from that date. Each Government

Expenses.

 shall pay its own commissioner and agent, and all other expenses including clerk hire shall be borne by the two Governments in equal moieties.
Article VI.,

This Convention shall be ratified

Ratification.

by the President of the United States of America by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and by the President of the United States of Venezuela, with the approval of the Congress thereof; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible.

In witness whereof, the respective

Signatures.

plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed the present Convention in duplicate, in the English and Spanish languages.

Done at Caracas this nineteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

[seal.] William L. Scruggs. [seal.] Rafael Seijas

Mutuamente deseosos de remover

Contracting parties.

toda causa de desavenencia entre si, de una manera honorífica para ambas partes y accorde con sus derechos é intereses, los Gobiernos de los Estados Unidos de América y de los Estados Un idos de Venezuela han resuelto someterá arbitramento la reclamación de la Compañía de Trasporte por vapor de Venezuela, y nombrado respectivamente como sus Plenipotenciarios para concluir á ese fin un convenio:

El Presidente de los Estados

Plenipotentiaries.

Unidos de América, al Señor William L. Scruggs, Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario de ellos en Caracas;

Y el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela, al ciudadano Doctor Rafael Seijas,. Consultor del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores;

Los cuales, después de haberse exhibido sus respectivos plenos poderes, hallados en buena y debida forma, han convenido en los artículos siguentes:

Artículo Io. Las Altes Partes contratantes

Claim of Venezuela Steam Transportation Company against Venezuela submitted to arbitration.

 convienen en someter á arbitramento la cuestión de si el Gobierno 1184 de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela debe pagar al Gobierno de los’ Estados Unidos de América alguna indemnización, y, en caso atirmativo, el quantum de ella por alegado injusto embargo, detención y empleo en guerra ó en otra cosa délos vapores Héroe, Nutriasy San Fernando, de la propriedad de la “Compañía de Trasporte por vapor de Venezuela,” corporación establecida con arreglo a las leyes del EstadodeNueva York, y ciudadano de los Estados Unidos, y por la prisión de sus empleados, ciudadanos de los Estados Unidos.
Artículo 2o. La cuestión expresada en el artículo I” será sometida á una Junta de tres comisionados, elegidos uno por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América, otro por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela, y el tercero, que no debe ser ciudadano Americai.o ni Venezolano, por los dos así nombrados; mas, si dentro de diez dias contados desde el de su primera reunión, según lo dispuesto en adelante, no pudieren convenir en el tercer comisionado, entonces el Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos y el Ministro de Venezuela en Washington pedirán inmediatamente que lo nombre, con la restricción dicha, al Representante Diplomático de Bélgica ó al de Suecia y Noruega en aq uel la capí t al. Los Com i si on ados elegibles por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América y el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela, serán nombrados dentro de un mes, contando desde la fecha del canje de las ratificaciones de este convenio. En caso de muerte, renunciad incapacidad de alguno de los comisionados y en el de cesar ó no entrar en sus funciones, se llenará la vacante del mismo modo que se dispone aquí respecto del primer nombramiento.
Artículo 3o.

Los Comisionados nombrados por el Presidente de los Estados Unidosde América yel Presidente 1185 de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela se reunirán en la ciudad de Washington, cuanto antes les sea posible, dentro de tres meses contados desde la fecha del canje de las ratificaciones de este convenio,

Selection of third commissioner.

y procederán á elegir el tercero.

Elegido tal comisionado ó por

Meeting of full commission.

acuerdo entre los dos primeramente nombrados o del modo alternativo aquí antes dispuesto, los tres comisionados se reunirán en la ciudad de Washington lo más pronto que les fuere dable, dentro de cinco meses contaderos desde la fecha del canje de las ratificaciones de este convenio, y su primer acto será suscribir la solemne declaración de examinar y decidir la reclamación á ellos sometida conforme á justicia y equidad y á los principios del derecho internacional.

El juicio acorde de dos cualesquiera

Judgment of two commissioners binding.

de los comisionados, bastará para la decisión de toda cuestión que se les presénte, y para el fallo definitivo.

Artículo 4o. Los comisionados decidirán de

Evidence to be received.

 la reclamación el mérito de la eorrespondencia diplomáticaque sobre ella ha mediado entre los dos Gobiernos, y de las pruebas legales que podrán someterles las Altas Partes contratantes dentro de dos meses contados desde la fecha de la primera junta de la Comisión plena. Su decisión será dada,

Decision.

 cuando mas tarde, dentro de tres meses de la fecha de su primera reunión, y tendrá el carácter de definitiva y concluyente. Deberán

Agents to be heard.

 oír á una persona que sirva de Agente á cada Gobierno y considerar los argumentos que ella presénte, y á su discreción podrán oír otro abogado en pro ó en contra de la reclamación.
Artículo 5o.

Si la sentencia fuere a favor de

Payment of award.

los Estados Unidos de América, el importe de la indemnización, que ha dé expresarse en oro Americano, será pagado en efectivo en la ciudad de Washington en porciones anuales iguales sin intere- 1186 sés, dentro de cinco años contados desde la fecha de la sentencia, debiendo efectuarse el primero de los cinco pagos dentro de ocho meses de aquella fecha.

Cada Gobierno pagará su proprio comisionado; y la mitad de todos los demas gastos, inclusive el sueldo de secretario.

Artículo 6o.

Este convenio sera ratificado por el Presidente de los Estarlos Unidos de América, con el consejo y consentimiento de Senado de los misinos, y por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela con la aprobación del Congreso de ellos, y las ratificaciones se canjearán en Washington cuanto antes sea posible.

En testimonio de lo cual los respectivos plenipotenciarios han firmado y sellado por duplicado el presente convenio en inglés y en español.

Hecho en Caracas, á diez y nueve de Enero del año del Señor mil ochocientos noventa dos.

[seal.] William L. Scruggs. [seal.] Rafael Seijas
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 28th day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Grover Cleveland, 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 30th day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and [seal.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and nineteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.
June 7, 1893 Treaty 28 Stat. 1187 TREATY—NORWAY. June 7, 1893. 1187 Treaty between the United States of America, and the Kingdom of Norway

June 7, 1893

. for the extradition of criminals. Concluded at Washington June 7, 1893; ratification advised by the Senate November 1, 1893; ratified by the President November 3, 1893; ratified by the King July 10, 1893; ratifications exchanged at Washington November 8, 1893; proclaimed November 9, 1893.
by the president of the united states of america. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, a Treaty between the United States of America and the

Preamble.

 Kingdom of Norway for the extradition of criminals was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at the city of Washington on the seventh day of June, 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 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 Norway, and have appointed for that purpose the following Plenipotentiaries:

The President of the United States of America, W.Q.Gresham, Secretary of State of the United States, and

His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, J. A. W. Grip, Bis 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 Norway mutually agree to deliver up 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 1188 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

Extraditable crimes.

 the following crimes and offenses: 1. Murder, comprehending assassination,

Murder, etc.

 parricide, infanticide, and poisoning; attempt to commit murder; manslaughter, when voluntary. 2. Arson.

Arson.

Robbery.

 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 in fear; burglary. 4. Forgery, or the utterance of

Forgery.

 forged papers; the forgery or falsification 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

Counterfeiting, etc.

 or altering of money, whether coin or paper, or of instruments of debt created by national, state., provincial, or municipal governments, or of coupons thereof, or of bank notes, or the utterance or circulation of the same; or the counterfeiting, falsifying or altering of seals of state. 6. Embezzlement by public officers;

Embezzlement, etc.

 embezzlement by persons hired or salaried, to the detriment of their employers; larceny. 7. Fraud or breach of trust by a

Breach of trust, etc.

 bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, 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 Kroner 740. 8. Perjury; subornation of perjury.

Perjury.

 1189 9. Rape; abduction; kidnapping. 10. Willful and unlawful destruction or obstruction of railroads which endangers human life. 11. 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 suppression of slavery and slave-trading.

Extradition is also to take place for participation in any of the crimes and offenses mentioned in this Treaty, provided such participation may be punished, in the United States as a felony, and in Norway by imprisonment at hard labor.
Article III.

Requisitions for the surrender of fugitives from justice shall be made 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 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.

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The extradition of fugitives under

Proceedings.

the provisions of this Treaty shall be carried out in the United States and in Norway, respectively, in conformity with the laws” regulating extradition for the time being in force in the state on which the demand for surrender is matte.

Article IV.

Where the arrest and detention

Applications for provisional arrests in the United States.

of a fugitive are desired on telegraphic or other information in advance of the presentation of formal proofs, the proper course in the United States shall be to apply to a 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.

When, under the provisions of

In Norway.

this article, the arrest and detention of a fugitive are desired in the Kingdom of Norway, 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 or detention of the fugitive.

The provisional detention of a fugitive

Discharge on default of formal request.

shall cease and the prisoner be 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 mouths from the date of his provisional arrest or detention.

Article V. Neither of the contracting parties

Neither country bound to deliver its own citizens.

 shall be bound to deliver up its own citizens or subjects under the stipulations of this Treaty.
Article VI.

A fugitive criminal shall not be

No surrender for political offenses.

surrendered if the offense i n respect of which his surrender is demanded be of a political character, or if he proves that the requisition for his 1191 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 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 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 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 be was surrendered.
Article IX. All articles seized which are in the possession of the person to be 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, solar as practicable and in conformity with the laws of the respective countries, be given up when the extradition takes place. Nevertheless, the rights of 1192 third parties with regard to such articles shall be duly respected.
Article X. If the individual claimed by one

Persons claimed by two or more countries.

 of the high contracting parties, in 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,

Expenses.

 detention, examination, and delivery 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.

effect on the thirtieth day after the date of the exchange of ratifications, and shall not operate

Former treaty abrogated.

retroactively. On the day on which it takes effect the Convention of March 21, 1860, shall, as between the governments of the United States and of Norway, cease to be in force except as to crimes therein enumerated and committed prior to that day.

The ratifications of the present

Exchange of ratifications.

Treaty shall be exchanged at Wash- 1193 ington 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, both in the English and the Norwegian languages, and have hereunto affixed their seals.

Done in duplicate, at the city of Washington this seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

Walter Q. Gresham [seal.] J. A. W. Grip [seal.]

Amerikas Forenede Stater og

Contracting parties

Hans Majestæt Kongen af Sverige og Norge, der dusker at bestyrke sit venskabelige Forhold og at befordre Justitspleien, har besluttet at indgaa en ny Traktat angaaende Udlevering af undvegne Forbrydere mellem Amerikas Forenede Stater og Kongeriget Norge og bar i det Öiemed udnævnt folgende Befuldmægtû gede.

Amerikas Forenede Staters President,

Plenipotentiaries.

W. Q. Gresham, Amerikas Forenede Staters Statssecretair, og

Hans Majestæt Kongen af Sverige og Norge, J. A. W. Grip, Hans Majestæts Envoyé extraordinaireog Ministre Plénipotentiaire i Amerikas Forenede Stater, der, efter at have meddelt hinanden sine respektive Fuldmagter, som befandtes i god og tilbörlig Orden, er blevne enige om og har afsluttet folgende Artikler:
Artikel I. De Forenede Staters Regjering

Reciprocal delivery of persons charged with crime.

 og Norges Regjering er enige om gjensidig at udlevere Personer, som er sigtede for eilet kjendte skyldige i nogen af de i den folgende Artikel opregnede Forbrydelser og Forseelser, begaaede inden den eneaf de kontraherende Patters Jurisdiction, og som söger Tilflugt eilet bliverantrufne inden den anden Parts Territorier, forudsat at der fremskaffeset saadant 1188 Bevis for Strafskyld, som overensstemmende med det Lands Love, hvor den Undvegne eller Sigtede antrieffes, vilde retfierdiggjore hans eller hendes Paagribelse og Fremstillelse for Retten, saa fremt Forbrydelsea eller Forseelsen der var bleven begaaet.
Artikel II. Udlevering skal tilstaaes for folgende Forbrydelser og Forseelser: 1. Mord, derniider iiidbefattet Snigmord, Mord paa Formldre, Barnemord og Giftmord; Forsög paa Mord, forsmtligt Drab. 2. Mordbrand. 3. Röveri, hvorved skal forstaaes ulovlig Beimegtigel.se af Penge eller Gods fra en anden Person ved Anvendelseaf Void eller Trudsler; Indbrud. 4. Forfalskning eller üdgivelse af forfalskede Papirer; Eftergjöreise eller Forfalskning af Begjeringens, oftentlige Myndigheders eller lietternes embedsmasssige Aktstykker eller üdgivelse af den eftergjorte eller forfalskede Gjenstand. 5. Eftergjö re Ise, Forfalskning eller Forandring af Penge, det vmre sig Mynt eller Papirpenge, eller af Gjaddsbeviser, udstedte af Regjeringen, af en Stat, af en Provindseller Kommunebestyrelse, eller af dertil hörende Kupons, eller af Banknoter, eller Üdgivelse eller Bringen i Omlöb af samme; eller Eftergj0rel.se, Forfalskning eller Forandring af Statens Segl. 6. Underslag, begaaet af offen tlige Funktioniere!’ eller af leiede eller lönnede Personer til Skade for deres Princi paler; Tyveri. 7. Bedrageri eller Brud paa Tillid, forövet af en Depositar, Bankier, Agent, Faktor, Bestyrer eller anden Person, der handler i Egenskab af Tillidsmaud, eller af en Direktor for eller et Medlem af oiler en Betjeut ved et Interessentskab, naar saadan Handling er strafbar efter begge Landes Love, og Belobet af de Penge eller Vmrdien af de Gjenstande, der er svigagtig erhvervede eller modtagne, ikkeer mindre end 200 Dollars eller Kroner 740. 8. Mened; An stiftel se af Mened. 1189 9. Voldtægt; Bortförelse af

Rape, etc.

 Kvinde mod hendes Vilje; Berövelse af andres Frihed. 10. Forsætlig og ulovlig bevirket

Injuries to railroads.

 Ödekeggelse eller II in drin g at Jernbane, naar samme er forbundet med Fare for Menneskeliv. 11. Forbrydelser begaaede paa

Crimes committed at sea.

 Säen: (a) Söröveri iiblge Lov eller itolge Folkeretten. (b) Mytteri eller Sammenrottelse af to eller fiere Personer for at gjöre Mytteri ombord paa Skib i aaben So mod Skipperens Myndighed. (c) Uretmmssig Sænkniug eilet Odekeggelse af Fartöi i Söen eilet Forsög paa saadant. (d) Angreb paa Person ombord paa Skib i aaben So i Hensigt at tilfoie betydüg legemlig Skade. 12.

Forbrydelser og Forseelser

Slave trading, etc.

mod begge Landes Love til Undertrykkelse af Slaveri og Slavehandel.

Udlevering skal ligeledes finde

Accessories.

Stcd for Delagtighed i nogen af de i denne Traktat nævnte Forbrydelser og Forseelser, forsaavidt saadan Delagtighed bliver at strafie i de Forenede Stater soin “felony “ og i Norge med strengere Straf end Fængsel.
Artikel III.

Forlangende om Udlevering af

Requisitions.

uudvegne Forbrydere skal fremsicttes gjennem de kontraherende Barters diplomatiske Agentereller i disses Fravieer fra Landet eller den By, hvori Regjeringen har sit Siede, gjennem de överste Konsulartjenestemiend.

Dersom den Person, hvis Udlevering

Copy of warrant, sentence, etc.

er forlangt, er kjendt skyldig i en Forbrydelse eller Forseelse, skal der fremkegges en tilbörlig bekrmftet Udskriftaf den Dom, ved hvilken han er kjendt skyldig, eller, dersom den Undvegne alene er sigtet for en Forbrydelse, skal der fremliegges en tilbiirlig bekrieftet Gjenpart af det Arrestdekret, som er udstedt i det Laud, i hvilketForbrydelsener begaaet, samt af de retslige Forklaringer eller andre Bevisligheder, i Hen hold til hvilke saadant Dekret er udstedt.

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Udlevering af nndvegne Forbrydere i Henhold til denne Traktats Bestcmmelser skal ske respektive i de Forenede Stater og i Norge overensstemmende med de Love, angaaende Udlevering, som paa den Tider gjmldendei den Stat, nos hvilken Udlevering bliver begpert.

Artikel IV.

Hvis en undvegen Forbryders Paagribelse og Famgsling begjteres enten telegrafisk eher gjennem anden Meddelelse, forinden de formeiige Beviser fremkegges, skal den rigtige Fremgangsmaade i de Forenede Stater viere at henvende sig til en Dommer eher anden Embedsmand, der er bemyndiget til at udstede Arrestordre i Udleveringstilfielde, og for harn at fremhegge en edelig Klage, saaledes som det er besternt i de Forenede Staters Love.

For undvegen Forbryders Paagribelse og Fmngslingi Kongeriget Norge i Medför af denne Artikel skal den rigtige Fremgangsmaade viere at henvende sig til Udenrigsdepartementet, der ufortövet vil for an ledige, at der tages de növendige Skridt for at sikre sig den Undvegues forelöbige Paagribelse eher Famgsling.

Den forelöbige Famgsling af en undvegen Forbryder skal ophöreog den Fiengslede döslades, dersom der ikke inden 2 Maaneder fra Dagen for bans forelöbige Paagribelse oller Famgsling overensstemmende med deuneTraktats Bestemmelser er tilveiebragt en formeiig Begjiering om hans Udlevering, ledsaget af det nödvendige Bevis for hans 8kyld.

Artikel V. Ingen afdekontraherende Parter skal viere forpligtettili Henhold til denne Traktats Bestemmelser at udlevere sine egne Borgere eller Undersaatter.
Artikel VI.

En undvegen Forbryder skal ikke udleveres, hvis den Overtriedelse, for hvis Skyhl hans Udlevering er begjmrt,eraf politisk Art, el ler hvis hau godtgjör, at Begjieriugen om 1191 hans Udievering i Virkeligheden er fremsat i Hensigt at tiltale eller strafte ham for en Overtrscdelse at politisk Art.

Ingen, der er udleveret fra den

Political offenses prior to extradition.

ene aide höie kontraherende Patter til den anden, skal kunne tiltales eller straffes for en politisk Forbry delse eller Overtrmdelse eller foren med en saadau forbunden Handling, naar denneer begaaet für hans Udievering.

Hvisderopstaar Spörgsmaal om,

Decision.

hvorvidt en Sag indgaar under Bestemmelserne i denne Artikel, skal den Kegjerings Afgjörelse, for hvilken Begjteringeu om Udlevering er fremsat, eller som maatte have indrömmet Udleveringen, vtere endelig.

Artikel VII. Udievering skal ikke tilstaaes i

Limitation of time.

 Medtor af denne Traktats Bestemmelser, saafremtdermedHensyn til Paatale af eller Straf for den Hand ling, der er begaaet af den reklamerede Person, er indtraadt Præscription overensstemmende med Lovene i det Land, til hvilket Begjaeringen rettes.
Artikel VIII. Ingen, der er udleveret fra den

Trial only for offense for which surrendered.

 ene af de höie kontraherende Parter til den anden, maa uden bans eget frivillig og offentlig afgivne Sarntykke til tales eller straffes for nogen anden Forhrydelse eller Forseelse, der er begaaetfür bans Udievering, end den, for hvilken han er hieven udleveret, forinden ban har havt Leilighed til at vendetilbage til det Land, fra hvilket han blev udleveret.
Artikel IX. Alle i Forvaring tagne Gjenstunde,

Disposal of articled seized with person.

 som var i den Persons Besiddelse, som skal udleveres, paa den Tid, da han blev paagrebeu, hvad enten de bestaar i Edbytte af den Forbrydelse eller Forseelse, hvor for han er anklaget, eller det er Bevismateriale for dens Forövelse, skal saavidt muligt og overensstemmende med de respektive Landes Love, udleveres samtidig med Angjseldende. Dog skal Tre- 1192 diemands Rettigheder med Hensyn til saadanne Gjenstande tilbörlig respekteves.
Artikel X. Hvis en Person, der er forlangt udleveret af en af de höie kontraherende Partei’ i Henhold til narvarende Traktat, ligeledes skulde blive forlangt udleveret af en eher fiere andre Magter paa Grund af Forbrydelser eher Forseelser, begaaede ideres respektive Jurisdiktioner, skal bans Udlevering indrömmes den Stat, hvis BegjaTing herom fürst indlöber, forudsat at ikke den Kegjering, hos hvem üdlevering er forlangt, ved Traktat er forpligtet til paa anden Maade at give nogen Fortrinet.
Artikel XI. Udgifter bevirkede ved undvegne Forbryderes Paagribelse, Arrest, Afhörelse og Udlevering i Henhold til den ne Traktat skal basres af den Stat, i hvis Navn Udleveringen er begjiert; dog skal den reklamerende Kegjering ikke viere forpligtet til at yde Betaling for Bistand, ydet af saadanne offentlige Tjenestemamd under den Kegjering, hos bvilken Udlevering begjteres, som oppebterer fast Lon; heller ikke skal Beinlingen for Bistand, ydet af saadanne offentlige Tjenestemiend, der alene oppebierer Salier eller Sportler, overstige deres siedvanlige Godtgjörelse for de af dem udförte TjenesteHandlinger, saafremt disse Jiavde vmret udförte under en almindelig kriminel Ketsfortölgning efter Lovene i deres eget Land.
Artikel XII.

Nier viereude Traktat trmder i Kraft den 30te Dag efter Ratifikationernes Udvexling og skal ikke have tilbagevirkende Kraft. Fra den Dag, den trieder i Kraft, skal Konventionen af 21 de Marts 1860 ophöre at viere gjmldende mellem de Forenede Staters og Norges Regjeringcr, undtagen forsaavidt angaar de i den opregnede Forbrydelser, der er begaaede für naevnte Bag.

Ratifikation eine ved komm ende denne Traktat skal udvexles i 1193 Washington saa snart som muligt, og den skal forblive i Kraft i et Tidsrum af G Maaneder efterat en af de kontraherende Regjeringer har givet tilkjende sin Hensigt at opluwe stimme.

Til Bekrmftelse herpaa har de

Signatures.

respektive Befuldmmgtigede underskrevet ovenmevute Artikler, affattede baade i det engelske og i det norske Sprog, sampt herunder ftestet sine Segl.

Givet in duplo i Washington paa den syvende Dag i Juni Et Tusinde Otte .Hundrede og Tre og Nitti.

Walter Q. Gresham [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 eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Grover Cleveland, 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 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 November, 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 eighteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.
January 8, 1894 January 25, 1894 Convention 28 Stat. 1194 1194 CONVENTION—NEWFOUNDLAND. January 8⁄25, 1894. Parcels-Post Convention between the United States of America and Newfoundland.

January 8⁄25, 1894.

For the purpose of making better postal arrangements between the

Preamble.

United States of America and Newfoundland, the undersigned, Wilson S. Bissell, Postmaster General of the United States of America and James O. Fraser, Postmaster General of Newfoundland, 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 Newfoundland.

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.
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, 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 may exceed eleven (11) pounds (or five (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 must not accompany 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,

Rejection.

 and if the communication be inseparably attached, the whole package will be rejected. If, however, any such should inadvertently be for- 1195 warded, the country of destination will collect double rates of postage according to the Universal Postal 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 Parcel-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. For a parcel not exceeding one pound in weight twelve (12) cents; and for each additional pound, or fraction of a pound, twelve (12) cents. 3. 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 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 (5) cents 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. 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

Customs 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.
Article VIII. 1. The parcels shall be considered as a component part of the mails

Transportation.

 exchanged direct between the United States and Newfoundland to be despatched to destination by the country of origin at its cost and by 1196 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.

 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.

 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 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,

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, 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. 5. 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. 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.
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. 2. When the contents of a parcel which can not be delivered are

Disposal of perishable articles.

 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. 1197 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 consequently no indemnity can 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 Newfoundland, 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, 1894; 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 eighth day of

Signature.

January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and at St. John’s the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

[seal.] Wilson S. Bissell, Postmaster General of the United States of America. [seal.] Jas. Oliphant Fraser, Postmaster General of Newfoundland.

The foregoing Parcels-Post Convention between the United States of

Approval.

America and Newfoundland 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: Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State. Washington, March 13th, 1894. T. O’Brien, Lt. Col., [seal.] Gov. of Newfoundland.

The foregoing Parcels-Post Convention between the United States of America and Newfoundland has been negotiated and concluded with the approval of His Excellency Sir J. Terence O’Brien, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Island of Newfoundland and its Dependencies, in Council, in pursuance of the provisions of the Post Office Act 1891. In testimony whereof the Great Seal of the Island of Newfoundland is hereunto affixed, at St. John’s in the Island of Newfoundland this twenty-fifth day of January, Anno Domini, One thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

By His Excellency’s Command:

R. Bond, Colonial Secretary.
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Form 1.

Receipt.

Form 2.

Customs declaration.

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Form 2—Continued.

Form 3.

Parcel bill.
February 3, 1894 Convention 28 Stat. 1200 1200 GREAT BRITAIN—BOUNDARY. February3, 1894. Supplemental Convention between the United States of America and the

February 3, 1894

. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, extending, until December 31, 1895, the provisions of Article 1, of the Convention of July 30, 1892, relative to British Possessions in North America. Signed at Washington, February 3, 1891; ratification advised by the Senate, February 12, 1891; ratified by the President, February 15, 1894; ratified by Her Majesty the Queen, March 9, 1894; ratifications exchanged at Washington, March 28, 1894; proclaimed March 28, 1894.
by the president of the united states of america. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, a Supplemental Convention between the United States of

Preamble.

Vol. 27. p. 955.

 America and Great Britain, extending, until December 31, 1895, the provisions of Article 1 of the Convention of July 22, 1892 relative to British possessions in North. America, was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at the city of Washington on the 3d day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, which Supplemental Convention is word for word as follows:

The Governments of the United States of America and of Her

Contracting parties.

Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being credibly advised that the labors of the Commission organized pursuant to the Convention which was concluded between the High Contracting Parties at Washington, July 22, 1892, 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 line as may not in fact have been permanently marked in virtue of treaties heretofore concluded, can not be accomplished within the period of two years from the first meeting of the Commission as fixed by that Convention, have deemed it expedient to conclude a supplementary convention extending the term for a further period and for this purpose have named as their respective plenipotentiaries:

The President of the United States, Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary

Plenipotentiaries.

of State of the United States, and

Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, His Excellency Sir Julian Pauncefote, G. C. B., G. U. M. G., Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 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 upon the following articles:

Article I. The third paragraph of Article I of the Convention of July 22, 1892,

Alaskan Boundary Commission.

Time extended for final report.

 states that the respective Commissions shall complete the survey and submit their final reports thereof within two years from the date of their first meeting. The Joint Commissioners held their first meeting November 28, 1892; hence the time allowed by that Convention expires November 28, 1894. Believing it impossible to complete the required work within the specified period, the two Governments hereby mutually agree to extend the time to December 31, 1895.
Article II.

The present Convention shall be duly ratified by the President of

Exchange of ratifications.

the 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 at the earliest practicable date.

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In faith whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed

Signatures.

this Convention and have hereunto affixed our seals.

Done in duplicate at Washington, the 3d day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

[seal] W. Q. Geesham. [seal] Julian Pauncefote.
And whereas the said Supplemental Convention has been duly ratified

Ratification.

 on both parts, and the ratifications of the two Governments were exchanged in the city of Washington on the 28th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four:

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Grover Cleveland, President of

Proclamation.

the United States of America, have caused the said Supplemental 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 March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and [seal.] ninety-four, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: Walter Q Geesham Secretary of State.
May 4, 1894 April 22, 1894 Agreement 28 Stat. 1202 1202 AGREEMENT—RUSSIA. FUR SEALS. October May 4⁄April 22, 1894. Agreement between the United States of America and the Imperial GovernmentMay 4,⁄

April 22, 1894

. of Russia for a Modus Vivendi in relation to the Fur-Seal Fisheries in Behring Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. Signed at Washington, May 4,⁄April 22, 1894; ratification advised by the Senate, May 9, 1891; proclaimed, May 12, 1891.
by the president of the united states of america. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas an agreement for a modus vivendi between the Government

Preamble.

 of the United States and the Imperial Government of Russia, in relation to the fur-seal fisheries in Behring Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, was concluded on the 4th. day of May. one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, which agreement being in the English and French languages is word for word as follows:

Agreement between the Government

Modus vivendi relating to fur-seal fisheries.

of the United States and the Imperial Government of Russia for a modus vivendi in relation to the Fur-Seal Fisheries in Behring Sea and the North Pacific Ocean.

For the purpose of avoiding difficulties

Temporary agreement.

and disputes in regard to the taking of fur-seal in the waters of Behring Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, and to aid in the preservation of seal life, the Government of the United States and the Imperial Government of Russia have entered into the following temporary agreement, with the understanding that it is not to create a precedent for the future, and that the contracting parties mutually reserve entire liberty to make choice hereafter of such measures as may be deemed best adapted for the protection of the fur-seal species, whether by means of prohibitive zones, or by the complete prohibition of pelagic sealing, or by appropriate regulation of seal-hunting in the high seas.

 1. The Government of the United

Prohibition of hunting fur seal in waters adjoining Russian coasts, by American citizens.

 States will prohibit citizens of the United States from hunting fur-seal within a zone of ten nautical miles along the Russian coasts of Behring Sea, and of the North Pacific Ocean, as well as within a zone of thirty nautical miles around 1203 the Komandorsky (Commander) Islands and Tulienew (Robben) Island, and will promptly use its best efforts to ensure the observance of this prohibition by citizens and vessels of the United States. 2. Vessels of the United States engaged in hunting fur-seal in the above-mentioned zones outside of the territorial waters of Russia may be seized and detained by the naval or other duly commissioned officers of Russia: but they shall be handed over as soon as practicable to the naval or other commissioned officers of the United States or to the nearest authorities thereof. In case of impediment or difficulty in so doing, the commander of the Russian cruiser may confine his action to seizing the ship’s papers of the offending vessels in order to deliver them to a naval or other commissioned officer of the United States, or to communicate them to the nearest authorities of the United States as soon as possible. 3. The Government of the United States agrees to cause to be tried by the ordinary courts, with all due guarantees of defense, such vessels of the United States as may be seized, or the ship’s papers of which may be taken, as herein prescribed, by reason of their engaging in the hunting of fur-seal within the prohibited zones outside of the territorial waters of Russia aforesaid. 4. The Imperial Russian Government will limit to 30.000 head the number of fur-seal to be taken during the year 1894, on the coasts of the Komandorsky (Commander) and Tulienew (Robben) Islands. 5. The present agreement shall have no retroactive force as regards the seizure of any seal-hunting vessel of the United States by the naval or other commissioned officers of Russia prior to the conclusion hereof. 6.

The present agreement being

Duration.

intended to serve the purpose of a mere provisional expedient to meet 1204 existing circumstances, may be terminated at will by either party upon giving notice to the other.

In witness whereof, we, Walter

Signatures.

Q. Gresham, Secretary of State of the United States, and Prince Gregoire Cantacuzene, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, have, on behalf of our respective Governments, signed and sealed this Agreement in duplicate, and in the English and French languages, in the City of Washington, this 4 May⁄22 April 1894.

Arrangement entre le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis et le Gouvernement Impérial de la Russie pour un modus vivendi concernant la pêche des phoques à fourrure dans la mer de Bering et l’Océan Pacifique du Nord.

Afin d’éviter toutes contentions et controverses au sujet de la pêche des phoques à fourrure dans les eaux de la mer de Bering et de l’Océan Pacifique du Nord, et pour aider à la préservation de l’espèce, le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis et le Gouvernement Impérial de Russie ont conclu l’arrangement provisoire suivant, sous la réserve qu’à aucun titre il ne puisse servir de précédent, et que les parties contractantes conservent leur entière liberté dans l’avenir quant aux choix des moyens qu’elles jugeront le plus propres à la préservation des phoques à fourrure, soit au moyen de zones prohibées, soit au moyen del’interdiction complete de la chasse pélagique du phoque ou de sa règlementation en pleine mer.

 1. Le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis défendra aux citoyens des Etats-Unis de chasser le phoque à fourrure dans une zone de dix milles maritimes le long de la côte russe de la mer Bering et del’Ocean Pacifique du Nord, ainsi que dans une zone de trente milles maritimes 1203 autour des Isles Kommandorsky (Commander Islands) et de file Tulienew (Robben Island), et prendra sans retard les mesures necessaires pour faire respecter cette interdiction par les citoyens et les navires des Etats-Unis. 2. Les navires appartenant aux

Seizure of offenders.

 Etats-Unis se livrant à la chasse aux phoques à fourrure dans les zones susmentionnées en dehors des eaux territoriales de la Russie, pourront être saisis et détenus par les officiers russes de la marine ou tout autre officier dûment autorisés à cet effet, mais ils devront être remis aussitôt que faire se pourra, aux officiers de la marine fédérale ou à tout autre officier autorisé à cet effet ou aux autorités des Etats-Unis, les plus proches. En cas d’empêchement ou de difficulté, le Commandant du croiseur russe pourra se borner à saisir les papiers de bord des navires en contravention afin de les remettre à un officier de la marine ou a tout autre officier autorisé à cet effet des Etats-Unis, ou pour les transmettre le plus tôt possible aux autorités des Etats-Unis les plus proches. 3. Le Gouvernement des Etats-Unis

Trials.

 s’engage à faire juger parles tribunaux ordinaires et offrant toutes les garanties necessaires, les navires des Etats-Unis arrêtés ou ceux dont les papiers de bord seraient saisis de la manière prescrite dans le présent arrangement, comme s’étant livrés à la chasse aux phoques à fourrure dans la zone prohibée en dehors des eaux territoriales Russes. 4. Le Gouvernement Impérial

Limit of catch by Russia.

 limitera, à trente mille le nombre des phoques à fourrure qui pourront être tués pendant l’année 1894 sur les côtes des iles Kommandorsky et Tulienew (Commander and Robben’s Islande. 5. L’arrangement actuel n’aura

Not retroactive.

 pas de force rétrospective quant à la saisie de navires des Etats-Unis employés il la chasse aux phoques, par les officiers de la marine ou par tout autre officier russe antérieurement à la conclusion du présent arrangement. 6.

Le présent arrangement n’étant qu’un expédient essentiellement provisoire, pourra être ter- 1204 miné par l’une ou l’autre des deux parties eu le dénonçant.

En foi de quoi nous Walter Q. Gresham, Secrétaire d’Etat des Etats-Unis, et Prince Grégoire Cantaeuzène, envoyé Extraordinaire et Ministre Plénipotentiaire de Sa Majesté l’Empereur de toutes les Rassies près les Etats-Unis, avons, au nom de nos Gouvernements respectifs, signés le présent arrangement en duplicata dans les langues anglaise et française, et y avons apposé nos sceaux, à Washington ce 4 Mai⁄22 Avril 1894.

 Walter Q. Gresham [seal] Prince Cantacuzene [seal] And whereas the Senate by their resolution of May 9, 1894, (two-thirds

Ratification.

 of the Senators present concurring therein,) did advise and consent to the ratification of the same

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Grover Cleveland, President of

Proclamation.

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 twelfth day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State [seal]
February 28, 1893 Convention 28 Stat. 1205 CONVENTION—ECUADOR, February 28, 1893. 1205 Convention between the United States of America tend the Republic of

February 28, 1893

. Ecuador, providing for the submission to arbitration of the claim of Julio R. Santos against the Government of Ecuador. Signed at Quito, February 28, 1893; ratification advised by the Senate, September 11, 1893; ratified by the President of the United States, September 16, 1893; ratified by the President of Ecuador, August 26, 1894; ratifications exchanged at Washington, November 6, 1894; proclaimed, November 7, 1894.
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 Ecuador providing for the submission to arbitration of the claim of Julio R. Santos against the Government of Ecuador was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at the city of Quito on the 28th day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, which Convention, being in the English and Spanish languages, is, word for word, as follows:

The United States of America, and the Republic of Ecuador, being desirous of removing all questions of difference between them, and of maintaining their good relations, in a manner consonant to their just interests and dignity, have decided to conclude a convention, and for that purpose have named as their respective Plenipotentiaries, to wit:

The President of the United States; Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Ecuador; and

The President of Ecuador; Honorato Vazquez, Plenipotentiary ad hoc, of that Republic; who, having communicated to each other their respective Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:
Article I. The two governments agree to refer to the decision of an arbitrator, to be designated in the man- 1206 ner hereinafter provided, the claim presented by the Government of the United States against that of the Republic of Ecuador, in behalf of Julio R. Santos, a native of Ecuador, and naturalized as a citizen of the United States in the year 1874; the said claim being for injuries to his person and property, growing out of his arrest and imprisonment by the authorities of Ecuador, and other acts of the said authorities in the years 1884 and 1885.
Article II. 1. In order to secure the services

British representative in Quito to be arbitrator.

 of a competent and impartial arbitrator, it is agreed that the Government of Her Britannic Majesty be requested to authorize its diplomatic representative in Quito, to act in that capacity; or in case of his absence from the country, that this permission be given his successor. 2. In case of the failure of the

Substitution.

 diplomatic representative of Her Britannic Majesty’s Government, or of the successor of the said representative, to act as such arbiter, then the said representative, or his successor, be requested to name an arbitrator who shall not be a citizen either of the United States or of Ecuador. 3. Any vacancy in the office of

Vacancy.

 Arbitrator, to be tilled in the same manner as the original appointment.
Article III. 1. As soon as may be after the

Case to be submitted in ninety days.

 designation of the Arbitrator, not to exceed the period of ninety days, the written or printed case of each of the contracting parties, accompanied by the documents, the official correspondence and other evidence on which each relies, shall be delivered to the Arbitrator, and to the agent of the other party; and within ninety days after such delivery and exchange of the cases of the two parties, either party may, in like manner, deliver to the Arbitrator, and to the agent of the other side,

Counter case.

a counter-case to the documents and evidence presented by the 1207 other party, with such written or printed argument as may, by each, be deemed proper. And each government shall furnish upon the request of the other, or its agent, such papers in its possession as may be deemed important to the just determination of the claim. 2. Within the last named period of ninety days, the Arbitrator may also call for such evidence as he may deem proper, to be furnished within the same period; and shall also receive such oral and documentary evidence as each Government may offer. Each government shall also furnish, upon the requisition of the Arbitrator, all documents in its possession, which may be deemed by him as material to the just determination of the claim. 3. Within sixty days after the last mentioned period of ninety days, the Arbitrator shall render his opinions and decisions in writing, and certify the same to the two Governments. These decisions and opinions shall embrace the following points, to wit: (a) Whether, according to the evidence adduced, Julio R. Santos, by his return to and residence in Ecuador, did or did not, under the provisions of the Treaty of Naturalisation between the two Governments, concluded May 6, 1872, forfeit his United States citizenship as to Ecuador, and resume the obligations of the latter country. (b) If he did not so forfeit his United States citizenship, whether or not it was shown by the evidence adduced, that Julio R. Santos has been guilty of such acts of unfriendliness and hostility to the Government of Ecuador, as, under the Law of Nations, deprived him of the consideration and protection due a neutral citizen of a friendly Nation.
Article IV. 1. In case either one or the other of the points recited in clauses (a) and (b) of the last preceding article, should be decided in favor of the contention of the Government of Ecuador, said Government shall be held to no further responsibility to that of the United States for 1208 arrest, imprisonment, and other acts of the authorities of Ecuador towards Julio It. Santos, during the years. 1884 and 1885. 2. On the other hand, should

Award if decision in favor of claimant.

 the Arbitrator decide the above recited points against the contention of Ecuador, he shall, after a careful examination of the evidence touching the injuries and losses to the person and property of the said Santos, which shall have been laid before him concerning the arrest and imprisonment of said Santos, and other acts of the authorities of Ecuador towards him, during the years 1884 and 1885, award such damages for said injuries and losses as may be just and equitable: which shall be certified to the two Governments and shall be final and conclusive.
Article V. 1. Both Governments agree to

Award final.

 treat the decisions of the Arbitrator and his award as final and conclusive. 2. Should a pecuniary indemnity

Payment of indemnity.

 be awarded, it shall be specified in the gold coin of the United States, and shall be paid to the Government thereof within sixty days after the beginning of the first session of the Congress of Ecuador, held subsequent to the rendition of the award, and the said award shall bear interest at six per centum from the date of its rendition. 3. The Government of Ecuador, however, reserves the right to pay, before the expiration of the above stated time, the whole amount to the Government of the United States, with interest at six per centum from the date of the announcement of the award till the date of the payment thereof.
Article VI. 1. Each government shall pay

Expenses of and counsel.

 its own agent and counsel, if any, for the expenses of preparing and submitting its case to the arbitrator. 2. All other expenses, including

Other expenses.

 reasonable compensation to the Secretary, if any, of the Arbitra- 1209 tor, shall be paid upon the certificates of the Arbitrator, by the two Governments in equal moieties.
Article VII.

The present convention shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; by the Congress of Ecuador and by the President thereof; and the ratifications exchanged at Washington as soon as possible.

In faith whereof, the Plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed this Convention in duplicate, in the City of Quito, this twenty eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety three.

Los Estados Unidos de América

Contracting parties.

y la República del Ecuador, deseando alejar todo motivo de desavenencia entre si y mantener sus buenas relaciones, de acuerdo con sus justos intereses y dignidad, han decidido celebrar una Convención, y, con tal objeto, han nombrado sus respectivos Plenipotenciarios, á saber:

El Presidente de los Estados

Plenipotentiaries.

Unidos á Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany, Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario de los Estados Unidos en el Ecuador, y

El Presidente del Ecuador á Honorato Vázquez, Plenipotenciario ad hoc de dicha República, quienes, habiéndose manifestado sus respectivos Plenos Poderes, y, hallándolos en buena y debida forma, han acordado los siguientes artículos:
Artículo I. Los dos Gobiernos acuerdan so-meter

Claim of Julio R. Santos against Ecuador submitted to arbitration.

 á la decisión de un Arbitro, designado de la manera que luego 1206 se indicará, la reclamación presentada por el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos contra el de la República del Ecuador respecto de Julio R. Santos, nativo del Ecuador y ciudadano naturalizado en los Estados Unidos en el año de 1874, reclamación por daños á su persona .y bienes á causa de su arresto y prisión por las autoridades del Ecuador y otros actos de las mismas autoridades en los años de 1884 y 1885.
Artículo II. 1. Para asegurar los servicios de un Arbitro imparcial y competente, se ha convenido que se suplique al Gobierno de Su Majestad Británica, autorice á su representante diplomático en Quito para que actúe con ese cáracter, y en el caso de ausencia de éste, dé igual permiso á su sucesor. 2. En caso de impedimento del representante diplomático del Gobierno de Su Majestad Británica ó del sucesor de dicho representante para actuar como Arbitro, se solicitará del mismo representante ó su sucesor nombre un Arbitro, que no sea ciudadano de los Estados Unidos ni del Ecuador. 3. Cualquiera vacante que ocurriere en el cargo de Arbitro, se llenará de la misma manera que queda indicada.
Artículo III. 1. Tan pronto como se pueda, después de designado el Arbitro, y dentro del período de noventa dias, se entregarán al Arbitro y al agente de la otra Parte, el memorial impreso ó escrito de las Partes contratantes, acompañado de los documentos, Incorrespondencia oficial y demás pruebas que lo apoyen; y dentro de noventa dias después de tal entrega y cambio de los alegatos de ambas Partes, puede cada una de ellas entregar de la misma manera, al Arbitro y al agente de la otra Parte una réplica á los documentos y pruebas presentados por la otra Parte, así como cualquier otra alegación escrita ó impresa, del 1207 modo que cada una juzgue conveniente. Cada Gobierno, á petición

Papers.

 de uno á otro, ó de su agente, suministrará los documentos que poseyese y que se juzgaren importantes para la justa decisión del reclamo. 2.

Dentro del dicho período de

Evidence called for by arbitrator.

noventa dias puede también el Arbitro pedir las pruebas que juzgare necesarias, las que se le suministrarán dentro del mismo período: re cibirá también las pruebas orales ó documentados que cada uno de los Gobiernos quisiere presentar.

Cada Gobierno proporcionará también, á petición del Arbitro, to-dos los documentos que poseyese, que á juicio de éste fueren pertinentes parala justa determinación del reclamo.

 3. Dentro de sesenta dias después

Decision.

 del último período mencionado de noventa dias, el Arbitro dará por escrito sus opiniones y decisiones, notificándolas á los dos Gobiernos. Estas opiniones y decisiones comprenderán los siguientes puntos, á saber: (a) Si conforme á la prueba aducida,

Citizenship of claimant.

 Julio R. Santos, por su regreso al Ecuador y residencia en él, ha perdido ó nó, al tenor de lo con venido en el tratado de naturalización entre los dos Gobiernos, ajustado el 6 de Mayo de 1872, respecto del Ecuador su ciudadanía de los Estados Unidos y reasumido sus obligaciones para con el Ecuador. (b) Si en caso de no haber perdido

Liability for alleged acts.

 su ciudadanía de los Estados Unidos, se ha comprobado ó nó que Julio R. Santos fué culpable de tales actos de enemistad y hostilidad hácia el Gobierno del Ecuador que, según el derecho internacional, le han privado de la. consideración y protección debidas á un ciudadano neutral de una Nación amiga.
Artículo IV. 1. En caso de que uno úotro de los

Responsibility to cease if decision for Ecuador.

 puntos expresados en las cláusulas (a) y’ (b) del artículo anterior, se decidieren en favor de lo que sostiene el Gobierno del Ecuador, dicho Gobierno quedará para en adelante libre de toda responsabilidad para con el de los Estados 1208 Unidos, por el arresto, prisión y otros actos de las autoridades del Ecuador respecto de Julio li. Santos, durante los años de 1884 y 1885. 2. En caso contrario, si el Arbitro decidiere los puntos arriba indicados, contra lo que sostiene el Ecuador, después de cuidadoso examen de las pruebas que se hubieren presentado sobre los perjuicios y pérdidas en la persona y bienes de dicho Santos por el arresto y prisión del expresado Santos y otros actos de las autoridades del Ecuador, respecto de él, durante los años de 1884 y 1885,—determinará el resarcimiento de los expresados perjuicios y pérdidas, de la manera más justa y equitativa, lo cual se comunicará á los dos Gobiernos y será definitivo y concluyente.
Artículo V. 1. Los dos Gobiernos convienen en tener las decisiones y sentencia del Arbitro como finales y concluyentes. 2. Si se sentenciare indemnización pecuniaria, se especificará que ha de ser en moneda de oro de los Estados Unidos, y se pagará á ese Gobierno dentro de sesenta días, contados desde la primera sesión del Congreso del Ecuador, subsiguiente á la notificación de la sentencia, sentencia que determinará el interés del seis por ciento desde la fecha de su promulgación. 3. Sin embargo, el Gobierno del Ecuador se reserva el derecho de pagar al Gobierno de los Estados Unidos, antes de la espiración del tiempo arriba indicado, el total de la cantidad con el interés del seis por ciento desde la fecha de la notificación de la sentencia hasta la fecha del pago.
Artículo VI. 1. Cada Gobierno pagará, á su agente y consejero, si lo hubiere, los gastos de preparación y curso de este asunto ante el Arbitro. 2. Todos los demás gastos, inclusa una razonable gratificación al Secretario del Arbitro, si lo hu- 1209 hiere, se pagarán conforme al certificado del Arbitro por los dos Gobiernos y por partes iguales.
Artículo VII.

La presente Convención será

Ratification.

ratificada por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos, por y con autorización y consentimiento del Senado de dichos Estados Unidos; por el Presidente del Ecuador, prévia la aprobación del Congreso de dicha República, y las ratificaciones se canjearán en Washington, á la brevedad posible.

En fié de lo cual, los Plenipotenciarios

Signatures.

han firmado y sellado esta Convención por duplicado, en la ciudad de Quito á veintiocho de Febrero del año de Nuestro Señor de mil ochocientos noventa y tres.

 [seal] Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany [seal] Honorato Vázquez 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 6th day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Grover Cleveland, 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 7th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four [seal.] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and nineteenth

GROVER CLEVELAND By the President: W. Q. GRESHAM Secretary of State
March 17, 1894 Convention 28 Stat. 1210 1210 CONVENTION—CHINA. March 17, 1894. Convention between the United States of America and the Empire of China.

March 17, 1894

. Emigration between the two countries. Signed at Washington March 17, 1891; ratification advised by the Senate August 13, 1891; ratified by the President August 22, 1891; ratified by the Emperor of China in due form; ratifications exchanged at Washington December 7, 1894; proclaimed December 8, 1891.
By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, a Convention between the United States of America and

Preamble.

 China, concerning the subject of emigration between those two countries, was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at the City of Washington on the 17th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, which Convention is word for word as follows: Whereas, on the 17th day of November A. D. 1880, and of Kwanghsii,

Contracting parties.

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 the sixth year, tenth moon, fifteenth day, a Treaty was concluded between the United States and China for the purpose of regulating, limiting, or suspending the coming of Chinese laborers to, and their residence in, the United States; And whereas the Government of China, in view of the antagonism and much deprecated and serious disorders to which the presence of Chinese laborers has given rise in certain parts of the United States, desires to prohibit the emigration of such laborers from China to the United States; And whereas the two Governments desire to cooperate in prohibiting such emigration, and to strengthen in other ways the bonds of friendship between the two countries; And whereas the two Governments are desirous of adopting reciprocal measures for the better protection of the citizens or subjects of each within the jurisdiction of the other;

Now, therefore, the President of the United States has appointed

Plenipotentiaries.

Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State of the United States, as his Plenipotentiary, and His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of China has appointed Yang Yii, Officer of the second rank, Sub-Director of the Court of Sacrificial Worship, and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, as his Plenipotentiary; and the said Plenipotentiaries having exhibited their respective Full Powers found to be in due and good form, have agreed upon the following articles:

Article I. The High Contracting Parties agree that for a period of ten years,

Coming of Chinese laborers to United States prohibited for ten years.

 beginning with the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this Convention, the coming, except under the conditions hereinafter specified, of Chinese laborers to the United States shall be absolutely prohibited.
Article II. The preceding Article shall not apply to the return to the United

Return of certain laborers permitted.

 States of any registered Chinese laborer who has a lawful wife, child, or parent in the United States, or property therein of the value of one 1211 thousand dollars, or debts of like amount due him and pending settlement. Nevertheless every such Chinese laborer shall, before leaving

Description; certificate.

 the United States, deposit, as a condition of his return, with the collector of customs of the district from which he departs, a full description in writing of his family, or property, or debts, as aforesaid, and shall be furnished by said collector with such certificate of his right to return under this Treaty as the laws of the United States may now or hereafter prescribe and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Treaty; and should the written description aforesaid be proved to be false, the right of return thereunder, or of continued residence after return, shall in each case be forfeited. And such right of return to the

Return to be in one year.

 United States shall be exercised within one year from the date of leaving the United States; but such right of return to the United States may be extended for an additional period, not to exceed one year, in cases where by reason of sickness or other cause of disability beyond his control, such Chinese laborer shall be rendered unable sooner to return—which facts shall be fully reported to the Chinese consul at the port of departure, and by him certified, to the satisfaction of the collector of the port at which such Chinese subject shall laud in the United States. And no such Chinese laborer shall be permitted to enter the United States by land or sea without producing to the proper officer of the customs the return certificate herein required.
Article III.

The provisions of this Convention shall not affect the right at present

Classes permitted to enter.

enjoyed of Chinese subjects, being officials, teachers, students, merchants or travellers for curiosity or pleasure, but not laborers, of coming to the United States and residing therein. To entitle such Chinese

Certificate.

 subjects as are above described to admission into the United States, they may produce a certificate from their Government or the Government where they last resided vised by the diplomatic or consular representative of the United States in the country or port whence they depart.

It is also agreed that Chinese laborers shall continue to enjoy the privilege

Transit permitted.

of transit across the territory of the United States in the course of their journey to or from other countries, subject to such regulations by the Government of the United States as may be necessary to prevent said privilege of transit from being abused.

Article IV. In pursuance of Article III of the Immigration Treaty between the

Protection of persons and property.

 United States and China, signed at Peking on the 17th day of November, 1880, (the 15th day of the tenth month of Kwanghsii, sixth year) it is hereby understood and agreed that Chinese laborers or Chinese of any other class, either permanently or temporarily residing in the United States, shall have for the protection of their persons and property all rights that are given by the Jaws of the United States to citizens of the most favored nation, excepting the right to become naturalized citizens.

Naturalization.

 And the Government of the United States reaffirms its obligation, as stated in said Article III, to exert all its power to secure protection to the persons and property of all Chinese subjects in the United States.
Article V.

The Government of the United States, having by an Act of the Congress,

Registry of Chinese in United States.

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Ante, p. 7.

approved May 5, 1892, as amended by an Act approved November 3, 1893, required all Chinese laborers lawfully within the limits of the United States before the passage of the first named Act to be registered 1212 as in said Acts provided, with a view of affording them better protection, the Chinese Government will not object to the enforcement of such acts, and reciprocally the Government of the United States recognizes the right of the Government of China to enact and enforce similar laws

Registry in China.

or regulations for the registration, free of charge, of all laborers, skilled or unskilled, (not merchants as defined by said Acts of Congress), citizens of the United States in China, whether residing within or without the treaty ports.

And the Government of the United States agrees that within twelve

List of United States citizens in China to be furnished.

months from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of this Convention, and annually, thereafter, it will furnish to the Government of China registers or reports showing the full name, age, occupation and number or place of residence of all other citizens of the United States, including missionaries, residing both within and without the treaty ports of China, not including, however, diplomatic and other officers of the United States residing or travelling in China upon official business, together with their body and household servants.
Article VI.

This Convention shall remain in force for a period of ten years beginning

Duration.

with the date of the exchange of ratifications, and, if six months before the expiration of the said period of ten years, neither Government shall have formally given notice of its final termination to the other, it shall remain in full force for another like period of ten years.

In faith whereof, we, the respective plenipotentiaries, have signed this Convention and have hereunto affixed our seals.

Done, in duplicate, at Washington, the 17th day of March, A. D.

Signatures.

1894.

WALTER Q. GRESHAM [seal.] YANG YÜ [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 7th day of December one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Grover Cleveland, 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 8th day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and [seal.] ninety-four, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and nineteenth.

GROVER CLEVELAND By the President: W. Q. GRESHAM Secretary of State.
August 24, 1894 Convention 28 Stat. 1213 CONVENTION—MEXICO—BOUNDARY. August 24, 1894. 1213 Convention between the United States of America and the United States

August 24, 1894

. of Mexico, to extend further for two years from October 1J, 1894, the period fixed by Article VIIÏ of the Convention of July 29, 1882., providing for an international boundary surrey to relocate the existing frontier line west of the Rio Grande. Concluded at Washington, August 24, 1894; ratification advised by the Senate, August 27, 1894; ratified by the President of the United States, September 1, 1894; ratified by the President of Mexico, Octobers, 1894; ratifications exchanged at Washington, October 11, 1894; proclaimed, October 18, 1894.
By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, a Convention between the United States of America and

Preamble.

 the United States of Mexico, further extending for two years from October 11, 1894, the period fixed by Article VIII of the Convention of

Vol. 22 p.986.

 July 29, 1882, between those two countries, providing for an international boundary survey to relocate the existing frontier line between them west of the Rio Grande, was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at the city of Washington on the 24th day of August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety four, which Convention is word for word as follows:— Whereas the United States of America and the United States of Mexico desire to comply fully with the provisions of the Convention concluded and signed at Washington, July 29, 1882, providing for an international boundary survey to relocate the existing frontier line between the two countries west of the Rio Grande; And whereas the time fixed by Article VIII of that Convention for the termination of the labors of the International Boundary Commission, as extended by article II of the Convention concluded and signed between the two high contracting parties February 18, 1889, will expire October 11, 1894; And whereas the two high contracting parties deem it expedient to agree upon a further extension of the time stipulated in Article II of the Convention aforesaid, to the end that the International Boundary Commission may be enabled to finish all its work and so render a report accompanied by a final map 1214 of the topography on both sides of the line, they have appointed for this purpose their respective plenipotentiaries, to wit:

The President of the United

Plenipotentiaries.

States of America, Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State of the United States of America, and

The President of the United States of Mexico, Matias Romero, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of Mexico in Washington,

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following article:

Article I.

The period fixed by Article VIII

Time extended for completing boundary survey.

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of the aforesaid Convention of July 29, 1882, between the United States of America and the United States of Mexico, which was extended for five years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the Convention of February 18, 1889, between the same high contracting parties and which will terminate October 11, 1894, is hereby further extended for a period of two years from that date.

This Convention shall be ratified

Ratification.

by the high contracting parties in conformity with their respective constitutions and its ratifications shall be exchanged in Washington, as soon as possible.

In faith whereof, we, the undersigned, in virtue of our respective full powers, have signed this Convention, in duplicate, in the English and Spanish languages and have thereunto affixed our respective seals.

Done at the City of Washington,

Signatures.

the 24th day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

Deseando los Estados Unidos de

Contracting parties.

América y los Estados Unidos Mexicanos dar pleno cumplimiento á las estipulaciones de la Convención concluida y firmada en Washington el 29 de Julio de 1882 que proveyó á un reconocimiento de la frontera internacional á fin de marear de nuevo la linea divisoria entre los dos países al Oeste del Rio Bravo del Norte;

Y expirando el 11 de Octubre de 1894 el plazo fijado por el artículo VIII de esa Convención para el término de los trabajos de la Comisión Internacional de Límites, con la prórroga convenida por el Artículo II de la Convención concluida y firmada entre las dos Altas Partes Contratantes el 18 de Febrero de 1889,

Y considerando conveniente las dos Altas Partes Contratantes prorrogar de nuevo el plazo estipulado en el Artículo II de la Convención citada, á fin de que la Comisión Inter nacional de Límites pueda terminar sus trabajos y rendir un informe acompañado de un plano final de la topografía de 1214 ambos lados de la línea, han nombrado, con este objeto, sus respectivos Plenipotencionarios, á saber:

El Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América á Waíter Q. Gresham, Secretario de Estallo de los Estados Unidos de América, y

El Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos á Matías Romero, Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos en Washington,

Quienes, después de haberse cambiado sus respectivos plenos poderes, encontrándolos en buena y debida forma, y puestos, de acuerdo entre sí, han convenido en el artículo siguiente:

Artículo I.

El plazo fijado por el Artículo VIII de la Convención citada de 29 de Julio de 1882, firmada entre los Estados Unidos de América y los Estallos Unidos Mexicanos, que fue prorrogado por cinco años contados desde la fecha del cange de ratificaciones de la Convención de 18 de Febrero de 1889, celebrada entre las mismas Altas Partes Contratantes, y que terminará el 11 de Octubre de 1894, se prorroga por la presente por un período de dos años contados desde esta última fecha.

Esta Convención será ratificada por las dos Altas Partes Contratantes de acuerdo con sus respectivas Constituciones, y las ratificaciones se cangearán en Washington, tan pronto como sea posible.

En fé de lo cual nosotros, los infrascritos. en virtud de nuestros plenos poderes, hemos firmado esta Convención por duplicado en las lenguas Inglesa y Española, y hemos puesto nuestros respectivos sellos.

Dada en la Ciudad de Washington, ú 24 de Agosto del año de mil ochocientos noventa y cuatro

 Walter Q. Gresham [seal] M. Romero. [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 11th day of October, one thousand eight, hundred and ninety-four; 1215

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Grover Cleveland, 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 eighteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, [seal] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and nineteenth.

GROVER CLEVELAND By the President: W. Q. GRESHAM Secretary of State.
PROCLAMATIONS
of the
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. (1217) PROCLAMATIONS. 1 May 8, 1893 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 it is provided by section 13 of the act of Congress of March 3, 1891,

May 8, 1893

. entitled “An Act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the

Preamble.

Vol. 26, p. 1110.

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 Denmark the law permits to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to the subjects of Denmark:

Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States

Copyright benefits extended to subjects of Denmark.

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 Denmark.

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 May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and of the Independence [seal.] of the United States the one hundred and seventeenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.
2 June 30, 1893 Digitization Vendor Proclamation [No. 2.]

Executive Mansion,

June 30, 1893

.

Washington, D. C., June 30, 1893.

Whereas the distrust and apprehension concerning the financial situation

Preamble.

 which pervade all business circles, have already caused great loss and damage to our people, and threaten to cripple our merchants, stop the wheels of manufacture, bring distress and privation to our farmers, and withhold from our workingmen the wage of labor: (1219) 1220 And, whereas, the present perilous condition is largely the result of a financial policy which the Executive Branch of the Government finds embodied in unwise laws which must be executed until repealed by Congress:

Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States,Convening Congress

August 7, 1893

. in performance of a constitutional duty, do by this proclamation, declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the convening of both houses of the Congress of the United States at the Capitol in the city of Washington on the seventh day of August next, at twelve o’clock noon, to the end that the people may be relieved through legislation from present and impending danger and distress.

All those entitled to act as members of the Fifty-Third Congress are required to take notice of this proclamation and attend at the time and place above stated.

Given under my hand and the seal of the United States at the city of Washington on the thirtieth day of June, 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.

Grover Cleveland By the President Alvey A. Adee Acting Secretary of State.
3 July 17, 1893 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 an Act of Congress amendatory of an Act in relation to

July 17, 1893

. aiding vessels wrecked or disabled in the waters conterminous to the

Preamble.

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United States and the Dominion of Canada, was approved May 24, 1890,—the said Act being in the following words:—

“Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an Act entitled ‘An act to aid vessels wrecked or disabled in the waters conterminous to the United States and the Dominion of Canada,’ approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that the same will read as follows:

“‘That Canadian vessels and wrecking appurtenance may render aid and assistance to Canadian or other vessels and property wrecked, disabled, or in distress in the waters of the United States contiguous to the Dominion of Canada: Provided, That this act shall not take effect until proclamation by the President of the United States that the privilege of aiding American or other vessels and property wrecked, disabled, or in distress in Canadian waters contiguous to the United States has been extended by the Government of the Dominion of Canada to American vessels and wrecking appliances of all descriptions. This act shall be construed to apply to the Welland Canal, the canal and improvement of the waters between Lake Erie and Lake Huron, and to the waters of the St. Mary’s River and canal: And provided further, That this act shall cease to be in force from and after the date of the proclamation of the President of the United States to the effect that said reciprocal privilege has been withdrawn, revoked, or rendered inoperative by the said Government of the Dominion of Canada;’”

And Whereas an act of Congress making appropriation for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the Government for the 1221 fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1893, further amended the

Vol. 27, p. 683.

act of May 24, 1890, as follows:

“That an act approved May twenty-fourth eighteen hundred and 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 Dominion of Canada,’” approved June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, be, and is hereby, amended by striking out the words ‘the Welland Canal;’”

And Whereas by an Order in Council dated May 17, 1893, the Government of the Dominion of Canada has proclaimed an act entitled “An act respecting aid by United States wreckers in Canadian waters,” to take effect June 1, 1893, said act reading as follows:—

“Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: “1. United States vessels and wrecking appliances may salve any property wrecked, and may render aid and assistance to any vessels wrecked, disabled, or in distress, in the waters of Canada contiguous to the United States. “2 Aid and assistance include all necessary towing incident thereto. “3. Nothing in the customs or coasting laws of Canada shall restrict the salving operations of such vessels or wrecking appliances. “4. This act shall come into force from and after a date to be named in a proclamation by the Governor-General, which proclamation may be issued when the Governor in Council is advised that the privilege of salving any property wrecked or of aiding any vessels wrecked, disabled, or in distress, in United States waters contiguous to Canada, will be extended to Canadian vessels and wrecking appliances to the extent to which such privilege is granted by this act to United States vessels and wrecking appliances. “5. This act shall cease to be in force from and after a date to be named in a proclamation to be issued by the Governor-General to the effect that the said reciprocal privilege has been withdrawn, revoked or rendered inoperative with respect to Canadian vessels or wrecking appliances in United States water contiguous to Canada;” And Whereas said proclamation of the Governor-General of Canada was communicated to this Government by Her Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador on the 2d day of June last:—

Now, therefore, being thus satisfied that the privilege of aiding

Canadian vessels, etc., permitted to aid wrecks, etc., in United States waters contiguous to Canada.

American or other vessels and property wrecked, disabled, or in distress, in Canadian waters contiguous to the United States has been extended by the Government of the Dominion of Canada to American vessels and wrecking appliances of all descriptions, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America, in virtue of the authority conferred upon me by the aforesaid act of Congress, approved May 24, 1890, do proclaim that the condition specified in the legislation of Congress aforesaid now exists and is fulfilled and that the provisions of said act of May 24, 1890, whereby Canadian vessels and wrecking appliances may render aid and assistance to Canadian and other vessels and property wrecked, disabled or in distress, in the waters of the United States contiguous to the Dominion of Canada, including the Canal and improvement of the waters between Lake Erie and Lake Huron and the waters of the Saint Mary’s River and Canal, are now in full force and effect.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be hereunto affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this seventeenth day of July 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 [seal.] eighteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.
4 July 20, 1893 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1222 [No. 4.]
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 3, 1891,

July 20, 1893

. entitled “An Act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised

Preamble.

Vol. 26, p. 1110.

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 Portugal the law permits to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to the subjects of Portugal:

Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States

Copyright benefits extended to subjects of Portugal.

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 Portugal.

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 20th day of July, 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 [seal.] eighteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.
5 August 19, 1893 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 ten of the act of Congress approved

August 19, 1893

. March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled “An act

Preamble.

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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” the Cherokee Nation of Indians, by a written agreement made on the seventeenth

Agreement with Cherokee Indians ceding Cherokee Outlet.

day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, has ratified the agreement for the cession of certain lands, hereinafter described, as amended by said act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and thereby ceded, conveyed, transferred, relinquished and surrendered all its title, claim, and interest of every kind and character in and to that part of the Indian Territory bounded on the west by the one hundredth degree (100°) of west longitude; on the north by the State of Kansas; on the east by the ninety-sixth degree (96°) of west longitude; and on the south by the Creek Nation, the Territory of Oklahoma 1223 and the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Reservation created or defined by

Cherokee Outlet.

 Executive order dated August tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine: Provided, That any citizen of the Cherokee Nation, who, prior to the first day of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, was a bona fide resident upon and further had, as a farmer and for farming purposes, made permanent and valuable improvements upon any part of the land so ceded and who has not disposed of the same, but desires to occupy the particular lands so improved as a homestead and for farming purposes, shall have the right to select one-eighth of a section of land, to conform however to the United States surveys; such selection to embrace, as far as the above limitation will admit, such improvements. The wife and children of any such citizen shall have the same right of selection that is above given to the citizen, and they shall have the preference in making selections to take any lands improved by the husband and father that he can not take until all of his improved land shall be taken; and that any citizen of the Cherokee Nation not a resident within the land so ceded, who, prior to the first day of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, had for farming purposes made valuable and permanent improvements upon any of the land so ceded, shall have the right to select one-eighth of a section of land to conform to the United States surveys; such selection to embrace, as far as the above limitation will admit, such improvements; but the allotments so provided for shall not exceed seventy (70) in number, and the land allotted shall not exceed five thousand and six hundred (5,600) acres; and such allotments shall be made and confirmed under such rifles and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and when so made and confirmed shall be conveyed to the allottees respectively by the United States in fee simple, and from the price to be paid to the Cherokee Nation for the cession so made there shall be deducted the sum of one dollar and forty cents ($1.40) for each acre so taken in allotment; and 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 so ceded, he may select a quarter section of the lands ceded, 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 other settlers, into the Treasury of the United States in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior shall direct; and

Whereas, It is provided in section ten of the aforesaid act of Congress, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three:

That “said lands, except the portion to be allotted as provided in said 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 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 be hereafter enacted by Congress. * * * *

“Sections thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, twenty-one, twenty-two, 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 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 1224make such other reservations of lauds for public purposes as he may

Cherokee Outlet.

deem wise and desirable.

“The President of the United States is hereby authorized, at any time 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

Vol. 25, p. 1005.

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 and ninety, and for other purposes’, (Twenty-fifth United States Statutes, page ten hundred and five); and also subject to the

Vol. 26, p. 81.

provisions of the act of Congress approved May second, eighteen hundred and ninety, 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

Vol. 26, p. 1026.

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 fill filling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 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 tees 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 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 the amount so to be paid for said land 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 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 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 fixed for the opening of said lands;” and

 Whereas, by a written agreement, made on the twenty-first day of

Agreement with Tonkawa Indians.

 October, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, the Tonkawa tribe of Indians, in the Territory of Oklahoma, ceded, conveyed, and forever relinquished to the United States all their light, title, claim and interest of every kind and character, in and to the lands particularly described in Article I of the agreement, Provided, That the allotments of land to said Tonkawa tribe of Indians theretofore made, or to be made under said agreement and the provisions of the general allotment act

Vol. 24, p. 388.

Vol. 26, p. 794.

approved February eight, eighteen hundred and eighty seven and an act amendatory thereof, approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, shall be confirmed, and Provided, That in all cases where the allottee has died since land has been set off and scheduled to such person, the law of descent and partition in force in Oklahoma Territory shall apply thereto, any existing law to the contrary notwithstanding; and Whereas, by a certain other agreement with the Pawnee tribe of

Agreement with Pawnee Indiana.

 Indians, in said Territory, made on the twenty-third day of November, 1225eighteen hundred and ninety-two, said tribe ceded, conveyed, released, relinquished, and surrendered to the United States all its title, claim, and interest, of every kind and character, in and to the lands particularly described in Article I of the agreement, Provided, That the allotments made or to be made to said Indians in the manner and subject to the conditions contained in said agreement, shall be continued; and

Whereas, it is provided in section thirteen of the net of Congress, accepting, ratifying and confirming said agreements with the Tonkawa Indians and the Pawnee Indians, specified in sections eleven and twelve of the same act, approved March third, eighteen hundred and

Vol. 27, p. 644.

ninety-three, entitled “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”,

“That the lands acquired by the agreements specified in the two preceding sections are hereby declared to be a part of the public domain. Sections sixteen and thirty-six in each township, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, are hereby reserved from settlement for the 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, 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; and shall also pay interest 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”: and

 Whereas, the thirteenth section of the act approved March second,

Vol. 25, p. 1005.

Vol. 26, p. 81.

 eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the act approved May second, eighteen hundred and ninety, and the second proviso of section seventeen, and the whole of section eighteen of the act approved March

Vol. 26, p. 1026.

 third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, are referred to in the tenth section of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three,

Vol. 27, p. 642.

 and thereby made applicable in the disposal of the lands in the “Cherokee Outlet” hereinbefore mentioned, the provisions of which acts, so far as they affect the opening to settlement and the disposal of said lands, are more particularly set forth hereinafter in connection with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for the occupation and settlement of the lands hereby opened, according to said tenth section; and,

Whereas, the lands acquired by the three several agreements hereinbefore

Division of lands ceded into counties.

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 to be entered under sections twenty-three

R. S., secs. 2387–8, p. 437.

 hundred and eighty-seven and twenty three hundred and eighty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States as therein required as follows, to wit:

For County K, the southeast quarter of section twenty-three and the

County K.

northeast quarter of section twenty-six, township twenty-eight north, range two east of the Indian Meridian, excepting four acres reserved for the site of a court house to be designated by lot and block upon the official plat of survey of said reservation for county-seat purposes hereafter to be issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office; said reservation to be additional to the reservations for parks, schools and other public purposes required to be made by section 22, of the act

Vol. 26, p. 92.

 of May 2, 1890.

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For County L, the southwest quarter of section one, and the southeast

County L.

quarter of section two, township twenty-five north, range six west of the Indian Meridian, excepting four acres reserved for the site of a court house to be designated by lot and block upon the official plat of survey of said reservation for county-seat purposes hereafter to be issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office; said reservation to be additional to the reservations for parks, schools and other

Vol. 26, p. 92.

public purposes required to be made by section 22, of the act of May 2, 1890.

For County M, the south half of the northeast quarter and the north

County M.

half of the southeast quarter of section twenty-three, and the south half of the northwest quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter of section twenty-four, township twenty-seven north, range fourteen west of the Indian Meridian, excepting one acre reserved for Government use for the site of a land-office, and four acres to be reserved for the site of a court house, which tracts are to be contiguous and to be designated by lot and block upon the official plat of survey of said reservation for county seat purposes, hereafter to be issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office; said reservations to be additional to the reservations for parks, schools, and other public purposes

Vol. 26, p. 92.

County N.

required to be made by section 22, of the act of May 2, 1890.

For County N, the south half of section twenty-five, township twenty-three north, range twenty-one west of the Indian Meridian, excepting one acre reserved for Government use for the site of a land-office, and four acres to be reserved for the site of a court house, which tracts are to be contiguous and to be designated by lot and block upon the official plat or survey of said reservation for county-seat purposes, hereafter to be issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office; said reservations to be additional to the reservations for parks, schools,

Vol. 26, p. 92.

and other public purposes required to be made by section 22, of the act of May 2, 1890.

For County O, the southeast quarter of section seven, and the southwest

County O.

quarter of section eight, township twenty-two north, range six west of the Indian Meridian, excepting one acre reserved for Government use for the site of a land office, and four acres to be reserved for the site of a court house, which tracts are to be contiguous and to be designated by lot and block upon the official plat of survey of said reservation for county-seat purposes hereafter to be issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office; said reservations to be additional to the reservations for parks, schools, and other public

Vol. 26, p. 92.

County P.

purposes required to be made by section 22 of the act of May 2, 1890.

For County P, the northeast quarter of section twenty two and the northwest quarter of section twenty-three, township twenty-one north, range one west of the Indian Meridian, excepting one acre reserved for Government use for the site of a land-office, and four acres reserved for the site of a court house, which tracts are to be contiguous and to be designated by lot and block upon the official plat of survey of said reservation for county-seat purposes hereafter to be issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office; said reservations to be additional to the reservations for parks, schools, and other public

Vol. 26, p. 92.

purposes required to be made by section 22, of the act of May 2, 1890; and,

For County Q, the southeast quarter of section thirty-one, the west

County Q.

half of the southwest quarter of section thirty-two, township twenty-two north, range five east, lot four of section five, and lot one of section six, township twenty-one north, range five east of the Indian Meridian, excepting four acres reserved for the site of a court house to be designated by lot and block upon the official plat of survey of said reservation for county-seat purposes hereafter to be issued by the Commissioner of the General Land Office; said reservation to be additional to the reservations for parks, schools, and other public purposes required

Vol. 26, p. 92.

to be made by section 22, of the act of May 2, 1890.

 1227 Whereas, it is provided by act of Congress for temporary Government

Highways.

Vol. 26, p. 92.

 of Oklahoma, approved May second, eighteen hundred and ninety, section twenty-three (Twenty-six Statutes, page ninety-two) that 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 agreements made with said Nation and tribes of Indians and by the laws relating thereto, precedent to opening said lands to settlement, have been, as I hereby declare, complied with:

Now, Therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States,

Lands ceded by Cherokees, Tonkawas and Pawnees, open to settlement, Sept. 16, 1893.

by virtue of the power in me vested by the Statutes hereinbefore mentioned, and by other the laws of the United States, and by said several agreements, do hereby declare and make known that all the lands acquired from the Cherokee Nation of Indians, the Tonkawa tribe of Indians, and the Pawnee tribe of Indians, by the three several agreements aforesaid, will at the hour of twelve o’clock noon (central standard time) on Saturday the sixteenth day of the month of September A. D., eighteen hundred and ninety-three, 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, the laws of the United States applicable thereto and the conditions prescribed by this Proclamation, saving and excepting lands

Lands excepted.

 described and identified as follows, to wit: The lands set apart for the Osage and Kansas Indians, being a tract of country bounded on the

Osage and Kansas Indiana.

 north by the State of Kansas, on the east by the ninety-sixth degree of west longitude, on the south and west by the Creek country and the main channel of the Arkansas river; the lands set apart for the Confederated Otoe and Missouria tribes of Indians, described as follows, to

Confederated Otoe and Missouri a Indians.

 wit: township twenty-two north, range one east; township twenty-three north, range one east; township twenty-two north, range two east; township twenty-three north, range two east: township twenty-two north, range three east; and that portion of township twenty-three north, range three cast, lying west of the Arkansas river; and the lands set apart for the Ponca tribe of Indians, described as follows, to wit: township twenty-four north, range one east; township twenty-five

Ponca Indians.

 north, range one east; fractional township twenty-four north, range two east; fractional township twenty-five north, range two east, fractional township twenty-four north, range three east; fractional township twenty-five north, range three east; fractional township twenty-four north, range four east; fractional township twenty-five north, range four east, the said fractional townships lying on the right bank of the Arkansas river, excepting also the lands allotted to the Indians as in said agreements provided, excepting also the lands reserved by Executive Orders dated April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and January seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eight-three (known as Camp Supply Military

Camp Supply.

 Reservation), described as follows, to-wit: Township twenty four north, range twenty-two west, the south half of township twenty-five north, range twenty-two west, and the southwest quarter of township twenty-five north, range twenty-one west; excepting also one acre of land in each of the reservations for county-seat purposes, in Counties M, N, O and P, which tracts are hereby reserved for Government use

Land office and court house sites.

 as sites for land offices, and four acres in each reservation for county seat purposes hereinbefore named, which tracts are hereby reserved as sites for court houses, and excepting also the reservations for the use of and in connection with the Chilocco Indian Industrial School, and

Chilocco Indian School.

 for county-seat purposes hereinbefore described; excepting also the saline lands covered by three leases made by the Cherokee Nation prior to March 3, 1893, known as the Eastern, Middle and Western

Saline reserves.

Vol. 22, p. 349.

 Saline reserves, under authority of the act of Congress of August 7, 12281882 (22 Stat., 349), said lands being described and identified as follows:

Eastern Saline Reserve.

 the Eastern Saline Reserve embracing all of section 6, lots 3 and 4 of section 4, the south half of the northeast quarter, the south half of the northwest quarter, the north half of the southwest quarter and lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of section 5, and the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter and lots 1 and 2 of section 7, township 25 north, range 9 west; all of sections 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33, the southwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of section 5, the southwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, and lot 1 of section 9, the west halt of the southwest quarter of section 15, the west half, the southeast quarter, the west half of the northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 16, the west half, the west half of the southeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 22, the west half, the west half of the southeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter, and the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 26, the northwest quarter, the north half of the southwest quarter, the west half of the northeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 34, and the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 35, township 26 north, range 9 west; all of section 31, the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter and lot 4 of section 30, and lots 3 and 4 of section 32, township 27 north, range 9 west; all of sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 and 11, the southeast quarter, the south half of the northeast quarter, the east half of the southwest quarter, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter and lots 1, 2 and 3 of section 5, the east half, the southwest quarter and the east half of the northwest quarter of section 8, the north half, the north half of the southwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter, and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 12, the northwest quarter, the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the north half of the southwest quarter, and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 14, the north half, the southeast quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter of section 15, and the northeast quarter and the north half of the northwest quarter of section 16, township 25 north, range 10 west; all of sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, 35 and 36, the south half of the northeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, the southeast quarter, the east half of the southwest quarter and lots 1, 2 and 3 of section 4, the east half, the southwest quarter, the east half of the northwest quarter, and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 9, the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 17, the east half of the northeast quarter and the east half of the southeast quarter of section 20, the southeast quarter and the east half of the northeast quarter of section 29, and the east half and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 32, of township 26 north, range 10 west; all of sections 22, 26, 27, 34, 35 and 36, the east half of the northeast quarter and the east half of the southeast quarter of section 21, the southwest quarter, the west half of the southeast quarter, the south half of the northwest quarter and lots 1 and 6 of section 23, the southwest quarter, the west half of the southeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter, the south half of the northwest quarter and lot 1 of section 25, the east half of section 28, and the east half and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 33, township 27 north,

Middle Saline Reserve.

range 10 west; the Middle Saline Reserve embracing the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, the west half of the southeast quarter, the east half of the southwest quarter, and lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of section 6, and the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of 1229the northwest quarter and lot 1 of section 7, township 26 north, range 18 west; the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter and lot 7 of section 6, the west half of the northeast quarter, the east half of the northwest quarter, the west half of the southeast quarter, the east half of the southwest quarter and lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of section 7, the west half of the northeast quarter, the east half of the northwest quarter, the west half of the southeast quarter, the east half of the southwest quarter and lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of section 18, the west half of the northeast quarter, the cast half of the northwest quarter, the west half of the southeast quarter, the east half of the southwest quarter and lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of section 19, the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter and lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 of section 30, and the west half of the northeast quarter, the east half of the northwest quarter, the west half of the southeast quarter, the east half of the southwest quarter and lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 of section 31, township 27 north, range 18 west; all of sections 1 to 6 inclusive, the north half of the north half of sections 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, and the north half of the northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter and lot 1 of section 7, township 26 north, range 19 west; all of sections 7 to 36 inclusive, the south half of the south half of sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, and the south half of the southeast quarter, the southeast of the southwest quarter and lot 7 of section 6, township 27 north, range 19 west; all of sections 1 and 2, the south half of the northeast quarter, the southeast quarter, and lots 1 and 2 of section 3, the north half of the northeast quarter of section 10, and the north half of the north half of sections 11 and 12, township 26 north, range 20 west; all of sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 and 36, the south half of the southeast quarter and lot 7 of section 1, the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter and lot 6 of section 2, the south half of the southeast quarter of section 3, and the east half of sections 10, 15, 22, 27 and 34, township 27 north, range 20 west: and the Western Saline Reserve embracing all of sections 18, 19,

Western Saline Reserve.

 30 and 31, township 29 north, range 20 west; and all of sections 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 and 36, township 29 north, range 21 west; excepting also that section 13, in each township which has not been otherwise reserved or disposed of, is hereby reserved for university, agricultural

Agricultural, etc. colleges.

 college, and normal school purposes, subject to the action of Congress; excepting also that section 33 in each township which has not been otherwise reserved or disposed of, is hereby reserved for public buildings;

Public buildings.

 excepting also sections sixteen and thirty six in each township which are reserved by law for the use and benefit of the public schools;

School lands.

 excepting, also, all selections and allotments made under the law and the agreements herein referred to, the lands covered by said selections and allotments to be particularly described and identified; said descriptions to be furnished by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and posted in the several booths hereinafter referred to as those where certain preliminary declarations are to be made prior to the day named in this proclamation as that when the strip will be open to settlement.

Said lands so to be opened as herein proclaimed, shall be entered upon

Regulations for opening.

and occupied only in the manner and under the provisions following, to wit:

A strip of land, one hundred feet in width, around and immediately within the outer boundaries of the entire tract of country, to be opened to settlement under this proclamation, is hereby temporarily set apart for the following purposes and uses, viz:

Said strip, the inner-boundary of which shall be one hundred feet from the exterior boundary of the country known as the Cherokee Outlet, shall be open to occupancy in advance of the day and hour named for the opening of said country, by persons expecting and intending to make settlement pursuant to this proclamation. Such occupancy shall not be regarded as trespass, or in violation of this proclamation, or of the law 1230under which it is made; nor shall any settlement rights be gained thereby.

The Commissioner of the General Land Office shall, under the direction

Booths for registration.

of the Secretary of the Interior, establish on said one hundred foot strip booths, to be located as follows: one in Tp. 29 N., R. 2 E.; one in Tp. 29 N., R. 2 W.; one in Tp. 29 N., R. 4 W.; one in Tp. 29 N., R. 8 W.; one in Tp. 29 N., R. 12 W.; one in Tp. 20 N., R. 3 E.; one in Tp. 20 N., R. 2 W.; one in Tp. 20 N., R. 7 W.; and one in Tp. 20 N., R. 26 W., and shall place in charge thereof three officers to each booth, who shall be detailed from the General Land Office. Said booths shall be open for the transaction of business on and after Monday the eleventh day of the month of September, A. D., eighteen hundred and ninety-three, from 7 a. m. to 12 m. and 1 p. m. to 6 p. m., each business day, until the same shall be discontinued by the Secretary of the Interior, who is hereby authorized to discontinue the same at his discretion.

Declaration for homestead entry.

Each party desiring to enter upon and occupy as a homestead any of the lands hereby opened to settlement will be required to first appear at one of the before-mentioned booths and make a declaration in writing to be signed by the party in the presence of one of the officers in charge thereof, which shall be certified by such officer, according to the form hereto attached and made a part hereof (marked A), showing his or

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her qualifications to make homestead entry for said lands, whereupon a certificate will be issued by the officers in charge of the booth to the

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party making the declaration which shall be of the form hereto attached and made a part hereof (marked D).

Where a party desires to file a soldier’s declaratory statement in person

Soldier’s entry.

he will be required to make a declaration which shall be of the form hereto attached and made a part hereof (marked B), the same to be

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made, and subscribed before one of the officers in charge of the booth and certified by such officer, independently of the affidavit (form 4–546) to be filed when he presents the certificate of form D, there given him, to the district officers. Where a party desires to file a declaratory

Declarations by agent.

statement through an agent, it will be necessary for him previously to make the affidavit ordinarily required (form 4–545) before some officer authorized to administer oaths, and place the same in the hands of the agent, who, before being permitted to enter upon the lands to be opened in said “Outlet” for the purpose of making the desired filing, will be required to appear before the officers in charge of some one of the booths, to present the said affidavit of the party authorizing him to act as such agent, and to make a declaration in writing to be subscribed by him in the presence of one of such officers, which shall be certified by such officer, according to the form hereto attached and made a part hereof

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(marked C), whereupon a certificate of form D will be given him by said officer. The agent should be provided with affidavits of form 4–545 made in duplicate—one for presentation to the officers in charge of the booth, and the other for presentation to the district officers, when formal filing is to be made.

Each party desiring to enter upon said lands for the purpose of settling

Declaration for town-lot entry.

upon a town lot, will be required to first appear at one of the before-mentioned booths, and make a declaration in writing to be signed by the party in the presence of one of the officers in charge thereof, which shall be certified by such officer, according to the form hereto

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attached and made a part hereof (marked E), whereupon a certificate will be issued by the officers in charge of the booth to the party making

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the declaration which shall be of the form hereto attached and made a part hereof (marked F).

The said declarations made before the officers in charge shall be given

Record, etc., of declaration.

consecutive numbers beginning at number one at each booth and the certificate issued to the party making the declaration shall be given the same number as is given the declaration. The declaration shall be carefully preserved by the officers in charge of the booths, and when the booths are discontinued said declarations shall be transmitted, 1231 together with the duplicate affidavits, form 4–545, hereinbefore required to be presented in case of agents proposing to act for soldiers in filing declaratory statements, to the General Land Office for filing as a part of the records pertaining to the disposal of said lands.

The certificate will be evidence only that the party named therein is

Certificates.

permitted to go in upon the lands opened to settlement by this proclamation at the time specified herein and the certificate of form 1) must be surrendered when application to enter or file is presented to the district officers and the party’s right to make a filing, homestead entry or settlement shall be passed upon by the district land officers at the proper time and in the usual manner. The holder of such certificate will be required when he makes his homestead affidavit, or, if a soldier or soldier’s agent, when he files a declaratory statement at the district office, to allege under oath before the officers taking such homestead affidavit, or to whom said declaratory statement is presented for filing, that all the statements contained in the declaration made by him, upon which said certificate is based, are true in every particular, such oath to be added to affidavit of form 4–102, as shown on form hereto attached, and made a part hereof, (marked 102 d).

After the hour and day hereinbefore named when said lands will be

Holders of certificates only permitted to enter.

opened to settlement, all parties holding such certificates (form D or F), will be permitted to occupy or enter upon the land so opened, and parties holding a certificate of form D may initiate a homestead claim, either by settlement upon the land or by entry or filing at the proper district office; but no person not holding any such certificate shall be permitted to occupy or enter upon any of said lands until after the booths shall have been discontinued by direction of the Secretary of the Interior. Until then, the officers of the United States are expressly charged to permit no party without a certificate to occupy or enter upon any of said lands.

The following rules and regulations have been prescribed by the

Regulations for occupation, etc.

Vol. 27, p. 640.

Secretary of the Interior under the direction of the President as provided by section ten of said act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, for the occupation and settlement of the lands hereby opened, to wit:

The thirteenth section of the act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the act approved May second eighteen hundred

Vol. 25, p. 1005.

and ninety, the second proviso of section seventeen, and the whole of section eighteen of the act approved March third, eighteen hundred

Vol. 26, p. 81.

Vol. 26, p. 1026.

 and ninety-one, are by section ten of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, made applicable in disposing of the lands under said section ten, and said lands are thereby rendered subject to disposal under the homestead and town-site laws only, with certain modifications, which laws, as so modified, contain provisions, substantially as follows:

1. Any party will be entitled to initiate a homestead claim to a tract

Homestead entries.

 of said lands, who is over twenty-one years of age or the head of a family; who is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such; who has not exhausted his homestead right either by perfecting a homestead entry for one hundred and sixty acres of land under any law, excepting what is known as the commuted provision of the homestead law, contained in section two thousand three hundred and one of the United States Revised Statutes, or by

R. S. sec. 2301, p. 421.

 making or commuting a homestead entry since March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine; who has not entered, since August thirty, eighteen hundred and ninety, under the land laws of the United States, or filed upon, a quantity of land, agricultural in character, and not mineral, which with the tracts sought to be entered in any case, would make more than three hundred and twenty acres; who is not the owner in fee simple of one hundred and sixty acres of land in any State or Territory; and who has not entered upon or occupied the lands hereby opened in violation of this the President’s proclamation opening the 1232 same to settlement and entry. (See section 2289 U. S. R. S.; act of March 2, 1889, 25 Stat., 854; section 13 of the act of March 2, 1889, 25 Stat., 1005; act of August 30, 1890, 20 Stat., 391; section 20, act of May 2, 1890, 26 Stat., 91; and section 10, act of March 3, 1893, 27 Stat., 640). 2. Each entry shall he in a compact body, according to the rectangular

Form and limit.

 subdivisions of the public surveys, and in a square form, as nearly as reasonably practicable, consistently with such surveys, and no person shall be permitted to enter more than one quarter section in quantity of said lands. (See section 13, act of March 2, 1889, 25 Stat., 1005). 3. Parties who own and reside upon land (not acquired by them

Additional entries.

 under the homestead law), not amounting in quantity to a quarter section, may, if otherwise qualified, enter other land lying contiguous to their own to an amount which shall not, with the land already owned by them, exceed in the aggregate 160 acres. (See section 2289, U. S. R. S.). 4. Any party, who has made a homestead entry prior to March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, for less than one quarter section of land and who still owns and occupies the land so entered, may, if otherwise qualified, enter an additional tract of land lying contiguous to the land embraced in the original entry, which shall not, with the land first entered, exceed in the aggregate one hundred and sixty acres, but such additional entry will not be permitted, or if permitted will be canceled, if the original entry should fail, for any reason prior to patent, or should appear to be illegal or fraudulent. The final proof of residence and cultivation made on the original entry, together with the payment of the prescribed price for the land, will be sufficient to entitle the party to a final certificate for the land so entered without further proof. (See section 5 of the act of March 2, 1889, 25 Stat., 854). 5. Parties who have complied with the conditions of the law with regard to a homestead entry for less than one hundred and sixty acres of land made prior to March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and have had the final papers issued therefor, may, if otherwise qualified, make an additional entry, by legal subdivisions, of so much land as, added to the quantity previously so entered, shall not exceed one hundred and sixty acres. Parties making entry under the provisions set forth in this paragraph will be required to reside upon and cultivate the land embraced therein for the prescribed period and to submit proof of residence and cultivation of a like character with that required in ordinary homestead entries before the issuance of a final certificate. (See section 6, act of March 2, 1889, 25 Stat., 854). 6. Any officer, soldier, seaman or marine who served for not less

Soldiers’ entries.

than ninety days in the Army or Navy of the United States during the War of the Rebellion and who was honorably discharged and has remained loyal to the Government, or, in case of his death, his widow, or in case of her death or remarriage, his minor orphan children, by a guardian duly appointed and officially accredited at the Department of the Interior, may either in person, or by agent, file a declaratory statement for a tract of land and have six months thereafter within which to make actual entry and commence residence and improvements upon the land. (See sections 2304, 2307, and 2309 U. S. R. S.). 7. Every person entitled under the preceding paragraph to enter a homestead, who, or whose deceased husband or father in case of the widow or minor children, may have, prior to June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entered, under the homestead laws, a quantity of land less than one hundred and sixty acres, may, if otherwise qualified, enter so much land as, when added to the quantity previously entered, shall not exceed one hundred and sixty acres, but the party must make affidavit that the entry is made for actual settlement and cultivation, and the proof of such settlement and cultivation, prescribed by existing homestead laws and regulations thereunder, will be required to be produced before the issue of final certificate. (See 1233section 2306 U. S. R. S., and section 18 of the act of May 2, 1890, 26 Stat., 90). 8. Parties may initiate claims under the homestead law either by

Initiation of claims.

 settlement on the land or by entry at the district office; in the former case, the party will have three months after settlement within which to file his application for the tract at the district office; in the latter case, the party will have six months after entry at that office, within which to establish residence and begin improvements upon the land. (See sections 2290 and 2297, U. S. R. S.; and section 3, of the act of May 14, 1880, 21 Stat., 140). 9. The homestead affidavits required to be filed with the application

Execution of homestead affidavits.

 must be executed before the register or receiver of the proper district land office (see section 2290, U. S. R. S.), or before any other officer who may be found duly qualified at the time to administer such oaths according to the provisions of the act of Congress of May 26, 1890, 26 Stat., 121. 10. Parties applying to make homestead entry will be required to

Fees.

 tender with the application the legal fee and commissions which are as follows: for an entry of over eighty acres a fee of ten dollars, and for an entry of eighty acres or less a fee of five dollars, and, in both cases, in addition, commissions, of two per cent upon the Government price of the land, computed at the rate of $1.25 per acre, the ordinary minimum price of public lands under the general provisions of section 2357, U. S. R. S. (See sections 2238 and 2290 U. S. R. S.) 11. Homestead applicants appearing in great number at the local

Receiving applications.

 office to make entry at the time of opening will be required to form in line in order that their applications may be presented and acted upon in regular order. 12. Soldiers’ declaratory statements can only be made by the parties

Soldier’s applications.

 entitled or by their agents in person, and will not be received if sent by mail. A party acting as agent and appearing in line, as contemplated under the eleventh paragraph, will be allowed to make one entry or filing in his individual character, if he so desires, and to file one declaratory statement in his representative character as agent, if such he shall be, and thereupon he will be required to step out of line, giving place to the next person in order, and, if he desires to make any other filings, to take his place at the end of the line and await his proper turn before doing so, and thus to proceed in order until all the filings desired by him shall be made. 13. Section two thousand three hundred and one of the Revised Statutes

Commutation not permitted.

R. S. sec. 2301, p. 421.

 of the United States providing for commutation of homestead entries is not applicable to said lands. (See section 18 of the act of May 2, 1890, 26 Stat., 90). 14. Proof of five years’ residence, cultivation, and improvement, and

Final proof.

 the payment prescribed by the statute, as hereinbefore mentioned must be made, before a party will be entitled to a patent under the homestead law, and such proof is required to be made within seven years from the date of the entry. Commissions equal to two per cent, upon the Government price for the land, computed at 81.25 per acre under sections 2357 U. S. R. S., must also be tendered with the final proof. Interest at four per cent, per annum on the purchase price of the land must be paid from the date of the entry to date of final payment of purchase money. (See sections 2238 and 2291 U. S. R. S.,; and sections 10 and 13 of the act of March 3, 1893. 27 Stats. 640). 15. The parties named in paragraph six of these regulations are

Deductions for Army or Navy service.

 entitled to have the term of service in the Army or Navy, under which the claim is made, not exceeding four years, deducted from the period of five years’ residence or cultivation required as stated in the preceding paragraph, or if the party was discharged from service on account of wounds or disabilities incurred in the line of duty, the whole term of enlistment not exceeding four years, way be deducted. (See section 2305 U. S. R. S.). 1234 16. Where a homestead settler dies before the consummation of his

Provisions on death of settler.

 claim, the widow, or, in case of her death, the heirs or devisee may continue settlement or cultivation, and obtain title upon requisite proof at the proper time. If the widow proves up, title will pass to her; if she dies before proving up and the heirs or devisee make the proof, the title will vest in them, respectively. (See section 2291 U. S. R. S.). 17. Where both parents die, leaving infant children, the homestead may be sold for cash for the benefit of such children, and the purchaser will receive title from the United States. (Sec section 2292. U.S. R. S.). 18. In case of the death of a person after having entered a homestead, the failure of the widow, children, or devisee of the deceased to fulfill the demands of the letter of the law as to residence on the lands, will not necessarily subject the entry to forfeiture on the ground of abandonment. If the land is cultivated in good faith the law will be considered as having been substantially complied with. 19. Town site claims may be initiated upon said lands, under the

Town sites.

 statutes, by two methods, which are separate and distinct in character—the regulations under the first method are hereinafter set forth in para graphs twenty, twenty-one and twenty-two, and under the second method in paragraphs twenty-three to twenty-eight, inclusive. Provision is further made for town-site entries in cases where lands entered under the homestead law are required for town-site purposes as set forth in paragraph thirty. 20. Parties having founded or who desire to found a city or town on

Filing plat.

 the public lands, must file with the recorder of the county in which land is situate a plat thereof, describing the exterior boundaries of the land according to the lines of public surveys. Such plat must state the name of the city or town, exhibit the streets, squares, blocks, lots and alleys, and specify the size of the same, with measurements and area of each municipal subdivision, the lots in which shall not exceed 4,200 square feet, with a statement of the extent and general character of the improvements. The plat and statement must be verified by the oath of the party acting for and in behalf of the occupants and inhabitants of the town or city. Within one month after filing the plat with the recorder of the county a verified copy of said plat and statement must be sent to the General Land Office, accompanied by the testimony of two witnesses that such town or city has been established in good faith, and a similar map and statement must be filed with the Register and receiver of the proper district office. Thereafter the President may cause the lots embraced within the limits of such city or town to be offered at public sale to the highest bidder subject to a minimum of ten dollars for each lot; and such lots as may not be disposed of at public sale shall thereafter be liable to private entry at such minimum, or at such reasonable increase or diminution thereafter as the Secretary of the Interior may order from time to time, after at least three months’ notice, in view of the increase or decrease in the value of the municipal property. Any actual settler upon any lot and upon any additional lot upon which he may have substantial improvements, shall be entitled to prove up and purchase the same as a preemption, at such minimum, at any time before the day fixed for the public sale. (See section 2382 U. S. R. S.) 21. In case the parties interested shall fail or refuse, within twelve

Sale of lots on failure to file plat.

months after founding a city or town, to file in the General Land Office a transcript map, with the statement and testimony, as required in paragraph twenty, the Secretary of the Interior may cause a survey and plat to be made of said city or town, and thereafter the lots will be sold at an increase of fifty per cent, on the minimum price of 810 per lot. (See section 2384 U. S. R. S.). 22. When lots vary in size from the limitation of 4200 square feet, and the lots, buildings, and improvements cover an area greater than 640 acres, such variance as to size of lots or excess in area will prove no bar to entry, but the price of the lots may be increased to such rea-1235sonable amount as the Secretary of the Interior may by rule establish. (See section 2385 U. S. R. S.). 23. Under the second method lands actually settled upon and

Entries.

 occupied as a townsite, and therefore not subject to entry under the homestead laws, may be entered as a townsite, at the proper district land office. (See section 2387 U. S. R. S.). 24. If the town is incorporated, the entry may be made by the corporate authorities thereof through the mayor or other principal officer duly authorized so to do. If the town is not incorporated, the entry may be made by the judge of the county court for the county in which said town is situated. In either case the entry must be made in trust for the use and benefit of the occupants thereof, according to their respective interests. The execution of such trust as to the disposal of lots and the proceeds of sales is to be conducted under regulations prescribed by the territorial laws. Acts of trustees not in accordance with such regulations are void. (See sections 2387 and 2391 U. S. R. S.). 25. The officer authorized to enter a town-site may make entry at once, or he may initiate an entry by filing a declaratory statement of the purpose of the inhabitants to make a town-site entry of the land described. The entry or declaratory statement shall include only such land as is actually occupied by the town, and the title to which is in the United States, and its exterior limits must conform to the legal subdivisions of the public lands. (See sections 2388 and 2389 U. S. R. S.) 26. The amount of land that may be entered under this method is

Limitation.

 proportionate to the number of inhabitants. One hundred and less than two hundred inhabitants may enter not to exceed 320 acres; two hundred and less than one thousand inhabitants may enter not to exceed 640 acres; and where the inhabitants number one thousand and over, an amount not to exceed 1280 acres may be entered; and for each additional one thousand inhabitants, not to exceed five thousand in all, a further amount of 320 acres may be allowed. When the number of inhabitants of a town is less than one hundred, the town-site shall be restricted to the land actually occupied for town purposes by legal subdivisions. (See section 2389 U. S. R. S.) 27. Where an entry is made of less than the maximum quantity of land allowed for town-site purposes, additional entries may be made of contiguous tracts occupied for town purposes, which, when added to the previous entry or entries, will not exceed 2,560 acres; but no additional entry can be allowed which will make the total area exceed the area to which the town may be entitled by virtue of its population at date of additional entry. (See sec. 4 of the act of March 3, 1877, 19 Stat., 392.) 28. The land must be paid for at the Government price per acre, and

Payment and proof.

 proof must be furnished relating—1st. To municipal occupation of the land; 2d, Number of inhabitants; 3d, Extent and value of town improvements; 4th, Date when land was first used for town-site purposes; 5th, Official character and authority of officer making entry; 6th, If an incorporated town, proof of incorporation, which should be a certified copy of the act of incorporation; and 7th, That a majority of the occupants or owners of the lots within the town desire that such action be taken. Thirty days’ publication of notice of intention to make proof must be made and proof of publication furnished. (See section 23S7 U. S. R. S.) 29. All surveys for town-sites on said lands shall contain reservations

Surveys.

 for parks (of substantially equal area if more than one park) and for schools and other public purposes embracing in the aggregate not less than ten nor more than twenty acres, and patents for such reservations, to be maintained for such purposes, will be issued to the towns respectively when organized as municipalities. (See section 22, act of May 2, 1890, 26 Stat., 92.) 30.

In case any of said lands which may be entered under the homestead

Conflict between town-site and homestead entries.

laws by a person who is entitled to perfect his title thereto under such laws, are required for town-site purposes, the entryman may 1236 apply to the Secretary of the Interior to purchase the lands embraced in said homestead, or any part thereof not less than a legal subdivision for town-site purposes. The party must tile, in the district office with his application, a plat of the proposed town-site, and evidence of his qualifications to perfect title under the homestead law, and of his compliance with all the requirements of the law and the instructions thereunder, and must deposit with the Secretary of the Interior the sum of ten dollars per acre for all the lands embraced in such town-site, except the lands to be donated and maintained for public purposes as mentioned in the preceding paragraph. (See section 22, act of May 2, 1899, 26 Stat., 92.)

Notice, moreover, is hereby given that it is by law enacted that no

Entry in be only in manner prescribed.

person shall be permitted to occupy or enter upon any of the lands herein referred to, except in the manner prescribed by this proclamation; and any person otherwise occupying or entering upon any of said lands shall forfeit all right to acquire any of said lands, and that the officers of the United States will be required to enforce this provision.

And further notice is hereby given that four land districts have

Land districts established.

been established in Oklahoma Territory with boundaries as follows:

The Perry district bounded and described as follows: Beginning at

Perry district.

the middle of the main channel of the Arkansas river, where the same is intersected by the northern boundary of Oklahoma Territory; thence west to the northwest corner of township 29 north, range 2 west of the Indian Meridian; thence south on the range line between ranges 2 and 3 west to the southwest corner of lot 3 of section 31, township 20 north, range 2 west; thence east to the southeast corner of lot 4 of section 36, township 20 north, range 4 east; thence south on the range line between ranges 4 and 5 east to the middle of the main channel of the Cimarron river; thence down said river in the middle of the main channel thereof to the western boundary of the Creek Country; thence north to the northwest corner of the Creek Country; thence east on the northern boundary of said Creek Country to the middle of the main channel of the Arkansas river; thence up said river in the middle of the main channel thereof to the place of beginning; the local

Office.

Enid district.

land office of which will be located at the town of Perry in County P.

The Enid district bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of township 29 north, range 3 west of the Indian Meridian; thence west to the northwest corner of township 29 north, range 8 west; thence south on the range line between ranges 8 and 9 west to the southwest corner of lot 3 of section 31, township 20 north, range 8 west; thence east to the southeast corner of lot 4 of section 36, township 20 north, range 3 west; thence north on the range line between ranges 2 and 3 west to the place of beginning; the local land

Office.

Alva district.

office of which will be located at the town of Enid in County O.

The Alva district, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of township 29 north, range 9 west of the Indian Meridian; thence west to the northwest corner of township 29 north, range 16 west; thence south on the range line between ranges 16 and 17 west to the southwest corner of lot 3 of section 31, township 20 north, range 16 west; thence east to the southeast corner of lot 4 of section 36, township 20 north, range 9 west; thence north on the range line between ranges 8 and 9 west to the place of beginning; the local land

Office.

Woodward district.

office of which will be located at the town of Alva in County M.

The Woodward land district bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of township 29 north, range 17 west of the Indian Meridian; thence west to the northwest corner of township 29 north, range 26 west; thence south to the southwest corner of lot 3 of section 32, township 20 north, range 26 west; thence east to the southeast corner of lot 4 of section 36, township 20 north, range 17 west; thence north on the range line between ranges 16 and 17 west to the

Office.

place of beginning; the local land office of which will be located at the town of Woodward in County N.

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And further notice is hereby given that the line of ninety-seven and

Establishment of meridians.

one-half degrees west longitude, named herein, for the purpose of disposing of the land hereby opened to settlement, is held to fall on the west line of sections two, eleven, fourteen, twenty three, twenty-six, and thirty-five of the townships in range three west of the Indian Meridian, and the line of ninety-eight and one-half degrees of west longitude is held to fall on the line running due north and south through the centres of sections four, nine, sixteen, twenty-one, twenty-eight and thirty-three of the townships in range twelve west of the Indian Meridian, and said lines have been so laid down upon the township plats on file in the General Land Office.

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 nineteenth day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and [seal.] ninety-three and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.

Forms.

Declaration for homestead entry.

 1238

Declaration for soldier’s entry.

Declaration for soldier’s entry.

Declaration for soldier’s entry by agent.
1239

Declaration for town site entry.

Certificate permitting holder to settle on a town lot.

Affidavit that applicant did not enter upon land before time of opening.
6 September 28, 1893 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1240 [No. 6.]
By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress,

September 28, 1893

. approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one,

Preamble.

Vol. 26, p. 1103.

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, Grover Cleveland, 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 meander corner at the intersection of the range line

Boundaries.

between Ranges six (6) and seven (7) East, Township two (2) North, Willamette Meridian, Oregon, with the mean high-water mark on the south bank of the Columbia River in said State; thence north easterly along said mean high-water-mark to its intersection with the township line between Townships two (2) and three (3) North; thence easterly along said township line to the north east corner of Township two (2) North, Range eight (8) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges eight (8) and nine (9) East, to the southwest corner of Township two (2) North, Range nine (9) East; thence westerly along the township line between Townships one (1) and two (2) North, to the northwest corner of Township one (1) North, Range nine (9) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges eight (8) and nine (9) East, to the southwest corner of Township one (1) North, Range nine (9) East; then easterly along the Base Line to the northeast corner of Township one (1) South, Range ten (10) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges ten (10) and eleven (11) East, to the southeast corner of Township four (4) South, Range ten (10) East; thence westerly along the township line between Townships four (4) and five (5) South, to the southwest corner of Township four (4) South, Range nine (9) East; thence southerly along the west boundary of Township five (5) South, Range nine (9) East, to its intersection with the west boundary of the Warm Springs Indian reservation; thence southwesterly along said Indian reservation boundary to the southwest corner of said reservation; thence south easterly along the south boundary of said Indian reservation to a point on the north line of Section three (3), Township twelve (12) South, Range nine (9) East, where said boundary crosses the township line between townships eleven (11) and twelve (12) South, Range nine (9) East; thence easterly to the northeast corner of Township twelve (12) South, Range (9) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges nine (9) and ton (10) East, to the southeast corner of Township thirteen (13) South, Range nine (9) East; thence westerly along the Third (3rd) Standard Parallel South, to the north east corner of Township fourteen (14) South, Range nine (9) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges nine (9) and ten (10) East, to the south east corner of Township fifteen (15) South, Range nine (9) East; thence easterly 1241 along the Third (3rd) Standard Parallel South, to the north-east

Forest reservation, Oregon.

 corner of Township sixteen (16) South, Range nine (9) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges nine (9) and ten (10) East, to the southeast corner of Township twenty (20) South, Range nine (9) East; thence easterly along the Fourth (4th) Standard Parallel South, to the northeast corner of Township twenty-one (21) South, Range nine (9) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges nine (9) and ten (10) East, to the southeast corner of Township twenty-three (23) South, Range nine (9) East; thence westerly 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 six (6) East; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges six (6) and seven (7) East, to the southwest corner of Township twenty-five (25) South, Range seven (7) East; thence westerly along the Fifth (5th) Standard Parallel South, to the point for the north west corner of Township twenty-six (26) South, Range seven (7) East; thence southerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed west boundaries of Townships twenty-six (26), twenty-seven (27), twenty-eight (28), twenty-nine (29) and thirty (30) South, to the southwest corner of Township thirty (30) South, Range seven (7) East; thence westerly along the unsurveyed Sixth (6th) Standard Parallel South, to the point for the northwest corner of Township thirty-one (31) South, Range, seven and one half (74) East: thence southerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed west boundaries of Townships thirty-one (31), thirty-two (32) and thirty-three (33) South, Range seven and one-half (74) East, to the southwest corner of Township thirty-three (33) South, Range seven and one-half (74) East; thence easterly along the township line between Townships thirty-three (33) and thirty-four (34) South, to the northeast corner of Township thirty-four (34) South, Range six (6) East; thence southerly along the east boundaries of Townships thirty-four (34) and thirty-five (35) South, Range six (6) East, to the point of intersection of the east boundary of Township thirty-five (35) South, Range six (6) East, with the west shore of Upper Klamath Lake; thence along said shore of said lake to its intersection with the range line between Ranges six (6) and seven (7) East, in Township thirty-six (36) South; thence southerly along the range line between Ranges six (6) and seven (7) East, to the southeast corner of Township thirty-seven (37) South, Range six (6) East; thence westerly along the township line between Townships thirty-seven (37) and thirty-eight (38) South, to the south west corner of Township thirty-seven (37) South, Range four (4) East: thence northerly along the range line between Ranges three (3) and four (4) East, to the northwest corner of Township thirty-six (36) South, Range four (4) East; thence easterly along the Eighth (8th) Standard Parallel South, to the southwest corner of Township thirty-five (35) South, Range four (4) East; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges three (3) and four (4) East, to the southwest corner of Township thirty-one (31) South, Range four (4) East; thence westerly along the township line between Townships thirty-one (31) and thirty-two (32) South, to the southwest corner of Township thirty-one (31) South, Range one (1) East: thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed Willamette Meridian to the north west corner of Township twenty (20) South, Range one (1) East; thence easterly along the Township line between Townships nineteen (19) and twenty (20) South, to the northeast corner of Township twenty (20) South, Range one (1) East; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges one (1) and two (2) East, to the northwest corner of Township eighteen (18) South, Range two (2) 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, two (2) East; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges two (2) and three (3) East, to the southwest corner of Town- 1242 ship seventeen (17) South, Range three (3) East; thence easterly

Forest reservation, Oregon.

 along the surveyed and unsurveyed township line between Townships seventeen (17) and eighteen (18) South, to the point for the southeast corner of Township seventeen (17) South, Range four (4) East; thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed range line between Ranges four (4) and five (5) East, subject to the proper easterly or westerly offsets on the Third (3rd), Second (2nd) and First (1st) Standard Parallels South, to the northwest corner of Township five (5) South, Range five (5) East; thence easterly along the township line between Townships four (4) and five (5) South, to the south east corner of Township four (4) South, Range six (6) East; thence northerly along the range line between Ranges six (6) and seven (7) East, to the northwest corner of Township four (4) South, Range seven (7) East; thence easterly along the township line between Townships three (3) and four (4) South, to the southwest corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township three (3) South, Range seven (7) East; thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed 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), to the northwest corner of Section three (3) of said Township and Range; thence easterly along the surveyed and unsurveyed township line between townships two (2) and three (3) South, to the point for the south east corner of Township two (2) South, Range eight (8) East; thence northerly along the unsurveyed range line between Ranges eight (8) and nine (9) East, to the southeast corner of Township one (1) South, Range eight (8) East; thence westerly along the township line between Townships one (1) and two (2) South, to the south east corner of Section thirty-four (34), Township one (1) South, Range eight (8) East; thence northerly along the section line between Sections thirty-four (34) and thirty-five (35), twenty-six (20) and twenty-seven (27) and twenty-two (22) and twenty-three (23) to the northeast corner of Section twenty-two (22); thence westerly along the section line between Sections fifteen (15) and twenty-two (22) to the southeast corner of Section sixteen (10); thence northerly on the section line between Sections fifteen (15) and sixteen (16) to the point for the northeast corner of Section sixteen (16); thence westerly along the section line between Sections nine (9) and sixteen (16) to the, southeast corner of Section eight (8); thence northerly along the section line between Sections eight (8) and nine (9) and four (4) and five (5) to the northwest corner of Section four (4), Township one (1) South, Range eight (8) East; thence easterly along the Base Line to the southeast corner of Section thirty-three (33), Township one (1) North, Range eight (8) East; thence along the unsurveyed section lines northerly to the point for the northeast corner of Section thirty-three, (33), westerly to the point for the northeast corner of Section thirty-two (32), northerly to the point for the northeast corner of Section eight (8), westerly to the point for the southwest corner of Section six (9); thence northerly along the unsurveyed range line between Ranges seven (7) and eight (8) East, to the point for the northwest corner of Township one (1) North, Range eight (8) East; thence westerly along the unsurveyed township line between Townships one (1) and two (2) North, to the northwest corner of Township one (1) North, Range seven (7) East; thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed range line between Ranges six (6) and seven (7) East, to the meander corner at its intersection with the mean high-water-mark on the south bank of the Columbia River, 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 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 1243 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 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 eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and [seal.] ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President Alvey A. Adee Acting Secretary of State.
7 September 28, 1893 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, it is provided by section twenty-four of the Act of Congress,

September 28, 1893

. approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled,

Preamble.

Vol. 26, p. 1103.

“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, Grover Cleveland, 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 within the boundaries particularly described as follows, to-wit:

Beginning at the northeast corner of Section twenty-seven (27), Township

Boundaries.

thirty-nine (39) South, Range one (1) East, Willamette Meridian; thence westerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed section line to the northwest corner of Section twenty-five (25), Township thirty nine (39) South, Range one (1) West; thence southerly along the section line to the southwest corner of Section thirty-six (36), said township and range; thence westerly along the Ninth (9th) Standard Parallel South to the northwest corner of Section one (1), Township forty (40) South, Range one (1) West: thence southerly along the section line to the southwest corner of Section thirteen (13), said township and range; thence easterly along the surveyed and unsurveyed section line to the point for the southeast corner of Section fourteen (14), Township forty (40) South, Range one (1) East; thence northerly along the surveyed and unsurveyed section line to the north east corner of Section thirty-five (35), Township thirty-nine (39) South, Range one (1) East; thence westerly to the northwest corner of said Section thirty-five (35); thence 1244 northerly to the north east corner of Section twenty-seven (27), said township and range, 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 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 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 eighth day of September, [seal.] 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 eighteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President Alvey A. Adee Acting Secretary of State.
8 November 3, 1893 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.

November 3, 1893

.

While the American people should every day remember with praise

Preamble.

and thanksgiving the divine goodness and mercy which have followed them since their beginning as a nation, it is fitting that one day in each year should be especially devoted to the contemplation of the blessings we have received from the band of God, and to the grateful acknowledgment of His loving kindness.

Therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do

Designating Thursday, November 30, as Thanksgiving Day.

hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the thirtieth day of the present month of November, as a day of Thanksgiving and praise to be kept and observed by all the people of our land. On that day let us forego our ordinary work and employments, and assemble in our usual places of worship where we may recall all that God has done for us, and where from grateful hearts our united tribute of praise and song may reach the Throne of Grace. Let the re union of kindred and the social meeting of friends lend cheer and enjoyment to the day, and let generous gifts of charity for the relief of the poor and needy prove the sincerity of our thanksgiving.

Witness my hand and the seal of the United States, which I have caused to be hereto affixed.

Done at the City of Washington on the third day of November, in [seal.] the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.
9 April 9, 1894 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1245 [No. 9.]
By the President of the United States of America.

April 9, 1894

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to give effect to the

Preamble.

 Award rendered by the Tribunal of Arbitration at Paris, under the Treaty between the United States and Great Britain, concluded at

Ante, p.52.

 Washington, February 29, 1S92, for the purpose of submitting to arbitration certain questions concerning the preservation of the fur-seals,” was approved April 6, 1894, and reads as follows: Whereas the following articles of the award of the Tribunal of Arbitration constituted

Fur-seal regulations.

 under the treaty concluded at Washington the twenty-ninth of February, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, between the United States of America and Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland were delivered to the Agents of the respective Governments on the fifteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and ninety-three:
Article 1.

The Governments of the United States and Great Britain shall forbid their citizens and subjects respectively to kill, capture, or pursue at any time, and in any manner whatever, the animals commonly called fur seals, within a zone of sixty miles around the Pribilov Islands, inclusive of the territorial waters.

The miles mentioned in the preceding paragraph are geographical miles, of sixty to a degree of latitude.
Article 2. The two Governments shall forbid their citizens and subjects respectively to kill, capture or pursue, in any manner whatever, during the season extending, each year, from the first of May to the thirty-first of July, both inclusive, the fur seals on the high sea, in the part of the Pacific Ocean, inclusive of the Bering Sea, which is situated to the north of the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude, and eastward of the one hundred and eightieth degree of longitude from Greenwich till it strikes the water boundary described in Article 1 of the Treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven between the United States and Russia, and following that line up to Berings Straits.
Article 3. During the period of time and in the waters in which the fur-seal fishing is allowed, only sailing vessels shall be permitted to carry on or take part in fur-seal fishing operations. They will however be at liberty to avail themselves of the use of such canoes or undecked boats, propelled by paddles, oars, or sails, as are in common use as fishing boats.
Article 4. Each sailing vessel authorized to fish for fur seals must be provided with a special license issued for that purpose by its Government, and shall be required to carry a distinguishing flag to be prescribed by its government.
Article 5. The masters of the vessels engaged in fur-seal fishing shall enter accurately in their official log book the date and place of each fur-seal fishing operation, and also the number and sex of the seals captured upon each day. These entries shall be communicated by each of the two Governments to the other at the end of each fishing season.
Article 6. The use of nets, firearms and explosives shall be forbidden in the fur-seal fishing. This restriction shall not apply to shotguns when such fishing takes place outside of Behring Sea, during the season when it may be lawfully carried on.
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Article 7. The two Governments shall take measures to control the fitness of the men authorized

Fur-seal regulations—Continued.

 to engage in fur-seal fishing; these men shall have been proved fit to handle with sufficient skill the weapons by means of which this fishing may be carried on.
Article 8.

The regulations contained the preceding articles shall not apply to Indians dwelling on the coast of the territory of the United States or of Great Britain, and carrying on fur-seal fishing in canoes or undecked boats not transported by or used in connection with other vessels and propelled wholly by paddles, oars or sails and manned by not more than five persons each in the way hitherto practiced by the Indians, provided such Indians are not in the employment of other persons and provided that, when so hunting in canoes or undecked boats, they shall not hunt fur seals outside of territorial waters under contract for the delivery of the skins to any person.

This exemption shall not be construed to affect the municipal law of either country, nor shall it extend to the waters of Behring Sea or the waters of the Aleutian Passes.

Nothing herein contained is intended to interfere with the employment of Indians as hunters or otherwise in connection with fur sealing vessels as heretofore.

Article 9.

The concurrent regulations hereby determined with a view to the protection and preservation of the fur seals, shall remain in force until they have been, in whole or in part, abolished or modified by common agreement between the Governments of the United States and of Great Britain.

The said concurrent regulations shall be submitted every five years to a new examination, so as to enable both interested governments to consider whether, in the light of past experience, there is occasion for any modification thereof.

Now therefore be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That no citizen of the United States, or person owing the duty of obedience to the laws or the treaties of the United States, nor any person belonging to or on board of a vessel of the United States, shall kill, capture, or pursue, at any time, or in any manner whatever, outside of territorial waters, any fur seal in the waters surrounding the Pribilov Islands within a zone of

Correction.

Ante, p. 64.

sixty geographical miles (sixty to a degree of latitude) around said Islands, exclusive of the territorial waters.

Sec. 2. That no citizen of the United States, or person above described in Section 1 of this Act, nor any person belonging to or on board of a vessel of the United States, shall kill, capture, or pursue, in any manner whatever, during the season extending from the first day of May to the thirty-first day of July, both inclusive, in each year, any fur seal on the high seas outside of the zone mentioned in section one, and in that part of the Pacific Ocean, including Behring Sea, which is situated to the north of the thirty fifth degree of north latitude and to the east of the one hundred and eightieth degree of longitude from Greenwich till it strikes the water boundary described in article one of the treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, between the United States and Russia, and following that line up to Behring Straits.
Sec. 3. No citizen of the United States or person above described, in the first section of this Act, shall, during the period and in the waters in which by section two of this Act the killing of fur seals is not prohibited, use or employ any vessel, nor shall any vessel of the United States be used or employed, in carrying on or taking part in fur-seal fishing operations, other than a sailing vessel propelled by sails exclusively, and such canoes or undecked bouts, propelled by paddles, oars, or sails as may belong to, and be used in connection with, such sailing vessels; nor shall any sailing vessel carry on or take part in such operations without a special license obtained from the government for that purpose, and without carrying a distinctive flag prescribed by the government for the same purpose.
Sec. 4. That every master of a vessel licensed under this act to engage in fur-seal fishing operations shall accurately enter in his official log book the date and place of every such operation, and also the number and sex of the seal captured each day; and on coming into port, and before landing cargo, the master shall verify, on oath, such official log book as containing a full and true statement of the number and character of his fur-seal fishing operations, including the number and sex of seals captured; and for any false statement willfully made by a person so licensed by the United States in this behalf he shall be subject to the penalties of perjury; and any seal skins found in excess of the statement in the official log book shall be forfeited to the United States.
Sec. 5 That no person or vessel engaging in fur-seal fishing operations under this Act shall use or employ in such operations, any net, firearm, airgun, or explosive: Provided however, That this prohibition shall not apply to the use of shotguns in such operations outside of Behring Sen during the season when the killing of fur seals is not there prohibited by this Act.
Sec. 6. That the foregoing sections of this Act shall not apply to Indians dwelling on the coast of the United States, and taking fur seals in canoes or undecked boats 1247 propelled wholly by paddles, oars, or sails, and not transported by or used in connection

Fur-seal regulations—Continued.

 with other vessels, or manned by more than five persons, in the manner heretofore practiced by the said Indians: Provided, however, that the exception made in this section shall not apply to Indians in the employment of other persons, or who shall kill, capture, or pursue fur seals outside of territorial waters under contract to deliver the skins to other persons, nor to the waters of Behring Sea or of the passes between the Aleutian Islands.
Sec. 7. That the President shall have power to make regulations respecting the special license and the distinctive flag mentioned in this Act and regulations otherwise suitable to secure the due execution of the provisions of this act, and from time to time to add to, modify, amend, or revoke such regulations as in his judgment may seem expedient.
Sec. 8. That, except in the case of a master making a false statement under oath in violation of the provisions of the fourth section of this Act, every person guilty of a violation of the provisions of this Act, or of the regulations made thereunder, shall for each offense be fined not less than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and all vessels, their tackle, apparel, furniture, and Cargo, at any time used or employed in violation of this Act, or of the regulations made thereunder, shall be forfeited to the United States.
Sec. 9. That any violation of this Act, or of the regulations made thereunder, may be prosecuted either in the district court of Alaska or in any district court of the United States in California, Oregon, or Washington.
Section 10. That if any unlicensed vessel of the United States shall be found within the waters to which this Act applies, and at a time when the killing of fur seals is by this Act there prohibited, having on board seal skins or bodies of seals, or apparatus or implements suitable for killing or taking seals; or if any licensed vessel shall be found in the waters to which this Act applies, having on board apparatus or implements suitable for taking seals, but forbidden then and there to be used, it shall be presumed that the vessel in the one case and the apparatus or implements in the other was or were used in violation of this Act until it is otherwise sufficiently proved.
Sec. 11. That it shall be the duty of the President to cause a sufficient naval force to cruise in the waters to which this Act is applicable to enforce its provisions, and it shall be the duty of the commanding officer of any vessel belonging to the naval or revenue service of the United States, when so instructed by the President, to seize and arrest all vessels of the United States found by him to be engaged, used, or employed in the waters last aforesaid in violation of any of the prohibitions of this Act, or of any regulations made thereunder, and to take the same with all persons on board thereof, to the most convenient port in any district of the United States mentioned in this Act, there to be dealt with according to law.
Sec. 12. That any vessel or citizen of the United States, or person described in the first section of this Act, offending against the prohibitions of this Act or the regulations thereunder, may be seized and detained by the naval or other duly commissioned officers of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, but when so seized and detained they shall be delivered as soon as practicable, with any witnesses and proofs on board, to any naval or revenue officer or other authorities of the United States, whose courts alone shall have jurisdiction to try the offense and impose the penalties for the same: Provided, however, That British officers shall arrest and detain vessels and persons as in this section specified only after, by appropriate legislation, Great Britain shall have authorized officers of the United States duly commissioned and instincted by the President to that end to arrest, detain, and deliver to the authorities of Great Britain vessels and subjects of that Government offending against any statutes or regulations of Great Britain enacted or made to enforce the award of the treaty mentioned in the title of this Act.”

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Grover Cleveland, President of

Regulations declared in effect.

the United States of America, have caused the said Act specially to be proclaimed to the end that its provisions may be known and observed; and I hereby proclaim that every person guilty of a violation of the provisions of said Act will be arrested and punished as therein provided; and all vessels so employed, their tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo will be seized and forfeited.

In testimoney 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 9th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety four, [seal.] and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.
10 May 2, 1894 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1248 [No. 10.]
By the President of the United States of America.

May 2, 1894

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas satisfactory proof has been given to me that no light house

Preamble.

 and light dues, tonnage dues, beacon and buoy dues, or other equivalent taxes of any kind, are imposed upon vessels of the United States in the ports of the Island of Grenada, one of the British West India Islands;

Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section eleven

Vol. 24, p. 81.

of the Act of Congress, entitled “An Act to abolish certain fees for official services to American vessels, and to amend the laws relating to shipping commissioners, seamen and owners of vessels, and for other purposes”, approved June nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and

Vol. 25, p. 80.

eighty six, and in virtue of the further Act amendatory thereof, entitled “An Act to amend the laws relating to navigation and for other purposes”, approved April four, one thousand eight hundred and

Grenada, West Indies.

Suspension of tonnage duty upon vessels from.

eighty-eight, do hereby declare and proclaim that from and after the date of this, my Proclamation, shall be suspended the collection of the whole of the tonnage duty which is imposed by said section eleven of the Act approved June nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty six upon vessels entered in the ports of the United States from any of the ports of the Island of Grenada.

Provided, that there shall be excluded from the benefits of the suspension

Vessels excluded.

hereby declared and proclaimed, the vessels of any foreign 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 cargoes 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 Grenada 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 May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety [seal.] four, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.
11 July 8, 1894 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation [No. 11.]
By the President of the United States of America.

July 8, 1894

. A PROCLAMATION. 1249 Whereas, By reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations and

Preamble.

 assemblages of persons, it has become impracticable in the judgment of the President to enforce by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the laws of the United States within the State of Illinois and especially in the City of Chicago within said State: And, Whereas, for the purpose of enforcing the faithful execution of the laws of the United States and protecting its property and removing obstructions to the United States mails in the State and City aforesaid, the President has employed a part of the military forces of the United States:

Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States,

Unlawful assemblages in Illinois commanded to disperse.

do hereby admonish all good citizens and all persons who may be or may come within the City and State aforesaid, against aiding, countenancing, encouraging, or taking any part in such unlawful obstructions, combinations and assemblages; and I hereby warn all persons engaged in or in any way connected with such unlawful obstructions, combinations and assemblages to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes on or before twelve o’clock noon on the ninth day of July instant.

Those who disregard this warning and persist in taking part with a riotous mob in forcibly resisting and obstructing the execution of the laws of the United States, or interfering with the functions of the Government or destroying or attempting to destroy the property belonging to the United States or under its protection, cannot be regarded otherwise than as public enemies.

Troops employed against such a riotous mob, will act with all the moderation and forbearance consistent with the accomplishment of the desired end; but the stern necessities that confront them will not with certainty permit discrimination between guilty participants and those who are mingled with them from curiosity and without criminal intent. The only safe course therefore for those not actually unlawfully participating is to abide at their homes, or at least not to be found in the neighborhood of riotous assemblages.

While there will be no hesitation or vacillation in the decisive treatment of the guilty, this warning is especially intended to protect and save the innocent.

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be hereto affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this eighth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety four, and [seal.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and nineteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.
12 July 9, 1894 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation 1250 [No. 12.]
By the President of the United States of America.

July 9, 1894

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, By reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations and

Preamble.

 assemblages of persons, it has become impracticable in the judgment of the President, to enforce by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings the laws of the United States at certain points and places within the States of North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Wyoming, Colorado and California and the Territories of Utah and New Mexico, and especially along the lines of such railways traversing said States and Territories as are military roads and post routes and are engaged in interstate commerce and in carrying United States mails: And, Whereas, for the purpose of enforcing the faithful execution of the laws of the United States, and protecting property belonging to the United States or under its protection, and of preventing obstructions of the United States mails and of commerce between the States and Territories, and of securing to the United States the right guaranteed by law to the use of such roads for postal, military, naval and other government service, the President has employed a part of the military forces of the United States:

Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States,

Unlawful assemblages obstructing mails and interstate commerce commanded to disperse.

do hereby command all persons engaged in, or in any way connected with such unlawful obstructions, combinations and assemblages, to disperse and retire peaceably to the respective abodes on or before 3 o’clock in the afternoon, on the tenth day of July instant.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be hereto affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this ninth day of July in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety four, and [seal.] of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and nineteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.
13 July 13, 1894 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation [No. 13.]
By the President of the United States of America.

July 13, 1894

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas an Act of Congress entitled “An Act To adopt regulations

Preamble.

 for preventing collisions at sea,” was approved August 19, 1890, the

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said Act being in the following words: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America

Collisions at sea.

Regulations for preventing.

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in Congress assembled,
That the following regulations for preventing collisions at sea shall be followed by all public and private vessels of the United States upon the high seas and in all waters connected therewith, navigable by seagoing vessels.
preliminary.

In the following rules every steam-vessel which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing-vessel, and every vessel under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a steam-vessel.

The word “steam-vessel” shall include any vessel propelled by machinery.

A vessel is “under way” within the meaning of these rules when she is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, or aground.

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Lights.

 The word “visible” in these rules when applied to lights shall mean visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere.
Article 1. The rules concerning lights shall be complied with in all weathers from sunset to sunrise, and during such time no other lights which may be mistaken for the prescribed lights shall be exhibited.
Art. 2. A steam-vessel when under way shall carry—(a) On or in front of the foremast, or if a vessel without a foremast, then in the fore part of the vessel, at a height above the hull of not less than twenty feet, and if the breadth of the vessel exceeds twenty feet, then at a height above the hull not less than such breadth, so, however, that the light, need not be carried at a greater height above the hull than forty feet, a bright white light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles. (b) On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles. (c) On the port side a red light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles. (d) The said green and red sidelights shall be fitted with inboard screens projecting at least three feet forward from the light, so as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow. (e) A steam-vessel when under way may carry an additional white light similar in construction to the light mentioned in subdivision (a). These two lights shall be so placed in line with the keel that one shall be at least fifteen feet higher than the other, and in such a position with reference to each other that the lower light shall be forward of the upper one. The vertical distance between these lights shall be less than the horizontal distance.
Art. 3.

A steam-vessel when towing another vessel shall, in addition to her sidelights, carry two bright white lights in a vertical line one over the other, not less than six feet apart, and when towing more than one vessel shall carry an additional bright white light six feet above or below such light, if the length of the tow measuring from the stern of the towing vessel to the stern of the last vessel towed exceeds six hundred feet. Each of those lights shall be of the same construction and character, and shall be carried in the same position as the white light mentioned in article two (a), excepting the additional light, which may be carried at a height of not less than fourteen feet above the hull.

Such steam-vessel may carry a small white light abaft the funnel or aftermast for the vessel towed to steer by, but such light shall not be visible forward of the beam.

Art. 4. (a) A vessel which from any accident is not under command shall carry at the same height as a white light mentioned in article two (a), where they can best be seen, and if a steam-vessel in lieu of that light, two red lights, in a vertical line one over the other, not less than six feet apart, and of such a character as to be visible all around the horizon at a distance of at least two miles; and shall by day carry in a vertical line one over the other, not less than six feet apart, where they can best be seen, two black balls or shapes, each two feet in diameter. (b) A vessel employed in laying or in picking up a telegraph cable shall carry in the same position as the white light mentioned in article two (a), and if a steam-vessel in lieu of that light, throe lights in a vertical line one over the other not less than six feet apart. The highest and lowest of these lights shall be red, and the middle light shall be white, and they shall be of such a character as to be visible all around the horizon, at a distance of a least two miles. By day she shall carry in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than six feet’ apart, where they can best be seen, three shapes not less than two feet in diameter, of which the highest and lowest shall be globular in shape and red in color, and the middle one diamond in shape and white. (c) The vessels referred to in this article, when not making way through the water, shall not carry the sidelights, but when making way shall carry them. (d)

The lights and shapes required to be shown by this article are to be taken by other vessels as signals that the vessel showing them is not under command and can not therefore get out of the way.

These signals are not signals of vessels in distress and requiring assistance. Such signals are contained in article thirty-one.
Art. 5. A sailing vessel under way and any vessel being towed shall carry the same lights as are proscribed by article two for a steam-vessel under way, with the exception of the white lights mentioned therein, which they shall never carry.
Art. 6.

Whenever, as in the case of small vessels under way during bad weather, the green and red sidelights can not be fixed, these lights shall be kept at band, lighted and ready for use; and shall, on the approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side, nor, if practicable, more than two points abaft the beam on their respective sides.

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To make the use of these portable lights more certain and easy the lanterns containing

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them shall each be painted outside with the color of the light they respectively contain, and shall be provided with proper screens.

Art. 7. Steam-vessels of less than forty, and vessels under oars or sails of less than twenty tons, gross tonnage, respectively, when under way, shall not be obliged to carry the lights mentioned in article two (a) (b) and (c), but if they do not carry them they shall be provided with the following lights: First. Steam-vessels of less than forty tons shall carry— (a) In the fore part of the vessel, or on or in front of the funnel, where it can best be seen, and at a height above the gunwale of not less than nine feet, a bright white light constructed and fixed as prescribed in article two (a), and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least, two miles. (b) Green and rod sidelights constructed and fixed as prescribed in article two (b) and (c), and of such a character us to be visible at a distance of at least one mile, or a combined lantern showing a green light and a red light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on their respective sides. Such lantern shall be carried not less than three feet below the white light. Second. Small steamboats, such as are carried by seagoing vessels, may carry the white light at a less height than nine feet above the gunwale, but it shall be carried above the combined lantern mentioned in subdivision one (b), Third.

Vessels under oars or sails, of less than twenty tons, shall have ready at hand a lantern with a green glass on one side and a red glass on the other, which, on the approach of or to other vessels, shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side.

The vessels referred to in this article shall not be obliged to carry the lights prescribed by article four (a) and article eleven, last paragraph.
Art. 8.

Pilot vessels when engaged on their station on pilotage duty shall not show the lights required for other vessels, but shall carry a white light at the masthead, visible all around the horizon, and shall also exhibit a flare-up light or flare-up lights at short intervals, which shall never exceed fifteen minutes.

On the near approach of or to other vessels they shall have their sidelights lighted, ready for use, and shall flash or show them at short intervals, to indicate the direction in which they are heading, but the green light shall not be shown on the port side, nor the red light on the starboard side.

A pilot-vessel of such a class as to be obliged to go alongside of a vessel to put a pilot on board may show the white light instead of carrying it at the masthead, and may, instead of the colored lights above mentioned, have at baud, ready for use, a lantern with a green glass on the one side and a red glass on the other, to be used as prescribed above.

Pilot-vessels when not engaged on their station on pilotage duty shall carry lights similar to those of other vessels of their tonnage.

Art. 9. Fishing vessels and fishing boats when under way and when not required by this article to carry or show the lights therein named shall carry or show the lights prescribed for vessels of their tonnage under way. (a) Vessels and boats, when fishing with drift nets, shall exhibit two white lights from any part of the vessel where they can best be seen. Such lights shall be placed so that the vertical distance between them shall be not less than six feet and not more than ten feet, and so that the horizontal distance between them, measured in a line with the keel, shall be not less than five feet and not more than ten feet. The lower of these two lights shall be the more forward, and both of them shall be of such a character as to show all around the horizon, and to ho visible at a distance of not less than three miles. (b) Vessels, when engaged in trawling, by which is meant the dragging of an apparatus along the the bottom of the sea— First. If steam-vessels, shall carry in the same position as the white light mentioned in article two (a) a tricolored lantern so constructed and fixed as to show a white light from right ahead to two points on each bow, and a green light and a red light over an arc of the horizon from two points on either bow to two points abaft the beam on the starboard and port sides, respectively; and, not less than six nor more than twelve feet below the tricolored lantern, a white light in a lantern, so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light all around the horizon Second.

If sailing vessels, of seven tons gross tonnage and upwards, shall carry a white light in a lantern, so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light all around the horizon, and shall also be provided with a sufficient supply of red pyrotechnic lights, which shall each burn for at least thirty seconds, and shall he shown on the approach of or to other vessels in sufficient time to prevent collision.

In the Mediterranean Sea the vessels referred to in subdivision (b) two may use a flare-up light in lieu of a pyrotechnic light.

All lights mentioned in subdivision (b) one and two shall be visible at a distance of at least two miles.

 Third. If sailing vessels of less than seven tons gross tonnage, shall not be obliged to carry the white light mentioned in subdivision (b) two of this article, but if they do not carry such light they shall have at hand, ready for use, a lantern showing a bright white light, which shall, on the approach of or to other vessels, he exhibited where it can best be seen, in sufficient time to prevent collision; and they shall also show a red pyrotechnic light, as prescribed in subdivision (b) two, or in lieu thereof a flare-up light. 1253 (c) Vessels and boats when line-fishing with their lines out and attached to their

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 lines, and when not at anchor or stationary, shall carry the same lights as vessels fishing with drift-nets. (d) Fishing vessels and fishing boats may at any time use a flare-up light in addition to the lights which they are by this article required to carry and show. All flare-up lights exhibited by a vessel when trawling or fishing with any kind of dragnet shall be shown at the after part of the vessel, excepting that if the vessel is hanging by the stern to her fishing gear, they shall be exhibited from the bow. (e) Every fishing vessel and every boat when at anchor shall exhibit a white light visible all around the horizon at a distance of at least one mile. (f) If a vessel or boat when fishing becomes stationary in consequence of her gear getting fast to a rock or other obstruction she shall show the light and make the fog-signal prescribed for a vessel at anchor, respectively. (See article fifteen (d) (e) and last paragraph.) (g) In fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rainstorms drift-net vessels attached to their nets, and vessels when trawling, dredging, or fishing with any kind of dragnet, and vessels line-fishing with their lines out shall, if of twenty tons gross tonnage or upwards, respectively, at intervals of not more than one minute make a blast; if steam-vessels with the whistle or siren, and if sailing-vessels with the foghorn, each blast to be followed by ringing the bell. (h)

Sailing vessels or boats fishing with nets or lines or trawls, when under way, shall in daytime indicate their occupation to an approaching vessel by displaying a basket or other efficient signal, where it can best be seen.

The vessels referred to in this article shall not be obliged to carry the lights prescribed by article four (a) and article eleven, last paragraph.
Art. 10.

A vessel which is being overtaken by another shall show from her stem to such last-mentioned vessel a white light or a flare-up light.

The white light required to be shown by this article may be fixed and carried in a lantern, but in such case the lantern shall be so constructed, fitted, and screened that it shall throw an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twelve points of the compass, namely, for six points front right aft on each side of the vessel, so as to be visible at a distance of at least one mile. Such light shall be carried as nearly as practicable on the same level as the sidelights.

Art. 11.

A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet in length, when at anchor, shall carry forward, where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light in a lantern so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all around the horizon at a distance of least one mile.

A vessel of one hundred and fifty feet or upwards in length, when at anchor, shall carry in the forward part of the vessel, at a height of not less than twenty and not exceeding forty feet above the hull, one such light, and at or near the stem of the vessel, and at such a height that it shall be not less than fifteen feet lower than the forward light, another such light.

The length of a vessel shall be deemed to be the length appearing in her certificate of registry.

A vessel aground in or near a fairway shall carry the above light or lights and the two red lights proscribed by article four (a).

Art. 12. Every vessel may, if necessary in order to attract attention, in addition to the lights which she is by these rules required to carry, show a flare-up light or use any detonating signal that can not be mistaken for a distress signal. Art. 13. Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation of any special rules made by the Government of any nation with respect to additional station and signal-lights for two or more ships of war or for vessels sailing under convoy, or with the exhibition of recognition signals adopted by shipowners, which have been authorized by their respective Governments and duly registered and published. Art. 14. A steam-vessel proceeding under sail only but having her funnel up, shall carry in daytime, forward, where it can best be seen, one black ball or shape two feet in diameter. sound signals for fog, and so forth.

Fog, etc., signals.
Art. 15. All signals prescribed by this article for vessels under way shall be given: 1. By “steam-vessels” on the whistle or siren. 2. By “sailing vessels and vessels towed” on the foghorn.

The words “prolonged blast” used in this article shall mean a blast of from four to six seconds’ duration.

A steam-vessel shall be provided with an efficient whistle or siren, sounded by steam or by some substitute for steam, so placed that the sound may not be intercepted by any obstruction, and with an efficient foghorn, to be sounded by mechanical means, and also with an efficient bell. [In all cases where the rules require a bell to be used a drum may be substituted on board Turkish vessels, or a gong where such articles are used on board small sea going vessels ] A sailing vessel of twenty tons gross tonnage or upward shall be provided with a similar foghorn and bell.

In fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rainstorms, whether by day or night, the signals described in this article shall be used as follows, viz:

 (a) A steam-vessel having way upon her shall sound, at intervals of not more than two minutes, a prolonged blast. 1254 (b) A steam-vessel under way, but stopped, and having no way upon her, shall

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 sound, at intervals of not more than two minutes, two prolonged blasts, with an interval of about one second between them. (c) A sailing vessel under way shall sound, at intervals of not more than one minute, when on the starboard tack one blast, when on the port tack two blasts in succession, and when with the wind abaft the beam three blasts in succession (d) A vessel when at anchor shall, at intervals of not more than one minute, ring the bell rapidly for about five seconds. (e) A vessel at anchor at sea, when not in ordinary anchorage ground, and when in such a position as to be an obstruction to vessels under way, shall sound, if a steam-vessel, at intervals of not more than two minutes, two prolonged blasts with her whistle or siren, followed by ringing her bell; or, if a sailing-vessel, at intervals of not more than one minute, two blasts with her foghorn, followed by ringing her bell. (f) A vessel when towing shall, instead of the signals prescribed in subdivisions (a) and (c) of this article at intervals of not more than two minutes, sound three blasts in succession, namely, one prolonged blast followed by two short blasts. A vessel towed may give this signal and she shall not give any other. (g) A steam-vessel wishing to indicate to another “The way is off my vessel, yon may feel your way past me,” may sound three blasts in succession, namely, short, long, short, with intervals of about one second between them. (h) A vessel employed in laying or picking up a telegraph cable shall, on hearing the fog-signal of an approaching vessel, sound in answer three prolonged blasts in succession. (i)

A vessel under way, which is unable to get out of the way of an approaching vessel through being not under command, or unable to maneuver as required by these rules, shall, on hearing the fog-signal of an approaching vessel, sound in answer four short blasts in succession.

Sailing vessels and boats of less than twenty tons gross tonnage shall not be obliged to give the above-mentioned signals, but, if they do not, they shall make some other efficient sound-signal at intervals of not more than one minute.
speed of ships to be moderate in fog, and so forth.

Speed.

 Art. 16.

Every vessel shall, in a fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rainstorms, go at a moderate speed, having careful regard to the existing circumstances and conditions.

A steam vessel bearing, apparently forward of her beam, the fog-signal of a vessel the position of which is not ascertained shall, so far as the circumstances of the case admit, stop her engines, and then navigate with caution until danger of collision is over.

 Steering and Sailing Rules.

Steering and sailing rules.

 preliminary—risk of collision. Risk of collision can, when circumstances permit, be ascertained by carefully watching the compass bearing of an approaching vessel. If the bearing does not appreciably change, such risk should be deemed to exist.
Art. 17. When two sailing vessels are approaching one another, so as to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out-of the way of the other, as follows, namely: (a) A vessel which is running free shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is close-hauled. (b) A vessel which is close-hauled on the port tack shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is close-hauled on the starboard tuck. (c) When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other. (d) When both are running free, with the wind on the same side, the vessel which is to the windward shall keep out of the way of the vessel which is to leeward. (e) A vessel which has the wind aft shall keep out of the way of the other vessel.
Art. 18.

When two steam-vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.

This article only applies to cases where vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, in such a manner as to involve risk of collision, and does not apply to two vessels which must, if both keep on their respective courses, pass clear of each other.

The only cases to which it does apply are when each of the two vessels is end on, or nearly end on, to the other; in other words, to cases in which, by day, each vessel sees the masts of the other in a line, or nearly in a line, with her own; and by night, to cases in which each vessel is in such a position as to see both the sidelights of the other.

It does not apply by day to cases in which a vessel sees another ahead crossing her own course; or by night, to cases where the red light of one vessel is opposed to the red light of the other, or where the green light of one vessel is opposed to the green light of the other, or where a red light without a green light, or a green light without a red light, is seen ahead, or where both green and red lights are seen anywhere but ahead.

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Art. 19. When two steam-vessels are crossing, so as to involve risk of collision,

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 the vessel which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Art. 20. When a steam-vessel and a sailing vessel are proceeding in such directions as to involve risk of collision, the steam-vessel shall keep out of the way of the sailing-vessel.
Art. 21. Where by any of these rules one of two vessels is to keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course and speed.
Art. 22. Every vessel which is directed by these rules to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, avoid crossing ahead of the other.
Art. 23. Every steam-vessel which is directed by these rules to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, on approaching her, if necessary, slacken her speed or stop or reverse.
Art. 24.

Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules every vessel, overtaking any other, shall keep nut of the way of the overtaken vessel.

Every vessel coming up with another vessel from any direction more than two points abaft her beam, that is, in such a position, with reference to the vessel which she is overtaking that at night she would be unable to see either of that vessel’s sidelights, shall be deemed to be an overtaking vessel; and no subsequent alteration of the bearing between the two vessels shall make the overtaking vessel a crossing vessel within the meaning of these rules, or relieve her of the duty of keeping clear of the overtaken vessel until she is finally past and clear.

As by day the overtaking vessel can not always know with certainty whether she is forward of or abaft this direction from the other vessel she should, if in doubt, assume that she is an overtaking vessel and keep out of the way.

Art. 25. In narrow channels every steam-vessel shall, when it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the fairway or mid-channel which lies on the starboard side of such vessel.
Art. 26. Sailing vessels under way shall keep out of the way of sailing vessels or boats fishing with nets, or lines, or trawls. This rule shall not give to any vessel or boat engaged in fishing the right of obstructing a fairway used by vessels other than fishing vessels or boats.
Art. 27. In obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.
 sound-signals for vessels in sight of one another.

Sound signals.

 Art. 28.

The words “short blast “used in this article shall mean a blast of about one. second’s duration.

When vessels are in sight of one another, a steam-vessel under way, in taking any course authorized or required by these rules, shall indicate that course by the following signals on her whistle or siren, namely:

One short blast to mean, “I am directing my course to starboard.” Two short blasts to mean, “I am directing my course to port.” Three short blasts to mean, “My engines are going at full speed astern.” no vessel, under any circumstances, to neglect proper precautions.
Art. 29. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any vessel or the owner or master or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
 reservation of rules for harbors and inland navigation. Art. 30. Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation of a special rule, duly made by local authority, relative to the navigation of any harbor, river, or inland waters. distress signals.

Distress signals.

 Art. 31.

When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other vessels or from the shore, the following shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, either together or separately, namely:

In the day time—

First. A gun fired at intervals of about a minute; Second. The International Code signal of distress indicated by N C; Third. The distance signal, consisting of a square flag, having either above or below it a ball or anything resembling a hall; Fourth. Rockets or shells as prescribed below for use at night; Fifth. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus.

At night—

One. A gun fired at intervals of about a minute; Two. Flames on the vessel (as from a burning tar-barrel, oil-barrel, and so forth); 1256 Three. Rockets or shells, bursting in the air with a loud report and throwing

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 stars of any color or description, fired one at a time at short intervals; Four. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus.
Sec. 2. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the foregoing regulations for preventing collisions at sea for the navigation of all public and private vessels of the United States upon the high seas, and in all waters connected therewith navigable by seagoing vessels, are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect at a time to be fixed by the President by proclamation issued for that purpose.
 And, whereas, an Act of Congress entitled “An Act To amend an

Ante, p. 82.

 Act approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled ‘An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collissions at sea,’” was approved May 28, 1894, the said Act being in the following words: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That article seven of the Act approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled “An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea,” be amended to read as follows:
“Art. 7. Steam vessels of less than forty, and vessels under oars or sails of less

Lights on small vessels.

 than twenty tons gross tonnage, respectively, and rowing boats, when under way, shall not be required to carry the lights mentioned in article two (a), (b), and (c), but if they do not carry them they shall be provided with the following lights: “First. Steam vessels of less than forty tons shall carry— “(a) In the fore part of the vessel, or on or in front of the funnel, where it can best be seen, and at a height above the gunwale of not less than nine feet, a bright white light constructed and fixed as prescribed in article two (a), and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles. “(b) Green and red sidelights constructed and fixed as prescribed in article two (b) and (c), and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least one mile, or a combined lantern showing a green light and a red light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on their respective sides. Such lanterns shall be carried not less than three feet below the white light. “Second. Small steamboats, such as are carried by seagoing vessels, may carry the white light at a less height than nine feet above the gunwale, but it shall be carried above the combined lantern mentioned in subdivision one (b). “Third. Vessels under oars or sails of less than twenty tons shall have ready at hand a lantern with a green glass on one side and a red glass on the other, which, on the approach of or to other vessels, shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side. “Fourth.

Rowing boats, whether under oars or sail, shall have ready at hand a lantern showing a white light which shall be temporarily exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision.

“The vessels referred to in this article shall not be obliged to carry the lights prescribed by article four (a) and article eleven, last paragraph.”

That article nine be hereby repealed.

That article twenty-one be amended to read as follows:

Ante, p. 281.
“Article twenty-one.

Where, by any of these rules, one of two vessels is to keep out of the way the other shall keep her course and speed.

“Note.—When, in consequence of thick weather or other causes, such vessel finds herself so close that collision can not be avoided by the action of the giving-way vessel alone, she also shall take such action as will best aid to avert collision.” (See articles twenty-seven and twenty-nine.)

That article thirty-one be amended to read as follows:

“distress signals.

Distress signals.
“Article thirty-one.

When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other vessels or from the shore the following shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, either together or separately, namely:

“In the daytime—

“First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute. “Second. The international code signal of distress indicated by N C. “Third. The distance signal, consisting of a square flag, having either above or below it a ball or anything resembling a ball. “Fourth. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus.

“At night—

“First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute. “Second. Flames on the vessel (as from a burning tar barrel, oil barrel, and so forth). “Third. Rockets or shells throwing stars of any color or description, fired one at a time, at short intervals. “Fourth. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus.”
And whereas it is provided by section 3 of the Act approved August 19, 1890, that it shall take effect at a time to be fixed by the President by proclamation issued for that purpose; 1257

Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United StatesRegulations to take effect

March 1, 1895

. of America, do, hereby, in virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 3 of the Act aforesaid, proclaim the first day of March, 1895, as

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 the day on which the said Act approved August 19, 1890, as amended by the Act approved May 28, 1894, shall take effect.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this thirteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and ninety four and of the Independence [seal.] of the United States the one hundred and nineteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.
14 September 25, 1894 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation [No. 14.]
By the President of the United States of America

September 25, 1894

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas Congress by a statute approved March 22d 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 sixth 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 on the fourth day of January, A. D. 1893, Benjamin Harrison, then President of the United States, did declare and grant a full

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 pardon and amnesty to certain offenders under said acts upon condition of future obedience to their requirements as is fully set forth in said proclamation of amnesty and pardon; and Whereas upon the evidence now furnished me I am satisfied that the members and adherents of said Church generally abstain from plural marriages and polygamous cohabitation and are now living in obedience to the laws, and that the time has now arrived when the interests of public justice and morality will be promoted by the granting of amnesty and pardon to all such offenders as have complied with the conditions, of said proclamation, including such of said offenders as have been convicted under the provisions of said act,

Now Therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States,

Pardon and amnesty to Mormons committing polygamy, etc.

by virtue, of the powers in me vested, do hereby declare and grant a full amnesty and pardon to all persons who have in violation of said acts committed either of the offences of polygamy, bigamy, adultery or unlawful cohabitation under the color of polygamous or plural marriage, or who, having been convicted of violations of said acts, are now suffering deprivation of civil rights in consequence of the same, excepting all persons who have not complied with the conditions contained in said

Exceptions.

 executive proclamation of January the fourth, 1893.

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 25th day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred ninety four, [seal] and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and nineteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.
15 November 1, 1894 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation [No. 15.]
By the President of the United States of America.

November 1, 1894

. A PROCLAMATION. 1258

The American people should gratefully render thanksgiving and

Preamble.

praise to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe who has watched over them with kindness and fostering care during the year that has passed; they should also with humility and faith supplicate the Father of All Mercies for continued blessings according to their needs, and they should by deeds of charity seek the favor of the Giver of every good and perfect gift.

Therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States,

November 29, 1894

, set apart as a day of national thanksgiving. do hereby appoint and set apart Thursday, the twenty-ninth day of November instant as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer, to be kept and observed by all the people of the land.

On that day let our ordinary work and business be suspended and let us meet in our accustomed places of worship and give thanks to Almighty God for our preservation as a nation, for our immunity from disease and pestilence, for the harvests that have rewarded our husbandry, for a renewal of national prosperity and for every advance in virtue and intelligence that has marked our growth as a People.

And with our thanksgiving let us pray that these blessings may be multiplied unto us, that our national conscience may be quickened to a, better recognition of the power and goodness of God and that in our national life we may clearer see and closer follow the path of righteousness.

And in our places of worship and praise, as well as in the happy re unions of kindred and friends on that day, let us invoke Divine approval by generously remembering the poor and needy. Surely He, who has given us comfort and plenty, will look upon our relief of the destitute and our ministrations of charity as the work of hearts truly grateful and as proofs of the sincerity of our thanksgiving.

Witness my hand and the seal of the United States, which I have caused to be hereto affixed.

Done at the City of Washington on the first day of November in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and ninety four, and of [seal.] the Independence of the United States the one hundred and nineteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.
16 February 18, 1895 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation [No. 16.]
By the President of the United States of America.

February 18, 1895

. 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 XX III, enacts that:

R. S., sec. 1956, p. 343.

Fur-bearing animals, Alaska.

“No 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 offense,
“be fined not less than two hundred nor more than one thousand 1259
“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 pro-
“vided 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:

“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.”

Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United,

Persons warned against entering Bering Sea intruding to violate laws.

States, 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 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, 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 eighteenth day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, [seal.]and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and nineteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.
17 February 25, 1895 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation [No. 17.]
By the President of the United States of America.

February 25, 1895

. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to postpone the

Preamble.

Ante, p. 680.

Vol. 26, p. 320.

 enforcement of the Act of August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled ‘An Act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea,’” was approved February 23, 1895,

Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States

Effort of Act to prevent collisions at sea postponed.

Ante, p. 1250.

of America, do hereby give notice that said Act of August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, as amended by the Act of May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, will not go into force on March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, the date fixed in my 1260proclamation of July thirteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, but on such future date as may be designated in a proclamation of the President to be issued for that purpose.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington this 25th day of February, one eight hundred and ninety-five and of the Independence [seal.] of the United States the one hundred and nineteenth.

Grover Cleveland By the President: W. Q. Gresham Secretary of State.
1261 INDEX Page. Abandoned Goods,  from sunken vessels may be entered free after two years 551 Abandoned Military Reservations (see Military Reservations, Abandoned), Aberdeen, S. Dak.,  terms of court at 5 Abert, James William,  may be appointed on Army retired list 1010 Abert, William Stone,  appropriation for services, compilation of District laws 759 Abrams, John T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Abridgment of Message and Documents,  preparation; distribution 617 Absecon Inlet, N. J.,  appropriation for buoy depot 375  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Absentee Shawnee Indian Lands, Okla.,  homestead settlers granted one year’s extension to make first payment 3   allowed extension of two years for first payment 901   may receive patent in one year on paying $1.50 an acre 3 Absinthe,  duty on 525 Abstract of Eleventh Census,  to be printed; distribution 60  second edition to be printed instead of Digest; distribution 439 Academy of Sciences, National,  to prepare and publish details of applying electrical units of measure 102 Acapulco,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Accounting officers of the Treasury,  deficiency appropriation for claims certified by 477, 870 Accounts,  annual report of Treasurer’s, abolished 47  changes in postal service, money orders, etc. 30  disposal of receipts for postal revenues deposited 28  only certificates of loss of property to be sent accounting officers 47 Accounts and Disbursements Division, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for chief, clerks, etc. 265, 728 Account, House of Representatives,  temporary committee at end of each Congress to be appointed; duties, etc. 768 Accounts, New System of Keeping,  designations of Auditors changed 205  offices in Treasury abolished 205  First Comptroller to be Comptroller of the Treasury; duties 205  duties of Assistant Comptroller, chief clerk, etc. 205  recovery of debts due the Government 206  delinquent officers to be stated by Auditors to Solicitor for issue of distress warrants 206  delinquent disbursing officers to be stated by Auditors to Solicitor for action 206  forms, except postal, to be prescribed by Comptroller 206  returns of consular fees to be prescribed by Comptroller 206  settlement of particular accounts by Auditors may be directed by Comptroller 206  examinations by Auditor for the Treasury Department 206   by Auditor for the War Department 206   by Auditor for the Interior Department 206    duties of Second Comptroller repealed 209    public-lands returns 207   by Auditor for the Navy Department 207   by Auditor for the State and other Departments 207   by Auditor for the Post-Office Department 207  balances certified by Auditors to bookkeeping and warrants division and Postmaster-General, conclusive 207   revision by Comptroller 207   reexamination by order of Secretary of the Treasury 207  statements of differences certified by Comptroller 208  accepting payments of Auditor’s settlement a bar to revision 208  settlement of suspended items 208  regulations for time of issuing warrant, to be made 208  vouchers, etc., to be preserved by Auditors 208  decisions of Auditors to be passed upon by Comptroller 208  decisions of Comptroller to govern in passing accounts affected 208  appeal from Sixth Auditor to First Comptroller repealed 208  repeal of former provisions for certified balances 208  change of designation of Auditors, etc., not to create new offices, etc. 208  division of bookkeeping and warrants established 208   to record all receipts and expenditures except postal 208  duties of Register and Auditors superseded 208 1262  requisitions for advances to go to Auditor before Secretary’s action 209  issuing warrants; certificate or requisition to accompany 209  certificate or requisition to specify appropriation 209   to be returned by Treasurer 209  requisitions not required for payments on audited accounts or covering money in 209   for advances not to be countersigned 209  record of warrants by Register abolished 209  time of rendering monthly and quarterly accounts 209   delinquencies 209   rules to be made by Secretary of the Treasury for mailing, etc. 209  prompt rendition necessary 209  advances require order of President in case of delays 209   or Secretary of Treasury 807  not, applicable to postal service 209  annual report of delinquents to Congress 209  yearly settlement repealed 209  annual report of delinquents by First Comptroller repealed 209  extension of time for rendition, abolished 209  vouchers, etc., United States courts to be examination Department of Justice 210  paying salaries of judges, etc., monthly 210  action of Auditor on claims without administrative examination 210  detailed animal report of all receipts and expenditures 210  certificate of outstanding drafts to be designed by Secretary 210  copies of contracts, etc., in suits, to be certified by Auditor 210   all authentications of Treasury records, etc., to be signed by Secretary or assistant 809  contracts to be tiled with auditors 210  customs accounts to be sent Auditor; papers, etc. 210  examination of accounts pending October 1, 1894 210  rules to be made by heads of Departments, etc., for examination, etc., under new system 210  settled and disallowed claims not reopened 211  new system to take effect October 1, 1894 211  inconsistent laws repealed 211 Accrued Pensions,  payment to persons entitled, on death of pensioner 905 Acetic Acid,  duty on 509 Adds,  duty on 509  on free list, not especially provided for 536 Ackerly, George W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456, 475 Ackerman, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Ackroyd, Joseph,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Aconite,  on free list 536 Acorns,duty on prepared 524  on free list, raw, unground 536 Adjutant-General’s Department, Army,  appropriation for pay of officers; longevity 234, 655  number of assistants reduced to four 234  vacancies to be filled from the line 234 Adjutant-General’s Office,  appropriation for clerks, etc. 187, 788  for contingent expenses, military information division 243, 663 Adoption of Children, D. C.,  proceedings in supreme court 687  status of child; guardian 687 Adulterations of Foods, Drugs, and Liquors,  appropriation for investigating; reports 268, 731 Advertisements, Lottery  punishment for bringing into the country, etc. 963 Affidavits,  irregular, in certain land entries, validated 227 Agate Bay, Minn.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 346 Agates,  on free list, unmanufactured 536 Agents for Payment of Pensions,  appropriation for salaries 113, 704  for clerk hire, etc. 113, 704  to appoint clerk to sign checks 113, 704 Agents, Indian,  appropriation for civilian, at agencies 286, 876  deficiency appropriation for pay 484, 872, 875 Agreement,  with Russia respecting fur seal fishery regulations 1202 Agreements, etc.,  in restraint of import trade void; penalty 570 Agricultural Colleges, etc.,  appropriation for clerk to obtain information 798 Agricultural Experiment Stations,  appropriation for expenses 271, 734    annual financial statement 271   for index of agricultural literature 271, 734 Agricultural Implements,  on free list, proviso 543 Agricultural Literature,  appropriation for index; distribution 271, 734 Agricultural Products,  appropriation for extending demands of foreign markets for 266, 729 Agricultural Products and Provisions,  Schedule G, tariff of 1894 522 Agricultural Report, 1893,  appropriation for printing; illustrations 581 Agricultural Seals,  duty on, not specified 523 Agriculture,  census report to be bound with fish and fisheries 60 Agriculture, Annual Report of Secretary of,  appropriation for printing, immediately available 960  printing of extra copies; arrangement; distribution 612   illustrations 613  Report on Diseases of the Horse; distribution 613 Agriculture, Department of (see Department of Agriculture), Ahnapee, Wis.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 345 Aix la Chapelle,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 1263 Alabama,  certain naval reserve lands restored to settlement 814  grant of Mount Vernon Barracks to 701 Alabama, Middle Judicial District,  deficiency appropriation for attorney 442  for marshal 442 Alabama River, Ala.,  appropriation for improving 851 Alabaster,  duty on, manufactures not specified 514 Alaska,  appropriation for salaries, government in 185, 786   for contingent expenses 185, 786   for education of Indians 308, 904   for refuge station, Point Barrow 378, 920   for expenses seal and salmon fisheries 391, 932    for report on wanton destruction of game, etc 932   for investigating gold and coal resources 939   for education in 399, 941   for reindeer 399, 941   for expenses, court officials 414, 956   for rent, etc 414, 956   for printing, etc., decisions of district court 414  deficiency appropriation for marshal, court in 440   for traveling expenses 441   for rent, etc 441   for court expenses 483  convention extending time to complete boundary survey between British North America and 1200  proclamation of fur-seal regulations 1245   forbidding killing of fur-bearing animals in waters of 1258  regulations for killing fur seals 53 Alaska Commercial Company,  deficiency appropriation for coal 427 Alaska Seal fisheries,  appropriation for protection of 378, 919   for expenses of agents 391, 932   for food to natives on seal islands 391, 932   for publishing President’s proclamation 391, 932   for expenses, vessels’ log books 391, 932  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206 Albany and Astoria Railroad Company,  granted right of way through Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, Oreg 87 Albata,  duty on unmanufactured 519 Albemarle Sound, N. C.,  appropriation for waterway Norfolk, Va., to 350 Albin, William  charge of desertion removed 1041 Albrecht, Rudolph R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Albumen,  on free list 536 Albumenized Paper,  duty on 532 Albums,  duty on photograph, autograph, and scrap 532 Albuquerque, N. Mex.,  appropriation for Indian school 308, 904 Alcohol (see also Distilled Spirits),  rebate of tax on, used in the arts; regulations 567 Alcoholic Compounds,  duty on 509 Alcoholic Perfumery,  duty on 509 Alden, Warren Alonzo,  military record corrected 1011 Ale,  duty on 526 Alexander and Chalmers,  deficiency appropriation for legal services 413 Alexander, Columbus,  deficiency appropriation for judgment against District of Columbia 852 Alexander, Pinella M.,  deficiency appropriation for interest, judgment of Court of Claims 452 Alford, Benjamin,  payment to 1007 Algiers, La.,  appropriation for dry dock; additional lands, etc. 130 Alien Contract Labor Laics,  appropriation for enforcing 390, 931 Aliens,  honorably discharged from Navy admitted as citizens; service 124 Alizarin,  on free list; and colors and dyes 536 Alizarine Assistant,  duty on 510 Alkalies, Alkaloids, etc.,  duty on, not specified 511 Allegheny County, Pa.,  construction of bridge authorized across Monongahela River 57 Allegheny, Pa.,  appropriation for public building 910  contracts authorized for constructing public building 911  obsolete cannon donated to 967 Allegheny River, Pa.,  appropriation for improving 348   for Herrs Island dam 348  survey of, directed 371 Allen, R. P.,  deficiency appropriation for expenses 438 Allen, Frank T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Allen, George Q.,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Allen, Henry C.,  payment of judgment of Court of Claims to executor of 475 Allen, Joseph P.,  appropriation for 262 Alley, Square 185, D. C.,  part of, closed; transfer of land 276 Alley, Square 622, D. C.,  portion of, closed; granted to Gonzaga College 94 Alley, Square 674, D. C.,  closing of, authorized 751 Alleys, D. C.,  appropriation for grading 249, 749   for current repairs 250, 750   for cleaning, etc 251, 751 Alleys, Square 405, D. C.,  appropriation for land condemned; interest 232 Alleys, Square 751, D. C.,  closing of; proviso 21 Alligator River, N. C.,  survey of directed 370 Alloway Creek, N. J.,  appropriation for improving 347 1264 Almond Oil,  on free list 542 Almonds,  duty on 524 Alouez Bay, Wis.,  survey of, directed 371 Alpaca, Hair, etc.,  duty on roving, etc. 530  on free list 546 Alpena, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 356 Alsea, etc., Indians,  lands ceded by, Siletz Reservation, Oreg 823 Alsea River, Oreg.,  survey of, directed 371 Altamaha River, Ga.,  appropriation for improving 350 Althizar, Frederick W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Alumina, Alum, etc.,  duty on 509 Aluminum,  duty on crude, and alloys 519   in leaf 519 Alva Land District, Okla.,  establishing; office 1236 Ambassadors,  appropriation for salaries 141, 815 Amber,  duty on manufactures 535  on free list; crude, and amberoid 536 Amber Oil,  on free list 542 Ambergris,  on free list 536 Ambergris Oil,  on free list 542 American Ephemeris,  appropriation for services preparation of 191, 792 American Historical Association,  printing report of, authorized; distribution 616 American Registers,  issued to foreign-built vessel, “Archer” 626  “Astoria” 217  “Athos” 625  “Claribel” 025  “El Callao” and name changed to “Oneida” 43  “Empress” name changed “Laurada” 626  “Goldsworthy” 216  “Tames H. Hamlen” 643  “Linda” 626  “Oceano” 219  “S. Oteri” 277  “Skudesnaes” 508 American, Republics, Bureau of,  appropriation for support; use of receipts 151, 825   for publications; report on continuing 418  deficiency appropriation for 843 American River, Cal.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 364 American, Seamen,  appropriation for acknowledgments for rescuing 144, 818   for relief and protection of 150, 824 American Transportation Company,  payment to 1000 American University,  incorporators to constitute board of trustees 814 American Vessels,  deficiency appropriation for consular services to 873 Ames, Alfred L.,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Amherstburg,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Amite River, La.,  appropriation for improving 352 Ammonia,  duty on carbonate of 599   muriate of 509   sulphate of 509 Ammunition, Army,  appropriation for manufacture of metallic, etc. 242, 662 Amnesty,  proclamation granting, to Mormons 1257 Amoy,  appropriation for consul at 145, 819 Ampere,  established as unit of electrical current; definition 102 Amsterdam,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 “Amsterdam,” Netherlands steamship,  payment to heirs of seamen attempting rescue of American schooner1 “Maggie E. Wells” 1092 Amylic Alcohol,  duty on 510 Anatomical Science, D. C.,  delivery of dead bodies to colleges from hospitals, etc., regulations 686 Anatomy,  on free list, preparations of 544 Anchorage Regulations, D. C.,  established; penalty for violations 740 Anchors,  duty on iron or steel 517 Anchovies,  duty on 523 Anelote River, Fla.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Anderson, Charles H.,  deficiency appropriation for judgment against District of Columbia 432 Anderson, Charles M.,  appointed a manager National Home Volunteer Soldiers 586 Anderson, John D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Anderson, Nancy Gabrilla (daughter),  pension 1030 Anderson, William C., 465  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Angier, Alton,  deficiency appropriation for expenses 844 Anglo-American Insurance Company,  deficiency appropriation for judgment against District of Columbia 432 Aniline Oil,  on free list 542 Aniline Salts,  on free list 536 Animal Industry Bureau,  appropriation for salaries and expenses 269, 731   for inspecting meats and animals 269, 731   for preventing pleuro-pneumonia 269, 732    additional pay to chief 269, 732   for purchase and destruction of animals 269, 732   for rent of laboratory 269, 732   for quarantine stations for neat cattle 269, 733 1265  inspection of live cattle, whose meat is to be exported, fresh, canned, etc. 732   certificates; no clearance unless certificate obtained 732   marks, etc., of inspection; penalty for forging, etc. 732  shipping condemned meat in interstate or foreign commerce, forbidden 732  penalty for violations 732 Animal Industry, Report of Bureau,  printing authorized; distribution 613 Animals (see also Cattle),  appropriation for inspection, etc., of 269, 731  duty on lire, not specified 532  on free list, for breeding purposes; regulations 536   straying across boundary line, etc., regulations 537   for exhibition; 537   owned by immigrants 537   for zoological collections 537  protection of wild, Yellowstone Park 73  pure bred, determined by Secretary of   agriculture 269, 733 Animals, D. C.,  appropriation for removing dead 257, 757 Animals not on Farms,  collection of information relating to, by census officials repealed 60 Anise Seed Oil,  on free list 542 Anise Seeds,  on free list 544 Annaberg,  appropriation for consul at 116, 820 Annapolis and Elk Ridge-Railroad Company,  deficiency appropriation for 487 Annapolis, Md. (see, also Naval Academy),  title of bed of King George street transferred to 131 Annatto,  on free list 537 Anthracite Coal,  on free list 539 Antietam Battlefield,  appropriation for marking lines of battle, etc. 950 Antigua,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Antimony,  on free list, ore, crude sulphite, regulus 537 Antiquities,  on free list; meaning of 530   artistic copies for permanent exhibition 547 Antwerp,  appropriation for consul at 145, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Antwerp International Exposition,  invitation accepted; commissioners 578  no appropriation to be made 578 Anvils,  duty on iron or steel 517 Apache Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 289, 879   for support, etc., of 301, 891   for support, etc. of, prisoners removed from Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala 658 Apache Indians, etc., Ariz., and N. Mex.,  appropriation for support, etc. 302, 892  deficiency appropriation for collecting, etc. 479 Apalachicola Bay, Fla.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 342 Apalachicola River, Fla.,  appropriation for improving 351 Apatite,  on free list 537 Apia,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819 Apparatus, Philosophical and Scientific,  on free list, for temporary exhibition 546 Appeals,  allowed to circuit courts of appeals in all  injunction proceedings 666 Appeals Circuit Courts of,  appropriation for judges; clerks 203, 805 Appeals, D. C., Court of (see also Court of Appeals, D. C.),  appropriation for judges; clerk, etc. 204, 806 Apples,  duty on 524 Applestell, William.,  appropriation for 263 Appleton, John F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 452 Appliances for Disabled Soldiers,  appropriation for 405, 950 Appomattox River, Va.,  appropriation for improving 349 Appoquinnimink River, Del.,  appropriation for improving 348 Appraisers’ Meetings,  appropriation for local 390, 931 Appraiser’s Warehouse, New York City,  appropriation for construction; limit of cost extended; contracts 912 Apprentices,  number permitted, Government Printing Office 608 Apprentices, Naval,  appropriation for outfit bounties 125, 827  for training station 125, 827 Appropriations,  annual extended for thirty days, proportion 585   to August 14, 1894 587   to August 20, 1894 590  for increase of Navy continued until July 31 586  for deficiencies 423, 843   in printing and customs revenue 93   urgent 2, 15, 16, 41, 58, 636   printing and binding 596   census and witnesses 596  for postal service 104, 691  for pensions 113, 703  for the naval service 123, 825  for diplomatic and consular service 141, 815  for Military Academy 151, 627  for legislative, executive, and judicial expenses 162, 764  for fortifications 212, 704  for support of the Army 233, 654  for District of Columbia expenses 243, 744  for Department of Agriculture 264, 727  for expenses, Indian Department 286, 876  for improvement of rivers and harbors 338  for sundry civil expenses 372, 910  for statement of appropriations 418, 958  for mileage, Senate and House, made available for first session Fifty-third Congress 11  for extending North Capitol street, D. C 20 1266  for reclaiming wreck of “Kearsarge” 89  for bridging Niobrara River, Niobrara, Nebr 72  for jail, etc., Yellowstone Park 75  for rewriting Consular Regulations 103  for expenses Utah constitutional convention, etc. 111  for Kewaunee, Wis., fog signal 227  for interest, etc., land in alley, square 493, 232  for reimbursing marines, loss of clothing, Port Royal, S. C., cyclone 262  for road, El Paso to New Fort Bliss, Tex., from proceeds of old fort 275  for collecting internal revenue, and Venezuela arbitration 508  for expenses, registration of Chinese 575, 581  for fire escapes, etc., Government Printing Office and Maltby Building 578  for report on Capitol centennial 578  for Ely Moore and Daniel Woodson 580  for history, etc., of international arbitrations 580  for printing Agricultural Report, 1893 581  for clerks, Library of Congress 582  for Senate inquiries, etc. 583  for investigating effects of machinery on labor 590  for Chickamauga Park dedication 595  for Shiloh National Military Park 599  for immediate relief of suffering poor 650  for debts, etc., Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association 651  for tablet with Lincoln’s Gettysburg address 653  for lands, expenses, etc., Gettysburg National Park 053  for commission to examine, etc., grants to Northern Pacific Railroad, Montana and Idaho 686  for court officials, Indian Territory 966  for removing ice, Potomac River, D. C 969  for pedestal, statue of Dr, Samuel D. Gross 973  for direct taxes, West Virginia 974  for editing digest of laws relating to officials United States courts 975  permanent annual, for militia not to lapse 406 Aqueduct Bridge, D. C.,  appropriation for repair 252  street railway station to be built near 493 Aquia Creek, Va.,  appropriation for improving 349 Aransas Pass Harbor Company,  time for constructing work extended; revocation 26 Arapahoe Agency, Okla.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 876 Arapahoe, Indian Lands, Okla., Cheyenne and,  homestead settlers granted one year’s extension to make first payment 3   allowed extension of two years for first payment 901  may receive patents in one year by paying $1.50 an acre 3 Arapahoe Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 289, 879  for support, etc. 302, 891 Arapahoe Indians, Northern Cheyenne and,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 294, 883   for support, etc. 303, 892  deficiency appropriation for support 873 Arbitration,  appropriation for expenses of, Venezuela Steam Transportation Company 508  convention submitting to, claim against Ecuador 1205   claim against Venezuela 1183  recommended for British Guiana—Venezuela boundary dispute 971 Arbitrations, Digest of International,  appropriation for, edited by John Bassett Moore 580 “Archer,” Bark,  granted American register 626 Architect of the Capitol,  appropriation for, clerks, laborers, etc. 197, 798   for engineers, etc., Senate 164, 766    House of Representatives 166, 769  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Interior Department 206  authorized to arrange for electric lighting for one year; price, etc. 935 Architect of the Treasury,  appropriation for, assistant, etc. 172, 775 Arents, Robert H.,  payment of judgment, Court of Claims to 456 Argal or Argol,  on free list 537 Argentine,  duty on unmanufactured 519 Argentine Republic,  appropriation for minister 141, 815  for secretary of legation 142, 816 Ariekaree, Indians,  deficiency appropriation for support, etc 873 Arizona,  appropriation for salaries, government in 185, 786   for contingent expenses 185, 786   for legislative expenses 185, 786   for surveyor-general, clerks 198, 799   for contingent expenses 198, 799   for support, etc. of the Apache, etc., Indians in 302, 892   for incidental expenses, Indian service in 303, 893  deficiency appropriation for prosecuting Indians 870   for support of Indians 873, 875   for incidental expenses Indian service in 875  examination of claims of counties for prosecuting Indians, etc. 589  extension of indebtedness, which may be funded 224   limitation 224  issue of bonds authorized by Coconino County 114  lands granted to 30  to be paid for keeping Indian convicts 441 Arkansas,  appropriation for retracing part of boundary 396  criminal law of, to be in force, Indian Territory 696  sale of lands, Montgomery County, for church camp grounds 654  settlement of differences as to certain bonds, land grants, etc. 239 Arkansas River, Ark.,  appropriation for snag boats, etc. 353  construction of bridge authorized across, at Van Buren, Ark 39 Arkansas River, Ark, and Ind, T.,  appropriation for improving; snagboats 353 Arkansas, Texas, and Mexican Central Railway Company,  granting right of way, Indian Territory 239 1267 Arlington Reservation, Va.,  right of way through to Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company 593 Arlington, Va.,  appropriation for burial of indigent soldiers, national cemetery 405, 940  extension of tracks to, by Mount Vernon Electric Railway reunited 499 Armament for Fortifications  appropriation for 213, 704 Armories (see also Arsenals),  appropriation for 400, 941  for manufacture of arms at 242, 663 Armories and Arsenals,  accounts to be examined by Auditor for War Department 200 Arms  appropriation for manufacture at armories 242, 663 Armstrong, George H.,  payment of judgment, Court of Claims to 465 Armstrong, William,  pension 1034 Army (see also War Department),  accounts to be examined by Auditor for War Department 206  appropriation for support of the 233, 654   for pay of line officers; longevity 233, 555   for pay of enlisted men 233, 655    for hospital corps 233, 655    for service pay 233, 655     retained pay abolished 655    for clerks and messengers at Headquarters, etc., apportionment 655   for pay of the general staff; Adjutant-General’s Department; longevity 234, 655     reduction in number of assistant Adjutants-General 234     vacancies in certain staff corps to be filled from line 234    Inspector-General’s Department; longevity 234, 655    Corps of Engineers; longevity 234, 655    Pay Department; longevity 234, 655     reduction of majors to twenty 655    Judge-Advocate-General’s Department; longevity 234, 656    Signal Corps; longevity 234, 651     reorganization 234    officer Record and Pension Office; longevity 234, 656  Ordnance Department; longevity 235, 656  Quartermaster’s Department; longevity 235, 656  Subsistence Department; longevity 235, 656   captains reduced to eight 656  Medical Department; longevity 235, 656   number of assistant surgeons reduced 235   fixed at 110 403  for retired pay, officers; longevity 235, 656    detail to colleges not limited, etc. 235   enlisted men 235, 656  for hospital matrons; veterinary surgeons 236, 657  for pay, etc., paymaster’s clerks and messengers 236, 657  for clerks and messengers at headquarters; apportionment 236   general-service clerks and messengers abolished 236  for courts-martial, etc., expenses 236, 657  for officer in charge, public buildings, Washington City 236, 657  appropriation for expert accountant 236, 657   for commutation of quarters, officers 236, 657   for clerk, military information 236, 657   for travel allowances, retained pay, etc., enlisted men 236, 657    disposition of detained pay 236    post established near Spokane, Wash 657   for commandant military prison 236   for mileage to officers; maximum allowance 236, 657    limit of inspections, etc. 237   for expenses, civilian physicians 237, 657   for officer in charge public buildings, etc., Washington City 236, 657    all except mileage to he disbursed as one fund 237, 658   for Subsistence Department; supplies 237, 658    extra-duty pay; civilian employees 237, 658    commutation of rations 237, 658    limit to civilian employees; report 238, 658    amount available June, 1894 238    removing Indians from Mount Vernon Barracks, etc. 238    open-market purchase of exceptional stores 658    support of Apache Indian prisoners 658   for Quartermaster’s Department; regular supplies 238, 658    post bakeries, schools, etc. 238, 659    forage; stationery, etc 238, 659    printing; purchases 238, 659   for incidental expenses 238, 659    rewards for deserters limited 239, 659    extra-duty pay 239, 659   for purchase of horses; limit, etc. 239, 660   for transportation 239, 660    on land-grant roads; basis 240, 660   for barracks and quarters 240, 661    amount for Columbus Barracks immediately available 661    limit to civilian employees 240, 661   for hospitals, construction, repairs 240, 661   for hospital stewards’ quarters 240, 661   for shooting ranges, etc. 240, 661    Fort Snelling, Minn 241    Sacketts Harbor, N. Y 241   for clothing, camp and garrison equipage 241, 661   for all contingent expenses of the Army 211, 661   for Medical Department, supplies; purchase of medicines, etc. 241, 661    limit to civilian employees 241, 661    sale of surplus, etc., supplies; proceeds 241   for purchase of material to teach cookery 662   for Medical Museum; library 241, 662   for Engineer Department; expenses, Willets Point, N. Y 241, 662   for Ordnance Department; expenses 242, 662   for ammunition for small arms, etc. 242, 662   for repairing and preserving ordnance stores 242, 662   for ordnance stores 242, 662   for infantry, etc. equipments 242, 662   for preserving, etc., ordnance stores 242, 662   for firing morning and evening guns 242, 662   for artillery targets 242, 662   for manufacture of arms, etc 242, 663    applicable to magazine rifle 242, 663    limit to civilian employees 242, 663    purchase in open market 242 1268  appropriation for purchase of machine guns 242   for recruiting and transportation of recruits 242   for Signal Service expenses 243, 563   for military telegraph lines 243   for contingent expenses, office of Commanding General 243, 663    department headquarters 243, 663    military information division 243, 663   for pensions 113, 703   for Military Academy 151, 627   for fortifications 212, 704   for armories and arsenals 400, 942   for military prison 407   for military convicts 951  deficiency appropriation for rent of rifle range, Omaha, Nebr 434   for military prison 434   for mileage to officers 434   for pay 479, 483, 486, 874   for recruiting 479, 874   for medical department 479, 483, 871, 874   for ordnance, etc. 479   for subsistence 480, 484, 853, 871   for Quartermaster’s Department 480, 484, 487, 871, 874   for Signal Service 480, 871   for Military Academy 480, 871   for fortifications 480, 871   for contingencies 483   for pensions 484   for transportation, officers 484  appointment on retired list authorized of Abert, James William 1010   Dana, Napoleon J. T 993   Greene, George S 993   Ransom, Dunbar R 995   Stivers, Charles B 1000  detail of officers to colleges increased to 100 7   five years army service requisite 7   detail limited to four years 7   retired officers so detailed to receive full pay 7  certificates of property lost to be sent Treasury accounting officers 47  deduction of income tax from officers salaries 557  grade of Lieutenant-General revived; appointment 968  graduates of Military Academy not to serve as professors within two years 151  repeal of limit on reenlistments 215   enlistment to be for three years 216  reenlistments permitted only after good service 216  qualifications required for persons enlisting; aliens1216  reenlistment permitted of soldiers discharged since January 27, 1893 216  service pay to soldiers enlisting three months from discharge 216  supplies, etc., for dedicating Chickamauga Park to be furnished 595  three officers may be detailed as assistants to Engineer Commissioner, D. C 246  time extended for applying for removing charges of desertion during the war 814  two or more engineer officers to report on foundation public building, San Francisco 913  use of, to keep peace at the polls, repealed 36  wearing of badge permitted 583 Army Register,  printing authorized; distribution 616 Arnold, George Michael,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Arrack,  duty on 525 Arrears of Pay,  appropriation for, volunteers 412, 955  deficiency appropriation for, volunteers 853 Arrears of Taxes, D. C.,  appropriation for advertising 247, 747  penalty on delinquent 1 per cent a month 747  for accounts 247, 748  deficiency appropriation for advertising 431 Arrow Root,  on free list 537 Arsenals and Armories,  appropriation for current expenses 242, 662   for Rock Island, Ill 400, 941   for Benicia, Cal 400   for Columbia, Tenn 400, 942   for Frankford, Pa 400, 942   for Indianapolis, Ind 400, 942   for Sandy Hook proving ground, N. J 400, 943   for Springfield, Mass 400, 943   for testing machine, Watertown, Mass 400   for Watertown, Mass 706   for Watervliet, N. Y.; roadways 400, 943   for Watervliet, gun factory 705   for repairs, etc. 400, 943 Arseniate of Aniline,  on free list 537 Arsenic,  on free list, and sulphide of 537 Art Educational Stops,  on free list 537 Art Squares,  duty on wool, etc. 531 Art, Works of,  on free list, for temporary exhibition 546 Arthur Kill, N. Y. and N. J.,  appropriation for improvement of 341 Articles,  duty on iron, etc., enameled, etc. 518   of metal, not specified 520   on unenumerated, raw or unmanufactured 547    manufactured 547    similar to enumerated 547    similar to two or more enumerated 547    of two or more materials 547   at highest, if two or more rates applicable 547  on free list, imported by the United States 537   crude, for dyeing and tanning 537  drawback on, made of imported material paying duty 551  foreign, usually marked, etc., to have country and quantity appear in English 547  importing obscene, and to prevent conception, prohibited 549  reimported, to pay internal tax 551   if made in bonded warehouse, to pay    import duty 551 Articles of Domestic Growth, etc.,  on free list, returned from abroad unchanged, etc. 537   regulations 537   not applicable if drawback has been allowed 537 1269  on free list, not applicable to exports from manufacturing bonded warehouse 537  reimported must pay internal-revenue tax 537 Artificial Limbs, etc.,  appropriation for furnishing 405, 950 Artillery Equipments,  appropriation for 242, 662 Artillery Targets, Army,  appropriation for 242, 662 Artists’ Proofs,  on free list; etchings and engravings 542 Arts,  rebate of tax on alcohol used in the 507 Asafetida,  on free list 537 Asbestos,  on free list; unmanufactured 537 Asbestus,  duty on; manufactures of 535 Asher Gaylord Post, Grand Army of the Republic,  condemned cannon donated to 971 Ashes,  on free list 537 Ashland Forest Reservation, Oreg.,  proclamation setting apart 1243 Ashland, Wis.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 345 Ashtabula, Ohio,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 343 Ashton, Charles H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Asmus, Charles,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Asphaltum.,  on free list; crude 537 Aspic Oil,  on free list 542 Aspinwall (Colon),  appropriation for consul at 145, 820  for clerk hire 149, 823 Assay Offices (see, also Mints and Assay Offices),  appropriation for salaries and expenses 183, 784 Assemblages, Unlawful  proclamation commanding, in Illinois to disperse 1249   dispersing, obstructing mails and interstate commerce 1250 Assessment and Permit Work, D. C.,  appropriation for 247, 748   for New York avenue; half of cost to be paid by abutting property 247   for widening roadway, G street 748  improvement of alleys, etc., requests 247   payment 247  advertisement of work to be done; notice to owners 247  half of cost to be a charge on abutting property 247   collection; service of notices 248  payment of costs, etc. 248  safe of property for unpaid assessments, etc 248  deposit by owners, requesting improvements; disposal 248  repayment to fund on completing work 248   credit on account of fiscal year when paid 248  collecting costs of water and sewer connections 248 Assessment of Real Estate, D. C.,  real property to be assessed in name of owner etc 282  board of three assistant assessors to be appointed 282   to immediately revise present assessment 282  revision basis of taxes 1895; payment delayed till May; year’s taxes then due 282  advances from Treasury until taxes are paid; reimbursement 283  valuation every three years; ascertaining 283  returns to be made on January 1st every three years; penalties for neglect, etc. 283  assessor and assistant assessors to be a board of review 284  to equalize valuations; completion 284  rate of tax fixed by Commissioners 284  additions and reductions annually; omitted assessments 284  administering oaths; examinations; fees;   punishment for false swearing 285  appropriation for salaries, etc. 285  assistant assessors to be excise board;   duties of Commissioners repealed 285 Assessment of Real Property, D. C.,  deficiency appropriation for clerical services 431 Assessments, Mining Claims,  performance of annual, for 1893 suspended 6  annual, 1894,suspended 114 Assessor, D. C.,  salary increased 282  duties on board of revision of assessment 284 Assessor’s Office, D. C.,  appropriation for salaries 244, 745  for photolithographing plats, etc. 745 Assistant Assessors, D. C.,  board of three authorized 282  to assess real poverty for taxation 282  board of revision, etc. 284  to constitute excise board 285  appropriation for salaries, etc. 285  deficiency appropriation for expenses 850 Assistant Attorney-General, Inferior Department,  appropriation for clerks, etc., office of 193, 794  for clerks detailed from Pension Office 794  for expenses land inspector 193, 794 Assistant Attorney-General, Post-Office Department,  appropriation for 202, 803   for clerks, etc., office of 199, 801 Assistant Custodians and Janitors, Public Buildings,  appropriation for pay 389, 930  deficiency appropriation for 15, 426, 478, 870 Assistant Surgeons, Army,  number of grade fixed 235, 403 Assman, William J.,  deficiency appropriation for services 449, 866 Association for Works of Mercy, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 260, 762 Associations,  tax on net profits of specified, engaged in business 556  annual returns required from; contents 559 “Astoria,”  American register granted to foreign-built ship 217 Astrophysical Observatory, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 384, 924 1270 Asuncion,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Asylum Lot, Miss.,  sale of, on Pascagoula Bay, authorized 645 Asylum, Washington, D. C.,  appropriation for expenses 258, 760 Atchafalaya River, La.,  appropriation for improving head of 357  construction of bridge authorized across 499 Athens,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820 “Athos”, Steamer,  granted American register 625 Atlanta Exposition (see also Cotton States, etc., Exposition),  appropriation for Government exhibit, etc. 420 Atlantic Ocean,  appropriation for commission on deepwater communication, Great Lakes to 950 Atlantic Ocean, North,  international agreement for removing derelicts, etc., in, authorized 13 Attachment Writs, D. C.,  proceedings before justices of the peace 669 Attorney-General,  appropriation for, Assistants, Solicitor General, etc. 202, 803   for editing Volume 20, Opinions of 413   for expenses suits against Pacific railroads 417  deficiency appropriation for investigating, etc., judgments, Indian depredation claims 476  to supervise examination of accounts, United States courts 210  copies of charters of security, etc., companies, acting as sureties, to be filed with 279  to authorize security, etc., corporations to act as sureties on bonds, etc. 279  duties to investigate solvency, etc. 280  to pay amount due Arizona for support of Indian convicts 441  duties of, suit of Choctaws and Chickasaws for ceded lands of Wichita Indians 898  may employ counsel in customs revenue cases 848  to report on moneys due Cherokee Indians 795 Attorney-General’s Office (see Department of Justice), Attorney’s Office, D. C.,  appropriation for salaries 245, 746 Atwood, Leonard W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Aubusson Carpets,  duty on 531 Auckland,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Auditor for Interior Department,  appropriation for, deputy, clerks, etc., nine months 175   for year ending June 30, 1896 776   for clerks Indian division, nine months 175   for year ending June 30, 1896 776  designation established 205  to superintend recovery of debts under Comptroller’s direction 206  examination of accounts by 206  certificate of balances; copy 206  acting deputy, authorized 777 Auditor for Navy Department,  appropriation for, deputy, clerks, etc., nine months 175   for year ending June 30, 1896 776  designation established 205  to superintend recovery of debts under Comptroller’s direction 206  accounts to be examined by 207  certificate of balances; copy 207  acting deputy, authorized 777 Auditor for Post-Office Department,  appropriation for, deputy, clerks, etc. 176, 777   for additional clerks, money orders 176, 777   for rent 201, 803   for fees, suits on official bonds 106  deficiency appropriation for temporary clerks 845  designation established 205  to superintend recovery of debts under Comptroller’s direction 206  examination of accounts by 207  certificate of balances; copy 207  duties continued 207  acting deputy, authorized 777  appeal from settlement by, to First Comptroller repealed 208  original receipts of postal revenue deposited to be sent to 28  to transmit list of money orders and postal notes unpaid for one year 32 Auditor for State and other Departments,  appropriation for, deputy, clerks, etc., nine months 175   for year ending June 30, 1896 777  designation established 205  to superintend recovery of debts under Comptroller’s direction 206  accounts to be examined by 207   boards, commissions, and establishments not in Departments 207  certificate of balances; copy 207  acting deputy authorized 777 Auditor for Treasury Department,  appropriations for, deputy, clerks, etc., nine months 174   for year ending June 30, 1896 776   for clerks, liquidation of manifests 776  designation established 205  to superintend recovery of debts under Comptroller’s direction 206  accounts to be examined by 206  certificate of balances 206  acting deputy authorized 777 Auditor for War Department,  appropriations for, deputy, clerks, etc., nine months 174   for year ending June 30, 1896 776   for restoring, etc., rolls 174, 776  designation established 205  to superintend recovery of debts under Comptroller’s direction 206  accounts to be examined by 206  certificate of balances; copy 206  acting deputy, authorized 777 Auditor’s Office, D. C.,  appropriation for salaries 245, 745 Augusta, Mary O.,  release of United States title to certain lots in Washington, D. C., to 983 Augustine, Louis M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Austria,  appropriation for minister 141, 815   for secretary of legation 142, 816 1271 Authentications,  of all Treasury records, etc., to be by Secretary or an Assistant 809 Avenues, D. C.,  appropriation for improvements and repairs 249, 748   for current repairs 250, 750   for sprinkling, sweeping, etc. 251, 751 Awards, World’s Fair,  cases to be furnished exhibitors awarded medals 928  electrotypes or photographs of medals to exhibitors and periodicals; payment, etc. 928 Axles, etc.,  duty on iron or steel; fitted in wheels 517, 519 Administer Carpets,  duty on 531 Azaleas,  duty on 525 Back Bay, Miss.,  construction of bridge authorized across,    Biloxi 571   time extended 701 Back Pay,  appropriation for, volunteers 412, 955  deficiency appropriation for, volunteers 853 Back River Va.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Bad River, Mich.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Bagaduce River, Me.,  appropriation for improving 346 Bagging,  on free list, waste, for paper stock 543 Bagging and Rape,  refund of taxes on, to A. P. H. Stewart 986 Bagging, Cotton, etc.,  on free list 537 Bagley, Charles S.,  pay men t of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Bags,  on free list, burlaps, grain 539 Bahia,  appropriation for consul at 146, 821 Bailiff’s, etc., United States Courts,  appropriation for pay, etc. 417, 958   attendance 958  deficiency appropriation for 42, 444, 478, 483, 486, 861, 875 Baines, Anthony,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Baker, Isaac G.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Baker, Sidney D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Baldwin County, Ala.,  may bridge Perdido River at Holmans Ferry 282 Baldwin, Michael,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Ball, James M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Ballantyne, William, & Sons,  deficiency appropriation for judgment against District of Columbia 433 Balls,  duty on billiard, pool, and bagatelle 533 Balm of Gilead,  on free list 538 Balsams,  duty on refined, etc. 509  on free list, crude 540 Baltimore, Md.,  appropriation for salaries, assistant treasurer’s office 181, 782   for improvement of harbor 341   for lighthouse and fog signal 374  assistant customs appraiser authorized; salary 392  may use a certain lot for temporary courthouse 913  survey of harbor, directed 370  temporary use of old courthouse by State courts granted 584   sale suspended for five years 585 Baltimore and Ohio South Western Railway,  to reconstruct bridge, Muskingum River, at Marietta, Ohio 355 “Baltimore,” U. S. S.,  appropriation for remitting time penalties 842 Bamboo,  on free list, unmanufactured 546   cut in lengths 546 Bancroft Company, The,  deficiency appropriation for 859 Band Iron or Steel,  duty on, not specified 515 Banes, Samuel P.,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Banfield, Horton D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Bangkok, Siam,  appropriation for interpreter to consulate general 142, 817   for prison expenses 159, 824 Banks, Mary Palmer (widow),  pension 1023 Banning, Cal.,  appropriation for Indian pupils, St, Boniface’s School 399 Bannock Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 298, 887   for support, etc., of Fort Hall Reservation 302, 892    Lemhi Agency 302, 892 Bar Harbor, Me.,  claim of Thomas Rhys Smith for breakwater, to be adjusted and paid 988 Baracoa,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Barbados,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Barcelona,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819 Barker, Edwin F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Barks,  duty on, not edible; ground, etc. 509   on, extracts for tanning 510  on free list, cinchona, etc. 538   not edible, crude 540 Barley,  duty on, pearled, etc. 522   on, malt 522 Barlow, Henry C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Barmen,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Barnes, George W.,  delivery of Mexican claims papers to heirs of 984 Barnett, Frank,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Barnum, Henry P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 1272 Barracks and Quarters, Army,  appropriation for 240, 661  deficiency appropriation for 480, 484, 487, 874 Barranquilla,  appropriation for consul at 146, 821 Barratry on High Seas,  punishment to owner of vessel reduced to imprisonment 233  to person not owner 233 Barrels,  duty on empty 521   on orange and lemon 524 Barrett, George J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Barrett, Thomas,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Barry Hospital,  may use certain lands, Hot Springs, Ark 94 Barry, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Bars,  duty on steel 516 Bartlett, George,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Bartlett, John L.,  deficiency appropriation for judgment against District of Columbia 432 Baryta or Barytes,  duty on sulphate of 510  on free list, carbonate and sulphate of, unmanufactured 538 Basle,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820 Bass River, Mass.,  preliminary examination of to he made 365 Bataria,  appropriation for consular at 148, 822 Bates, Charles H.,  appropriation for services 938 Bathing Beach, D. C.,  appropriation for care, etc. 252, 751 Battle Ship “Illinois,” Model,  transferred to Illinois for naval armory 14 Battle Ships, Coast Line,  construction of two authorized; cost 841  one to be built on Pacific coast 841  construction, etc., no premiums 841  use of steel, alloy, etc. 841  one to be named “Kearsarge” 841 Battlefield Monuments,  use of material for, in Chickamauga Park, granted 12 Baulsir, William W. S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Bauxite, or Beauxite,  on free list 538 Baxter, George W., et al.,  granted right of way, Hot Springs, Ark 21  may build hotels, etc., conditions 22 Bay City, Mich.,  deficiency appropriation for public building 428  terms of court 67 Bay Ridge Channel, N. Y. Harbor,  appropriation for improvement of 340 Bay Rum, or Bay Water,  duty on 525 Bayonne, N. J.,  may bridge Newark Bay, N. J 668 Bayou Bartholomew, La, and Ark.,  appropriation for improving 352 Bayou Bonfuca, La.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Bayou Castor, La.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Bayou Corney, La.,  appropriation for improving 352 Bayou Courtableau, La.,  appropriation for improving 353 Bayou d’Arbonne, La.,  appropriation for improving 352 Bayou, des Glaises, La.,  construction of bridge authorized across 499 Bayou Dugdentona, La.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Bayou Lafourche, La.,  appropriation for improving 353 Bayou Macon, Ark.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 364 Bayou, Macon, La.,  appropriation for improving 352 Bayou Mauchac, La.,  appropriation for improving 352 Bayou Plaquemine, La.,  appropriation for improving 352   for removing obstructions; dredge boat 353 Bayou Sara, La.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Bayou Teche, La.,  appropriation for improving 353  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Bayou Vermilion, La.,  appropriation for improving 353 Beach, James T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Beacons,  appropriation for 374, 915 Bead, etc., Trimmings,  duty on manufactures of, etc. 536 Beaded Silk Goods,  duty on 532 Beads,  duty on glass 514 Beams,  duty on iron or steel 515   deck and bulb 515 Beans,  duty on, not edible; refined 509   edible 523   prepared, etc. 523  on free list not edible; crude 540 Bear Creek, Miss.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Bear River, Cal.,  appropriation for improving 358 Beard, Melvin R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 469 Beattie, Frank J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Beaufort Harbor, N. C.,  appropriation for inland-waterway to New River 349 Beaufort River, S. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 Beaufort, S. C.,  survey of steamboat channel to Savannah, Ga., directed 371 Beaver County, Okla.,  homestead settlers in, may receive patents in one year by pitying $1.25 an acre 3 Beck, George E.,  payment of judgment of Court of Claims to administrators of 456 Becker, Henry V.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Beckwith, Andrew,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Bed Sides,  duty on wool, etc. 531 Beef,  duty on fresh 524 1273 Beer,  duty on 526 Beeswax,  on free list 538 Beef Root,  on free list, ashes 537 Beet Seeds, Sugar,  on free list 544 Beets,  appropriation for sugar-making experiments 270, 734   for bounty on sugar produced from 933  bounty on sugar from, repealed 521  duty on sirups of juice of 521   from countries paying bounty 521 Behring Sea (see Bering Sea), Beirut,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821  for clerk hire 149, 823 Belfast,  appropriation for consul at 143, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Belfast, Me.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 338 Belgium,  appropriation for minister 141, 815  commission to International Exposition 578 Belize,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Belknap, Charles E.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 865 Bell, Bushrod W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 451 Bell, James,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Bellamy, Michael J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Bellamy River, N. H.,  appropriation for improving 346 Belle, River, Mich.,  survey of, directed 370 Bellevernon Bridge Company,  may bridge Monongahela River, Pa 116 Bellevernon, Pa.,  bridge across Monongahela River at, authorized 116 Bellingham Bay, Wash.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Bells,  on free list, broken, etc. 538 Beltings,  duty on wool, etc. 531   silk, etc. 532 Belyea, J. A.,  deficiency appropriation for services 845 Bene Seeds,  on free list 544 Benicia Arsenal, Cal.,  appropriation for plumbing, etc. 400 “Bennington,” U. S. Gunboat,  time penalties remitted 842 Bensusan, A. J.,  deficiency appropriation for expenses 844 Berg, Louis A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Bergamot Oil,  on free list 542 Bergin, Thomas F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 456 Bering Sea (see also Alaska),  appropriation for protection of seal fisheries 878, 919  agreement with Russia to protect fur seals 1202  proclamation of regulations of fur sealing in 1245   warning persons against, entering, intending to violate laws 1258  regulations of fur sealing in 53 Bering Sea Arbitration,  deficiency appropriation for additional pay to counsel 424  allowance of expenses made by disbursing officers 843 Berjew, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Berlin,  appropriation for secretary of embassy 142   for second secretary 142   for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823 Berlin Rugs,  duty on 531 Bermuda,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Berne,  appropriation for International Bureau of Weights and Measures 144   for clerk hire, consulate-general 149, 823 Berries,  duty on, not edible, refined 509  on free list, not edible, crude 540 Berry, B. F.,  land patent issued to 1021 Bessant, George W.,  payment of, Court of Claims judgment to 464 Bethel Springs, Tenn.,  payment to Presbyterian Church 1040 Bettinger, John J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Beverages,  duty on spirituous 525 Beveridge, Louisa,  appropriation for payment to 900 Bews, Julia (widow),  pension increased 1005 Bicycle Tires,  duty on cotton, etc., lining 529 “Bienville,” U. S. S.,  appropriation for balance due on purchase of 842 Big Bay Point, Lake Superior, Mich.,  appropriation for light and fog-signal station 375 Big Coal River, W. Va.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 369 Big Stone Lake, Minn.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Big Sandy River, Ky.,  appropriation for improving 354 Big Sunflower River, Miss.,  appropriation for improving 352 Bigamy,  proclamation granting amnesty to Mormons committing 1257 Bild, Joseph F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Billets, etc.,  duty on steel 516 Bills,  reference sets to be bound for Senate and House 622  delivery to Departments 623 Bills of Health,  consular, not required from ports on frontier, etc. 372 Bills, Private,  number to be printed; distribution; definition 009 1274 Bills, Public,  reprinting 601  number to be printed; distribution 609 Biloxi and Back Bay Bridge Company,  may bridge Back Bay, Miss 571  time extended for bridging Back Bay 701 Biloxi, Miss.,  bridge across Back Bay at, authorized 571  time extended for bridging Back Bay at 701 Bimetallism,  efforts of Government to establish safe system of, to be made 4 Binding (see also Public Printing and Binding),  of registered bonds and written records, may be in Treasury Department 622  for Departments to be in sheep or cloth; exceptions 622  for legislative, executive, and judicial branches to be at Government Printing Office 622  certificates, estimates, and requisitions required for; accounts 623  future orders to follow the new law 024 Bindings,  duty on wool, etc. 531   silk, etc. 532 Bird Skins,  on free list prepared for preservation 538 Birds,  duty on, for millinery uses 534  on free list 538  protection of, Yellowstone Park 73 Birmingham,  appropriation for consul at 146 820  for clerk hire 149, 823 Birmingham, Ala.,  deficiency appropriation for public building 428 Biscayne Bay, Fla.,  preliminary examination of entrance to be made 365 Bismarck, N. Dak.,  military post authorized at; donation of site, etc. 945  terms of district court 642  circuit court 642 Bismuth,  on free list 538 Bisque Ware,  duty on white 512  decorated 512 Bitter Hoot Valley, Mont.,  selection of lands by Montana, authorized in 222 Bitters,  duty on, containing spirits, not specified 525 Bitumen,  on free list, crude 537 Bituminous Coal,  duty on 533 Black, Bone, etc.,  duty on 510 Black Death,  appropriation for preventing, etc., spread of epidemic 934 Black, Hon. J. C. C.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 448 Black River, Ark, and Mo.,  appropriation for improving 333 Black River, Mich.,  appropriation for improving at Port    Huron 356   for improvement at mouth 356 Black River, N. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 Black River, Ohio,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 343 Black Rock, Conn.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 339  preliminary examination of harbor, to be made 364 Black Salts,  on free list 543 Black Warrior River, Ala.,  appropriation for improving 351   below Tuscaloosa 351 Blackfeet Agency, Mont.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 876   for support, etc., of Indians at 292, 882   for Indian pupils, Holy Family School 309 Blackfeet Indians, Mont.,  appropriation for negotiating with, for portion of reservation 900 Blackfoot, Idaho,  terms of court at 5 Blacking,  duty on 509 Blackmer, George A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 456 Bladders,  duty on manufactures of 535  on free list, crude 538 Blanc-Fixe.,  duty on 510 Blandin, Fred,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Blank Books,  duty on 533  for legislative, executive, and judicial branches to be made at Government Printing Office 622 Blankets,  duty on wool, etc. 530 Blasting Caps,  duty on 534 Blatchford, Thomas 4  payment of judgment of Court of Claims to administratrix of 456 Bleaching Powder,  on free list 541 Block Island, R. I.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 339 Blocks,  on free list, last, wagon, oar, gun, etc. 546 Blood, Dried,  on free list 538 Blooms,  duty on steel 516 Blue Book,  appropriation for preparing 941 Blues,  duty on Berlin, Prussian, China, etc. 510   ultramarine 511 Blum, Emile M.,  appropriation for adjusting accounts 934 Blythe, David,  payment to, from Eastern Cherokee funds 1015 Board of Audit Certificates, D. C.,  payment of balance of interest on, to date, for redemption 277 Board of Health, D. C.,  regulations to be enforced by health officer; nuisances 257 Board of Ordnance, and Fortification,  appropriation for testing, etc., 10-inch pneumatic disappearing gun carriage 214   for tests, experiments, etc., 215 706   for salary civilian member 215, 706 1275  appropriation for expenses of members 215, 706   for tests of experimental guns, etc 215, 706   examination of inventions, etc. 215, 706  to test steel breech-loading mortar 707 Board of Visitors,  appropriation for, Military Academy 155, 631  for, Naval Academy 137, 838 Boards,  on free list, sawed; except cabinet woods 546 Boat Railway,  appropriation for constructing, The Dalles to Celilo Falls, Columbia River 359 Bobinger, William, H. and George,  sale of lands adjoining Washington, D. C., aqueduct 1027 Backings,  duty on 531 Bodkin, John, J.,  release of title to certain lands in California purchased 700 Bodkins,  duty on metal 519 Boeuf River La.,  appropriation for improving 352  time extended for constructing bridges across 29 Bogota,  appropriation for secretary of legation and consul-general 142, 816 Bogue, Chitto, La.,appropriation for improving 353 Bogue Folia, La.,  appropriation for improving 353  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Bogue Phalia, Miss.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Boiler Plates,  duty on iron or steel 515 Boiler Plates, Steam Vessels,  inspection of, at mills authorized 28  maximum thickness increased of certain externally fired 690   on ocean, etc., vessels 690 Boise City, Idaho,  appropriation for salaries, assay office at 184, 785   for expenses 184, 785   for public, building 913  deficiency appropriation for assay office, incidental expenses 637  terms of court at 5 Boland, Charles,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Bolivia,  appropriation for minister 141, 816 Bolling, Caroline H. and George W.,  deficiency appropriation for judgment against District of Columbia 852 Bolling, George W.,  deficiency appropriation for judgment against District of Columbia 433, 852 Bollinger, George C.,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Bologna Sausages,  on free list 538 Bolting Cloths,  on free list 538 Bolton, Benjamin,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Bolts, etc.,  duty on iron or steel 517  on free list; handle, heading, stave, and shingle 545 Boma, Lower Kongo,  appropriation for commercial agent 147 Bonded Manufacturing Warehouses,  articles made in, without paying tax 548  spirit-making precluded 548  regulations for exporting 548  receiving materials; machinery excepted 548  withdrawal; supervision; accounts 548  list of proposed manufactures, etc., to be filed 549  withdrawals to warehouses at place of export 549  general regulations applicable 549 Bonds,  executed by security, etc., corporations, may be accepted by Government officials, etc. 279  issue of, by Coconino County, Ariz., authorized 114  to be issued to Cherokee Indians 336  refusal to approve, of certain persons as distillers 568  required from distiller for payment of internal-revenue tax 563 Bonds, Contractors,  to include security for material, etc., supplied them 278  actions on, for failure to pay for labor, etc. 278 Bonds, Custom-House,  extended to general business 569 Bonds for Vessels,  registry, license and yacht, abolished 624 Bonds, Lost, etc.,  payment to Mrs. Victor Thunot for 1026 Bonds, Official,  duties to be performed by Secretary of the Treasury relating to 807  to be examined every two years 807  to be renewed every four years; exception 808  liability not affected by failing to have, renewed 808  period of liability 808  postmaster’s, not modified 808 Bonds, Postmaster,  to be approved by Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General 21 Bone,  duty on manufactures of 535 Bone Char,  duty on, for bleaching sugar 506 Bones,  on free list, crude; dust and ash 538 Bonners Ferry, Idaho,  made port of delivery, Montana and Idaho customs district 40 Bonsall, Isaac,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Bookbinders,  wages to, Government Printing Office; night work 607 Book Binder’s Skins,  duty on 534 Bookkeeping and Warrants Division, Treasury Department,  appropriation for clerks, etc., nine months 171   for chief, clerks, etc. 774  balances certified by auditors to, conclusive 207   revision by Comptroller 208   of accounts pending October 1, 1894, to be certified to 210 Bookkeeping, Treasury Department,  employment of E. W. Sells to report on, etc. 775 1276 Books,  duty on 533  on free list, printed more than twenty years 588   scientific, etc. 538   in foreign languages 538   raised print for the blind 538   for the Government 538   for colleges, libraries, etc 538   in use by persons from abroad 538   professional, of immigrants, etc. 543 Booth, James C.,  payment to legal representatives 1032 Boots,  duty on leather 534 Boracic Acid,  duty on 509 Borax,  duty on crude, or borate of soda 509   borate of lime 509   refined 509 Bordeaux,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Bormann, George W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Bos, A.,  payment to widow of 993 Boston Harbor,  appropriation for range lights, Spectacle Island 915 Boston Ice Company,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Boston, Mass.,  appropriation for navy-yard 130   for salaries, assistant treasurer’s office 181, 782   for improvement of harbor 338   for marine hospital 914   for lightship and fog signal 374, 915   for range lights 374, 915  construction of lightship near, authorized 227  harbor range lights to be established 327  lifesaving station authorized at City Point, harbor of 672 Botanic Garden,  appropriation for superintendent, assistants, etc. 168, 772  for repairs and improvements 168, 772  for repairs, etc. 419, 959  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207 Botany Division, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for botanist, assistants, etc 265, 728   for expenses 267, 730 Botany, Specimens of,  on freelist 544 Bottles, Glass,  duty on molded or pressed, etc. 513  cut, etc. 513  no separate duty on, containing ale, etc. 526 Boueff River, Ark.,  preliminary examination of to be made 364 Boundary,  appropriation extended for commission, Canadian 417  convention extending time of commission to relocate, Mexican 1313   to complete survey of, Alaska and British North America 1200 Boundary Survey, United States and Mexican,  payments to members of commission legalized 424  appropriation for naval apprentices’ outfit 125, 827  appropriation for, volunteers 412, 955  for additional 412, 955  deficiency appropriation for enlistment to seamen 481, 485, 872, 875   for destruction of enemies’ vessels 481, 485, 487, 872, 875  duties of Second Comptroller as to, repealed 207 Bounty Land Warrants,  receivable for certain land entries 594 Bounty on Sugar,  appropriation for payment on sugar produced previous to Aug. 28, 1894 933   for payment on sugar produced from Aug. 28, 1894, to June 30, 1895 933    exceptions 934    rules to be prescribed 934    drawing warrants; minimum quantity 934    additional agents to examine claims 934    penalty for fraudulent applications 934  repealed; issuing licenses unlawful 521 Bowles, Cornelius V.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Box Wood,  on free list, rough, etc. 546 Box, Marcus D.,  pension increased 1029 Boxes,  duty on packing, wood 521   orange and lemon 524 Boyd, Orsemus B.,  commutation of rations, etc., to legal representatives 1026 Boyle, Charles,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Boyle, Henry A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Boyle, Watson,  deficiency appropriation for services 447 Bozeman, Mont.,  deficiency appropriation for fish hatchery 430 Braces,  duty on cotton, etc. 539   wool, etc. 531   silk, etc. 532 Bracken, James P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Bradbury, Oscar M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Braddock and Homestead Bridge Company,  may bridge Monongahela River, Pittsburg, Pa 88 Bradford,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Bradford, Ann (mother),  pension 1032 Bradford, John, S.,  sureties on bond of, released 992 Bradley, Michael,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Bradley, William T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Brads,  duty on cut 519 Brady, John T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Braids,  duty on cotton, etc. 529   wool, etc. 531   silk, etc. 532  on free list, of straw, etc., for hats 538 1277 Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railway Company,  granted right of way through Leech Lake Indian Reservation 99 Brandy (see also Distilled Spirits),  duty on 525   determining proof, etc., forfeiture 525 Brass,  duty on bars, pigs, etc. 519 Brattan, Joseph Y.,  deficiency appropriation for services 449 Brattan, Hon. R. F., late a Representative in Congress,  deficiency appropriation for widow of 448 Braziers’ Copper,  duty on 519 Brazil,  appropriation for minister 141, 815   for secretary of legation 142, 816 Brazil Nuts,  on free list 540 Brazil Paste,  on free list 538 Brazilian Pebble,  on free list, unwrought 538 Brazos River, Tex.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368  survey of, directed 371 Brazos Santiago, Tex.,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 368 Breadstuffs,  duty on 522 Breccia,  on free list, in blocks or slabs 539 Breed, Dulton L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Bremen,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Breslau,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Briar Root or Wood,  on free list, unmanufactured 546 Brice, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Brick,  duty on, not glazed, etc. 512  glazed, etc. 512  magnesic fire 512 Bridgeport Brass Company,  deficiency appropriation for 856 Bridgeport, Conn.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 339   for light station 374  deficiency appropriation for public building 428 Bridges,  appropriation for construction of, across Niobrara River, Niobrara, Nebr 72   for care, repairs, etc., District of Columbia 252, 752   for repairs Aqueduct, District of Columbia 232   for survey, etc., across Eastern Branch 752  construction of, authorized across Arkansas River, Van Buren, Ark 39   Atchafalaya River, La 499   Back Bay, Biloxi, Miss 571   Bayou des Glaises, La 499   Buffalo Bayou, Tex 641   Caddo Lake, Mooringsport, La 50   Calcasieu River, La 48   Chattahoochee River, Columbia, Ala 280   Clear Creek, Tex 641  construction of, authorized across Contentnea Creek, Grifton, N. C 489   Cross Bayou, Shreveport, La 50   Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pa 92   Fourche la Fevre River, Arkansas 640   Galveston Bay, Tex 641   Hudson River, New York City and New Jersey 89   Illinois River, Hennepin, Ill 739   Little River, Morris Ferry, Ark 62   Mississippi River, Dubuque, Iowa 119    Hastings, Minn 97    Red Wing, Minn 76   Missouri River, De Witt, Mo 573    Jefferson City, Mo 80    Lexington, Mo 120    Sioux City, Iowa 45, 681   Monongahela River, Allegheny County, Pa 57    Bellevernon, Pa 116    Homestead to Pittsburg, Pa 88    Monongahela City, Pa 738    Pittsburg, Pa 47, 72, 702   Neches River, Tex 35   Newark Bay, N. J 668   Osage River, Mo 572   Perdido River, Holmans Ferry, Alabama and Florida 282   Petit Jean River, Ark 640   Sabine River, Louisiana and Texas 35, 48   Saint Croix River, Osceola, Wis 506   Saint Louis River, Minnesota and Wisconsin 711    Conner’s Point, Wis., to Rice’s Point, Minn 64     height reduced, etc. 228    West Duluth, Minn., to Superior, Wis 68   South Canadian River, Okla 644    Lexington, Okla 225    Noble, Okla 103   Sulphur River, Ark 78   Sulphur River, Arkansas or Texas 55   Tennessee River, Chattanooga, Tenn 29    Sheffield, Ala 708   Yellowstone River, Glendive, Mont 688  mode of construction changed, Little River, Morris Ferry, Ark 634   Missouri River, Jefferson City, Mo 601  time extended for constructing, Back Bay, Biloxi, Miss 701   Boeuf River, La 29   Calumet River, Cook County, Ill 90   Clinch River, Tenn 243   Columbia River, La Camas, Wash 101    Vancouver, Wash 488   Contentnea Creek, Grifton, N. C 596   Hiwassee River, Tenn 243   Little River, Morris Ferry, Ark 634   Mississippi River, Burlington, Iowa 93    New Orleans, La 595   Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa 44    Yankton, S. Dak 78    between Kansas City and Sibley, Mo 45   Tennessee River, Tenn 243    Clifton, Tenn 57   board of engineers to report on length of span, Hudson River bridge 90   minimum height reduced of across East River, New York 44   on abandoned reservation donated to Laramie County, Wyo 91   regulations for opening, etc., to be made; penalties 362   toll charges, Missouri River, Sioux City, Iowa, to be prescribed by owners 221 1278 Briggs, Julius L.,  military record corrected 1028 Brightwood Railway Company, D. C.,  to issue coupon tickets; use; redemption 683 Brimstone,  on free list 545 Bristles,  duty on, prepared 533  on free list, crude, etc. 589 Bristol,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Britannia Metal,  on free list, old 543 British Guiana,  recommendation that boundary dispute be referred to arbitration 971 British Guiana,  duty on 525 British North America,  convention extending time to complete boundary survey between Alaska and 1200 Broad Creek River, Del.,  appropriation for improving 348 Broad Kiln River, Del.,  preliminary examination of mouth of, to be made 365 Brock, Jacob,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Broekmeier, Fred, A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Brockton, Mass.,  construction of public building authorized at 675   appropriation for 910  contract authorized for construction 910 Brockville,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Broden, Patrick F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 457 Brodie, William W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Brokers, Custom-House,  license required for doing business 552 Bromine,  on free list 538 Bronze, Powder, etc.,  duty on 519 Brooke, Gen, John R., U. S. A.,  payment of judgments against 983 Brookland Sewer, D. C.,  appropriation for constructing; contracts 749 Brooklyn Gaslight Company,  deficiency appropriation for damages to wharf 856 Brooklyn, N. Y.,  appropriation for dock, etc., navy-yard 130   for renovating, etc., naval hospital 131   for improving Bay Ridge and Red Hook channels 340  deficiency appropriation for public building 847 Brooks, Abraham,  to receive pension if entitled 331 Brooks, Joseph, R. (father),  pension 1042 Broom Corn,  on free list 538 Brooms,  duty on 533 Brosnan, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Broughton, Mary P. (widow),  pension increased 1003 Brower, Charles F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Brower, Elizabeth,  pension 1033 Brown, Hosea,  pension increased 1046 Brown, Lucy (mother),  pension 988 Brawn, Mary (mother),  pension 992 Brown, Sarah M. (mother),  pension 1030 Brown, Thomas,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Brown, Thomas J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Brown, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Browning, George L.,  deficiency appropriation for services 449, 866 Browns Creek, N. Y.,  appropriation for improving 347 Brunswick,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Brunswick, Ga.,  appropriation for maintenance of harbor 342   for improving outer bar; payments to C. P. Goodyear 343   for procuring greater depth, outer bar, etc. 342 Brunswick, Ga., Quarantine Station,  appropriation for maintenance 392, 934  for repairs, etc. 915 Brushes,  duty on 533 Brussels,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823   for bureau of publication, customs tariffs 144, 819  deficiency appropriation for expenses of bureau for suppressing African slave trade 424 Brussels Carpets,  duty on 531   tapestry 531 Bryan, Joel M.,  appropriation for services to Cherokees 901 Bryant, Erastus E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Buckley, William W.,  military record corrected 1038 Buckshiitem, N. J.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Buckwheat,  duty on 522 Buddington, Ozias,  released from liability on bond of Ozias Morgan 1032 Buds,  duty on, refined, etc. 509  on free list, crude 540 Buechel, Henry D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Buenos Ayres,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820 Buffalo Bayou, Tex.,  appropriation for improving 353  construction of bridge authorized across, at Houston 641 Buffalo, N. Y.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 340   for public building 872, 910   for improving channel, Great Lakes to Chicago and Duluth 947 1279  contracts authorized for constructing public building 373 Building Associations  classes of, excepted from income tax 556 Building Forms,  duty on iron or steel 515 Buildings and Grounds, D. C. (see Public Buildings and Grounds), Buildings, D. C.,  for business purposes, etc., must have fire escapes, etc. 810 Bulbs and Bulbous Roots,  duty on refined, etc. 509  on free list, crude 540   not edible 544 Bull, Charles W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Bullion,  on free list, gold or silver 539 Bullion and Coin,  appropriation for freight on 179, 780  deficiency appropriation for freight on 16 Bullions,  duty on gold, silver, etc. 520 Bullis, John L.,  appropriation for reimbursement 893  deficiency appropriation for 859 Bunting,  duty on 530 Buoyage,  appropriation for expenses 376, 917  deficiency appropriation for 427, 479 486 Burbige James H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Bureau of American Republics,  appropriation for; use of receipts 151, 825   for publications; report on propriety of continuing 418   for catalogue of exports and imports 151, 825  deficiency appropriation for 843 Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy,  appropriation for construction, etc., of vessels 134, 835    limit, wooden ships 134, 835   for repairs, “Hartford”, damages at sea, etc 134, 835   for “Constitution”, as training ship 134   for “Hartford”, as training ship 134   for civil establishment 134, 836   for construction of new vessels 842   for clerks, etc. 192, 793  deficiency appropriation for construction and repair 481, 485, 872 Bureau of Equipment, Navy,  appropriation for equipment of vessels 127, 829   for civil establishment 127, 829   for contingent 127, 829   for clerks, etc. 191, 792   for equipment, new vessels 842  deficiency appropriation for contingent 481, 854, 856, 872, 875   for equipment of vessels 854, 855 Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy,  appropriation for Medical Department 131, 833   for naval hospital fund 131, 833   for hospital, Brooklyn 131   for contingent 132, 833   for repairs 132, 833   for ambulances 834   for clerks, etc. 192, 793  deficiency appropriation for Medical Department 434, 436, 481 485   for contingent 434, 436, 854, 872, 875   for telephone, Norfolk, Va 856 Bureau of Navigation, Navy,  appropriation for gunnery exercises 125, 826   for ocean and lake surveys 125, 826   for naval apprentices’ outfit bounties 125, 827   for recruiting, transportation and contingent 125, 827   for naval station, Newport, R. I 827   for naval training station 125 827   for war college and torpedo school 125, 827   for purchase Ourdan and Kolb letter engraving machine 125   for clerks, etc., 190 791  deficiency appropriation for transportation 436   for contingent 481   for gunnery exercises 854 Bureau of Ordnance, Navy,  appropriation for ordnance and stores 125, 827   for ordnance patent rights 827   for new proving ground 125, 828   for manufacture of guns 828   for repairs 126, 828   for new buildings, Mare Island magazine 126   for removal of magazine, Craney Island, Va 828   for torpedo station 126, 828   for naval militia 126, 828   for gun plant, Washington 126   for contingent 126, 828   for naval proving ground 828   for civil establishment 126, 828   for armor and armament, new vessels 140, 842   for clerks, etc. 192, 793  deficiency appropriation for contingent, freight 436, 481, 854, 855, 872, 875   for ordnance 872 Bureau of Provisions and Clothing (see Bureau of Supplies and Accounts), Bureau of Steam Engineering, Navy,  appropriation for steam machinery 135, 836   for materials, etc. 135, 836   for incidental expenses; limit of repairs, wooden ships 135, 836   for repairs, “Hartford” vessels damaged at sea 135, 836   for steam machinery, special, “Chicago” etc 135, 836   for contingent 135, 837   for civil establishment 135, 837   for steam machinery, new vessels 140, 842   for clerks, etc. 192, 793  deficiency appropriation for replacing stores, Norfolk yard fire 59   for machinery 481, 485, 855   for Bridgeport Brass Co.,etc 856 Bureau, of Supplies and Accounts, Navy,  appropriation for provisions 132, 834   for contingent 133, 834   for civil establishment 133, 834   for clerks, etc. 192, 793  deficiency appropriation for contingent 435, 437, 854, 872, 875   for provisions and clothing 481   for provisions 437, 481, 485, 854, 872   for approved bills 856  temporary detail of assistant authorized; duties 132 Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy,  appropriation for maintenance 128, 830   for contingent 128 830   for repairs and preservation 830   for civil establishment 128, 830   for Naval Home 129, 831 1280  appropriation for public works 130, 831   for repairs and preservation 131   for Naval Academy 131, 833   for Naval Observatory 131, 833   for clerks, etc. 192, 793  deficiency appropriation for 872   for railroad, Norfolk yard, Va 437   for maintenance 481   for dry dock commission 481 Burgundy Pitch,  on free list 539 Burial of Indigent Soldiers, D. C.,  appropriation for expenses 405, 949 Burke, James,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 409 Burkhart, Edward,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Burlaps,  on free list 539   grain bags of 539 Burlington and Illinois Bridge Company,  time extended for bridging Mississippi River 93 Burlington, Iowa,  time extended for construction of bridge   authorized across Mississippi River 93 Burlington, Vt.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 338  condemned cannon donated to 972 Burnishing Stones,  on free list 543 Burns, Edward J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Burr Stone,  on free list 545 Burtis, Benjamin G.,  payment of judgment of Court of Claims to administratrix of 457 Bussius, John,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Butler Building, Washington, D. C.,  appropriation for repairs 373 Butler, Edward J.,  granted honorable discharge 1028 Butler Plats, Neu-Bedford, Mass.,  light and fog signal station established 27   appropriation for 915 Butler, Henry J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Butler, Noble C.,  deficiency appropriation for refund 862 Butler, Thomas B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Butter,  duty on, and substitutes 523 Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor,  appropriation for improving 341 Button Forms,  duty on 533 Button, Mary (widow),  pension 1045 Buttons,  duty on wool, etc., for tassels, etc. 531  silk, etc. 532  agate 533  pearl and shell 533  ivory, vegetable ivory, glass, bone, and horn 533  shoe 533 Byram, Conn.,  preliminary examination of harbor, to be made 364 Byrams Cove, Mass.,  preliminary examination of harbor, to be made 365 Byrd, Frederick,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 457 Byrne, Bernard J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Byrne, William P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 457 “C. B., Strohn,” Tug,  deficiency appropriation for refund of fine 845 Cabbages,  on free list 539 Cabble, Cyrus W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 457 Cabinet Woods,  on free list, rough or hewn 546 Cables,  duty on New Zealand hemp, istle, etc. 529 Cacao,  on free list, crude 539 Cache River, Ark.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 364 Caddo Lake, La.,  construction of bridge authorized across, Mooringsport, La 50 Cadets,  appropriation for pay, etc., Military Academy 152, 627  not to serve as professors, Military Academy, within two years of graduation 151 Cadets, Naval,  appropriation for special training 137, 838  notification of vacancies 136  filling vacancies by Representatives or Delegates 136   by President; to be resident of vacant district 136  selection from Distinct of Columbia and at large 137  districts now unrepresented by actual resident, to have appointment 137   who was not resident when appointed 413   additional appropriation 137  appointment at Academy from district not represented by an actual resident at time of appointment 663  filling vacancies at Naval Academy on or before March 4, 1895 838 Cadets, Revenue-Cutter Service,  rate of pay established 378 Cadiz,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Cadmium,  on free list 539 Cahoons Hollow, Mass.,  deficiency appropriation for reimbursing loss, life saving station 849 Cain, John L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 457 Cairns, Terrence,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Cairo,  appropriation for agent and consul-general 142, 816  for clerk hire 149, 823 Cajeput Oil,  on free list 542 Calamine,  on free list 539 Calcasieu River, La.,  appropriation for improving mouth, etc. 343  construction of bridge authorized across 48 1281 Calcutta,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823 Caldwell, Stephen,  deficiency appropriation for 447, 868 Calfskins,  duty on tanned, etc. 534 California,  appropriation for surveyor-general, clerks 198, 799   for contingent expenses 198, 799   for sugar cane and rice experiments in 270   for incidental expenses, Indian service in 304, 898  deficiency appropriation for incidental expenses, Indian service in 439, 483   for outstanding Indian war bonds 845   for volunteers 479, 871  agreement for cession of lands, Yuma Indian Reservation, ratified 332  allowances to court officers 806  jurisdiction of courts in violations of sealing regulations 54  proclamation dispersing persons unlawfully obstructing mails, etc., in 1250  release of United States title to purchasers of certain lands from Richard Eads or John J. Bodkin; patents 700 California Midwinter International Exposition,  articles for exhibition at, may lie admitted free of duty 1  exhibit at World’s Fair may be removal to, without paying duty 1  sale of exhibits 1  payment of duties, etc. 1  temporary employment of foreign laborers 1  articles exhibited at, may be transferred to Interstate Fair 224  transfer of imported exhibits to Portland Exposition 600 Callanan, John L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Callao,  appropriation for consul at 145, 820 Calnan, Frederick K.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Caloosahatchee River, Fla.,  appropriation for improving 351 Calumet and, Blue Island Railway Company,  time extended for bridging Calumet River, Ill 90 Calumet Harbor, Ill.,  appropriation for improving 344 Calumet River, Ill.,  time extended for building bridge across 90 Calumet River, Ind. and Ill.,  appropriation for improving 356 Calvert, Archibald B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Camden, Me.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 338 Camel’s Hair,  duty on roving, etc 530  on free list 546 Cameos,  duty on, in frames 534 Cameron, Andrew,  payment to legal representatives 982 Camp and Garrison Equipage, Army,  appropriation for 241, 661 Campbell, Jacob C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Campbell, Joseph J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Campbell, Joshua B.,  deficiency appropriation for advertising 858 Campbell, Thomas,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Campbell, Thomas W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Camphor,  duty on refined 509  on free list, crude 539 Canada (see also Great Britain),  proclamation permitting Canadian vessels to aid wrecks in United States waters contiguous to 1220  provisions for shipping articles trade with 667 Canadian Boundary,  appropriation for expenses of commission continued 417 Canal, Nicaragua,  appropriation for examination, etc., of 948 Caned Routes, Ohio,  time extended for report on 967 Canal, Ship,  appropriation for commission on feasibility of, Great Lakes to the Atlantic 950 Canals, etc.,  regulations for use of, under Government 862  right of way through public lands permitted for; exceptions 635 Canapitsit Channel, Mass.,  appropriation for improvement of 339 Canarsie Bay, N. Y.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 340 Canary Seeds,  on free list 544 Canaveral, Fla.,  survey of harbor directed 369 Canceling Machines, Postal Service,  appropriation for 195, 691  deficiency appropriation for 485, 487  for motors 863  for rent 873 Canceling Stamps, etc., Postal Service,  appropriation for 105, 691  for machines 105, 691 Candy,  duty on sugar 521 Cane,  appropriation for sugar-making experiments 270, 734  for bounty on sugar produced from 933 Canes,  on free list, wood cut in lengths for 546 Cannon (see Condemned Cannon), Cannon, Maurice D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Canton,  appropriation for consul at 145, 819 Canton, Ohio,  deficiency appropriation for public building 428 Cantwell, Edward J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Cape Arago, Oreg.,  balance from Coquille River light available for light station 376 Cape Charles,  appropriation for quarantine station 392, 934  deficiency appropriation for quarantine station 17 Cape Disappointment, Wash.,  appropriation for light station at North Head 376, 916 1282 Cape Fear River, N. C.,  appropriation for improving, above Wilmington 350    below Wilmington 350   for lighting 377, 018  survey of, above Fayetteville directed 370 Cape, Haitien,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Cape Lookout, N. C.,  preliminary examination of harbor of refuge, to be made 367 Cape May, N. J.,  appropriation for boathouse for lightship 375 Cape, Porpoise, Me.,  preliminary examination of harbor, to be made 366 Cape Spartel Light,  appropriation for expenses 143, 818 Cape Town,  appropriation for consul at 148, 821 Capital Railway Company,  incorporated; route, etc. 721 Capital Traction Company,  Rock Creek Railway may change name to 701 Capitol,  appropriation for repairs, etc. 393, 035   for elevator to Supreme Court rooms 393   for flags; cleaning works of art 935   for repairs, etc., Senate wing 935   for improving grounds 393, 935   for elevators, House wing 393   for repairs to engine house, stables, etc 935   for purchase of electric-lighting plants for Senate and House 935   for lighting building and grounds 393, 935    arrangement to furnish electric current for one year, authorized 935   for changing, etc., water-pipe line to 944  deficiency appropriation for repairs, etc 59   for improving grounds, etc. 59, 857   for lighting 438  bronze tablet to commemorate laying corner stone to be set in wall of 581  tunnel from new library building to be constructed 959  Wisconsin authorized to place statue of Per Marquette in Statuary Hall 12 Capitol, Centennial of Laying the Corner Stone,  use of Capitol grounds permitted for celebration of 10  joint committee of Senate and House on ceremonies 10  made a public holiday 11  loan of flags, etc., authorized 11  appropriation for printing, etc., report of 578  bronze tablet to commemorate, to he set in wall of original building 581 Capitol Police,  appropriation for captain, lieutenants, etc. 165, 767   for contingent expenses 165, 767  deficiency appropriation for one month’s extra pay 20, 864 Capsicum,  duty on 525 Carabelle, Fla.,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 365 Caracas Awards,  accretions to fund credited to new awards 635 Caravels of Columbus,  transferred to Columbian Museum, Chicago 842 Caraway Oil,  on free list 542 Caraway Seeds,  on free list 544 Carberry, Hugh B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Carboys,  duty on 513 Card Clothing,  duty on steel wire 518   all other 518 Cardamon Seeds,  on free list 544 Cardboards,  duty on 532 Cardenas,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Cardiff,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Cards, Playing (see Playing Cards), Carey, John F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Carkhuff, John W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Carlisle, Pa.,  appropriation for Indian school 309, 904  deficiency appropriation for Indian school 873 Carlos’s Band, Flathead Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 302 Carmines,  on free list 541 Carmody, Stephen,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Carney, Ellen (mother),  pension 1040 Carney, James,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Carniaux, Frank P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Carpenter, C. F.,  may accept medal, etc., from Spain 990 Carpenter, J. K.,  may accept medal, etc., from Spain 990 Carpenter, Moses W.,  pension 1025 Carpets,  duty on hemp and jute 529   cork 529   wool, etc. 531   wool, flax, or cotton, not specified 531 Carriages, Gun and Mortar,  appropriation for 213, 705 “Carrie Dye,” Schooner,  deficiency appropriation for owners 857 Carets River, N. Y.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Car roll, Maurice P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Carson, Nev.,  appropriation for salaries, mint at 183, 784  for wages; contingent expenses 188, 784  for Indian school 309, 904 Cart, S. M.,  appropriation for reimbursement 893 Carter, Charles,  deficiency appropriation for services 448, 866 Carter, James C.,  deficiency appropriation for additional pay, counsel Bering Sea arbitration 424 Carter, Martha Custis (widow),  pension increased 1038 Carvers Harbor, Me.,  survey of, directed 370 Casa Grande, Ariz.,  appropriation for custodian of ruin 396, 938 1283 Cascade Range, Forest Reservation, Oreg.,  proclamation setting apart 1240 Casey, Thomas L., U. S. A.,  duties, increasing water supply District of Columbia 752 Casks,  duty on, empty 521 Cassava or Cassady,  on free list; 545 Cassia, etc.,  on free list, unground 544 Cassia Oil,  on free list 542 Cassidy, Robert,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 465 Cassiterite,  on free list 545 Cast Iron,  duty on pipes 518   vessels, plates, etc. 518   malleable, not specified 518   hollow ware 518 Castellamare,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Castile Soap,  duty on 511 Castine, Me.,  land granted to, for public park 159 “Castine” U. S. S.,  deficiency appropriation for improvements of 43 Castings, Steel,  duty on, not specified 516 Castor or Castoreum,  on free list 539 Castor Beans,  duty on 523 Castor Oil,  duty on 510 Caswell, T. T.,  allowance in accounts 438 Catalogue of Exports and Imports, International,  appropriation for completing, in English, Spanish, and Portuguese 151, 825 Catalogue of Government Publications,  preparation; contents 612 Catania,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Catgut, etc.,  on free list, unmanufactured 539 Cathedral, Washington, D. C.,  power of trustees Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation 83 Cattle (see also Animals),  on free list, straying across boundary line, etc. 537  appropriation for inspection of 731  inspection of live, whose meat is to be exported 732  marks, etc., of inspection; penalty for forging, etc. 732  carrying condemned meat in interstate and foreign commerce forbidden; penalties 732  pure bred, determined by Secretary of Agriculture 269, 733  negotiation to be made for removal of English regulations, etc. 269  temporary grazing in Mexico permitted 577 Cattle, Neat,  appropriation for quarantine stations for 269, 733 Caulfield, James F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Cavalry Equipments, Army,  appropriation for 242, 662 Cayuse Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 303, 892 Cedar,  on free list, rough, etc. 546 Cedrat Oil,  on free list 542 Cement,  duty on hydraulic, in packages 512  in bulk 512  other 512 Cemeteries (see National Cemeteries), Cemetery, Graceland, D. C.,  charter ended; interment prohibited 220  removal of bodies; sale of lands; disposal of proceeds 220 Census (see, Eleventh Census), Census Office,  control of printing office 605 Centennial of Laying Corner Stone of the Capitol,  celebration of the 10  made a holiday in the District 11  loan of flags for celebration of 11  appropriation for printing, etc., report of joint Congressional committee 578 Central Dispensary, etc., D. C.,  appropriation for 259, 761 Cerium,  on free list 539 Certificates for Improvements, D. C.,  deficiency appropriation for paying, illegally issued 850 Certificates of Residence,  to fie procured by Chinese laborers entitled to remain in the United States 7  to contain photograph of applicant 8 Ceylon,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Chains,  duty on iron or steel 518 Chair Cane,  duty on wrought, etc. 521 Chalk,  duty on prepared, and preparations 509  on free list, unmanufactured 539 Chambers, Rebecca H., (sister),  pension 1009 Chamois Skins,  duty on 534 Chamomile Oil,  on free list 542 Champagne,duty on 525 Chandeleur, La.,  appropriation for light station 375  allowance of expenses for building, etc. 428 Channels,  duty on iron or steel; car truck channels 515 Chapel Point, Md.,  preliminary examination of harbor, to be made 365 Chapin, John E.,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Chaplain,  appropriation for, Senate 162 765   for, House of Representative 165, 768 Chapman, William,  honorable discharge to 994 Charcoal,  duty on iron bars, etc., made by 515  on free list 539 1284 Chargé d’Affaires ad interim,  appropriation for 142, 816  deficiency appropriation for salaries 424, 844 Charitable, etc., Societies,  excepted from income tax 556 Charities, D. C.,  appropriation for institutions, etc. 259, 761 Charities, Superintendent of, D. C.,  appropriation for salary, etc. 246, 747 Charleston, S. C.,  appropriation for public building 372, 910   for improvement of harbor 404, 947 Charleroix, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 Charlotte Harbor, Fla.,  appropriation for improving 342 Charlotte, N. C.,  appropriation for salaries, assay office at 184, 785   for expenses 184, 785  may use part of mint property for a park 643 Charlotte, N. Y.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 340 Charlottetown,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Charms, China, etc.,  duty on white 512   decorated 512 Charts,  duty on 533  on free list, printed twenty years, etc. 538   for the Government 538   for colleges, libraries, etc. 538 Chase, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Chatham,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Chatham, Mass.,  preliminary examination of harbor, to be made 365 Chattahouchee River,  construction of bridge authorized across, at Columbia, Ala 280 Chattahoochee, River, Ga, and Ala.,  appropriation for improving 350 Chattanooga Park (see Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park), Chattanooga, Tenn.,  construction of bridge authorized across Tennessee River at 29 Chattanooga Western Railway Company,  may bridge Tennessee River, Chattanooga, Tenn 29 Cheboygan Harbor, Mich.,  unexpended balance for dredging; estimate to deepen channel 345 Cheese,  duty on 523 Chefuncte River, La.,  appropriation for improving 353  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Chelsea River, Mass.,  survey of, directed 370 Chemical Compounds,  duty on, and salts, not specified 511 Chemicals, Oils, and Paints,  Schedule A. tariff of 1894 509 Chemistry Division, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for chemist, assistants 266, 728  for expenses 267, 730  for investigating food, drug, etc., adulterations 268, 731  report to Congress; contents 268  appropriation for printing compilation of drug laws, etc. 268  for investigating character of soils 268, 731 Chemnitz,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820  for clerk hire 149, 823 Chenille,  duty on cotton, manufactures 529  silk 532 Chenille Carpets,  duty on 531 Cheguamegon Point, Wis.,  appropriation for light, etc., station 916 Cherokee Agency, N. C.,  appropriation for school superintendent  acting as Indian agent at 286, 876 Cherokee Indians,  appropriation for census of Old Settlers 308   for paying first installment for Cherokee Outlet 894   for expenses of census, Old Settlers 901  account of moneys due, referred Attorney-General for report, etc. 795  bonds to issue to, for deferred payments for Cherokee Outlet 336 Cherokee Indians, Eastern Rand,  appropriation for payment to Joel M. Bryan, for services 901  deficiency appropriation for expenses, suit against Thomas, etc. 19   for compromise of suits 441  payments from funds of 1015 Cherokee Indians, Western,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Cherokee, N. C.,  appropriation for buildings, Indian training school 303   for Indian pupils, training school 309, 904 Cherokee Nation,  subtreasury authorized to receive amount for 795 Cherokee, Outlet, Okla.,  appropriation for appraising improvements of intruders 307   for first installment, purchase of 894    payment to Delawares, Shawnee and Freedmen 894  expenses of opening, to be paid from deficiency appropriation for clerk hire, etc., land offices 60  proclamation opening, to settlement 1222  reservations for educational and building uses, ratified 71  homestead settlers on, allowed to commute in fourteen months 336  qualifications of voters, first election in 13  subtreasury at New York authorized to receive payment on account of balance 579  removal of intruders suspended until January 1, 1896 902  town-site provisions, Oklahoma, applicable to 11 Cheroots,  duty on 522 Cherry Juice.,  duty on 526 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal,  board of engineers to report on route, for 349   appropriation for expenses 349 1285 Chesapeake awl Ohio Canal Company,  appropriation for examining claims to water rights, etc., Great Falls of the Potomac 402 Chessmen,  duty on, and chess balls 533 Chester River, Md.,  appropriation for improving 348 Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, Okla.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 876 Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian Lands, Okla.,  homestead settlers granted one year’s extention to make first payment 3  may receive patents in one year by paying $1.50 an acre 3  homestead settlers allowed extension of two years for first payment on 901 Cheyenne Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 289, 879   for support, etc., of 302, 891 Cheyenne, Northern, awl Arapahoe, Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 294, 883   for support, etc., of 303, 892 Cheyenne River Agency, S. Dak.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 876   for artesian well, Indian school 888 Cheyenne, Wyo.,  appropriation for public building 913 Chicago Fair (see World’s Columbian Exposition), Chicago, Ill.,  appropriation for salaries, assistant treasurer’s office 181, 782   for improvement of harbor 344   for temporary public building 910    acceptance of site; rent 910   for new public building on old site; draftsmen, etc 911   for marine hospital 914   for enforcing anchorage regulations 919   for improving channel on Great Lakes to Duluth and Buffalo 947  deficiency appropriation for marine hospital 429  exhibits at World’s Fair acquired by Columbian Museum, released from duties 13  furniture, etc., transferred to new courtrooms from public building 579  licenses for use of Government pier, revoked; exception 491  new public building to be built on present site 664  sale and removal of old building 664   error corrected 701  contracts; limit of cost 664 Chicago, Kansas City and Texas Railway Company,  repeal of free passage of bridge across Missouri River between Kansas City and Sibley, Mo 45  time for construction extended 45 Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company,  to pay 60 per cent of renewing Rock Island Bridge 942 Chicago-Topeka Light, Heat, and Power Company,  may dam Kansas River in Shawnee County, Kans 27 “Chicago,” U. S. S.,  appropriation for new machinery, etc. 135 Chickamauga and Chattanooga, National Park,  appropriation for establishing 403, 945  dedication to take place September 19 and 20, 1895 595   appropriation for expenses 595  use of material for State monuments 12 Chickasahay River, Miss.,  appropriation for improving 352 Chickasaw Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty, with 289, 889  claim of W. B. Munson to be examined 313  act of legislature, 1873, adopting negroes approved 336  claim of, for Wichita lands submitted to Court of Claims 898  submission of claim to commissioners 899 Chicory,  duty on burnt, etc. 524 Chicory Root,  on free list, unground 539 Chicott Pass, La.,  appropriation for lighting 377, 918 Chief of Engineers, Army,  appropriation for repairs, etc., Government Printing Office, under 420 Chief Supervisor of Elections,  repeal of authority to report on Congressional elections 36  appointment and duties of, repealed 36 Children,  investigation of work and wages of, directed 587 Children, D. C.,  proceedings, etc., for adoption of 687 Childrens Guardians, Board of, D. C.,  appropriation for expenses 260, 762   for feeble-minded children, etc. 260, 762  deficiency appropriation for 850 Children’s Hospital, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 259, 762 Children’s Playground, D. C.,  authorized in circle south of Executive Mansion 943 Childs, Hon. Robert A.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 865 Chile,  appropriation for minister 141, 815  for secretary of legation 142, 816 Chill, Thomas M.,  pension increased 1047 Chiloceo, Indian Ter.,  appropriation for Indian school 309, 904 China,  duty on, porcelain, etc., white 512  decorated 512 China,  appropriation for minister 141, 815   for secretary of legation 142, 816   for second secretary 142, 817   for interpreter; 142, 817   for rent 143, 817   for interpreters at consulates 149, 824   for marshals, consular courts 150, 824   for keeping, etc., prisoners 150, 824  convention prohibiting coming of Chinese laborers to the United States 1210 Chincoteague Bay, Va.,  appropriation for waterway, Delaware Bay to 348 Chinese Exclusion,  appropriation for enforcing 390, 575, 581, 932   no fee for registration, etc. 575, 581  deficiency appropriation for expenses enforcing, etc. 41, 479, 637, 846 1286  laborers to secure certificates of residence within six months from passage of this act 7   neglecting, etc., to secure certificates, or found without, to be deported 7  proof to secure certificate if unavoidably prevented 7  certificates for Chinese other than laborers 7  pending proceedings, discontinued, etc. 7  persons convicted of felony not permitted to register 8  persons now subject to deportation to be deported 8  definition of “laborer” 8   of “merchant” 8  regulations for readmission of merchants 8  district marshal to execute order of deportation 8  certificate to contain photograph, etc 8   copy to be filed with internal-revenue collector 8  duplicate photographs to be furnished by applicants 8 Chinese Laborers,  convention prohibiting immigration of 1210 Chinese Matting,  on free list 540 Chinese Plague,  appropriation for preventing, etc., spread of epidemic 934 Chinkiang,  appropriation for consul at 145, 820 Chip,  duty on manufactures of 535  on free list, braids, etc., of, for hats 538 Chipman, Hon. J. L., late a Representative in Congress,  deficiency appropriation for widow of 448 Chippewa Indian Reservation, Minn.,  right of way through, to Duluth and Winnepeg Railroad Company 504   to Saint Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway 112   to Northern Mississippi Railway Company 489 Chippewa Indians, Fond du Lac Tribe,  appropriation for, timber depredations 290 Chippewa Indians in Minnesota,  appropriation for advance interest 289, 880  for civilization, etc. 289, 880  for surveys in reservation 290, 881 Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior,  appropriation for support, etc., of 302, 891 Chippewaca Indians of Red Lake,  appropriation for support, etc., of 302, 891 Chippewa, Indians of the Mississippi,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 289, 880 Chippewa Indians on White Earth Reservation, Minn.,  appropriation for support, etc. of 302, 891 Chippewa, Indians, Pembina Tribe,  appropriation for support, etc., of 302, 891 Chippewa Indians, Pillagers and Lake Winnebagoshish Bands  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 289 Chippewa Indians, Turtle Mountain Band,  appropriation for support, etc., of 302, 891 Chippewa River,  appropriation for improving 356 Chloral Hydrate,  duty on 509 Chloroform,  duty on 509 Chocolate,  duty on sweetened, etc. 524 Choctaw Coal and Railway Company,  time extended for right of way through Indian Territory 27  permit for lands, Oklahoma City, continued 264  rights to vest in purchaser 502  organization of new corporation 502 Choctaw Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 290, 880  claim of, for Wichita lands submitted to  Court of Claims 898  submission of claim to commissioners 899  claim of heirs of Albert Pike against, referred to Court of Claims 901 Choctawatchee River, Fla, and Ala.,  appropriation for improving; proviso 351 Cholera,  appropriation for preventing, etc., spread of epidemic 392, 934 Choptank River, Md.,  appropriation for improving 348 Christian, Abram C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Christiana River, Del.,  appropriation for survey, etc. 341  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Christiania,  appropriation for consul at 148, 823 Chrome Yellow, etc.,  duty on 510 Chromic Acid,  duty on 509 Chromic Ore,  on free list 539 Chronometers,  duty on 520 Church, Alonzo W.,  appropriation for preparing document index 418   for document index, Fifty-third Congress 958 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,  personal property restored to, for charitable uses 980 Church Orphanage, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 260, 762 Cider,  on free list 539 Cienfuegos,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820 Cigar Labels,  duty on 532 Cigarettes,  duty on 522   paper, etc for 536 Cigars, Imported,  duty on 522  serial number substituted for date 552  stamp to be affixed showing inspection, etc. 552  maximum number in imported boxes 552 Cinchona Barks, etc.,  on free list 538   alkaloids of 544 Cincinnati, Ohio,   appropriation for salaries, assistant treasurer’s office 181, 783  for marine hospital 914 Cinnamon, etc.,  on free list, unground 544 Cinnamon Oil,  on free list 542 1287 Circuit Courts,  appropriation for judges 203, 805   for additional judge, eighth circuit 417  additional judge authorized, seventh circuit 643   eighth circuit 115   ninth circuit 665  repeal of special sessions for supervision, etc., for Congressional elections 36   appointment, duties, etc., of chief supervisors of elections 36   removal of election cases from State courts to 37  jurisdiction of trusts in restraint of import trade 570 Circuit Courts of Appeals,  appropriation for judges; clerks 203, 805  appeals allowed in all injunction proceedings 666  clerks to make annual returns of costs collected 203  purchase of law books 204  deposit of surplus fees 204 Circuit Judges,  appropriation for 203 805 Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians,  appropriation for unexpended balance due 295 Citric Acid,  duty on 509 Citronella Oil,  on free list 543 Civet,  on free list, crude 539 Civet Oil,  on free list 542 Civil Service Commission,  appropriation for Commissioners, secretary, etc. 169, 772   for traveling, etc., expenses 169, 772   for contingent expenses 197, 799   for rent 198, 799   for printing and binding 419, 060  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207  printing report of, authorized; distribution 614 Civilized Indians,  appropriation for commission to treat with, for lands, etc. 939 Claiborne, Md.,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 365 Claiborne, Mrs. Courtney Ann,  title of certain lands in Louisiana confirmed to heirs of 985 Claims,  appropriation for defending suits in, against the United States 414, 955   for defense, French spoliation 414, 955   for prosecuting, etc., due United States 414, 956   for defense in Indian depredation 414, 956  deficiency appropriation for paying judgments, Court of Claims 450, 868   for paying judgments of United States courts 476, 868   for judgments, Indian depredations 476, 869   for certified by accounting officers 477, 869   for horses, etc. 480, 484, 871, 874   for defending suits in 860  without administrative examination, to be twice examined in Auditor’s Office 210  rates to be allowed in, against District of Columbia in Court of Claims 664 Claims Commission,  convention with Venezuela for 1053 Claims, Court of (see Court of Claims), Claims, Indian Depredation,  appropriation for defense in 414, 956  deficiency appropriation for defense 61   for paying judgments 476, 869 Clallam Bay, Wash.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Clapboards,  on free list, pine and spruce 546 “Claribel” Steamer,  granted American register 623 Clarion River, Pa.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Clark, Charles L.,  appropriation for 262 Clark, Mary L. (mother),  pension 1033 Clarke, Thomas F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Clarksville, Tena.,  appropriation for public building 911  limit of cost increased, public building 373 Clatskanie River, Oreg.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Clay,  duty on, pipe bowls 536  on free list, for crucibles 539 Clay, Cecil,  deficiency appropriation for expenses 440 Clays,  duty on unwrought, not specified 512   wrought, not specified 512   on china 512 Clayton, Harriet (widow),  pension 1031 Clayton, William T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Clear Creek, Tex.,  construction of bridge authorized across 641 Cleary, Peter F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Clement, H. G.,  deficiency appropriation for 450 Clemons, Andrew M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Clerk of the House of Representatives,  appropriation for pay of 165, 768   for chief clerk, journal clerk, etc. 165, 768   for document room, until December 2 769  deficiency appropriation for services, printing contested-elections testimony 149, 867  to furnish certain documents to volunteer soldier’s homes, etc. 159 Clerks and Messengers, Army,  appropriation for, at headquarters, etc., apportionment 236, 655  general service, abolished 236 Clerks and Messengers to Committees,  appropriation for, Senate 163, 765  for House of Representatives 166, 769 Clerks to Committees, Session,  appropriation for, House of Representatives 166, 769  deficiency appropriation for, Fifty-first Congress, Senate 16 Clerks to Representatives and Delegates,  appropriation for 167, 770   for, until end of second session 586  deficiency appropriation for 2, 16, 62   for one month’s extra pay 864 1288 Clerks to Senators,  appropriation for; service to Senators not sworn in 164, 766  may be appointed from beginning of Senator’s term 766 Clerks, U. S. Courts,  appropriation for fees 416, 057  deficiency appropriation for fees 61, 443, 478, 483, 862, 870  allowance, Washington, Montana, North and South Dakota 204, 806  fees permitted to be retained in Indian Territory 9 Cleveland, Ohio,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 343 Clifton,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Clifton, Tenn.,  time extended for bridging Tennessee River at 57 Clinch River, Tenn.,  appropriation for improving 354  time extended for constructing bridge across 243 Clinger, Frank,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Clinton River, Mich.,  appropriation for improving 356  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Cloaks,  duty on wool, etc. 531 Clocks, etc.,  duty on 520 Clontarf, Minn.,  appropriation for Indian school 309 Closson, Charles 4  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Cloth,  duty on cotton 527   cotton and silk 529   cotton and rubber 529   waterproof 529   woolen, not specified 530 Clothing, Army,  appropriation for 241, 661  deficiency appropriation for 480, 871 Clothing, Ready-made,  duty on cotton 529  wool, etc 530  silk, etc. 532 Clares, etc.,  on free list, unground 544 Coad, Richard J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Coal,  duty on bituminous, and shale 533   slack or culm 533  on free list, anthracite 539 Coal, D. C.,  inspection, etc., of, purchased; proviso, Navy Department 808  regulations for weighing, etc., for sale 813 Coal, lands,  possessors may have surveys made on  application; costs, etc. 423 Coal Stores,  on free list, of American vessels, not unloaded 539 Coal Tar.  duty on, colors and dyes 509  on free list, crude, etc. 539   pitch 545 Coast and Geodetic Survey,  appropriation for field expenses 379, 920   for points to State surveys 380, 921  appropriation for contribution to International Geodetic Association, etc. 881, 922   for repairs and maintenance of vessels 381, 922   for pay of field officers 381   for salaries; superintendent, assistants 922    assistants to be employed in field or office 922   for pay of office force 381, 922    reductions; civil-service rules; report 382   for office expenses 882, 923   for printing and binding 419, 956  deficiency appropriation for party expenses 477   for general expenses 871  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206  allowance of pay, etc., extra engravers 848  officers of, to be appointed delegates to International Geodetic Association 587  printing report authorized; distribution 613  printing special bulletins, etc., authorized 623  restriction on allowances to civilians, etc 383  sale and distribution of charts 620  standard weights and measures to be furnished States, etc., deposits required 383  to make surveys, etc., Observatory Circle 589 Coasters Harbor Island, R. I.,  appropriation for naval training school, apprentices 125, 827  for war college and torpedo school 125, 827 Coat Linings,  duty on wool, etc. 530 Coaticook,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Cobalt,  duty on oxide of 509  on free list, and ore 539 Cobb, Hon. J. E.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 448 Cobb, Rosanna (widow),  pension 1030 Cocculus Indicus,  on free list 539 Cocheco River, N. H.,  appropriation for improving 346 Cochineal,  on free list 539 Cochran, Alexander M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 453 Cocoa,  duty on prepared, not specified 524  on free list, crude 539 Cocoa Butter, etc.  duty on 524 Cocoanut  duty on, dessicated 524  in shell 524 Cocoanut Oil,  on free list 542 Coconino County, Ariz.,  issue of bonds for county building authorized; limit 114 Cod Liver Oil,  duty on 510 Cod Oil,  on free list, not specially provided for 540 Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation, Idaho,  cession of portion of 322  appropriation for lands ceded 823  new boundary to be surveyed, etc. 323 1289  entries to be under homestead and townsite laws 823 Coeur d’Alene Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 290, 881 Coffee,  duty on substitutes for 524  on free list 539 Coffill, Judson T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Cognac,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Cohen, Benjamin,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Coins,  on free list, old 539   gold, silver, and copper 539  appropriation for transporting silver 388, 929   for recoinage, etc., minor 388, 929   for recoinage, fractional silver 389, 929   for recoinage, gold 929 Coir,  on free list, and yarn 539 Coke,  duty on 533 Cold Spring Inlet, N. J.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Cold Spring, N. J.  preliminary examination of harbor, to be made 367 Coll, James,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Collars,  duty on linen 530 Collections, Art, etc.,  on free list, for permanent exhibition 547 Collection of Duties,  copy of manifest to be mailed auditor on arrival of vessel at port having no naval officer 808 Collectors of Internal Revenue,  appropriation for salaries, etc. 180, 782   for additional deputies, income tax 782  deficiency appropriation for salaries, etc. 477, 848   for additional deputies 637 Collector’s Office, D. C.,  appropriation for salaries 244, 745 Colleges, etc.,  detail of retired officers not restricted 235   ordnance; pay 235  on free list, books, etc., for 538  maximum of officers detailed to, increased 7  service required; duration of detail 7 Collins, La Fayette,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Collins, Michael,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 457 Collins, O. Edward,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Collins, Samuel,  payment to 989 Collins, Thomas W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Collisions at Sea,  proclamation putting in effect regulations to prevent, March 1, 1895 1250   postponing effect of act to prevent 1259  regulations to prevent, amended 82  lights required on small steam vessels 82   on steam launches 83   on small vessels under oars or sails 83   on rowboats 83  avoidance of collisions when courses of vessels cross 83  fishing rules repealed 83   lights required on fishing vessels 281  distress signals 33  rules extended to Great Lakes, etc. 645  rules to prevent, extended to harbors, etc. 672   declared special rules 672  line of high seas to be defined 672  enforcement of international rules to prevent, postponed 680 Collisions on Great Lakes, etc.,  rules to prevent 645  definitions 645  lights required; steamers 645   vessels to wing 646   sailing vessels; tugs, etc. 646   vessel sat anchor 647   Government vessels 647  fog signals 647  steering and sailing rules; sailing vessels 648   steam vessels 648   right of way, narrow channels, etc., signals 649  penalty for violations; regulations 650  to take effect March 1, 1895 650 Collister, William  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 468 Collodion, etc.,  duty on 509 Cologne,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821  for clerk hire 149, 823 Cologne Water,  duty on 509 Colombia,  appropriation for minister 141, 815  for secretary of legation and consul-general 142, 816 Colon (Aspinwall),  appropriation for consul at 145, 820  for clerk hire 149, 823 Colorado,  appropriation for surveyor-general, clerks 198, 799   for contingent expenses 198, 799   for incidental expenses, Indian service in 304, 893   for fish hatchery, Lake County 387  fish hatchery, Lake County, water rights, etc., balances available 17  extra rates allowed for surveying certain lands in 638  proclamation dispersing persons unlawfully obstructing mails, etc., in 1250  surplus lands, Ute Reservation, opened to settlement 678 Colorado River Agency, Ariz.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 876   for support, etc., of Indians at 303 Colorado River, Ariz.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 364 Colorado River Irrigating Company,  completion of canal through Yuma Indian Reservation, by 336 Colorado River, Tex.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Colored Women and Children, National Association, D. C.  appropriation for maintenance 260, 762 Coloring for Brandy, etc.,  duty on 509 Colors,  duty on, not specified 511 Colquitt, Hon. Alfred H., late a Senator of the United States,  deficiency appropriation for widow of 61 1290 Colstad, Charles  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Columbia, Ala.,  construction of bridge authorized across Chattahoochee River at 280 Columbia and Colville Indians,  appropriation for annuity to Chief Moses, etc 201, 881 Columbia Arsenal, Tenn.,  appropriation for 400, 942 Columbia Bridge Company,  may bridge Chattahoochee River, Columbia, Ala 280 Columbia Hospital far Women, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 239, 761  for addition 259 Columbia Institution, for Deaf and Dumb, D. C.,  appropriation for instruction of persons from District of Columbia 259, 761   for support of, etc. 399, 941   for special repairs, etc. 399   for additional building 941 Columbia Irrigation Company  granted right of way, Yakima Indian Reservation, Wash 118 Columbia it Museum, Chicago,  exhibits at World’s Fair, acquired by, released from duties 13 Columbia River, Oreg.,  appropriation for lighting 377, 918   for gauging 359  survey of, directed 371 Columbia River, Oreg, and Wash.,  appropriation for improving upper 359   for improving Rock Island to Foster Creek Rapids 359   for improving at mouth 359   for improving at Three-Mile Rapids 359   for boat railway, The Dalles, etc., right of way 359 Columbia River, Wash.,  survey of, directed 371  time extended for constructing bridge across, at La Camas, Wash 101   at Vancouver 488 Columbian Museum, Chicago, Ill.,  transfer of Columbus caravels to 842  exhibit in La Rabida, transferred to 843 Columbus Barracks, Ohio,  appropriation for improving; immediately available 661 Columbus, Ga.,  terms of court 504 Columbus, Ohio,  appropriation for rent, internal-revenue service 929  deficiency appropriation for services, public building 426 Columns and Posts, etc.,  duty on iron or steel 515 Colville Agency, Wash.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 876  for support, etc., of Indians at 304, 893 Colville Indians, Columbia and,  appropriation for annuity to Chief Moses, etc 291, 881 Cohrell, Thomas A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Comanche Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 289, 879   for support, etc., of 301, 891 Combinations,  in restraint of imports void; penalty 570 Comfits,  duty on 524 Commanding General of the Army,  appropriation for contingent expenses 243, 663 Commerce, and Navigation,  printing report on, authorized; distribution 616 Commercial Arrangements, Reciprocal,  provisions for, tariff of 1890, repealed 569  existing agreements 569 Commercial Agents,  appropriation for salaries 145, 819 Commercial Relations,  printing authorized; distribution 613 Commissary-General, Army (see also Subsistence Department),  annual report of purchases, etc., repealed 787 Commissary-General’s Office,  appropriation for clerks, etc. 187, 788 Commissioner of Labor, Patents, etc., (see under distinctive office), Commissioners, United States Courts,  appropriation for fees; limit 416, 957  deficiency appropriation for fees 61, 443, 478, 483, 486, 862, 870, 875  appointment and duties of, Indian Territory 695  appointment of, for public lands business in the Territories 744  repeal of appointment of chief supervisors of elections 36 Committee on Accounts, House, of Representatives,  temporary committee to be appointed at close of Congress 768  powers and duties 768 Committee on, Printing, Joint,  appropriation for person designated by, as member of board, Printing Office 961  composition; general powers 601  may order reprint of public bills 601  to adopt standards of paper; advertisements for bids 601  awarding contracts; disputes as to quality 602  defaults; liability; open-market purchases 602  open-market purchases of material; limit 602  control of Congressional Record; indexing 603  duties as to lithographing, etc., contracts 603  to estimate cost of printing extra copies 610  to appoint editor of message and documents 617  duties to devolve on committee of either House in absence of 962 Committee Reports,  reference sets to be indexed, bound, etc 622 Committees, Congressional,  limit of preliminary reports, etc., printed for 624   not to affect number, etc. 961 Committees, House, Special and Select,  appropriation for expenses 168 771  deficiency appropriation for 19, 62, 448, 639 Commutation of Homestead Entries,  provision for, in Oklahoma 3 Commutation of Rations,  appropriation for, Army 237, 658 Commutation of Rations, etc.,  appropriation for prisoners of war, etc 412, 955 Companies,  tax on net profits of, specified 556  annual returns required from; contents 559 Compensation in Lieu of Moieties,  appropriation for 390, 931  deficiency appropriation for 17 1291 Component Material of Chief Value,  meaning of, in tariff law 547 Composition,  price for, Government Printing Office; night work 607 Composition Metal,  on free list 539 Compton Creek,  appropriation for improving 347 Comptroller of the, Currency,  appropriation for, deputy, clerks, etc 177, 778   for special examinations, etc. 177, 778   for superintendent national currency, clerks, etc 177, 778  printing report of, authorized; distribution 01 Comptroller of the Treasury,  appropriation for, assistant, clerks, etc., nine months 173   for fiscal year ending June 30, 1896 776   for temporary clerks; detail 173    appointment of law clerks 173  duties of; salary 205  assistant, and chief clerk to be appointed salaries 205  duties of assistant 205   chief clerk 206  to direct recovery of debts certified by Auditors to be due 206  to prescribe form, etc., of all public accounts except postal 206  to prescribe returns of certain consular fees 206  may direct Auditors to settle particular accounts 206  revision of accounts stated by Auditors; decision 208  differences in accounts certified by, to be stated to bookkeeping division by Auditors 208  original construction of laws by Auditors to he reported to; final action 208  decision of disbursing officers, etc., questions by, to govern action on account 208  to countersign warrants 209  to revise, etc., accounts pending October 1, 1894 210  duties as to certain bonds transferred to Secretary of the Treasury 807  letters etc., may be signed by chief clerk 776 Concannon, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Concannon, M. A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Conception, Articles to Prevent,  importation prohibited 549 “Concord”, U. S. Gunboat,  time penalties remitted 842 Concurrent Resolutions,  to be printed in volume of Laws and Statutes 615 Condemnation of Lands, D. C.,  provisions regulating highways, etc. 251 Condemned, Cannon,  donated to Allegheny and Pittsburg, Pa 967   Burlington, Vt 972   certain Grand Army posts 971   Grand Army Encampment, Louisville, Ky 973  Grand Army Encampment, Pittsburg, Pa 14  historical museum, Des Moines, Iowa 679  Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago 639  Oregon Soldiers’ Home 972  donated to Saint Lawrence Hospital, Ogdensburg, N. Y 212   soldiers’ monument, Sac City, Iowa 263 Condensed Milk,  duty on 523 Conditions of Labor,  bulletin on, to be published 805 Conecuh River, Fla.,  appropriation for improving 351 Confectionery,  duty on sugar 521   on chocolate 524 Confederated Bands of Ute Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 300, 890 Confederated Otoe and Missouri, Indians,  allotment of lands to members of 84 Confederated Tribes, etc., of Indians, Middle Oregon,  appropriation for support, etc of 302, 891 Congaree River, S. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 Congress,  appropriation for printing and binding 419, 959  deficiency appropriation for printing and binding 19, 42, 93, 596, 868  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207  acknowledgment of tendered to Governments taking part in World’s Fair 13  proclamation convening extra session of 1219 Congressional Directory,  appropriation for preparing, etc. 165, 767  deficiency appropriation for expenses 61  sale authorized; receipts 607  editions directed; distribution, etc. 617 Congressional Elections,  repeal of power of circuit courts to appoint supervisors, etc., for 36  authority and duties of marshal, etc., repealed 36  repeal of powers, etc., of chief supervisors of elections 36   penalties for illegal voting, registration, etc. 37   penalties for nonperformance of duties by officers 37   penalties for conspiracies 37 Congressional Employees,  deficiency appropriation for one month’s extra pay 864  restriction on delivering documents to 624  prohibited from subletting work, etc. 771  to receive December salaries December 21, 1893 576   May salaries May 29, 1894 583   august salaries August 23, 1894 592   December salaries December 20, 1894 967 Congressional Library (see Library of Congress), Congressional Record,  appropriation for reporters, Senate 165, 767    House of Representatives 167, 770   for printing and binding 419, 959  deficiency appropriation for printing 19, 42, 93, 596, 868  control of; reduction of bulk 603  appointment of indexer, etc. 603  daily copies to Congressmen and committees 604  extracts to he furnished Congressmen 606  envelopes for mailing, to be furnished free; printing permitted 606  sale authorized; receipts 607  gratuitous distribution 617 1292  distribution to legations 618   to subscribers 618   to Soldiers’ Homes, etc 159 Conklin, James J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Conklin, John R.,  deficiency appropriation for services 886 Connanicut Island, R. I.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Conneaut, Ohio,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 Connecticut River, Conn.,  appropriation for improving 347  for lighting 377, 918 Conners Point, Wis.,  construction of bridge authorized across Saint Louis River between Rices Point, Minn., and 64 Connolly, John E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Connolly, John F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Connolly, William,  payment of judgment of Court of Claims to administratrix 464 Connor, Edward F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Conspiracies,  in restraint of import trade void; penalties 570  repeal of penalties for, Federal elections 37 Constantinople,  appropriation for steam launch, legation 143, 817   for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823 “Constitution,” U. S. S.,  appropriation for repair, as training ship, New Hampshire naval militia 134 Consular Rills of Health,  not required from ports on frontier, etc. 372 Consular Clerks,  appropriation for salaries 148, 823 Consular Courts,  appropriation for marshals 150, 824 Consular Officers (see also Diplomatic and Consular Service),  appropriation for instruction and transit pay 142, 816   for salaries 145, 819  deficiency appropriation for services to American vessels 873 Consular Officers not Citizens,  deficiency appropriation for salaries 477  to be paid from amount for consulate 149, 823 Consular Prisons,  appropriation for expenses 150, 824 Consular Regulations,  appropriation for rewriting 103 Consular Reports,  appropriation for preparation, etc. 150, 825  printing authorized; distribution 616  edition of 7,000 copies authorized 959 Consular Service (see also Diplomatic and Consular Service),  appropriation for salaries; consuls-general 145, 819  for consuls, vice-consuls, and commercial agents 145, 819  for clerk hire 149, 823  for interpreters, marshals, etc. 150, 824  for contingent expenses 151, 825  return of fees, to be prescribed by Comptroller 206 Consulates,  appropriation for clerk hire 149, 823   for contingent expenses 151, 825  deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses 425, 844, 875   for clerks at 477 Consuls,  appropriation for instruction and transit pay 142, 816  for salaries 145, 819  deficiency appropriation for salaries 486 Consuls-General,  appropriation for salaries 145, 819 Contagious Diseases, D. C.,  appropriation for preventing spread of 257, 758 Contentnia Creek, N. C.,  construction of bridge authorized across, Grifton 489  time extended for bridging, Grifton 596 Contentnia Creek, N. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 Continental Railway,  appropriation for printing survey, etc. 145  deficiency appropriation tor commissioners’ expenses, etc. 424 Contingent Expenses,  appropriation for Navy 124, 826   for foreign missions 143, 817   for consulates 151, 825   for Senate 164, 767   for House of Representatives 167, 771   for public printing 168, 771   for Executive Office 169, 772   for Department of State 170, 773   for Treasury Department 179, 781   for War Department 188, 789   for Navy Department 192, 793   for Interior Department 197, 799   for Post-Office Department 201, 802   for Department of Justice 202, 804   for Army 241, 661   for District of Columbia 246, 747   for Department of Agriculture 272, 736   for Weather Bureau 273, 737   for Independent Treasury 388, 929   for land offices 393, 936 Contract Labor, Alien,  appropriation for enforcing laws 390, 931 Contract Laborers,  temporary employment of foreign, allowed at Atlanta Exposition 967   at California Midwinter Exposition 1   at Interstate Fair 224   at Portland Exposition 690   at Prize Winners’ Exposition 9 Contractors,  bond of, on public works, to include security for materials, etc., supplied them 278 Contracts,  to be deposited with Auditors 210  annual reports by Secretary of War, for supplies, etc., repealed 787  in restraint of import trade void; penalties 573 Conventions,  parcels post with Newfoundland 1194  with China 1210  with Ecuador 1205  with Mexico, extending boundary commission 1213  with Great Britain, Alaska boundary 1200  with Russia, for extradition of criminals 1071  with Venezuela, arbitration 1183   for commission to reopen claims 1053 1293  with Venezuela, extending time for exchanging ratifications 1004   further extending time for exchanging ratifications 1067  universal postal, Vienna, July 4, 1891 1078 Convict Labor,  importing goods made by, prohibited 552 Convicts, American,  appropriation for expenses of keeping 150, 824 Convicts, D. C.,  deficiency appropriation for support of 432, 851 Conway, Susie (widow),  pension increased 1002 Coogan, Nicholas H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Cook, George W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Cook, L. B.,  deficiency appropriation for 450 Cook, William H. H.,  charge of desertion removed 1023 Cooke, Arthur M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Cooke, John W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Cooke, Sidney G.,  appointed a manager, National Home Volunteer Soldiers 586 Coombs, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Cooper, Alexander B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Cooper Creek, N. J.,  survey of, directed 370 Cooper, James A.,  credit in accounts 308 Cooper, John J.,  appropriation for 262 Coos Bay, Oreg.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 346 Coos River, Oreg.,  survey of, directed 370 Coosa River, Ala.,  appropriation for improving 851 Coosa River, Ga.,  appropriation for improving 351 Copenhagen,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Copper,  duty on, in rolled plates, etc. 519  on free list, sulphate of 538  ores 539  old, clippings, etc. 539  regulus, black, cement 539  plates, pigs, etc 589  subacetate of 545 Copperas,  on free list 539 Copra,  duty on, desiccated cocoanut 524 Copying Paper,  duty on 582 Copyright,  appropriation for expenses, Library of Congress 168, 771  proclamation extending benefits to subjects of Denmark 1219   Portugal 1222 Copyrights,  penalty for violating, of maps, prints, etc. 965   photographs 965   of works of art 965 Coquille River, Oreg.,  appropriation for improving 359   for improving upper 359 Coral,  duty on manufactures of 535  on free list, unmanufactured 539 Corcoran, John F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Cordage,  duty on New Zealand hemp, istle, etc. 529 Cordials,  duty on 525 Cords,  duty on, cotton, etc. 529   wool, etc. 531   silk, etc. 532 Corduroys,  duty on, cotton, etc. 529 Core Sound, N. C.,  preliminary examination, to be made 367 Corea (see Korea), Coriander Seeds,  on free list 544 Cork,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Cork,  duty on, carpets 529  on free list, unmanufactured 539 Corks,  duty on manufactured 533   manufactures of 535 Corn,  duty on, and meal 522 Cornell, Joseph M.,  payment to 990 Cornell, Reuben L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Cornell, William J.,  payment to 990 Corner Stone of the Capitol, Centennial of Laying the,  celebration of the 10  made a holiday 11  loan of flags, etc., authorized 11 Coroner, D. C.,  deputy to be appointed; duties; bond 488 Coroner’s Office, D. C.,  appropriation for salary, coroner 245, 746  for expenses, etc 246, 747  deficiency appropriation for deputy coroner 849 Corporations,  tax on net profits of specified 556  to report salaries paid exceeding $4,000 557  annual statement required from; contents 559 Corse, Frances (widow),  pension 996 Corticene,  duty on 529 Cos Cob, Conn.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 340 Cosby, George B.,  credit in accounts 1002 Cosgrove, James,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Coshow, Oliver P.,  land entries, Oregon, confirmed 1024 Cosmetics,  duty on 511 Costa Rica,  appropriation for minister 141, 815   for secretary of legation 142, 816 Costello, Jeremiah  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 457 1294 Cotton,  on free list; bagging and coverings for 537   waste or flocks 539 Cotton-Boll Worm,  appropriation for investigating remedies, etc. 267 Cotton Culture,  deficiency appropriation for expenses of consuls investigating 844 Cotton Gins,  on free list, proviso 543 Cotton Manufactures,  Schedule I, tariff of 1894 526  duty on threads, yams, etc. 526   spool thread 527   cloth 527    definition of cloth 529   clothing 529   plushes, etc. 529   chenille 529   stockings, etc. 529   cords, lacings, tapes, etc 529   not specified 529   laces, edgings, etc. 530 Cotton-Seed Oil,  on free list 542 Cotton Seeds,  on free list 544 Cotton States and International Exposition, Atlanta, Ga.,  appropriation for Government exhibit 410  board of management created 421   to select, etc., articles from Departments, etc. 421   composition 421  nonliability of the United States for debts, etc. 421  articles for exhibition admitted free of duty 421   regulations; sales; duty on articles sold 421  medals to be prepared at the mint 421  appropriation for taking down, etc., Government building at World’s Fair, or erecting a new building 421  limit of pecuniary liability of the Government 422  temporary employment of alien laborers allowed 967 Cotton Ties,  on free list 539 Coughlan, George H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Coulomb,  established as unit of electrical quantity; definition 102 Counterfeiting and other Crimes,  appropriation for suppressing; none for witness fees 390, 931  deficiency appropriation for suppressing; witness fees excepted 58, 482, 846  penalty for, playing-card stamps 561 Counties,  statement of annual profits not required 556 County Roads, D. C.,  appropriation for repairs 250, 750   for constructing 250, 750  deficiency appropriation for John W. Baker 851 Coupon, Tickets, D. C.,  suburban roads to issue; use, etc. 683 Court-house, D. C.,  appropriation for care, etc. 202, 760 Court of Appeals, D. C.,  appropriation for justices; clerk, etc. 204, 806   for deputy clerk; office expenses 417  deficiency appropriation for expenses  (half from District revenues) 19   for crier 851  clerk’s salary to be paid monthly 160  assistant clerk to be appointed; duties; court fees 161  expenses of clerk’s office; limit 161  terms to be established by rule of court 161  regulations; record, etc. 161  filling temporary vacancies 161  disqualifications of judges in certain causes 161  two justices may sit, on agreement of parties 161  motions, etc., by two justices permitted 161  decree of lower court affirmed, on division, by two justices 161  opinions; appointment of reporter authorized 162  marshal to act as crier 806  not to have jurisdiction of Potomac flats suit 599  judges accorded privileges of Library of Congress 577  suit against Metropolitan Railroad Company to be brought in 217 Court of Claims,  appropriation for judges, clerks, etc. 205, 806   for contingent expenses 205, 806   for reporting decisions 205, 806   for printing and binding 420, 960  deficiency appropriation for paying judgments 450, 868   for judgments, Indian depredation claims 476, 869  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207  claim of Choctaws and Chickasaw for ceded Wichita lands referred to 898   proceedings 898  claim of owners of “Future City,” etc., referred to 219  rates paid by board of public works to be allowed in certain claims against District of Columbia 664  to determine claim of heirs of Albert Pike against Choctaws 901   persons entitled to amount due administrator of John Gilliat 487    administrator of George Wattles 487 Court of Private Land Claims  appropriation for expenses 204 805   for surveying claims confirmed by 396, 938  deficiency appropriation for expenses,   suit of Peralta-Reavis 441, 860  to close December 31, 1897 805 Courts (see United States Courts), Courts-Martial, etc., army,  appropriation for expenses 236 657 Courts-Martial, Navy,  trials to be within two years of issuing order for; exception 680  limit of discretionary punishments in time of peace 689 Corers,  duty on wool, etc. 531 Covert, George H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Cowles, Henry C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Cowlitz River, Wash.,  appropriation for improving 360 Cox, Abraham L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 1295 Cox, P. E.,  deficiency appropriation for services 866 Coyle, Thomas B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 452 Cradlebaugh, John H.,  deficiency appropriation for 857 Cranes Creek, Va.,  survey of, directed 371 Craney Island, Va.,  appropriation for removal of naval magazine 828 Crawford, Charles, number one,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Crawford, Charles, number two,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Crayons,  duty on, not specified 511 Cream Nuts,  on free list 540 Cream of Tartar,  duty on 512 Creditors,  use of receipts for income tax paid by debtors 560 Creek Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with. 290, 881  for interest 290, 881  for paying portion of fund for cession of lands 894 Crefela,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821   for clerk hire 149, 823 Crescent City, Cal.,  survey of harbor directed 369 Cressy, E. T.,  appropriation for services 958 Crews,  cubic space to be allowed on, United States vessels 741 Crimes,  appropriation for suppressing counterfeiting and other 390, 931   for detection, etc. 414, 955 Crimes and Misdemeanors,  capital punishment for barratry reduced to imprisonment 233  penalty for bringing lottery tickets, etc., into the country 963   for corporations failing to file statements of net profits, etc. 556   for corrupt collusion by Public Printer, etc. 605   for failing to make returns of taxable property, etc. 559   for false, etc., income returns 554   for forging, etc., stamp of boilerplate inspection 28   for fraudulent applications for sugar bounty’ 934   for importing goods in foreign ships; exceptions 550   for infringing copyrights of prints, photographs, works of art, etc. 965   for not providing seats for female help in stores, District of Columbia 964   for unlawful hunting, fishing, etc., Yellowstone Park 74   for violating fur seal regulations 54    applicable to treaty provisions for protecting seals, etc. 85  punishment for aiding importing obscene, etc., articles 549   for counterfeiting weather forecasts, etc. 274   for desecrating graves, etc., D. C 687  punishment for divulging information by internal-revenue officers 558   for fraudulent, etc., playing-card stamps 560   for injuries to navigable waters, works, etc. 363   for making injurious deposits, etc., New York Harbor 361   for sale, etc., of liquors, etc., Indian Territory 607   for trusts, etc., in import trade 570   for violating rules for use of canals, etc. 362   for unlawful fishing, etc., ship channels, New York Harbor 360   for violating distilled-spirits provisions 566   for violating rules for drawbridges, etc. 363   for violating rules for importing neat cattle and hides 551  repeal of jurisdiction of Federal courts in cases of denial of right to vote on account of race, etc. 36  repeal of penalty for failure of officers to execute State election laws 36   for refusing to receive vote, etc., under State election laws 36   for interfering with right to vote, etc., under State election laws 36   for interference with voting at State elections 37   for illegal voting, registration, etc., at Congressional elections 87   for nonperformance of duties by officers at Congressional elections 37   for conspiracies, Federal elections 37   for neglect of duties, supervisors of elections, and special deputy marshals 37   for interfering with Federal election officers 37   for obstructing verification of voting lists, etc., Federal elections 37  repeal of removal of election cases to Federal courts 37  trials in Minnesota to be in division where offense committed 162 Criminals,  appropriation for extradition expenses, abroad 143, 818  convention with Russia for the extradition of 1071  treaty with Norway for extradition of 1187 Crinoline Cloth,  duty on 534 Crittenden, Katharine Todd (widow),  pension 1028 Crockery Ware,  duty on white 512   decorated 512 Croke, John T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Crona, Nils J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Cronin, Philip J.,  payment of judgment of Court of Claims to administratrix of 451 Crop Reports, Monthly,  printing authorized 622 Crosby, James,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Cross Bayou, La.,  construction of bridge authorized across, Shreveport, La 50 Cross, Edward J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 1296 Cross, Samuel R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 457 Croton Oil,  on free list 542 Croton Seeds,  on free list 544 Crow Agency, Mont.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 876 Crow, Andrew N.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Crow Creek Agency,  appropriation for industrial school 299, 888   for artesian well 888 Crow Creek and Lower Brule Agency, S. Dak.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 876 Crow Creek and Winnebago Indian Reservation,  appropriation for damages to settlers 307  for compensation for loss 888  for reimbursing settlers 899  for additional claims of settlers 899  disallowed claims may be tried in Court of Claims 899 Crow Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 290, 882 Crowbars,  duty on iron or steel 517 Crown Glass,  duty on unpolished 513   polished 513 Crucibles,  duty on 512 Cryolite,  on free list 539 Crysler, Edward M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Crystal River, Fla.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Cubic Nitrate,  on free list 544 Cudbear,  on free list 539 Cuffs,  duty on linen 530 Culloton, William F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Cultivators,  on free list, proviso 543 Cumberland, Md.,  construction of public building authorized at 676   appropriation for 911   contract authorized for constructing 911 Cumberland River, Ky, and Tenn.,  appropriation for improving, above Nashville 354   below Nashville 354 Cumberland Sound, Ga.,  appropriation for improving 342 Cummin Seeds,  on free list 544 Cunningham, Martin S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Curbing, D. C.,  abutting property assessed for half the cost of new 250 Curling Stones,  on free list, and handles 539 Curran, Daniel,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Curran, James,  credit in postal accounts 1047 Curran, John W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Currants,  duty on Zante 524 Currency, National (see National Currency), Current River, Ark, and Mo.,  appropriation for improving 854 Currier, E. L.,  deficiency appropriation for 866 Curry,  on free list; and powder 539 Curtains, Window,  duty on flax, etc., lace 530 Curtis, Andrew J., and Mary E.,  reconveyance of land to District of Columbia 1012 Curtis, Joseph H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Curtis, Joseph H.,  honorable discharge to 994 Custodians, Assistant, Public Buildings,  appropriation for 389, 930  deficiency appropriation for 15, 426, 478, 870 Custody of Dies, Rolls, and Plates,  appropriation for 389, 930 Custom-House, Bonds,  extended to general customs business 569 Custom-House Brokers,  licenses required for doing business 552 Customs,  deficiency appropriation for compensation in lieu of moieties 17   for repaying importers excess of deposits 479  assistant appraiser authorized at Baltimore 392  preliminary entry allowed steamships on arrival 85  discharge of cargo; formal entry 85  boarding officer, etc., may administer oaths 85  imported goods may lie delivered on paying estimated duties 86  annual report of collectors, etc., to be sent Auditor 210  papers, etc., to accompany accounts 210  transit in bond to Free Zone, Mexico, suspended 973 Customs, Commissioner of,  appropriation for, deputy, clerks, etc., three months 173  settlement of accounts pending October 1, 1894, in office of 210  office of, and deputy, abolished 205 Customs Districts,  port of delivery established, Bonners Ferry, Idaho 40 Customs Cuties (see also Tariff of 1894),  exhibits at World’s Fair, acquired by Columbian Museum, released from 13 Customs Officers,  payment to, holding over; proviso 426 Customs Revenue,  deficiency appropriation for collecting 17, 94, 479, 483, 848, 870, 874  employment of counsel authorized 848  acting inspectors of customs to be paid from permanent appropriations 391 Customs Service,  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206  oaths of subordinate officers to be sent to Secretary of the Treasury 807 Customs Tariff’s, International Bureau for Publication of,  appropriation for contribution 144, 819 1297 Cutch,  on free list 539 Cutlery,  duty on penknives, etc. 518   swords, etc. 518   table, carving, etc., knives 518 Cuttlefish Bone,  on free list 539 Cyanite,  on free list 541 Cylinder Glass,  duty on unpolished 513   polished 513 Cypress Bayou, Tex.,  appropriation for improving 353 Daily, Edward J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 466 Dairies, D. C.,  permits required for keeping, etc. 709 Dairy Products,  duty on 523 Dale, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Dalton, Richard,  deficiency appropriation for 867 Daly, Bryan F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Daly, Jeremiah,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Daly, Thomas F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Damask,  duty on cotton 529 Dames, Thomas A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 466 Dams,  authorized across Kansas River, Shawnee County, Kans 27   Mississippi River, Hancock County, Ill 38   Missouri River, Mont 91 Dana, Napoleon J. T.,  may be appointed assistant quartermaster, Anny retired list 993 Dandelion Root, etc.,  duty on 524  on free list, on ground 539 Danenhower, Washington,  deficiency appropriation for judgment against District of Columbia 852 Darden, Clarence S.,  appropriations for 262 Darien, Ga.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 342 Dates,  duty on 524 Davenport, Jesse,  pension 1613 Davidson, William J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 458 Davis, C. H., Commander, U. S. N.,  may accept decoration from Spain 991 Davis, Edwin C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Davis, Maria (widow),  pension 1031 Davis, Silas D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Davis, Solomon G.,  payment of judgment of Court of Claims to administratrix 458 Dawley, George W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Dawson County, Mont.,  may bridge Yellowstone River, Glendive 688 Dayton, Ohio,  appropriation for expenses, Volunteer Soldiers’ Home 408, 951  use of posthumous fund 408 De La Montaigne, Charles H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 453 “De Soto,” Steamer,  appropriation for balance due on purchase of 842 De Wald, J. H.,  may accept medal, etc., from Spain 990 De Witt, Mo.,  bridge’authorized across Missouri River at 573 De, Wolf, Harry F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Dead-Letter Office,  appropriation for superintendent, clerks, etc. 200, 801 Deadwood, S. Dak.,  terms of court at 5 Deaf and Dumb, Columbia Institution for,  appropriation for 399, 941  for instruction 259, 761 Deale, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Deals,  on free list, except cabinet woods 546 Dealy, Martha A.,  homestead entry in Washington allowed heirs of 981 Dearborn, Mich.,  part of abandoned arsenal lands donated to 93 Debtors,  use of receipts for income tax paid by 560 Decanters, Glass,  duty on cut, etc. 513 Decisions, Court of Claims,  appropriation for reporting 205, 806 Decorations, etc., Foreign,  acceptance of, allowed Davis, C. H 991   Dickins, F. W 984   Howard, Oliver Otis 1017   Luce, S. B 1048   Mullan, Dennis W 1048   Selfridge, T. O., jr 1018   Tryon, Rufus 990   Walker, John G 990 Defending Suits in Claims,  appropriation for 414, 955  deficiency appropriation for expenses 860 Deficiency Appropriations,  for Treasury Department 2, 15, 16, 41, 58, 425, 636, 844   customs revenue 94   internal revenue 637  for Senate 2, 16, 19, 43, 61, 447, 639, 864  for House of Representatives 2, 16, 19, 62, 448, 639, 865  for District of Columbia 16, 431, 849  for Fish Commission 17, 42, 430, 638, 849  for Interior Department 17, 42, 59, 438, 638, 857   Eleventh Census 60 596, 857  for Department of Justice 18, 60, 440, 639, 859  for public printing and binding 19, 42, 61, 93, 447, 596, 868  for War Department 2, 42, 59, 433, 638, 853  for Army 853  for United States courts 42, 61, 442, 639, 860   witnesses 596  for Smithsonian Institution 43, 430  for naval establishment 43, 854  for Navy Department 59, 434, 854 1298  for Congressional Directory 61  for Library of Congress 62  for Department of State 424, 843   for foreign intercourse 424, 844  for Interstate Commerce Commission 430  for Department of Agriculture 440  for Post-Office Department 445, 862   for postal service 445, 863  for Department of Labor 447  for judgments Court of Claims 450, 868  for judgments, United States courts 476, 868  for paying judgments, Indian depredation claims 476, 860  for defense, etc., Indian depredation claims 477  for Fox and Wisconsin rivers improvements 477  for paying claims certified by accounting officers 477, 869  for Capitol grounds 857  for Senate and House of Representatives 864  payment of French spoliation claims of John Gilliat and George Wattles 487  opening of bids for supplies on the same day, to apply only to purchases at Washington, etc. 62 Degras,  on free list 545 Delaware and Chesapeake Canal,  board of engineers to report on route for 349   appropriation for expenses 349 Delaware Bay,  appropriation for improving waterway, Chincoteague Bay to 348 Delaware, Breakwater, Del.,  appropriation for improving 341   for quarantine station 392, 934   for naphtha launch 915  deficiency appropriation for quarantine station 17 Delaware Indians,  appropriation for value of bond due 292   for paying special agents Moore and Woodson for services 580  deficiency appropriation for fulfilling treaties 484  payment to George Bullet and Lucy Zulkey, authorized 292 Delaware River,  appropriation for lighting 377, 918   for removal of islands, Philadelphia 404, 946  construction of bridge authorized across, at Philadelphia, Pa 92 Delaware River, N. J.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Delaware River, Ba, and N. J.,  appropriation for improving from Trenton to its mouth 348 Delegates from Territories,  appropriation for compensation and mileage 165, 767   for mileage, available first session Fifty-third Congress 11   for clerk hire 167, 586, 770  deficiency appropriation for mileage 19   for compensation and mileage 62, 865   for clerks to 2, 16, 62   for one month’s pay for clerk hire 864  appointments to Naval Academy if Terri tory unrepresented by actual resident 137, 413  from Territory not represented by cadet at Naval Academy, may recommend candidate 663  may fill vacancy at Naval Academy on or before March 4, 1895, if Territory not represented 838  deduction of income tax from salary 557 Demerara,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820  for clerk hire 149, 823 Demijohns,  duty on 513 Dempsey, James F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Denia,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Denmark,  appropriation for minister 141, 816  proclamation extending copyright benefits to subjects of 1219 Dennis Creek, N. J.,  survey of directed 370 Dennis, T. F.,  deficiency appropriation for services 449 Dentifrices,  duty on 511 Denver, Colo.,  appropriation for salaries, mint at 183, 784   for wages, contingent expenses 183, 784   for building for mint 931  deficiency appropriation for wages, etc., mint 848  mint to coin gold and silver 673   officers; salaries, etc 673  continuance as assay office until coinage mint established 784 Denver, Cornelius,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Department of Agriculture (see also Weather Bureau),  appropriation for Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc. 264, 727   for disbursing clerk, cashier, etc 2615, 728   for statistician, assistant, clerks, etc. 265, 728   for botanist, assistants, etc 265, 728   for entomologist, assistants, etc 265, 728   for ornithologist, assistants, etc 265, 728   for pomologist, assistant, etc 265, 728   for microscopist, assistants, etc 265, 728   for pathologist, assistants, etc 266, 728   for chemist, assistants, etc 266, 728   for chief of forestry division, assistant, etc. 266, 729   for chief records division, assistant, etc 266   for chief publications division, assistant, etc. 729   for chief seeds division, expert, etc. 266, 729   for superintendent folding room, folders 266, 729   for superintendent experimental gardens and grounds 266, 729   for curator of museum, assistant, etc 266, 729   for expenses of investigations, traveling, etc 266, 729    division of statistics 266, 729     monthly crop report 266, 729     extending foreign markets for agricultural products 266, 729     road-making investigations, etc 266, 729    division of botany 267, 730    division of entomology 267, 730    division of ornithology and mammalogy 267, 730    division of pomology 267, 730    division of microscopy 267, 730 1299  appropriation for expenses, division of vegetable pathology 207, 730    division of chemistry 267, 730     food, etc., adulterations; report 268, 731     printing pharmacy, etc., laws 268     special investigation of soils 268, 731    division of forestry 268, 731   for pay of artists, illustrations, etc. 268, 731   for expenses, document and folding room 268, 731   for labor, etc., experimental gardens and grounds 268, 731   for expenses Animal Industry Bureau 269, 731    inspection of cattle, whose meat, fresh, canned, etc., is for exportation 732    marking, etc., wholesome meat, penalty for forging, etc. 732    regulations to prevent carrying condemned meat in interstate and foreign commerce 732   for quarantine stations for neat cattle 269, 733    certifying countries free from diseases 269    negotiation for abrogation of English cattle regulations, etc. 269    certifying pure bred animals 269   for purchase, distribution, etc., of seeds, etc 269, 733    allotment to Congress; uncalled for seeds, etc. 269, 733    report; distribution by localities; early delivery 270, 733    preparing, etc., farmers’ bulletins; distributions 270, 734    printing, etc. 270, 734   for sugar-making experiments 270, 734    experiments in California; sales 270   for experiment stations; index 271, 734   for irrigation investigations 271, 735   for investigating food nutrition 271, 735   for grasses and forage investigations 735   for soil investigations 735   for furniture, repairs, etc. 271, 735   for postage 271, 735   for museum expenses 271, 735   for fiber investigations 271 735   for library, etc. 272, 735   for contingent expenses 272, 736    official seal to be made; use 272    dispatch agent, New York City 736   for Weather Bureau 272 736   for printing and binding 420, 960   for printing, annual report 1893 581    annual report, 1894 960  deficiency appropriation for botanical investigations 440, 478, 875   for vegetable pathological investigations 440, 482  annual report, distribution, etc. 612  report on Diseases of the Horse; distribution 613  report of Animal Industry Bureau; distribution 613  printing monthly crop reports and Weather Bureau publications 622  opening bids for supplies 33  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207 Department of Justice,  appropriation for Attorney-General, Solicitor-General, assistants, clerks, etc. 202, 803   for contingent expenses 202, 804  appropriation for Solicitor of the Treasury, assistant, clerks, etc. 202, 804   for books and stationery 202, 804   for care, etc., of court-house, District of Columbia; half from District revenues 202   for warden of jail, District of Columbia 203   for civil expenses under413 955   for court-house, District of Columbia 413, 955   for editing Vol. 20, Opinions of the Attorneys-General 413   for defending suits in claims 414, 955   for punishing violations of intercourse acts (Indian) 414, 955   for prosecution of crimes 414, 955   for Utah courts 414, 956   for prosecuting, etc., claims 414, 956   for Alaska expenses 414, 956   for defense, Indian depredation claims 414, 956   for judge, Indian Territory 414, 956   for repairs to jails 414    pending claims of supervisors of election, etc. 414    payment of balance North Dakota penitentiary to feeble-minded institution 415   for United States courts 415, 956   for printing and binding 420, 960  deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses 18, 440, 859   for expenses, Weil and La Abra suits 19   for expenses, suit of Eastern Band Cherokee Indians 19    compromise Eastern Band Cherokee Indians 441   for Assistant Attorney-General, Indian depredation claims 19   for court of appeals, District of Columbia (half from District revenues) 19   for United States courts 42, 61, 442, 478, 483, 860, 870, 875   for Utah courts 60, 441, 860   for expenses Indian depredation claims 61, 860   for printing and binding 61   for stationery 440   for Cecil Clay 440   for Alaska court expenses 440, 483   for court of private land claims 441, 860   for expenses, judge in Indian Territory 441   for Greer County, Tex., suits 442, 860   for deputy marshals, Oklahoma 442   for Alabama, middle district 442   for additional clerks 639   for The Bancroft Company 859   for Winston and Winston 859   for Allen R. English 859   for Charles F. Munday 859   for D. B. Miller 859   for defending suits in claims 860  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207   by Attorney-General 210  assistant Attorney-General, Indian depredation claims, salary increased 19  disbursing officer to pay judges monthly 210  amount due Arizona for support of Indian convicts to be reported 441  opening bids for supplies 33 Department of Labor,  appropriation for Commissioner, clerks, etc. 203, 804   for per diem, experts, etc 203, 804 1300  appropriation for stationery; books, etc., postage stamps 303, 804   for rent 203, 804   for contingent expenses 203, 804    investigation of the liquor problem 804    bulletin on condition of labor to be published 805   for printing and binding 420, 060   for investigating effects of machinery on labor 590  deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses 447  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207  opening bids for supplies 33  to investigate work and wages of women and children 587 Department of State,  appropriation for Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc. 169, 773   for stationery, etc. 170, 773   for books and maps 170, 773   for lithographer, etc 170, 773   for contingent expenses 170, 773   for editing, etc., laws, first and second sessions Fifty-third Congress 170   for editing, etc., laws, third session Fifty-third Congress 773   for editing, etc., Statutes at Large, Fifty-third Congress 170, 773   for diplomatic and consular service 141, 815   for survey Canadian boundary, continued 47    report on publishing Revolutionary archives 418   for Bureau of American Republics; report on continuance 418   for protecting American interests in Samoa 418   for printing and binding 419, 959    edition of consular reports 959   for rewriting consular regulations 103   for printing in the 143, 817   for solicitor 202, 803   for preparing, etc., consular reports 150, 825  deficiency appropriation for printing and Landing 61   for contingent expenses 424, 843   for Intercontinental Railway Commission 424    Mexican boundary survey; disbursements to officers 424   for suppressing African slave trade 424, 844   for diplomatic and consular service 424, 477, 844, 873, 875   for Venezuela Claims Commission 843   for claim of Sam C. Reid, “General Aim strong” 843   for Bureau of American Republics 843   for expenses arbitration of Santos claim 844  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207  allowance of disbursements, Bering Sea arbitration 843  exhibit in La Rabida, Worlds Fair, transferred to Columbian Museum 843  opening bids for supplies 33  to deliver certain papers to heirs of George W. Barnes 984  use of receipts by Mexican Boundary Commission 874 Departments, Executive,  appropriation for exhibit of articles at Atlanta Exposition by 420  appropriation for disposal of all useless papers 933  statement of condition of work, etc., to be submitted with annual estimates 808  submitting list of employees annually, abolished 808 Deportation of Chinese Laborers,  to be executed by district marshal 8 Depositing Public Moneys,  appropriation for expense of 393, 936 Deposits, Injurious,  in navigable waters prohibited; penalties 363 Deposits, Injurious, New York Harbor,  regulations to prevent, amended 360 Depay, James,  pension due, to be paid Drazilla J. Rigg 1014 Deputy Auditors,  temporary appointment of acting, authorized 777 Derelicts,  international agreements authorized for removing, etc. 13 Des Moines, Iowa,  condemned naval cannon granted to historical museum 679 Des Moines Rapids Power Company,  may construct wing dam, canal, etc., Mississippi River, Hancock County, Ill 38 Des Moines River Lands, Iowa,  appropriation for adjusting claims of settlers 396  special commissioner to he appointed 396   investigation; classes of claims 397  report of claims unpaid; expenses 397 Desert Land Entries,  bounty land warrants and indemnity location certificates receivable for 594 Desert Lands,  donations to States for irrigation, etc., by settlers 422  plan of proposed irrigation to be filed 422  contracts for reclaiming authorized 422  issue of patents for lands irrigate etc, limit 422  disposal of receipts 423  appropriation for examinations 423  time for final proof and payment extended one year 123 226  annual expenditure for 1894 suspended 227  final declaration 227 Deserters, Army,  rewards for securing, etc., limited 239 Desertion, Charges of,  time extended for applying for removal of, volunteers, etc. 814 Desertions, Navy,  limit of time for trials in time of peace; exceptions 680 Designers, Worlds Fair,  diplomas to, producing exhibits awarded medals 575 Detained Pay,  to be a charge against “pay of the Army” fund 236 Detroit, Mich.,  contracts authorized for constructing public building 911 Detroit River, Mich.,  appropriation for removing shoals 356  rules for vessels passing in 649 Dever, Charles,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Devereaux, Edward,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 476 1301 Devils Island, Mich.,  appropriation for light station; costs, etc. 376  for permanent tower 916 Devils Dike Agency, N. Dak.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 876  for support, etc., of Sioux Indians 303 Devil’s Lake, N. Dak.,  terms of district court 642  circuit court 642 Derive, Bridget (widow),  pension 1040 Devlin, Nicholas T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Devries, Solomon,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Dextrine,  duty on 525 Diamonds,  on free list, dust; watch jewels 539  glaziers’, miners’, and engravers’ 539 Dice,  duty on 533 Dickins, F. W., Commander, U. S. N.,  may receive decoration from Spain 984 Die Blocks, etc.,  duty on steel 516 Digest of the Eleventh Census,  second edition of Abstract, to be printed instead of 439 Digger Indians, Cal.,  appropriation for support, etc., of 302 Diphtheria, D. C.,  appropriation for preventing, etc. 257, 758 Diplomas, World’s Fair,  name of exhibitor and award to be printed on 928 Diplomatic and Consular Service,  appropriation for diplomatic service 141, 815   for ambassadors and ministers 141, 815   for agent and consul-general, Cairo 112, 816   for chargés d’ affaires ad interim, etc 142, 816   for instruction and transit pay 142, 816   for secretaries of embassies and legations 142, 816   for interpreters and clerks to legations 142, 817   for contingent expenses, missions 143, 817    dispatch agents 143, 817    printing in Department of State 143, 817   for loss by exchange, missions 143, 817   for steam launch, Turkey 143, 817   for rent of legation buildings, etc. 143, 817   for Cape Spartel and Tangier Light 143, 818   for extradition expenses 143, 818   for lifesaving testimonials 144, 818   for neutrality act expenses 144, 818   for unforeseen emergencies 144, 818   for protecting interests in Samoan Islands 818   for heirs of officers dying abroad 144, 818   for bringing home remains of officers 144, 818   for contribution, International Bureau of Weights and Measures 144, 819   for Bureau of Customs Tariffs 144, 819   for printing, etc., Intercontinental Railway Commission 145   for John Bassett Moore 819   for consular service 145, 819   for salaries, consuls-general 145, 819    consuls and commercial agents 145, 819   for salaries, consular clerks 149, 823    payment to officers not citizens 149, 823   for clerks at consulates; limit 149, 823   for interpreters, guards, and marshals 150, 824  appropriation for consular prisons 150, 824   for relief and protection, etc., of American seamen 150, 824   for foreign hospitals, Panama 150, 824   for preparation, etc., consular reports 150, 825   for loss by exchange, consulates 150, 825   for contingent expenses, consulates 151, 825   for Bureau of American Republics; receipts 151, 418, 825   for international catalogue of exports and imports 151, 825   deficiency appropriation for Intercontinental Railway Commission 424   for Bureau, suppression of African slave trade 424   for counsel, Bering Sea arbitration 424   for chargés d’affaires ad interim 424, 844   for contingent expenses, missions 424, 844, 875   for contingent expenses, consulates 425, 844, 875   for accounts of Emory H. Taunt 425   for credit to A. G. Studer 425   for consular officers not citizens 477   for clerks at consulates 477   for loss by exchange, missions 477    consulates 477 875   for relief, etc., American seamen 477   for salaries, consular service 482, 486   for services to American vessels, etc. 182   for Bureau of American Republics 843   for expenses cotton investigations 844   for steam launch, Turkey 844   for clerk to legation, Spain 844  accounts to be examined by Auditor for  State, etc., Departments 207 Diplomatic, Correspondence of the American, Revolution,  appropriation for compensation to John  Bassett Moore 819  for executors of Francis Wharton 933 Diplomatic Officers,  appropriation for instruction and transit pay 142 816 Direct Taxes,  appropriation for payment to West Virginia 974 Director of the Mint (see also Mints and Assay Offices),  appropriation for, examiner, clerks, etc 179, 780   for freight on bullion mid coin 179   for freight on bullion 780   for contingent expenses, etc. 179, 780   for collecting statistics of precious metals 179, 780  deficiency appropriation for freight on bullion and coin 848 Disabilities, Political,  removed from Graves, Charles Iverson 989   Huse, Caleb 992 Disbursing Officers,  accounts of delinquent, to be stated by  auditors to Solicitor for action 206  decision of Comptroller on questions submitted by, to govern auditing of account, etc. 208  to deduct income tax from officials liable 557  if delinquent in sending accounts, require order of President or Secretary of Treasury to secure advances 807 Discolorations,  no deduction of duty on iron, etc., for 517 Discriminating Duty,  on articles imported in foreign vessels 550   treaty, etc., exceptions 550 1302 Dismal Swamp, Va.,  appropriation for survey 330 Dispatch Agents,  appropriation for, London, New York, and San Francisco 143, 817   for, Department of Agriculture 736 Distilled Spirits,  tax increased to $1.10 a proof gallon, etc 563  affixing stamps; paying tax 563  bonded period eight years 563  bonds required of distiller 563   for additional tax; collection on failure to execute 563  regauging; allowance for loss 564  collection of tax on withdrawal; loss allowance 564  general bonded warehouses for spirits other than from fruit; regulations 564   removal of spirits into; stamps; bonds 565   transfers; regulations; renewal of bonds 565   withdrawal, loss, etc., provisions applicable 565  transfers from suspended distilleries, unsafe warehouses, etc. 566  collecting tax on spirits not complying with requirements 566  penalties for failing to comply with provisions 566  assessments for quantity of material, etc. 566  rebate for alcohol used in the arts, etc. 567  side of products by distillers 567  allowance to revenue storekeepers, etc. 567  assignment of duties to storekeeper and gauger; bond 567   gaugers 567  rectified spirits to be marked, etc., by gauger; by rectifier 567  approval of bonds maybe refused persons convicted of revenue violations, etc 568  regulations for fortifying pure sweet wines 568  addition of grape must and crystallized sugar admitted; limit 568 Distinctive, Papers, United States Securities,  appropriation for expenses 389, 929 Distress Warrants,  accounts of delinquent officers to be stated by auditors 206 District Attorneys,  appropriation for salaries 204, 866   for fees; mileage allowance 416, 957   for special compensation 416, 957   for regular assistants 416, 957   for special assistants 416, 957  deficiency appropriation for fees 61, 442, 478, 483, 862, 870   for special compensation 61, 443, 478   for regular assistants 61, 862   for special assistants 61, 443, 478, 483, 486, 862, 875  allowance, Washington, Montana, North and South Dakota 204, 806 District Courts,  appropriation for judges 204, 806   for judge, Indian Territory 204, 806   for retired judges 204, 806   two additional, authorized, Indian Territory 694 District of Columbia,  appropriation for expenses of the (half from Treasury and half from District revenues) 243, 744   for salaries and expenses; executive office 244, 745    issue of scrip certificates to Isaac S. Lyon 244  appropriation for assessor’s office 244, 745    photolithographing plats of squares 745   for collector’s office 244, 745   for auditor’s office 245, 745   for attorney’s office 245, 746   for sinking fund office 245, 746   for coroner 245, 746   for market masters 245, 746   for engineer’s office 245, 746    additional assistant to Engineer Commissioner authorized 246   for board of examiners, steam engineers 246, 746    temporary employees on sewers, streets, etc., to be paid from sums for such work 246, 746   for superintendent of charities 246, 747   for contingent expenses 246, 747    rent; collecting personal taxes 246, 747    judicial expenses; coroner office 246, 747    advertising 247, 747    penalty on delinquent taxes 747    continuing account of arrears of taxes 247, 748    repairs, Georgetown market house 247     Eastern market house 748   for plats, county subdivisions 247, 748   for extension of highways; F. L. Olmsted’s plan 247, 748   for assessment and permit work 247, 748    removing parking, etc., New York avenue, between Ninth and Tenth streets 247    widening G street 748    improving alleys, etc., when necessary or applied for; payment 247    notice; hearings; manner of payment 247   for improvements, etc., schedules 249, 748    order to be observed 249, 749    streets north of Lincoln Square 249    maximum price for concrete; exception 249, 749   for grading streets, alleys, and roads 249, 749   for repairs to pavements 249, 749   for constructing, etc., sewers 249, 749    Rock Creek sewer; contract authorized 249   for repairing streets, etc., collecting   from street railways 250, 750    street cars run by other than horses to provide fenders 250   for sidewalks, etc., reservations 250, 750   for removing Hancock Circle 750   for repairs, county roads 250, 750    assessing abutting property for sidewalks, etc. 250   for constructing county roads, etc. 250, 750    widening Fourteenth street extended payment by railroad company 250    road to Chevy Chase Circle 251    condemnation for extension of North Capital street 251    mode of condemning land for highways, etc., continued 251    alley, square 674, closed 751   for sprinkling, sweeping, and cleaning streets, etc. 251, 751   for parking commission 251, 751   for lighting; maximum price 252, 751   for electric lights; conditions 252, 751   for harbor and river front 252, 751   for public bathing beach 252, 751   for public scales; pumps 252, 751   for care of bridges 252, 752 1303  appropriation for repair of Aquaduct Bridge 252    leases authorized in Rock Creek Park 252   for survey, etc., bridge over Eastern Branch 752   for expenses Washington Aqueduct 258, 752    improving receiving reservoir 752    cleaning conduit 752    raising dam, Great Falls; Gen, T. L. Casey to be consulting engineer 752    testing and report on tunnel conduit, etc. 752   for public schools, expenses 253, 753   for police, expenses 255, 755   for tire department, expenses 255, 756   for telegraph and telephone service 256, 757   for health department, expenses 256, 757    removing garbage, etc., additional for extra service 257, 757    destroying garbage, etc., contracts; report 757    for preventing contagious diseases 257, 758    regulations of board of health in force 257    smallpox hospital; restriction on contagious diseases hospitals 758    inspection, etc., of private hospitals 758   for police court 257, 758   for miscellaneous court expenses 257, 758   for lunacy writs, expenses 258, 758   for services compiling District laws; sale; distribution, etc. 759   for interest and sinking fund 258, 760   for emergency fund; purchases 258, 760   for support of convicts 258, 760   for court-house, care, etc. 700   for warden of jail 760   for expenses of jail 760   for transporting paupers, etc. 258, 760   for Washington Asylum 258, 760   for Reform School 259, 761   for support of indigent insane 761   for instruction of deaf and dumb 259, 761   for charities 259, 761    Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum 259, 762    Girls’ Reform School 260, 762    Board of Children’s Guardians 260, 762   for militia expenses 260, 763    restriction 763    camp of instruction 261   for water department, revenue and inspection branch 261, 763    distribution branch 261, 763    contingent expenses fuel, etc 261, 763    interest and sinking fund; use of surplus revenues 261, 763    extending high service 262, 764    limit on requisitions from Treasury 262, 764   for extending North Capitol street (from District revenues) 20   for lands condemned for alley, square 493, 232   for grading Massachusetts avenue extended 392   for burial of indigent soldiers 405, 949   for repairs to courthouse 413, 955   for court of appeals, deputy clerk, etc 417, 806    court of appeals, expenses repealed 417   for gun plant, navy-yard 126   for walls, buildings, etc., navy-yard 130   for care of courthouse 202   for warden of jail 203   for relief of the suffering poor 650  appropriation for courts 204, 806   for expenses Zoological Park 924   for surveyor, etc. 935   for removing ice, Potomac River 969   for pedestal, statue of Dr, Samuel D. Gross 973  deficiency appropriation for repairs, etc., Reform School 16   for expenses court of appeals 19   for rent, superintendent of charities 431   for advertising taxes in arrears 431   for general advertising 431   for assessing real property 431   for grading streets, etc 431   for improving High street 431   for George Drew & Soils 431   for sprinkling, etc., streets 431   for fire department 431, 851   for public schools 432, 851   for police court 432, 851   for support of convicts 432, 851   for relief of the poor 432   for judgments against 432, 852   for William Forsyth 438, 850, 852   for militia 433   for coroner’s office 849   for surveyor’s salaries and expenses 849   for E. M. Schaeffer 850   for certificates illegally issued 850   for board of assistant assessors 850   for emergency fund 850   for removing garbage, etc. 850   for children’s guardians 850   for judicial expenses 850   for repairs, streets, etc 850   for repairs county roads 851   for condemning streets, etc. 851   for court of appeals, crier 851   for supreme court justices 851   for reform school 851   for Washington Asylum 851   for Freedmen’s Hospital 852   for water department 852  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207  adoption of children authorized; proceedings 687   proceedings, etc. 687  alleys closed in square 751 21  assessments for laying water mains 275   payment of pending 276  balance of interest on board of audit certificates to be paid 277  board of assistant assessors authorized to assess real property 282  celebration of centennial of laying corner stone of the Capitol 10   made a holiday 11  charter of Graceland Cemetery to cease 220   interments prohibited; removal of bodies 220  chemical, etc., deposits in Potomac River, etc., prohibited 40  children’s playground authorized 943  court of appeals, assistant clerk authorized, etc. 161   terms, etc. 161   hearings by two justices; divisions 161   reporter of opinions authorized 162  deputy coroner to be appointed 488  employment of clerks in health department authorized 2  establishment of Observatory Circle; extension of Massachusetts avenue 588  excise board, assistant assessors to act as 285 1304  extension of North Capitol street to Soldiers’ Home 20  female help in stores, etc., to have seats provided; penalty 964  fire escapes, etc., licenses to be refused business unless building has 810   penalty for failure to provide 810   erection by Commissioners, in default by lessees, etc. 810   liability for damages in case of death, etc. 810  fishing prohibited in Potomac River; penalty 40   allowed 40  grave robbing, etc., punishment 686  harbor and anchorage regulations 740   penalty for violations 741  hospitals, etc., may deliver bodies to medical colleges; regulations 686  incorporation, Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias 96  increased water supply judgments, to be paid from water revenues 452  issuance of informations, violations of liquor laws 76  jurisdiction of justices of the peace, etc. 668  Labor Day made a legal public holiday. 96  liquor licenses forbidden to places within 400 feet of schools, etc., exceptions 76   to hotels having less than 25 rooms 76  name of Georgetown abolished, extension of laws, etc. 650  oaths, etc., by excise board; penalties 76  opening minor streets 501  part of alley, square 185, closed 276   square 622 closed 94  payment of taxes deferred until May, 1895 283  Potomac Plats suit to remain in supreme court 599  powers of trustees Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation 83  property of Young Men’s Christian Association exempted from taxes 999  provisions for extra clerks health department extended 591  privilege of Congressional Library to judges 577  rates to be allowed in claims against, by Court of Claims; new trials 664  recording maps in office of recorder of deeds unlawful 501  reconveyance of lands to Andrew J. Curtis and Mary E. Curtis 1012  redemption of 8 per cent greenback bonds directed; interest 278  regulations for sale of milk, etc. 709  release from alien forfeiture of real estate purchased by Gottwais, David B 981   Kirkwood, Jonathan 1038   Prince, Abraham D 1033   Roberts, Grace 1028   Townsend, Elizabeth 984  sealer of weights and measures, salary and duties 810   punishment for violating regulations 813  snow and ice, regulations for removing, from sidewalks, etc. 809  street railways, change of cars and motive power, Metropolitan line 217   transfers and use of coinciding tracks 218   charter amended, Maryland and Washington Railway Company 713    Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company 492  street railways, construction authorized of Washington and Marlboro Electric Railway 717   change of route, Eckington and Soldiers’ Home line 493   extension of Metropolitan Company’s tracks 682   incorporated; Capital Railway Company 721   laying tracks, etc., authorized by Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company 494   Rock Creek may lease connecting lines 700    may change name to Capital Traction Company 700   station, etc., near Aqueduct Bridge to be built by Washington and Georgetown Railway Company 493   time extended for completing Washington and Maryland 590   to receive tickets of other companies 78   to sell only their own new tickets 78   transfers, etc., by all connecting lines 218  surveyor tube appointed; salary, bond 689   assistant, etc. 689   duties; fees, etc. 690  title of certain lots released to Mary O. Augusta 983  trustees American University specified 814  use of reservations by Knights of Pythias, August, 1894 576  water and sewer connections on streets being improved 44   payment; assessment of cost 44  women may be school trustees; board increased 693 District of Columbia, Commissioners of the,  appropriation for salaries, etc. 244, 745   for assistant secretaries 745  duties of, assessment and permit work 247   on excise board repealed 285   regulations for removing snow, etc. 809  may open minor streets through squares 501  to appoint surveyor, etc., duties 689   three assistant assessors 282  to make sewer and water connections to lots abutting streets being improved; cost 44  to report on best means to remove garbage, etc. 257  to require fenders on street cars not run by horses 250 Divi-Divi,  on free list 539 Dividends,  of companies paying tax on net profits, excepted from income return 554  from companies liable to tax not included in income 971 Document and Folding Room, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for superintendent, folders 266, 729   for materials 268, 731 Document Index, Fifty-second Congress,  appropriation for preparing 418 Document Index, Fifty-third Congress,  appropriation for preparing 958 Document Room, House of Representatives,  appropriation for superintendent, etc. 166, 769  authorized, under Doorkeeper 610 Document Room, Senate,  appropriation for superintendent, etc. 164, 766   for file-folders 958  authorized, under Sergeant-at-Arms 610 1305 Documents,  to be furnished volunteer soldiers’ homes 159  building for folding, Senate, authorized 12 Documents, Congressional,  consolidated index to be printed 611  apportionment; delivery of surplus 612 Documents, Public,  to be furnished Congressmen at cost 606  blank franks free; printing; fac simile stamps 606  sale authorized; conditions 607  orders for printing extra copies; method 610  sale and distribution by superintendent of documents 610  index to be published 610  distribution by Interior Department to cease 611  surplus, etc., to be delivered to superintendent of documents 611  extra copies of documents and reports; number and distribution 612  notice of the compliments of sender forbidden 620  sent for official use to remain public property 620  exchange with legations of governments reciprocating 620  not to be printed till illustrations are ready 621  copy to be furnished in a year series 621  to be bound separately; title, etc. 621  classification as “Documents” and “Reports” 621  number printed limited; exceptions 622  examination of daily Congressional Record to secure needed 623  record, etc., of distribution in Departments 623  exchanges by Departments 21  restriction of delivery to Congressional  employees 624  time for distributing, to the credit of members Fifty-third Congress, in Departments, extended 975 Doherty, Patrick I’.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Dolls,  duty on, and heads; effect 533 Dolmans,  duty on wool, etc. 531 Donahue, Joseph I.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Donation Lands, Oreg.,  time extended for making final proofs of claims 122  abandoned if proof not filed 122  advertisements; abandoned claims restored to public domain 122  patents to claimants under quiet adverse possession 122  purchases by bona fide settlers on abandoned claims 122  hearings by Commissioner of General Land Office; expenses 122  rules, etc., to be issued; rights of adverse claims 123 Doulan, Dennis,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Donnelly, William J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Donoghue, Mary Ann,  pension 1006 Donoghue, Christopher J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Donbran, William J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Doorkeeper, House of Representatives,  appropriation for, assistant, etc. 166, 769  deficiency appropriation for employees 449 Dorsey, Meshach F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Daugherty, George A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Doughty, J. A.,  may accept medal, etc., from Spain 990 Douglass, Ebenezer,  deficiency appropriation for 859 Dowd, Joseph,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Downing, Joseph H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Downing, Maurice,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Downs,  duty on, dressed, etc. 534  on free list, crude, etc. 540 Doyle, Charles E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Dragon’s Blood,  on free list 539 Draughts,  duty on 533 Drawbacks,  allowed on exporting articles made of materials paying duty 551  ascertainment, when made in part of domestic material 551  continuance of existing 552  mode of identifying duties paid 552 Drawbridges,  rules for opening, etc., to be made; penalties 362 Drawers,  duty on cotton, etc., knitted 529 Drawing Paper,  duty on 533 Drawings,  on free list 542   for societies, etc. 543   for temporary exhibition 546 Dresden,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819  for clerk hire 149, 823 Dress Goods,  duty on woolen, women’s and children’s 530 “Dressed Line”  duty on flax and hemp 529 Drew, George, & Sons,  deficiency appropriation for 431 Drew, James J.,  payment of Court or Claims judgment to 465 Driggs-Schroeder Rapid Fire Gun,  appropriation for purchase, Military Academy 630 Drills, Agricultural,  on free list; proviso 543 Driscoll, Dennis J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Druggets,  duty on 331 Drugs,  appropriation for investigating adulterations of; report 268, 731   for publishing compilation of laws 268  duty on barks, roots, etc. 509  on free list not edible, unmanufactured 540 Drum Inlet, N. C.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Drum Major, Marine Corps,  rate of pay established 138 Dryden, William P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 1306 Dublin,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Dubuque anti Wisconsin Bridge Company,  may bridge Mississippi River at Dubuque, Iowa 119 Dubuque, Iowa,  construction of bridge authorized across Mississippi River, at 119 Duck Island, Conn.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 339 Duck, Cotton,  duty, on 529 Duckelt, James Berry,  granted honorable discharge 1045 Duff John J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Dugan, William B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Duluth and Superior Bridge Company,  may bridge Saint Louis River between Conners Point, Wis., and Rices Point, Minn 64  sale authorized to cities of Duluth and Superior 66  height reduced; basin not required 228 Duluth and Winnipeg Railway Company,  granted right of way through Chippewa and White Earth Indian reservations, Minnesota 504 Duluth, Minn.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor; canal 345   for improving channel, Great Lakes, to Chicago and Buffalo 947  preliminary examination of harbor to be-made 369  may purchase bridge across Saint Louis River 66    height reduced; basin not required 228   across Saint Louis River, West Duluth to Superior, Wis 70  examination of harbor directed 586 Duluth, Springfield and Gulf Railroad Company,  may bridge Osage River, Mo 572  Missouri River, DeWitt, Mo 573 Duluth Transfer Railway Company,  may bridge St, Louis River, West Duluth, Minn., to Superior, Wis 68  transfer to Duluth and Superior authorized 70 Dunbar, William W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Duncan, Harry A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Dundee,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820  for clerk hire 149 823 Dunfermline,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Dunkirk, N. Y.,  Appropriation for improvement of harbor 340  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 367  survey of harbor authorized 948 Dunne, John R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Dunton, J. R.,  may accept medal, etc., from Spain 990 Dup Ice-Check,  to be issued to Hughes Brothers & Bangs 1016 Durant, C. W., & Son,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to survivor of 450 Durfee, Benjamin,  deficiency appropriation for services 448 “During the Session”,  to mean 121 days 167  to mean 212 days 770 Dusseldorf,  appropriation for consul at 147 821 Dutch Metal,  duty on, in leaf 519 Duties on Imports (see Tariff of 1894),  delivery of imported goods permitted on paying estimated 86  remitted on painting, Love and Life, donated to United States 117 D’Wamish Indians, etc., Wash.,  appropriation for support, etc., of 302, 891 Dwight, Henry C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Dyeing,  on free list, crude articles for 537 Dyer, Charles P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 452 Dyewoods,  duty on extracts and decoctions of 510 Dynamite Cruiser,  construction of three torpedo boats from amount for 140  “Vesuvius” may be changed to torpedo cruiser 140 Eads, Richard,  release of title to certain lands in California purchased from 700 Eagle Harbor, Mich.,  appropriation for fog signal 916 Earle, Edward E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Earthen, Substances,  duty on articles of, decorated, not specified 513  not decorated, not specified 513 Earthenware,  duty on common, yellow or brown, etc. 512   white 512   decorated 512  on free list, spurs and stilts for manufacture of 545 Earths,  duty on unwrought, not specified 513   wrought, not specified 512 Earths, Earthenware, and Glassware,  Schedule B, tariff of 1894 512 Easop, Thomas J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 East Boston Channel, Mass.,  survey of, directed 370 East Chester Creek, N. Y.,  appropriation for improving 347 East River and Hell Gate, N. Y.,  appropriation for improving 347 East River, N. Y.,  appropriation for lighting 377, 918  minimum height of bridge across, reduced 44 Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians,  deficiency appropriation for compromise of suits 441  payments from funds of 1015 Eastern Branch, D. C.,  appropriation for survey, etc., for bridge across 752 Eastern Nebraska and Gulf Railway Company,  granted right of way through Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservations, Nebr 95 1307 Eastern Shawnee Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 298 Eastman, Mary A. L.,  pension increased 1044 Ebert, Henry, jr.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Ebony,  on free list, rough, etc. 546 Echo Bay, N. Y.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company, D. C.,  extension of route changed; capital increased, etc. 403 Eckington Valley Sewer, D. C.,  appropriation for constructing; contracts 749 Ecuador,  appropriation for minister 141, 816  deficiency appropriation for Santos arbitration 844  convention with, claim of Julio R. Santos 1205 Edgings,  duty on flax, etc. 530 Education, Bureau, of,  appropriation for Commissioner, clerks, etc. 190, 798   for-information from agricultural colleges, etc. 798   for hooks; statistics, etc. 196, 798   for distributing documents, etc. 197, 798   for rent 197, 799 Education, Commissioner of,  appropriation for, clerks, statistician, etc. 196, 798  printing report of, authorized; distribution 614 Education, in Alaska,  appropriation for 399, 941 Educational Institutions,  maximum of officers detailed to, increased 7  detail of retired officers to, not restricted 235  ordnance issues; pay 235 Edwards, Charles,  credit allowed in postal accounts 1035 Edwards, George E.,  payment of judgment of Court of Claims to administrator of 467 Eggo, James J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Eggs,  duty on 523  on free list 540   silk worms 544  importation of game birds’, prohibited; exception 540 Eginton, Henry Z.,  payment of judgment of Court of Claims to administrator 453 Eichorn, F.,  payment to children of 993 Eight-Hour Law,  payment to letter carriers of claims under 452 Eight Per Cent Bonds, D. C.,  redemption of greenback, directed; interest 278 Eighth Judicial Circuit,  additional circuit judge authorized 115 “El Callo Steamer,  American register issued to, and name changed to “Oneida” 43 El Moro, Cal,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 364 El Paso, Tex.,  appropriation for road to New Fort Bliss, Tex., from 275  deficiency appropriation for public building 428 El Reno Bridge Company,  may bridge South Canadian River, Oklahoma 644 Elections (see also  Elective Franchise), qualifications for voters, first, in Cherokee Outlet 13 Elective Franchise,  repeal of sections of Revised Statutes relating to use of troops at the polls 36   performance of qualifications for voters, etc. 36   suits in United States courts for alleged denial of right to vote, etc 36   power, etc., of circuit court at Congressional elections 36   supervisors of elections 36   duties of marshals and special deputies, etc., at elections 36   chief supervisors of election, etc. 36   punishment for hindering, etc., citizens from voting 37   offenses at Congressional elections 37   conspiracies against voters 37   offenses by supervisors, etc. 37   interference with supervisors, etc. 37   obstructing verification of registration lists, etc. 37   transfer of election suits from State courts 37  general repeal 37  appropriations for paying outstanding claims of supervisors, deputies, etc., continued 414 Electric Lighting,  wiring of public buildings for, authorized 914 Electric Lighting, D. C.,  appropriation for expenses 252, 751  arrangement to furnish Capitol with, for one year, authorized 935 Electrical Measures,  legal units established 101   names and definitions 101  details to be prescribed by National Academy of Sciences 102 Electrotype Plates,  duty on 519  sales authorized; conditions 608 Electrotyping,  directed for certain matter 604 Eleventh Census,  deficiency appropriation for compiling results 18, 596, 858   for printing office 18   for printing, etc 18, 596  time for closing work on, extended to June 30, 1894 3  Commissioner of Labor may act as Superintendent 3  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Interior Department 206  abstract of main facts to be published; distribution 60  to be printed instead of Digest 439  distribution of reports 611  schedules of service during the war not to be published 60  transferred to Pension Office 60  reports on Fish and Fisheries and Agriculture to be bound together 60  collection of information relating to animals not on farms repealed 60 1308  time for completing work extended to March 4, 1805 60  unexpended balances made available 439  social statistics of cities to be printed as a monograph 439  office abolished; offices to terminate 857  completion by Secretary of the Interior 857  employees authorized 857  rent; services of Commissioner of Labor continued 857  use of unexpended balances 858 Elizabeth City, N. C.,  terms of court 975 Elizabeth, N. J.,  may bridge Newark Bay, N. J 668 Elizabeth River, N. J.,  appropriation for improving 347  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Elizabeth River, Va.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Elizabethtown, Ill.,  survey of harbor directed 370 Elk River, Md.,  appropriation for lighting 377, 918 Elk River, W. Va.,  appropriation for improving 349  preliminary examination of, to be made 369 Ellery, Elizabeth (widow),  pension increased 1032 Elliott, Zimri,  payment of accrued pension due Jacob Grosclose 1023 Embleton, Charles F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Embroideries,  duty on flax, etc. 530   wool, etc. 531 Emergencies,  appropriation for, naval service 124  for, diplomatic and consular service 144, 818  District of Columbia, proviso 258, 780  deficiency appropriation for District of Columbia 850 Emergency Fund, D. C.,  employment of clerks in health department payable from 2 Emergency Hospital, D. C.,appropriation for 259, 761 Emerson, Earnest C. (son),  pension 991 Emery,  duty on, grains and manufactured 533  on free list, ore 540 Emmons, Dick,  deficiency appropriation for reimbursement 871 Employees of Congress,  prohibited from subletting work, etc. 771 “Empress,” Steamer,  granted American register and name changed to “Laurada” 626 Enameled Plates, etc.,  duty on 518 Enfleurage Grease,  on free list 542 Engineer Corps, Army,  appropriation for pay of officers; longevity 234, 655  detail of three officers as assistants to Engineer Commissioner, D. C 246 Engineer Department, Army,  appropriation for expenses, Willets Point depot 241, 662   for material; instruments, etc. 241, 662   for library, school 242  appropriation for river and harbor improvements 338, 404, 946   for repairing, etc., Government Printing Office under 420  deficiency appropriation for rivers 485   for repairs to Fords Theater Building 2  accounts for rivers and harbors, etc., to be examined by Auditor for War Department 206 Engineers, Assistant, Navy,  vacancies in grade may be filled by graduates, line division, Naval Academy 124 Engineer’s Office, D. C.,  appropriation for salaries, record division 245, 746  surface division 245 746  subsurface division 245, 746  three officers may be detailed assistants to Engineer Commissioner 246 Engineers, Office of Chief of,  appropriation for clerks, etc. 188, 789   draftsmen, etc., to be paid from river and harbor, etc., appropriations 188, 789 Engines, Steam,  duty on forgings of iron or steel for 517 England (see Great Britain), English, Allen R.,  Deficiency appropriation for 859 English, Hon. W. B.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 448 English, Margaret (widow),  pension 997 Engraved Plates,  duty on 519 Engraving,  awarding contracts for 603 Engraving and Printing, Bureau of,  appropriation for chief, assistant, clerks, etc 178, 779   for repairs, etc. 910   for salaries 378, 920   for wages 379, 920   for materials 379, 920    not contingent expenses 379   for rent of office, postage stamp agent 379   for addition to boiler house 372   for custody of dies, rolls, and plates 889, 930  deficiency appropriation for salaries 59, 847   for wages 59, 847   for materials, etc. 59, 847, 870   for rent, stamp agent 847  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206  to print name and award on World’s Fair diplomas 928 Engraving, etc., Postal Drafts and Warrants,  appropriation for 106, 693 Engravings,  on free list, printed more than twenty years 538   for the Government 538   artists proofs 542   for temporary exhibition 546 Enid Land District, Okla.,  proclamation establishing; office 1236 Enlisted Men, Army,  appropriation for pay; longevity 233, 655    retention of pay repealed 655   for retired 235, 656   for travel allowance, etc. 236, 657  detained pay, charged against “Pay of the Army” 236 1309  general service clerks and messengers abolished 236  restriction on reenlistments repealed 215  qualifications for enlistments and reenlistments 216  service pay, etc. 216 Enloe, Hon. B. A.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 448 Enochs, Hon. W. H., late a Representative in Congress,  deficiency appropriation for widow of 448 Enrolling Bills and Resolutions,  provisions for last six days of a session of Congress 769 Ensigns, Navy,  vacancies in grade may be filled by graduates, engineer division, Naval Academy 124 Entomology, Division, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for entomologist, assistants 265, 728   for investigations 267, 780    cotton-boll worm 267 Entries, Public Lands,  affidavits before court, instead of circuit court, commissioners, validated 227  acceptance of final proofs 227  affidavits before State, etc., officers validated 227 Envelopes,  all for Departments to be contracted for by Postmaster-General 624  duty on embossed, etc. 532   paper 533 Envelopes, Postal Service,  appropriation for registered package, etc. 106, 693 Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary,  appropriation for salaries 141, 815 Epes, Hon. James F.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 866 Ephemeris, American,  appropriation for services, preparation of 191, 792  printing, authorized; distribution; sales, etc. 613 Epidemics,  appropriation fol1 quarantine stations 392, 934   for prevention and suppression of 392, 934 Epsom, Salts,  duty on 510  on free list 541 Equalization and, Review, D. C.,  duties revising assessment of real property 284 Equipage, Camp and Garrison,  appropriation for 241, 661  deficiency appropriation for 480, 871 Equipment’s, Infantry, etc., Army,  appropriation for 242, 662 Erasers,  duty on; handles 518 Ergot,  on free list 540 Erie, Pa.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 341 Erney, Levi S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 465 Erwin, Marion,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 452 Erzernm,  appropriation for consul at 821 Escambia County, Fla.,  may bridge Perdido River at Holmans Ferry 282 Escambia River, Fla.,  appropriation for improving 351 Essex River, Mass.,  appropriation for improving 347 Etchings,  duty on 533  on free list, printed more than twenty years 538   for the Government 538   artists’ proofs 542   for societies, etc. 543 Etheridge, J. W.,  payment to widow authorized from lifesaving service appropriation 427 Ethers,  duty on sulphuric 509   nitrous 509   fruit 509   all other 510 Ethnology, North American,  appropriation for continuing researches 384, 925  printing report of, authorized; distribution 613 Eulogies,  copies to be printed; special binding; cloth; usual number 616 Evans, Charles H.,  appropriation for services 418 Evans, Joseph B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Evansville, Ind.,  survey of harbor directed 370 Evening Guns,  appropriation for firing 242, 662 Everett, Wash.,  appropriation for dredging harbor 360  plan of improvement adopted 968 Examining Surgeons for Pensions,  appropriation for fees, etc., examinations 113, 703   minimum daily examinations 113, 703   no fee unless service rendered 113, 703   copy of report to be sent to claimant 113   report to state rating recommended 703  deficiency appropriation for fees 484 Excise, Board, D. C.,  not to issue licenses to places within 400 feet of schools, etc., exceptions 76   to new hotels having less than 25 guest rooms 76  may administer oaths, etc., penalty for perjury 76  assistant clerk authorized; salary 76  assistant assessors to constitute 285  duties of Commissioners as, repealed 285 Excrescences,  duty on refined, etc. 509  on free list, crude 540 Executive, Departments,  appropriation for exhibit of articles at Atlanta Exposition by 420  bids for supplies to be opened same day for all 33   day to be designated by Secretary of the Treasury 34   board to recommend action on proposals 34   new advertisement for rejected proposals 34  only certificates of property lost to be sent accounting officers 47 1310  provisions for opening bids on same day, etc., applicable only to supplies for use at Washington 62  branch printing offices to be controlled by Public Printer; exceptions 605  requisitions, etc., required 605  distribution of publications to depositories, etc. 610  determining reports to be printed 623  to examine Congressional Record for documents needed; limit 623  form, etc., of annual reports 623  to record, etc., distribution of documents 623  orders for printing and binding 623  restriction of printing; matter excluded 623  exchange of documents authorized 623  all envelops for, to be contracted for by Postmaster-General 624  libraries of, made depositories; documents to he supplied 624  statement of condition of work, etc., to be submitted with annual estimates 808  submitting list of employees annually, abolished 808  disposal of all useless papers 933 Executive Documents,  to be designated Senate or House Documents 621 Executive Mansion,  appropriation for new pavement 401   for repairs and fuel 401, 944   for portrait of ex-President Benjamin Harrison 401   for lights, etc. 401, 944   for electric lights 402, 944  childrens playground authorized in circle south of 943  delivery of documents, bills and resolutions to 622 Executive Office,  appropriation for private secretary to President, clerks, etc. 169, 772   for contingent expenses 169, 772   for printing and binding 420, 960  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207 Executive Office, D. C.  appropriation for salaries 244, 745   redemption of special tax scrip certificates directed to Isaac S. Lyon 244 Experiment Stations, Agricultural,  appropriation for expenses 271, 734 Experimental Gardens and Grounds, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for superintendent 266, 729   for labor and expenses 268, 731 Expert Artisans, World’s Fair,  diplomas to, producing exhibits awarded medals 575 Explosive Substances,  duty on 533 Explosives,  appropriation for investigation, etc., of 392 Exposition, (see World’s Columbian Exposition), Exposition, Antwerp (see Antwerp International Exposition), Exposition, Atlanta (see Cotton States, etc., Exposition), Exposition, California (see California Midwinter International Exposition), Exposition, Portland (see Portland Universal Exposition), Exposition, Prize Winners’ (see World’s Fair Prize Winners’ Exposition), Exposition, Tacoma (see Interstate Fair), Extra Session of Congress,  proclamation convening 1219 Extradition,  appropriation for bringing home criminals 143, 818   for fees and costs 143 818  convention with Russia 1071  treaty with Norway 1187 Eyeglasses,  duty on 514 Facing Slips, etc., Postal Service,  appropriation for printing 105, 691 Fagan, Joseph R.,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Fagne, Solomon J.,  deficiency appropriation for services 865 Fair, Interstate,  articles for, Tacoma, Wash., admitted duty free, etc. 224  employment of alien contract labor 224 Fairfax, Josephine Foote (widow),  pension 1043 Fairmount Valley Railroad Company,  time extended for bridging Hiwassee, Tennessee, and Clinch rivers 243 Fairport, Ohio,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 343 payment for dredging harbor 1000 Fairs (see Expositions), Fales, George A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Fall River, Mass.,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 365 Falls Church and Potomac Railway Company,  may use tracks of Mount Vernon Electric Railway 498, 594 Fans,  duty on, except palm leaf 534  on free list, palm leaf 540 Farad,  established as unit of electrical capacity;  definition 102 Fargo, N. Dak.,  terms of district court 642  circuit court 642 Farina,on free list 540 Farinaceous Substances,  duty on 522 Farm and Field Products,  duty on 523 Farmer, Daniel E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Farmers,  selling tobacco of their own growth not manufacturers 569 Farmers’ Bulletins,  appropriation for issuing; distribution 270, 734 Fashion Plates,  on free list 540 Faucett, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Fay, James,  granted honorable discharge 1009 Fayal (Azores),  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 1311 Feaster, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Feather Dusters,  duty on 533 Feather River, Cal.,  appropriation for improving; cutoff 358  preliminary examination of, to be made 364 Feathers,  duty on dressed, etc. 534  on free list, crude 540 Federal, Benedict J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 466 Federal Election Laws (see Elective Franchise), Feeble-Minded Children, etc., D. C.,  appropriation for care, etc. 260, 762 Feldspar,  on free list 540 Felgenhauer, Gust,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Felmet, M. C.,  payment to, from Eastern Cherokee funds 1015 Felt,  duty on wool, for printing machines 530   not specified 530   carpeting 531  on free list, for sheathing vessels 540 Female Help, D. C.,  seats to be provided in stores, etc., penalty 964 Fence Posts,  on free list 545 Fennel Oil,  on free list 542 Fennel Seeds,  on free list 544 Fenugreek Seeds,  on free list 544 Ferdon, Abram F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Fernandina, Fla.,  appropriation for inland water route to Savannah, Ga 351 Ferris, Gilbert H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Ferris, William A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Ferro-Manganese,  duty on 515 Ferro-Silicon,  duty on 515 Fetters, William E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Fiber Investigations,  appropriation for expenses 271, 735 Fibers, Dried,  duty on refined, etc 509  on free list, crude 540 Fibers, Vegetable,  duty on manufactures of, not cotton 530 Fibrin,  on free list 540 Fibrous Vegetable Substances,  on free list, unmanufactured 540 Field, Henry C. (father),  pension 1013 Field, Joseph B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Fifth Auditor (see also Auditor for State, etc. Departments),  appropriation for, deputy, clerks, etc., three months 175  name changed to Auditor for the State and other Departments 205 Fifty-third, Congress, Members of,  time extended for distributing documents in department allowed 975 Figs,  duty on 524 Filberts,  duty on 524 Files,  duty on; and file blanks 518 Filtering Paper  duty on 532 Finance Report,  printing authorized; distribution 616 Fine Arts, Societies for Encouragement of, etc.,  on free list, paintings, etc., for 543 Fines, Penalties, and Forfeitures,  remission of, extended to all vessels 595 Finn, William J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Finnerty, Mary (widow),  pension 1030 Fire Brick,  duty on magnesic 512 Fire-Crackers,  duty on 533 Fire Department, D. C.,  appropriation for chief engineer, foremen, etc. 255, 756   for additional force, chemical engine 256   for repairs, hose, fuel 256, 756   for horses, forage 256, 756   for contingent expenses 256, 756   for new house, etc., northeast section 256   for new house, chemical engine, etc., Mount Pleasant 256   for new site and building 756   for new apparatus 756   for building for truck company 756   for grading, etc., Mount Pleasant engine house 756   for aerial turntable truck 756  deficiency appropriation for forage 431   for repairs, etc. 432   for contingent expenses 432   for fuel 851  deposit, from police court fines to credit of firemen’s relief fund 755 Fire Escapes, etc., D. C.,  appropriation for Printing Office and Maltby Building 578  license to business refused if building has not; certificate 810 Firearms,  duty on 518 Firewood,  on free list 545 First Assistant Postmaster-General,  appropriation for, clerks 199, 801  for postal service office of 104, 691  deficiency appropriation for miscellaneous 481 First Auditor (see also Auditor for Treasury Department),  appropriation for, deputy, clerks, etc., three mouths 173  name changed to Auditor for the Treasury Department 205 First Comptroller of the Treasury (see also Comptroller of the Treasury),  appropriation for, deputy, clerks, etc., three months 172  office of deputy abolished 205  name changed to Comptroller of the Treasury 205  duties of, repealed 209  settlement of accounts pending October 1, 1894, in office of 210 1312 First State Bank, Mound City, Ill.,  refund to 1036 Fiscal Agents, etc.,  appropriation for expenses 388, 929  deficiency appropriation for expenses 16, 41, 425, 482, 847 Fischer, August C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Fischer, Richard S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Fish,  duty on, packed in oil 523   smoked, etc. 523   salt water, frozen, etc. 523   in cans, not specified 523  on free list, frozen; fresh, in ice 540   for bait 540   products of American fisheries 542   shrimps, etc. 544  regulations for catching, Yellowstone Park 74 Fish and Fisheries,  census report to be bound with agriculture 60 Fish Bladders or Sounds,  duty on 510 Fish Commission,  appropriation for Commissioner, clerks, etc. 384, 925   for stations, etc. 384, 925   for expenses 386, 927   for propagation, etc. 386, 927   for maintenance of vessels 386, 927   for inquiries, etc. 386, 927   for investigation of migratory fishes, Indian River, Fla 928   for statistical inquiry, etc. 386, 928   for hatchery, Iowa 386    Tennessee 387    Colorado 387    New York 387    interchangeable expenses 387, 928   for exhibit of articles at Atlanta Exposition by 420   for report on hatchery, New Hampshire 928  deficiency appropriation for repairs, Armory Building, D. C 17   for rent of temporary offices 42   for hatchery, San Marcos, Tex 430    Bozeman, Mont 430    St, Johnsbury, Vt 430   for propagation, etc. 430   for inquiries, etc. 638   for outstanding liabilities 849  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc. Departments 207  allowed to take fish from Potomac River, D. C for propagation, etc. 40  opening bids for supplies 33  printing report authorized; distribution 614   bulletins authorized; distribution 614  purchase of water rights, etc., Lake County, Colo., hatchery authorized 17  station, Iowa, to be established 638  unexpended balances may be used for unpaid accounts 849 Fish Glue,  duty on 510 Fish Oil,  duty on 510  on free list, of American fisheries 542 Fish Plates Railway,  duty on 519 Fish Skins,  on free list 540 Fish Sounds, etc.,  on free list, crude 538 Fishhack, F. L.,  deficiency appropriation for services 866 Fisher, Elias W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Fishing, D. C.,  prohibition of unlawful, continued ten years 40 Fishing Vessels,  lights required on, at sea 281 Fitch, Henry L.,  deficiency appropriation for 859 Fitzgerald, Michael F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Fitzpatrick, George P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Fitzpatrick, John E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 453 Fitzsimmons, Thomas J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Fitzsimons, O. P.,  deficiency appropriation for deputy marshals under 444 Fire Fathom Light Vessel,  deficiency appropriation for reimbursing survivors of wreck 427 Five Mile River, Conn.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 339 Flag River, Wis.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 369 Flags,  regimental, restored to Iowa 583  regimental, restored to Massachusetts 591  two regimental, restored to Michigan 103  certain, restored to Michigan 970 Flanagan, Dennis J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Flanagan, Michael,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Flanagan, Thomas  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Flandreau, S. Dak.,  appropriation for Indian school 309, 904 Flannel,  duty on woolen for underwear 530 Flathead, Agency, Mont.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 876  for employees, mills, etc 304, 900 Flathead Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of Carlos’s band 302, 891  and other tribes, Montana 302, 891 Flathead River, Mont.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Flax  duty on hackled “dressed line” 529   yarns or threads 530   tapes for measuring tapes 530   laces, edgings, etc. 530   manufactures not specified 530  on free list, cotton bagging 537   straw; not hackled; tow 540   wastes 540 Flaw, Hemp, and Jute, and Manufactures of,  Schedule J. tariff of 1894 529 Flaxseed,  duty on 523 Flaxseed Oil  duty on 510 Fletcher, James, jr.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Fletcher, John F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 1313 Fletcher, William K.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Fliedner, Eugene,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Flint River, Ga.,  appropriations for improving 350 Flint River, Mich.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 306 Flints, etc.,  on free list 540 Floats,duty on 518 Florence,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822   for clerk hire 149, 823 Florida,  appropriation for surveyor-general, clerks 198, 800   for contingent expenses 198, 800   for map showing land grants, etc., to 194  no part of sum for surveying, etc., railroad land grants applicable to grants to 396 Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad Company,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 474 Florida, Diocese of,  sale of lands by Episcopal Church, St, Augustine, authorized 160 Florida Northern Judicial District,  counties transferred to southern district 117 Florida Southern Judicial District,  counties transferred to, from northern district 117  terms at Jacksonville; pending causes 117 Floss Silk,  duty on 531 Flour,  duty on 522 Flower Seeds,  on free list 544 Flowers,  duty on, drugs; refined, etc. 509  on free list, crude 540 Fluegge, Edward C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Flues,  duty on iron or steel 517 Flashing Bay, N.Y.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 340 Fog Signals,  appropriation for 374, 915   for expenses 376, 918  deficiency appropriation for expenses 479 Folding Room, House, of Representatives,  appropriation for superintendent, etc. 167, 770  authorized under Doorkeeper; duties 612  disposal of undistributed documents 612 Folding Room, Senate,  appropriation for superintendent, etc. 164, 766  authorized under Sergeant-at-Arms; duties 612  building for documents authorized 12  disposal of undistributed documents 612 Foley, Charles H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 470 Foley, Frank,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Foley, James,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Foley, Thomas J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Folk, John S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Fond du Lac, Indian Reservation, Minn.,  right of way through, to St, Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway 112 Fond du Lac, Wis.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 356 Food Adulterations,  appropriation for investigating, etc. 268, 731 Food Nutrition,  appropriation for investigation and report 271, 735 Forage Plants,  appropriation for investigating uses, etc., of 735 Ford, James W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Ford, Oliver P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Ford’s Theater Building, D. C.,  deficiency appropriation for repairs 2, 42  for repairs continued 59 Ford’s Theater Disaster, D. C.,  appropriation for heirs of persons killed by; distribution 932  joint Congressional commission to report on disaster 392  restriction on sick leave waived for employees injured 577 Forecasts, Weather,  punishment for counterfeiting, etc. 274 Foreign Coins,  quarterly statement of value in United States money 552  to govern invoices according to date 552 Foreign Commerce,  carrying condemned meats in, forbidden; penalties 732 Foreign Governments,  acknowledgments of Congress to, taking part in World’s Fair 13 Foreign Intercourse (see Diplomatic and Consular Service), Foreign Legations,  documents supplied to; condition 620 Foreign Mails,  appropriation for transportation 106, 692   for clerks on steamships 106, 692   for balance due foreign countries 106, 692   for superintendent, clerks, etc. 200, 801  deficiency appropriation for transportation 446 Foreign Markets,  appropriation for extending demands of, for agricultural products 266, 729 Foreign Missions (see also Diplomatic and Consular Service),  appropriation for salaries 141, 815   for contingent expenses 143, 817  deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses 424, 844, 875 Foreign Relations,  printing authorized; distribution 613 Foreign Steam Vessels,  special inspectors of, abolished 699 Foreign Trade.,  registers of vessels in, may have measurement of spaces, tonnage, etc., stated 636 Forest City and Sioux City Railroad Company,  granted right of way, Sioux Indian Reservation, S. Dak 653 Forest Fires,  relief to settlers in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan 684 1314 Forest Reservations,  proclamation setting apart Ashland, Oreg 1243   Cascade Range, Oreg 1240 Forestry Division, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for chief, clerks, etc. 266, 729   for expenses 268, 731 Forfeited Laud Grants,  extension of time for settlers on, to purchase 15 Forfeitures, etc.,  remission of, extended to all vessels 595 Forgings,  duty on iron or steel; minimum 515 Forked Deer River, Tenn,  survey of, directed 371 Forks,  duty on 518 Forsberg, Karl R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Forsyth, William,  deficiency appropriation for surveying, etc. 433, 850, 852, 853 Fort Belknap Agency, Mont.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 876   for support, etc., of Indians at 292, 882   for negotiating with Indians for portion of reservation; commission 900 Fort Berthold Agency, S. Dak.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 876  for support, etc., of Indians at 292, 883 Fort Bliss, Tex., Few,  appropriation for road from El Paso, to 275 Fort Crook, Nebr.,  limit of cost, military post, increased 403 Fort Cummings Military Reservation, N. Mex.,  land around spring reserved from sale 34  right of Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad to use water 34 Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo.,  part of reservation granted to Wyoming for fair grounds 946 Fort Dodge, Imra,  appropriation for public building, addition 911 Fort Erie,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.,  appropriation for addition to reservation; purchase 403 Fort Hall Agency, Idaho,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 876 Fort Hall Indian Reservation,  appropriation for support, etc., of Indianson 302, 892   for irrigating canal, etc. 305  deficiency appropriation for surveying 439 Fort Hall Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 292, 882 Fort Harrison, Mont.,  limit of cost increased, military post 403 Fort Laramie Military Reservation, Wyo.,  bridges on, donated to Laramie County 91 Fort Leavenworth, Kans.,  appropriation for infantry and cavalry school 406, 951   for military prison expenses 407  deficiency appropriation for military prison 434  military prison changed to United States penitentiary 957 Fort McKinney Military Reservation,  part of, granted to Wyoming 938 Fort Maginnis Military Reservation,  part of, granted to Montana 938 Fort Meade, S. Dak.,  appropriation for hospital 7, 946 Fort Mojave, Ariz.,  appropriation for Indian school 309, 904  deficiency appropriation for Indian school 873 Fort Monroe, Va.,  appropriation for artillery school 406, 951   for sewerage system, etc. 212   for repairs, etc., wharf 706   for repairs of roads, etc. 707   for sewer system 707    one-half to be paid by lessees, etc, regulations 212  wharfage charges, etc. 218  assessment for street repairs, etc., use of receipts 213  unexpended balance covered into the Treasury 213 Fort Feck Agency, Mont.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 876  for support, etc., of Indians at 292, 882 Fort, Rice Military Reservation,  part of, granted to North Dakota 939 Fort Riley, Kans.,  time extended for street railway right of way across reservation 38 Fort Scott, Kans.,  terms of court 806 Fort Shaw Indian Reservation, Mont.,  appropriation for industrial school building 288  unexpended balance for school may be used for seed, etc. 905 Fort, Smith and Van Buren Railway Company,  may bridge Arkansas River at Van Buren, Ark 39 Fort Snelling, Minn.,  appropriation for rifle range 241 Fort Totten Military Reservation, N. Dak.,  part of wood reserve granted to North, Dakota as militia park 100 Fort Totten, N. Dak.,  appropriation for Indian school 309, 905 Fort Wayne Military Reservation,  appropriation for improving 946 Fort Worth, Tex.,  appropriation for public building 911  limit of cost increased, public building 373 Fortifications,  appropriation for gun and mortar batteries 212, 704   for platforms 212, 704   for sites 212   for preservation and repair 212, 704   Sandy Hook, N. J 212   for plans 212, 704   for sewerage system, Fort Monroe; conditions 212   for torpedoes for harbor defense 704   for casemates, etc. 704   for armament 213, 704   for finishing, etc., seacoast guns 213, 704   for steel coast-defense guns 704   for carriages for seacoast guns 705   for guns made by contract 213, 705   for steel field guns; carnages 213, 705   for field mortars; carriages 705   for altering carriages 213, 705   for sights and fuses 213, 705   for inspecting instruments, etc. 213, 705   for powder and projectiles for issue 213, 705   for powder and projectiles for proofs 213, 705 1315  appropriation for deck-piercing shell; tests 213, 705   for armor-piercing shot; tests 213, 705   for machine tools, etc., Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y 213, 705   for breech-loading mortars 214, 705   for steel for coast-defense guns 214, 705   for carriages for mortars and guns 214, 705    limitation 705   for additional payments, steel for coast defense guns 214, 705    carriages for mortars and guns 214, 705   for purchasing steel, under contract for coast-defense guns 214   for carriages for seacoast cannon 214   for testing pneumatic disappearing gun carriage; conditions 214   for expenses Sandy Hook proving ground 214, 706   for new shed Watertown Arsenal 215    railroad 706   for machine tools, carriage plant 706   for Watervliet Arsenal; turbine station 215   for Board of Ordnance and Fortification 215, 706   for tests, experiments, etc. 215, 706   for salary civilian member, etc 215, 706   for tests of experimental guns and carriages 215, 706    examination of letters patent 215, 706   for Fort Monroe, roads, wharves, and sewers 706  deficiency appropriation for contingencies 480 871  accounts to be examined by Auditor for War Department 206  all material to be of American manufacture; exception 215, 706  test of steel breech-loading mortar; contract 707  repeal of provision for testing cast-iron breech-loading mortar 707 “Fortune” Naval Tug,  appropriation for new machinery, etc. 135 Forty-Mile Point, Lake, Huron, Mich.,  appropriation for light and fog signal station 375 Fossils,  on free list 540 Faster, Charles W.,  deficiency appropriation for credit in accounts of 426 Foster, George H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Foster, Hon. John W.,  allowance of disbursements by, Bering Sea arbitration 843 Foster, S., & Co.,  deficiency appropriation for expenses, wreck of bark “James Allen” 426 Foundling Hospital, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 260, 762 Fourche le, Ferre River, Ark.,  construction of bridge authorized across 640 Fourth Assistant Post master-General,  appropriation for, clerks, etc. 200, 802   for postal service, office of 106, 693  to approve postmaster’s bonds 21 Fourth Auditor (see also Auditor for Navy Department),  appropriation for, deputy, clerks, etc., three months 174  name changed to auditor for the Navy Department 205 Fowler, Edward,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Fowls, Land and Water,  on free list 538 Fox Indians, Sac and, of the Mississippi,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 296, 885 Fox Indians, Sac and, of the Missouri,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 296, 885 Fox River, Wis.,  appropriation for improving; distribution 356  deficiency appropriation for flowage damages, improvement of Wisconsin and 477 Fox, Sac and, Agency, Iowa,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287 877 Fox, Sac and, Agency, Okla.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Frames,  duty on, for optical instruments 514 France,  appropriation for ambassador 141, 815   for secretary of embassy 142, 816   for second secretary 142, 817  investigation of losses by, and exhibitors at World’s Fair, by fire 387 Francis, Edgar I.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Frankford Arsenal, Pa.,  appropriation for 400, 942 Frankford Creek, Pa.,  appropriation for improving 848 Frankfort,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823 Frankfort, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 Franking Privilege,  extended to superintendent of documents 611  permitted, Senate and House documents; correspondence 622 Franklin, Andrew, alias McKee,  pension increased 982 Franklin City, Va.,  preliminary examination of inland waterway to Cape Charles to be made 368 Free Delivery, Posted Service,  appropriation for; experimental offices 194, 691   for superintendent, clerks, etc. 199, 801  deficiency appropriation for letter carriers 481, 873 Free List,  articles on, tariff of 1894 536 Free, Zone, Mexico  transit in bond to, suspended 973 Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum, D. C.,  appropriation for subsistence 259, 762   for salaries 260, 762   for rent; expenses 260, 762  deficiency appropriation for subsistence 852 Freelan, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Freestone,  duty on undressed, not specified 514   dressed, not specified 514 Freight on Bullion,  appropriation for 780 Freight on Bullion and Coin,  appropriation for 179  deficiency appropriation for 429, 848 French Broad River, Tenn.,  appropriation for improving 354 French, George,  payment to, from Eastern Cherokee funds 1015 1316 French Spoliation Claims,  appropriation for defense in 414, 955  Court of Claims to determine persons entitled to amount due administrator of John Gilliat 487  due administrator of George Wattles 487 French, Walter H.,  deficiency appropriation for 867 Friauf, Frank,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Fringes,  duty on wool 531  silk, etc. 532 Frostings,  duty on, not specified 511 Fruit Brandy,  bonds for payment of tax required of distiller 563 Fruit Ethers, etc.,  duty on 509 Fruit Juice,  duty on, not specified 526 Fruit Plants,  on free list, tropical, etc. 540 Fruits,  duty on, not edible, refined, etc. 509   edible 524   preserved in sugar, etc. 524   preserved in their own juices 524  on free list, not edible, crude 540   green, ripe, or dried, not provided for 540 Frymire, George L. (son),  pension 1004 Fuchau,  appropriation for consul at 145, 820 Fuel, D. C.,  inspection, etc., of coal and wood purchased 808 Fuel, Lights, and Water, Public Buildings,  appropriation for 389, 930  deficiency appropriation for 17, 478, 482, 870 Fidminates, etc.,  duty on 533 Funchal,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Funding Act, Arizona,  amount of indebtedness to be funded, extended; limit 224 Funston, Hon. E. H.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 448 Fur Seal Arbitration,  deficiency appropriation for additional pay to counsel 424 Fur Seal Regulations,  award of Paris Tribunal of Arbitration 52  killing, etc., seals forbidden within 60 miles of Pribilof Islands 53   error corrected 64   in Pacific Ocean, May 1 to July 31; area affected 53  only sailing vessels and canoes to be used for sealing 53  special license and flag required 54  operations to be recorded in log book; verification; penalties 54   appropriation for expenses 391, 932  use of nets, guns, etc., during closed season forbidden 54  fishing by Indians for personal use permitted 54  regulations to be made by the President 54  penalty for violating regulations 54  jurisdiction of courts 54  prima facie evidence of violations by unlicensed vessels 54  prima facie evidence of violations by licensed vessels 54  naval force to cruise in restricted area 55  seizure of vessels of the United States violating regulations 55   by British officials 55    delivery to United States authorities 55    effective when similar British legislation enacted 55  applicable to all treaty provisions for protecting seals, etc. 85  proclamation declaring, in effect 1245 Fur Seals (see, also Alaska),  appropriation for expenses of agents, etc. 391, 932   for expenses of log books 391, 932   for protection of 378, 919  agreement with Russia for modus vivendi protecting fisheries of 1202  proclamation forbidding unlawful killing of, Alaska 1258 Furlong, Thomas J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Furniture,  duty on house or cabinet, wood 521  on free list, in use by persons from abroad 538 Furniture Cases and Repairs, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for 271, 735 Furniture, etc., Public Buildings,  appropriation for inspector 389, 930  for, and repairs 389, 930  deficiency appropriation for 426, 478, 482, 846, 870  for inspector 42 Furs,  duty on, dressed on the skin 534   prepared for hatters 534   manufactures of, not specified 536  on free list, undressed 540   pieces for hatters’use 540 Furth,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Fusel Oil,  duty on 510 Fusible Enamel,  duty on 514 “Future City”, Steam Towboat,  claim of owners, etc., on account of collision referred to Court of Claims 219 G Street, Washington, D. C.,  appropriation for widening roadway 748 Guffey, Luke,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Gaffney, Michael J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Gage, Joseph Barker,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Galbraith, Thomas,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Galesburg, Ill.,  deficiency appropriation for public building 428 Gallagher, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Gallagher, Michael,  appropriation for 262 Gallivan, John D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 1317 Galloons,  duty on cotton 529   wool 531   silk, etc. 532 Galloway, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Galt, William M., & Co.,  deficiency appropriation for 866 Galvanized Iron or Steel,  duty on 516 Galveston Bay, Tex.,  appropriation for improving ship channel 343  construction of bridge authorized across 641 Galveston Island, Tex.,  survey of, to prevent erosion, directed 371 Galveston, Tex.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 404, 946  deficiency appropriation for public building 428   for improving harbor 638  light-house established at entrance to harbor 626 Gambler,  on free list 540 Game Birds,  importing eggs of, prohibited except for collections 540 Garbage, D. C.,  appropriation for removal; daily service May to September 257, 757   for destroying; inspection, contracts, etc. 757  deficiency appropriation for removing 850  investigation of best method of disposal; report 257 Garden Seeds,  duty on, not specified 523 Garfield Memorial Hospital, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 406, 950 Garnett, Albert E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Gas Retorts,  duty on 513 Gasconade River,  appropriation for improving 358 Gaspe Hashi,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Gaston, James H.,  deficiency appropriation for 444 Gates, Frank,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to; interest 451 Gates, Louis,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Gaugers, Internal Revenue,  assignments of duty 567  to mark, etc., inspection of rectified spirits 567 Gauley River, W. Va.,  appropriation for improving 349 Gavigan, John J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Gaynor, John S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Geary, David D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Geer, Martha A. (widow),  pension 1028 Gelatine,  duty on 510  manufactures of 536 Gems,  on free list, for societies, etc. 544 “General Armstrong,” Brig,  deficiency appropriation for paying claim of Sam C. Reid 843 General Army Service,  appropriation for detachment, Military Academy 627 General Bonded Warehouses,  for storage of spirits other than from fruit 564 General Laud Office (see also Public Lands),  appropriation for Commissioner, assistant, clerks, etc. 193, 794   for clerks detailed from Pension Office 795   for per diem, etc., investigations 194, 795   for law books 194, 795   for maps; distribution 194, 795   for rebinding tract books 419, 960  auditing accounts by Commissioner repealed 207  offices of principal clerks abolished 807  duties to be performed by assistant commissioner 807  correction of errors in allotments, patents, etc., to Indians, authorized 641 General Land Office, Commissioner of the,  appropriation for, assistant, clerks, etc. 193, 794  to issue patents for certain valid land scrip locations 84  hearings, etc., in Oregon donation claims; regulations 122 General Service Clerks and Messengers,  abolished 236 Genera,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Genoa,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822  for clerk hire 149, 823 Genoa, Nebr.,  appropriation for Indian school 309, 905  deficiency appropriation for Indian school 479 Geodetic Association, International,  delegates to be appointed 587 Geodetic Survey (see Coast and Geodetic Survey), Geological Survey,  appropriation tor director, clerks, etc. 197, 799   for rent 197, 398, 799, 940   for scientific assistants 398, 939   for skilled laborers, etc. 398, 939   for topographic surveys 398, 939   for geological surveys 398, 939   for investigating gold and coal, Alaska 939   for paleontological researches 398, 940   for chemical, etc., researches 398, 940   for preparing illustrations 398, 940   for report on mineral resources 398, 940   for books, etc. 398, 910   for engraving, etc., geological maps 398, 940   for investigating water supply 398, 949   for engraving illustrations 420, 960   for printing papers on economic resources 960   for issuing reports on mineral resources; separate chapters; cost 960   for engraving, monographs and bulletins 960   for printing and binding monographs and bulletins; sales, etc. 420, 960  deficiency appropriation for expenses 439, 478, 482   for books, etc. 638   for report on mineral resources 858  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Interior Department 206  designation of acting director authorized 197  may survey Indian Territory 900 1318  printing report of, authorized; distribution 614  scientific reports not to be published until appropriated for, etc., distribution 631  use of unexpended balances 858 Geological Survey, Director of,  appropriation for, clerks, etc. 197, 799  designation of acting, authorized 197 Georges River, Me,  survey of, directed 370 Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway Company, D. C.  deficiency appropriation for redeeming   two certificates of indebtedness 431  to issue coupon tickets; use; redemption 683 Georgetown, D. C.,  appropriation for repairs, etc., market-house 247  name abolished; to be part of Washington City 650  extension of laws, etc., of Washington to 650  repeal of laws, ordinances, etc 650  port of entry 650 Georgiana River, Cal,  preliminary examination of, to be made 364 German Orphan Asylum, D. C.  appropriation for maintenance 260, 762 German Silver,  duty on unmanufactured 519 Germany,  appropriation for ambassador. 141, 815  for secretary of embassy 142, 816  for second secretary 142, 817 Gerrity, Patrick J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Genre, Frank,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Gettysburg Battlefield, Pa,  appropriation for marking position of armies, etc 405  acceptance of land for roads, etc., authorized 405  acquisition of lands authorized 584 Gettysburg National Park,  acceptance of land from Battlefield Memorial Association 651   appropriation for debts, etc., of association 651  established 651  commissioners to be appointed; duties 651  acquiring additional lands 651  proceedings 652  regulations, etc. 652  penalty for injuring, etc., statues, etc. 652  tablet containing Lincoln’s dedication address to be erected 552   appropriation for 653  appropriation for laud, expenses, etc. 653 Ghent,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Gibbs, Alphonso,  deficiency appropriation for services 449 Gibbs, Edwin F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Gibraltar,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Gifford, Joseph,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Gihon, James L. jr.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway Company,  granted right of way, San Carlos Indian Reservation 665 Gilbert, Frank F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Gilbert, William W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Gill, Howard,  deficiency appropriation for 867 Gilliat, John,  Court of Claims to direct payment of spoliation claim due administrator of, to persons entitled 487 Gimps,  duty on cotton, etc. 529   wool, etc. 531 Gin (see Distilled Spirits), Ginger Ale or Beer,  duty on 526 Ginger Wine or Cordial,  duty on; alcoholic strength 526 Ginger Root,  on free list, unground, etc. 544 Girault, Arthur Napoleon,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Girders,  duty on iron or steel 515 Girls’ Reform School, D. C.  appropriation for salaries 260, 762   for expenses 260, 762 Giseburt, Ambrose,  pension 1015 Glacken, James C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Glanced Iron or Steel,  duty on 516 Glasgow,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Glass,  duty on cylinder, crown, and window, unpolished 513   cylinder and crown, polished 513   plate, fluted, rolled, or rough 513   cast plate, polished 513   cast polished plate; silvered 514   bent, ground, etc. 514   optical instruments 514   beads 514   lenses 514   fusible enamel and magic-lantern slides 514   stained windows, etc. 514  on flee list, broken and old 540   plates or disks for optical instruments, rough 540 Glassware,  duty on molded or pressed, etc. 513   cut, engraved, etc. 513   porcelain or opal 513 Glazed Plates, etc.,  duty on 518 Glaziers’ Lead,  duty on 520 Gleason, Johanna (widow),  pension 1013 Glen Cove, Me,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 366 Glen Cove, N. Y.  appropriation for improvement of harbor 340 Glendive Mont,  construction of bridge authorized across Yellowstone River at 688 Glenmore Distilling Company,  payment to 1038 Glenwood Highway Bridge Company,  may bridge Monongahela River, Pittsburg, Pa 47 1319 Glenwood, Pa.,  construction of bridge authorized across Monongahela River at 47 Gloucester, Mass.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 339 Gloves,  duty on glace, schmaschen 535   glace, lamb, or sheep 535   glace, goat, kid, etc. 535   sheep, grain surface removed 535   kid, etc., grain surface removed 535   tranks 535   lined leather 535 Glucose,  duty on 521 Glue,  duty on 510 Glue Stock,  on free list 541 Glycerin,  duty on crude 510  refined 510 Goat Hair,  duty on roving, etc. 530  on free list 546 Goderich,  appropriation for consul at 147 822 Goetz, Hartwig,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 470 Gofigon, William B.,  may accept medal, etc., from Spain 990 Goggles,  duty on 514 Gold,  duty on bullions and thread 520   leaf 520   pens 520  on free list, bullion 539   ore 542   sweepings 545 Gold and Silver,  use of, as standard money declared to be the policy of the United States 4 Gold and Silver Money,  delegates to international conference on, authorized 962 Gold-Beaters’ Molds and Skins,  on free list 540 Gold Coins,  appropriation for recoinage 929  deficiency appropriation for recoinage, etc 637 “Goldsworthy,”  American register to foreign-built steamer 216 Gonzaga College, D. C.,  granted portion of alley, square 622, closed 94 Gooch, C. P.,  payment to heirs of 1016 Goode, J. Thomas,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 866 Goodwin, Charles C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 475 Goodwin, John W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 454 Goods, Imported (see Tariff of 1894), Goodyear, C. P.,  appropriation for payments to; improving outer bar, Brunswick, Ga 342 Gordon, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 454 Gorham, Charles H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Goring,  duty on cotton, etc. 529   wool, etc. 531   silk, etc 532 Gorman, Edward F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Goshen Creek, N. J.,  appropriation for improving 348 Gottenberg,  appropriation for consul at 146, 822 Gottwals, David B.,  real estate purchased by, relieved from forfeiture 981 Goudelock, R. W.,  deficiency appropriation for 450 Government Employees,  deduction of income tax from salaries over $4,000 557 Government Hospital for the Insane,  appropriation for support of indigent insane, D. C 259, 761   for current expenses 399 940   for buildings and grounds 399, 940   for electric plant, etc. 399 Government in the Territories,  appropriation for expenses 185, 786  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207 Government Printing Office (see also Public Printing and Binding),  appropriation for leaves of absence to employees 420, 961   for construction of additional building 961   for repairs, etc. 420   for repairs, fire escapes, etc., available 962  deficiency appropriation for leaves of absence to employees 42, 94   for Stephen Caldwell, Samuel Robinson, William Madden 447, 868  appointment of Public Printer, duties, etc 603   chief clerk; salary 607   foremen of printing and binding; salaries 607  holidays authorized 607  clerks; employees; apprentices 608  allowance of pro rata leaves to be based on service of the prior fiscal year 94  opening bids for supplies 33 Gowanns Creek, N. Y.,  appropriation for improving channel 340 Graceland Cemetery D. C.,  charter ended; interments prohibited 220  removal of bodies; sale of lands; proceeds 220 Grady, Hon. B. F.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 448 Graham, Charles J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 458 Graham, James E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Graham, James H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 458 Graham, Jesse J.,  deficiency appropriation for 442 Graham, John L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Grains,  duty on, not edible, refined 509  on free list, not edible, crude 540 Granadilla Wood,  on free list, rough, etc. 546 1320 Grand Army of the Republic, National Encampment,  an abandoned cannon at Pittsburg, Pa., donated to 14  donations of condemned cannon to certain posts 971   encampment, Louisville, Ky 973 Grand Chazy River, N. Y.,  appropriation for improving 347 Grand Forks, N. Dak.,  terms of district court 642  circuit court 642 Grand Haven, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 Grand Junction, Colo.,  appropriation for Indian school 310, 905 Grand Lake, La.,  appropriation for lighting channel 377, 918 Grand Marais, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor of refuge 344   for light and bell, harbor of refuge 916 Grand Marais, Minn.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 346   for balance for light keepers dwelling 916 Grand Ronde Agency, Oreg.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 877  for support, etc., of Indians at 304, 893 Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, Oreg.,  right of wav across, to Albany and Astoria Railroad Company 87 Granite,  duty on undressed, not specified 514   dressed, not specified 514 Grant, George E.,  appropriation for 262 Grape Sugar,  duty on 521 Grapes,  duty on 524  dried 524 Grass,  duty on manufactures of; definition 535  on free list, braids, etc., of, for hats 538 Grass River,  deficiency appropriation for 485 Grass Seeds,  on free list 544 Grasses,  appropriation for investigating uses, etc., of 735  on free list, textile, unmanufactured 540 Grassy Island, Mich.,  appropriation for range lights, Detroit River 374, 916 Grassy Point, Maumee River, Ohio,  appropriation for moving range lights 374 Grau, Conrad,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Graves, Charles Iverson,  political disabilities removed 989 Graves, D. C.,  punishment for desecrating, etc. 687 Gravesend Bay, N. Y.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Gray, Andrew,  may complete homestead entry 995 Gray, Harry B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 458 Grays Harbor, Wash.,  appropriation for improvement 346   for light and fog-signal station 916  survey of, directed 371 Grayson, Joel,  deficiency appropriation for services 20, 639 Grease,  on free list, for soap making, etc. 540   wool 545 Great Britain,  appropriation for ambassador 141, 815   for secretary of embassy 142, 816   for second secretary 142, 817  convention with, extending time to complete Alaskan boundary 1200  seizure of American vessels violating fur seal regulations by officials of 55   vessels to be delivered to United States authorities 55   effective only when similar right accorded to American officials 55  negotiation for removal of cattle regulations, etc., to be made 269  recommended to submit to arbitration boundary dispute with Venezuela 971 Great Falls Ice Company,  deficiency appropriation for damages to wharf 856 Great Falls Manufacturing Company,  appropriation for examining claims to water rights, Potomac River 402 Great Falls, Potomac River,  appropriation for examining claims to water rights, etc. 402  for raising dam, Washington Aqueduct; conditions 752 Great Kanawha River,  appropriation for lighting 377, 918   for improvement of 946 Great Lakes, The,  appropriation for revenue steamer for 378, 919   for improving channel, Chicago, Duluth, and Buffalo 947   for commission on deep-water communication, to the Atlantic 950  proclamation permitting Canadian vessels to aid wrecks in United States waters of, contiguous to Canada 1220  rules for preventing collisions on 645  steam revenue cutter for, authorized 6 Great Nemaha Agency, Kans.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Great Pedee River, S. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 Great Salt Pond, R. L.,  survey of, for harbor of refuge, directed 371 Great Sodus Bay, N. Y.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 340 Great Wicomico River, Va.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Greece,  appropriation for minister 141, 816 Greeley, James W.,  payment of judgment, Court of Claims to 474 Green Bay Agency, Wis.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 877 Green Bay, Wis.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 345   for range lights and fog signal, Plumb Island, Porte des Morts 917 Green Jacket Shoal, Providence, R. L.  appropriation for improving 347 Green, John T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Green River, Ky.,  appropriation for Lock No. 5 354  for rebuilding Lock No. 2 354 Green, William H. O.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Greenback Bonds D. C.,  redemption of 8 per cent, directed; interest 278 1321 Greene, B. D.,  payment to, as bondsman of George E. Ward 1012 Greene, Delbert,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458 Greene, George S.,  may be appointed lieutenant, Army retired list 993  pension to cease 993 Greene, Spencer,  deficiency appropriation for services 449 Greenport, N. Y.,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 307 Greenville, Miss.,  appropriation for improving Mississippi River at 357 Greenwich, Conn.,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 364 Greer County, Tex.,  deficiency appropriation for settling title 442   for special counsel, etc., suit to settle title 860 Greiner, G. O.,  pension 1029 Greisch, William A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 458, 459 Grenada, West Indies,  proclamation suspending tonnage tax on vessels from 1248 Griffin, John J.,  payment if Court of Claims judgment to 465 Griffin, John and, Sarah,  claim referred to Court of Claims 1040 Grifton, N. C.,  construction of bridge authorized across Contentnea Creek at 489  time extended for bridging Contentnea Creek 596 Grindstones,  duty on 514 Gros Ventre, Indians,  deficiency appropriation for support, etc. 873 Grosclose, Jacob,  accrued pension to administrator of 1023 Gross, Samuel D., Statue of,  permission to erect, in Washington, granted 973  appropriation for pedestal 973 Ground Beans,  duty on 524 Grugett, Andrew L.,  honorable discharge granted 998 Grymes, Benjamin R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 475 Guadalupe River, Tex.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Guadalupe,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Guano,  on free list 540 Guardians,  duties of, in making income-tax returns 553 Guatemala and Honduras,  appropriation for minister 141, 815  for secretary of legation and consul general 142, 816 Guayaquil,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819  for clerk hire 149, 823 Guelph,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Guild, Charles M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 452 Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Railway Company,  may bridge Neches River, Tex., and Sabine River, Tex, and La 35 Gulf of Mexico,  time for improving Aransas Pass Harbor extended 26 Gulf Quarantine Station,  appropriation for expenses 392, 934   for repairs, etc. 392  deficiency appropriation for maintenance 17 Gum Substitute,  duty on 525 Gums and Gum Resin,  duty on refined, etc 509  on free list, crude 540 Gun, and Mortar Batteries,  appropriation for constructing; platforms 212, 704 Gun-Barrel Molds,  duty on, not in bars 516 Gun Blocks,  on free list 546 Gun Factory, Army,  appropriation for machine tools, etc 705 Gun Carriages,  four obsolete, donated to Marshalltown, Iowa 103 Gun Plant, Washington, D. C., Navy-Yard,  appropriation for machinery, etc. 126 Gunboats, Composite,  construction of six authorized; cost 841  contracts; construction 841  construction, etc., no premiums 841  use of steel, alloy, etc. 841 Gunnery Exercises, Navy,  appropriation for 125, 826 Gunny Bags, etc.,  on free list, old and refuse 541 Gunpowder,  duty on 533 Guns, Seacoast,  appropriation for 213, 704 Gurney, Marian C. (widow),  pension 1039 Gut, Cat, Worm, or Whip,  duty on manufact ores of 535 Guthrie, Okla.,  appropriation for jail 958  allowance to postmaster 671 “Guthrie,” Revenue Steamer,  deficiency appropriation for repairs 848 Gutta-Percha,  duty on manufactures of 536  on free list, crude 541 Gwyandotte River, W. Va.,  appropriation for improving 349  preliminary examination of, to be made 369 Guyton, D. T.,  accounts for special deputy marshals to be adjusted 956 Gypsum,  duty on ground 512 Haqan, Peter  claim referred to Court of Claims 1048 Hagood, James E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 451 Hague, Charles F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Hahn, Charles H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459, 475 1322 Hair,  duty on human, unmanufactured 534  curled, for beds, etc 534   crinoline cloth 534   hair seating 534   human, manufactures of 536  on free list, animal, not specially provided for 541   human, uncleaned, etc. 541   camel, goat, alpaca, etc. 546 Hair Pencils,  duty on 533 Hair Seating,  duty on 534 Hair Wood,  on free list, cut in lengths 546 Haiti,  appropriation for minister resident and consul-general 141, 816 Hale, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Halford, Major Elijah W.,  allowance of disbursements by, Bering Sea Arbitration 843 Halifax,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823 Hall, Augustus,  deficiency appropriation for services 450 Hall, Dwight,  payment of claims for taxes on cigars destroyed by fire 983 Hall, James M.,  deficiency appropriation for services 449 Hall, Maria (widow),  pension 1012 Hall, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Hall, Professor Asaph,  may accept medal from French Academy of Sciences 989 Hallam, Charles A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Hallam, O. B.,  deficiency appropriation for legal services 448 Haller, David, E.,  deficiency appropriation for judgment against District of Columbia 852 Hallford, S. E.,  land in Alabama reconveyed to 1016 Halpin, Edward,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Halstead, E. W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Haman, Wancy,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Hamburg,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Hamilton,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Hamilton County, Tenn.,  may build public bridge across Tennessee River over railroad bridge 29 Hamilton, Mary E. (widow),  pension 1042 Hammer Molds,  duty on steel 516 Hammers,  duty on blacksmiths 517 Hammond, Wesley A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Hampton, Va.,  appropriation for Indian pupils, school at 310, 905   for expenses Volunteer Soldiers Home 409, 953  use of posthumous fund 409 Hampton, Emery J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Hanan, Thomas J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Hancock Circle, D. C.,  appropriation for removing 750 Handkerchiefs,  duty on cotton 529   embroidered 530   silk 532 Handle Bolts,  on free list 545 Handy, George E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Hankow,  appropriation for consul at 145, 820 Hanley, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Hanna, Arthur  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Hannegan, Thomas,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Hanrahan, John J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Harbor and River Front, D. C.,  appropriation for service 252, 751 Harbor Defense,  appropriation for torpedoes for 704 Harbor Lines,  compensation of displacement by piers, etc. 364 Harbor Regulations, D. C.,  established; penalty for violations 740 Harbors,  appropriations for improvement of 338, 404, 946  rules to prevent collisions at sea extended to 672 Harlan and Hollingsworth Company,  deficiency appropriation for work on “Amphitrite” 437 Harlem River, N. Y.,  appropriation for improving 347 Harms, Herman,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Harney, Michael J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Harpoot,  appropriation for consul at 822 Harpur, Edward,  deficiency appropriation for 431 Harraseeket River, Me.,  appropriation for improving 346 Harrison, Benjamin, ex-President,  appropriation for portrait of, for Executive Mansion 401 Harrison, Idaho,  town-site entries on Coeur d’Alene Reservation ceded lands 323 Harrison, Thomas,  appropriation for 262 Harrows,  on free list; proviso 543 Hart, Ossian B.,  released from liability on bond of Ozias Morgan 1032 Hart, Volley P.,  deficiency appropriation for refund to 864 Hartford, Conn.,  customs district extended 222 1323 “Hartford” U. S. S.,  appropriations for repairs for use as training ship 134 Hartley, Frank E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Hurtt, Celestin P. (widow),  pension 998 Hartwig, Oswald R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Harvesters,  on free list, proviso 543 Hassocks,  duty on wool, etc. 531 Hasson, John  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Hastings, Minn.,  may construct bridge across Mississippi River 97 Hustings, Nebr.,  terms of court 221 Hat Bodies,  duty on fur 534 Hatfield, Frederick,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Hathaway, I. H., & Co.,  duplicate cheek to 1024 Hats,  duty on wool, etc 330   furs for hatters’ use 534   fur 534  on free list, braids of straw, etc., for 538 Hattssner, Rickard A.,   payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Havana,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819  for clerk hire 149, 823 Haren, Joseph A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 459 Haverhill, Mass.,  deficiency appropriation for public building 847 Havre,  appropriation for consul at 145, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Hawaiian Islands,  appropriation for minister 141, 816   for secretary of embassy and consul general 142, 816  treaty with, not impaired by tariff provisions 521 Hay,  duty on 523 Hay Lake Channel, Saint Marys River,  appropriation for lighting; leases 375   for improving 404 Hayes, Thomas G.,  deficiency appropriation for legal services 428 Hayward, Charles E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 450 Hazeltine, Abner,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Hazen, Joseph L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Head Money,  on alien passengers increased; disposal 391 Heading Blocks,  on free list 546 Heading Bolts,  on free list 545 Headstones for Soldiers’ Graves,  appropriation for 405, 949 Healey, Frank E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 467 Health Department, D. C.,  appropriation for salaries 256, 757   for rent; laboratory 257, 757   for removing garbage, etc. 257, 757    additional for daily, May to September, 1894 257    investigation of best method for removing 257   for destroying garbage; inspection 757    contracts; report 757   for preventing, etc., contagions diseases 257, 758   for smallpox hospital; restriction on contagious diseases hospitals 758    inspection, etc., of private hospitals 758  deficiency appropriation for removing garbage, etc. 850  board of health ordinances to be enforced by health officer; nuisances 257  employment of clerks in, payable from emergency fund 2   provisions for extra clerks extended 591 Health Officer, D. C.,  duties, under milk regulations 709  printing report of, authorized; distribution 614 Heaney, Thomas M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Heard, John T.,  payment to, services to Western Cherokee Indians 1009 Hearings in Laud Entries,  appropriation for 394, 936 Hearn, Edward C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Heath, Joseph H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Heating, etc., Apparatus, Public Buildings,  appropriation for 374, 915  deficiency appropriation for 478, 870 Heck, Max W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Hedrick, William A.,  deficiency appropriation for judgment against District of Columbia 432 Heenan, Thomas E.,  deficiency appropriation for 844 Heister, Philip L.,  appropriation tor 262 Helena, Ark.,  deficiency appropriation for public building 428 Helena, Mont.,  appropriation for salaries, assay office at 184, 785   for wages; contingent expenses 184, 785   for public building 913  deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses, assay office 429  refinery of gold and silver to be established; charges 786 Helfrich, Gustav P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Hell Gate, N. Y.,  appropriation for improving 347 Hemick, R. W.,  deficiency appropriation for expenses 844 Hemlock,  duty on extracts of, bark 510 Hemp,  duty on hackled, “dressed line” 529   New Zealand, cables, etc. 529   carpets 529   yarns or threads 530   manufactures, not specified 530  on free list, cotton bagging 537   tow, not hackled, wastes 540 1324 Hemp Seeds,  on free list 544 Hemp-Seed Oil,  duty on 510 Hempstead Bay, N. Y.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Hempstead, N. Y.,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 367 Hendershott, William,  patent issued to, Oregon donation claim 998 Hendrickson, A. H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Hendrickson, H. A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 459 Hengelbrok, William F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Hennepin Canal (see Illinois and Mississippi Canal), Hennepin, Ill.,  bridge across Illinois River authorized at 739 Hennings, Theodore C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Henry,  established as unit of electric induction; definition 102 Henry, Martin L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 454 “Henry R., Tilton,”  payment to owners and crew of schooner 1008 Henry, Thomas D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Herbs,  duty on refined, etc 509  on free list, crude 540 Herdie Companies, D. C.,  to sell only their own new tickets 78  to receive tickets of other companies for fares 78  penalty for violations 78 Hermanson, Berest J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Herndon, Benjamin Z.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 474 Hernon, James E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Heron, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 471 Herring,  penalty for unlawful fishing, Potomac River, D. C 40 Herring Oil,  duty on 510 Herrings,  duty on pickled, frozen, etc. 523 Herrs Island Dam, Fa.,  appropriation for construction 348 Heydinger, William J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 459 Hickey, William F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Hide Cuttings,  on free list, raw 541 Hide Rope,  on free list 541 Hides,  on free list, uncured 541  suspending prohibition of importation 269  importation of, prohibited; exception 550 High Seas,  line dividing, from rivers, harbors, etc., to be defined 672 High Street, Georgetown, D. C.,  deficiency appropriation for redeeming two certificates of indebtedness, paving 431 High ways, D. C.,  appropriation for extension; F. L. Olmsted’s plans, etc. 247, 748  proceedings for condemning lands for, etc. 251 Hilbert, Henry L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Hilborn, Samuel G.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 448 Hildebrecht, Henry,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Hill, Robert,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 459 Hill, William F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Hinges, etc.,  duty on iron or steel 517 Hinkel, Harry P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Hinkle, Harry P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Hiogo, Osaka and,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820 Hirsch, Joseph A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Hislop, Washington,  pension 997 Historical Association, American,  printing report of, authorized; distribution 616 Hiwassee, River, Tenn.,  time extended for constructing bridge across 243 Hoarhound Seeds,  on free list 544 Hobart, Harrison C.,  pension 1043 Hobnails,  duty on 519 Hoboken, N. J.,  deficiency appropriation for public building 428 Hodge, Justin B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Hodnett, James S.,  payment of Court of Claim s judgment to 459 Hoes, John W.,  honorable discharge to 994 Hog Island Life-Saving Station, Va.,  keeper and crew may receive medals, etc., from Spain, for rescuing crew of Spanish steamer “San Albano” 990 Hog Island, Va.,  appropriation for light station 374 Hogan, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 468 Holiday, D. C.,  centennial of laying corner stone of Capitol made 11  Labor Day made a legal 96 Holl, Henry,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 465 Holland (see Netherlands), Holland, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 Hollow Ware,  duty on cast, coated, etc. 518 Holly, Charles F.,  pension increased 1047 Holman, William T.,  pension 1031 Holmans Ferry, Ala, and Fla.,  construction of bridge authorized across Perdido River at 282 1325 Holmes, Eliza (widow),  pension 1011 Holt, Parley C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to executor 474 Holther, Charles,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Homeopathic Hospital, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 259, 762 Homestead Certificates,  sale of soldiers’ additional, declared valid, etc. 397 Homestead Land Entries,  time for final proof and payment extended one year 123  lands ceded on Yankton Indian Reservation, open to 319   Coeur d’Alene Reservation, open to 323   Siletz Indian Reservation, open to 326   Lapwai Indian Reservation, open to 332 Homestead, Pa.,  construction of bridge authorized across Monongahela River, Pittsburg, to 88 Homestead Settlers,  extension of time for first payment, etc., Oklahoma 3, 336, 901  in Oklahoma may receive patent in one year by paying $1.50 an acre 3  right to commute entries on ceded Sioux Reservation, S. Dak., extended to Nebraska 4  allowed additional entries, Iowa Reservation, Okla 37  in burnt districts, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan, allowed two years more to make final proof 634   to receive patents on paying minimum price 635   may cut timber, etc., license 635 Honduras,  appropriation for minister 141, 815   for secretary of legation 142, 816 Hones,  on free list 541 Honey,  duty on 523 Hongkong,  appropriation for consul at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823 Honolulu,  appropriation for secretary of legation and consul-general 142, 816 Hoofs,  on free list 541 Hoop Iron or Steel,  duty on, not specified 515 Hoopa Valley Agency, Cal.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 877   for wagon road 303   for support, etc., of Indians at 304, 893 Hooper, Alfred S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Hop Poles,  on free list 545 Hop Roots,  on free list 541 Hopper, James M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Hops,  duty on 523 Horan, Leslie,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Horgen,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821   for clerk hire 149, 823 Horn,  duty on manufactures of 535 Horn, H. P. M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Horn Island Pass, Miss.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Horns,  on free list, unmanufactured 541 Horse, Report on Diseases of the,  printing authorized; distribution 613 Horserakes,  on free list, proviso 543 Horses (see also Animals),  on free list, straying across boundary line, etc 537  temporary grazing in Mexico permitted 577 Horses, Army,  appropriation for purchases; limit 239, 660  deficiency appropriation for 480, 484, 871 Horses, etc., Claims,  deficiency appropriation for 480, 484, 871, 874 Horseshoe Nails,  duty on 519 Horseshoes,  duty on wrought-iron or steel 519 Horton, John C.,  appropriation for 262 Hose and Half Hose,  duty on cotton, etc. 529 Hose, Hydraulic,  duty on linen 529 Hospital Corps, Army,  appropriation for 233, 655 Hospital Matrons, Army,  appropriation for pay 236, 657 Hospital Stewards, Army,  appropriation for quarters 240 661 Hospitals, Army,  appropriation for construction, etc 240, 661  for Hot Springs, Ark 240, 661  for building, Fort Meade, S. Dak 946 Hospitals, D. C.,  restriction on, for contagious diseases 758  inspection by health officer 758 Hospitals, Naval,  appropriation for maintenance 131, 833  for renovation, etc., Brooklyn, N. Y 131 Hot Springs, Ark.,  appropriation for repairs, etc., army and Navy Hospital 240, 661   for medical supplies, Army and Navy Hospital 241, 661  deficiency appropriation for Army and Navy Hospital 480  construction of hotels, etc., authorized; conditions 22  entry of lot by Henry James, authorized 1004  lease of land for cold-water reservoir, authorized 203  right of way granted through West Mountain Reservation 21  sale of lot by school directors, authorized; proceeds 274  use of lands by Barry Hospital, granted 95 Hot Springs Water Company,  lease of lands to, for cold-water reservoir 263 Hotchkiss, Thomas W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Hotels, D. C.,  having less than 25 rooms for guests forbidden liquor license 76 Houghtaling, W. J.,  deficiency appropriation for 866 Houk, Hon. G. W., late a Representative in Congress,  deficiency appropriation for widow of 448 1326 Housatonic River, Conn,  appropriation for improving 347 House Documents,  distribution of usual number 608 House of Representatives,  appropriation for compensation of Members and Delegates 165, 767   for mileage 165, 767   for Speaker’s office, clerks, etc 165, 768    readjustment of salaries 768    temporary Committee on Accounts; authority 768   for Chaplain 165, 768   for Clerk of the House, clerks, etc. 165, 768    enrolling; provision for end of session 769    document room until December 2 769   for chief engineer, assistants, etc 166, 769   for clerks and messengers to committees, annual 166, 769   for clerks to committees, sessions 166, 769   for Sergeant-at-Arms, deputy, etc 166, 769   for Doorkeeper, assistant, etc. 166, 769    superintendent document room, etc 166, 769    messengers 167, 770    superintendent folding room, etc 167, 770    pages, laborers, etc 167, 770   for Postmaster, assistants, etc. 167, 770    horses, mail wagons, etc. 167, 770   for official reporters of debates 167, 770   for stenographers to committees 167, 770    “during the session” to mean 121 days 167    “during the session” to mean 212 days 770   for clerks to Members and Delegates 167, 586, 770   for contingent expenses; materials for folding 167, 771   for fuel and oil 168, 771   for furniture and repairs 168, 771   for packing boxes 168, 771   for miscellaneous items 168, 771   for expenses, special and select committees 168, 771   for stationery 168, 771   for postage stamps 168, 771    employees of Congress not to sublet work 771   for reconstructing elevators 393   for printing and binding 419, 959   for session employees made available for first session 10   for clerks to members 586   for session employees, continued until adjournment 586  deficiency appropriation for clerk hire to Members and Delegates 2, 16, 62   for session employees 19   for mileage 19   for stationery, Members and Delegates 19, 448   for stationery 19, 62, 865   for folding materials 19, 62   for furniture and repairs 19, 62   for miscellaneous items; special, etc committees 19, 62, 448, 639   for W. Tyler Page 20   for one month’s extra pay, employees 20, 864   for one month’s pay for clerk hire to members 861   for Joel Grayson 20, 639   for compensation and mileage 62, 865   for clerk at Speaker’s table 62   for printing and binding 93, 596, 868   for Doorkeeper 448, 449   for widows, etc., of deceased members 448, 865  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expends 448, 866   for O. B. Hallam 448   for Charles Carter 448   for official reporters and stenographers 448, 866   for Clerk of the House, contested-election cases 449, 867   for Postmaster’s employees 449   for T. O. Towles 449   for J. F. Snyder, Thomas B. Kalbfus 449   for T. F. Dennis 449   for Clifford Lucas 449   for James M. Hall 449   for Spencer Greene 449   for William J. Assman 449, 866   for George L. Browning and Alphonso Gibbs 449   for M. M. Robinson 449, 866   for Joseph Y. Brattan 449   for Augustus Hall 450   for J. Martin McKay 450   for Isaac F. Smith 450   for Peter J. McDonald 450, 867   for H. G. Clement 450   for Lonis G. Olt 450   for telegraphing 450   for widow of E. J. McCristal 450   for elevator conductors 450   for assistant clerk Invalid Pensions Committee 639   for annex folding room, rent 865   for widow of W. D. McCoy, minister to Liberia 865   for Baylor Thornton, Charles Carter 866   for D. S. Porter 866   for postage stamps 866   for G. W. Pratt 866   for F. L. Fishback 866   for George Jenni son, E. L. Currier, Bert W. Kennedy 866   for George L. Browning, P. E. Cox 866   for William M. Galt and Company 866   for widow of Hon. George B. Shaw, clerk hire 866   for W. J. Houghtaling 867   for Lanritz M. Olsen 867   for Howard Gill 867   for Howard Wiltlierger 867   for J. H. Van Buren 867   for George B. Parsons 867   for Richard H. Dalton 867   for Walter H. French 867   for F. C. Shell 867   for E. L. Phillips 867   for George Smart 867   for Annie E. Thompson 867  accounts to ba examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207  admission of Member from Utah 111  employees to receive December salaries December 21, 1893 576   May salaries May 29, 1894 583   august salaries August 23, 1894 592   December salaries December 20, 1894 967  joint commission of Senate and, Ford’s Theater disaster; expenses 392  joint committee on celebration of Capitol centennial to be, appointed 10  furnishing extracts of Record and copies of documents to members; cost 606  number of Journal to be printed; distribution 609  reference copies of all documents for library and document room 610 1327  document room authorized 610  invoice to be made of documents stored; disposition 611  folding room established; duties 612  disposal of undistributed documents 612  copies of Digest and Manual to be printed 617  franking of documents and correspondence 622  all official printing, binding, etc., by Public Printer; exception 624  special binding of one copy of each document allowed Representatives 624  time extended for distributing documents in Departments to credit of members Fifty-third Congress 975  to select three delegates to international monetary conference 962 House of the Good Shepherd, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 260, 762 House Reports,  distribution of usual number 608 Household Effects,  on free list, in use by persons from abroad 538   of citizens dying abroad 543 Houston, Tex.,  construction of bridge authorized across Buffalo Bayou at 641 Hovell, John S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Howard, Oliver Otis, United States Army,  may receive decoration from President of French Republic 1017 Howard University, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 399, 941  for expenses 399, 941 Hualapuis Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 302, 891 Hubbard, Gardiner G.,  appointed Regent, Smithsonian Institution 972 Hubbard, John B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Hubbard, Royal M.,  deficiency appropriation for 446 Hubs,  on free list, for wheels 546 Huddersfield,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Hudgins, William J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Hudson River, N. Y.,  appropriation for lighting 377, 918   for improvement of 404, 946  construction of bridge authorized across, New York City to New Jersey 89 Hughes Brothers & Bangs,  duplicate check to be issued to 1016 Hughes, Stephen J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Hull, Johnson C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Hull, William C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Humboldt, Cal.,  appropriation for improving harbor and bay 047 Hunt, Frederick A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Hunter, Frank M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Hunter, John W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment, to 475 Hunting Creek,Va.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Huntington, N. Y.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 341 Huron, Ohio,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 343 Huse, Caleb,  political disabilities removed 992 Hutcheck, George W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Hutchison and Southern Railroad Company,  time extended for right of way to, through Indian Territory 505 Hyannis, Mass.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 339  preliminary examination of harbor, to be made 365 Hydraulic Hose,  duty on linen 529 Hydrographie Office,  appropriation for clerks 190, 791   for draftsmen, engravers, etc. 190, 791   for materials, etc. 190, 791   for rent 191, 791   for expenses, branch offices 191, 791   for monthly pilot chart, North Pacific Ocean expenses, etc. 191, 792   for printing and binding 419, 959  preparation and sale of charts, etc. 621  data, etc., for charts to be approved by special board 621   printing authorized 623 Ice,  on free list 541 Ice and Snow, D. C.,  regulations for removing from sidewalks, etc. 809 Iceland Moss,  duty on 512 Idaho,  appropriation for surveyor-general, clerks 198, 800   for contingent expenses 198, 800   for incidental expenses, Indian service in 304, 893  deficiency appropriation for expenses, constitutional convention 430  agreement for cession of lands Lapwai Indian Reservation, ratified 326  extra rates allowed for surveying certain lands in 638, 938  examination of land grants to Northern Pacific-Railroad 683  mineral lands disallowed, etc. 683  extension of time for first payment on lands ceded by Indians in 901  lands ceded on Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation open to settlement 323  proclamation dispersing persons unlawfully obstructing mails, etc., in 1250  survey of lands authorized to complete grants to 394  time extended for proving claims, “Oregon donation act” 122 Idaho Judicial District,  terms of court, Moscow 5   Boisé City 5   Blackfoot 5 Illinois,  construction of wing dam, etc., Mississippi River, Hancock County 38  model battle ship at World’s Fair, transferred to 14  proclamation dispersing riotous assemblages in 1249 1328 Illinois and Mississippi Canal,  appropriation for construction 356 “Illinois”, Model Battle Ship,  transferred to Illinois for naval armory 14 Illinois Northern Judicial District,  appointment of clerk authorized; salary 204  appropriation for 204, 806 Illinois River Bridge Company,  may bridge Illinois River, Hennepin, Ill 739 Illinois River, Ill.,  appropriation for improving 356   for lighting 377, 918  construction of bridge authorized across, Hennepin 739 Illustrations, etc., Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for expenses 268, 731 Immediate Transportation,  privileges extended to Oakland, Cal 227   Ocala, Fla 488   Rockville, Conn 222 Immigration,  appropriation for enforcing alien contract-labor laws 390, 931   for enforcing Chinese exclusion 390, 575, 581, 932  deficiency appropriation for expenses Chinese exclusion 41, 846, 637  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206  convention prohibiting, of Chinese laborers 1210  decision of officers excluding aliens, final; appeal 390  time extended for registry, etc., of Chinese laborers 7 Immigration Bureau,  appropriation for commissioner-general, etc. 179, 780  head money from alien passengers increased 391   to be covered into the Treasury 391  plan for organizing service, etc., to be reported 391  commissioners to be appointed 391  detail of inspectors; salaries 781 Immigration, Commissioner-General of,  appropriation for, clerks, etc. 780 Immigration, Superintendent of,  appropriation for, clerks 179, 780 Implements, Agricultural,  on free list; condition 543 Implements, Professional,  on free list, of immigrants, etc. 543 Importers,  deficiency appropriation for repaying, excess of deposits 479, 483, 870, 874 Income Tax,  appropriation for additional revenue officers 782  deficiency appropriations for revenue collectors and agents 637  two per cent to be assessed on yearly incomes, etc above $4,000, from 1895 to 1900 553   receipts included in estimating 553   official Federal salaries excepted 553   deductions 553    for fire insurance and ordinary repairs 971    of dividends of corporations liable to tax 971  salaries to be included with other gains 554  receipts from dividends on which tax has been paid, excepted 554  returns by persons having $3,500 a year 554   by trustees, etc. 554  returns by collector on failure of parties; penalties 554  declarations for exemptions 554   examination by revenue officials 555   appeals to Commissioner; testimony, etc. 555   notice of penalties assessed 555  due July 1; penalty if unpaid 555  exemptions, etc., by nonresidents 555  collections from nonresident corporations 556  on net profits of corporations, etc. 556   partnerships excepted 556   statements to be filed; penalty for default 556   amounts included 556   corporations excepted; States, counties, municipalities 556    charitable, etc., societies 556    mutual building associations 556    savings banks; description 556    mutual insurance companies 557  taxes included in expenses of corporations 557  on Federal salaries to be deducted by disbursing officers; accounts 557  corporation to report taxable salaries paid 557  salaries of State, etc., officers exempt 557  penalty for divulging income returns, etc., by officers 557  inquiries by revenue officers 557  lists to be filed with revenue officers 558   annual returns for 1894 may be made by April 15, 1895 971   made by revenue officer and Verified by person assessed 558   notice by revenue officer; summons, etc. 558  penalties for no returns and false lists 559  returns by corporations 559   report of names of employees not required 971  books of accounts required; inspection, penalties, etc. 559  receipts to be given by collectors 560   use with creditors; acceptance as part payment 560 Incorporations,  Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, District of Columbia 96 Increase of the Navy (see Naval Establishment), Indemnity Location Certificates,  receivable for certain laud entries 594 Indemnity School Lands,  selection of, on ceded Indian reservations 899 Indemnity, Virginias,  balance remaining to be distributed 223 Independent Treasury,  appropriation for assistant treasurers’ offices 181, 782   for special agents, etc. 183, 784   for paper for checks 183, 784   for contingent expenses 388, 929  deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses 16, 41, 425, 478, 482, 347   for freight, United States Express Company 17   for special agents, etc. 637  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206 Index of Public Documents,  to be published 610 1329 Indian Rubber,  duty on cotton cloth containing 529  manufactures of 535  hard or vulcanized; manufactures of 536  on free list, crude, old, etc. 541 Indian, Affairs, Commissioner of,  appropriation for, assistant, clerks, etc 194, 795  to make annual report of all employees 313  to send certificate of property lost to Treasury accounting officers 47  to supervise, etc Indian schools 311, 907 Indian Agencies,  appropriation for civilian agents 286, 876   for buildings and repairs 288, 878  deficiency appropriation for buildings, etc. 873  diversion of funds for specified employees 313, 907 Indian Agents,  appropriation for civilian, at agencies 286, 876   for traveling, etc., expenses 288, 878   for special 288, 878  deficiency appropriation for pay 479, 484, 872, 875 Indian Commission, Citizen,  appropriation for expenses 288, 878 Indian Courts,  appropriation for judges 306, 879 Indian Department,  appropriation for Commissioner, assistant, etc. 194, 795   for expenses of the 286, 876   for Indian agents at agencies 286, 876    not available for Army officers detailed 288, 878    superintendents of training schools may act as agents 288, 878   for interpreters 288, 878   for inspectors; expenses 288, 878   for school superintendent; expenses, etc. 288, 878   for agency buildings and repairs 288, 878   for contingencies; employees; special agents 288, 878   for citizen commission 288, 878   for fulfilling treaty stipulations with and support of tribes 289, 879   for miscellaneous supports 301, 891   for general incidental expenses 303, 893   for flour mill, Pima Agency 304, 900   for mills, etc., Flathead Agency 304, 900   for mill, Shoshone Agency, Wyo 304   for allotting, etc., land’s; leases allowed 304, 900    suits by Indians claiming land 305   for Louisa Beveridge 900   for irrigation machinery, etc. 305, 900   for additional farmers 305, 879   for matrons 305, 879   for Indian police 305, 879   for judges, Indian courts 306, 879   for vaccination, etc. 306, 879   for expense of purchasing supplies 306, 879   for transporting supplies 306, 879   for surveying and allotting reservations 306, 900   for surveying lands of Five Civilized Tribes 306, 900   for negotiations for surrender of reservations 306   for sale of Shoshones, etc., lands, Wyo 300   for J. Kenneth White 306   for John Palmier 306   for damages to settlers, Crow Creek and Winnebago Reservation 307, 879  appropriation for reimbursing losses at fire, Pine Ridge school 307   for appraisal of improvements, etc., Cherokee Nation 307   for Stockbridge and Munsee Indians, timber suits 307   for claims of beef contractors 307    name of W. F. Niedringhaus corrected 592   for Waller Brothers 899   for allowance, claims of Eugene E. White and James E. Cooper 308   for census commissioners, Old Settlers Cherokees 308, 901   for support of schools 308, 903    limit of cost of pupils 308    contract schools 903    expenditures, etc., under direction of Commissioner of Indian Affairs 311, 907    report on discontinuing contract schools 311  face value of certain bonds to be placed to credit of tribes interested 311  appropriation for interest on State bonds; sale 312  claim of W. B. Munson to be examined 312  supplies to be advertised for 312, 907   exigencies; irrigation expenses; open market purchases 312, 907   manufactures by Indians 312, 907   advertisements; delivery 312, 907   diversion of surplus funds 312, 907   treaty funds not to be used 312, 907   report of diversions 312, 907   purchase of cattle, etc., from subsistence funds 312, 907  transfer of funds for employees 313, 907  funds for supplies, etc, immediately available 908  rejection of unsatisfactory bids 313, 908  sale of property not needed; proceeds 313, 908  payments to civilized Indians instead of rations, etc. 313, 998  annual report of employees to be made 313, 908  employment of Indians as herders, etc 313  restriction of sending children to schools out of reservations 313, 906  agreement with Yankton Sioux, S. Dak., for sale of unallotted lands ratified 313   appropriation for purchase; distribution gw    for adult members of the tribe 319    for claim of scouts 319   disposition of proceeds of lands sold 319   lands open to settlement; regulations 319  agreement with Yakimas, Wash., for ceding fishery right, ratified 320   appropriation for purchase of rights, etc. 321  agreement with Coeur d’Alenes, Idaho, changing boundary of reservation, ratified 322   appropriation for lands ceded 323   survey of new boundary; sale of lands ceded 333  agreement with Indians for cession of Siletz Reservation, Oreg., ratified 323   appropriation for purchase of lands ceded; disposition 333   opening ceded lands to settlement 326  agreement with Nez Perces for cession of unallotted lands, Idaho, ratified 326   appropriation for hinds ceded; payments 331 1330  agreement with Nez Perces, opening ceded hinds to settlement; sales 332   surveys to be made; mills; examination of claims 332  agreement with Yumas for sale, etc., of reservation, Cal., ratified 332   appropriation for allotting, etc., surveys for sales 335   right of way to Southern Pacific ’Railroad Company 335   sale of ceded lands; disposition of, proceeds 335   right of way Colorado River Irrigating Company; constructing, canal; rents 336  adoption of negroes by Chickasaw ’Nation approved 336  commutation allowed homestead settlers, Oklahoma 336  issue of 4 per cent bonds to Cherokees for installments, purchase of lands 336  commission to allot lands to Uncompaghres, Utah 337   entry of unallotted lands 337   to negotiate for cession of Uintah Reservation, Utah 337  appropriation for salaries and expenses of commission 337   for payment to Creeks 894   for per capita, to Stockbridges 894   for negotiating for coal lands, San Carlos Reservation, Ariz 894   for removal of Southern Utes, Colo 894   for first installment, Cherokee Outlet purchase 894   for census of Pottawatomies, Indiana and Michigan 894   for expenses, etc., Puyallup commission 894  agreement with Wichitas, etc., Okla., ratified 897   allowance for lands ceded 897   appropriation for expenses of allotments, etc. 897   opening ceded lands to settlement, etc 897   claim of Choctaws and Chickasaws referred to Court of Claims 898   amount due Luther H. Pike 898  appropriation for relief of destitute Sissetons 899    selection of indemnity lands by States, etc. 899   for surveying reservations in South Dakota 900   for commission to negotiate with Fort Belknap and Blackfeet Indians, Montana 900    claim of Albert Pike against Choctaws referred to Court of Claims 901   for Joel M. Bryan 901   for interest on trust funds 901   for special attorney, Mission Indians, Cal 901    homestead settlers, Oklahoma, etc., granted two years to make payments 901    purchase of lands for lowas 902    restriction on allotment, etc., to Sacs and Foxes of Missouri, repealed 902    removal of intruders Cherokee lands, suspended 902   for Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi in Iowa 903   for Miami Indians of Indiana 903  sale of ardent spirits, etc., forbidden, Miami, Ind. T 903  allotments to Quapaws confirmed; surplus lands 907  appropriation for purchasing lands for Absentee Wyandottes 908  sale authorized of lands of Pottawatomies and Kickapoos in Kansas 909   appropriation for expenses; reimbursable 910   allotment to children 910  special agent, etc., authorized to make payments to Indians 910  appropriation for commission to treat with Five Civilized Nations 939  deficiency appropriation for survey and allotment, Indian reservations 42, 439   for transporting supplies 439, 480, 484, 873, 875   for survey Fort Hall reservation 439   for incidentals, Arizona 875    California 439, 483    New Mexico 479    Oregon 479    South Dakota 483, 873    Washington 479, 483   for Isaiah Lightner 439   for agents 479, 484, 872, 875   for contingencies 479   for Pawnees, schools 479   for Apaches of Arizona and New Mexico 479, 873, 875   for Indian schools 479, 484, 873, 875   for supplies, purchase, etc 480, 484, 487, 873, 875   for agency buildings, etc. 484, 873   for fulfilling treaties 484   for support of Navajoes 484   for support of Sioux 484, 873   for Indian police 858   for John L. Bullis 859   for Henry L. Fitch 859   for Ebenezer Douglass 859   for interpreters 872   for inspectors 872   for school superintendent 872   for Medawakanton Band, Sioux Indians 873   for Arickarees, Gros Ventres, and Mandans 873  for support of Northern Cheyennes and Arapahoes 873  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Interior Department 206 Indian Depredation Claims,  appropriation for defense in; priority of cases 414, 956  deficiency appropriation for Assistant Attorney-General; salary increased 19   for defense in 61, 477, 860   for paying judgments of Court of Claims 476, 869  deductions; certification, etc., by Attorney-General 476, 869 Indian Farmers,  appropriation for employing 305, 879 Indian Inspectors,  appropriation for pay; expenses 288, 878  deficiency appropriation for 872 Indian Interpreters,  appropriation for pay 288, 878  deficiency appropriation for pay 872 Indian Office,  appropriation for Commissioner, assistant, etc. 194, 795   report on amount due Cherokees, to be made 795 1331  appropriation for clerks detailed from Pension Office 796   for rent 197, 799 Indian Police,  appropriation for 805, 879  deficiency appropriation for 858 Indian Pupils,  appropriation for support, etc, of 308, 903  for transportation 308, 906  not to be sent beyond State without parent’s consent, etc. 313, 906 Indian Reservations,  appropriation for allotting lands in severalty 304, 900   for irrigation expenses 305, 900   for survey and allotment of lands 806, 900   for surveying, in South Dakota 900  deficiency appropriation for surveying and allotting, in severalty 439   for surveying Fort Hall, Idaho 439  sale, etc., of property not used 313, 908  agreement ratified ceding portion of Yankton, S. Dak 313   ceded by Coeur d’Alenes, Idaho 323   ceding portion of Siletz, Oreg 326   ceding portion of Lapwai, Idaho 332   ceding lands of Yuma, Cal 335   ceding portion of Wichita, etc. 897  additional entries allowed settlers, Iowa Reservation, Okla 37  allotment in severalty to Confederated Otoes and Missourias 84  boundary of Warm Springs, Oreg., fixed 86  change of site, Presbyterian school, Omaha Reservation, Nebr 507  enlarged, Red Cliff, Wis 970  homestead settlers allowed one year extension to make first payment on ceded lands, Oklahoma 3   allowed two year’s extension 901  lands reserved for educational and building uses, Oklahoma, ratified 71  negotiations for coal lands, San Carlos, Ariz 894  opening to settlement surplus lands of Southern Utes, Colo 678  proclamation opening to settlement Cherokee Outlet 1222   Pawnee lands 1225   Tonkawa lands 1225  right of way granted through Chippewa, Minn 112   Chippewa and White Earth, Minn 504   Fond du Lac, Minn 112   Leech Lake, Minn 99    to St, Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway 112   Leech Lake, Chippewa, and Winnebagoshish 489   Omaha and Winnebago, Nebr 95   Sioux, S. Dak 653   White Earth, Minn 112   Yakima, Wash 118   time extended, Umatilla, Oreg 37  sale of lands of Sacs and Foxes in Kansas and Nebraska 296  selection of indemnity school lands on ceded 899  time extended for paring for land purchased, Omaha Reservation 276 Indian, River, Fla.,  appropriation for improving 851   for lighting 377, 918 Indian River Inlet,  deficiency appropriation for dredging 853 Indian Schools,  appropriation for support of 308, 903   for education in Alaska 308, 904    limitation to contracts for education 904   for purchase of stock; transportation 308, 904    cost of pupils limited 308    supervisors limited 308   for transporting, etc., pupils 308 906    girls and boys to be employed as assistants 906  deficiency appropriation for support 479, 484, 873, 875   for transportation 875  supervision by Commissioner of Indian Affairs 311, 907  report on discontinuing contract schools 311  children of allottees not excluded 311  consent of parents required to send children out of State, etc. 313, 906  superintendents may act as Indian agents; bond 288, 878 Indian Schools, Superintendent of,  appropriation for salary and expenses 288, 878  deficiency appropriation for expenses 872 Indian Supplies,  appropriation for expenses of purchasing 306, 879   for transporting 306, 879   for paying claims for beef cows 307  deficiency appropriation for transportation 439, 480, 484, 875   for purchase, etc. 480, 484, 487, 873, 875  to be purchased after advertisement 312, 907  open-market purchases allowed; exigencies 312, 907   irrigation expenses 312, 907   purchases from Indians 312, 907   immediate supplies; report 312  manufactures by Indians 312, 907  advertisements to be made in the spring 312   basis of contracts 312  diversion of certain funds; report. 312, 907  purchases of stock cattle, etc., permitted; report 312, 907  appropriations for, etc., immediately available; delivery 908  rejection of unsatisfactory bids; temporary purchases 313, 908 Indian Territory (see also Oklahoma),  appropriation for surveying lands of Five Civilized Tribes 306   for expenses of judge 414, 806   for survey of lands in 900    may be made by geological survey 900    plats, etc., to have full effect 900   for expenses of judge 956   for salaries, etc., of court officials 966  deficiency appropriation for expenses of judge 441, 442   for court expenses 478  right of way through, to Arkansas, Texas, and Mexican Central Railway 229   to Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway 22  time extended for right of way through, by Choctaw Coal and Railway Company 27   Hutchison and Southern Railroad Company 505   Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway 36   Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company 744  fees permitted to be retained by clerk of United States court 9 1332  three judicial districts created; judges 698  powers, etc., of judges 694  attorneys and marshals; salaries; assistants 695  clerks; deputies; salaries 695  commissioners; powers, etc. 696  criminal law of Arkansas to be in force; exception 696  jurisdiction of commissioners; appeals, etc 696  constables; bonds, etc. 696  jurisdiction in criminal and civil cases 697  punishment for sale, etc., of liquors 697  exclusive jurisdiction of new court; former laws repealed; effect 697  court of appeals constituted 698  appeals to circuit court of appeals 698  fees to court officials 698  officials of court continued until new appointments 974 Indian Trust Funds,  appropriation for interest on certain abstracted, etc. 901 Indian War Pensions,  appropriation for payment of 113, 703 Indianapolis Arsenal, Ind.,  appropriation for sewerage; fence 400  for arsenal, continued 942 Indians,  appropriation for removing, etc., prisoners of war from Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala., to a military reservation 238   for negotiating with, for surrender of reservations 306   for commission to negotiate with civilized 939    two additional commissioners 939    stenographer, etc., abolished 939   for punishing violation of intercourse acts, etc. 414, 955  deficiency appropriation for surveying and allotting reservations in severalty 439   for compromise suits, Eastern Band of Cherokees 441  allotment in severalty to confederated Otoes and Missourias 84  appointment of officer to make payments to; compensation; bond 910  commutation to civilized, for supplies, etc 313, 908  examination of claims of counties of Arizona for expenses of prosecuting, etc. 589  lands of Winnebago, in Minnesota, may be aliened 679  manufacture of shoes, etc., supplies by 312, 907  no payment to States for keeping, prisoners 441  payment of judgment of Court of Claims to Western Cherokee 451  preference to, as teamsters at agencies, etc. 313  surplus lands of tribes may be leased for farming 305  to be credited with face value of certain State bonds; sale; interest 311 Indians, Peltries, etc., Effects of,  on free list; application 543 Indigo, etc.,  on free list 541 Indurated Fiber Wares,  duty on 536 Industrial Christian Home, Utah,  deficiency appropriation for repairs 430 Industrial Home School, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 260, 762 Industrial Institute and College for Girls,  grant of public lambs to Mississippi for 815 Industrial Property Bureau, International,  appropriation for contribution to 196, 798 Ingots,  duty on steel 516 Ingrain Carpets,  duty on treble 531   two-ply 531 Injunction Proceedings,  appeals allowed to circuit courts of appeal in all; bond 666 Injurious Deposits,  in navigable waters prohibited; penalties 363 Injurious Deposits, New York Harbor,  regulations to prevent, amended 360 Ink and Ink Powders, etc.,  duty on 510 Inland Waters,  rules to prevent collisions at sea extended to 672 Inquiries and Investigations, Senate,  appropriation for 165, 583, 767 Insane Asylum, (see Government Hospital for the Insane), Insane, D. C.,  appropriation for support 259, 761 Insects, Dried,  duty on, drugs, refined, etc. 509  on free list, crude 540 Insertings,  duty on flax, etc. 530 Inspector-Generals Department, Army,  appropriation for pay of officers; longevity 234, 655    vacancies to be filled from the line 234   for expert accountant 236, 657  to annually inspect Volunteer Soldiers’ Homes, etc. 412 Inspector-General’s Office,  appropriation for clerks, etc 187, 788 Inspector of Buildings, D. C.,  appropriation for, assistants 244, 745  certificate from, as to fire escapes, etc., required before licensing business in buildings 810 Inspector of Furniture, etc., Public Buildings,  appropriation for 389, 930 Inspectors, Indian,  appropriation for pay; expenses 288, 878 Inspectors of Customs, Acting,  to be paid from permanent appropriations 391 Inspectors of Hulls and of Boilers,  districts attached to; salaries 699  assistants, salaries, etc. 699  error corrected 843 Inspectors, Post-Office,  appropriation Sor 106, 693 Instruction Pay, Diplomatic, etc., Officers,  appropriation for 142, 816 Instruments, Professional,  on free list, of immigrants, etc. 543 Insurance Companies,  classes of, excepted from income tax 557 Insurance Premiums, Fire,  deductions from income tax for 971 Intercontinental Railway Commission,  appropriation for printing, etc., survey 145  deficiency appropriation for salaries of commissioners 424 1333 Intercourse Acts (Indian),  appropriation for punishing violations of, etc. 414, 955 Interest and Sinking Fund, D. C.,  appropriation for 258, 760 Interior Department,  appropriation for Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc. 193, 793   for clerks, etc., office of the Assistant Attorney-General; expenses land inspector 193, 794   for Commissioner, General Land Office, assistant, clerks, etc 193, 794   for mine inspectors 194, 795   for Commissioner of Indian Affairs, assistant, clerks, etc 194, 795    report on moneys due Cherokee to be made 795   for Commissioner of Pensions, deputies, clerks, etc 194, 796    retention of ex-soldiers, etc. 796   for Commissioner of Patents, assistant, clerks, etc. 195, 797   for Commissioner of Education, clerks, etc 196, 798   for Commissioner of Railroads, clerks, etc 197, 798   for Architect of the Capitol, clerk, draftsman, etc 197, 798   for Director of Geological Survey, clerks, etc 197, 799   for contingent expenses 197, 799   for stationery; books 197, 799   for rent 197, 799   for postage stamps 198, 799   for surveyors-general and their clerks 198, 799   for pensions 113, 703   for civil expenses under 393, 935   for repairs to buildings 393, 935   for Capitol 393, 935   for public lands 393, 936   for commission to negotiate with civilized Indians 939   for Geological Survey 398, 939    examination of stone contracts, Library Building 940   for Supreme Court reports 398, 940   for Government Hospital for Insane 399, 940   for Columbia Deaf and Dumb Institution 399, 941   for Howard University 399, 941   for education in Alaska 399, 941   for reindeer for Alaska 399, 941   for Official Register of the United States 941   for printing and binding 419, 960  deficiency appropriation for repairs, roof 17   for Pension office 18, 638, 857   for public lands 18, 438, 478, 482, 858, 870, 872, 875   for Eleventh Census 18, 439, 858   for Indian Department 42, 439, 479, 483, 486, 487, 858, 872, 875   for postage 59   for repairs, etc., Capitol 59   for General Land Office 60   for printing and binding 94   for contingent expenses 438, 872   for rent, Patent Office model exhibit, etc 438   for lighting Capitol and grounds 438   for Geological Survey 439, 478, 482, 638, 858   for stationery 482   for pension investigations 482   for pensions 484, 873  deficiency appropriation for Charles E. Monroe 857   for John H. Cradlebaugh 857   for photolithographing, etc., issues of patents 857   for Capitol grounds 857   for sale, etc., abandoned reservations 872  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Interior Department 206  assistant Secretary to act on board to consider bids for supplies, Executive Departments 34  extra copies of public lands and pensions decisions 969  extra rates for surveying public lands in Montana, etc. 638  distribution of documents by, repealed; census reports 611  modification of Eleventh Census publications 60  office of Eleventh Census abolished 857   completion of work; employees, etc. 857   unexpended balances available 858  office of superintendent of documents to be abolished 611  opening bids for supplies 33 Interior Department, Auditor for (see Auditor for the Interior Department), Internal Commerce,  printing report on, authorized; distribution 616 Internal Revenue.,  appropriation for Commissioner, deputy, clerks, etc 177, 778   for increase force, income tax 778   for stamp agent, etc 177, 779   for salaries, collectors, etc., 180 782   for expenses tobacco and sugar inspection, etc., limit 180   for expenses tobacco, etc., inspection; limit 782   for additional deputies, income tax 782   for agents, surveyors, etc. 181, 782   for additional agents, income tax 782   for solicitor 202, 803   for paper for stamps, etc., 388 929   for punishing violations of, laws 388, 929   for additional force collecting 508   for deputy collectors, Chinese exclusion 575, 581  deficiency appropriation for salaries of agents, etc. 427, 477, 482, 870   for additional agents 637   for collectors 477, 848, 870   for additional deputy collectors 637   for refunding taxes illegally collected 477, 482, 874   for punishing violation of laws 848  accounts to be examined by Auditor for, Treasury Department 206  allowance for sugar bounty, etc., expenses 845  additional agents to examine sugar bounty claims 934  certificates of residence to issue to Chinese by collectors 7  tax on incomes, provisions 553  return of income tax for 1894 postponed to April 15, 1895 971  stamp tax on playing-cards 560  tax on distilled spirits increased to $1.10 a gallon 563   collection, etc. 563  storekeepers, etc., traveling, etc., allowance 567 1334  storekeepers’ and gangers’ duties; bonds 567  gaugers’ duties 567  gauging, etc., rectified spirits 567  refusal to approve bonds of certain persons as distillers 568  fortifying pure sweet wines 568  tobacco manufacturers described; sales, etc. 568 Internal Revenue, Commissioner of,  appropriation for, deputy, etc. 177, 778   for clerks, income-tax accounts, etc. 778   for stamp agent, etc. 177, 779  deficiency appropriation for increased clerical force, etc. 637  to prescribe rules for paying sugar bounty 934 Internal-Revenue, Laws,  appropriation for punishing violations of 388, 929  deficiency appropriation for punishing violations 848 International Agreement for Reporting, etc., Derelicts,  President authorized to make, in North Atlantic Ocean 13 International Boundary Commission, Mexican,  convention extending time of 1213  use of proceeds from sales, for expenses 874 International Bureau, for Suppression of Slave Trade, ’  deficiency appropriation for expenses 424 International Bureau of Weights and Measures,  appropriation for contribution 144, 819 International Bureau, Publication of Customs Tariffs,  appropriation for contribution 144, 819 International Catalogue of Exports and Imports,  appropriation for completing 151, 825 International Committee on Weights and Measures,  appropriation for expenses of American member 178, 780 International Copyright,  proclamation extending, benefits to subjects of Denmark 1219   Portugal 1222 International Exchanges,  appropriation for expenses 384, 924 International Exposition, California Midwinter,  admission of articles for, duty free, etc. 1  employment of foreign contract labor 1 International Geodetic Association,  appropriation for contribution 381, 922   for expenses of American delegate 381  delegates to be appointed 587 International Industrial Property Bureau,  appropriation for share of United States 196, 798 International Law Digest, Supplement of,  appropriation for executors of Francis Wharton 933 International, Monetary Conference,  delegates authorized to any, to establish ratio of gold and silver money, and free coinage 962   selection by President, Senate and House; vacancies 962  appropriation for expenses 962 International Union of American Republics,  appropriation for; use of receipts 151, 825  appropriation for publications; report on continuance 418  deficiency appropriation for bureau 843 Interpreters,  appropriation for, legations 142, 817   for consulates 149, 824 Interpreters, Indian,  appropriation for pay 288, 878  deficiency appropriation for pay 872 Interstate Commerce,  carrying condemned meats in, prohibited; penalties 732  issuing interchangeable 5,000-mile tickets authorized 643  rates to be filed; penalty for violations 643  punishment for sending lottery tickets, etc. 963 Interstate Commerce Commission,  appropriation for Commissioners; secretary 387, 928   for expenses 387, 928  deficiency appropriation for expenses 430  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc. Departments 207  salaries of Commissioners to be paid monthly 210  duties of, 5,000-mile interchangeable tickets 643  opening bids for supplies 33  printing annual report, authorized; distribution 614 Interstate Fair, Tacoma, Wash.,  articles for admission at, may be admitted free of duty 224  exhibits at World’s Fail etc., may be removed to, without paying duty 224  sale of exhibits; duties to be paid, etc. 224  temporary employment of foreign laborers 224  transfer of imported articles to Portland  Exposition 600 Intoxicating Drinks,  punishment for sale, etc., of, in Indian Territory 697 Intoxicating Liquors, D. C.,  licenses forbidden to places within 400 feet of schools, etc. exceptions 76  oaths before excise board; penalty for perjury 76  two witnesses not required for informations 76  assistant assessors, to constitute excise board 285 Invalid Pensions,  appropriations for 113, 703 Inventors, World’s Fair,  diplomas to, producing exhibits awarded medals 575 Invoices,  details required in tobacco 522  values of foreign money as appears in Treasury circular to govern 552   reliquidation in certain cases 552 Inwood, Mich.,  public lands granted to, for cemetery 88 Iodine,  on free list, crude, etc. 541 Iodoform,  duty on 510 Iowa,  appropriation for establishing fish hatchery 386 1335  fish-cultural station to be established without awaiting consent of State 638  regimental flag to be returned 588 Iowa and Nebraska Pontoon Bridge Company,  may bridge Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa 45, 681  termination of rights 46 Iowa Indian, Reservation, Okla.,  additional entries allowed certain homestead settlers 37 Iowa Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 293, 883  for per capita; distribution of sale of lands 293, 883   deficiency appropriation for fulfilling treaties 484 Iowa Indians, Kans.,  negotiations with Otoes and Missouria tribe for lands to allot to 902  selection of other lands 902  allotments 902  lands to be paid for from trust funds 902 Iowa River, Iowa,  declared not navigable between Toolsboro and Wapello 356 Ipecac,  on free list 541 Ireland, Manuel A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Iridium,  on free list 541 Iron,  duty on ore 515   pigs, kentledge, spiegeleisen, ferromanganese, ferro-silicon, and scrap 515   round 515   slabs, blooms, loops, etc. 515   bars, blooms, billets, etc., made by charcoal 515   bar; flats, round, and square 515   structural 515   boiler or other plate 515   skelp, sheared, etc. 515   forgings; minimum 515   hoop, band or scroll 515   railway bars; T rails; punched flat rails 515   sheets 516   sheets, plates, etc., galvanized, etc. 516   sheet, polished, planished, or glanced 516   plate, sheets, etc., cleaned, cold rolled, etc., not polished 516   sheets, coated with tin or lead; effect 516   wire 517    no reduction of duty on account of rust, etc. 517   manufactures 517    cast iron 518    cutlery 518    firearms 518    nails, etc. 518    plates 518    saws 518    screws, etc. 518    andirons, sadirons, etc 518   on free list, chromate of 539    sulphate of 539    cotton ties 539    sulphuret of 545 Irondequoit Bay, N. Y.,  preliminary exanimation of, to be made 366 Irrigation,  appropriation for investigating, for agriculture 271, 735  appropriation for expenses, Indian reservations 305, 900  grant of public lands to States for 422 Irvine, John E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Isinglass,  duty on 510 Isolated Tracts, Public Lands,  sales authorized; conditions 687 Istle,  duty on cable, etc. 529  on free list, binding twine 538   unmanufactured 540 Italian Cloth,  duty on wool, etc. 530 Italy,  appropriation for ambassador 141, 815   for secretary of embassy 142, 816 Ives, E. M.,  military record corrected 1004 Ivory,  duty on manufactures of, not specified 536  on free list, sawed, etc 541 Ivory, Vegetable,  duty on manufactures of, not specified 536 “J. Nickerson,” Schooner,  deficiency appropriation for collision with U. S. S. “Dolphin” 437 Jack, John A.,  granted honorable discharge 1001 Jackson, Lennes A.,  refund to 985 Jackson, Robert,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Jackson, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 475 Jacksons Creek, Va.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Jacksonville, Fla.,  terms of court 117 Jacobs, Aaron,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Jacobs, Ralph,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Jacobson, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Jail, D. C.,  appropriation forwarden 203, 760  for expenses 760  half of expenses to be paid from District revenues 417 Jails, United States,  appropriation for repairs 414 Jalap,  on free list 541 “James H. Hamlen,” Barkentine,  granted American register 643 James, Henry,  may enter lot, Hot Springs Reservation, Ark 1004 James River, Va.,  appropriation for improving 349  for protecting Jamestown Island 349 Janitors, Public Buildings,  appropriation for pay 389, 930  deficiency appropriation for 15, 426, 478, 870 Jansen, William H.,  title of certain land released to legal representatives 991 Japan,  appropriation for minister 141, 815   for secretary of legation 142, 816   for second secretary 142, 817 1336  appropriation for interpreter to legation 142, 817   for rent of legation buildings, etc. 143, 817   for interpreters at consulates 149, 824   for marshals, consular courts 150, 824   for keeping, etc., prisoners 150, 824 Jasmine or Jasmine Oil,  on free list 542 Jefferson City Bridge and ’transit Company,  may bridge Missouri River at Jefferson City, Mo 80  may change construction of bridge across Missouri River 601 Jefferson City, Mo.,  construction of bridge authorized across Missouri River at 80   construction may lie changed 601 Jekyl Creek, Ga.,  appropriation for improving 351 Jellies,  duty on 524 Jennings, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Jenni son, George,  deficiency appropriation for 866 Jensen, James D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Jerusalem,  appropriation for consul at 146, 821 Jet,  duty on manufactures of 535   trimmings, etc. 536  on free list, unmanufactured 541 Jewelry,  duty on, not specified 534 Jewels, Watch, etc.,  on free list 539 Jewett, George H.,  payment to 1002 Jewett, T. Carlos,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Jicarilla Agency,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287 Jocko Reservation, Mont.,  appropriation for Indian school 310 Johnson, Frank,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 459 Johnson, J. E.,  deficiency appropriation for services 448 Johnson, John E.,  may accept medal from Spain 990 Johnson, Jens,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Johnson, Wells,  pension increased 989 Joint Commission of Congress,  filling vacancies 211  two clerks may be paid for extra services 211 Joists,  duty on iron or steel 515 Jones, Abram D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Jones, James.,  pension 1044 Jones, Justus Boyd,  appropriation for hen’s of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Jones, McLain,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Jones, Ray W.,  approval of lease to, Indian lands, Minn 1018 Jones, Richard,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 452 Jones, W. C.,  deficiency appropriation for 442 Jordan, Arthur H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Jordan, David Clark,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Joseph’s Band, Nez Perces Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 303, 892 Joss Stick or Light,  on free list 541 Joule,  established as unit of electrical work; definition 102 Journals, Senate and House of Representatives,  number to Ire printed; distribution 609 Joy, Charles F.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 448 Joynes, R. C.,  may accept medal, etc., from Spain 990 Judge-Advocate-Generals Department, Army,  appropriation for pay of officers; longevity 234, 656 Judge-Advocate-General’s Office, War Department,  appropriation for clerks, etc. 187, 788 Judge-Advocate-General’s Office, Navy,  appropriation for clerks, etc. 190, 791 Judges (see United States Courts), Judgments,  deficiency appropriation for, against District of Columbia 432, 852   for paying, Court of Claims 450, 868   for paying, United States courts 476, 868   for paying, Indian depredation claims 476, 869 Judgments, United States Courts,  record in county court not required if clerk keeps open judgment record 814 Judicial Expenses (see also United States Courts),  appropriation for 203, 956 Juglandium Oil,  on free list 542 Juices,  on free list, lemon, lime, etc. 541 Junction City and Fort Riley Rapid Transit Street Railway Company,  time extended for right of way, Fort Riley Reservation, Kans 38 Juniper Oil,  on free list 542 Junk,on free list, old 541 Jurors, United States Courts,  appropriation for fees 416 957  deficiency appropriation for fees 61, 443, 478, 486, 639, 861 Jury Trials, D. C.,  actions exceeding $20, entitled to 668 Justices of the Peace, D. C.,  jurisdiction extended to suits not exceeding 8300 668   cases excepted 668  exclusive jurisdiction up to $100 668  concurrent with supreme court between 8100 and $300 668  jury trial if more than $20 involved 668  limit of appeals 668  issuing writs of attachment 669  service; notice, etc. 669  order of publication, substitute for personal service 669  replevin; declaration; affidavit, etc 670   proceedings; damages, etc. 670 1337  proceedings when property attached is claimed by another party, or to be exempt 671  duty of constable 671  rules and forms to be made by supreme court 671  inconsistent laws repealed 671  landlord and tenant jurisdiction unchanged 671 Jute,  duty on, yarn 529   carpets 529   laces, edgings, etc. 530   manufactures, not specified 530  on free list, cotton bagging 537   jute butts 540   wastes 540 Kainite.,  on free list 541 Kaiser, Joseph,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Kalamazoo River, Mich,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366  survey of, ordered 969 Kalbfus, Thomas 13,  deficiency appropriation for services 449 Kanagawa,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823   for prison expenses 150, 824 Kane, Bernard J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Kansas and, Arkansas Valley Railway Company,  time extended for right of way across Indian Territory 86 Kansas City, Ma,  appropriation for public building 373, 911  contracts authorized for construction 373  time extended for constructing bridge across Missouri River between Sibley and 45 Kansas City, Pittsburg and, Gulf Railroad Company,  time extended for building road, Indian Territory 744 Kansas Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 293, 883  for support, etc., of 302, 892 Kansas Judicial District,  terms of court, Wichita 806  Fort Scott 806 Kansas, Oklahoma, Central and Southwestern Railway Company,  granted right of way through Oklahoma and Indian Territories 22 Kansas River,  dam across, in Shawnee County, authorized 27 Kaolin,  duty on 512 Karge, Maria T. (widow),  pension 1039 Kaskaskia, Peoria, Wea, and Piankeshaw Indians,  deficiency appropriation for fulfilling treaties 484 Katz, Constant,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 454 Kaufman, Martin,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Kawkawlin River, Mich,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Kearney, Francis,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Kearney, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 “Kearsarge,” U. S. S.,  appropriation for reclaiming wreck of; proviso 39  new battleship to be named 841 Keefe, Timothy,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Kehl,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Knightley, William, M.,  deficiency appropriation for 446 Keleher, Robert M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Kelleher, Patrick,  granted honorable discharge 1002 Kelleher, Robert M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Keller, Charles,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Kellerman, August, G.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Kelley, Edward P.,  deficiency appropriation for 442 Kelley, John,  deficiency appropriation for 867 Kelley, Timothy,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 468 Kelly, John.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Kelly, Thomas A.  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Kelp,  on free list 541 Kelton, Josephine P. (widow),  pension 1032 Kenesaw Arenite Sewer, D. C.,  appropriation for constructing; contracts 749 Kennebec River, Me,  appropriation for improving 346   for range lights, etc. 915  lights, ranges, and fog signals established at Doubling Point, Ames Ledge, Perkins Island, Squirrel Point, and Ram Island 636 Kennedy, Bert W.,  deficiency appropriation for 866 Kennedy, R. B.,  appropriation for payment to representatives of 885 Kenosha, Wis,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 345 Kentledge,  duty on iron 515 Kentucky River, Ky,  appropriation for improving 354 Kepford, Susannah (widow),  pension 1042 Kerr, Hon. James, Clerk of the House of Representatives,  deficiency appropriation for services contested-elections testimony 449, 867 Kewaunee, Wis.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 345  fog signal established 227  appropriation for 227 Keweenaw Point, Mich,  appropriation for water communication across 356 Key West, Fla.,  appropriation for naval station, coal shed 131   for improvement of harbor 342 1338  appropriation for quarantine station 392, 934  deficiency appropriation for quarantine station 17 Keyport, N. J.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 341 Kiekapoo Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 293, 883   for payment to citizen, etc. 293   for support, etc., of 302, 892 Kiekapoo Indians, Kans.,  sale of surplus lands in Brown County, authorized 909   conditions; sales to Indians 909  appropriation for expenses, reimbursable 910  allotment to children 910 Kid Gloves,  duty on, glace finish 535  grain surface removed 535 Kiernan, Robert N.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Kiernan, Thomas F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Kieserite,  on free list 541 Kilroy, John,  deficiency appropriation for 426 King, H. H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 King, Henrietta L.,  deficiency appropriation for judgment against District of Columbia 852 King, John W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 King, Robert F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 459 King, Thomas N.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Kingfisher, Okla.,  allowance to postmaster 671 Kingston, Canada,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Kingston, Jamaica,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Kinn, Matthew,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Kiowa, Agency, Okla.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 877 Kiowa Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 289, 879  for support, etc., of 301, 891 Kirby, T. B.,  deficiency appropriation for services 865 Kirkpatrick, Morris,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 476 Kirkwood, Jonathan,  real estate purchased by, released from forfeiture 1038 Kirschwasser,  duty on 525 Klamath, Agency, Oreg.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877  for support, etc., of Indians at 302, 892 Klamath Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of Klamath Agency 302, 892 Klein, Conrad,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Klein, Peter B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 468 Klentzin, Theodore F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Knapp, Francis J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 459 Knarr, J. Frederick,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Knerr, Nicholas C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Knight, Richard R. (son),  pension 1035 Knights of Pythias,  permits to use Monument grounds, etc., at conclave 576 Knights of Pythias, Supreme Lodge,  incorporated; powers 96 Knives,  duty on penknives, etc 518  table and carving 518 Knit Fabries,  duty on woolen, etc 530, 532 Knitting Machines,  duty on needles for 519 Koehler, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Koerber, George C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Kollock, John, jr.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Kongo,  appropriation for commercial agent at Boma 147 Kootenai River, Idaho,  survey of, directed 370 Kootenai River, Mont.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Korea,  appropriation for minister resident and consul-general 141, 816   for secretary of legation 142, 816   for interpreter to legation 142, 817   for interpreters at consulates 149, 824   for marshals, consular courts 150, 824   for keeping, etc., prisoners 150, 824 Kormann, Fred,  land patent to 1046 Koschmieder, Heiman,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Kozaak, Vincent,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 454 Kramer, Theodore,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Kraus, Godfrey,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 465 Krelle, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Krey, Frank F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Kryolite,  on free list 539 Kuehn, Gustave A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Kuelzow, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Kurt, Louis N.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Kyanite.,  on free list 541 Lu Abra Mining Company,  deficiency appropriation for expenses, Mexican claims 19 La Camas, Wash.,  time extended for constructing bridge across Columbia River at 101 La Crosse, Wis.,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 369 1339 La Guayra,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 La Pointe Agency, Wis.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 La Rubula, Convent of,  exhibit in, transferred to Columbian Museum, Chicago 848 La Tourette, James A. M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to executrix of 474 La Trappe River, Md.,  appropriation for improving 348 Labor, Commissioner of,  appropriation for, clerks, etc. 203, 804   for investigating effects of machinery on labor 590  may be directed to act as Superintendent of Census 3   compensation 3  modifications to be made in Eleventh Census publications 60  to investigate work and wages of women and children 587  to investigate and report on liquor problem 804  to publish bulletin on condition of labor 805  printing report of, authorized; distribution 614 Labor, Convict,  importing goods made by, prohibited 552 Labor Day,  made a public holiday 96 Labor, Effects of Machinery on,  appropriation for investigating 590 Laborers, Alien Contract,  temporary employment of, Atlanta Exposition 967   California Midwinter Exposition 1   Interstate Fair 224   Portland Exposition 600   Prize Winners’ Exposition 9 Laborers, Chinese,  entitled to remain in United States to obtain certificates 7  deportation on failure to procure 7  definition of 8  convention prohibiting immigration of 1210 Lae Dye,  on free list, crude, etc. 541 Lav Spirits,  on free list 541 Laces,  duty on flax, etc. 530   wool, etc. 531   silk, etc. 532  on free list, of straw, etc., for hats 588 Lacings, Shoe, Corset, etc.,  duty on, cotton, etc. 529 Lactarine,  on free list 541 Lady Managers, World’s Fair, Board of,  to confer diplomas upon designers, inventors, and expert artisans 575 Lahancka, Joseph,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Lahn,  on free list 545 Lake, Alonzo,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Lake Comity, Colo.,  appropriation for fish-culture station 387  purchase of water rights, etc., for fish hatchery authorized 17 Lake Erie,  engineer board to report on canal to connect Ohio River and 355 Lake Superior,  appropriation for waterway from Keweenaw Bay 356  for survey of canal to connect Mississippi River and; proviso 357  preliminary examination of mouth of Iron River, Wis., to be made 369 Lake Union, Wash.,  appropriation for improving waterway to Puget Sound 360  survey, etc., of waterway from Puget, Sound to be made 948 Lake Washington, Wash.,  appropriation for improving waterway to Puget Sound 360  survey, etc., of waterway from Puget Sound to be made 948 Lake Winnebagoshish Band, Pillager India ns,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 289 Lakeman, Joseph T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Lakes,  appropriation for survey, etc., Northern and Northwestern 405, 950 Lakes,  duty on, not specified 511 Lakes, The Great,  appropriation for revenue steamer 378, 919   for improving channel between Chicago, Duluth, and Buffalo 947   for commission on deep-water communication to the Atlantic 950  rules for preventing collisions on 645  steam revenue cutter for, authorized 6 Lumarche, George S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Lame,  on free list 545 Lame, William R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Lampblack,  duty on 510 Lampe, Alexius,  payment of Court of Claims judgment, to 471 Lamy, Henry B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Lancewood,  on free list, rough, etc. 546 Land Court (see Court of Private Land Claims), Land Grants to Railroads,  appropriation for surveying, etc., reimbursement 395, 938 Laud Grants to Railroads, Forfeited,  extension of time for settlers on, to purchase 15 Lind Offices (see also Public Lands),  appropriation for contingent expenses 393, 936 Laud Patents,  may be engrossed, etc., by typewriters 807 Land Scrip,  patents to issue for certain valid locations made by 84 Landlord, and Tenant, D. C.,  jurisdiction of justices of the peace unchanged in, cases 671 Lands, etc.,  appropriation for custody of 390, 931  deficiency appropriation for care, etc. 426 Lands in Severalty to Indians,  appropriation for surveying reservations and completing allotments 900   for allotting, etc. 304 1340  appropriation for survey and allotting 900    leases permitted by aged, etc. Indians 305, 900    actions authorized for allotments alleged to be unlawfully denied 305   for survey and allotment of 300  deficiency appropriation for surveys and allotments 42, 439  allotment to Confederated Otoes and Missourias 84   Southern Utes 677   Uncompaghres 336 Lands, Public (see Public Lands), Lane, Amanda J. (sister),  pension 1008 Lane, Edward M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Lane, James,  pension increased 1004 Lane, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Lang, Daniel,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Langford, William G.,  appropriation for release of lands, Idaho 332 Lansburg, Max,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 452 Laporte, Houston and Northern Railroad Company,  may bridge Galveston Bay at Virginia Point, Tex 641   Clear Creek, Tex 641   Buffalo Bayou, Houston, Tex 641 Lapwai Indian Reservation,  agreement for cession of unallotted lands 326   ratified 331  appropriation for purchase; distribution 331   for heirs of William G. Langford 332   depredation claims not to be deducted 332  disposal of ceded lands; price 332   survey, mills, etc. 332  examination of claims of scouts 332 Laramie County, Wyo.,  bridges on abandoned military reservation donated to 91 Lard,  duty on 524 Larsen August E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 471 Last Blocks,  on free list 546 Laths,  on free list 546 Latour, Charles J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 460 Latter-Day Saints, Church of, Utah,  personal property restored to, for charitable uses 980 Laudanum,  duty on 510 Laugel, Edward B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Laughlin, Alexander M.,pension 1044 “Laurada,” Steamer,  American register granted to “Empress,” and name changed to 626 Lautemann, Henry J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Lara,  on free list, unmanufactured 541 Lava Tips,  duty on, for burners 513 Lavender Oil,  on free list 542 Lavin, John F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Law Clerks, Treasury Department,  to perform clerical duties, offices of Comptroller and Auditors 777 Lawlor, William M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Lawrence, Alexander B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 460 Lawrence, Kans.,  appropriation for Indian school, Haskell  Institute 810, 905 Laws of Congress,  number to be printed in slip form; distribution 609  printing of pamphlet copies of each session, authorized; distribution by Secretary of State 614   for distribution by Public Printer to Congress, etc. 615   additional copies for sale, etc. 615   to be legal evidence; contents 615  session, to be sent soldiers’ homes, etc. 159 Laws, D. C., Compilation of,  appropriation for services, William Stone Abert 759  sale and distribution of 759 Laws, Fifty-third Congress,  appropriation for editing, etc., first and second session 170   for third session 773 Leach, John B. (father),  pension 1041 Lead,  duty on acetate of, white 511   acetate of, brown 511   litharge 511   nitrate of 511   orange mineral 511   red 511   white, etc. 511   ore and dross 520   silver ore containing; assays 520   pig, refuse, scrap, etc. 520    from countries imposing export duty 520   in sheets, shot, wire, etc. 520 Lead Ores,  regulations for assaying, etc., imported lead ores to be prepared 933 Lead Pencils,  duty on 536 Leads,  duty on pencil, not in wood 536 Leaf River, Miss.,  appropriation for improving 352 League Island, Pa.,  appropriation for navy-yard 130 Leases by Indians,  allowed tribes, aged Indians, etc. 305 Leask, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Leather and Manufactures,  duty on sole 534   bend or belting, etc. 534   calfskins, etc., tanned 534   chamois, etc. 534   for bookbinders 534   skins for morocco 534   pianoforte 534   boots and shoes 534   cut into vamps, etc. 535   gloves 535   gloves, lined, additional 535 1341  duty on glove tranks 535   manufactures of, not specified 536 Leavenworth, Kans.,  appropriation for expenses, Volunteer Soldiers’Home 410, 953   use of posthumous fund 410 Leaves,  duty on refined, etc. 509  on free list, crude 540 Lea res of Absence,  appropriation for, Government Printing Office 420, 961  deficiency appropriation for Government Printing office 42, 94, 868  allowed Government Printing Office employees 604  pro rata, Record employees, etc. 604  allowance of pro rata, to former employees 868  pro rata, Government Printing Office to be based on current fiscal year 94  pro rata allowance for each fiscal year 868 Leddy, John J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Led num, Charles H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 452 Lee, Harry C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Lee, Henry W.,  payment to, for services to Winnebago Indians 1013 Lee, John J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Leech Dike Indian Reservation, Minn.,  right of way through, granted to Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railway Company 99   Northern Mississippi Railway Company 489   Saint Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway 112 Leeches,  on free list 541 Leeds,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Leeseburg, August,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Legal-Tender Notes, etc.,  may be taxed as money by States 278 Leghorn,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses (see also Department of Agriculture),  appropriation for legislative expenses 162, 764   for Senate 162, 764   for Capitol police 165, 767   for Congressional Directory 165, 767   for House of Representatives 165, 767   for Public Printer 168, 771   for Library of Congress 168, 771   for Botanic Garden 168, 772   for executive expenses 169 772   for compensation of the President 169, 772   for Vice-President 169, 772   for Executive Office 169, 772   for Civil Service Commission 169, 772   for Department of State 169, 773   for Treasury Department 170, 773    collecting internal revenue 180, 782    Independent Treasury 181, 782    mints and assay offices 183, 784    government in the Territories 185, 786   for War Department 186 787    public buildings and grounds 188, 790  appropriation for State, War, and Navy Department building 189, 790   for Navy Department 189, 790   for Interior Department 193, 793    surveyors-general 198, 799   for Post-Office Department 199, 801   for Department of Justice 202, 803   for Department of Labor 203, 804   for judicial excises 203, 805   for United States courts 203, 805   for Court of Claims 205, 806  rate of pay, assistant, messengers, etc. 205, 807  persons having $2,500 salary not to hold any other office; exception 205   not applicable to retired officers in certain eases 205  engrossing, etc., land patents by typewriters permitted 807  duplicating land reports to be prevented 807  offices in General Land Office abolished 807  designations of Auditors changed; deputies 205  certain offices of the Treasury abolished 205  Comptroller of the Treasury created; duties 205   assistant to be appointed; duties 205  duties assigned to Auditors 206  forms of accounts to be prescribed by Comptroller 206  return of consular fees to be prescribed by Comptroller 206  settlement of particular accounts may be ordered by Comptroller 206  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206   auditor for War Department 206   auditor for Interior Department 206    duties of Second Comptroller repealed 206    public lands returns 207   auditor for Navy Department 207   auditor for State and other Departments 207   auditor for Post-Office Department 207  balances certified by Auditors conclusive; revision 207   suspension and reexamination 207  certificate of differences by Comptroller, etc. 208  accepting payment under Auditor’s settlement; revising items 208  rules for issuing warrants 208  vouchers, etc., to be kept by Auditors 208  original or modified construction of law by Auditor to be passed upon by Comptroller 208  certifying balances repealed 208  appeals to First Comptroller repealed 208  provisions of statutes transferred to newly designated officers 208  Division of Bookkeeping and Warrants created; functions 208   duties of Register and Auditors repealed 208  duties to be performed by Register 208  requisitions and warrants 209   record of warrants by Register repealed 209  sending monthly and quarterly accounts 209   delinquencies; disapproval of requisitions; action of Secretary 209   rules, etc., prompt rendition required 209 1342  advances require order by President in ease of delays by administrative departments 209    by Secretary of Treasury in absence, etc., of President 807   not applicable to postal returns 209  annual report of delinquencies to be made by Secretary 209   delinquent report by Comptroller repealed 209  extending time to render accounts repealed 209  examination of judicial accounts 210  salaries to be paid monthly to judges, etc. 210  double examinations by Auditors 210  certificates for unpaid drafts; transcripts from records 210  transcripts, etc., to be authenticated by Secretary or Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury 809  filing contracts 210  customs accounts 210   oaths of customs officers to be sent Secretary of Treasury 807   manifests of vessels from foreign ports to be sent Auditor for Treasury Department; exception 808  settlement of accounts pending October 1, 1894 210  regulations, etc., to be prepared; settled claims; effect; repeal 210  extra pay for two clerks, Joint Commission of Congress 211  filling vacancies in Joint Commission 211  filing and renewal of official bonds 807  regulations for coal and wood purchases 808  annual estimates to state condition of work, etc. 808  annual report of employees, etc., in Departments repealed 808 Lehnert, August,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 460 Leipsic,  apportion for consul at 147, 821  for clerk hire 149, 823 Leith,appropriation for consul at 146, 820  for clerk hire 149, 823 Lemhi Agency, Idaho,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877  for support, etc., of Indians at 302, 892 Lemon, Grass Oil,  on free list 542 Lemon Juice,  on free list 541 Lemon Oil,  on free list 542 Lemon Peel,  duty on 524  on free list, not prepared 542 Lemonade,  on free list 542 Lemons,  duty on 524  boxes, etc., containing; deductions 524 Lenses,  duty on glass or pebble 514 Letter Balances, etc., Postal Service,  appropriation for 105, 691 Letter Carriers,  appropriation for free delivery, postal service 104, 691  deficiency appropriation for 481, 873  payment of judgment of Court of Claims to, extra pay under eight-hour law 452 Letter-Engraving Machine, etc.,  appropriation for purchase of Ourdan and Kolb 125 Letter Sheets, Stamped,  appropriation for manufacture; distribution 106 Levans, Mary (widow),  pension 1025 Levisa Fork, Big Sandy River, Ky.,  appropriation for improving 354 Levin, Herman,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Lewis, Lucius R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Lewis River, Wash.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Lewis, Richard H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Lewiston, Me.,  deficiency appropriation for public building 428 Lexington Bridge and Terminal Company,  may bridge Missouri River at Lexington, Mo 120 Lexington, Mo.,  construction of bridge authorized across Missouri River at 120 Lexington, Okla.,  bridge across South Canadian River authorized at 225 Lexington, Va.,  payment to Washington College 1039 Liberia,  appropriation for minister resident and consul-general 141, 816 Libraries, Public,  on free list, books, etc., for 538 Library of Congress,  appropriation for Librarian, assistants 168, 771   for purchase of books, etc. 168, 771   for contingent expenses 168, 772   for copyright expenses 168, 772   for catalogue 168   for construction of building for; contracts 419, 959    tunnel to Capitol to be constructed 959   for printing and binding 420, 960   for additional clerks 582, 771  deficiency appropriation for laborer, law library 62  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207  report on reorganization to be made; law library 772  examination of rescinded contracts for stone, new building 940  on free list, books, etc., for 538  privileges extended to District judiciary 577  report on tunnel to convey books, etc., to the Capitol 419 License of Vessels,  bonds for, abolished 625  employment in trade violating revenue laws prohibited 625  affidavit of master, etc. 625  provisions for yachts; penalties 625 Licenses, D. C.,  for hotels, etc., to be refused unless building has fire escapes, etc., certificate 810 1343 Lichens,  duty oil, refined, etc 509  on free list, crude 540 Licking River, Ky.,  preliminary examination of ice harbor to be made 365 Licorice,  duty on extracts of 510  on free list, root, unground 541 Liege,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Liens, United States Courts,  record not required in county courts, etc., if clerk keeps open judgment record 814 Lieutenant General, Army,  grade revived; appointment 968 Life-Saving Service,  appropriation for Superintendent, assistant, etc. 178, 779   for superintendents 377, 918   for keepers 377, 919   for crews, expenses, etc 377, 919   for new stations 378, 919  deficiency appropriation for 479, 483, 485, 849   for widow of J. W. Etheridge 427   for Cahoons Hollow, Mass 849  station established, Boston Harbor, Mass., at City Point 672  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206  Atlantic and Gulf stations to be open ten months 225  lake stations to be open during navigation 225  pay of surf men 225, 919  admission of members to marine hospitals 229  special hospitals, etc., not authorized 229  station established at Rocky Point, N.Y 491  transfer of Morris Island station to Sullivans Island, S. C 43 Life-Saving Testimonials,  appropriation for, to masters, etc., of foreign vessels 144, 818 Lifeboats, etc.,on free list, for lifesaving societies, etc. 541 Light-House Board,  appropriation for chief clerk, clerks, etc. 178, 779  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206  may lease ground for lights, beacons, etc. 377  to prescribe lights, etc., on bridge across Arkansas River at Van Buren, Ark 39   atchafalaya River, La 500   Back Bay, Biloxi, Miss 571   Bayou des Gillises, La 500   Buffalo Bayou, Tex 642   Caddo Lake, La 50   Calcasieu River, La 49   Chattahoochee River, Columbia, Ala 281   Clear Creek, Tex 642   Contentnea Creek, Grifton, N. C 490   Cross Bayou, La 50   Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pa 93   Fourche le Fevre River, Ark 641   Galveston Bay, Tex 642   Hudson River, New York City and New Jersey 90   Illinois River, Hennepin 111, 740   Little River, Morris Ferry, Ark 63   Mississippi River, Dubuque, Iowa 119    Hastings, Minn 98    Red Wing, Minn 77   to prescribe lights, etc., on bridge across Missouri River, De Witt, Mo 574    Jefferson City, Mo 81    Lexington, Mo 120    Sioux City, Iowa 46, 682   Monongahela River, Allegheny County, Pa 58    Belle Vernon, Pa 116    Homestead to Pittsburg, Pa 89    Monongahela City, Pa 739    Pittsburg, Pa 48, 73, 703   Neches River, Texas 35   Newark Bay, N. J 668   Osage River, Mo 572   Petit Jean River, Ark 641   Sabine River, La., and Tex 49    between Texas and Louisiana 35   Saint Croix River, Osceola, Wis 507   Saint Louis River, Conners Point, Wis., to Rices Point, Minn 66   Saint Louis River, Minn, and Wis 712    Wes tDuluth, Minn., to Superior, Wis 69   South Canadian River, Lexington,Okla 226    Noble, Okla 104    Oklahoma 644   Sulphur River, Ark 79    Arkansas or Texas 56   Tennessee River, Chattanooga, Tenn 29    Sheffield, Ala 708   Yellowstone River, Glendive, Mont 688  printing authorized 623 Light-House Establishment (see also Light-Houses, etc,),  appropriation for supplies 376, 917    lenses to be imported free 376, 917   for repairs, etc. 376, 917   for keepers salaries, etc. 376, 917   for expenses, light vessels 376, 917   for buoyage 376, 917   for fog signals 376, 918   for inspecting lights, etc. 376, 918   for lighting rivers 377, 918   for surveying sites, etc 377, 918  deficiency appropriation for buoyage 427, 479, 486   for supplies 427, 479, 486, 871   for light vessels 871   for Albert H. Stilwell and Charles Olsen 427   for F. R. Warner 427   for Peter Terrient 428   for San Luis Obispo, Cal 428   for Chandeleur, La 428   for Thomas G. Hayes 428   for keepers salaries 479   for fog signals 479   for repairs, etc. 483, 871 Light-Houses,  appropriation for 374, 915  balance of appropriation for Wolf Trap, available for Solomons Lump, Va 16 Light-Houses, Beacons, and Fog Signals,  appropriation for Boston Harbor, lightship 374, 915   for Staten Island depot 374, 917   for Bridgeport, Conn 374   for Baltimore, Md 374   for Hog Island, Va 374   for Grassy Point, Ohio 374   for Grassy Island, Mich 374, 916   for Seul Choix Pointe, Mich., fog signal 374    sum for range lights Saint Mary’s River available 374 1344  appropriation for Boston, Mass., range lights 374    light vessel authorized South Pass 375   for Tampa Bay, Fla 375   for oil houses 375, 917   for Two Bush Island, Me 375   for Absecon Inlet, N. J., buoy depot 375   for Cape May, N. J 375   for Salem Creek, N. J 375   for Mobile, Ala., ship channel 375   for Chandeleur, La 375   for Sandusky Bay, Ohio 375   for South Bass Island, Ohio 375   for Hay Lake Channel, St, Marys River 375   for Pere Marquette, Mich 375   for Big Bay Point, Mich 375   for Forty Mile Point, Mich 375   for Round Island, Mich 376   for Devils Island, Wis 376, 916   for Willamette River, Oreg 376   for Umpqua River, Oreg 376   for Cape Arago, Oreg 376   for North Head Cape Disappointment, Wash 376, 916   for Kewaunee, Wis., fog signal 227   for Butler Flats, Mass 915   for Spectacle Island, Mass 915   for Spring Point, Me 915   for Kennebec River, Me., range lights, etc 915   for Plum Beach, R. I 915   for New Haven, Conn., Southwest Ledge 916   for Lower Cedar Point, Md 916   for Smiths Point, Md 916   for Maumee Bay, Ohio, range lights 916   for Chequamegon Point, Wis 916   for Grand Marais, Minn., use of balance 916   for Eagle Harbor, Mich 916   for Squaw Point, Mich 916   for Grand Marais, Mich 916   for Mendota, Mich 916   for Portage Lake Canal, Mich 916   for Grays Harbor, Wash 916   for Umatilla Reef, Wash., lightship 916   for Tibbetts Point, N. Y 917   for Mobile, Ala., ship channel 917   for Manitowoc, Wis 917   for North Manitou, Mich 917   for Green Bay, Mich Plumb Island 917   for South Fox Island, Mich 917   for Sturgeon Bay Canal, Wis 917   for Sheboygan, Wis 917  established, Butler Flats, New Bedford, Mass 27   Boston, Mass., lightship 227   Galveston Harbor, Tex 626   Kennebec River, Me 636   Kewaunee, Wis., fog signal 227  deed to settle boundary Pemaquid Point, Me 82 Light Vessels,  appropriation for 374, 915   for expenses 376, 917  deficiency appropriation for expenses 871 Lighting, D. C.,  appropriation for expenses; maximum for street lamps 252, 751   for burners 252, 751  for electric lights; conditions 252, 751 Lighting of Rivers,  appropriation for 377, 918 Lightner, Isaiah,  deficiency appropriation for expenses 439 Lignum Vital,  on free list, rough, etc. 546 Lilly, Henry F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Lily of the Valley,  duty on 525 Lime,  duty on 512   borate of 509   artificial sulphate of 510  on free list, citrate of 541   chloride of 541   sulphate of, unground 543 Lime, Juice,  on free list 541 Lime Point Military Reservation, Cal.,  right of way through, to Sausalito, Cal 98 Limes,  duty on 524 Lillies, Oil of,  on free list 542 Limestone,  duty on undressed, not specified 514   dressed, not specified 514 Lincoln, Nebr.,  terms of court 221 Lincoln, Abraham,  tablet to be erected with dedication address of, Gettysburg Cemetery 652 Lincoln Institution, Philadelphia, Pa.,  appropriation for Indian pupils 310, 905 “Linda,” Bark,  granted American register 626 Linen,  duty on, collars and cuffs 530   shirts and wearing apparel 530 Linoleum,  duty on 529 Linseed,  duty on 523 Linseed Oil,  duty on 510 Liquor Adulterations,  appropriation for investigating; report 268, 731 Liquor Problem,  investigation of economic aspects of 804 Liquors,  duty on 525  punishment for sale, etc., of, in Indian Territory 697 Liquors, Intoxicating, D. C.,  assistant assessors to constitute excise board 285 Lisle, Hon. M. C., late, a Representative in Congress,  deficiency appropriation for child 448 Litharge,  duty on 511 Lithographed Plates,  duty on 519 Lithographic Prints,  duty on; exceptions 532  cigar labels 532  on free list, for colleges, libraries, etc 538 Lithographic Stones,  on free list; not engraved 541 Lithographing,  awarding contracts for 603 Litmus,  on free list 541 Little, Coal River, W. Va.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 369 1345 Little, Edward,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Little Harbor, N. H.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor of refuge 338 Little Kanawha River, W. Va.,  preliminary examination of locks, etc., to be made 869 Little Pedee River, S. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 Little Pigeon River, Tenn.,  appropriation for improving 354 Little Red River, Ark, and Mo.,  deficiency appropriation for 485 Little River, Ark.,  construction of bridge authorized across, at Morris Ferry 62   mode of constructing changed 634  time extended for bridging 634  preliminary examination of, to be made 364 Little River, La.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Little River, Mo.,  deficiency appropriation for 485 Little Rock and Pacific Railway Company,  maybe bridge Fourche le Fevre and Petit Jean rivers, Ark 640 Little Rock, Ark.,  appropriation for public building, addition 911  extension of public building authorized 506 Little, Sophia L.,  deficiency appropriation for interest, judgment or Court of Claims 452 Little Sodus Bay, N. Y.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 340 Little Wicomico River, Va.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Liverpool,  appropriation for consul at 145, 819  for clerk hire 149 823 Loadstones,  on free list 541 Lock, Julia E. (widow),  pension restored 1031 Lockman, Franklin N.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Locktuin, James E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Lockwood, Hylemau A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Lockwood, James,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Lockwoods Folly River, N. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 Locomotives,  duty on forgings of iron or steel for 517 Locust, William,  payment to, from Eastern Cherokee funds 1015 Loder, Frank P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Loftus, Frederick B.,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Logs,  on free list 545 Logwood,  duty on extracts of 510 Lohner, Valentine,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 London,  appropriation for secretary of embassy 142, 816   for second secretary 142, 816   for dispatch agent 143, 817   for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823 London, Canada,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Lindon Purple, duty on 511 Looking-Glass Plates,  duty on 514  framed, to pay duty on frames 514 Loonie, John F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 Ims Angeles, Cal.,  appropriation for public building 913 Loss by Exchange,  appropriation for diplomatic service 143, 817  for consulates 150, 825  deficiency appropriation for diplomatic service 477  for consular service 477, 875 Lotteries,  punishment for bringing tickets, etc., from abroad 963   causing advertisements 963  provisions of law applicable 963  powers of Postmaster-General extended to all letters etc 964 Lottery Tickets, etc.,  importing forbidden 549 Loughran, James V.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Lougking, Thomas P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Louisiana,  appropriation for surveyor-general, clerics 198, 800   for contingent expenses 198, 800   for retracing part of boundary 396  title to certain lands in, confirmed to heirs of Courtney Aim Claiborne 985 Louisville, Ky.,  condemned cannon granted, Encampment Grand Army of the Republic 973  sale of old customhouse and lot authorized 226 “Love, and Life,” Painting,  acceptance of, donated by G. F. Watts, artist 117  remission of duties 117 Lower Brule Agency, S. Dak.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 286, 876 Lower Cedar Point, Md.,  appropriation for reestablishing light station 916 Lower Machodoe Creek, Va.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 349 Lowrie, A. H.,  deficiency appropriation for expenses 844 Lubec Channel, Me.,  appropriation for improving 346 Lucas, Clifford,  deficiency appropriation for services 449 Luce, S. B., United, States Navy,  may accept decoration from King of Spain 1048 Ludington, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344  for fog signal at Pere Marquette light station 375 Luke, Mrs. E. S. (widow),  pension 1001 Lumber River, N. C. and S. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 Lunacy Writs, D. C.,  appropriation for expenses 258, 758 Lynch, James,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Lynch, Timothy H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 1346 Lynch, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Lynchburg, Va.,  appropriation for supervisors of election 417 Lynn, James,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 454 Lynn, Mass.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 338 Lyon, Hiram S.  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Lyon, Isaac,  special tax scrip certificates, D. C., to be issued to 244 Lyons,  appropriation for consul at 140, 820  for clerk hire 149, 823 Lyons Creek, Va.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Lyons, Hannah (daughter),  pension 982 Lyons, Michael H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Macaroni,  duty on 522 McBride, James D.,  to be furnished impressions of certain engravings, etc. 933 McBrien, Charles,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 McCandless, Stephen C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 McCarthy, Justin,  appropriation for, out of balance for drydock, Port Royal, S. C 130 McClernand, John A.,  pension 1044 McConnell, James,  granted honorable discharge 1026 McCorf, John W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 McCoy, J. G.,  deficiency appropriation for 426 McCoy, W. D.,  deficiency appropriation for widow, minister to Liberia 865 McCristal, E. J.,  deficiency appropriation for widow of 450 Me Dermott, Thomas J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 MacDonald, John A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 McDonald, Peter J.,  deficiency appropriation for services 450, 867 McDonnell, Francis J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 Mace,  on free list 544 Mace, Oil of  on free list 542 McEneaney, Thomas E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 McFadden, E. W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 McFall, Jay Hirst,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 McFecters, Robert,  appropriation for 262 McGee, James H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 471 McGee, Samuel W.,  deficiency appropriation for expenses 438 McGirr, Frank,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 469 McGlinn, Peter,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 McGowan, James A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 McGrath, Stephen,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 McGrew, John F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 McHenry, P. J.,  deficiency appropriation for services 865 Machias River, Me.,  survey of, directed 370 “Machias,” U. S. S.,  deficiency appropriation for improvements of 43 Machine Guns,  appropriation for purchase 242 Machinery,  for repair may lie imported duty free; bond, etc. 550 Machinery, Effects of, on Labor,  appropriation for investigating 590 McHugh, A. A., Jr.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 McIntyre, Dennis,  credit in postal accounts 1035 McIntyre, William F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 460 Mack, Alexander,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Mack, William D.,  allowance of salary during sick leave 1018 McKay, J. Martin,  deficiency appropriation for services 450 McKee, Andrew, alias Franklin,  pension increased 982 McKeever, Thomas,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 467 McKenna, Joseph,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Mackenzie, William A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Mackinac Island Military Reservation, Mich.,  transferred to Michigan for a State park 946 McLaughlin, J. H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 460 McLeer, James A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 McLeod, Walters,  credit in accounts 1007 McMahan, Miles B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 McMahon, Patrick J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 McMahon, Thomas C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 476 Macmaster, Donald,  deficiency appropriation for services 845 McMonagle, Daniel E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 McMullan, Joseph H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 McNally, James E. J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 McNally, James T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 McNamara, Daniel J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 454 McNamara, Thomas,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 McPhilliamy, J. H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Madden, Dermott M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 1347 Madden, William,  deficiency appropriation for 447, 868 Madden, William F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Madder,  on free list 541 Maqaan, Alexander P.,  granted honorable discharge 1023 Magazine Rifle,  appropriation for 242, 663 Magdeburg,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 “Maggie E. Wells,” Schooner,  payment to heirs, etc., of seamen of Netherlands steamer “Amsterdam” attempting to save crew of 992 Magic Lanterns,  duty on glass slides for 514 Magnesia,  duty on carbonate of 510   calcined 510   sulphate of 510  on free list, sulphate of 541  carbonate of 541 Magnesite,  on free list 541 Magnesium,  on free list 541 Magnets,  on free list 541 Maher, John J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460, 460 Mahogany,  on free list, rough, etc. 546 Maholm, John (father),  pension 1014 Mahon River, Del.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Mail Bag and Lock Repair Shop,  appropriation for expenses 105, 692 Mail Bags, Catchers, etc.,  appropriation for 105, 692 Mail Depredations,  appropriation for expenses; rewards 106, 693  for chief inspector, clerks, etc. 200, 802  deficiency appropriation for 445, 873  for fees, case against E. W. Keyes 863 Mail Locks and Keys, etc.,  appropriation for 105, 692 Mail Messenger Service,  appropriation for 105 692  deficiency appropriation for 446, 481, 863 Mad Transportation,appropriation for, star routes 105, 692  for steamboat routes 105, 692  for railroad routes 105, 692  for special facilities on trunk lines 106, 692  for foreign mails 106, 692  deficiency appropriation for, by railroad routes 445, 481, 485, 487, 863, 863, 873, 876  for star routes 481, 485, 487, 873, 876  for special facilities 876 Mails,  display of weather signals on cars, etc., carrying 274, 738  punishment for sending lottery tickets, etc., in 963 “Maine,” U. S. S.,  appropriation for earned premium 842 Major Coxe Post, Grand Army of the Republic,  condemned cannon donated to 972 Makah Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 302, 892 Malacca, India,  on free list, joints, only cut 546 Malaga,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822  for clerk hire 149 823 Malden River, Mass.,  appropriation for improving 347 Malleable Iron,  duty on castings not specified 518 Malloy, John G.,  deficiency appropriation for 426 Malt,  duty on barley 522 Malt Extract,  duty on 526 Malta,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Maltby Building, D. C.,  appropriation for miscellaneous expenses 165, 767   for fire escapes 578   for repairs 958  deficiency appropriation for outstanding liabilities 429  building on grounds of, for Senate documents, authorized 12 Managua,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Manasco, Willis,  pension 1025 Manatee, River, Fla.,  appropriation for improving 351  deficiency appropriation for improving 480 Manchester,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820  for clerk hire 149, 823 Manchester, Conn.,  attached to Hartford collection district 222 Manchester, Mass.,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 365 Mandan Indians,  deficiency appropriation for support, etc. 873 Manganese,  on free list, oxide and ore of 541 Mangel-Wurzel Seeds,  on free list 544 Mangold, Saloma (widow),  pension 1043 Manifests,  copy of, to be immediately mailed to Auditor for Treasury by master on arrival from foreign port; exception 808 Manila,  duty on cables, etc. 529  on free list, unmanufactured 540 Manila (Philippine Islands),  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Manila Twine,  on free list 538 Manistee, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor; proviso 344 Manitowoc, Wis.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 345   for fog signal 917 Mann, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Manna,  on free list 541 Mannheim,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822  for clerk hire 149, 823 Manning, John B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 1348 Manokin River, Md.,  appropriation for improving 348 Manson, Frank M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Mantua Creek, N. J.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Manual Training, D. C.  appropriation for expenses 254, 754 Manufactured Articles,  duty on, of metal, not specified 520   of wood, not specified 521   of cotton, not specified 529   of flax, hemp, jute, etc., not specified 530   of silk, not specified 532   of paper, not specified 533   not provided for 547   nonenumerated, resembling enumerated 547 Manufacturers, Tobacco,  persons regarded as 568 Manufactures, Miscellaneous,  duty on 535 Manures,  on free list 540 Manuscripts,  on free list 541 Maple Sugar,  appropriation for bounty, production of 933  bounty on, repealed 521 Maps,  duty on 533  on free list, printed more than twenty years 538  for the Government 538  for colleges, libraries, etc 538 Maps of the, United States,  appropriation for; distribution 194, 795  for Florida, land grants, etc. 194 Maps, Post Route,  appropriation for publication, etc. sales 201, 803 Maracaibo,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823 Marble,  duty on, rough 514   sawed, dressed, etc. 514   manufactures, not specified 514 Marbles, Toy,  duty on; effect 533 Mare Island, Cal,  appropriation for naval magazine 126   for navy-yard 130, 832   for steam tug 130, 832  sanitary improvements, at marine barracks, authorized 436 Maricopa Agency,  appropriation for support, etc., of Indians at 303 Marietta, Ga,  deficiency appropriation for road to national cemetery 480 Marine Corps,  appropriation for pay of officers, active list 137, 838    retired list 138, 839   for pay of enlistedmen 138, 839    pay of drum major 138    retired list 138, 839   for undrawn clothing 138, 839   for mileage of officers 138, 839   for commutation of quarters 138, 839   for civil force 138, 839   for provisions; rations 138, 839    limit to enlistedmen 139, 839   for clothing; fuel 139, 840  appropriation for military stores 139, 840   for transportation and recruiting 139, 840   for repairs, etc., barracks 139, 840   for forage 139, 840   for hire of quarters 139, 840   for contingent 140, 840   for reimbursing enlisted men, loss of clothing, Port Royal, S. C 262  deficiency-appropriation for transportation and recruiting 434, 435, 855   for clothing 435, 872   for provisions 435 480, 854, 855   for contingent 436, 481, 855, 872   for Mare Island Barracks, Cal 436   for pay 480, 485, 872, 875   for forage 855  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Navy Department 207  aliens honorably discharged from, admitted as citizens; service 124  oaths may be administered by officers of 639 Marine Fur-Bearing Animals,  fur-seal regulations applicable to treaty provision for all 85 Marine-Hospital Service,  appropriation for Supervising Surgeon General, clerks, etc. 179, 780   for repairs of hospitals 914  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206  detail for laboratory authorized 780  to investigate prevention, etc., of smallpox 935 Marine Hospitals,  admission of members of Life-Saving Service 229 Marine Notices, etc.,  printing authorized 623 Marion, Ind,  appropriation for expenses, Volunteer Soldiers’ Home 41, 954  use of posthumous fund 411 Marked etc., Articles,  foreign, imported, to have country and quantity, in English 547  required before delivery 547 Market Masters, D. C.,  appropriation for salaries and expenses 245, 746 Markham, Elizabeth, L. (widow),  pension 1043 Marks, Charles,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Marlboro Electric Railway,  construction of road in the District of Columbia authorized 717 Maroney, Thomas J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Marquette, Mich,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 Marquette, Pere,  Wisconsin may place statue of, in Statuary Hall 12 Marriages, Polygamous,  proclamation granting amnesty to Mormons committing 1257 Marrow,  on free list, crude 541 Marseilles,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820  for clerk hire 149, 823 Marsh Mallows,  on free list 541 Marshall, James T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 1349 Marshalltown, Iowa,  four obsolete gun carriages donated to 103 Marshals, Consular Courts,  appropriation for salaries 150 824 Marshals, District,  appropriation for salaries 204, 800    allowances, Washington, Montana, North and South Dakota 204    allowances, California, Washington, Montana, North and South Dakota 800   for fees, etc. 415, 056    advances; limit of mileage 415   for protecting property in receiver’s hands 416  deficiency appropriation for fees 61, 442, 478, 483, 486, 860, 870, 875   for expenses, protecting property in receiver’s hands 442, 860   for salaries 482, 870  appointment of special deputies, Congressional elections, repealed 36  repeal of powers, etc., Congressional elections 36   for neglect of du ties by special deputies, Federal elections 37   for interfering with duties of special deputies, Federal elections 37  all statutes relating to special deputy, repealed 37  to deport Chinese laborers not entitled to remain 8 Marston, Charles A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to administratrix of 452 Marston, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Marten,  proclamation forbidding unlawful killing of, Alaska 1258 Marthas Vineyard, Mass.,  appropriation for improvement of inner harbor 339 Martigny, John B.,  title of certain land released to legal representatives 991 Martin, Edward P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 460 Martin, Ida C. (widow),  pension 1039 Martin, John H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Martin, Louis J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Martin, Mary (widow),  pension 1021 Martin, Peter,  deficiency appropriation for 871 Martinique,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Martinsburg, W. Va.,  deficiency appropriation for public building 428 Marx, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 455 Maryland,  appropriation for examining claims to water rights, Great Falls of the Potomac 402 Maryland and Washington Railway,  time for completing, extended 590  charter amended 713  condemnation of land; bonds 715  extension of tracks 716 Masks,  duty on paper or pulp 536 Mason, George S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 455 Mason, James W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 474 Massachusetts,  return of regimental flags to 591 Matamoras,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Matanzas,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820 Matches,  duty on 534 Mates, Navy,  retirement authorized 212  rates of pay; effect 212 Mats,  duty on wool, etc. 531 Mattaponi River, Va.,  appropriation for improving 349 Mattawan Creek, N. J.,  appropriation for improving 347 Matthews, George W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 460 Matthews, Robert A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Mattimore, Peter J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 468 Matting,  on free list, floor 540 Matting and Mats,  duty on cocoa or rattan 536 Mauborgne, Peter J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Mauch, Peter,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Maumee Bay, Ohio,  appropriation for range lights 916 Maxwell, Edmund B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 467 Mayence,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820  for clerk hire 149, 823 Mayne, Charles R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Meal,  duty on 522 Measurement of Vessels,  register may have statement of spaces, tonnage, etc., for foreign trade 636 Measures, D. C.,  regulations respecting inspection, etc., of 811 Measures, Electrical,  units of, established; definitions 101 Meat,  duty on extract 524 Meat Products,  duty on fresh 524  of all kinds, prepared, etc. 524 Meats,  appropriation for inspection of, etc. 269, 731  carrying condemned, in foreign and interstate commerce forbidden; penalties 732 Medals,  on free list, trophies or prizes 541  for Atlanta Exposition to be prepared at mints 421 Medals, etc.,  acceptance allowed keeper and crew of Hog Island lifesaving station 990  from French Academy of Sciences to Prof, Asaph Hall 989 Medals, World’s Fair,  exhibitors awarded, to be furnished cases 928  electrotypes and photographs to exhibitors and papers, payment, etc. 929 1350 Medawakanton Band Sioux Indians, Minn.,  appropriation for support, etc., of 892  for scouts and soldiers; distribution 889 Meder, Otto F. W.,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Medical Colleges, D. C.,  delivery of bodies from hospitals, etc., to; regulations 686 Medical Department, Army,  appropriation for pay of officers; longevity 235, 656   for supplies; purchase of medicines, etc. 241, 661   for civilian employees; limit 241, 661    sale of surplus liquors, supplies, etc., proceeds 241   for material, cookery instruction 241, 662   for museum; library 241, 662  deficiency appropriation for 479, 483, 871, 874  appointment of assistant surgeons suspended 235  number fixed at 100 235  changed to 110 403 Medical Museum, Army,  appropriation for preserving specimens, etc 241, 662 Medicated Soaps,  duty on 511 Meehan, John J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 461 Meerschawin,  on free list, crude 541 Meissner, Otto E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 468 Melada,  duty on; and concentrated 521   from countries paying bounty 521 Melbourne,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823 Melhorn, Albert C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 469 Members of the House of Representatives,  appropriation for mileage available, first, session Fifty-third Congress 11   for compensation; mileage 165, 767   for clerks to 167, 586, 770  deficiency appropriation for clerks to 2, 62   for mileage 19   for compensation and mileage 62, 865   for one month’s pay for clerk hire 864  appointments to Naval Academy if district unrepresented by resident 137, 413, 663  may fill vacancy at Naval Academy March 4, 1895, if district not represented 838 Members of the Fifty-third Congress,  time extended for distributing documents in Departments allowed 975 Memminger, Adolph,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Memphis, Tenn.,  appropriation for improving Mississippi River at 357 Mendel, Oscar J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Mendocino, Cal.,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 364 Mendota, Mich.,  appropriation for reestablishing light station 916 Menefee, Mary A., (widow),  pension restored 1015 Menominee, Mich, and Wis.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 345 Menominee River, Mich, and Wis.,  appropriation for improving 356 Menough, H. F.,  credit in postal accounts 864 Merchandise,  provisions for, saved from wrecks, continued 569 Merchant Seamen,  shipping articles for coastwise trade, and with Canada, Newfoundland, West Indies, and Mexico; limitation 667  clothing exempt from attachment 667 Merchant, Thomas J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Merchant Vessels, List of,  printing authorized; distribution 616 Merchants, Chinese,  definition of 8  regulations to establish right to return to United States 8 Merida,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Meridian, Miss.,  public building, change of site authorized 911  limit of cost increased; contract authorized 911  court rooms to be provided in public building 591  terms of court 114 Mermentau River, La.,  appropriation for improving 352 Merrimac River, Mass.,  resurvey directed 339 Merritt, Frank B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Mescalero Agency, N. Mex.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Message of the President,  printing authorized; distribution; documents 615  editing accompanying reports; distribution 617 Messengers,  appropriation for, Senate 163, 766  for House of Representatives 167, 770 Messina,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822  for clerk hire 149, 823 Metals,  smelting imported, in bonded warehouses; regulations 551 Metals and Manufactures of,  Schedule C, tariff of 1894 515 Metronomes,  duty on 534 Metropolitan Police (see Police, D. C.), Metropolitan Railroad Company, D. C.,  new cars to be used; penalty for failure 217  to use underground electric power; time limit 217  extension of tracks; penalty for failure to build 217  issue of bonds 217  suit against, referred to court of appeals 217  transfers; use of coinciding tracks 218   provisions extended to other street railroads 218  additional tax for using horses after time for change expires 218  extension of south end of Four-and-a-half street track 682   of west end of track in Georgetown 682  to accept coupon tickets from suburban roads; redemption 683 1351 Mettler, Cornelius B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Mexican Boundary Commission,  proceeds of sales may be used for further expenses 874 Mexican Boundary Survey,  payments to members of commission legalized 434 Mexican Claims,  deficiency appropriation for expenses, suits against Weil and La Abra Company 19 Mexican War Pensions,  appropriation for payment of 113, 703 Mexican War Volunteers,  limit of time for applying to remove charge of desertion repealed 814 Mexico,  appropriation for minister 141, 815   for secretary of legation 142, 816   for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823  convention with, extending labors of Boundary Commission 1213  provision for shipping articles, trade with 667  temporary grazing of cattle in, permitted 577  transit in bond to Free Zone, suspended 973 Meyer, J.,  payment to widow and children 993 Miami and Erie Canal,  engineer board to survey and report on, connecting Lake Erie and Ohio River 355 Miami, Ind. T.,  sale of liquors, etc., prohibited in 903 Miami Indians, Ind.,  appropriation for judgment of Court of Claims; distribution 903 Miamus River, Conn.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 340 Mica,  duty on 520 Michigan,  granted Mackinac Island as a State park 946  homestead settlers in burnt districts granted time to complete entries, cut timber, etc. 634  regimental flags restored to 970  two flags of Twenty-second regiment turned over to 103 Michigan Cavalry, First,  deficiency appropriation for traveling expenses 479 Michigan City, Ind.,  appropriation for improvement of outer harbor 344   for improvement of outer harbor 344 Michigan Eastern Judicial District,  two divisions established 67   northern division 67   southern division 67  terms; jurisdiction; clerks 67  attorney and marshal 68  criminal prosecution; juries; pending causes 68 Microscopy Division, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for microscopist, assistants 265, 728   for investigations 267, 730   for filler investigations 271, 735 Middleton, Percy P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461, 475 Midwinter International Exposition, California,  admission of articles for exhibition duty free, etc. 1  employment of foreign laborers 1 Mignard, Prosper H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Milan,  appropriation for consul at 148, 823 Milde, Edward J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 461 Mileage,  appropriations for, Senate and House, made available for first session Fifty-third Congress 11   for, Senators 162, 764   for, Representatives 165, 767 Mileage, Army,  appropriation for officers; allotment 236, 657    maximum; bond-aided roads 236, 657    furnished by Quartermaster’s Department, limit 237, 657    apportionment by Secretary of War 237, 657   limited to special orders, etc. 237 Mileage Claims, Navy,  deficiency appropriation for 481, 485, 487, 872, 874 Mileage Tickets, Interchangeable,  railroads may issue, for 5,000 miles; regulations 643 Milford Haven, Va.,  survey of, directed 371 Military (see Army), Military Academy  appropriation for support of the 151, 627   for additional pay, superintendent 151, 627   for pay of professors, etc 151, 627    cadets not to be detailed within two years of graduation 151   for pay of cadets 152, 627   for pay of band, etc 152, 627    rating 627   for longevity pay to professors 152, 627   for field musicians 152, 627   for general Army service, quartermaster’s detachment 627    cavalry detachment 628    maximum number, etc. 628   for current expenses; repairs, etc. 152, 628    fuel and lights 153, 628    postage, stationery, etc. 152, 628    repairs, etc. 153    transportation; printing 152, 628    clerks 152, 628   for expenses, department of cavalry, artillery, and infantry tactics 152, 628    civil and military engineering 153, 639    natural and experimental philosophy 153, 629    mathematics 153, 629    history, geography, and ethics 153, 629    chemistry, mineralogy, and, geology 153, 629    drawing 154, 629    modern languages 154, 630    law 154, 630    practical military engineering 154, 630    ordnance and gunnery 154, 630   for purchase of Driggs-Schroeder gun 630   for models of gun carriages, etc 630   for stationery, treasurer’s office 155, 631    extra pay enlisted men 155 631    detachment Quartermaster’s Department 155 1352  appropriation for expenses Board of Visitors 155, 631   for miscellaneous expenses, lighting, plumbing, etc. 155, 631    compensation; pay of mechanics 156, 631   for library; furniture, etc. 156, 632   for contingencies, superintendent 156, 632   for furniture, etc. 156, 633   for contingencies, Academic Board 156, 632   for band instruments, etc. 156, 632   for public works; buildings and    grounds 156, 632   for waterworks; new reservoir 156, 632    balance for supplying gymnasium 157   for roads; cemetery 157, 632   for subsistence department, etc. 157, 632   for repairs, barracks and hospitals 633   for plumbing, etc. 157   for gymnasium, notatorium, etc. 157   for repairs, cadet barracks 157   for repairs, etc., cadet hospital 157   for repairs, etc., soldiers’ hospital 158   for repairs, etc 158   for steam road roller 159   for platforms for guns 159   for library; new organ 633   for band barracks, grading, etc. 633   for gas main; furniture, etc., 63 1  deficiency appropriation for pay to superintendent 434   for field musician 434   for current expenses 480, 871  accounts to be examined by Auditor for War Department 206  documents to be supplied library 624 Military Attaches, Abroad,  appropriation for contingent expenses 243, 663 Military Convicts,  appropriation for expenses 406 951 Military Establishment (see also Army),  accounts to be examined by Auditor for War Department 206 Military Information, from Abroad,  appropriation for clerk 236, 657  for contingent expenses 243, 663 Military Posts,  appropriation for construction of buildings, etc. 403, 945    post on Puget Sound authorized; donation of ground; board on site 945     authorized near Bismarck, N. Dak., donation of site, etc. 945   for Yellowstone Park 945   for Chickamauga and Chattanooga Park 945    office of Shiloh Park; limit of cost of lands 946    reservation Mackinac Island granted to Michigan for a State park 946   for improving Fort Wayne Reservation 946   for hospital Fort Meade, S. Dak 946  part of Fort D. A. Russell Reservation granted to Wyoming 946  established; Spokane, Wash 657 Military Prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kans.,  appropriation for additional pay, officer commanding 236   for expenses 407   for civilian employees 407   for construction and repairs 407  deficiency appropriation for 434  for transportation 853  transferred to Department of Justice 957  to be the United States penitentiary 957 Military Reservations,  appropriation for removing, etc., Indian prisoners of war from Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala 238   for improving Fort Wayne 946  land around spring, Fort Cummings, New Mex., reserved from sale 34  grant to North Dakota for militia park, part of Fort Totten wood reserve 100  part of Fort McKinney, granted to Wyoming 938  part of Fort Maginnis granted Montana 938  part of Fort Bice, granted to North Dakota 939  grant of Mackinac Island to Michigan as a State park 946  right of way granted through Lime Point, Cali 98  time extended for right of way, Fort Riley, Kans 38  use of land granted Castine, Me., for public park 159 Military Reservations, Abandoned,  appropriation for expenses of care, etc 396, 938  deficiency appropriation for sale, etc., of 872  bridges on, donated to Laramie County, Wyo 91  lands granted to Newport, Ky., for park purposes 211  granted to Oklahoma City, Okla 264  opened to settlement; preferences 491  opening to settlement of all 664   homestead settlers given preference 665  Mount Vernon Barracks granted to Alabama 701 Military Telegraph, Lines,  appropriation for 243, 663   for line between El Paso and New Fort Bliss, Tex 243 Militia,  appropriation for ordnance stores 662  permanent annual appropriations for arming, etc., not to lapse 406 Militia, D. C.,  appropriation for expenses; lease of armory 260, 763   for camp of instruction; contracts 261  deficiency appropriation for 433 Militia, Naval,  appropriation for arms, etc. 126, 828  temporary loan of ships, etc., to States for 219   return when not used, etc 220  detail of enlisted men as ship keepers 220 Milk,  duty on preserved, or condensed 523   sugar of 523  on free list, fresh 541 Milk, D. C.,  regulations for sale of 709   punishment for violations 711 Mill Irons, or Cranks,  duty on 517 Mills Lac Indian Reservation, Minn.,  patents to issue to certain irregular entries 576 Miller, Benjamin Franklin,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Miller, Charles E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Miller, D. B.,  deficiency appropriation for services 859 Miller, George C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 1353 Miller, Howard S.,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Miller, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Millinery Articles,  duty on 534 Mills, Anson, United States Army,  may serve as commissioner Mexican boundary survey 1017 Millstones,  on free list, burr stones for 545 Milton, N. Y.,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 367 Milwaukee, Wis.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor of refuge 345   for repairs to piers, dredging, etc. 345   for expenses, Volunteer Soldiers’ Home 409, 952  use of posthumous fund 409 Mine Inspectors,  appropriation for salaries; expenses 194, 795 Mineral Lands,  claims for, by Northern Pacific Railroad disallowed, etc. 683  laws extended to ceded Wichita Reservation 899 Mineral Resources of the United States,  appropriation for preparing report 398, 940  report to be part of Geological report; pamphlet edition of chapters authorized 900  printing report on, authorized; distribution 616 Mineral Substances,  duty on articles of, decorated, not specified 513   articles of, not decorated, not specified 513 Mineral Water,  duty on imitation 526 Mineral Waters, Natural,  on free list; and salts; certificate required 542 Mineralogy, Specimens of,  on free list 544 Minerals,  on free list, crude, etc. 542 Mingo Creek, S. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 Mingo, John O.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Mining Claims,  performance of annual assessment for 1893 suspended 6   annual assessment, 1894, suspended 114  not applicable to South Dakota 6, 114 Milling Entries,  lands ceded on Lapwai Indian Reservation open to 332 Ministers Plenipotentiary, etc.,  appropriation for 141, 815 Mink,  proclamation forbidding unlawful killing of, Alaska 1258 Minneapolis Gaslight Company,  may lay gas main across Mississippi River 101 Minneapolis, Minn.,  laying gas main across Mississippi River, authorized 101 Minnesota,  appropriation for surveyor-general, clerks 198, 800   for contingent expenses 198, 800  deficiency appropriation for arms, etc. 434  homestead settlers in burnt districts granted time to complete entries, cut timber, etc. 634  lands of Winnebago Indians may be aliened 679 Minnesota Judicial District,  criminal trials to be in division where offense committed 102 Minnesota River, Minn.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Minor Coins,  appropriation for recoinage, etc., of 388, 929  deficiency appropriation for recoinage, etc. 637 Mint, Director of,  appropriation for 179, 780  printing of report on precious metals, etc. 616 Mints and Assay Offices,  appropriation for expenses, Bureau of the Mint 179 780   for freight on bullion and coin 179   for freight on bullion 780   for salaries and expenses 183, 784   for building, Denver, Colo 931  deficiency appropriation for wages 59   for freight, bullion, and coin 16, 429, 848   for Philadelphia, Pa 429, 870   for Helena, Mont 429   for New York 486   for Denver, Colo 848  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206  to prepare medals for Atlanta Exposition 421  coinage of gold and silver at Denver, Colo 673  part of Charlotte, N. C., mint granted as a park 643  refinery of gold and silver at Helena 786 Miscellaneous Documents,  to be designated Senate or House Documents 621 Miscellaneous Manufactures,,  duty on 535 Misdemeanors (see Crimes and Misdemeanors), Mispillion, River, Del.,  appropriation for improving 348 Mission, Agency, Cal.,  appropriation for support, etc., of Indians at 303, 892 Mission Indians, Cal.,  appropriation for special attorney 901 Mission Tule River Agency, Cal.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Missisquoi River, Vt.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Mississippi,  lands granted to, for State University 94  public lands granted to 673   for Agricultural and Mechanical College 673    for colored persons 673  certain naval reserve lands in, restored to settlement 814  grant of lands for Industrial Institute and College for Girls 815 Mississippi Northern Judicial District,  counties transferred to southern district 114 Mississippi, River,  appropriation for lighting 377, 918   for improvement of harbor, Vicksburg, Miss 343   for survey, etc., of canal to connect Lake Superior and; proviso 357 1354  appropriation for reservoirs at head, waters 357    dam at Gull Lake, Minn.; lands taken, etc. 357    dredging channel at Quincy, Ill 357    survey directed between Quincy and Warsaw, etc. 357   for improving, St, Paul to Minneapolis 357    from head of passes to mouth of Ohio 57, 404, 947    from mouth of the Ohio to mouth of the Missouri 404, 947     movable jetties 947    from mouth of the Missouri to Minneapolis 404, 947    Warsaw to Quincy 947    Flint Creek to Iowa River 947    Bay City, Wis 947   construction of bridge across, authorized at Dubuque, Iowa 119    Hastings, Minn 97    RedWing, Minn 70   examination of, at Walnut Bend, Ark., to prevent cutting through 582   construction of wing dam, etc., authorized in Hancock County, Ill 38   gas main authorized across, at Minneapolis, Minn 101   light vessel, South Pass, authorized 375   preliminary examination of, at Baton Rouge, La., to be made 305    at Quincy Bay, Ill 305   time extended for constructing bridge across, at Burlington, Iowa 93    New Orleans, La 595 Mississippi River Commission,  appropriation for expenses, etc., improving Mississippi River 357, 404, 947   for preventing cut into Saint Francis River, Ark 353   for improvements at Greenville, Miss 357    at New Madrid, Mo 357    at New Orleans, La 357    at Natchez and Vidalia 357    at Memphis, Tenn 357    at Hickman, Ky 357    at head of the Atchafalaya, La 357    at mouth of Red River, La 357  to report on separating junction of Mississippi and Red rivers 358 Mississippi Southern Judicial District,  additional counties attached to 114  eastern district established 114   terms, jurisdiction, etc. 115 Missouri,  dependent-pension law extended to State and provisional militia 970 Missouri River,  appropriation for lighting 377, 918   for improving from mouth to Sioux City, Iowa 358, 404, 947    at Omaha, Nebr 358    at Atchison, Kans 358    at Saint Joseph, etc., Mo 358    upper, above Sioux City 358    at Sioux City, Iowa 358, 948    at Pierre, S. Dak 358    at Bismarck 358    between Great Falls and Stubbs Ferry, Mont 358   for removing snags, etc. 404  preliminary examination of, to be made opposite Sioux City, Iowa 366  construction of bridge authorized across, at De Witt, Mo 573  construction of bridge authorized across, at Jefferson City, Mo 80   Lexington, Mo 120   Sioux City, Iowa 45, 681  construction changed of bridge, Jefferson City, Mo 601  dam across, authorized in Montana 91  owner of bridge across, at Sioux City, Iowa, may prescribe toll 221  time extended for bridge across, between Kansas City and Sibley, Mo 45   Sioux City, Iowa 44   Yankton, S. Dak 78 Missouri River Commission,  appropriation for expenses, etc., improving Missouri River 358, 404, 947   for improving Gasconade and Osage rivers 358 Missouri River Power Company,  may construct dam across Missouri River, Mont 91 Missouria, Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 294  purchase of lands from, etc. 902 Mitchell, John H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Mitchell, P. W.,  payment to, front Eastern Cherokee funds 1015 Mobile, Ala.,  appropriation for lights in ship channel 375, 917   for improvement of harbor 404, 947  cleaning channel of logs, etc. 343  removal of shoals, Mobile and Tombigbee rivers 343  survey directed for widening channel, etc. 342 Models of Inventions, etc.,  on free list 542 Modoc Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of Klamath Agency 302, 892  Indian Territory 303, 892 Modus Vivendi,  agreement with Russia for, concerning fur-seal fisheries 1202 Moieties,  appropriation for compensation in lieu of 390, 931  deficiency appropriation for compensation in lieu of 17 Mokelumne, River, Cal.,  appropriation for improving; drainage canal to be closed 359 Molasses,  duty on concreted and concentrated 521  from countries paying bounty 521  testing above 40°, polariscope 521  on free list, low grade 543 Mold Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 293, 883 Moller, Christian H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Monetary Conference, International,  delegates authorized for, on gold and silver, etc. 962  appropriation for expenses 962 Money,  use of gold and silver as standard, declared to be the policy of the United States 4 Money-Order System,  appropriation for superintendent, clerks, etc. 199, 801  for rent 201, 803 Money Orders, Postal Service,  fees for issuing reduced 31 1355  allowance for clerical labor in other than first and second class offices 31  accounts of unpaid 32  payment of, outstanding one year 32  time limit repealed 32  filing recalled advices 32  supply of application blanks 32  rendering accounts 32  forms; coupons to be sent Auditor 33  issuing orders not exceeding $5 33  issuing lost orders; payment 33  destruction of statements and paid orders after ten years 107  payment of, outstanding ten years 107 Monongahela City, Pa.,  bridge across Monongahela River, authorized at 738 Monongahela River, Pa.,  construction of bridge authorized across, Allegheny County 57   Belle Vernon 116   Braddock to Pittsburg 88   Monongahela City, Pa 738   Pittsburg 702   by city of Pittsburg, Pa 72   Pittsburg to Glenwood 47 Monongahela River, W. Va., and Pa.,  appropriation for improving; purchase of locks, etc. 348  time extended for report on value of improvements, etc. 973 Monroe, Charles E.,  deficiency appropriation for 857 Monroe, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 Montana,  appropriation for surveyor-general, clerks, etc. 198, 800   for contingent expenses 198, 800   for support, etc., of Flathead, etc., Indians in 302   for incidental expenses Indian service in 304, 893  deficiency appropriation for fish hatchery, Bozeman 430   for surveyor-general 858  allowance to district court officers 204, 806  dam across Missouri River, authorized 91  extension of time for first payment on lands ceded by Indians in 901  extra rates allowed for surveying certain public lands in 638  examination of land grants to Northern Pacific Railroad 683  mineral lands disallowed, etc. 683  may select lands in Bitter Root Valley for public uses 222  part of Fort Maginnis Reservation granted to 938  proclamation dispersing persons unlaw  fully obstructing mails, etc., in 1250  survey of lands authorized to complete grants to 394 Montevideo,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820 Montgomery County, Ark.,  sale of lands in, for church camp ground 654 Montgomery, James H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Montgomery, Wesley,  may enter homestead location; patent 987 Montoir, William,  appropriation for 262 Montpelier, Vt.,  terms of court 99 Montreal,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823 Monument, Washington,  appropriation for services, care of 402, 944  for expenses of maintenance 402, 944  for new engine 402 Moore, Ely,  payment to legal representatives 580 Moore, H. L.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 448 Moore., John Bassett,  appropriation for editing Digest of International Arbitrations 580  for services publication of diplomatic correspondence of the Revolution 819 Moore, Elizabeth, or Townsend,  real estate purchased by, released from forfeiture 984 Moore, W. H.,  deficiency appropriation for mail service 487 Mooringsport, La.,  construction of bridge authorized across Caddo Lake at 50 Mooseabec Bar, Me.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 338 Maquette Carpets,  duty on 531 Moqi Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 303 Moquis Pueblo Agency,  appropriation for support, etc., of Indians at 303 Mora, Antonio Maximo,  payment of claim against Spain to be insisted upon 975 Moran, Henry C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Moran, Richard J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Morgan, Ozias,  release of sureties on bond of 1032 Morley, C. H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Mormon Church,  restoration of personal property to, for charitable uses 980 Mormons,  proclamation granting amnesty and pardon to 1257 Morning Gun,  appropriation for firing 242, 662 Morocco,  duty on unfinished skins for 534 Morphia, etc.,  duty on 510 Morrell, Harding J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Morris Ferry, Ark.,  construction of bridge authorized across Little River at 62   mode of construction changed 634   time extended for constructing bridge at 634 Morris, Francis A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Morris, Hugh,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Morris Island, S. C.,  transfer of lifesaving station to Sullivans Island 43 Morris, Max,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Morris, William F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 1356 Morrisburg,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Morrison, Edward or Ben-nank,  patent to heirs of, land in Oklahoma 987 Morrison, Nellie or Wo-ca-sa Now-ka,  patent to heirs of, land in Oklahoma 987 Morrison, William J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Morse, Brigham L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 450 Mortar Batteries,  appropriation for constructing; platforms 212, 704 Mortars, Breech-Loading,  appropriation for; carriages; additional 214, 705  test of steel, ordered 707  test of cast-iron, repealed 707 Morton, Charles W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Moscow, Idaho,  terms of court at 5 Mosley, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Moss,  duty on sea or Iceland 512  on free list, crude 542 Mosses,  duty on, drugs, refined 509  on free list, crude 540 Mother of Pearl,  duty oh manufactures of 536  on free list, uncut 543 Mott, David J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Mound City, Ill.,  refund to First State Bank 1036 Mount Desert, Me.,  appropriation for breakwater to Porcupine Island 338 Mount Hope, Bay, Mass.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Mount Pleasant, Mich.,  appropriation for Indian school 310, 905 Mount Vernon Barracks, Ala.,  appropriation for removing etc., Indian prisoners of war to a military reservation 238   for support, etc., of Indians removed from 658  reservation granted to Alabama 701 Mount Vernon Electric Railway, D. C.,  laying tracks, etc., authorized 494  right of way, Arlington Reservation, Va 593 Mounted Riflemen,  deficiency appropriation for 479 Mowers,  on free list, proviso 543 Mozambique,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Mullan, David,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Mullan, Dennis W., United States Navy,  may accept medal from Chile 1048 Mulledeg, Michael T.,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Mullin, John E.,  payment of Court, of Claims judgment to 472 Munday, Charles F.,  deficiency appropriation for services 859 Munich,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822   for clerk hire 149, 823 Municipal Lodging House, etc., D. C.,  appropriation for 259, 761 Municipalities,  statement of annual profits not required 556 Munjeet, or Indian Madder,  on free list 541 Munn, Theodore F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Munro, William W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Munsee Indians,  appropriation for lumber cut from reservation 307 Munson, Albert (son),  pension 1042 Munson, W. B.,  claim against Chickasaws to be examined 312 Murderkill River, Del.,  appropriation for improving 348 Murphy, David,  deficiency appropriation for judgment against District of Columbia 433 Murphy, Dennis,  sureties on bond of, released 989 Murphy, John J., Number One,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Murphy, Patrick J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Murphy, Mathew H.,  appropriation for cows furnished Indians; proviso 307 Murray, Nicholas,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Murray, Peter J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Marrin, Bernard,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Museum, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for curator, assistant 266, 729  for expenses 271, 735 Museum, National (see National Museum), Mushrooms,  duty on prepared, etc. 523 Music,  duty on 533  on free list, printed more than twenty years 538   raised, for the blind 538   for colleges, libraries, etc. 538 Musical Instruments,  duty on; and parts of 534 Musical Cases,  duty on 534 Musk,  on free list, crude 542 Muskegon, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 Muskets,  duty on 518 Muskingum River, Ohio,  appropriation for ice harbor at month; bridges 355   for protecting bank, Zanesville 946  survey directed 355 Mustard,  duty on 525 Mustard Seeds,  on free list 544 Mutehler, Hon. William, late a Representative in Congress,  deficiency appropriation for widow of 448 Mutter, Frank A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 466 Mutton,  duty on fresh 524 Myrobolan,  on free list 542 1357 Martle Wood,  on free list, cut in lengths 548 Mystic River, Conn.,  appropriation for improving 347 Mystic River, Mass,  appropriation for improving 347 Nagasaki,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820 Nail, Rods,  duty on 517 Nails,  duty on 518 Nausemoud River, Va,  appropriation for improving 349 Nantasket Beach, Mass,  appropriation for work on channel 388 Nantes,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Nanticoke River, Del,  survey of, directed 369 Nantucket, Mass,  appropriation for improvement of harbor of refuge 339 Napa River, Cal.,  appropriation for improving 359  preliminary examination of, to be made 364 Naper, Herman A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Naples,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822   for clerk hire 149, 823 Narragansett Bay, R. I.,  appropriation for improving 347 Narragangus River, Me,  appropriation for improving 346 Nash, Frederick W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Nash, Sylvester J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Nassau,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Natchez, Miss,  appropriation for improving Mississippi River, at 357 Nathan, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Nathans, John J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 National Academy of Sciences,  to prepare and publish details of applying electrical units of measure 102  printing report of, authorized; distribution 616  memoirs; distribution 616 National Banks (see National Currency), National Cemeteries,  appropriation for maintenance, etc. 404, 949   for superintendents 404, 919   for headstones for soldier’s graves 405, 949   for repairing roadways 405, 949    railroads restrict 919   for burial of indigent soldiers 405, 949   for road, Presidio, San Francisco, Cal 405, 949   for monuments, etc., Gettysburg 405    acceptance of lands donated 405   for Antietam battlefield 950  deficiency appropriation for 480  accounts to be examined by Auditor for War Department 206 National Currency,  appropriation for superintendent redemption, clerks, etc Treasurer’s Office 176, 778  appropriation for special examinations, etc. 177, 778   for superintendent, etc., Comptroller’s Office 177, 778   for expenses 389, 930  deficiency appropriation for distinctive paper, etc. 2  taxation by States as money authorized 278 National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers,  appropriation for expenses, Dayton, Ohio 408, 951    Milwaukee, Wis 409, 952    Togus, Me 409, 953    Hampton, Va 409, 953    Leavenworth, Kans 410, 953    Santa Monica, Cal 410, 954    Marion, Ind411 954   for clothing, all Branches 954   for salaries, Board of Managers, employees, etc. 411, 954    accounts of disbursements, etc. 411    use of posthumous fund; treasurer’s bond 411    official mail matter may be sent free 412    use of receipts from sales 412    employees to be classified, etc. 412    travel allowance for employees 412    no compensation to be allowed Board of Managers; expenses; proviso 412    annual inspection to be made 412   for State and Territorial homes 412, 955  deficiency appropriation for State and Territorial Homes 434  documents to be sent 159  managers appointed; Charles M. Anderson, Sidney G. Cooke, and A. L. Pearson 586  use of funds to transfer inmates in case of fire, etc., authorized 492 National Museum,  appropriation for preserving, etc., collections 383, 924   for cases, etc. 383, 924   for heating, lighting, etc. 383, 924   for repairs to heating apparatus 383   for repairs, rent, etc. 924   for fire protection 924   for exhibit of articles at Atlanta Exposition by 420   for binding 960  deficiency appropriation for rent, etc. 43   for preserving collections 477, 482 National Zoological Bark, D. C.  appropriation for expenses; half from District of Columbia revenues 383, 924  deficiency appropriation for fuel 430  annual report of expenses to be made 384 Natural History, Specimens of,  on free list 544 Naturalization,  honorably discharged aliens serving in Navy or Marine Corps; service 124 Naughton, Michael,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 466 Nautical Almanac,  appropriation for services preparation of 191, 792  printing authorized; distribution; sales, etc. 613 Nautical Almanac Office,  appropriation for assistants, etc. 191, 792  for computers 191, 793 Navajo Agency, N. Mex,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 1358 Navajo Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 303  deficiency appropriation for support, etc. 484 Naval Academy,  appropriation for pay of professors, etc. 136, 837   for band 136, 837    court-martial trials, etc. 838    filling vacancies on or before March 4, 1895 838   for special training, cadets 137, 838   for watchmen, mechanics, etc. 137, 838   for employees, steam engineering department 137, 838   for repairs and improvements 137, 838   for heating and lighting 137, 838   for contingent expenses 137, 838   for expenses, Board of Visitors 137, 838   for buildings and grounds 131    title of King George street transferred 131   for grading, etc. 833  deficiency appropriation for fuel, etc. 436, 855  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Navy Department 207  age limitation, assistant paymasters, removed from certain graduates 99  notification of vacancies 136  nominations 136  appointments by Secretary to be from vacant districts 136  appointments by the President 137  districts now unrepresented by actual resident to have appointment made 137   resident at time appointed 413   to be additional to regular number 137  additional appropriation 137  appointment of cadets from districts not  now represented by actual resident at time of appointment 663  documents to be supplied library 624  vacancies, ensign and assistant engineer  grades, to be filled from graduates, line and engineer divisions, interchanged 124 Naval Establishment (see also Navy),  appropriation for increase of the Navy 841    construction authorized of two coast line battle ships; cost 841    six light-draft gun boats 841    three torpedo boats 841    contracts; place of construction 841    use of metal 841    one battle ship to be named “Kearsarge” 841   for armor and armament 140, 842   for construction and steam machinery; Speed premiums1 140   for construction and steam machinery 842    three torpedo boats to be built from amount for cruiser of “Vesuvius” type 140    “Vesuvius” to be changed to torpedo cruiser 140    time penalties on “Vesuvius” remitted 141   for equipment outfit 842   for speed premium, “Maine” 842   for mechanics, etc extended to July 31, 1894 586  time penalties on “Concord” and “Bennington” remitted 842  claim for loss by delay of “Texas” to be examined 842  remission of time penalties on “Yorktown”, “Baltimore,” “Philadelphia,” and “Newark” 842 Naval Home, Philadelphia, Pa.,  appropriation for, from naval pension fund 129, 831 Naval Militia,  appropriation for arms, etc. 126, 828  loan of ships to States for 219 Naval Observatory,  appropriation for grounds and roads 131, 833   for instruments, etc. 131   for assistant astronomers, etc. 191, 792   for computations 191, 792   for apparatus; books, etc. 191, 792   for contingent expenses 192, 792   for miscellaneous expenses 192, 792  extension of thoroughfares within 1,000 feet of, forbidden 588  sale of lands outside circle 588  purchase of additional land within circle limits 588  printing Observations, etc., distribution 613 Naval Records of the Rebellion, Office of,  appropriation for clerks, etc. 190, 791   for printing and binding 190, 791    allotment, distribution 190    sales; duplications avoided 190 Naval Reserve Lands,  certain, in Alabama and Mississippi restored to settlement 814 Naval Service (see Navy), Naval Training Station (see Coasters Harbor Island), Naval War College (see Coasters Harbor Island), Navigable Waters,  injurious deposits in, prohibited; penalties 368 Navigation (see also Snipping),  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206  deductions from gross tonnage for crew, machinery, etc., space 741  rules to prevent collisions at sea modified 82  international agreement authorized for, removing wrecks, etc., in North Atlantic Ocean 13  rules to prevent collisions on Great Lakes, etc. 645  rules to prevent collisions at sea extended to harbors, rivers, and inland waters 672   declared special rules 672  line of high seas to be defined 672  signal lights for sail vessels; penalty 672  extent of inland waters 672  international rules to prevent collisions at sea postponed 686  proclamation putting international regulations to prevent collisions at sea in effect March 1, 1895 1256   postponing effect of act to prevent collisions at sea 1259 Navigation, Commissioner of,  appropriation for, clerks, etc. 178, 779  printing report of, authorized; distribution 616  to issue American register to foreign  built vessel “Archer” 626  “Astoria” 217  “Athos” 625  “Claribel” 625  “El Callao,” and name changed to  “Oneida” 43  “Empress,” name changed to “Laurada” 626  “Goldsworthy” 216  “James H. Hamlen” 643 1359  to issue American register to foreign-built vessel “Linda” 626   “Oceano” 219   “Skudesnaes” 508  to make regulations for deductions of gross tonnage, etc. 743 Navy (see also Naval Establishment),  appropriation for pay 123, 825    officers to have benefit of previous service 123    citizenship to aliens enlisting 124    filling vacancies, ensign and assistant engineer grades 124   for miscellaneous 124, 826   for contingent 124, 826    credit in accounts of Philip S. Wales 826   for Bureau of Navigation 125, 826    naval training station 125 827    War College and Torpedo School 125, 827   for Bureau of Ordnance 125 827    purchase of patent rights 827   for Bureau of Equipment 127, 829   for Bureau of Yards and Docks 138, 830    Naval Home 129, 831    public works 130, 831    repairs and preservation 131, 830    Naval Academy 131, 833    Naval Observatory 131, 833   for Bureau of Medicine and Surgery 131, 833   for Bureau of Supplies and Accounts 132, 834   assistant to Chief; duties 132   for Bureau of Construction and Repair 124, 835   for Bureau of Steam Engineering 135, 836   for new machinery “Chicago,” etc 135   for Naval Academy 136, 837    appointment of cadets 136    appointments from districts not now represented 137, 418, 663    filling vacancies on or before March 4, 1895 838   for Marine Corps 137, 838   for increase of the naval establishment 140, 841   for armament 140 842   for construction and steam machinery 140, 842   for three torpedo boats, etc. 140    time penalties remitted, “Vesuvius” 141   for equipment 842   for premium, “Maine” 842    remission of time penalties, “Concord” and “Bennington” 842    claim for delay “Texas,” to he examined 842   for remitting time penalties, “Yorktown”, etc. 842   for balance due on “De Soto” and “Bienville” 842    transfer of Columbus caravels to Columbian Museum, Chicago, Ill 842    correction of error in act relating to inspectors of hulls, etc. 843   for pensions from Navy fund 113, 703   for reclaiming wreck of “Kearsarge” 39   for dry dock, Puget Sound 413  deficiency appropriation for stores, Norfolk navy-yard 59   for Bureau of Steam Engineering 59, 481, 485, 855, 856   for pay, miscellaneous 434, 435, 480, 485, 854, 855, 872    contingent 434   for Marine Corps 434, 435, 480, 485, 854, 855, 872, 875  deficiency appropriation for Bureau of Medicine and Surgery 434, 439, 481, 485, 854, 856, 872, 875   for Bureau of Supplies and Accounts 435, 437, 481, 485, 854, 856, 872, 875   for Naval Academy 436, 855   for Bureau of Navigation 436, 481, 854   for Bureau of Ordnance 436, 481, 854, 855, 872, 875   for Bureau of Yards and Docks 437, 481, 872   for rebuilding “Amphitrite” 437   for Naval Constructor T. D. Wilson 437   for Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting 481   for Bureau of Construction and Repair 481, 485, 872   for payable 480, 485, 487, 872, 874   for mileage 481, 485, 487, 872, 874   for pensions 481, 485, 487   for Bureau of Equipment 854, 855, 872, 875   for navy-yards 872   for enlistment bounties to seamen 481, 485, 872, 875   for bounty, destroying enemies’ vessels 481, 485, 487, 872, 875   for destruction of clothing 481, 485, 872, 875   for lost clothing 481, 485, 872   for gratuity to seamen 485  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Navy Department 207  age limitations, assistant paymasters, not applicable to certain Naval Academy graduates 99  allowance in accounts of T. T. Caswell 438  appointment of cadets at Naval Academy if district not represented by actual resident at time of appointment 663  articles amended; court-martial trials to be within two years of issuing order; exception 680   trials for desertions in time of peace limited; exceptions 680   limit of punishment for offenses in time of peace 689  certificates of property lost to be sent Treasury accounting officers 47  condemned cannon granted to Des Moines, Iowa, Historical Museum 679  deduction of income tax from officers salaries 557  loan of vessels not in service to States for naval militia 219   detail of ship keepers 220    to be additional to maximum of enlisted men 220  mates may be retired; pay established 212  oaths may be administered by officers of 639  officers to enforce fur seal regulations 55  payment for personal losses by shipwreck 962  losses hereafter occurring to be certified to Congress 962   claims barred 963   limit of liability 963  claims of losses before August 20, 1884 excluded 963  transfer from increase of Navy fund for improving “Castine” and “Machias” 43   wearing of badge permitted 583 Navy Department,  appropriation for Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc. 189, 790 1360  appropriation for clerks, etc., Bureau of Navigation 190, 791    office naval records, war of the rebellion 190 791     distribution of publication 190    library 190, 791    Judge-Advocate-General’s Office 190, 791    Hydrographic Office 190, 791    Bureau of Equipment 191, 792   for assistants, etc., Nautical Almanac Office 191, 792    Naval Observatory 191, 792   for clerks, etc., Bureau of Steam Engineering 192, 793    Bureau of Construction and Repair 192, 793    Bureau of Ordnance 192, 793    Bureau of Supplies and Accounts 192, 793    Bureau of Medicine and Surgery 192, 793    Bureau of Yards and Docks 192, 793   for books and periodicals 192, 793   for contingent expenses 192, 793   for printing and binding 419, 959   for mechanics, etc., increase of the Navy, continued 586  deficiency appropriation for naval establishment 434, 480, 485, 487, 854, 872, 874   for owners of “Speranza” 437   for owners of “J. Nickerson” 437   for Great Falls Ice Company 856   for Brooklyn Gaslight Company 856   for owner of “River Queen” 856   for Seaboard Wharf and Warehouse Company 856  for owner of “Carrie Dye” 857  accounts to be examined, by Auditor for Navy Department 267  exhibit of battle ship at World’s Fair transferred to Illinois 14  opening bids for supplies 33  weigher and measurer of wood and coal authorized; duties 808 Navy Department, Auditor for (see Auditor for the Navy Department), Navy Register,  printing authorized; distribution 616 Navy-Yards,  appropriation for maintenance 128  for repairs and preservation 131, 830  deficiency appropriation for repairs, etc. 872 Naylor, George W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 461 Neah Bay Agency, Wash.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Neat Cattle,  appropriation for quarantine stations 269, 733  suspending prohibition of importation 269 Neat Cattle and Hides,  importation forbidden 550   suspension by Secretary of the Treasury 550   penalty for violating 551 Nebeker, E. H.,  payment to 1007 Nebraska,  appropriation for resurveying lands in Hooker and Grant counties 896  extension of time for first payment on lands ceded by Indians in 901  resurvey of Grant and Hooker counties directed 275  right to commute homestead entries extended to ceded Sioux Reservation 4 Nebraska Judicial District,  terms of court changed 221 Neches River, Tex.,  construction of bridge authorized across 35 Neckties and Neckwear,  duty on cotton, etc. 529 Needles,  duty on knitting, crochet, etc. 519  on free list, hand-sewing and darning 542 Neely, A. F.,  pension 1006 Negroes,  act of Chickasaw Indians adopting, approved 336 Nelligan, Francis J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 472 Nelson, Burrows,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Nelson, Louis P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Nelson, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 475 Neroli Oil,  on free list 542 Nestuccu River, Oreg.,  survey of, directed 371 Netherlands,  appropriation for minister 141, 816 Nets and Netting,  duty on flax gill 529 Nets, Head,  duty on wool, etc. 531 Nettings,  duty on flax 530   wool 531   silk, etc. 532 Neudorf, Nick L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 472 Neuse, River, N. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 Neuses, Refer E., Jr.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 472 Neutrality Act,  appropriation for expenses under 144, 818 Nevada,  appropriation for surveyor-general, clerks 198, 800    for contingent expenses 198, 800   for incidental expenses, Indian service in 304, 893  deficiency appropriation for volunteers 479, 871 Nevada Agency, Nev.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287 877 New Bedford, Mass.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 339  light and fog-signal station established at Butler Flats 27 New England Coast,  revenue cutter for, authorized 4   appropriation for 378, 919 New Hampshire,  appropriation for report on proposed fish hatchery 928 New Haven, Conn.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 339 for breakwaters 339  for fog signal, Southwest Ledge 916  deficiency appropriation for public building 847  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 364 New Jersey,  appropriation for channel between Staten Island and 341  construction of bridge authorized across Hudson River, New York City and 89 1361 New Madrid, Mo.,  appropriation for improving Mississippi River at 357 New Mexico,  appropriation for salaries, government in 185, 786   for contingent expenses 185, 786   for legislative expenses 185, 786   for surveyor-general, clerks 198, 800   for contingent expenses 198, 800   for support, etc., of Apache, etc., Indians in 302, 892   for incidental expenses, Indian service in 304, 893  deficiency appropriation for incidental expenses, Indian service 479   for support of Indians 873, 875  proclamation dispersing persons unlawfully obstructing mails, etc., in 1250 New Mexico Mounted Volunteers,  pay and allowances to Capt, Ceran St, Train’s Company 1036 New Orleans, La.,  appropriation for salaries, assistant treasurer’s office 181, 783   for salaries, mint at 183, 785   for wages; contingent expenses 183, 785   for improvement of Mississippi River at 357   for marine Hospital 914  time extended for bridging Mississippi River above 595 New Orleans, Natchez and Fort Scott Railroad Company,  time for bridging Boeuf River, La., extended 29 New River, N. C.,  appropriation for inland waterway to Beaufort 349 New Rochelle, N. V.,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 366 New York,  appropriation for fish hatchery Saint Lawrence River 387 New York Agency, N. Y.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 New York and Long Island, Bridge Company,  minimum height of bridge across East River reduced 44 New York and New Jersey Bridge Companies,  may bridge Hudson River, New York City to New Jersey 89 New York City,  appropriation for salaries, assistant treasurer’s office 182, 783   for salaries, assay office at 184, 786   for wages; contingent expenses 184, 786   for improvement of harbor 341   for dispatch agent 143, 817   for public, building, repairs, etc. 373   for navy-yard 130, 833   for appraiser’s warehouse; cost extended; contracts 912  deficiency appropriation for assay office 486   for expenses, sale of old customhouse 847  construction of bridge authorized across Hudson River 89  minimum height reduced of bridge across East River 44  port limits extended to Yonkers 73  subtreasury authorized to receive payment for Cherokee Indians 579 New York Harbor,  appropriation for improvement 341   for improving Buttermilk Channel 341   for enforcing anchorage regulations 378, 919   for preventing injurious deposits, office force 406, 951   for crews, etc., steamers 406, 951   for steam tug 951  deficiency appropriation for expenses, steamer “Nimrod” 59  fishing, etc., in ship channels, prohibited; penalties 360   prosecutions 360  prevention of injurious deposits; regulations amended 360   boats to have name, etc., painted 361   inspectors to be appointed; duties 361   penalty for bribery, etc., permits 362 New Zealand Hemp,  duty on cables, etc. 529  on free list, binding twine 538 Newark Bay, N. Y.,  construction of bridge authorized across 668 Newark, N. J.,  appropriation for public building 912 “Newark,” U. S. S.,  appropriation for remitting time penalties 841 Newbern, N. C.,  terms of court 275 Newburyport, Mass.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 339 Newcastle-on-Tyne,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Newfoundland,  convention with, parcels post 1194  provisions for shipping articles, trade with 667 Newman, Joseph F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Newman, Thomas J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Newport, Ky.,  construction of public building authorized at 676   appropriation for 912   contracts authorized for constructing 912  lands granted to, for public park; effect 211 Newport, R. I.,  appropriation for torpedo station 126, 828   for naval station 827   for improvement of harbor 339 Newspaper Wrappers, Stamped,  appropriation for manufacture; distribution 106, 692 Newspapers,  on free list 542 Newtown Creek, N. Y.,  appropriation for improving 347  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Nez Perces Agency, Idaho,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Nez Perces Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 293, 883  Idaho 303, 892  lands ceded by, Lapwai Reservation, Idaho 326 Nez Perces Indians, Joseph’s Band,  appropriation for support, etc., of 303, 892 Niagara River, N. Y.,  appropriation for improving 341  for improving from Tonawanda to Port Day 341 Niagara River,  rules for vessels passing in 649 Nicaragua,  appropriation for secretary of legation 142, 816 1362 Nicaragua Canal,  appropriation for examination of route, etc. 948  board of engineers authorized; duties 949  to make report by November 1, 1895 949 Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Salvador,  appropriation for minister 141, 815 Nice,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Nickel,  duty on, alloys, etc. 520  on free list, ore, or matte 542 Niedringhaus, F. G.,  appropriation for cows furnished Indians; proviso 307 Niedringhaus, W. F.,  correction of name 592 Night Schools, D. C.,  appropriation for teachers, etc. 254, 754 “Nina” Columbus Caravel,  transferred to Columbian Museum 842 Ningpo,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820 Ninth Judicial District,  additional circuit judge authorized 665 Niobrara, Nebr.,  appropriation for bridge across Niobrara River 72 Niobrara River,  appropriation for bridge across, at Niobrara, Nebr 72 Niter Cake,  on free list 544 Noble, Okla.,  bridge across South Canadian River, authorized at 103 Noerr, Martin L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 452 Nogales,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Noils, Wool, etc.,  on free list 546 Nolan, James E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Nolan, James F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Nolan, John J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Nomenclature,  appropriation for completing, of exports and imports 151, 825 Nomini Creek, Va.,  appropriation for improving 349 Nonenumerated Articles,  duty on 547 Nonresidents,  to file list of source of incomes in United States, etc 555  restriction on paying pensions to, repealed 703 Nootsack River, Wash.,  survey of, directed 371 Norfolk, Nebr.,  terms of court 221 Norfolk, Va.,  appropriation for navy-yard; replacing storehouse, etc. 130, 832   for improvement of harbor 341   for inland waterway to Albemarle Sound, N. C 350   for public building 912  deficiency appropriation for replacing stores, fire at navy-yard 59 Norman, Fannie M. (widow),  pension 986 North American Commercial Company,  deficiency appropriation for expenses, wreck of “Sea Ranger” 426  wreck of bark “James Allen” 426 North American Ethnology,  appropriation for continuing researches 384, 925 North Atlantic Ocean,  international agreement for removing derelicts, etc., in, authorized 13 North Capitol Street, D. C.,  to be extended to Soldiers’ Home; condemnation proceedings 20   appropriation for expenses 20  extension by condemnation proceedings 251 North Carolina.,  appropriation for survey of waterways through sounds of 350   for survey of lands, compromise with E. B. Olmstead 396, 931 North Carolina Eastern Judicial District,  counties transferred from western district 274  pending causes; terms 275 North Carolina Western Judicial District,  counties transferred to eastern district 274 North Dakota,  appropriation for surveyor-general, clerks 198, 800   for contingent expenses 199, 800   for incidental expenses, Indian service in 304, 893  allowance to court officers 204, 806  extension of time for first payment on lands ceded by Indians in 901  grant of lands, Fort Totten Reservation for a militia park 100  part of Fort Rice Reservation granted to 938  payment of balance for penitentiary, to be used for feeble-minded institution 415   to be in full for all claims, etc. 415  proclamation dispersing persons unlawfully obstructing mails, etc., in 1250  survey of lands authorized, to complete giants to 391 North Dakota Judicial District,  terms of district court 642   circuit court 642  court officers to receive same pay as in Oregon district 642 North East (Cape Fear) River, N. C.,  appropriation for improving 350  survey of, directed 370 North Head, Cape Disappointment, Wash.,  appropriation for light station 374, 916 North, James E.,  payment to 1009 North Manitou Island, Mich.,  appropriation for light and fog signal 917 North River,  construction of bridge authorized across, New York City to New Jersey 89 North River, Wash.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Northern and Northwestern Lakes,  appropriation for surveys of, etc. 405, 950 Northern Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with, etc., 294 883   for support, etc., of 303, 892  deficiency appropriation for 873 Northern Mississippi Railway Company,  granted right of way through Indian reservations, Minnesota 489 1363 Northern Pacific Railroad Company,  examination of land grants m Montana and Idaho to 683  mineral lands disallowed 683  commissioners to examine; duties, etc. 683  classification of lands; reports, etc. 684  protests, appeals, etc 685  patents not to be issued before classification, etc. 686  forfeiture rights, etc., not waived 686 Norwalk, Corin.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor; removal of flats 340  survey of harbor directed 369 Norway,appropriation for minister 141, 816  treaty with, for extradition of criminals 1187 Nottingham,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820  for clerk hire 149, 823 Noxubee River, Miss.,  appropriation for improving 352  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Nuevo Laredo,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 833 Nuremberg,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Nursery Stock,  on free list, plants, etc., for 543 Nut Oil,  on free list 542 Nutmegs,  on free list 544 Nutrition, Food,  appropriation for investigating; report, etc. 735 Nuts,  duty on, not edible, refined, etc. 509   iron or steel 519   not specified 524  on free list, not edible, crude 540  edible 540  oils of, not specified 542 Nutt, Hassell,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Nux Vomica,  on free list 542 Oakland Agency, Okla.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Oakland, Cal.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 346  made subport of entry, San Francisco district 277  immediate transportation privileges to 277 Oakum,  on free list 542 Oakwood Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.,  condemned cannon issued to 639 Oar Blocks,  on free list 546 Oaths,  administering, by naval officers authorized 639 Oaths, etc., Pension,  may be administered by fourth-class postmasters 499 Oaths of Office,  of subordinate customs officers to be sent to Secretary of the Treasury 807 Oatmeal,  duty on 523 Oats,  duty on 523 Obion River, Tenn.,  appropriation for improving 354 O’Brien, Charles A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 O’Brien, Frank J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 O’Brien, John F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 O’Brien, Oliver,  charge of desertion removed 996 O’Brien, Patrick F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 O’Brien, Peter,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Obscene Books, etc.,  importation prohibited 549   penalty for officer, etc., aiding 549  proceedings for seizure, etc. 549 Observatory (see Naval Observatory), Observatory Circle, D. C.,  thoroughfares forbidden within 1,006 feet of Observatory 588  extension of Massachusetts avenue outside of limits 588  sale of lands outside of limits 588  purchase of lands within circle; condemnation, etc. 588  surveys; deposit of proceeds of sales 589 Obsolete Camion,  donated to Allegheny and Pittsburg, Pa 967 Ocala, Fla.,  immediate transportation privileges extended to 488  made port of delivery 488 Occoquan Creek, Va.,  appropriation for improving 349 Ocean and Lake, Surveys,  appropriation for 125, 826 “Oceano,”  American register to foreign-built steamer 219 Ocher and Ochery Earths,  duty on, ground in oil 510  on free list, dry 542 Ocklawaha River, Fla.,  appropriation for improving 351 Ocmulgee River, Ga.,  appropriation for improving 350 Oconee, River, Ga.,  appropriation for improving 350 O’Connell, Edward,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 O’Connell, John D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 O’Connor, Peter J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Oconto River, Wis.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 369 Oconto, Wis.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor; survey 345 Octavia,” Steamer,  deficiency appropriation for refund of fine to owner of 426 Oddy, Sarah (widow),  pension 1006 Odell, Edwin A.,  payment, of Court of Claims judgment to 464 1364 Odessa,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821  for clerk hire 149, 823 O’Donnell, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 461 Officers, Army,  appropriation for pay of line; longevity 233, 655   for pay of general staff; longevity 234, 655   for retired; longevity 235, 656   for commutation of quarters 236, 657   for mileage 237, 657  deficiency appropriation for mileage 434  detail of retired, to colleges, etc., not restricted 235   ordnance, etc., issues 235   not to allow full pay 235  maximum of detail to colleges increased 7  service requisite; detail limited to four years 7  retired, detailed to colleges, etc., to receive full pay of rank 7 Officers, Marine Corps,  appropriation for pay 138, 838 Officers, Navy,  appropriation for pay 123, 825  deficiency appropriation for mileage claims 481, 485, 487, 872, 874  to have benefit of previous service in different branch 123 Official Envelopes, Postal Service,  appropriation for 106, 693 Official Gazette, Patent Office,  appropriation for producing; work at Government Printing Office 196, 797  printing authorized; distribution 619 Official Postal Guide,  appropriation for publication 201, 803 Official Register of the United States,  appropriation for preparing 941  list of employees, etc., Government Printing Office to be furnished for 607  matter for preparing, to be sent by officials 618  description of contents 618  to be edited by chief clerk, Interior Department 619  distribution; usual number not printed 619 Official Reporters,  appropriation for, Senate 165, 767   for House of Representatives 167, 770  deficiency appropriation for, Senate 447   for House 448   for one month’s extra pay, Senate and House 20, 864   for extra services, Senate 865    House 866 Ogden Land Company,  claim of, for lands of Seneca Indians to be investigated 301, 887 Ogdensburg, N. Y.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 340 O’Grady, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Ohio,  patent issued to survey No. 386, Virginia military district 76 Ohio Canals,  engineer board to survey and report on, connecting Lake Erie and Ohio River 355  time extended for report on, by engineer board 967 Ohio River,  appropriation for lighting 377, 918   for improving 355   for improving at the Falls 354  appropriation for improving Indiana chute, Falls of the 354    engineer board to report on canal to connect Lake Erie with 355   for improving, at Shawneetown 355   for improving, at Evansville, Ind 355   for ice piers 355  preliminary examination of, at Ironton, Ohio, to be made 367  survey directed of, Evansville Harbor, Ind 370   of Elizabethtown, Ill 370   of Movable Dams 3, 4, and 5 371 Ohio River, Pa.,  appropriation for movable dam, month of Beaver River 355, 946 Ohle, Frank L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Ohm,  established as unit of electrical resistance; definition 101 Oil Cake,  on free list 542 Oil Houses,  appropriation for light stations; limit 375, 917 Oil Seeds,  duty on 523 Oilcloth,  duty on 529   except silk 529 Oils,  duty on 510   essential, expressed, etc., not specified 511  on free list, for soap making, etc. 540   almond, etc. 542 Okanagan River, Wash.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 O’Kane, Patrick,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 O’Keefe, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Oklahoma,  appropriation for salaries, government in 185, 787   for contingent expenses 185, 787   for legislative expenses 185, 787  deficiency appropriation for salaries additional judges 429   for contingent expenses1 429   for expenses of settling title to Greer County, Tex 442, 860   for claims of deputy marshals 442   for legislative expenses 849  allowance to postmasters, Guthrie, and Kingfisher 671  apportionment to be made by commission 185  election; canvass of returns, etc. 186  pay of commissioners 186  change of seat of government not to be considered 186  commutation by certain homestead settlers in 336  construction of bridge authorized across South Canadian River 644  homestead settlers on certain Indian lands granted extension of one year in making payment 3   may receive patent in one year on payment of $1.50 an acre 3   extension of time for, on certain ceded Indian lands in 901   additional entries allowed Iowa Reservation 37  proclamation establishing Alva land district 1236 1365  proclamation establishing Enid land district 1236   Perry land district 1236   Wood ward land district 1236   opening to settlement, Cherokee Outlet 1222    Pawnee Indian lands 1225    Tonkawa Indian lands 1225  qualifications for voters, first election in Cherokee Outlet 18  ratification of Cherokee Outlet, Tonkawa and Pawnee lands reserved for educational and building uses 71   leases authorized; expenses 71  right of way through, to Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway 22  town-site provisions, applicable to Cherokee Outlet 11  two additional judges, supreme court, authorized 20   division of judicial districts 20   judges disqualified to sit in certain cases 21 Oklahoma, City, Okla.,  abandoned military reservation granted to 264   for public schools 264   for buildings and park 264   sale to Southern Kansas Railway 264   permits to Choctaw Coal and Iron Company 264   survey and sale; deeds 264  allowance to postmaster 671 Olunder, Charles A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Old Dominion Creosoting Company.,  deficiency appropriation for 437 “Ohl Settlers” or Western Cherokee Indians,  appropriation for expenses of census 368, 901  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451  payment to John T. Heard for services to 1009 Oleate, of Sofia,  duty on 510 Oleomargarine,  appropriation for expenses, taxation of 180, 782 Olive Oil,  duty on, for salads 510  on free list, not edible, etc. 542 Olives,  duty on 524 Olmstead, E. B.,  appropriation for surveying lands in North Carolina, compromise with 396, 931 Olmsted, Frederick Lair,  appropriation for plans, etc., extension of highways, Distinct of Columbia 247 Olsen, Charles,  deficiency appropriation for reimbursement 427 Olsen, Lauritz M.,  deficiency appropriation tor 866 Olsen, Thorwald,  military record corrected 1045 Olt, Louis G.,  deficiency appropriation for 450 Olympia, Wash.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 346 Omaha, and, Winnebago Agency, Nebr.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Omaha Indian, Reservation, Nebr.,  right of way through, to Eastern Nebraska and Gulf Railway Company 95  time extended for paying for lands 276   interest; distribution pro rata to Indians 276  taxation; first lien for purchase money 277  change of site, Presbyterian school 507 Omaha Indians,  payment of interest, etc., for reservation lands sold 276 Omaha, Nebr.,  appropriation for public building 912  deficiency appropriation for rent of rifle range near 434  contracts authorized for constructing public building 373  terms of court 221 “Oneida,” Steamer,  American register issued to “El Callao” and name changed to 43 O’Neill, Hon. Charles, late a Representative in Congress,  deficiency appropriation for dependent nieces of 448 O’Neill, Hon. John J.,  deficiency appropriation for contested election expenses 448 O’Neill, Thomas,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Onions,  duty on 523 Onset, Mass.,  preliminary examination of harbor, to be made 365 Ontonagon, Midi.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 Onyx,  duty on manufactures, not specified 514 Opera Glasses,  duty on 514 Opinions of Attorneys-General,  appropriation for editing Volume 20 413 Opium,  duty on liquid preparations of 510  on tree list, crude 542 Optical Instruments,  duty on 514 Orange Flower Oil,  on free list 542 Orange Juice, Sour,  on free list 541 Orange Mineral,  duty on 511 Orange Oil,  on free list 542 Orange Peel,  duty on 524  on free list, not prepared 542 Orange Wood,  on free list, cut in lengths 546 Oranges,  duty on 524   boxes, etc., containing; deduction 524 Orchids,  duty on 525 Orchil, or Orchil Liquid,  on free list 542 Ordnance Department, Army,  appropriation for pay of officers; longevity 235, 656   for current expenses 242, 662   for metallic ammunition 242, 662   for repairing, etc., ordnance and ordnance stores 242, 662   for purchase, etc., ordnance stores 242, 662   for equipments 242, 662   for overhauling, etc., new stores 242, 662 1366  appropriation for tiring morning and evening guns 242, 662   for artillery targets, etc., 242 662   for manufacture of arms at armories 242, 663    applicable to magazine rifle 242, 663    limit to civilian clerks 242, 663    open market purchases, limit 242   for purchase of machine guns 242   for fortifications, etc. 212, 704  deficiency appropriation for stores, etc. 479 Ordnance, Naval,  appropriation for procuring, etc. 125, 827   for pay for patent rights, etc. 828   for new proving ground 125, 828   for manufacture of guns, etc. 140, 828, 848   for proving ground 828 Ordnance Office, War Department,  appropriation for clerks, etc. 188, 789 Ore,  duty on iron 515   lead 520   silver, containing lead 520  on free list, copper 539   emery 540   manganese 541   gold, silver, and nickel 542   tin 545 Oregon,  appropriation for surveyor-general, clerks 199, 800   for contingent expenses 199, 800   for support, etc., of confederated tribes of Indians, Middle 302, 891   for incidental expenses Indian service in 304, 893  deficiency appropriation for incidental excuses, Indian service 479   for pay, etc., volunteers 480, 484, 871  agreement for cession of lands, Siletz Indian Reservation, ratified 323  boundary of Wann Springs Indian Reservation fixed 86  extra rates allowed for surveying certain lands in 638 937  jurisdiction of courts in violations of sealing regulations 54  land entries by Oliver P. Coshow confirmed 1024  military post may be established on Puget Sound; donation of land; selection of site 945  proclamation setting apart Ashland forest reservation 1243   Cascade Range forest reservation 1240  time extended for final proof of claims under “donation act” 122 Oregon and Washington Bridge Company,  time extended for bridging Columbia River at La Camas, Wash 101 Oregon Donation, Claims,  corrected land patents issued to Wheelock Simmons and wife 994  patent under, to issue to William Hendershott 998  time extended for final proof under 122 Oregon Railway Extensions Company,  time extended for bridge across Columbia River by 488 Oregon State Soldiers’ Home,  condemned cannon donated to 972 Oriental Bags,  duty on 531 Origanum Oil,  on free list, red or white 542 Orleans,  on free list 537 Ornaments, China, etc.,  duty on white 512   decorated 512   silk, etc. 532   bead, etc. 536 Ornithology and Mammalogy Division, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for ornithologist, assistants, etc., 265 728   for investigations 267, 730 Orpiment,  on free list 537 Orr, John D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Osage Agency, Okla.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Osage Indians,a  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 294, 883 Osage River,  appropriation for improving 358  construction of bridge authorized across 572 Osaka and Hiogo,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820 Osceola, Wis.,  may bridge Saint Croix River 506 O’Shea, Maurice,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Osier,  duty on prepared, etc. 521  on free list, braids, etc., of, for hats 538 Osmium,  on free list 542 Osmond, William G.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Oswego, N. Y.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 340  survey for breakwater to be made 948 Otis, George K.,  deficiency appropriation for postal service 873 Otoe Agency, Okla.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Otoe and Missouria Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 294  negotiations with, for lands to allot to Iowas of Kansas and Nebraska 902  distribution of receipts from sale of land per capita, for houses, etc. 902  payments in cash 902  payment of expenses of delegation 902 Ottar of Roses,  on free list 542 Ottawa,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149 823 Otter,  proclamation forbidding unlawful killing of, Alaska 1258 Otter Creek, Vt.,  appropriation for improving 346 Ouachita and Black Rivers, Ark.,  appropriation for improving 353 Ondyn, A. J.,  payment to mother 993 Ouray Agency,  appropriation for support, etc., of Indians at 304, 893 Ouray Agency, Utah, Uintah and,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 878 Ourdan and Kolb Letter-Engraving Machine,  appropriation for purchase, etc. 125 1367 Pacific Coast,  appropriation for revenue steamer for 920  one battle ship and torpedo boat to rebuilt on; proviso 841 Pacific Ocean,  agreement with Russia for protecting fur seal fisheries 1202  proclamation of regulations of for sealing in 1245  regulations for killing fur seals in 53 Pacific Ocean Pilot Chart, North,  appropriation for expenses of monthly 191, 792 Pacific Railroads,  appropriation for expenses of suits 417  deficiency appropriation for expenses of suits affecting 42 Pacific Railways, Government Directors of the.,  printing report of, authorized; distribution 616 Pacific Short Line Bridge Company,  may prescribe toll on bridge across Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa 221 Paddy,  duty on 523 Page, W. Tyler,  deficiency appropriation for services 20 Pages,  appropriation for Senate 164, 766   for House of Representatives 167, 770  balance for session employees available   for Senate at extra session, April 1 to 15, 1893 2 Painted Glass Windows,  duty on 514 Painting,  acceptance of, Love and Life, donated by G. F. Watts, artist 117 Paintings,  on free list 542   for societies, etc. 543  penalty for infringing copyright of 965 Paints,  duty on, not specified 511 Palermo,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821   for clerk hire 149, 823 Palings,  on free list 546 Palladium,  on free list 542 Palm Leaf,  duty on manufactures of 535  on free list, braids, etc., of, for hats 538   fans; unmanufactured leaf 546 Palm Nuts,  on free list 540 Palm Oil,  on free list 542 Palmer, William J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Palmier, John,  appropriation for property taken, Pine Ridge Agency 366 Palms,  duty on 525 Pamlico River, N. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 Pamphlets,  on free list, in foreign languages 538 Pamunkey River, Va.,  appropriation for improving 349 Panama,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823  appropriation for foreign hospitals 150, 824 Paper,  duty on printing 532   copying, tissue, etc. 532   albumenized 532   writing, and envelopes, embossed, etc. 532   parchment, surface coated, etc. 532   lithographic prints 532   envelopes 533   hangings, writing, drawing, etc. 533   books, maps, etc 533   playing cards 533   manufactures of 533  purchases of, for printing and binding requirements 601 Paper and Stamps, Internal Revenue,  appropriation for expenses 388 929 Paper for Cheeks, etc.,  appropriation for 183 784 Paper Stock,  on free list 542 Papier-Mache,  duty on manufactures of 536 Para,  appropriation for consul at 146, 821   for clerk hire 149, 823 Paraffin,  on free list 543 Paraguay and Uruguay,  appropriation for minister 141, 816 Parasol Ribs, etc.,  duty on iron, etc. 519 Parasols,  duty on 536   sticks for 536 Parcels-Post Convention,  with Newfoundland 1194 Parchment,  on free list 543 Parchment Paper,  duty on, and manufactures 532 Pardon,  proclamation granting, to Mormons 1257 Parian,  on free list, works in, for permanent exhibition 547 Parian Ware,  duty on white 512   decorated 512 Paris,  appropriation for secretary of embassy 142, 816   for second secretary 142, 817   for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823 Paris Exposition,  deficiency appropriation for 486 Paris Green,  duty on 511 Paris, Tex.,  deficiency appropriation for public building 847 Paris Tribunal of Arbitration,  appropriation for expenses of log books, sealing vessels 391, 932  deficiency appropriation for additional pay to counsel 424  payment by disbursing officers allowed 843  regulations restricting killing, etc., of fur seals 52 Paris White,  duty on 511 Park, National Zoological,  appropriation for expenses 383, 924 Parker, James W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 1368 Parker, Ulisses C.,  appropriation for 362 Parkers Heart, Me,  preliminary examination of harbor, to be made 366 Parking Commission, D. C.,  appropriation for expenses 251 751 Parks, Marlin,  granted honorable discharge 1012 Parks, National,  appropriation for Yellowstone 403, 945   for Chickamauga and Chattanooga 403, 945   for dedication, Chickamauga 595   for Shiloh, Tenn 599  established, Gettysburg Military Park 651   Shiloh battlefield 597  leases for hotels, etc., Yellowstone 222  use of material for State monuments in Chickamagua, authorized 12 Parry, John M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 452 Parsons, George R.,  deficiency appropriation for 867 Parsons, Marilla (mother),  pension 1034 Partridge Wood,  on free list, cut in lengths 546 Pascagoula Ray, Miss,  sale of Asylum lot on, authorized 645 Pascagoula River, Miss,  appropriation for improving 352 Paso del Norte,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Pasquotank River, N. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 Passaic River, N. J.,  appropriation for improving 347 Paste,  duty on, manufactures of 535 Pastes,  duty on toilet 511 Patapsco River, Md.,  appropriation for improving 349 Patchogue River, N. Y.,  appropriation for improving 347 Patent Drawings, etc,  appropriation for producing; work at Government Printing Office 797 Patent Office,  appropriation for Commissioner, assistant, examiners, etc. 195, 797   for books, etc. 195, 797   for photolithographing, Official Gazette 196    weekly issues of patents, etc. 196    contracts; work at Government Printing Office 196   for Official Gazette 797   for weekly issues of patents, contracts, etc. 797   for investigations 196, 798   for rent, model exhibit 198, 799   for expenses international bureau 196, 798  deficiency appropriation for rent, model exhibit 438   for photolithographing, etc., weekly issues 857  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Interior Department 206  printing authorized; patents issued, etc 619   trademark and label certificates 619   Official Gazette 619   annual report of Commissioner 619  printing authorized; copies of specifications and patents; to be filed in State capitals, district courts, etc 619   rules of practice; copies of laws, etc. 620   annual volumes of decisions 620   indexes to electrical and foreign patents 620  lithographing to be contracted for; work at Printing office 620 Patents,  monthly copies of specifications and drawings to be furnished each State capital, district court; use 620 Patents, Commissioner of,  appropriation for, assistant, examiners, etc 195, 797  to make contracts for photolithographing, etc. 196  omitted from list of members of Smithsonian Institution 41 Paterson, N. J.,  appropriation for public building 912  contract authorized for constructing public building 912  limit of cost increased, public building at 673 Patman, John J.,  pension 1029 Patrick, Ashland T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Patterns for Machinery,  on free list 543 Patterson, Charles,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Patterson, David,  deficiency appropriation for judgment to administrator of, against District of Columbia out of police relief fund 433  administrator of, to pay over balance to police relief fund, District of Columbia 852 Pavements, D. C.  appropriation for repairs 249, 749 Pawcatuck River, R. I., and Conn,  appropriation for improving 347  survey of, directed 371 Pawnee Agency,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Pawnee Indian Lands, Okla,  proclamation opening to settlement ceded 1225 Pawnee Indian Reservation, Okla,  reservations for educational and building uses ratified 71 Pawnee Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 294, 883  deficiency appropriation for schools 479, 484 Pawtucket River, R. I.  appropriation for improving 347 Pay, Army,  appropriation for 233, 655  deficiency appropriation for 479, 483, 486, 871, 874   for mileage, officers 434  detained pay, charged against regular fund 236 Pay, Arrears of,  appropriation for, volunteers 412, 955  deficiency appropriation for, volunteers 853 Pay Department, Army,  appropriation for pay of officers; longevity 234, 655  all appropriations except officer’s mileage to constitute one fund 237, 658  number of majors reduced to twenty 655 1369 Pay, Marine Corps,  appropriation for officers, active list 138, 838    retired list 139, 838   for enlisted men 139, 838    drum major’s, established 139   for retired enlisted men 139, 839  deficiency appropriation for 480, 485, 873, 875 Pay, Navy,  appropriation for 133, 825    officers to have benefit of previous service 123    naturalization of honorably discharged aliens 124    filling vacancies, ensign and assistant engineer grades 124   for miscellaneous 134, 836   for contingent 134 826  deficiency appropriation for 480, 485, 487 872, 874   for miscellaneous 434, 435, 480, 485, 854, 855, 872   for contingent 434 Paymaster-Generals Office,  appropriation for clerks, etc. 188, 789 Paymaster’s Clerks and Messengers, Army,  appropriation for pay; traveling expenses 236, 657 Paymasters, Navy.,  age qualification of assistant, removed from certain Naval Academy graduates 99 Payne, Cyrus,  granted honorable discharge 999 Payne, John W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Payne, John W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to executrix of 451 Peanuts,  duty on 524 Pearl, Mother of,  on free list, uncut, etc. 543 Pearl River, Miss.,  appropriation for improving, Edinburg to Carthage 352   Carthage to Jackson 352   below Jackson 352 Pearls,  duty on, strung 534   set 534 Pearson, A. L.,  appointed a manager, National Home Volunteer Soldiers 586 Pearson, Charles,  appropriation for 262 Pease,  duty on, prepared, etc. 533   dried; split, etc. 523  on free list, green 543 Pease Creek, Fla.,  appropriation for improving 342 Pebble Lenses,  duty on 514 Peek, Thomas W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Peckinpaugh, N. R.,  deficiency appropriation for 875 Peekskill, N. Y.,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 367 Peel, Orange and Lemon,  duty on 534 Peirce, Eliza B. (widow),  pension 1001 Peking,  appropriation for rent, legation buildings 143, 817 Pelham, Louis,  payment to 1008 Peltries, etc Effects of Indians,  on free list; application 543 Pemaguid Land Company,  deed to settle boundary of light-station lands 82 Pemaguid Point Light Station, Me.,  settlement of boundary; deed 82 Pembina Tribe, Chippewa Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 302, 891 Penalties, etc.,  remission of, extended to all vessels 595  for violating provisions for registry of vessels 625  for violating provisions for license of yachts, etc. 625 Pencil Leads,  duty on, not in wood 536 Pencils,  duty on, covered with wood 536   slate 536 Pend d’Oreille River, Mont.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Penholders, etc.,  duty on 520 Penitentiary, United States,  Military Prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., to be known as 957  imprisonments authorized 957  transfer of convicts from State prisons 957  general regulations 957  temporary warden, guards, etc 957  manufactures, etc., by convicts 957  appropriation for expenses; estimates to be submitted 957 Penknives,  duty on; handles 518 Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad Companies,  may bridge Delaware River at Philadelphia, Pa 92 Penobscot Bay, Me.,  appropriation for light and fog-signal Station Two, Bush Island 375 Pens,  duty on metallic 520   gold 520 Pensacola, Fla.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 342 Pension Appeals, Board of,  appropriation for 193, 793 Pension Office,  appropriation for Commissioner, deputies, clerks, etc. 194, 796    ex-soldiers, etc., to be retained if qualified 796   for per diem, etc., special examiners 195, 796    additional to chief and assistant special examiners 195, 796   for additional special examiners 195, 797  deficiency appropriation for per diem, special examiners, etc. 18, 638   notice to pensioner of charges, etc., prior to suspension 18   for investigating cases 482   for repail’s to building 857  census schedules of war service transferred to 60 Pensioners,  not to receive less than 86 a month 704   not retroactive 704 1370 Pensions,  appropriation for payment of Army and Navy 113, 703    Navy, from Navy fund 113, 703    to be accounted for separately 113, 703    restriction to nonresidents repealed 703   for fees, etc., examining surgeons; examinations 113, 703    minimum daily examinations 113, 703    copy of report to claimant 113    rating to be recommended in report 703    $6 a month to be lowest rate; not retroactive 704   for agent’s salaries 113, 704   for clerk hire; apportionment 113, 704    agent to appoint clerk to sign checks 113, 704   for fuel; lights 114, 704   for stationery, etc 114, 704   for rent 114, 704  deficiency appropriation for Navy 481, 485, 487   for examining surgeons 484   for Army 487, 873  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Interior Department 206  accrued, due Jacob Grosclose to be paid administrator 1023  deemed a vested right 18  not to be withheld until after notice to grantee 18  notice to state all charges, etc. 18  oaths, etc., maybe administered by fourth class postmasters 499  payment of accrued, at death of pensioner 964   persons entitled; burial expenses 965  mailing check to constitute payment 965  dependent act, extended to certain Missouri militia 970  granted, Anderson, Nancy Gabrilla 1030   armstrong, William 1034   Banks, Mary Palmer 1023   Bradford, Ann 1022   Brooks, Joseph R 1042   Brower, Elizabeth 1033   Brown, Lucy 988   Brown, Mary 992   Brown, Sarah M 1030   Button, Mary 1043   Carney, Ellen 1040   Carpenter, Moses W 1025   Chambers, Rebecca H 1009   Clark, Mary L 1033   Clayton, Harriett 1031   Cobb, Rosanna 1030   Corse, Frances 996   Crittenden, Katharine Todd 1028   Davenport, Jesse 1013   Davis, Maria 1031   Devine, Bridget 1040   Donoghue, Mary Ann 1006   Emerson, Earnest C 991   English, Margaret 997   Fairfax, Josephine Foote 1043   Field, Henry C 1013   Finnerty, Mary 1030   Frymire, George L 1004   Geer, Martha, A 1028   Giseburt, Ambrose 1005   Gleason, Johanna 1013   Greiner, G. O. 1029   Gurney, Marion C 1039   Hall, Maria 1012   Hamilton, Mary E 1042   Hartt, Celestia P 998  granted, Hislop, Washington 997   Hobart, Harrison C 1043   Holman, William T 1031   Holmes, Eliza 1011   Jones, James 1044   Karge, Maria T 1039   Kelton, Josephine P 1032   Kepford, Susannah 1042   Knight, Richard R 1035   Lane, Amanda J 1008   Laughlin, Alexander M 1044   Leach, John B 1041   Levans, Mary 1025   Luke, Mrs. E. S 1001   Lyons, Hannah 982   Maholm, John 1014   McClernand, John A 1044   Manasco, Willis 1025   Mangold, Saloma 1043   Markham, Elizabeth L 1043   Martin, Ida C 1039   Martin, Mary 1021   Munson, Albert 1042   Neely, A. F 1006   Norman, Fannie M 986   Oddy, Sarah 1006   Parsons, Manila 1034   Patman, John J 1029   Peirce, Eliza B 1001   Phipps, Alfred J 994   Phipps, Bertha L 994   Phipps, Florence H 994   Phipps, John T 994   Phipps, Mary M 994   Pooler, Pauline M 1034   Props, Adaline J 1015   Robbins, Thankful 1015   Roebuck, Sarah E 1035   Seaver, Nettie N 1010   Sexton, David H 1041   Smith, Charity Ann 1044   Smith, Pauline J 1015   Snyder, Joseph W 1042   Tate, Harriet R 1006   Tenant, Samuel F 1034   Trickey, Mary E 997   Trimble, Mary 1006   Van Vliet, Evalyn N 1036   Vosbnrgh, Harriet T 997   Walters, Joel A 1005   Webster, Jane 1041   Welch, Hannali 1014   Wessels, Caroline E 1035   Wheeler, Lucinda C 1003   Williams, Mary R 1034   Woods, Margaret A 1014  increased, Bews, Julia 1005   Box, Marcus D 1029   Broughton, Mary P 1003   Brown, Hosea. 1046   Carter, Martha Custis 1038   Chill, Thomas M 1047   Conway, Susie 1002   Eastman, Mary A. L. 1044   Ellery, Elizabeth 1032   Franklin, Andrew, alias McKee 982   Holly, Charles F 1017   Johnson, Wells 989   Lane, James 1004   McKee, Andrew, alias Franklin 982   Pinney, Jesse C 1045   Potter, Alice K 1046   Reynolds, Pickens T 1030   Scott, John 1003   Smith, Margaret 1029 1371  increased, Smith, Otis 1002   Stahel, Julius H 1043   Starr, Eliza K 997   Stockwell, John 1003   Sweeny, Eugenia R 1047   Tassiu, Mary 5040   Vedder, Dollie E 1022   Weeks, Julia 1033   Williamson, Alexander 1046  repealed, Seaver, Nettie N 1027   Sippell, Louisa M 1033  restored, Lock, Julia E 1031   Menefee, Mary A 1015  due James Depoy, to be paid Druzilla J. Rigg 1014  correcting name of husband of Elizabeth Voss 1011   error corrected 1019 Pensions, Commissioner of,  appropriation for, deputies, clerks, etc 194, 796  to notify pensioners of charges before withholding pensions 18 Pensions Decisions,  extra copies of, to be printed; distribution 969 Pentwater, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 Pepper,  on free list, black or white, unground 544 Pewter, J. W.,  deficiency appropriation for expenses 844 Pepper, Red,  duty on 525 Peppermint Oil,  duty on 510 Peralta-Reavis v. United States,  deficiency appropriation for expenses suit, court of private land claims 441, 860 Percussion Caps,  duty on 534 Perdido River, Ala, and Fla.,  construction of bridge authorized across, at Holmans Ferry 282 Pere Marquette, Mich.,  appropriation for fog signal 375 Perfumery,  duty on alcoholic 509   not specified 511 Periodicals,  on free list, definition of 542 Periodicals, Scientific,  on free list 538 Permit Fund, D. C.,  deposit of receipts from property owners 248  repayment for work done 248 Permit Work, D. C. (see also Assessment and Permit Work),  deficiency appropriation for, retained contractors’ bond 431 Pernambuco,  appropriation for consul at 146, 821   for clerk hire 149, 823 Perris, Cal.,  appropriation for Indian school 310, 905 Perry Laud District, Okla.,  proclamation establishing; office 1236 Persia,  appropriation for minister resident and consul-general 141, 816   for interpreter 142, 817 Personal Effects,  on free list, of citizens dying abroad 543   of persons arriving from abroad; restrictions 545 Personal Property, D. C.,  trial of right of, etc., in cases before justices of the peace 671 Peru,  appropriation for minister 141, 815  for secretary of legation 142, 816 Petaluma Creek, Cal.,  appropriation for improving 358 Peters, William G.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Peterson, Conrad A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Petit Jean River, Ark.,  construction of bridge authorized across 640 Petoskey, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 Petrie, Joseph B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Petroleum,  on free list 542  duty on, from country imposing duty on product of United States 542 Pettey, George W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 461 Pettis, William G.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Petty Island, N. J.,  appropriation for removing 494, 946 Pewter,  on free list, old 543 Pharmacy Laws,  appropriation for publishing compilation of 268 Phelan, James,  payment to 1037 Phelps, E. J.,  deficiency appropriation for additional pay, counsel Bering Sea arbitration 424 Phelps, George P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Philadelphia, Pa.,  appropriation for salaries, assistant treasurer’s office 182, 783   for salaries, mint at 183, 785   for wages; contingent expenses 184, 785   for Naval Home 129, 831   for Indian pupils, Lincoln Institution 310 905   for additional ground, post-office 373, 912   for Frankford Arsenal 400, 942   for removal of islands, Delaware River, between Camden and 404, 946  deficiency appropriation for mint 429, 870  construction of bridge authorized across Delaware River at 92 “Philadelphia” U. S. S.,  appropriation for remitting time penalties 842 Phillips, E. L.,  deficiency appropriation for 867 Phillips, S. F.,  deficiency appropriation for legal services 875 Philosophical Apparatus, etc.,  on free list, for societies, etc. 543 Phipps, Alfred J. (son),  pension 994 Phipps, Bertha L. (daughter),  pension 994 Phipps, Florence H. (daughter),  pension 994 Phipps, John T. (son),  pension 994 Phipps, Mary M. (daughter),  pension 994 1372 Phoenix, Ariz.,  appropriation for Indian school 310, 905  deficiency appropriation for school 484, 873 Phosphates,  on free list, crude 543 Phosphorus,  duty on 511 Photographic Materials,  duty on dry plates or films 536 Photographs,  duty on 533  on free list, printed over twenty years 538   for the Government 538   for temporary exhibition 546   for permanent exhibition 547  penalty for infringing copyrights of 965 Photolithographing,  appropriation for Official Gazette 196   for weekly issue of patents, etc. 196   contracts; work at Government Printing Office 196  deficiency appropriation for 857 Physicians, Civilian, Army,  appropriation for 237, 657 Pianoforte Leather and Actions,  duty on 534 Pickets,  on free list 546 Pickles,  duty on 523 Picton,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Piedras Negras,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821   for clerk hire 149, 823 Pierre, S. Dak.,  appropriation for Indian school 310, 905  terms of court at 5 Pierrez, Gustaras.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 464 Piers, etc.,  extended beyond harbor lines, to have tidewater basins, etc 364 Pig Iron,  duty on 515 Pigments,  duty on, not specified 511 Pike, Albert,  claim of heirs of, against Choctaws referred to Court of Claims 901 Pike, Luther H.,  amount due, to be reserved from payment to Wichitas 898 Pilot Chart, North Pacific Ocean,  appropriation for expenses of monthly 191, 792 Pillager Pawl, Chippewa Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 289 Pima Agency, Ariz.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877   for support, etc., of Indians at 303   for flour mill 304, 900 Pimen to,  on free list, unground 544 Pimento Wood,  on free list, cut in lengths 546 Pindell, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Pine,  on free list, clapboards 546 Pine Ridge Agency, S. Dak.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877   for reimbursing losers at fire of Ogalalla school; adjusting claims 307 Pine Ridge Indian Reservation,  appropriation for survey, boundary 938 Pine River, Mich.,  survey of, directed 370 Pineapples,  duty on 524 Pinney, Jesse C.,  pension increased 1045 Pins,  duty on steel, wrist or crank 516   metallic 520 “Pinta,” Columbus Caravel,  transferred to Columbian Museum 842 Pinter, Peter G.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Pipes,  duty on iron or steel 517   cast-iron 518   lead 520   copper 519 Pipes, etc., Smoking,  duty on 536  common, clay bowls, etc. 536 Ripesto ne, Minn.,  appropriation for Indian school 310, 906 Pistols,  duty on, etc. 518 Pitch.,  on free list; burgundy 539   wood and coal tar 545 Pitch Pipes,  duty on 534 Pitcher, Benjamin W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Pitt, Walter,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Pittsburg and Mansfield Railroad Company,  may bridge Monongahela River, Pittsburg, Pa 702 Pittsburg, Monongahela and Wheeling Railroad Company,  may bridge Monongahela River 738 Pittsburg, Pa.,  deficiency appropriation for expenses, sale of old customhouse 428, 433   for public building, advertising 847  abandoned cannon donated to encampment Grand Army of the Republic at 14  construction of bridge across Monongahela River at 47, 702   Homestead to 88  may bridge Monongahela River 72  obsolete cannon donated to 967 Piute Indian Reservation,  appropriation for support, etc., of Indians on 304, 893 Piute Indians,  appropriations for support, etc., of Western Shoshone Reservation 304, 893 Placques, China, etc.,  duty on white 512   decorated 512 Plaits for Hats,  on free list, of straw, etc. 538 Planished Iron or Steel,  duty on 516 Plank,  on free list, except cabinet woods 546 Planters,  on free list; proviso 543 Plants,  duty on greenhouse, etc. 525  on free list, fruit, tropical and semitropical 540   for nursery stock 543 1373 Plaster of Paris,  duty on ground 512   calcined 512   manufactures of 536  on free list, unground 543 Plate, Glass,  duty on fluted, rolled or rough 513   cast, polished 513   cast, polished, silvered 514    additional on frames 514   bent, ground, etc. 514 Plates,  duty on steel saw 516   iron, etc., enameled, etc 518   steel, stereotype, etc. 519 Platina,  on free list, in ingots, etc. 543 Platinum,  on free list, unmanufactured 543   chemical apparatus of 543 Plauen,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820 Playing Cards,  duty on 533  stamp tax of 2 cents a pack levied on 560  canceling stamps; penalties for fraudulent use 560  manufacturers to register; penalty 560  stamps to be prepared, etc. 560   penalty for forging etc 561    for reusing, etc. 561    for making, etc., without affixing stamps; exports 562    for removing stamps by maker 562    for selling, etc., without paying tax, etc. 562  manufacturer to pay tax; definition 562  collection of unpaid tax 562 Pleuro-Pneumonia,  appropriation for preventing, etc. 269, 732 Plows,  on free list; proviso 543 Plum Beach, R. I.,  appropriation for lighthouse and fog signal; contract 915 Plumbago,  on free list 543 Plums,  duty on 524 Plush, Hatters,  on free list 543 Plushes,  duty on cotton, etc. 529   silk, etc 532 Plymouth, Mass.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 339  preliminary examination of harbor, to be made 365 Pneumatic Gun Carriage and Power Company,  appropriation for testing disappearing 10-inch gun carriage; proviso 214 Pocket Knives,   duty on; handles 519 Poeomoke River, Md.,   survey of, directed 370 Poeomoke, River to Indian River, Del.,  preliminary examination of canal, to be made 865 Point Bar row, Alaska,  appropriation for refuge station 378, 920 Point Judith Pond,  appropriation for improving entrance 339 Point Judith, R. I.,  appropriation for harbor of refuge 404, 947 Points to State, Surveys,  appropriation for furnishing 380, 921 Police Court D. C.,  appropriation for expenses 257, 758   for juries 258, 758  deficiency appropriation for witness fees 432, 851   for engineer 432   for repairs 851 Police, D. C.,  appropriation for major, officers, etc. 255, 755   for rent, fuel, repairs 255, 756   for contingent expenses 255, 756   for new story, third precinct station 756  deficiency appropriation for administrator of David Patterson 433  deposit from police court fines to credit of police fund 755 Polishing Stones,  oil free list 543 Polk County, Minn.,  lease of Indian lands to Ray W. Jones 1018 Pollard, Albion S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Pollock, James,  payment of judgment of Court of Claims to executors of 450 Polls,  repeal of authority to use troops to keep peace at the 36 Polygamy,  proclamation granting amnesty to Mornions committing 1257 Pomades,  duty on toilet 511 Pomology Division, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for pomologist, assistant, etc., 265 728   for investigations 267, 730 Ponca Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of; distribution 303, 892 Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and Oakland Agency, Okla.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Pool, John F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Pooler, Pauline M. (mother)  pension 1034 Poor, D. C.,  appropriation for relief of the 259, 761   for immediate relief of the suffering 650  deficiency appropriation for relief of 432 Poppy Seed,  duty on 523 Poppy-Seed Oil,  duty on 510 Porcelain Ware,  duty on white 512   decorated 512  on free list, works in, for permanent exhibition 547 Porcupine Island, Me.,  appropriation for breakwater from Mount Desert 338 Pork,  duty on fresh 524 Port Angeles, Wash.,  lands granted for cemetery 396 Port au Prince,  appropriation for clerk hire, consulate-general 149, 823 Port Chester, N. Y.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 341  preliminary examinations of harbor to be made 367 1374 Port Clinton, Ohio,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 343 Port Hope,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Port Jefferson, N. Y.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 341 Port Louis,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Port Orford, Oreg.,  survey of, directed, for harbor of refuge, etc. 371 Port Royal, S. C.,  appropriation for naval station 130    payment to Justin McCarthy 130   for reimbursing marines, loss of clothing, cyclone at 262 Port Sarnia,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Port Stanley and Saint Thomas, Canada,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Port Stanley, Falkland Islands,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Port Townsend, Wash.,  appropriation for quarantine station 392, 934  deficiency appropriation for quarantine station 17   for public building 428 Port Washington, Wis.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 345 Portage Dike, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 Portage Lake Ship Canal, Mich.,  appropriation for fog signal 916 Porter,  duty on 526 Porter, D. S.,  deficiency appropriation for services 8156 Porterfield Land Warrant,  duplicate to Emma A. Ripley 1021 Portland, Me.,  appropriation for marine hospital 373   for improvement of harbor, hack cove 338 Portland, Oreg.,  appropriation for public building 912  contracts authorized for constructing public building 911 Portland Universal Exposition, Oreg.,  articles for exhibition admitted duty free 600  may he transferred from other fairs 600  sales of imported articles; duty, etc. 600  temporary employment of foreign laborers 600 Ports of Entry and Delivery,  delivery   Bonners Ferry, Idaho 40   Ocala, Fla 488   Rockville, Conn 222  entry   Oakland, Cal 277  limits of New York City extended to   Yonkers 73  name of Georgetown, D. C., changed to Washington City 650 Portsmonth, Ohio,  deficiency appropriation for public building 428 Portugal,  appropriation for minister 141, 816  proclamation extending copyright privileges to subjects of 1222 Post, Aaron S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to, and interest 451 Post-Office Department (see also Postal Service),  appropriation for Postmaster-General, clerks, etc. 199, 801   for clerks, etc., Office of Assistant Attorney-General 199, 801   for First Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc. 199, 801   for superintendent free delivery 199, 801   for superintendent money-order system, clerks, etc. 199, 801   for superintendent Dead Letter Office, clerks, etc. 200, 801   for Second Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc. 200, 801   for superintendent foreign mails, clerks, etc. 200, 801   for Third Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc. 200, 802   for Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General, clerks, etc. 200, 802   for chief inspector, clerks, etc. 200, 802   for topographer, draftsmen, etc. 200, 802   for disbursing clerk, engineers, watchmen, etc. 200, 802   for contingent expenses 201, 802   for rent 201, 803   for Official Postal Guide 201, 803   for post-route maps 201, 803   for postage stamps 201, 803   for printing and binding 420, 960  deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses 445, 862   for rent 445   for postal service 445, 481, 485, 863, 873, 876   for First Assistant Postmaster-General 481  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Post-Office Department 207  postmaster’s bonds to be approved by Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General 21  Assistant Postmaster-General to act on board to consider bids for supplies, Executive Departments 34  change in method of accounting, money order service 30  money orders outstanding one year to be paid by 32  officer to sign money-order warrants 33  opening bids for supplies 33 Post-Office Department, Auditor for (see Auditor for the Post-Office Department), Post-Office Inspectors,  appropriation for 106, 693 Post-Offices,  appropriation for postmasters 104, 691  for clerks 104, 691  for rent, light, and fuel; first and second class offices 104, 691  third class-offices, limit 104, 691  for miscellaneous expenses, first and second class offices 104, 691  for advertising, first and second class offices 691  deficiency appropriation for clerk hire 481, 485, 487, 873, 876  for rent, light, and fuel 481, 485, 487, 863, 876  allowance for clerk hire to be fixed by Postmaster-General 31  limited money-order offices authorized 33 Post, Philip S., late a Representative in Congress,  deficiency appropriation for widow 865 1375 Post-Route Maps,  appropriation for publication, etc,;  sales 201, 803 Postage, etc., Stamps,  appropriation for manufacture; distribution 106, 602 Postal Cants,  appropriation for freight 105, 602  for manufacture; distribution 106, 603 Postal Clerks,  appropriation for; traveling expenses 105, 602  to reside on route 692 Postal Conventions,  Universal Postal Union 1078  with Newfoundland 1194  number to be printed; distribution 609 Postal Guide, Official,  appropriation for publication 201, 803 Postal Notes,  abolished 30  destruction of paid, after ten years 107 Postal Service,  office of Postmaster-General   appropriation for advertising 104, 691    for miscellaneous items 104, 691  office of First Assistant Postmaster-General   appropriation for compensation to postmasters 104, 691    for clerks in post-offices 104, 691    for rent, light, and fuel, first and second class offices 104, 691    third-class offices; limit 104 691    for miscellaneous expenses; expenditures 104, 691    for advertising 691    for free-delivery service; rural districts 104, 691    for stationery 105, 691    for wrapping twine 105 691    for wrapping paper 105, 691    for letter balances, etc. 105, 691    for postmarking, etc., stamps 105, 691    for packing boxes, etc. 105, 691    for printing 105 691    for canceling machines 105, 691  office of Second Assistant Postmaster General   appropriation for transportation, star routes 105, 692    for transportation, steamboat routes 105, 692    for mail messenger service 105, 692    for bags, catchers, etc., 105 692    for mail locks and keys, etc. 105, 692    for repair shop 105, 692    for transportation, railroad routes 105, 692    for freight on cards, etc. 105, 692     regular publications, societies, etc., rated as second-class matter 105    for railway postal ears 105, 692    for railway postal clerics 105, 692     residence 692    for special facilities 106, 692    for miscellaneous 106, 692    for transportation, foreign mails 106, 692     clerks on steamships 106, 692     balance due foreign countries 106, 692  office of Third Assistant Postmaster-General   appropriation for postage stamps; distribution 106, 692    for stamped envelopes, etc., distribution 106, 692    for postal cards; distribution 106, 693    for registered package, tag, etc., envelopes 106, 693   appropriation for ship, steamboat, and way letters 106, 693    for engraving drafts, etc. 106, 693    for miscellaneous 106, 693  office of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General   appropriation for depredations; inspectors 106, 693    for fees, suits on bonds 106, 693    for rewards, detection of robberies, etc 106, 693    delivery of supplies by contractors 106  appropriation for deficiencies in revenue 106, 693   destruction of money-order statements, after ten years 107  deficiency appropriation for transportation, railroad routes 445, 481, 485, 487, 863, 863, 873, 876   for mail depredations 445, 863, 873   for advertising 445, 485, 873   for rent, fuel, and light, first-class offices 456, 481, 485, 487, 863, 863, 876   for messenger service 456, 481, 8113   for postal clerks 446   for foreign mails 446   for railway postal clerks 446, 481, 485, 873   for postmasters 146, 481, 485, 487, 863, 873, 876   for H. A. W. Tabor 446   for William M. Keightley 446   for Royal M. Hubbard 446   for free delivery 481   for transportation, star routes 481, 485, 487, 873, 876   for special delivery 481, 485, 873   for clerk hire 481, 485, 487, 873, 876   for canceling machines 485, 487, 863, 873   for bags and catchers 485, 487   for Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad Company 487   for William H. Moore 487   for moving post-office, Washington City 863   for Harrison Postal Bag Rack Company 863   for Corbin Cabinet Lock Company 863   for rent, etc., Yankton, S. Dak 863   for Volley P. Hart 864   for H. F. Menongh 864   for letter earner 873   for printing facing slips, etc. 873   for George K. Otis 873   for special facilities 876  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Post-Office Department 207  allowance to postmasters, Oklahoma 671  postal notes abolished 39   payment of outstanding 31  fees for money orders, reduced 31  allowance for clerks, money order business, first and second class offices 31   to be included in cost for all clerical labor 31  allowance in all other offices 31   additional to international exchange offices 31  postmaster’s salaries to be full compensation for all services 32  statement of orders and notes unpaid for one year to be made 32  postmasters to make monthly statements of orders outstanding one year 32   funds to be used as current revenues 32 1376  orders outstanding one year to be paid by Department 33  repeal of time limit of orders 33  recalled advices to be filed with accounts 32  issuance of application blanks 33  accounts of money orders to be sent to Auditor 33  forms for money orders to be issued 33   coupons to be sent to Auditor with accounts 33  limited money orders authorized; orders limited to $5 33  issuing duplicates for lost orders 33  payment of lost orders after lapse of one year 33  regulations to be made by Postmaster General 33  warrants to be signed by officer designated 33  act to take effect July 1, 1894 33  mail matter, Soldiers’ Home, to be transmitted free 412  original receipts for revenues deposited to be sent to Sixth Auditor 28  postmaster’s bonds to be approved by Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General 21  punishment for sending lottery tickets, etc., in the mails 963 Postal Supplies,  points of delivery by contractor, may be prescribed by Postmaster-General 106 Postmarking Stamps, etc.,  appropriation for 105, 691 Post master-General,  appropriation for, clerks, etc. 199, 801   for postal service, office of 104, 691  balances of postal accounts certified by Auditor to, conclusive 207  may arrange plan for weather signals on mail trains, etc., 274 738  may prescribe points of delivery by contractors of supplies 106  powers respecting lotteries, etc., extended to all letters, etc. 964  to contract for all envelopes for Departments; condition 624  to decide on necessity of special facilities, railroad service 106  to designate officer to sign money-order warrants 33  to destroy money-order statements, etc., ten years old 107  to issue duplicate lost money orders 33  to make money-order regulations 33  to prescribe rules for paying money  orders remaining unpaid ten years 107  to regulate allowance for clerk hire, post offices 31 Postmaster, House of Representatives,  appropriation for, assistant, etc. 167, 770   for horses and mail wagons 167, 770  deficiency appropriation for employees 449 Postmaster, Senate,  appropriation for, assistant, etc. 164, 766 Postmasters,  appropriation for pay 104, 691  deficiency appropriation for compensation 446, 481, 485, 487, 863, 863, 873, 876  at first and second-class offices, may expend miscellaneous fund without written consent of Postmaster-General 104  fourth-class, may administer pension oaths, etc. 499  original receipts of revenues deposited by, to be sent Sixth Auditor 28  salaries to be full compensation for all services 32 Posts,  on free list 546 Potash,  duty on bichromate and chromate of 511   hydriodate, iodide and iodate of 511   nitrate of, refined 511   prussiate of 511  on free list, crude, carbonate of 543   caustic, hydrate of 543   nitrate of 543   sulphate of 543   chlorate of 543   muriate of 543 Potatoes,  duty on 523 Poteet, Benjamin F.,  payment to 998 Potomac Flats, D. C.,  suit to settle title to remain in supreme court 599 Potomac River, D. C.,  appropriation for improving 349   for examining water rights, etc., of Great Falls of the 402   for clearing ice from 969  prohibition of unlawful fishing continued ten years; penalty 40   fishing permitted 40  depositing chemicals, etc., in, prohibited; penalty 40 Pottawatomie and Great Nemaha, Agency, Kans.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Pottawatomie Indian, Lands, Okla.,  homestead settlers granted one year’s extension to make first payment 3   may receive patent in one year by paying $1.50 an acre 3   allowed extension of two years for first payment 901 Pottawatomie Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 294, 883   for interest 294   for R. B. Kennedy 885 Pottawatomie Indians, Citizen Band,  appropriation for paying balance due 295 Pottawatomie Indians, Kans.,  sale of surplus lands in Jackson County authorized 909   conditions; sales to Indians 909  appropriation for expenses; reimbursable 910 Pottawatomie Indians of Indiana and Michigan,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 295, 885  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 450  payment for legal services 885  census to be taken 894  appropriation for expenses of paying judgment to 894 Potter, Alice, K. (widow),  pension increased 1046 Pottery,  on free list, works in, for permanent exhibition 547 Pottsville, Pa.,  construction of public building authorized at 675   appropriation for 912   contracts authorized for constructing 912 Poultry,  duty on 524 1377 Powder,  duty on, for mining, sporting, etc. 533 Powder and Projectiles, Army,  appropriation for 213, 705 Powders,  duty on toilet 511 Powers, John M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Powow River, Mass.,  appropriation for improving 346 Prague,  appropriation for consul at 145, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Pratt, G. W.,  deficiency appropriation for services 866 Precious Metals, Production of,  appropriation for collecting statistics 179, 780  printing report on, authorized; distribution 616 Precious Stones,  duty on, cut 534   set 534   imitation; size 534   uncut 534 Redemption Claim,  time for final payment extended one year 123 Preliminary Examinations,  directed for improvement of rivers and harbors 364 Preparations,  duty on alkalies, essential oils, etc., not specified 511   toilet, not specified 511   of distilled spirits not specified 525 Preparations, Medicinal,  duty on, not specified 511   containing alcohol; minimum 511 Presbyterian Board of Home Missions,  change of site, etc., school on Omaha Indian Reservation, Nebr 507 Prescott,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 President of the United States,  appropriation for compensation 169, 772   for private secretary, clerks, etc. 169, 772  annual messages to ire sent Soldiers’ Homes, etc. 159  authorized to make international agreement for removing derelicts, etc., in North Atlantic Ocean 13  may appoint on Army retired list, Abert, James William 1010   Dana, Napoleon J. T 993   Greene, George S 993   Ransom, Dunbar R 995   Stivers, Charles B 1000  may direct Commissioner of Labor to act as Superintendent of Census 3  printing of message authorized; distribution 615   and accompanying documents; distribution; reports excepted 615  abridgment of documents with message; distribution 617  printing and binding for 622  proclamation convening extra session of Congress 1219   declaring fur-seal regulations in effect 1245   designating Thursday, November 29, 1894, Thanksgiving Day 1258    Thursday, November 30, 1893, as Thanksgiving Day 1244  dispersing riotous assemblages in Illinois 1249  proclamation disbursing unlawful assemblages interfering with mails and interstate commerce 1250   extending copyright benefits to subjects of Denmark 1219    Portugal 1222   granting amnesty to Mormons 1257   opening Cherokee Outlet, Tonkawa, and Pawnee Indian lands to settlement 1222   permitting Canadian vessels to aid wrecks, etc., in United States waters 1220   prohibiting unlawful killing of fur bearing animals, Alaska 1258   putting regulations to prevent collisions at sett in effect March 1, 1895 1250   postponing effect of act to prevent collisions at sea 1259   setting apart Ashland forest reservation, Oreg 1243    Cascade Range forest reservation, Oreg 1240   suspending tonnage tax on vessels from Grenada, W. I 1248  to appoint commission on deep-water communication, Great Lakes to Atlantic 950   commissioners to Antwerp Exposition 578   delegates to International Geodetic Association 587   engineer board to recommend length of span Hudson River bridge, New York 90   engineer board to examine route of Nicaragua Canal 949   engineer board to examine bar Yaquina Bay, Oreg 948  to convene board to report on retirement of Revenue-Cutter officers 929  to extend acknowledgment of Congress to nations taking part in World’s Fair 13  to insist on payment of Mora claim by Spain 975  to issue proclamation announcing admission of Utah as a State 199  opening to settlement lands ceded on Yankton Indian Reservation 313  to make regulations restricting capture of fur seals 54  to negotiate for removal of English cattle regulations, etc. 269  to order naval force to enforce fur seal regulations 55  to select three delegates to international monetary conference 962  to signify to foreign governments appreciation for contributions, etc., World’s Fair 387 Pressmen,  wages to, Government Printing Office; night work 607 Pribilow Islands, Alaska,  proclamation of fur seal regulations 1245  restrictions upon killing fur seals in waters around 53 Price, George,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Price, John T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 474 Price, Ralph E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Priest, Mathew S.,  payment to 1037 1378 Prince, Abraham D.,  real estate purchased by, released from forfeiture 1033 Pringle, James.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Printed Matter,  duty on; not specified 533 Printers,  wages to, Government Printing Office; night work 607 Printers’ Ink,  duty on 510 Printing (see also Public Printing and Binding),  for legislative, executive, and judicial branches to be at Government Printing Office 622  certificates, estimates, and requisitions required for; accounts 623  execution of future orders 624 Prisoners, United States Courts,  appropriation for support, etc. 416, 957    half of expense, jail, etc., D. C. from District revenues 417   for expenses, United States Penitentiary 957  deficiency appropriation for support 61, 443, 478, 483, 486, 639, 861 Prisons, D. C. (see Reformatories and Prisons), Private Land Claims,  appropriation for survey of confirmed 396, 938  indemnity location certificates receivable for certain entries 594  patents to issue for certain valid scrip locations 84 Private Land Claims, Court of,  appropriation for judges, clerks, etc 204, 805   for disposing business By December 31, 1895 204  court to close December 31, 1897 805 Prize Winners’ Exposition, World’s Fair,  admission of exhibits duty free, etc. 8 Proclamations by the President,  commanding riotous assemblages in Illinois to disperse 1249   unlawful assemblages obstructing mails and interstate commerce to disperse 1250  convening extra session of Congress 1219  declaring fur seal regulations in effect 1245  designating Thursday, November 30, 1893, as Thanksgiving Day 1244   Thursday, November 29, 1894, as Thanksgiving Day 1258  extending copyright benefits to subjects of Denmark 1219   Portugal 1222  granting pardon and amnesty to Mormons 1257  opening Cherokee Outlet and Tonkawa and Pawnee Indian lands to settlement 1222  permitting Canadian vessels to aid wrecks, etc., in United States waters 1220  postponing effect of act to prevent collisions at sea 1259  putting regulations to prevent collisions at sea in effect March 1, 1895 1250  prohibiting unlawful killing of fur-bearing animals, Alaskan waters 1258  setting apart Ashland forest reservation, Oreg 12 13   Cascade Range forest reservation, Oreg 1240  suspending tonnage duty on vessels from Grenada, W. I 1248 Proctor, Thomas,  naval record corrected 1017 Props, Adaline J. (widow),  pension 1015 Professional Books, etc,  on free list, of immigrants, not for sale, etc. 543 Property Returns,  only certificates of loss to be forwarded to Treasury accounting officers 47  contents of certificate 47  manner of returns to bureaus, etc., not affected 47 Protecting Public Lands, etc.,  appropriation for 393, 936  deficiency appropriation for 18, 858 Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, D. C.  powers of trustees 83 Proudfoot, James V. A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 179 Providence Hospital, D. C.,  appropriation for support of destitute patients 406, 950 Providence River, R. I.,  appropriation for improving 347 Provincetown, Mass.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 339 Provisions, Navy,  appropriation for 132 834 Prune Juice or Wine,  duty on 526 Prunes,  duty on 524 Public Buildings,  appropriation for, Allegheny, Pa 910   for Boise City, Idaho 913   for Brockton, Mass 910   for Buffalo, N. Y 372, 910   for Charleston, S. C 372, 910   for Cheyenne, Wyo 913   for Chicago, Ill., temporary building 910    new building 911   for Clarksville, Tenn 911   for Cumberland, Md 911   for Davenport, Iowa 373   for Fort Dodge, Iowa 911   for Fort Worth, Tex 911   for Helena, Mont 913   for Kansas City, Mo 373, 911   for Little Rock, Ark 911   for Los Angeles, Cal 913   for New York, repairs 373    appraiser’s warehouse 912   for Newark, N. J 912   for Newport, Ky 912   for Norfolk, Va 912   for Omaha, Nebr 912   for Paterson, N. J 912   for Philadelphia, additional ground, post-office 373, 912   for Pottsville, Pa 912   for Portland, Oreg 912   for Pueblo, Colo 912   for Richmond, Ky 912   for Saint Paul, Minn 912   for San Francisco, Cal 912   for Savannah, Ga 913   for Sioux City, Iowa 913   for South Omaha, Nebr 914   for Topeka, Kans 373   for Troy, N. Y 913   for Worcester, Mass 373, 913 1379  appropriation for Washington, Bureau of Engraving and Printing 372, 910   for Washington, post-office 373, 913    Treasury buildings 373, 913   for repail’s, etc 373, 914   for marine hospitals, Boston, Mass 914    Chicago, Ill 914    Cincinnati, Ohio 914    New Orleans, La 914    Portland, Me 373    Wilmington, N. C 914   for quarantine stations 914   for heating, etc., apparatus 374, 915   for vaults, safes, and locks 374, 915   for plans, etc. 374, 915   for assistant custodians and janitors 389, 930   for inspector of furniture, etc. 389, 930   for furniture and repairs 389, 930   for fuel, lights, and water 389, 930   for Denver, Colo., mint 931  deficiency appropriation for Bay City, Mich 428   for Birmingham, Ala 428   for Bridgeport, Conn 428   for Brooklyn, N. Y 847   for Canton, Ohio 428   for Chicago, Ills marine hospital 429   for El Paso, Tex 428   for Galveston, Tex 428   for Galesburg, Ill 428   for Haverhill, Mass 847   for Helena, Ark 428   for Hoboken, N. J 428   for Lewiston, Me 428   for Martinsburg, W. Va 428   for New Haven, Conn 847   for New York, customhouse 847   for Paris, Tex 847   for Pittsburg, Pa 428, 847   for Port Townsend, Wash 428   for Portsmouth, Ohio 428   for Sacramento, Cal 429   for San Diego, Cal 429   for San Francisco, Cal 429   for Springfield, Mo 847   for Syracuse, N. Y 429   for Scranton, Pa 429   for Sioux Falls, S. Dak 429   for Syracuse, N. Y., approaches 429   for Tallahassee, Fla 429, 847   for Troy, N. Y 847   for Washington, D. C., Richards property and Maltby Building 429   for Wilmington, Del 847   for York, Pa 429   for assistant custodians, etc. 15, 426, 478, 870   for fuel, lights, and water 17, 478, 482, 870   for inspector of furniture, etc. 42   for furniture, etc 426, 478, 482, 846, 870   for services, Columbus, Ohio 426   for repairs, etc. 478, 871   for heating, etc., apparatus 478, 870, 874  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206  construction of, authorized at Brockton, Mass 675   Chicago, new building, sale of old, etc. 664    error corrected 701   Cumberland, Md 676   Newport, Ky 676   Pottsville, Pa 675   South Omaha, Nebr 674  contracts authorized for the construction of, Allegheny, Pa 911   Brockton, Mass 910  contracts authorized for the construction of, Buffalo, N. Y 373   Cumberland, Md 911   Detroit, Mich 911   Kansas City, Mo 373   Meridian, Miss 911   Newport, Ky 912   Omaha, Nebr 373   Paterson, N. J 912   Portland, Oreg 911   Pottsville, Pa 912   Pueblo, Colo 911   Saint Paul, Minn 373   San Francisco, Cal 913   Savannah, Ga 911   Sioux City, Iowa 373   South Omaha, Nebr 914  extension of, authorized at Little Rock, Ark 506  limit of cost increased, Clarksville, Tenn 373   Fort Worth, Tex 373   Meridian, Miss 911   Paterson, N. J 673   Sioux City, Iowa 373  rooms for courts to be provided, Meridian, Miss 591  sale of old custom-house, Louisville, Ky 226  temporary use of old courthouse, Baltimore, by State courts 584  use of a certain lot granted to Baltimore, Md 913  wiring for electric lighting of, authorized 914 Public Buildings and Grounds, D. C.,  appropriation for clerk, gardener, etc 188, 790   for overseers, laborers, watchmen, etc. 189, 790   for contingent expenses 189, 790   for additional pay, officer in charge 236, 657   for improvement of grounds, etc. 401, 943    childrens’ playground authorized 943    maximum for asphalt, etc., pavements 401, 944   for repairs and fuel, Executive Mansion 401, 944   for portrait, ex-President Benjamin Harrison 401   for lighting; maximum 401, 944    electric lights 402, 944   for repair of water pipes; investigation of water rights, Great Falls 402   for repair of water pipes, etc. 944   for changing, etc., pipe line to Capitol 944   for telegraph, Capitol to Departments and Printing Office 402, 944   for Washington Monument 402, 944   for statue of Gen. W. T. Sherman 945  deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses 478   for lighting Executive Mansion 482   for removing snow and ice 853  accounts to be examined by Auditor for War Department 206  sidewalks in public parks to be kept free from snow and ice 810 Public Debt,  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206 Public Documents,  on free list, of foreign governments 538 Public Domain (see Public Lands), Public-Land Strip, Okla.,  homestead settlers may receive patents in one year by paying $1.50 an acre 3   in Beaver County, $1.25 an acre 3 1380 Public Lands (see also General Land Office),  appropriation for Commissioner, assistant, etc. 193, 794   for special land inspector; expenses 193, 794   for surveyors-general, etc. 198, 799   for registers and receivers 393, 936   for contingent expenses 393, 936   for depositing moneys 393, 936   for expenses, timber depredations 393, 936   for protecting, from illegal entry, etc 393, 936   for swampland claims 393 936   for hearings in land entries 394, 936   for reproducing plats 394, 936   for transcripts of records 394, 936   for surveying 394, 936    preference to settled localities 394    grants to Washington and other new States 394   for survey of railroad land grants 395, 937   for survey of private land claims 396, 938    lands in North Carolina 396   for retracing boundary Ark., La., and Tex 396   for survey, etc., abandoned military reservations 396, 938   for resurvey Grant and Hooker counties, Nebr 396    lots donated to Port Angeles, Oreg., for cemetery 396   for adjusting claims, Des Moines River lands settlers 396    soldiers’ additional homestead certificates sold, declared valid 397   for survey boundary Pine Ridge Reservation 938   for expenses of examining, etc., land grants, Montana and Idaho, to Northern Pacific Railroad 686  deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses, land offices 18, 482   for timber depredations 18, 858   for protecting, etc. 18, 858   for swampland claims 18, 858    per diem, agents, etc. 18   for per diem, inspectors, etc. 18   for clerk hire, etc., to pay expenses opening Cherokee Outlet, Oklahoma 60   for registers and receivers 438, 870   for reproducing plats, etc. 438   for Samuel W. McGee 438   for B. F. Allen 438   for surveying 478, 482, 486, 870, 872, 875   for reimbursing receivers 478, 482, 870   for surveyor-general, Montana 858   for advertising, Oklahoma 858  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Interior Department 206  auditing of accounts relating to 207  abandoned military reservations opened to settlement 491   all abandoned military reservations open to settlement 664   preferences to homestead settlers extended 665  additional entries allowed settlers in Iowa Reservation, Okla 37  affidavits before State or Territorial officers validated 228  agreement ratified ceding portion of Yankton Indian Reservation 313   ceding Wanatshapam Fishery, Wash 320   ceding portion of Coeur d’Alene Reservation 323   ceding portion of Yankton Indian Reservation 326  agreement ratified ceding portion of Lapwai Indian Reservation 331   ceding lands on Yuma Indian Reservation 332  annual assessment of mining claims suspended for 1893 6   suspended for 1894 114  annual report of suspended entries adjudicated, abolished 807  appointment of court commissioners in the Territories, directed 744  bounty land warrants receivable for certain laud entries 594  indemnity location certificates receivable for certain land entries 594   Indian lands excepted 594  certain naval reserves in Alabama and Mississippi restored to settlement 814  commutation of certain homestead settlers in Oklahoma 3, 336  correction of errors in allotments, patents, etc., to Indians, authorized 641  duplication of registers and receivers’ returns to be prevented 807  engrossing and recording patents by typewriters permitted 807  entries on affidavits before court, instead of circuit court, commissioners, validated 227   final proofs to be received 227  entry by George F. Weed, Yuma, Colo., confirmed 599  extension of time for first payment by homestead settlers on certain Indian lands, Oklahoma 3  final proof, Oregon donation claims admitted until January 1, 1896 122   advertisements; abandoned claims restored to public domain 122   adverse possession; settlers on abandoned claims 122  grant of desert lands to States to be irrigated 422  granted to Arizona 39   to Inwood, Mich., for cemetery 88   to Mississippi, for university uses 94    for agricultural, etc., colleges 673    for Girls’ College, etc. 815   to Utah, on admission as State 109  grants to Northern Pacific Railroad in Montana and Idaho to be examined 683   claims for lands found mineral to be rejected 683   commissioners to be appointed; duties 683   classification of lands; meaning of mineral 684    coal and iron lands; new examinations 684   surveyed lands; reports 684   publication of classification; protests 685   entry, etc., of classification on land records 685   patents for nonmineral lands to company 686    all others void; forfeiture, etc., not waived 686  homestead settlers allowed extension for first payment, Indian ceded lands 3, 901   in Oklahoma, may receive patents in one year by paying $1.50 an acre 3  provision for commuting homestead entries on ceded Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, extended to Nebraska 4 1381  homestead settlers in burned districts, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan, granted two years more to make final proof 634   on payment of minimum price to receive patent, if property destroyed 035   may cut burned timber; license; payment, etc. 635  irregular entries, Mile Lac Reservation, Minn., confirmed 576  laws relating to mineral lands extended to cession from Wichitas 899  new entries permitted settlers forfeiting by unavoidable absence, etc. 599  offices of principal clerks public lands, private land claims, and surveys abolished 807   duties to be performed by assistant commissioner 807  open to settlement, surplus lands of Southern Ute Indians, Colo 678  part of abandoned arsenal donated to Dearborn, Mich 93   Fort McKinney Reservation granted to Wyoming 938   Fort Maginnis Reservation granted to Montana 938   Fort Rice Reservation granted to North Dakota 939  patents to issue for certain valid scrip locations 84   to survey No. 386, Virginia military district, Ohio 76  printed manual of surveying instructions, 1894, made part of contracts 285  proclamation establishing Alva land district, Okla 1236    Enid land district, Okla 1236    Perry land district, Okla 1236    Woodward land district, Okla 1236   opening to settlement Cherekee Outlet 1222    ceded Pawnee Indian lands 1225    ceded Tonkawa Indian lands 1225   setting apart Ashland forest reservation, Oreg 1243   Cascade Range forest reservation, Oreg 1240  registers and receivers forbidden to consider cases when personally interested, etc., substitution 26  release of title to certain lands in California 700  reserved for educational and building use, Oklahoma, ratified 71  right of way for tramroads, canals, etc., permitted 635   reservations excepted 635  sale of certain, Montgomery County, Ark., for church camp ground 654   isolated tracts; conditions 687   remaining portion of Sacs and Foxes’ land, Nebraska and Kansas 296  selection of, in Bitter Root Valley, by Montana, authorized 222   indemnity school lands, on ceded Indian reservations 899  settlement of certain claims of Arkansas 229  surveys authorized on application of settlers, possessors, or grantees, etc. 423   deposits for cost, etc., certificates 423   certificates receivable for public lands 423  time extended for purchase by settlers on forfeited railroad grants 15   for final entries, desert lands 226  time extended for final declaration 227   one year for final proof, etc., homestead, desert land and pre redemption claims 123   purchases on Omaha Indian Reservation, Nebr 276  town-site provisions Oklahoma, applicable to Cherokee Outlet 11  unallotted lands on Uncompaghre Reservation open to entry 337 Public Lands Decisions,  extra copies of, and digest to be printed; distribution 969 Public Moneys,  accounts of delinquent officers receiving, to be stated by Auditor to Solicitor 206 Public Printer (see also Public Printing, etc.),  appropriation for, clerks, etc. 168, 771   for contingent expenses 168, 771  amount of advances to, increased 84  appointment; salary; bond 603  duties; report of printing and binding 603  yearly detailed report 604  estimates for paper and all expenses 604  advances not exceeding four-fifths of bond authorized; accounts 604  accountability; corrupt collusions; private business, etc. 605  filling temporary vacancy 606  to appoint superintendent of documents; duties 610  to furnish assistants, blanks, etc., to superintendent of documents 611  annual report; may retain documents, etc 618 Public Printing and Binding,  appropriation for Public Printer, clerks, etc 168, 771   for contingent expenses 168, 771   for printing for Congress, etc. 419, 959    naval records of the rebellion 190    increase, pay of foreman of printing 959    estimates 419    allotment 419, 959    division of allotments available 420, 960   for annual report, Secretary of Agriculture 960    limitation on printing for committees modified 960   for leaves of absence to employees 420, 961   for storage of documents, etc. 420   for fire escapes, repairs, etc 420, 578    continued available 962    all appropriations for printing and binding except for Congress considered under Government Printing Office 961    estimates for all printing and binding to be submitted by Public Printer 961     notification to Departments 961    additional printing permitted on envelopes for members of Congress 961    issue of Supplement to Revised Statutes continued 961   for member of boards on paper, material, etc. 961   for construction of additional building 961    duties of Joint Committee on Printing may devolve on committee of either House in existence 962  deficiency appropriation for Congress 19, 42, 64, 93, 868   for public printing and binding 61, 596 1382  deficiency appropriation for Treasury Department 868   for storing documents, etc. 19   for leaves of absence 42, 94, 868    allowed to former employees 868    allowance of pro rata leave for each fiscal year 868   for Stephen Caldwell, Samuel Robinson, and William Madden 447, 868   for census 596  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207  allowance of pro rata leaves of absence for each fiscal year 94, 868  all work for Patent Office may be done at Government Printing Office 196  amount-of advances to Public Printer increased 84  revision of laws relating to 601  Joint Committee on Printing 601   general powers; reprint of bills 601  paper purchases; contracts 601   standards; defaults, etc. 602   open-market purchases 602  purchase of other material 602  control of Congressional Record; index 603  engraving maps, etc. 603  schedules of all materials required 603  Public Printer; appointment, salary, bond; duties 603   report of printing and binding 603  boards to examine paper, etc. 603  sale of unserviceable material, etc. 604  detailed yearly report 604  leaves of absence to all employees; prorata 604  delivery of daily copies of Congressional Record 604  stereotyping, etc. 604  estimates to be submitted 604  advances to Public Printer; receipts; accounts 604  control of branch offices; exceptions 605  accountability for material; penalty for collusions, etc. 605  interest in private business forbidden 605  temporary storage; contracts 606  temporary vacancy in office of Public Printer 606  supplying documents, franks, etc., to Congressmen 606  purchase of press supplies; bids 607  wages; night work 607  sales of Record and Directory 607  acceptance of engravings, etc. 607  sales of documents 607  list of employees, etc., for Biennial Register 607  chief clerk and foremen to be appointed 607  skilled workmen required; holidays; night work 607  clerks; proof readers, etc., apprentices 608  determining forms and style 608  sales of stereotypes, etc. 608  avoiding duplication of documents 608  “usual number” of Congressional documents; distribution 608  printing and distributing bills and resolutions 609   laws, etc., in slip form 609   Journals of Senate and, House 609   for Departments, etc. 610   extra copies 610  document rooms, Senate and House 610  Superintendent of Documents; appointment; duties 610  distribution of documents stored at the Capitol; restrictions 611  Superintendent of Documents, Interior Department, abolished; Eleventh Census reports 611   correspondence; franks; assistance, etc. 611   to distribute, etc., surplus documents 612  distribution of Congressional documents 612  catalogue of Government publications 612  investigation, etc., of depositories 612  folding rooms, Senate and House; duties 612  disposal of documents not distributed 612  allotment, etc., of extra copies of documents and reports 612   Revised and Annual Statutes 614   Statutes at Large; evidence; contents 615   eulogies; Senate and House Manuals; Congressional Directory 616   editing Message and Documents 617   Congressional Record 617   Records of the Rebellion 618   Official Register; contents 618   Patent Office publications; Official Gazette; printing 619   notices forbidden 620  documents to remain public property 620  exchanges with foreign legations 620  charts, etc., Coast Survey; Hydrographic Office 620  Geological Survey publications 621  illustrations; time limit of orders; exception 621  binding; classification of Congressional documents 621   retained sets of bills and resolutions; reports of committees 622  binding bonds and records at Treasury 622  franking privileges 622  limitation of printing and binding; exception 622   all work to be at Government Printing Office 622  work for President; copies of documents, etc. 622  limitation of work for Departments, etc. 622   agricultural Department publications 622   marine notices, etc. 623   reports of bureaus, etc. 623  documents, etc., for Departments 623  form of reports; distribution by Departments 623  work for Departments, etc., estimates; requisitions; accounts 623  restriction of printing; exchange of documents 623  envelopes to be contracted for by Postmaster-General; restriction 624  judicial blanks, etc. 624  libraries of Departments, etc., to have one copy of each publication 624  this act to govern nil future orders 624  printing, etc., for Congress; extra bindings 624  limit of preliminary reports, etc. 624   restriction 961   delivery to officers, etc. 624  repeal of conflicting laws 624  ordered—   abstract of Eleventh Census 60   agricultural Report, 1893 581   Digest of International Arbitrations 580   Report of Capitol centennial ceremonies 578 1383 Public Roads,  appropriation for investigating methods of making, etc. 266, 729 Public Schools, D. C.,  appropriation for officers, etc 253, 753   for teachers 253, 753    no discrimination on account of sex 254, 753   for night-school teachers; expenses 254, 754   for janitors and care of buildings 254, 754   for rent, repairs, manual training 254, 754   for fuel, furniture, contingent expenses 254, 754   for text-books, etc., distribution 254, 754    school officials not to have benefit in 254   for new buildings, etc., limit 254, 754   for new heaters, Sumner Building 255   for fireproof stairways 255  deficiency appropriation for janitors 432, 851   for fuel 432, 851   for contingent expenses 432   for rent 851   for furniture, Mount Pleasant 851  women may be trustees; board increased 693 Public Works,  bonds of contractors to include security for work, etc., supplied them 278   right of action on, for work, etc., furnished 278 Public Works, Board of, D. C.,  rates paid by, to be allowed in certain claims against District of Columbia 664 Publications,  regular, of fraternal, etc., societies rated as second-class mail matter 105  on free list 538 Publications Division, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for chief, clerks 729 Pueblo Agency,  appropriation for support, etc., of Indians at 304 Pueblo and Jicarilla Agency, N. Mex.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Pueblo, Colo.,  appropriation for public building 912  contracts authorized for constructing public building 911 Puerto Cabello,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Puget Sound, Wash.,  appropriation for dry dock, naval station 130, 413   for improving, etc. 360   for waterway to Lakes Union and Washington 360   for lighting 377, 918  preliminary examination of waterway, Hood Canal to North Bay, to be made 368  military post on, authorized; site, etc 945  survey, etc., of waterway to Lakes Union and Washington to be made 948 Pullman, John W.,  payment to 986 Pulp, Paper, and Books,  Schedule M, tariff of 1894 532 Pulp, Wood,  duty on mechanically ground and chemical 532   manufactures of, not specified 536 Pultneyville, N. Y.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 341 Palu,  on free list 544 Pumice,  on free list 544 Pumice Stone,  on free list 545 Pumps, D. C.,  appropriation for repair, et. 252, 751 Punta Rassa, Fla.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 351 Purcell Bridge and Transfer Company,  may bridge South Canadian River, Lexington, Okla 225 Purcell, Christopher C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Pure, Bred Animals,  to be determined by Secretary of Agriculture 269, 733  on free list; regulations 536 Putty,  duty on 511 Putz, Herman F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 470 Puyallup Agency, Wash.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877   for support, etc., of Indians at 364, 893 Puyallup Indian Reservation, Wash.,  appropriation for commission to select lands, etc. 894 Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation,  appropriation for support, etc., of Indians on 304 893 Pyrites,  duty on dross from burnt 515  on free list, ore 545 Pyroligneous Acid,  duty on 509 Pyroxyline, etc.,  duty on 509 Quantico Creek, Va.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Quapay Agency, Ind. T.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 288, 877 Quapaw Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 296, 885  allotments to, ratified; patents, etc 907 Quarantine,  consular bills of health not required from ports on frontier, etc. 372 Quarantine Service,  appropriation for expenses 392 934   for new station, Southport, N. C 392   for preventing, etc., epidemics 892, 934  deficiency appropriation for maintenance 17, 874 Quarantine Stations,  appropriation for repairs, etc. 374, 914   for Reedy Island, improving grounds 914   for Delaware Breakwater, naphtha launch 915   for Brunswick, Ga.; repairs 915   for South Atlantic, hospital barge, etc. 915   for San Francisco, Cal.; naphtha launch, etc. 915   for maintenance 392, 934   for repairs Gulf station 392   for new station, Southport, N. C 392 Quarantine Stations for Neat Cattle,  appropriation for expenses 269, 733 Quartermaster-General,  annual report of purchases, etc., repealed 787 Quartermaster-Generals Office,  appropriation for clerks, etc. 187, 788 Quartermasters Department, Army,  appropriation for pav of officers; longevity 235, 656 1384  appropriation for regular supplies 238, 658    post bakeries, schools, etc. 238, 659    forage, stationery, etc. 238, 659    printing to be by contract; purchases 238, 659   for incidental expenses 238, 659    limit of rewards for deserters 239, 659    extra duty pay; limit 239, 659   for purchase of horses; limit 239, 660   for transportation 239, 660    due land-grant roads 240, 660    fifty per cent to Toads not bond aided; rates 240, 660   for barracks and quarters 340, 661   for repairs, Columbus Barracks, immediately available 661    limit civilian employees; maximum pay 340, 661   for construction, etc., hospitals; Hot Springs, Ark 240, 661   for hospital stewards’ quarters 240, 661   for shooting ranges, etc. 240, 661    Fort Snelling, Minn 241    Sacketts Harbor, N. Y 241   for clothing, camp and garrison equipage 341, 661   for all Army contingent expenses 241, 661  deficiency appropriation for regular supplies 480, 484, 487, 871   for incidental expenses 480, 484, 871   for transportation 480, 484, 487, 871, 874    fifty percent arrears 480, 484   for clothing, and camp and garrison equipage 480, 871   for horses 480, 484, 871   for barracks and quarters 480, 484, 487, 874   for cemeteries 480  vacancies to be filled from the line 231 Quarters, Army,  appropriation for commutation, officers 236, 657   for troops 240, 661   for hospital stewards 240 661 Quay, R. R.,  deficiency appropriation for 16 Quayle, Robert H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Quebec,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Quicksilver,  duty on 520 Quill, Jeremiah F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Quillayute Harbor, Wash.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Quillehute Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 303, 892 Quills,  on free list 544 Quinaielt Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 303, 892 Quiney, Ill.,  dredging channel in bay, authorized 357 Quiuia,  on free list, sulphate of 544 Quinine,  on free list, barks 538 Quinn, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Quinn, John J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Quinn, Patrick H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Quinn, Richard F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Quinn, Thomas J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 461 Quoits,  on free list 539 R. Carpenter Post, Grand Army of the Republic,  condemned cannon donated to 973 R Street, Washington, D. C.,  deficiency appropriation for lands taken, extension of 851 Racine, Wis.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 345 Raedy, John,  deficiency appropriation for judgment against District of Columbia 853 Rags,  on free list, for paper stock 542   not specially provided for 544 Rags, Wool,  on free list 546 Rahway River, N. J.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Railroad Land Grants,  appropriation for surveys to adjust 395, 937 Rail road Routes,  appropriation for mail transportation by 105, 692   for freight on postal cards, etc. 105, 692   for special facilities 106, 693 Railroad Ties,  on free list 545 Railroads,  may issue interchangeable 5,000-mile tickets; privileges, etc 643  granted right of way in Territories to keep stations at town sites 363   penalty for failure 263 Railroads, Commissioner of,  appropriation for, bookkeeper, engineer, etc. 197, 798  for examining books, etc. 197, 798 Railroads, Street (see Street Railways, D. C.), Rails,  duty on iron or steel 515 Railway Bars, etc.,  duty on iron or steel 515 Railway Fish Plates,  duty on 519 Railway Postal Cars,  appropriation for 105, 693 Railway Postal Clerks,  appropriation for; traveling expenses 105, 692   must reside on route 693  deficiency appropriation for 446, 481, 873 Raisins,  duty on 524 Rakes, Horse,  on free list; proviso 543 Raleigh, N. C.,  terms of court 275 Ralph, Peter F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Rancoeas Creek, N. J.,  appropriation for improving 347  preliminary examination of, to be made 367   of Lumberton Branch to be made 367 Randolph,I f’esley J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Rankin, Matthew,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 1385 Ransom, Dunbar R.,  may be appointed captain, Army retired list 995 Rape-Seed Oil,  duty on 510 Rape Seeds,  on free list 544 Ruppahannock River, Va.,  appropriation for improving 349 Raritan Bay, N. J.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 341 Raritan River, N. J.,  appropriation for improving 347   for lighting 377, 918 Rasps,  duty on 518 Ratafia,  duty on 525 Rations, Commutation of,  appropriation for, prisoners of war, etc. 412, 955 Rattan,  on free list, braids, etc., of, for hats 538   unmanufactured 540 Rawlings, John H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Raymond, James B.,  payment of Court of, Claims judgment to 472 Razors,  duty on, and blades 518 Real Estate, D. C.,  revision of assessment 282  value in lawful money, basis of assessment 283  released from alien forfeiture, purchased by Gottwah, David B 981   Kirkwood, Jonathan 1038   Prince, Abraham D 1033   Roberts, Grace 1028   Townsend, Elizabeth, or Moore 984 Reapers,  on free list, proviso 543 Reardon, Daniel J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Reath, Thomas,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Rebellion Records (see Records of the Rebellion), Receivers of Public Moneys,  appropriation for salaries. 393, 936  deficiency appropriation for 438, 478, 482, 870   for reimbursing 870  forbidden to consider cases when personally interested, etc. 26 Receivers, United States Courts,  appropriation for protecting property in hands of 416  deficiency appropriation for expenses of marshals protecting property in hands of 442, 860 Reciprocal Commercial Arrangements,  provisions for, in tariff of 1890, repealed 569   existing agreements 569 Recognizances,  executed by security, etc., corporations, may be accepted by Government officials, etc. 279 Record and Pension Office, War Department,  appropriation for clerks, etc. 186, 788   for rent 188, 789   for army officer in charge; longevity 234, 656   for heirs of persons killed by Ford Theater disaster 932  deficiency appropriation for repairs, Ford’s Theater 42  deficiency appropriation for repairs, Ford Theater building, continued 59   for rent 433  employees injured at Ford’s Theater relieved from sick leave restrictions 577  control of printing office 605  transcripts of military history of regiments may be furnished States 788 Record, Congressional (see Congressional Record), Recorder of Deeds, D. C.,  recording plats, etc of subdivisions in office of, forbidden 501 Records and Editing Division, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for chief, clerks, etc. 266 Records of the Rebellion, Naval,  appropriation for printing; distribution 190, 791 Records of the Rebellion, Office of,  appropriation for agent, clerk’s, etc. 188, 789   for rent 188, 789   for continuing publication 406, 951  deficiency appropriation for publication 483   for publication, completing Series I 853  complete sets to be furnished members of present Congress 618 Recruiting, Navy,  appropriation for expenses 125, 827 Recruiting Service, Army,  appropriation for expenses 242   for transportation to military posts, etc. 242 Rectified Spirits,  gauging, etc., to be marked by gauger 567   when permitted by rectifier 568 Red Cliff Indian Reservation, Wis.,  lands added to 970  allotments to Indians 970 Red, Hook Channel, N. Y.,  appropriation for improvement of 340 Red Dike River, Milin.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Red Dad,  duty on 511 Red River, Ark.,  appropriation for improving, above Fulton 353 Red River, La.,  appropriation for improving mouth; report on junction 357   for lighting mouth of 377, 918 Red River, La. and Ark.,  appropriation for improving 352 Red River of the North, Minn.,  appropriation for improving 356 Red Wing, Minn.,  may bridge Mississippi River 76 Redfern, Joseph and Eliza J.,  deficiency appropriation for damages 847 Reed, Jesse,  payment to, from Eastern Cherokee funds 1015 Reeds,  duty on, wrought, etc 521  on free list, cut in lengths 546 Reedy Island Quarantine Station,  appropriation for improving grounds 914   for maintenance 392, 934 Reenlistments, Army,  prohibition repealed; conditions 215 Reform School, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 259, 761  deficiency appropriation for 851   for repairs, barn, etc. 16 1386 Reformatories and Prisons, D. C.,  appropriation for support of convicts 258, 760   for courthouse 760   for warden of jail 760   for expenses of jail 760   for transporting paupers, etc 258, 760   for expenses, Washington Asylum 258, 760   for Reform School 259, 761 Refunding Taxes,  deficiency appropriation for 482 Regalia,  on free list, for societies 544  definition of 544 Register of the Treasury,  appropriation for, assistant, clerks, etc., three months 177   for nine months 177   for fiscal year ending June 30, 1896 778  duties of, modified 208 Registered Package, etc., Envelopes,  appropriation for 106, 693 Registers, American (see American Registers), Registers of Land Offices,  appropriation for 393, 936  deficiency appropriation for salaries, etc 438, 870  forbidden to consider cases when personally interested, etc. 26 Registration,  repeal of penalties for illegal, Congressional elections 37 Registry of Vessels,  bonds for, abolished 624  use of certificates; delivery 624  penalty for violating; remission 625 Regnard, E.,  payment to widow 993 Regular Army and Navy Union,  wearing badge of, permitted 583 Reiber, William D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Reichenberg,  appropriation for consul at 146, 829 Reid, Capt, Samuel Chester,  appropriation for marking grave of 405 Reil, Thomas F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Reilly, Francis H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 462 Reilly, Owen J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Reilly, Thomas,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Reilly, Thomas,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Reilly, Thomas E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Reindeer,  appropriation for introduction of, etc., Alaska 399   for support, etc. 941 Reiss Coal Company, C.,  payment to 345 Relief and Protection of American Seamen,  appropriation for 150, 824  deficiency appropriation for 477 Removal of Causes from State Courts, ’  repeal of, in election cases 37 Rensselaer, Ind.,  appropriation for Indian pupils, Saint Joseph’s school 311 Rennets,  on free list 544  appropriation for pension agents 114, 704   for Treasury Department 180, 781   for War Department 188, 789   for Rebellion Record office 188, 789   for Record and Pension office 188, 789   for Signal Bureau 188   for Surgeon-General’s office 188, 789   for Hydrographic Office 191, 791   for Interior Department 197, 799   for Post-Office Department 201, 803   for Auditor for Post-Office Department 201, 803   for Department of Labor 203, 804   for District of Columbia 246, 747   for Animal Industry Bureau 269, 732   for Geological Survey 398, 940   for United States court rooms 417, 958  deficiency appropriation for, of courtrooms 61 444, 862 Rent, Light, and Fuel, Post-Offices,  appropriation for, first and second-class offices 104, 691   for third-class offices; limit 104, 691 Replevin Writs, D. C.,  proceedings before justices of the peace 670 Reporter, Court of Appeals, D. C.,  opinions to be edited by 162 Reporting Proceedings of Congress,  appropriation for Senate 165, 767   for House of Representatives 167, 770 Reports,  annual, of Treasurer, abolished 47 Representatives,  appropriation for compensation; mileage 165, 767   for clerks to 167, 586, 770   for mileage available for first session 53d Congress 11  deficiency appropriation for clerks to 2, 16, 62   for mileage 19   for compensation and mileage 62, 865   for one month’s pay for clerk hire 864  deduction of income tax from salary 557  from district not represented by cadet at Naval Academy, may recommend candidate 663  may fill vacancy at Naval Academy on or before March 4, 1895, if district not represented 838 Reproducing Plats of Surveys,  appropriation for 394, 936  deficiency appropriation for 438 Requisitions,  for advances to be sent Auditor before issue 209   to specify appropriation to be charged 209   to accompany warrant to Treasurer; return to auditor 209  not required for payment on audited accounts, or covering into the Treasury 209  for advances not countersigned by Comptroller 209 Rescuing Shipwrecked America n Seamen,  appropriation for testimonials to foreigners 144, 818 Reservations, D. C.,  appropriation for replacing curbs, etc. 750  use of, Knights of Pythias Conclave 576 Reservations, Forest (see Forest Reservations). Reservations, Indian (see Indian Reservations). Reservations, Military (see Military Reservations). 1387 Reservoir, Receiving, D. C.,  appropriation for improvement; cost 253, 752 Reservoirs,  right of wav through public lands permitted for; exceptions 635 Resolutions,  reference sets to be bound for Senate and House 622  delivery to Departments 623 Resolutions, Concurrent,  to be printed in volume of laws and Statutes 615 Resolutions, Joint, etc.,  number to be printed; distribution 609 Resurveys, etc., Public Lands,  appropriation for 394, 937 Retired Judges,  appropriation for 204, 806 Retirement,  provisions for, Revenue-Cutter Service 920 Retorts, Gas,  duty on 513 Revenue-Cutter Service,  appropriation for general expenses 378, 919    pay of cadets reduced 378   for seal fisheries expenses 378, 919   for New York Harbor, anchorage, etc 878, 919   for Chicago Harbor, anchorage, etc 919   for Point Barrow, Alaska, refuge station 378, 920   for steamer, New England coast; contract 378, 919   for steamer, Great Lakes; contract 378, 919   for steamer, San Francisco, Cal 920   for steamer for Pacific coast 920  deficiency appropriation for Alaska Commercial Company, coal to “Corwin” 427   for expense 479, 483, 848, 871  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206  officers to enforce for seal regulations 55  board to report on retirement of officers 920  retired officers to receive half pay 920  promotions; examinations; active list not increased 920  steam cutter authorized for New England coast 4   for Great Lakes 6   for San Francisco Harbor, Cal 286 Revenue from Customs,  deficiency appropriation for collecting 17, 94, 479, 483, 848, 870, 874  employment of counsel authorized 848 Revenue Marine (see Revenue-Cutter Service), Revised Statutes,  printing authorized 614  amended—   section 78 603   section 229 787   Section 271 206   section 283 208   section 305 209   section 307 210   section 407 28   section 433 621   section 456 207   section 459 807   section 489 620   section 490 620   section 492 620   section 510 618   section 511 619   section 538 671   section 543 274   section 643 37   section 886 210   section 1225 7   section 1514 136   section 1624 680, 689   section 1725 206   section 2301 4   section 2399 285   section 2401 423   section 2403 423   section 2455 687   section 2491 549   section 2492 549   section 2493 550   section 2496 547   section 2499 547   section 2500 551   section 2504 509   section 2505 536   section 2513 548   section 2514 548   section 2516 547   section 2533 222   section 2639 210   section 2804 552   section 2869 86   section 3019 551   section 3167 557   section 3172 558   section 3173 558   section 3176 559   section 3244 569   section 3251 563   section 3309 566   section 3320 567   section 3496 673   section 3497 673   section 3558 673   section 3559 673   section 3560 673   section 3561 673   section 3622 209   section 3625 296   section 3633 206   section 3675 206, 209   section 3687 391   section 3709 33   section 3711 808   section 3743 210   section 3757 601   section 3758 603   section 3759 603   section 3760 603   section 3761 607   section 3762 608   section 3763 608   section 3764 697   section 3765 605   section 3766 604   section 3767 601   section 3768 601   section 3769 601   section 3770 602   section 3772 602   section 3773 602   section 3774 602   section 3775 602   section 3778 602   section 3780 603   section 3783 605   section 3784 605   section 3785 622   section 3786 622 1388   section 3787 622   section 3790 608   section 3791 609   section 3792 608   section 3793 610   section 3795 610   section 3798 609   section 3800 619   section 3801 617   section 3809 607   section 3816 84, 604   section 3818 605   section 3821 604   section 3822 604   section 4032 31   section 1033 32   section 4034 33   section 4039 32   section 4040 33   section 4044 33   section 4146 624   section 4153 741   section 1214 625   section 4320 625   section 4400 699   section 4414 699   section 1130 28   section 4434 690   section 4691 620   section 4718 964   section 1833 492   section 4837 159   section 4965 965   section 5294 595   section 5365 233   section 5366 233   section 5579 41   section 5580 41   section 5591 41  repealed—   section 191 208   section 194 808   section 250 209   section 269 209   section 270 208   section 272 209   section 273 207   section 275 207   section 311 47   section 313 208   section 448 807   section 449 807   section 497 611   section 498 611   section 499 611   section 500 611   section 501 611   section 502 611   section 503 611   section 504 611   section 505 611   section 506 611   section 507 611   section 508 611   section 509 611   section 2002 36   section 2005 36   section 2006 36   section 2007 36   section 2008 36   section 2009 36   section 2010 36   section 2011 36   section 2012 36   section 2013 36   section 2014 36   section 2015 36   section 2016 36   section 2017 36   section 2018 36   section 2019 36   section 2020 36   section 2021 36   section 2022 36   section 2023 36   section 2024 36   section 2025 36   section 2026 36   section 2027 37   section 2028 37   section 2029 37   section 2030 37   section 2031 37   section 2452 807   section 3361 569   section 3813 611   section 4036 32   section 4145 624   section 5506 37   section 5511 37   section 5512 37   section 5513 37   section 5514 37   section 5515 37   section 5520 37   section 5521 37   section 5522 37   section 5523 37  provisions of section 2324 suspended for 1893, 1894 6, 114  not applicable to South Dakota 6, 114 Revised Statutes, District of Columbia,  amended, section 993 96 Revised Statutes, Supplement,  appropriation for payment to William A. Richardson 390, 931  issue to be continued 961 Revolutionary Archives,  report on publishing, in Department of State 418 Revolutionary War,  all military records, to be transferred to War Department 403 Reynolds, Frederick H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Reynolds, John T.,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Reynolds, Louis,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Reynolds, Pickens T.,  pension increased 1030 Rheims,  appropriation for consul at 146, 821 Rice,  duty on 523   flour, etc. 523  appropriation for experiments in producing, California 270 Rice, John M.,  payment of contested-election expenses to 993 Rices Point, Minn.,  construction of bridge authorized across Saint Louis River, between Conners Point, Wis., and 64 Richard, Joseph B.,  released from liability on bond of Ozias Morgan 1033 1389 Richards Property, D. C.,  deficiency appropriation for outstanding liabilities 429 Richardson, Hon. G. F.,  deficiency appropriation for contested election expenses 865 Richardson, William A.,  appropriation for payment 390, 931 Richmond, Ky.,  appropriation for public building 912 Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works,  claim for losses caused by delay of Texas to be examined 842 Rifles,  duty on sporting 518  combination shotguns and 518 Kigali, Albert,  payment of Court of Cl aims judgement to 462 Rigby, Charles H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Rigg, Druzilla J.,  to be paid amount of pension due James Depoy 1014 Right of Way,  railroads granted, through Territories to establish stations at town sites 263   penalty for failure 263  granted through Arlington Reservation, Va 593   Chippewa Indian Reservation, Minn 112   Chippewa and White Earth Indian reservations, Minn 504   Fond du Lac Indian Reservation, Minn 112   Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, Oreg 87   Hot Springs Reservation, Ark 21   Indian Territory to Arkansas, Texas and Mexican Central Railway 229   Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minn 99    to St, Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway 112   Leech Lake, Chippewa and Lake Winnebagoshish Indian reservations, Minn 489   Lime Point Military Reservation, Cal 98   Oklahoma and Indian Territories to Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwestern Railway 22   Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservations, Nebr 95   San Carlos Indian Reservation, Ariz 665   Sioux Indian Reservation, S. Dak 653   White Earth Indian Reservation, Minn 112   Yakima Indian Reservation, Wash., irrigation canal 118   Yuma Reservation, Cal 335  permitted through public lands for tramroads, canals, or reservoirs 635   reservations excepted 635  time extended for Fort Riley Reservation, Kans 38  Indian Territory, by Choctaw Coal and Railway Company 27   Hutchison and Southern Railroad Company 505   Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway 86   Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railway 744  Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oreg 37 Rio de Janeiro,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149 823 Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad Company,  granted right to use water of spring, Fort Cummings Reservation, N. Mex 34 Riots,  proclamation dispersing unlawful crowds in Illinois 1249 Ripley, Emma A.,  land warrant to issue to 1021 River and Harbor Appropriations,  appropriation for improving harbors 338, 404, 946   for rivers 346, 404, 946  fishing in ship channels, New York Harbor, unlawful; penalty 360  provisions to prevent injurious deposits, etc., New York Harbor 360  regulating use of public canals, etc., penalties 362  regulations governing drawbridges, etc 362  injurious deposits in improved waters forbidden 363  injuries to river and harbor works forbidden; penalty 363   punishment of officer of vessel offending 363   liability of vessel 363   displacement of tide water by piers, etc., to be remedied 364   preliminary examinations directed 364   reports; printing 369  surveys, etc., ordered 369  appropriation for preliminary examinations, surveys, etc. 371   unauthorized examinations forbidden 371   limitation on reports 371  deficiency appropriation for improving Manatee River, Fla 480 “River Queen,”  deficiency appropriation for master of 856 Rivers,  appropriation for improvements 346, 404, 946   for lighting 377, 918  rules to prevent collisions at sea extended to 672 Rivers and Harbors.,  accounts to be examined by Auditor for War Department; 206 Rives, Franklin,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Rives, John C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to administrator c.t.a 451 Rives, Lucy,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to executors of 451 Rives, Wright,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Rivets,  duty on iron or steel 519 Road-Making Investigations,  appropriation for expenses 266, 729 Roanoke River, N. C.,  appropriation for improving 349 Robards, W. C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Robbins, Thankful (mother),  pension 1005 Roberts, Grace,  real estate purchased by, released from forfeiture 1028 Robinson, Calvin L.,  released from liability on bond of Ozias Morgan 1032 Robinson, M. M.,  deficiency appropriation for services 449, 866 1390 Robinson, Samuel,  deficiency appropriation for 447, 868 Roby, George W.,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Rochelle Salts,  duty on 512 Rock Creek, D. C.,  deposit of tar, chemicals, etc., in, prohibited; penalty 40  half of bridge repairs, etc., to be borne by street railways 252 Hoek Creek Park, D. C.,  leases of buildings, etc., authorized; proceeds 252 Rock Creek Railway Company, D. C.  to issue coupon tickets; use; redemption 683  may lease, etc., connecting lines; fares 700  change of name to Capital Traction Company authorized 701 Rock Creek Sewer, D. C.,  appropriation for construction; contracts, etc. 249, 749 Roch Hall, Md.,  survey of harbor, directed 370 Rock Island Arsenal, Ill.,  appropriation for machinery, etc. 400, 941   for repairs, etc., water power 400, 942   for renewing bridge 942    contract for cost of renewal, etc., authorized 942    payment of portion by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Company 942    sale of unserviceable material 942    use of approaches by street railways 942  for bridge expenses 400, 942 Rockeubach, F. D. United States Army,  may accept position, Virginia Military Academy 1049 Rockland, Me,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 338 Rockville, Conn,  made port of delivery 222  immediate transportation privileges to 222 Rocky Point, N. Y.,  lifesaving station established 491 Rocoa,  on free list 537 Rode, Joseph H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Rodes, C. H.,  deficiency appropriation for 427 Rodman, Daniel C.,  released from liability on bond of Ozias Morgan 1032 Rods,  duty on steel connecting and piston 516   wire and nail 517   copper 519 Roebuck, Sarah, E. (widow),  pension 1035 Roll, Frank X.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 473 Rollins, W. W.,  credit in accounts for stomps burned 979 Rome,  appropriation for secretary of embassy 142, 816  for consul-general at 145, 819 Rondout, N. Y.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 340 Roney, Thomas,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Roofing Felt,  duty on 532 Roofing States,  duty on 515 Roots,  on free list, not edible 544, Roots and Stems,  duty on, drugs, refined, etc. 509  on free list, crude 540 Rose, Frederick A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Rosebud Ageney, S. Dak,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Roseburg, Oreg,  condemned camion donated to State Soldiers’ Home 972 Rosemary Oil,  on free list 542 Rosenthal, Jacob,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Roses, Ottar of,  on free list 543 Rosewood,  on free list, rough, etc. 546 Ross, John R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Rothwell, Thomas C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Rotten Stone,  on free list 545 Rotterdam,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Roubaix,  appropriation for consul at 146, 821 Roucou,  on free list 537 Rouge River, Mich,  appropriation for improving 356 Rough River, Ky,  appropriation for improving 354 Roumania, Servia, and Greece,  appropriation for minister and consul-general 141, 816 Round Island, Lake Huron, Mich,  appropriation for light and fog-signal station 376 Round Valley Agency, Cal,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877  for support, etc., of Indians at 304, 893 Round Valley Reservation, Cal.,  completion of entry on, by Andrew Gray 995 Royals River, Me.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Ruatan and Truxillo,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Ruchings,  duty on flax, etc. 530   silk, etc. 532 Ruddick, Walter,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Rudolph, Cornelius F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Rufflings, Neck,  duty on silk 532 Rugen, John H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Rugs,  duty on Oriental, etc. 531 Rugs, Floor,  duty on wool, etc. 531 Rules of the Road, Marine,  modification of regulations to prevent collisions at sea 82 Rum (see Distilled Spirits), Rumske, Alfred E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 466 Rural Districts,  appropriation for experimental free delivery of postal service in 104, 691 1391 Russell, Charles T.,  payment to; settlement of accounts 996 Russell, William, R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Russia,  appropriation for ambassador 141   for minister 815   for secretary of embassy 142   for secretary of legation 816   agreement for modus vivendi with, for protecting fur-seal fisheries 1202  convention with, for extradition of criminals 1071 Rust,  no deduction of duty on iron, etc., for 517 Rutledge, Michael J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Ryan, Frauds X.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Ryan, James M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Ryan, John J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Ryan, Joseph A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Ryan, Joseph J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Ryan, Sylvester A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Ryan, Thomas J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Rye,  duty on, and flour 522 Ryno, Lewis D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 “S. Oteri,” Steamer,  granted American register 277 Sabine Lake, Tex.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Sabine, Pass, Tex.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 343 Sabine River, Tex.,  appropriation for improving 353  deepening bar at month of, authorized 948 Sabine River, Tex, and La.,  construction of bridge authorized across, by Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Railway 35  by Texas, Arkansas and Fort Smith Railroad 48 Sable,  proclamation forbidding unlawful killing of, Alaska 1258 Sac and Fox Agency, Iowa,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Sac and Fox Agency, Okla.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Sac and Fox Indians of the Mississippi,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 296, 885 Sac and Fox Indians of the Missouri,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 296, 885  allotment to children in Kansas and Nebraska 296  sale of remaining land 296  reappraisement of certain lands; distribution of proceeds 296  restriction on allotments to repealed 902  claim for annuities, etc., by those residing in Iowa to be examined; report 903 Sac City, Iowa,  condemned cannon donated to, for soldiers’ monument 263 Saccharine,  duty on 521 Sacketts Harbor, N. Y.,  appropriation for land for rifle range 241  for improvement of harbor 341 Saco River, Me.,  appropriation for improving 346 Sacramento, Cal.,  deficiency appropriation for public building 429 Sacramento River, Cal.,  appropriation for lighting 377, 918   for improving; snagging, etc. 358  preliminary examination of steamboat channel to be made 364 Safflower,  on free list, and extract of 544 Saffron,  on free list, and extract of 544  cake 544 Sage,  duty on 525 Saginaw, Mich.,  transfer of part of public building grounds to 591 Saginaw River, Mich.,  appropriation for improving 355 Sago,  on free list, crude, and flour 544 Sagna la Grande,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Sail Vessels,  to carry signal lights; penalty for violations 672 Saint Ann’s Infant Asylum, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 260, 762 Saint Augustine, Fla.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 342  sale of lot by Episcopal Church, authorized 160 Saint Benedict’s Academy, Minn.,  appropriation for Indian pupils 309 Saint Clair Flats Ship Canal, Mich.,  character of work designated 855 Saint Clair River,  rules for vessels passing in 649 Saint Croix River, Wis., and Minn.,  appropriation for improving 356  construction of bridge authorized across at Osceola, Wis 506 Saint Etienne,  appropriation for consul at 140, 821 Saint Francis River, Ark.,  appropriation for improving; preventing cut 353  examination of Mississippi River at Walnut Bend to prevent damage by cutting through to 582 Saint Francois River, Mo.,  appropriation for improving 358  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Saint Gall,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823 Saint Helena,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Saint John, New Brunswick,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Saint John’s Bread Seeds,  on free list 544 Saint Johns, Quebec,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 1392 Saint Johns River, Fla.,  appropriation for improving Volusia Bar 351   for lighting 377, 918  preliminary examination of, to be made 365  survey of, from Jacksonville to the ocean, directed 369 Saint John’s University, Minn.,  appropriation for Indian pupils 399 Saint Johnsburg, Vt.,  deficiency appropriation for fish hatchery 430 Saint Joseph, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344  use of appropriation for harbor 970 Saint Joseph River, Mich.,  appropriation for improving 356 Saint Joseph’s Asylum D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 260 762 Saint Lawrence Hospital, Ogdensburg, N. Y.,  condemned cannon donated to 212 Saint Lawrence River, N. Y.,  appropriation for improving shoals 347  rules for vessels passing in 649 Saint Louis and Birmingham Railway Company,  time extended for bridging Tennessee River at Clifton, Tenn 57 Saint Louis, Avoyelles and Southwestern Railway Company,  may bridge Bayou des Haises and Atchafalaya River, La 499 Saint Louis Bay, Lake Superior,  appropriation for lighting 377, 918 Saint Louis Bay, Wis.,  appropriation for improving harbor 345 Saint Louis, Mo.,  appropriation for salaries, assistant treasurer’s office 182, 784   for salaries, assay office at 184, 786   for excuses 184, 786 Saint Loius River,  construction of bridge authorized across, between Conners Point, Wis., and Rices Point, Minn 64    height diminished 228   West Duluth, Minn., to Superior, Wis 68 Saint Louis River, Minn, and Wis.,  construction of bridge authorized across 711 Saint Louis River Bridge Company,  may bridge Saint Louis River, West Duluth, Min. to Superior, Wis 68   transfer to Duluth and Superior authorized 70 Saint Lueia River, Fla.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Saint Marys River, Mich.,  appropriation for lighting Hay Lake Channel; leases 375  for improving Hay Lake Channel 404  for improving, at the Falls 404, 947  rules for vessels passing in 649 Saint Raul, Minn.,  appropriation for public building 912  contracts authorized for constructing public building 373 Saint Raul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company,  granted right of wav through White Earth, Leech Lake, Chippewa, and Fond du Lac Indian reservations, Minn 112 Saint Petersburg,  appropriation for secretary of embassy 142  for consul-general at 145, 819 Saint Rose’s Industrial School, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 260, 762 Saint Stephens,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies.,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820 Saint Thomas, Port Stanley and,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Saint Vrain, Captain Ceran,  pay, etc., to, New Mexico Mounted Volunteers under 1036 Sal Ammoniac,  duty on 509 Salad ne,  on free list 544 Salaries,  persons receiving $2,500 a year, not to hold two offices; exceptions 205  tax on, above $4,000 a year 553   received from Federal office or other upon which tax paid, excepted 553 Salem Creek, N. J.,  appropriation for light station, mouth of 375 Salem, Mass.,  survey for deepening, etc., harbor, directed 338 Salem, Oreg.,  appropriation for Indian school 311, 906  deficiency appropriation for Indian school 479 Salem River, N. J.,  appropriation for improving 348  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Saleratus,  duty on 512 Salmon Bay,  appropriation for dredging 360 Salmon Fisheries, Alaska,  appropriation for protecting 391, 932    report on wanton destruction of game, etc. 932   for publishing President’s proclamation 391, 932 Saloup,  on free list 544 Salt,  on free list; coverings to pay duty 544  duty on, from countries taxing salt from United States 544 Salt Cake,  on free list 544 Salt Lake City, Utah,  limit of indebtedness fixed 38  excess void 38  lands in, donated to Utah University 117 Saltpeter,  duty on refined 511  on free list 543 Salvador,  appropriation for minister 141, 815  for secretary of legation 142, 816 Sam Yuen,  deficiency appropriation for 426 Samoan Islands,  appropriation for protecting American interests in 418, 818 Sampson, Robert R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 “San Albano,” Spanish Steamship,  acceptance of medals, etc., from Spain, for rescuing crew of, authorized 990 San Carlos Agency, Ariz.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 San Carlos Reservation, Ariz.,  negotiations authorized for cession of coal lands 894  right of way through, to Gila Valley, Globe and Northern Railway Company 665 1393 San, Diego, Cal.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 346   for quarantine station 392, 934  deficiency appropriation for quarantine station 17, 429 San, Francisco, Cal.,  appropriation for salaries, assistant treasurer’s office 182, 784   for salaries, mint at 184, 785    for wages; contingent expenses 184, 785   for quarantine station 392, 934    naphtha launch 915   for road to national cemetery, Presidio of 405, 949   for dispatch agent 143, 817   for public building; examination of foundation 912   for revenue steamer 920  deficiency appropriation for quarantine station 17, 429  admission of articles for Midwinter Exposition, duty free, etc. 1  contracts authorized for constructing public building 913  preliminary examination of harbor, to be made; removal of rocks 364  revenue cutter authorized for 286 San Joaquin River, Cal.,  appropriation for improving; cut offs 358   for lighting 377, 918  preliminary examination of, to be made 364  survey directed of Old River Branch 369 San Jose,  appropriation for consul at 146, 821 San Juan del Norte,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 San Juan, Puerto Rico,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 San Luis Obispo, Cal.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 346 San Marcos, Tex.,  deficiency appropriation for fish hatchery 430 San Rafael Creek, Cal.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 364 San Salvador,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 San Xavier Reservation, Ariz.,  appropriation for Indian school 309 Sand,  on free list 545 Sand Beach, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 Sandstone,  duty on undressed, not specified 514   dressed, not specified 514 Sandusky Bay, Ohio,  appropriation for range lights, etc. 375 Sandusky, Ohio,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 343 Sandy Bay, Mass.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor of refuge 339 Sandy Hook, N. J., Proving Ground,  appropriation for sea wall, north shore 212   for repairs, etc. 948   for expenses 214, 706   for repairs, railroad and wharf 706   for expenses of officers, etc., tools 215, 706   for roads, etc. 400  payment to owners, etc., of schooner sunk by projectile from 1008 Santa Fe, N. Mex.,  appropriation for Indian school 311, 906  for S. M. Cart 893 “Santa, Maria,” Columbus Caravel,  transferred to Columbian Museum 842 Santa Monica, Cal.,  appropriation for expenses Volunteer Soldiers’ Home 410, 954   use of posthumous fund 410 Santee Agency, Nebr.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877  for industrial school 299, 888  for matron 299, 888 Santee River, S. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 Santiago de, Cuba,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820 Santo Domingo,  appropriation for charge d’affaires 141, 816   for consul-general at 145, 819 Santonine,  duty on, and salts of 511 Santos,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Santos, Julio R.,  convention submitting to arbitration claim of, against Ecuador 1205  deficiency appropriation for arbitration of claim against Ecuador 844 Sapelo Sound, Ga.,  appropriation for quarantine station 392, 934  deficiency appropriation for quarantine   station 17 Sarasota Bay, Fla.,  appropriation for improving 351 Sardines,  duty on 523 Sasanoa River, Me.,  survey of, directed 370 Sasserath, Robert B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Satin, White.,  duty on 510 Satin Wood,  on free list, rough, etc. 546 Sauces,  duty on 523 Sauerkraut,  on free list 544 Saugatuck, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 Saugatuck River, Conn.,  appropriation for improving 347 Saugerties, N. Y.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 341 Sausage Skins,  on free list 544 Sausages,  on free list, bologna 538 Sausalito, Cal.,  granted right of way through Lime Point Military Reservation 98 Savage, Francis E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Savannah, Ga.,  appropriation for inside water route to Fernandina, Fla 351   for improvement of harbor 404, 947   for public building 913  contracts authorized for constructing 911  survey of steamboat channel to Beaufort, S. C., directed 371  report on anchorage in harbor 341 Savannah River, Ga.,  appropriation for improving below Augusta 351  above Augusta 351  for lighting 377, 918  survey of, directed 370 Savings Banks,  classes of, excepted from income tax 556 1394 Saw Plates,  duty on steel 516 Saws,  duty on 519 Saxony Carpets,  duty on 531 Sayers, Charles Best,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Scanlan, Michael J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 472 Scanlon, Michael,  payment to 1027 Scarlet Fever, D. C.,  appropriation for preventing, etc. 257, 758 Schaefer, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Schaeffer, Dr. E. M.,  deficiency appropriation for services 850 Schermerhorn William,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Schilling, Christian,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Schlieckert, Charles,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Schmidt, Frederick J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Schmitt, Philip,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Schneider, Peter W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Schoenthaler, Charles,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Schools, D. C. (see Public Schools), Schools, Indian,  appropriation for 308, 903 Schoonmaker, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Schroeder, George C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to administrator 464 Schroeder, Leonhard,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Schulz, August,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Schumann, Herman,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Schweim, Moritz,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Scientific Apparatus, etc.,  on free list, for societies, etc. 543 Scientific Books,  on free list 538 Scissors,  duty on 518 Scituate, Mass.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 339 Scott, John,  pension increased 1903 Scott, William, J.,  payment of Court of’Claims judgment to 462 Scranton, Pa.,  deficiency appropriation for public build Screens,  duty on wool, etc 531 Screws.,  duty on wood 519 Scroll Iron or Steel,  duty on, not specified 515 Scuppernong River, N. C.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Sea, Collisions at,  enforcement of international rales to prevent, postponed 080  proclamation putting in effect March 1, 1895, regulations to prevent 1250   postponing effect of act to prevent 1259  regulations to prevent amended 82  rules extended to Great Lakes 645   to harbors etc 672  line of high seas to be defined 672 Sea Moss,  duty on 512 Seaboard Wharf and Warehouse Company,  deficiency appropriation for damages to wharf 856 Seaconnet Point, R. I.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Seaconnet River, R. I.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Seal, Department of Agriculture,  to be procured for verifying documents, etc. 272 Seal Fisheries, Alaska,  appropriation for protecting 378, 918   for expenses of agents 391, 932   for food, etc., to natives of seal islands 391, 932   for publishing President’s proclamation 391, 932   for expenses of fur sealing log books 891, 932  proclamation declaring, regulations in effect 1245 Seal Islands, Alaska,  appropriation for food, etc., to natives 391, 932 Seal Oil,  duty on 510 Sealer of Weights and Measures, D. C.,  salary and duties; bond 811 Seals (see also Fur Seal Regulations),  restriction of killing, etc. 53  agreement with Russia, protecting fur seal fisheries modus vivendi 1202  proclamation forbidding unlawful killing of, Alaska 1258 Seats of the United States, etc.,  fac simile copies of certain seals allowed for publication 388   relief copies forbidden 388 Seamen, American,  appropriation for acknowledgments for rescuing 144, 818   for relief and protection of 150, 824  deficiency appropriation for relief and protection of 477  shipping articles, vessels in coastwise, Canada, Newfoundland, West Indies, and Mexico trade; limitation 667  clothing exempt from attachment 667  penalty for detention 667 Sears, Curtis L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 452 Seaver, Nettie M. (widow),  pension 1010   repealed 1027 Seaweeds,  on free list, crude 542 Sebewaing River, Mich.,  survey of, di reeled 370 Seekersou, Benjamin F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Second Assistant Postmaster-General,  appropriation for, clerks, etc. 200, 801   for postal service, office of 105, 692 Second Auditor (see also Auditor for War Department),  appropriation for, deputy, clerks, etc., three months 174 1395  appropriation for additional clerks on pensions, three months 174  name changed to Auditor for the War Department 205 Second-Class Mail Matter,  regular publication of benevolent societies, etc., rated as 105 Second Comptroller of the Treasury,  appropriation for, deputy, clerks, etc., three months 173  office of, and deputy, abolished 205  duties of, repealed 207  settlement of accounts landing October 1, 1894, in office of 210 Secret Service Division, Treasury Department,  appropriation for chief, clerks, etc. 178, 779 Secretaries of Embassies and Legations,  appropriation for 142, 816 Secretary of Agriculture,  appropriation for, Assistant, clerks, etc 264, 727   for extending foreign markets for domestic products 266, 729   for printing annual report 960  to procure official seal for Department; use 272  may arrange plan for weather signals on mail trains, etc. 274, 738  to certify what countries are free from animal diseases 269, 733   to Treasury Department what are purebred animals 269, 733  to report, etc., annual financial statement of agricultural stations 271  to cause inspection, etc., of live cattle whose meat is exported fresh, canned, etc. 732 Secretary of State,  appropriation for, Assistants, clerks, etc. 169, 773  duty of, respecting returns of certain consular fees, abolished 206  to accept painting “Love and Life,” and extend thanks to G. F. Watts, the artist 117  to apply accretions of Venezuela claims fund to new awards 635  to cause laws, to he edited, etc. 614  to distribute balance of Virginias fund, etc. 223  to investigate and report on French losses at fire, World’s Fair 387  to report on cost, etc., of publishing Revolutionary archives 418  to report on propriety of continuing, etc.,  Bureau of American Republics 418 Secretary of the Interior,  appropriation for, Assistants, clerks, etc. 193, 793   for clerks detailed from Pension Office 974   for paying damages to settlers, Crow Creek Reservation 307  duties of, contracts for printing paper 602  may commute rations, etc., to civilized Indians 313  may correct errors in allotments, land patents, etc., to Indians 641  may grant leases, etc., Yellowstone Park 222  may lease lands for reservoirs, Hot Springs, Ark 263  to adjust differences with Arkansas for certain bonds, claims, etc. 229  to appoint special commissioner to adjust claims of settlers, Des Moines River lands, Iowa 396  to approve location, etc., right of way, Chippewa Reservation, Minn 112   Chippewa and White Earth reservations, Minn 505   Fond du Lac Reservation, Minn 112   Grand Ronde Indian Reservation, Oreg 87   Hot Springs, Ark 21   Indian reservations, Minn 489   Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minn 100, 112   Oklahoma and Indian Territories 25   Omaha and Winnebago reservations, Nebr 95   San Carlos Indian Reservation, Ariz 666   Sioux Indian Reservation, S. Dak 654   White Earth Reservation, Minn 112   Yakima Reservation, Wash 118  to cause resurvey of two counties, Nebraska 275  to examine claim of Ogden Land Company to lands of Senecas, etc. 801, 887  to grant license to Rio Grande, Mexico and Pacific Railroad Company for water from spring, Fort Cummings Reservation, N. Mex 34  to make regulations for care, etc., Yellowstone Park 74  to open to settlement lands ceded on Lapwai Reservation 332   Siletz Reservation 326  to reserve from sale lands around spring, Fort Cummings Reservation, N. Mex 34  to select lands for use of Barry Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark 95   granted to Utah 110  to sell lands ceded by Yuna Indians, Cal 335  to set apart portion of Fort Totten Reservation to North Dakota 100  to transfer part of abandoned reservation to Dearborn, Mich 93 Secretary of the, Navy,  appropriation for, Assistant, clerks, etc 189, 790  duties in establishing Observatory Circle, District of Columbia 588  to certify certain lands in Alabama and Mississippi for restoration to public domain 814  to donate condemned cannon to St, Lawrence Hospital, Ogdensburg, N. Y 212  to loan flags, etc., for Capitol Centennial 11  to supply four cannon for soldiers’ monument, Sac City, Iowa 263 Secretary of the, Senate,  appropriation for, clerks, etc. 162, 765  to furnish certain documents to Volunteer Soldiers’ Homes, etc. 159 Secretary of the Treasury,  appropriation for, Assistants, clerks, etc. 170, 773   for investigating importation, etc., of explosives 392  annual report of all receipts and expenditures 210  authority to extend time for rendering accounts repealed 209  authorized to receive at New York amount due Cherokee Nation 579  direction to purchase 4,500,000 ounces of silver monthly repealed 4  duties of, importation of neat cattle 550  hi absence, etc., of President, may authorize advances in delinquencies 807  may appoint temporary acting deputy auditors 777 1396  may authorize wiring of public buildings for electric lights 914  may direct reexamination of accounts 207  may remit fines, etc., on all vessels 595   penalties, etc., registry and license of vessels 625  may suspend prohibition of importing neat cattle 550  or Assistants to certify transcripts from books, etc. 210  to adjust differences with Arkansas for certain bonds, claims, etc. 229  to advance money to pay District expenses; reimbursement from taxes collected 283  to define lines dividing high seas from harbors, etc 672  to designate day for opening bids for supplies of all Executive Departments 34  to execute deed to settle boundary Pemaquid Point light station, Me 82  to fix the time for issuing warrants to pay certified accounts 208  to furnish cases for exhibitors awarded World’s Fair medals 928  to have revenue cutter built for Great Lakes 6   for New England coast 4  to issue certificate of outstanding drafts 210  bonds for balance due Cherokee lndians 336  to make annual report of delinquent accounts, etc. 209   rules, etc., for carrying changes in accounts into effect 210   rules for preliminary entry of steamships in foreign trade 85   rules for free entry of articles, etc., Atlanta Exposition 421  to pay officers whose terms expired, for services; proviso 426, 844  to prescribe rules for executing tariff provisions 548   for admission of articles, etc., Portland Exposition 600   for removing World’s Fair foreign exhibits to California Midwinter Exposition 1   for temporary grazing of cattle in Mexico, etc. 577   for assaying imported leadores 933  to prevent collisions on Great Lakes, etc 649  transfer of land to Saginaw, Mich 591 Secretary of War,  appropriation for, Assistant, clerks, etc 186, 787   for contingent expenses of the Army under 241   for bridging Niobrara River, Niobrara, Nebr. contract 72  annual statement of, etc., repealed 787  authorized to acquire lands for Gettysburg battlefield 584  authorized to deliver an abandoned cannon to Grand Army of the Republic, Pittsburg, Pa 14  duties of, Gettysburg Park 651  establishment of Shiloh Park 597  may accept lands donated for uses of Gettysburg battlefield 405  permission to license use of pier, Chicago, Ill., repealed 491  to appoint commission to examine harbors of Superior and Duluth 586  to apportion clerks and messengers to headquarters, etc. 236, 655  officers mileage to prevent deficiency 237  to approve location, etc., of gas main across Mississippi River, Minneapolis, Minn 101  to approve plans, etc., for improvement of lands granted to Castine, Me., for park 160  to approve right of way, etc., Arlington Reservation, Va 593   Lime Point Military Reservation, Cal 98  to direct dedication of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park 595  to furnish history of regiments, etc., to States 788  to loan flags, etc., for Capitol centennial 11  to prepare, etc., tablet with Lincoln’s address at dedication of Gettysburg Cemetery 652  to approve plans, etc., of bridge across Arkansas River at Van Buren, Ark 39   Atchafalaya River, La 500   Back Bay, Biloxi, Miss 571   Bayou des Glaises, La. 500   Buffalo Bayou, Tex 642   Caddo Lake, La 51   Calcasieu River, La 49   Chattahoochee River, Columbia, Ala 281   Clear Greek, Tex 642   Contentnea Creek, Grifton, N. C 490   Cross Bayou, Louisiana,: 51   Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pa 92   Fourche le Fevre River, Ark 640   Galveston Bay, Tex 642   Hudson River, New York City and   New Jersey 89   Illinois River, Hennepin, Ill 739   Little River, Morris Ferry, Ark 63   Mississippi River, Dubuque, Iowa 119    Hastings, Minn 97    Red Wing, Minn 77   Missouri River, De Witt, Mo. 573    Jefferson City, Mo 80    Lexington, Mo 120    Sioux City, Iowa 46, 681   Monongahela River, Allegheny County, Pa 57    Homestead to Pittsburg, Pa 88    Belle vermin, Pa 116    Monongahela City, Pa 738    Pittsburg, Pa 48, 72, 702   Neches River, Tex 36   Newark Bay, N. J 668   Osage River, Mo 572   Perdido River, Holmans Ferry, Ala,   and Fla 282   Petit Jean River, Ark 640   Sabine River, Tex, and La 36, 49   Saint Croix River, Osceola, Wis 507   Saint Louis River between Conners Point, Wis and Rices Point, Minn 65    West Duluth, Minn., to Superior, Wis 70    Minnesota and Wisconsin 712  South Canadian River, Okla 644   Lexington, Okla 225   Noble, Okla 103  Sulphur River, Ark, or Tex 56, 79  Tennessee River, Chattanooga, Tenn 30  Sheffield, Ala 709  Yellowstone River, Glendive, Mont 688  of dam, etc., Mississippi River, Han  cock County, Ill 38  of dam across Missouri River, Mont 91 1397  to approve, etc., rules for opening drawbridges 362  to cause examination of Mississippi River at Walnut Bend to prevent cutting through 582   annual inspection of Volunteer Soldiers’ Home, etc. 412  to donate four obsolete gun carriages to Marshall town, Iowa 103  to permit use of Monument grounds, etc., for Knights of Pythias encampment 576  to prescribe rules, etc., for use of canals, etc. 862   charges at Fort Monroe, Va 213  to preserve navigation of Kansas, River, Shawnee County, Kans 27  to return flag to Iowa 583   flags to Massachusetts 591   flags to Michigan 103, 970 Securities, United States,  appropriation for distinctive paper, etc 389, 929   for sealing and separating 389, 929   for witness, destruction of 389, 930   for national currency expenses 930   for canceling, etc 389, 930   for custody of dies, rolls, and plates 389, 930 Security, etc., Corporations,  acceptance of bonds executed by, as surety 279   approval by proper official; no discrimination’s 279  agents to be appointed in judicial district where surety undertaken; powers 279  copy of charter to be deposited with Attorney-General; quarterly reports 279  actions to be brought in United States courts; rights forfeited if judgment unpaid 280  estopped from denying corporate power to incur liability 280  penalty for failing to comply with provisions 280 Sedgwick, Charles H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Seeds,  duty on aromatic, refined, etc. 509   of morbid growth, refined, etc. 509   oil 523   not specified 523  on free list, aromatic, crude 540   of morbid growth, crude 540   not specially provided for 544 Seeds Division, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for chief, expert, etc 266, 729   for expenses of distribution, etc. 269, 733    allotment to Congress 269, 733    distributing uncalled for seeds, etc 270, 733    report; diverting funds not allowed 270, 733    distribution to be adapted to locality, etc. 270, 733    early delivery 270, 734   for issuing farmers’ bulletins; distribution 270, 784   for printing, etc. 270, 734 Seeds, etc.,  appropriation for distributing, etc., Department of Agriculture 269, 733 Seefurth, August,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Seevy, Owen,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 455 Selmer, Henry W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Seines,  duty on flax 529 Sclep,  on free list 544 Selfridge, Thomas O.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Selfridge, T. O., Jr., U. S. Navy,  may receive decoration from President of French Republic 1918 Sells, E. W.,  appropriation for services1 775 Seminole Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 297, 886 Seminole Indians, Fla.,  appropriation for support, etc., of 303, 892 Senate,  appropriation for compensation of Senators 162, 764    commencement of salaries to fill vacancies 162   for mileage 162, 764   for secretary to Vice-President, etc. 162, 764   for Chaplain 162, 765   for Secretary, clerks, etc. 162, 765   for clerks and messengers to committees 163, 765    to Committees on Woman Suffrage and Mining 163, 766    at $1,440 a year 163, 766   for Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper, assistants, etc 163, 466   for messengers, laborers, pages, etc 163, 766   for Postmaster, assistant, etc. 164, 766   for superintendent of document room, assistants, etc. 164, 766   for superintendent of folding room, assistants, etc. 164, 766   for clerks engineer, assistants, etc 164, 766   for clerks to Senators 164 766    to Senators elected but not sworn in 164    allowed clerks from commencement of their terms 766   for contingent expenses, stationery, and newspapers 164, 767   for postage stamps 164, 767   for horses, mail wagons, etc. 164, 767   for folding materials; folding 164, 767   for fuel, oil, etc. 164, 767   for furniture, repairs, etc 165, 767   for packing boxes 165, 767   for miscellaneous items 165, 767    Maltby Building 165, 583, 767   for inquiries and investigations 165, 583, 767   for reporting debates 165, 767   for removal of ranges, etc., restaurant 393   for document index, Fifty-second Congress 418    Fifty-third Congress 958   for pay to employees discharged first session Fifty-third Congress; conditions 418   for Maltby Building repairs, etc 418, 958   for rent, document warehouse 418, 958   for C. H. Evans 418   for Florence S. Vance 418   for Bessie A. Stockbridge 418   for printing and binding 419, 959   for file holders, document room 958   for E. T. Cressy, serviced 958   for Henry Talbott 958   for mileage made available for first session Fifty-third Congress 11   for session employees made available for first session 10 1398  appropriation for session employees, continued until adjournment 586  deficiency appropriation for miscellaneous items 16, 43, 447, 865   for R. R. Quay 16   for session clerks Fifty-first Congress 16   for mileage 19   for stationery for Senators 19   for one month’s extra pay, employees 20, 864   for compensation, employees 43, 61, 864   for folding materials 43, 61, 639   for fuel, oil, etc. 43, 447   for furniture 43, 417   for storing documents 43, 447, 865   for widow of Hon. Alfred H. Colquitt 61   for printing and binding 93, 596, 868   for horses, wagons, etc. 447   for packing Loxes 447   for protecting property 447   for official reporter 447   for W. F. Wright 447   for Watson Boyle 447   for Benjamin Durfee 448   for J. E. Johnson 448   for additional to financial clerk 865   for clerks to Senators 865   for George H. Walker 865   for Official Reporter 865   for Kimball E. Valentine, T. B. Kirby 865   for P. J. McHenry 865   for Solomon J. Fague 865  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207  adjustment of accounts for transporting documents directed 43  admission of Senators from Utah 111  all official printing, binding, etc., by Public Printer; exception 624  balance for session employees 1893, available for pages 2  binding for library authorized; limit 958  building for folding, etc., documents, authorized I 12   to be paid for, from contingent fund 12  copies of Manual to be printed 617  employees to receive December salaries, December 21, 1893 576   May salaries, May 29, 1894 583   august salaries, August 23, 1894 592   December salaries, December 20, 1894 967  document room authorized 610  folding room established; duties 612  disposal of undistributed documents 612  franking of documents and correspondence 622  furnishing extracts of Record and copies of documents to Senators; coat 606  invoice to be made of documents stored; disposition 611  joint commission of, and House, Ford’s Theater disaster; expenses 392  joint committee on celebration of Capitol centennial to be appointed 10  number of Journals to be printed; distribution 609  reference copies of all documents for library and document room 610  special binding of one copy of each document allowed Senators 624  time extended for distributing documents in Departments to credit of members Fifty-third Congress 975  to select three delegates to international monetary conference 962 Senate Documents,  distribution of usual number 608 Senate Reports,  distribution of usual number 608 Senators,  appropriation for compensation and mileage 162, 764   for clerks to; service before qualified 164, 766   for mileage available, first session Fifty-third Congress 11  deficiency appropriation for clerks to, Fifty-first Congress 16   for mileage 19   for clerks to 865  commencement of salaries, when elected to fill vacancies 162   when elected after beginning of term 162  deduction of income tax from salary 557  may appoint clerks from beginning of term 766 Seneca Dalians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 297, 886 Seneca Indians of New York,,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 297, 886  investigation of claim of Ogden Land Company, etc. 301, 887 Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper, Senate,  appropriation for, assistants, etc. 163, 766 Sergeant-at-Arms, House of Representatives,  appropriation for, deputy, etc. 166, 769 Servia,  appropriation for minister 141, 816 Sesame Oil, etc.,  on free list 542 Session Employees,  appropriation for, Senate and House, made available for first session 10 Settle, Hon. Thomas,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 4 18, 866 Settlers,  permitted new entries, when former forfeited by unavoidable absence, etc 599 Seul Choix Pointe, Hike Michigan,  appropriation for fog signal 374   for range lights, Saint Mary’s River, available for structures at 374 Seventh Judicial Circuit,  additional circuit judge authorized 643 Severalty, Lands in (see Lands in Severalty, etc.), Seicers, D. C.,  appropriation for cleaning and repairing 249, 749   for replacing, etc. 249, 749   for main and pipe 249, 749   for new main intercepting 249   for suburban 249, 749   for constructing Eckington Valley, Brookland, and Kenesaw avenue; contracts 749   for Rock Creek intercepting; contract, etc. 249, 749   for gauging, etc. 250   for condemning rights of way 250, 750   for automatic siphons 250, 750  assessment of connections 248  connections with, on streets being improved 44 Sewing Machines  duty on needles for 519 Sexton, David H.,  pension 1041 1399 Seymour, Samuel B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Shad,  penalty for unlawful fishing, Potomac River, D. C 40 Shafts and Shafting,  duty on steel 516 Shale,  duty on 533 Shanghai,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823   for prison expenses 150, 824 Shapes,  duty on steel 516 Shark River, N. J.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Sharkey, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Shaic, G. B., late a Representative in Congress,  deficiency appropriation for widow 865   for clerk hire 866 Shaw, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Shawls,  duty on wool, etc. 530 Shawnee Indian Lands, Okla Absentee,  homestead settlers granted one year’s extension to make first payment 8, 901  may receive patent in one year on paying $1.50 an acre 3 Shawnee Indians,  transfer of annuities to credit of Cherokees 298 Shawnee Indians, Eastern,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 298, 887 Shay, James A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Shea, Daniel,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Shears,  duty on 518 Sheathing,  duty on, old 519  of copper, etc 519 Sheathing Raper,  duty on 532 Sheboygan, Wis.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 345   for fog signal, pierhead light station 917 Sheep (see also Animals),  on free list, straying across boundary line, etc 537 Sheepeater Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of, Lemhi Agency 302, 892 Sheet Iron or Steel,  duty on 516 Sheets,  duty on iron, etc., enameled, etc 518   copper 519   lead 520   zinc 520 Sheffield,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Sheffield, Ala.,  construction of bridge authorized across Tennessee River at 708 Shell,  duty on manufactures of 536 Shell, F. C.,  deficiency appropriation for 867 Shell, Steel,  appropriation for deck piercing 213, 705 Shellfish,  on free list 544 Shells,  on free list, unmanufactured 544 Sheppard, John W., Jr.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 462 Sherbrooke,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Sheridan, Wyo.,  terms of court 75 Sherman, Gen. William Tecumseh,  appropriation for equestrian statue of 945 Shiawassee River, Mich.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Shields, James,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Shields, Robert S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Shiloh National Military Park,  battlefield set apart as 597  boundaries; changes 597  to be under control of Secretary of War; acquiring title 597  leases to present occupants 597  commission to take charge; selection, etc. 598  duties of commission; opening roads, etc. 598   marking lines of battle, etc. 598   general authority 598  marking positions by States, etc. 598   approval; discriminations forbidden 598  punishment for offenses committed in 598  appropriation for expenses; annual report 598  office of commissioners to be at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn 946  limit of cost of hinds 946 Shingle Bolts,  on free list 545 Shingles,  on free list 546 Ship Building,  materials for, in foreign trade, etc., admitted free 548 Ship, etc., Letters, Postal Service.,  appropriation for 106, 693 Ship Timber and Planking,  on free list 545 Shipping (see also Navigation),  bonds for registry of vessels abolished 624  certificates of registry; use and delivery 624   penalty for violations 625   remission of fines, etc. 625  bonds for licensing vessels abolished 625  affidavit of master, etc., applying for license 625  bonds for licensing yachts abolished 625  penalty for violating; remission 625  bonds given, not invalidated 625  clearances forbidden vessels carrying meats without inspection certificates 732  copy of manifest to be mailed Auditor for Treasury on arrival of vessel from abroad; exception 808  deductions from gross tonnage for crew, machinery, etc., space 741  to be entered on registers 743  may be added to outstanding registers 743  vessels with double bottoms 743  entry of deductions allowed in foreign countries 743  effect, etc. 748  allowance of cubic space for crews, to take effect from June 30, 1895 743 1400  inspectors of hulls and of boilers, salaries, etc., 60S  maximum thickness of externally fired boiler plates increased 690  postponement of international rules to prevent collisions at sea 680  preliminary entry allowed steamships on arrival from foreign ports 85   formal entry to follow; oaths 85  delivery of goods allowed on paying estimated duties 86  proclamation postponing effect of act to prevent collisions at sea 1259   putting regulations to prevent collisions at sea in effect 1250  punishment for destroying vessels on high seas 233  register may have measurement of spaces, tonnage, etc., stated for foreign trade 636  remission of fines, etc., extended to all vessels 595  rules to prevent collisions at sea modified 82  rules to prevent collisions on Great Lakes, etc. 645  rules to prevent collisions extended to inland waters, etc. 672  special inspectors of foreign steam vessels abolished 699 Shipping Articles,  contents, vessels in coastwise, Canada, Newfoundland, West Indies, and Mexico trade 667  clauses omitted 667 Shipping Commissioners,  shipping articles for crews of vessels in coastwise, and trade with Canada, Newfoundland, West Indies, and Mexico; limitations 667 Ships,  duty on wrought iron for 517 Shipwreck,  payment for losses by officers and enlisted men of the Navy 962  conditions payment of ascertained claims 962  report on future losses; claims barred 963  limit of liability 963  claims to be presented in two years 963  claims for losses prior to August 20, 1884, excluded 963 Shirts,  duty on cotton, etc., knitted 529   linen 530 Shoal Harbor, N. J.,  appropriation for improving 347 Shoes,  duty on leather 534   uppers and vamps, leather 535 Shoes, Horse, etc.,  duty on wrought iron or steel 519 Sholes, Rue H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 450 Shooks,  duty on, sugar, and packing, box 521 Shooting Ranges, etc., Army,  appropriation for 240, 661 Shoshone Agency, Wyo.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877   for flour and saw mill 304 Shoshone and Arapahoe Indians, Wyo.,  appropriation for surrender of lands 306 Shoshone Indian Reservation, Wyo.,  appropriation for bridge, Big Wind River 303   for Indian school 311 Shoshone Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 298, 88   for support, etc., of, Fort Hall Reservation 302, 892    Lemhi Agency 302, 892    Wyoming 303, 892    Nevada 303, 892 Shoshone Indian Reservation, Western,  appropriation for support, etc., of Pi-Ute Indians on 893 Shoshone Reservation, Wyo.,  appropriation for Indian school 311, 906 Shot,  duty on lead 520 Shot, Steel,  appropriation for armor-piercing 213, 705 Shotgun Barrels,  on free list 544 Shotguns,  duty on muzzle-loading 518   breech-loading 518   combination, and rifles 518 Shreveport, La.,  construction of bridge authorized across Cross Bayou at 50 Shrewsbury River, N. J.,  appropriation for improving 347 Shrimps,  on free list 544 Shrubs,  on free list, for nursery stock 543 Shull, Emanuel G.,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Siam,  appropriation for minister resident and consul-general 141, 816   for interpreter to legation 142, 817   for keeping, etc., prisoners 150, 824 Sibley, Mo.,  time extended for bridge across Missouri River between Kansas City and 45 Sick Leaves,  restrictions waived for employees injured by fall of Ford’s Theater 577 Side Arms,  duty on 518 Sidewalks, D. C.,  assessing abutting property for half the cost of new 250  regulations for removing snow, ice, dirt, etc. 809 Sienna and Sienna Earths,  duty on, ground, in oil 510  on tree list, dry 542 Sierra Leone,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Sigler, John A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Signal Corps,  appropriation for pay of officers; longevity 234 656  grade of brigadier-general to cease with present officer 234  reorganization of commissioned force 234 Signal Office,  appropriation for clerks, etc. 187, 788   for rent 188 Signal Service, Army (see also Weather Bureau),  appropriation for expenses; military telegraph, etc. 243, 663  deficiency appropriation for observation and report of storms 480, 871   for transportation 480   for pay, etc. 485 1401 Siletz Agency, Oreg.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877   for support, etc., of Indians at 304, 893 Siletz Indian Reservation,  agreement for cession of unallotted lands 323   ratified 326  appropriation for purchase 326   for payment to adults 326  depredation claims not to be deducted 326  disposal of ceded lands; price 326  regulations to be prescribed 326  delayed payments to draw interest 326  opening to settlement 326 Silicates, Alkaline,  duty on 512 Silk and Silk Goods,  Schedule L. tariff of 1894 531  duty on carded, etc. 531   thrown, singles, thread, etc. 531   velvets, etc. 532   webbings, cords, buttons, etc. 532   laces, apparel, etc. 532   manufactures, not specified 532  on free list, raw, etc. 544   cocoons and waste 544   eggs of silkworms 544 Sill, Charles H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to administratrix 464 Silver,  duty on bullions and thread 520   leaf, and powder 520   ore, containing lead 520  on free list, bullion 539   ore 542   sweepings 545 Silver Act, 1890  clause directing purchase of 4,500,000 ounces a month repealed 4  policy declared to continue gold and silver as standard money and coin the same 4  maintenance of parity of coins of the two metals to be secured by international agreement 4  efforts of the Government to establish steady system of bimetallism 4 Silver and Gold Money,  delegates to international conference on, authorized 962 Silver Coin,  appropriation for transportation of 388, 929   for recoinage fractional 389, 929  deficiency appropriation for recoinage 2, 637, 846   for transporting 17, 636 Simmons, Joseph J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Simmons, Wheelock,  corrected land patent issued to, and wife 994 Simons, Julius,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Singapore,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819  for clerk hire 149, 823 Sinking Fund, D. C.  appropriation for interest and 258, 760 Sinking Fund Office, D. C.  appropriation for salaries 245, 746 Sioux City, Iowa.,  appropriation for public building 913  construction of bridge authorized across Missouri River at 45, 681  limit of cost increased, public building 373   contracts authorized for construction 373  time extended for bridging Missouri River at 44  regulating toll on bridge across Missouri River at 221 Sioux Falls, S. Dak.,  deficiency appropriation for public building 429  terms of court at 5 Sioux Indian Lands,  homestead settlers on ceded, in South Dakota and Nebraska, may commute entries 4 Sioux Indian Reservation, S. Dak.,  right of way granted through 653 Sioux Indians, Different Tribes,  appropriation for fulfilling treaties with 299, 887   for teachers, etc 299, 888   for additional employees 299, 888   for schools, Santee and Crow Creek agencies 299, 888   for subsistence, etc., limit of rations 299, 888   for matron, Santee Agency 299, 888   for schools 299, 888   for compensation, Crow Creek Reservation 888   for scouts and soldiers; distribution 889  deficiency appropriation for support, etc 484 873 Sioux Indians, Medawakanton Band, Minn,  appropriation for support, etc., of 892  deficiency appropriation for support 873 Sioux Indians of Devils Lake,  appropriation for support,etc.,of 303, 892 Sioux Indians, Yankton Tribe,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 300, 888  agreement with, for cession of reservation, ratified 313  appropriation for carrying out agreement 319 Sipped, Louisa M. (widow),  pension repealed 1033 Sirups, Cane or Beet Juice,  duty on 521 Sisal Grass,  duty on cables, etc. 529  on free list, binding twine 538   unmanufactured 540 Sisseton Agency, S. Dak,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Sisseton Indians,  appropriation for per capita to 300, 889   for scouts and soldiers; distribution 889   for relief of 899 Sites for Fortifications, etc,  appropriation for 212 Siuslaw River,  appropriation for improving 359 Sivas,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Six Nation Indians of New York,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 299, 887 Sixth Auditor (see also Auditor for Post-Office Department),  name changed to Auditor for the Post Office Department 205 Skeletons,  on free list 544 Skelp Iron or Steel,  duty on, sheared, etc. 515   corrugated, etc. 516 Skelton, Abraham L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Skelton, Samuel F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 462 1402 Skidmore, Samuel R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 450 Skins,  duty on, leather, not specified 534  on free list, uncured 541 Skins, Fur,  on free list, undressed 540 S’Klallam Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 303, 892 Show, Charles J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 “Skudesnaes,”  American register granted to foreign-built bark 508 Slabs,  duty on steel 516 Shale, Charles C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 450 Stager, Charles,  released from liability on bond of Ozias Morgan 1032 Slate,  duty on manufactures of 515   roofing 515   pencils 536 Slater, George H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Slaughter, N. M. E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 744 Slave Trade, Suppressing African,  deficiency appropriation for expenses of bureau at Brussels 424, 844 Slavin, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 466 Sledges,  duty on blacksmiths 517 Sleeve Linings,  duty on, of cotton and silk 529 Slocum, William W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Smallpox,  appropriation for preventing, etc., spread of epidemic 392, 934  investigation, etc., Marine-Hospital Service 935 Smallpox Hospital,  appropriation for construction 758 Smalts,  duty on, not specified 511 Smart, George,  deficiency appropriation for 867 Smathers, George H.,  payment to, from Eastern Cherokee funds 1015 Smelting Bonded Warehouses,  works for smelting, etc., may be made; bond 551  admitting ores for refining and export, free 551  record, etc., of daily product; export; supervision 551 Smith, Charity Ann (mother),  pension 1044 Smith, Eugene,  appropriation for 262 Smith, George, W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Smith, Isaac F.,  deficiency appropriation for services 450 Smith, J. E.,  may accept medal, etc., from Spain 990 Smith, John,  payment to legal representatives 982 Smith, John M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Smith, Margaret (widow),  pension increased 1029 Smith, Otis,  pension increased 1002 Smith, Pauline J. (daughter),  pension 1015 Smith, Samuel E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Smith, Thomas C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Smith, Thomas Rhys,  claim to be adjusted; payment 988 Smith, W. A.,  deficiency appropriation for 864 Smith, William Herbert,  deficiency appropriation for services 850 Smiths Island, Pa.,  appropriation for removing 404, 946 Smiths Point, Md.,  appropriation for reestablishing lighthouse 916 Smithsonian Institution,  appropriation for National Museum 383, 924   for National Zoological Park 383, 924   for astrophysical observatory 384, 924   for international exchanges 384, 924   for fire protection 924   for North American Ethnology 384, 925   for printing and binding 420, 960   for exhibit of articles at Atlanta Exposition by 420  deficiency appropriation for National Museum 43, 477   for Zoological Park 430  appointment of Gardiner G. Hubbard as regent 972  change in membership of 41   governor of District of Columbia omitted from list of regents 41  limitation of amount of fund repealed 41  opening bids for supplies 33  printing report of, authorized; distribution 616  reappointment of Andrew D. White as regent 579 Smokers’ Articles,  duty on 536 Smollen, James F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Smyrna,  appropriation for consul at 146, 821   for clerk hire 149, 823 Smyrna River, Del.,  appropriation for improving 348 Snake River, Idaho,  appropriation for improving upper 359 Snohomish River, Wash.,  appropriation for improving 360 Snow and Ice, D. C.,  regulations for removing, from sidewalks, etc. 809 Snowdon and Mason,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to surviving partner of 450 Snuff and Snuff Flour,  duty on 522 Snyder, J. F.,  deficiency appropriation for services 449 Snyder, Joseph W. (son),  pension 1042 Soap,  duty on castile 511   toilet, medicinal, etc. 511   not specified 511 Societies,  charitable, etc., excepted from income-tax provisions 556 1403 Societies, Benevolent, etc.,  regular publications of, rated as second-class mail matter 105 Societies, Educational, etc.,  on free list, books, etc., for 538   regalia, etc., for 544 Societies, Religious, etc.,  on free list, paintings, etc., for use of 543 Soda,  duty on borate of 509   bicarbonate or supercarbonate of 512   hydrate of, or caustic 512   bichromate or chromate of 512   sal, or soda crystals 512   ash 512   silicate of 512  on free list, nitrate of 544   chlorate of 544   sulphate of 544 Soda Water,  on free list 542 Sodium,  on free list 544 Soer, Augustus F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Soils,  appropriation for investigating chemical characteristics 268, 731   for investigating relation of meteorology to 274, 735 Soldiers and Sailors’ Home, D. C.,  appropriation for 259, 761 Soldiers’ Home, Board of Commissioners, D. C.,  may sell Asylum lot on Pascagoula Bay, Miss 645 Soldiers’ Homes, National,  appropriation for expenses 408, 951 Solicitor for the Department of State,  appropriation for 202, 803 Solicitor-General,  appropriation for 202, 803 Solicitor of Internal Revenue,  appropriation for 202, 803 Solicitor of the Treasury,  appropriation for, clerks, etc. 202, 804   for books, stationery 202, 804  to prosecute defaults in paper contracts 602 Solomons Lump Light-House, Va.,  unexpended balance for Wolf Trap available for 16 Soluble Oil,  duty on 510 Sonneberg,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821   for clerk hire 149, 823 Sorghum,  appropriation for sugar-making experiments 270, 734   for bounty on sugar produced from 933  bounty on sugar from, repealed 521  on free list, for seed 544 Sour Orange Juice,  on free list 541 South Atlantic Quarantine Station,  appropriation for expenses 392 934   for hospital barge, etc. 915  deficiency appropriation for maintenance 17 South Bass Island, Lake Erie, Ohio,  appropriation for light station 375 South Canadian Bridge Company,  may bridge South Canadian River at Noble, Okla 103 South Canadian River, Okla.,  construction of bridge authorized across 644   at Lexington, Okla 225   at Noble, Okla 103 South Creek, N. C.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 South Dakota,  appropriation for surveyor-general, clerks 199, 800   for contingent expenses 199, 800   for incidental expenses, Indian service in 304, 893   for surveying Indian reservations in 900  deficiency appropriation for incidental expenses, Indian service in 483, 873  agreement for cession of lands, Yankton Indian Reservation, ratified 313  allowance to court officers 204, 806  extension of time for first payment on lands ceded by Indians in 901  survey of lands authorized to complete grants to 394  suspension of annual assessment, mining claims, 1893, not applicable to 6   annual assessment, mining claims, 1894, not applicable to 114 South Dakota Judicial Districts,  four divisions constituted 5  southern division 5  northern division 5  central division1 5  western division 5  terms of court, Sioux Falls 5   Pierre 5   Deadwood 5   Aberdeen 5  transfer of pending causes, etc. 6  suits to be brought in division where defendant resides 6  appeals; juries 6 South Fox Island, Mich.,  appropriation for fog signal 917 South Haven, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 South Omaha, Nebr.,  construction of public building authorized at 674   appropriation for 914   contract authorized for constructing 914 South Pass, La.,  light vessel authorized 375 South River, N. J.,  appropriation for improving 347 Southampton,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149 823 Southern Bridge and Railway Company,  time extended for bridging Mississippi River, New Orleans, La 595 Southern Kansas Railway Company,  may purchase lands, Oklahoma City 264 Southern Pacific Company,  right of way granted, through Yuma Reservation, Cal 335 Southern Ute Agency, Colo.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Southern Ute Indians,  appropriation for expenses of removal, etc 894  agreement with, in 1888 annulled; treaty of 1880 to be carried out 677  allotment of lands in severalty 677   reservations for Indians not taking allotments; agency 678  surplus lands open to settlement; sales 678   appraisal of improvements, etc. 678   disposal of receipts from sales 678 1404 Southport Quarantine Station,  appropriation for maintenance 392, 934 Southwest Pass Light Station, La.,  deficiency appropriation for reimbursement of keeper’s losses, etc. 846 Spain,  appropriation for minister 141, 815   for secretary of legation 142, 816   for clerk hire 143, 817  deficiency appropriation for clerk to legation 844  payment of claim against, by Antonio Maximo Mora to be insisted upon 975 Spalding, Henry,  payment of Court, of Claims judgment to 456 Spar,  duty on manufactures of 535 Sparrow, George W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 462 Spars,  on free list, timber for 545 Sparterre,  on free list 544 Speaker of the, House of Representatives,  appropriation for private secretary, clerks, etc. 165, 768   salaries readjusted 768  to appoint temporary committee on accounts at close of each Congress; duties, etc. 768 Special and Select Committees, House of Representatives,  appropriation for expenses 168, 771  deficiency appropriation for 19, 62, 639 Special Delivery Stamps,  appropriation for manufacture; distribution 106, 692 Special Facilities, Postal Service,  appropriation for, on Trunklines, Springfield, Mass., to New Orleans, La,; condition 106   Boston, Mass., to New Orleans, La 692 Special Tax Scrip Certificates, D. C.,  delivery of certain, to Isaac S. Lyon 244 Specimens of Natural History, etc.,  on free list 544 Spectacles,  duty on 514 Speed Premiums, Navy,  appropriation for 140 Spelter,  duty on 520 Spencer, Stewart,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 “Speranza,” Norwegian Dark,  deficiency appropriation for injuries, collision with U. S. S. “Monongahela” 437 Spermaceti Oil,  on free list, of American fisheries 542 Spices,  duty on, drugs, refined, etc. 509   ground, etc. 525  on free list, not edible, crude 540   edible 544 Spiegeleisen,  duty on 515 Spike Lavender Oil,  on free list 542 Spikes,  duty on iron or steel 519 Spindle Binding,  duty on cotton, etc. 529 Spirits (see Distilled Spirits), Spirits, Wines, and other Beverages,  Schedule H, tariff of 1894 535  duty on brandy, etc., not specified 525    determining proof, etc., forfeiture 535    preparations not specified 535   cordials, etc. 525   minimum rate 535  no allowance for breakage, etc. 526 Splice Bars, Railway,  duty on 519 Spokane Indians,  appropriation for removing to Coeur d’Alene Reservation, etc. 309, 890  for payment of chiefs 300, 890 Spokane, Wash.,  military post to be established at, donation of ground 657 Sponges,  duty on 512 Spooner, Arthur W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Spooner, Edward,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to administratrix 463 Sprigs,  duty on cut 519 Spring Point, Portland, Me.,  appropriation for light and fog signal; contract 915 Springfield Arsenal, Mass.,  appropriation for repairs, etc. 400, 943 Springfield, Mo.,  deficiency appropriation for public building 847 Spruce,  on free list, clapboards 546 Spunk,  on free list 544 Spurs,  on free list, for pottery 545 Squaw Point, Mich.,  appropriation for light 916 Stadtler, George C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Stahel, Julius H.,  pension increased 1043 Stained Glass Windows,  duty on 514 Stallings, Hon. J. F.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 448 Stamford, Conn.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 340 Stamp Tax,  imposed on playing cards 560 Stamped Envelopes, etc.,  appropriation for manufacture; distribution 106, 692 Stamps, Foreign,  on free list 545 Stamps, Postage and Special Delivery,  appropriation for manufacture; distribution 106, 692 Standard Weights and Measures,  appropriation for expenses of office 78, 779 Standing Rock Agency, N. Dak.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 “Standish,” Naval Tug,  appropriation for new machinery 135 Standpipes, etc., D. C.,  licenses to business refused if building has not; certificates 810 Stanton, George,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 1405 Star Routes, Postal Service,  appropriation for inland mail transportation by 105, 692 Starch,  duty on 524   burnt 525 Stark, John H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Starr, Eliza K. (widow),  pension increased 997 Start, Frank,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 456 State, Admission of a New,  provisions for Utah 107 State and Territorial Homes, Volunteer Soldiers,  appropriation for aid to; deductions if pensions retained 412, 955  deficiency appropriation for 434, 853  documents to be sent 159 State Capital Printing Company,  deficiency appropriation for advertising 858 State, etc., Departments, Auditor for (see Auditor for the State and other Departments), State, War, and Navy Department Building,  appropriation for clerk, engineers, watchmen, etc. 189, 790   for fuel, lights, etc. 189, 790  opening bids for supplies 33 Statement of Appropriations,  appropriation for preparation 418, 958 Staten Island Light-House Depot, N. Y.,  appropriation for sea wall, etc. 374, 917 Staten Island, N. Y.,  appropriation for channel between New Jersey and 341 States,  deficiency appropriation for refund to, raising volunteers 480 871  copy of military history of regiments to, upon governor’s application 788  grant of desert lands to, for irrigation, etc. 422  loan of vessels, etc., to, for naval militia uses 219  may tax national currency and Treasury notes as money 278  statement of annual profits not required 556 Stationery, Postal Service,  appropriation for 105, 691 Statistical Abstract,  printing authorized; distribution 616 Statistics, Bureau of, Treasury Department,  appropriation for officer in charge, clerks, etc 178, 779 Statistics Division, Department of Agriculture,  appropriation for statistician, clerks 265, 728   for expenses 266, 729    monthly crop report 266, 729    extending foreign markets for domestic products 266, 729 Statuary,  on free list; definition of 5 12   for societies, etc. 543, 544 Statuary Hall, Capitol,  Wisconsin authorized to place statue of Pere Marquette in 12 Statues, D. C.,  appropriation for Gen, William Tecumseh Sherman 945  permission granted for erecting, of Dr. Samuel D. Gross 973   appropriation for pedestal 973 Statuettes, China, etc.,  duty on white 512   decorated 512 Statutes at Large,  printing authorized; distribution 615  to be legal evidence; contents of volume 615 Statutes at Large, Fifty-third Congress,  appropriation for editing, etc. 170, 773 Stave Bolts,  on free list 545 Staves,  on free list, wood 546 Stays,  duty on iron or steel 517 Steam Vessels,  maximum thickness of externally fired boiler plates increased 690  remission of fines, etc., on, extended to all vessels 595 Steamboat-Inspection Service,  appropriation for Supervising Inspector, General, clerks, etc. 179, 780  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206  inspection of iron and steel boiler plates at mills 28  stamp by assistant inspector, etc. 28  penalty for forging, etc. 28  special inspectors of foreign vessels abolished 699  inspectors of hulls and of boilers; districts; salaries 699   error corrected 843  annual report of inspections as basis of salaries 699  assistant inspectors authorized; salaries, etc. 699 Steamboat Letters, Postal Service,  appropriation for 106, 693 Steamboat Routes, Postal Service,  appropriation for mail transportation by 105, 692 Steamships,  permitted to unload on making preliminary entry 85 Steel (see also Iron),  duty on, structural 515   boiler or other plate 515   skelp, sheared, etc. 515   forgings, minimum 515   hoop, hand or scroll 515   railway bars, rails, etc. 515   sheets 516   sheets, plates, etc., galvanized, etc 516   sheet; polished, planished, or glanced 516   sheet, plates, etc., cleaned, cold rolled, etc., not polished 516   sheets, coated with tin or lead; effect 516   ingots, castings, etc. 516   wire 517   no rust allowance 517   manufactures 517   cutlery, etc. 518   plates 519 Steel, Oil Tempered, etc.,  appropriation for high-power guns; additional 214, 704 Steele, Valentine,  payment of judgement, Court of Claims to 469 Steels,  duty on table, etc. 518 Steinmann, John C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 1406 Stenographers to Committees,  appropriation for, House of Representatives 167, 770  deficiency appropriation for 448, 866 Stereotype Plates,  duty on 519  sales authorized; conditions 608 Stereotyping,  directed for certain matter 604 Stern, Leopold,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Stettin,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Stevens, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Steward, Lewis,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 866 Stewart, A. P. H.,  refund of taxes to 986 Sticks,  duty on, for umbrellas, etc. 536  on free list, rough hewn or sawed 546   wood in lengths for umbrella, etc. 546 Stilts,  on free list, for pottery 545 Stilwell, Albert H.,  deficiency appropriation for reimbursement 427 Stipulations,  executed by security, etc., corporations, may be accepted by Government officials, etc 279 Stivers, Charles B.,  appointment on Army retired list authorized 1000 Stockbridge, Francis B., late a Senator,  appropriation for payment to widow 418 Stockbridge Indians,  appropriation for lumber cut from reservation 307   for payment of per capita from trust fund 894 Stockholm,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Stockings,  duty on cotton 529 Stockman, Albert,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 473 Stockwell, John,  pension increased 1003 Stone,  duty on marble 514   other 514  on free list, burr 545   cliff 545 Stone, and Timber Entries,  lands ceded on Lapwai Indian Reservation open to 332 Stone, John F.,  deficiency appropriation for legal services 442 Stone Land, Entries,  bounty bind warrants and indemnity location certificates receivable for 594 Stones,  on free list, polishing, etc. 543 Stoneware,  duty on common 512   white 512   decorated 512 Stonington, Conn.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 339 Stops, Art Educational,  on free list 537 Storax or Styrax,  on free list 545 Storekeepers and Gaugers, Internal-Revenue,  traveling, etc., expenses allowed 567  duties; bond 567 Storekeepers, Internal-Revenue,  traveling, etc., expenses allowed 567 Stores, D. C.,  to provide seats for female help; penalty 964 Stout, Harry,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Stove Plates,  duty on cast-iron 518 Stratford,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Straw,  duty on 523   manufactures of; definition 535  on free list, braids, etc., of, for hats 538 Street, George W.,  honorable discharge to 994 Street Railways, D. C.,  change of route, Eckington and Soldiers’ Home line 493  charter amended, Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company 492   Maryland and Washington Railway Company 713   Metropolitan Railroad Company 682  connecting lines to issue transfers; use of tracks 218  construction authorized of Washington and Marlboro Electric Railway 717  extension of tracks, Maryland and Washington Railroad Company 716  fenders required on cars not run by horses 250   liability for accidents 250  incorporated, Capital Railway Company 721  new cars, etc., required, Metropolitan line 217   underground electric power to be used 217  passenger station by Washington and Georgetown line; tracks extended 493  payment for repairs to pavements 250  Rock Creek may lease, etc., connecting lines 700   may change name to Capital Traction Company 700  suburban roads to issue coupon tickets; use 683  time extended for completing Maryland and Washington 590  to pay half the cost of repairs of bridges across Rock Creek 252  to sell only their own new tickets 78   to interchange with other companies, etc. 78   penalty for violations 78  tracks, etc., by Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric line 494 Streets and Avenues, D. C.,  appropriation for improvements and repairs 249, 748   for grading 249, 749   for repairs to pavements 249, 749   for current repairs 251, 750    repayment by street railways 250, 750   for sprinkling, sweeping, etc 251, 751  deficiency appropriation for D. Knowlton 431   for sprinkling, etc. 431   for Thomas W. Smith 850,  opening minor, through squares authorized; filing plats, etc. 501 1407 Stretch, John J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Strontia, etc.,  on free list 545 Structural Iron or Steel,  duty on 515 Strutter, August T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Strychnia, etc.,  duty on, and all salts of 512 Studer, A. G.,  credit in accounts 425 Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal,  appropriation for improving 356 Sturgeon Bag Canal, Wis.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor of refuge 345   for light station, entrance to 017 Stuttgart,  appropriation for consul at. 146, 820   for clerk hire 140, 823 Styler, Solomon,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Subdivisions, D. C.,  appropriation for surveys, etc., suburban 247, 748  recording plats in recorder’s office forbidden 501 Subsistence Department, Army,  appropriation for pay of officers; longevity 235, 656  captains reduced to eight 656   for supplies 237, 658   for extra-duty pay, enlisted men 237, 658   for civilian employees, etc. 237, 658   for commutation of rations, etc. 237, 658    limit to civilian employees; report as to necessity, etc. 238, 658    amount available June, 1894 238    purchase of exceptional articles in open market 658   for support, etc., of Apache Indian prisoners 658  deficiency appropriation for 480, 484, 853, 871  vacancies to be filled from the line 234 Suburban Streets, D. C.,  appropriation for current repairs 250, 750   for constructing 250, 750 Sugar,  Schedule E, tariff of 1894 521  bounty on production repealed 521  issuing licenses unlawful 521  duty on, tank bottoms, sirups, etc. 521   above No. 16 Dutch standard; discolored 521   from country paying bounty 521    not exacted if no bounty received 521    treaty with Hawaii not impaired 521   candy, etc. 521   refined, tinctured, etc. 521   glucose or grape 521  appropriation for experiments in manufacture of 270, 734   in California; sales 270 Sugar Bounty (see also Bounty on Sugar),  allowances of personal expenses of clerks, etc. 845 Sugar Bounty Inspectors,  appropriation for 180 Sugar Cane,  on free list, for seed: 544 Sugar of Milk,  duty on 523 Suisun Creek, Cal.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 364 Sullivan, Patrick A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 464 Sullivan, Peter J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Sullivans Island, S. C.,  transfer of Morris Island lifesaving station to 43 Sulphur,  duty on refined, sublimed, or flowers, of 512  on free list, lac, etc. 545   crude 545 Sulphur River, Ark.,  construction of bridge authorized across 78 Sulphur River, Ark, or Tex.,  construction of bridge authorized across 55 Sulphuric Acid,  on free list 545  duty on, from countries imposing duty on United States product1 545 Sumae,  duty on extract of 500   ground 512 Svmuer, Henry,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Sundries,  duty on, Schedule N. tariff of 1894 533 Sundry Civil Expenses Appropriations,  under the Treasury Department; for public buildings 372, 910    marine hospitals 914    quarantine stations 914   light-houses, beacons, and fog-signals 374, 915   lighthouse establishment 376, 917   Life-Saving Service 377, 918   Revenue-Cutter Service 378, 919   Engraving and Printing Bureau 378, 920   Coast and Geodetic Survey 379, 920   Smithsonian Institution 383, 924   Fish Commission 384, 925   Interstate-Commerce Commission 387, 928   miscellaneous items; World’s Fair 387, 928    Chinese exclusion 390, 932    organization of immigration service 391    Alaska seal and salmon fisheries 391, 932    Ford’s Theater disaster 932    executors of Francis Wharton 933    assaying lead ores 933    facsimiles to James D. McBride 933    disposition of useless papers 933    sugar bounty 933    Emile M. Blum 934   quarantine service 392, 934   prevention of epidemics 392, 934   surveyor, etc., District of Columbia 935  under the Department of the Interior;    for public buildings 393, 935   public lands 393, 936   Geological Survey 398, 939    contract for stone, Library of Congress 940   miscellaneous, Supreme Court reports 398, 940    Government Hospital for the Insane 399, 940    Columbian Institution for Deaf and Dumb 399, 941    Howard University 399, 941    education in Alaska 399, 941    Official Register of the United States 941  under the War Department, for armories and arsenals 400, 941   buildings and grounds, District of Columbia 401, 943   military posts 403, 945   national parks 403, 945   Engineer Department, harbors, etc. 404, 946 1408  under the War Department, for Nicaragua Canal 948   national cemeteries 404, 949   miscellaneous objects 405, 950    deep-water canal, Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean 950    artificial limbs, etc. 405, 950    records of the rebellion 406, 951    New York Harbor 406, 951    permanent militia appropriation 406    military prison 407   Volunteer Soldiers’ Home 408, 951   State and Territorial homes 413, 955   back pay, bounty, and commutation of rations 413, 955  under Navy Department, appointment of cadets 413   Puget Sound, Wash., dry dock 413  under Department of Justice, for courthouse, District of Columbia 413, 955   miscellaneous 413, 955  United States courts 415, 956   military prison to be United States Penitentiary 957  under Department of State, for Canadian boundary 417   examination of Revolutionary archives 418   Bureau of the American Republics 418   protecting American interests in Samoa 418  under legislative branch, statement of appropriations 418, 958   Senate 418, 958   Library of Congress building419 959   Botanic Garden 959   public printing and binding 419, 959   Government Printing office 420, 961   all sums for salaries to be in full for the fiscal year; repeals 420, 962  appropriation for Government exhibit, etc., Cotton States Exposition, Atlanta, Ga 420  grant of desert lands to States to be irrigated 422  for international monetary conference 962 Sumi,  duty on, cables, etc. 529  on free list, binding twine 538   unmanufactured 540 Sunshades,  duty on 536   sticks for 536 Superintendent of Documents,  appointment; sales of documents; receipts 610  to supervise distribution of all documents; exception 610  to prepare index of public documents; material 610  office in Interior Department abolished 611  free transmission of mail matter 611  assistants, blanks, office rooms, etc. 611  delivery of documents not required by Departments, etc. 611  to prepare catalogue of Government publications 612  to investigate designated depositories, etc. 612  to supply library of each Department, Military and Naval Academies, with all publications 624 Superior Bay, Wis.,  appropriation for improving harbor 345   for lighting 377, 918 Superior,  bridge across St, Louis River authorized between West Duluth, Minn., and 68   transfer of franchise authorized 70   height reduced; basin not required 228  examination of harbor directed 586  may purchase bridge across Saint Louis River 66  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 369 Supervising Architect of the Treasury,  appropriation for, assistant, etc 172, 775   for draftsmen, etc. 172, 775  estimate of necessary employees to be submitted 775 Supervisors of Elections,  appointment of, by circuit courts, repealed 36  repeal of power and duties of 36  repeal of report to chief supervisor 36  repeal of penalties for neglect of duties 37   for interfering with duties of 37  all statutes relating to, repealed 37  appropriations for paying outstanding claims continued 414   for Lynchburg, Va 417  deficiency appropriation for 478, 483 Supervisors of Elections, Chief,  repeal of authority to report on Congressional elections 36  appointment, duties, salaries, etc., of, repealed 36 Supplement to Revised Statutes,  appropriation for payment to William A. Richardson 390, 931  issue of, continued 961 Supplement to the Revised Statutes, Volume One,  printing authorized 614 Supplies,  bids for the Executive Departments to be opened at the same time 33   applicable only to supplies for use at Washington 62   day to be designated by Secretary of the Treasury 34  examination by board 34  new advertisement for rejected proposals 34 Supplies, Indian (see Indian Supplies), Supreme Court, D. C.,  appropriation for justices 204, 806   for printing and binding 420, 960  deficiency appropriation for justices 851  judges accorded privileges of Library of Congress 577  concurrent jurisdiction with justices of the peace in cases between $100 and $300 668  proceedings in petitions for adoption of children 687  to make rules and forms for practice before justices of the peace 671  to retain jurisdiction of Potomac Flats suit; 599 Supreme Court of the United States,  appropriation for Chief and associate justices 203, 805   for marshal 203, 805   for clerks to justices 203, 805   for printing and binding 420, 960  deficiency appropriation for printing and binding 61 Supreme Court Reports,  appropriation for purchasing copies 398, 940 Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, D. C.,  incorporated; powers 96 1409 Sureties,  acceptance of security, etc., corporations as 279 Surgeon-General, Army (see Medical Department), Surgeon-General’s Office,  appropriation for clerks, etc. 187, 788   for rent 188, 789   for library 241, 662   for catalogue of library 419, 959 Surman, John,  appropriation for 262 Surveying,  manual of instructions, 1894, a part of contracts for 285  to be made on application of settlers, corporations, etc. 423 Surveying Public Lands (see also Public Lands),  appropriation for; rates 394, 936    preference to occupied townships, etc. 394, 936    allowance, heavily timbered, etc., lands 394, 936    examining surveys; inspecting mineral, etc., localities 394, 937   for land grants to new States 394   for railroad grants; reimbursement, etc. 395    continuing appropriation 937    reimbursement; use of receipts, etc. 937    Florida excluded 396, 938    applicable to successors; effect 938   for continued private land claims 396, 938   for certain lands in North Carolina 396   for retracing portion of boundary, Ark. La., and Tex 396   for abandoned military reservations 396, 938   for resurvey, Grant and Hooker counties, Nebr 396    lots donated to Port Angeles, Oreg 396   for claims of settlers Des Moines River lands, Iowa 396   for survey of Indian Territory 900  deficiency appropriation for 478, 482, 486, 870, 872, 875  soldiers’ additional homestead certificates, may be sold, etc. 397 Surveyor, D. C.,  appropriation for, assistant, expenses 935  deficiency appropriation for salaries and expenses 849  salary, appointment, bond 689  assistants, salaries, etc. 689  duties; fees 689 Surveyors-General,  appropriation for, and expenses 198, 799 Surveys,  appropriation for ocean and lake 125, 826  application for, by settlers, owners, grantees, etc., to be complied with 423 Survivors of the War,  census schedules of service not to be published 60  transferred to Pension Office 60 Suspended Entries, Public Lands,  annual report of, abolished 807 Suspenders,  duty on cotton, etc. 529   wool, etc. 531   silk, etc. 532 Susquehanna River, Md, and Pa.,  appropriation for improving 348 Susquehanna River, Pa.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Sutton, Edwin P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Suwanee River, Fla.,  appropriation for improving 351 Swaged Steel,  duty on 516 Swamp-Land Claims,  appropriation for adjusting 393, 936  deficiency appropriation for expenses, etc. 18, 858 Sweden and Norway,  appropriation for minister 141, 816 Sweeny, Eugenia R. (widow),  pension increased 1047 Sweepings,  on free list, silver and gold 545 Sweetmeats,  duty on 524 Sweig, Maurice D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 469 Swift, Charles H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Swinomish Slough, Wash.,  appropriation for improving 360 Swinson, William A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Switzerland,  appropriation for minister 141, 816 Swords, etc.,  duty on 518 Sydney,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Syracuse, N. Y.,  deficiency appropriation for public building 429   for approaches 429 TT, Iron or Steel,  duty on 515 Tabeling, Fred.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Tabor, H. A. W.,  deficiency appropriation for 446 Tacks,  duty on cut 519 Tacoma, Wash.,  articles for Interstate Fair admitted duty free 224 Taft, William R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 468 Taggers Iron or Steel,  duty on common 516 Taggers Tin,  duty on; effect; minimum 516 Tahiti,  appropriation for consul at 148, 823 Talbott, Henry,  appropriation for services 958 Tallahassee, Fla.,  deficiency appropriation for public building 429, 847 Tallahatchee River, Miss.,  appropriation for improving 352 Tallman, Walter,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 469 Tallow,  on free list 545 Talmas,  duty on wool, etc. 531 Tamarinds,  on free list 540 Tamatare,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 1410 Tampa Bay,  appropriation for additional aids to navigation 375  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Tampico,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821   for clerk hire 141, 823 Tampico Fiber,  duty on, cables, etc. 529  on free list, binding twine 538   unmanufactured 540 Tancil, John F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Tangier,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149, 823   for Arabic clerk 143, 817 Tangier Light,  appropriation for expenses 143 818 Tank Bottoms, Sugar,  duty on 521  from countries paying bounty 521 Tanner, George C.,  payment to 1015 Tannic Acid or Tannin,  duty on 509 Tanning,  on free list, crude articles for 537 Tantow, Charles L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Tapes,  duty on cotton, etc. 529   flax, for measuring 530 Tapioca.,  on free list 545 Tar,  on free list, wood 545 Tar River, N. C.,  appropriation for improving 350  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Tariff of 1894 (see also Internal Revenue, and Income Tax),  Schedule A, duty on chemicals, oils, and paints 509  Schedule B, duty on earths, earthenware, and glassware 512  Schedule C, duty on metals and manufactures of 515  Schedule D, duty on wood and manufactures of 521  Schedule E, duty on sugar 521  Schedule F, duty on tobacco and manufactures of 522  Schedule G, duty on agricultural products and provisions 522  Schedule H, duty on spirits, wines, and other beverages 525  Schedule I, duty on cotton manufactures 526  Schedule J, duty on flax, hemp, and jute and manufactures of 529  Schedule K, duty on wool and manufactures of 530  Schedule L, duty on silks and silk goods 531  Schedule M, duty on pulp, papers, and books 532  Schedule N, duty on sundries 533  free list 536  duty on nonenumerated articles 547   similar to enumerated ones 547   similar to two or more enumerated ones 547   of two or more materials 547  if two or more duties applicable, highest to be paid 547  imported goods to he marked with country and quantity; delivery 547  articles simulating domestic trademarks denied entry 547   registry of trademarks 548  materials for building, etc., ships in foreign trade, etc., admitted free, in bond 548   coastwise trade, forbidden; exception 548  materials for repairing ships in foreign trade may be withdrawn free of duty 548  regulations of articles made in bonded manufacturing warehouses 548  obscene books, drugs to prevent conception, lottery tickets, etc., denied entry 549   articles forfeited, etc., drugs in bulk excepted 549   punishment of officer aiding violations 549   procedure 549  free entry of machinery for repair; bond; regulations 550  discriminating duty on goods imported in foreign vessels 550   exceptions by treaties, etc. 550  importing in ships not of country of origin of goods, etc., forbidden; penalty 550   not applicable to countries having no similar provisions 550  importation of neat cattle and hides forbidden; suspending prohibition 550   penalty for violations 551  duty on reimported articles 551  free entry of goods from sunken vessels abandoned two years 551  bonded metal-smelting, etc., warehouses; regulations 551  drawback regulations 551  customhouse brokers to be licensed 552  convict labor manufactures denied entry 552  value of foreign coins as proclaimed by Secretary of the Treasury to be followed in estimating invoices 552  imported cigar boxes not to be branded with date 552  income-tax provisions 553  tax on playing cards 560  tax on distilled spirits 563  fortifying pure sweet wines; tests; additions permitted 568  persons classed as manufacturers of tobacco 568   farmers and growers excepted 569   returns by fanners not required 569  bonds for general customs business 569  repeal of provisions for reciprocal commercial arrangements 569  repeal of inconsistent laws 569  pending prosecutions, liabilities, etc., not affected 569  ownership of merchandise saved from wrecks 569  combinations, etc., of persons importing to increase prices, etc., declared void 570  proceedings in circuit courts 570   joining parties; subpoenas 570   property affected forfeited 570  suit by persons injured may be brought in circuit courts; recovery 570 Tarpaulin Cove, Mass.,  survey of, directed 370 Tartar,  on free list, crude 537 1411 Tartar, Cream of,  duty on, and patent tartar 512 Tartaric Acid,  duty on 509 Tartars,  duty on, and lees crystals 512 Tartrate of Soda and Potassa,  duty on 512 Tassels,  duty on wool, etc. 531   silk, etc. 532 Tassin, Mary (widow),  pension increased 1010 Tate, Harriet R. (widow),  pension 1006 Taunt, Emory H.,  credit in accounts 425 Taunton River, Mass.,  appropriation for improving 346 Tax, Income (see Income Tax), Taxation,  of national currency and United States notes by States authorized, proviso 278 Taxes,  payments for State, etc., deducted from estimate of income 553  stamp tax of 2 cents a pack on playing cards 560 Taxes, D. C.,  appropriation for advertising arrears; reimbursement 247, 747   for account of arrears 247, 748  deficiency appropriation for advertising arrears 431  penalty on delinquent, reduced to 1 per cent 747 Taxes, Internal Revenue,  deficiency appropriation for refunding 477, 874  income tax provisions 553  stamp tax on playing cards 560  on distilled spirits increased 563 Taxes on Real Estate, D. C.,  assessment of land for 282  board of assistant assessors authorized 282  payment deferred until May, 1895 283  value in lawful money, basis for 283 Taxes, State, etc.,  included in business expenses of corporations, etc. 557 Taylor, Cleveland B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Taylor, John F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Taylorsville, Ohio,  bridge across Muskingum River, to be changed 355 Tchula Lake, Miss.,  appropriation for improving 352 Tea and Tea Plants,  on free list 545 Teazles,  duty on 523 Teeth,  on free list, natural, etc. 545 Tegucigalpa,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821 Telegraph and Telephone Service, D. C.,  appropriation for salaries 256, 757   for contingent expenses 256, 757   for extension of service 757  erection of telephone poles in alleys allowed; use for District purposes 256 Telegraph Connecting Capitol and Departments,  appropriation for care, etc. 402, 944 Telephones, D. C.,  erection of poles in alleys allowed; use for District purposes 256 Tenant, Samuel F.,  pension 1034 Tennessee,  appropriation for fish hatchery 387 Tennessee Bridge and Ferry Company,  may bridge Tennessee River, Sheffield, Ala 708 Tennessee River, Tenn.,  appropriation for improving, below Chattanooga; distribution 354    above Chattanooga 354   for lighting 377, 918  construction of bridge authorized across, at Chattanooga, Tenn 29   Sheffield, Ala 708  time extended for constructing bridge across 243   at Clifton 57 Tensas River, La.,  appropriation for improving 352 Terne Plates,  duty on; effect; minimum 516 Terra Alba,  on free list 545 Terra Cotta,  on free list, works in, for permanent exhibition 547 Terra Japonica,  on free list 545 Terrient, Peter,  deficiency appropriation for 428 Territorial Homes,  appropriation for, volunteer soldiers 412, 955  deficiency appropriation for volunteers 853 Territories,  appropriation for government in the 185, 786  additional judges authorized, supreme court Oklahoma 20  appointment of commissioners for public lands business 744  railroads to have stations at town sites on right of way 263  proclamation granting amnesty to Mormons in 1259 Testing Machine, Watertown Arsenal, Mass.,  appropriation for expenses 400, 943 Tests of Iron and Steel,  printing report of, authorized; distribution 616 Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company,  may bridge Caddo Lake, Mooringsport, La 50   Calcasieu River, La 48   Cross Bayou, Shreveport, La 50   Little River, Morris Ferry, Ark 62   construction changed 634   Sabine River, La, and Tex 48   Sulphur River, Ark, or Tex 55  time extended for bridging Little River, Ark 634 Texarkana and Shreveport Railroad Company,  may bridge Sulphur River, Ark 78 Texas,  appropriation for retracing portion of boundary 396  deficiency appropriation for fish hatchery, San Marcos 430   for suits to settle title to Greer County 442, 860  time extended for improving Aransas Pass Harbor 26 1412 “Texas” U. S. Battle Ship,  claim for losses by delay to be examined 842 Textile Grasses,  on free list, unmanufactured 540 Thames River, Conn.,  appropriation for improving 347  for lighting 377, 918 Thanksgiving Day,  proclamation designating Thursday, November 30, 1893, as 1244   designating Thursday, November 29, 1894, as 1258 “The Compliments,” etc.,  not to be sent with documents 620 Theatrical Scenery, etc.,  on free list, for temporary use; bond 543 Thirling, Edward H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Third Auditor (see, also Auditor for Interior Department),  appropriation for, deputy, clerks, etc., three months 175  name changed to Auditor for the Interior Department 205 Third Assistant Postmaster-General,  appropriation for, clerks, etc. 200, 802   for postal service, office of 106, 692 Third New York Infantry,  honorable discharge to certain officers 994 Thomas, Edward,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Thomas, Wiley C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Thomas, William E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463, 475 Thompson, Charles A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Thompson, J. A.,  deficiency appropriation for mother 867 Thompson, Samuel,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to administrator of 475 Thompson, W. H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Thompson, William P.,  deficiency appropriation for advertising 858 Thorn, J. A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Thornton, Baylor,  deficiency appropriation for services 866 Thrasher, P. H.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 448 Thread,  duty on, of gold, etc. 520   cotton 526   cotton, spool 527   silk 531 Three-Ply Carpets,  duty on 531 Three Rivers,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Threshing Machines,  on free list, proviso 543 Thunot, Mrs. Victor,  payment for lost, etc., bonds 1026 Thyme, Oil of,  on free list 542 Tibbetts Point, N. Y.,  appropriation for fog signal 917 Tice, Charles R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Tickets, Street Railway, D. C.,  only new, to be sold by companies 78  interchange by companies, directed 78 Tickfaw River, La.,  appropriation for improving 352  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Tiemann, Charles L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Tientsin,  appropriation for consul at 145, 819 Tierney, Jeremiah,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Tiles,  duty on plain 512   ornamented, etc. 512 Tillamook Bay, Oreg.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 346 Timber,  on free list, round, unmanufactured 545   hewn and sawed 545   for spars and wharves 545   squared or sided 545 Timber-Culture Entries,  bounty land warrants and indemnity location certificates receivable for 594 Timber Depredations,  appropriation for preventing, etc. 393, 936  deficiency appropriation for expenses 18, 858 Timber Reservations (see Forest Reservations), Tin,  on free list, ore, bars, blocks, pigs, etc. 545 Tin, Plates,  duty on iron or steel; effect; minimum 516 Tindall, Helen R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 452 Tinsel Wire,  on free list 545 Tionesta River, Pa.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Tires,  duty on railway, iron or steel 519 Tissue Paper,  duty on 532 Tittabuwassee River, Mich.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Tobacco,  appropriation for inspection, exported 180, 782  manufactured, reimported, must pay internal-revenue tax 537 Tobacco, and Manufacturers of,  Schedule F, tariff of 1894 522  duty on wrapper, unstemmed 522   wrapper; stemmed 522   filler, unstemmed 522   filler, stemmed 522  definition of wrapper and filler 522  classification as wrapper 522  requirements of invoices 522  examinations required 522  duty on, not specified 522   snuff 522   cigars, cigarettes, and cheroots 522  on free list, stems 545 Tobacco, Internal Revenue,  persons regarded as manufacturers 568   farmers and growers not included 569  statement of sales, etc., repealed 569 Toelke, Henry,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Togas, Me.,  appropriation for expenses, Volunteer Soldiers’ Home 409, 953   use of posthumous fund 409 Toilet Preparations,  duty on 511 Toilet Soap,  duty on 511 1413 Toilet Waters,  duty on 509 Tokio,  appropriation for rent, legation buildings 143 817 Toledo, Ohio,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 343 Tomah, Wis.,  appropriation for Indian school 311, 906  deficiency appropriation for Indian school 873 Tombigbee River.,  appropriation for improving 351 Tombigbee River, Ala, and Miss,  appropriation for improving, Fulton to Columbus 352   Demopolis to Columbus 352   Walkers Bridge to Columbus 352 Tomlin, Francis M.,  refund to 987 Tompkinsville, N. Y.  appropriation for lighthouse depot 374 Tonawanda, N. Y.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 341 Tongue River Agency, Mont,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877   for support, etc., of Indians on 303 Tongue River, Mont,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 Tonka Beans,  on free list 545 Tonkawa Indian Lands,  proclamation opening to settlement ceded 1225 Tonkawa Indian Reservation, Okla,  reservations for educational and building uses ratified 71 Tonkawa Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 303, 892 Ton cage,  deductions from gross, for crew, machinery, etc., space 741 Tonnage Duty,  proclamation suspending, on vessels from Grenada, W. I 1248 Tonqiun, etc, Beans,  on free list 545 Tools of Trade,  on free list, of immigrants 543 Toothpicks,  duty on, of vegetable substances 521 Topeka, Kans,  dam across Kansas River near, authorized 27 Topographer, Post-Office Department,  appropriation for, draftsmen, etc. 200, 802   for rent 201, 803   for post-route maps; contracts; sales 201, 803 Toronto,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821   for clerk hire 149 823 Torpedo Boats,  appropriation for three, from amount for cruiser Vesuvius type 140  change of “Vesuvius” authorized 140  construction of three authorized 841   to be built on Pacific coast, Mississippi River, and Gulf coast 841  construction, etc., no premiums 841  use of steel, alloy, etc. 841 Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I.,  appropriation for expenses 126, 828   for gun-cotton factory 126 Torpedoes for Harbor Defense,  appropriation for; casemates, etc. 704 Tournay Carpets,  duty on 531 Tow,  on free list, wastes, etc. 540 Towles, T. O.,  deficiency appropriation for expenses 449 Town-Site Entries,  lands ceded on Yankton Indian Reservation, open to 319   Cœur d’Alene Reservation open to 323   Siletz Indian Reservation open to 326   Lapwai Indian Reservation open to 332 Town Sites,  railroads granted right of way through Territories to keep stations at 263   penalty for failure 263 Town Sites, Oklahoma,  provisions applicable to Cherokee Outlet 11 Townsend, Elizabeth, or Moore,  real estate purchased by, released from alien forfeiture 984 Townsend, James L.,  military record corrected 999 Toys,  duty on, not specified; effect 531 Toys, China, etc,  duty on white 512   decorated 512 Track Tools,  duty on iron or steel 517 Trade-Marks,  foreign articles simulating domestic, not admitted 547  record of domestic, for customs service 548 Tram roads,  right of way through public lands permitted for; exceptions 635 Transcripts of Records, etc, Public Lands,  appropriation for 394, 936 Transit Pay, Diplomatic, etc, Officers,  appropriation for 142, 816 Transportation, Army,  appropriation for 239, 660   on land-grant roads; limit 240, 660   fifty per cent to roads not bond aided; rates 240, 660  deficiency appropriation for 480, 484, 487, 871, 874   for 50 per cent arrears 480, 484 Transportation, Indian Supplies,  appropriation for 306, 879 Transportation, Mail (See Mail Transportation), Trarila, Robert,  payment to 1001 Treasurer of the United States,  appropriation for, assistant, cashier, etc 176, 777   for superintendent redemption national currency, clerks, etc. 176, 778   for clerks, sinking fund, D. C. 245, 746  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 208  annual report of accounts, abolished 47 Treasury Building, Washington, D. C.  appropriation for repairs 373, 913 Treasury Department (see also Accounts, New System of Keeping),  appropriation for Secretary, Assistants, clerks, etc. 170, 773   for chief clerk, assistant superintendent, clerks, etc. 170, 773   for engineers, watchmen, messengers, laborers, etc. 170, 773   for divisions in Secretary’s office, clerks, etc. 170, 774    warrant, etc., division, three months 171    division of bookkeeping and warrants, nine months 171 1414  appropriation for detail for revenue-cutter division 172    employment of E. W. Sells as expert bookkeeper; report 775   for Supervising Architect, assistant, etc. 172, 775    draftsman, etc., proviso 172, 775    estimate of necessary employees to be made 775   for First Comptroller, deputy, clerks, etc., for three mouths 172   for Second Comptroller, deputy, clerks, etc., for three months 173   for Commissioner of Customs, deputy, clerks, etc., for three months 173   for Comptroller of the Treasury, assistant, clerks, etc., nine months 173    for fiscal year ending June 30, 1896 776    for temporary clerks; detail 173     appointment of law clerks 173   for First Auditor, deputy, clerks, etc., for three months 173   for Auditor for Treasury Department, deputy, clerks, etc., nine months 174    for fiscal year ending June 30, 1896 776   for Second Auditor, deputy, clerks, etc., for three months 174   for Auditor for War Department, deputy, clerks, etc., nine months 174    for fiscal year ending June 30, 1896 776   for Fourth Auditor, deputy, clerks, etc., three months 174   for Auditor for Navy Department, deputy, clerks, etc., nine months 175    for fiscal year ending June 30, 1896 776   for Third Auditor, deputy, clerks, etc., three months 175   for Auditor for Interior Department, deputy, clerks, etc., nine months 175    for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896 776   for Fifth Auditor, deputy, clerks, etc., three months 175   for Auditor for State, etc., Departments, deputy, clerks, etc., nine months 175    for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896 777    duties of law clerks 777   for Auditor for Post-Office Department, deputy, clerks, etc 176, 777    acting deputy auditors, authorized 777   for Treasurer, assistant, clerks, etc. 176, 777   for Register, assistant, clerks, etc., for three months 177    for nine months 177    for fiscal year ending June 30, 1896 778   Comptroller of the Currency, deputy, clerks, etc. 177, 778   for Commissioner of Internal Revenue, deputy, clerks, etc. 177, 778   for Light-House Board, chief clerk, etc 178, 779   for Superintendent Life-Saving Service, assistant, clerks, etc. 178, 779   for Commissioner of Navigation, clerks, etc. 178, 779   for Chief of Bureau of Engraving and Printing, clerks, etc. 178, 779   for officer in charge Bureau of Statistics, clerks, etc. 178, 779   for chief of Secret Service Division, clerks, etc. 178, 779   for construction, etc., standard weights and measures 178, 779   for Director of the Mint, clerks, etc. 179, 780  appropriation for Surgeon-General, Marine-Hospital Service, clerks, etc 179, 780   for Inspector-General, Steamboat Inspection Service, clerks, etc. 179, 780   for Superintendent of Immigration, clerks 179   for Commissioner-General of Immigration, clerks 780   for contingent expenses 179, 781   for internal-revenue collectors, deputies, agents, etc. 180, 782   for salaries, etc., assistant treasurers’ offices 181, 782   for salaries, etc., mints and assay offices 183, 784   for government in the Territories 185, 786   for Solicitor, clerks, etc. 202, 804   for civil expenses under 372, 910   for public buildings 372, 910   for repairs to buildings 373, 913   for light-houses, etc. 374, 915   for lifesaving expenses 377, 918   for revenue-cutter expenses 378, 919   for engraving and printing 378, 920   for Coast and Geodetic Survey 379, 920   for Smithsonian Institution 383, 924   for Fish Commission 384, 925   for Interstate Commerce Commission 387, 928    World’s Fair, acknowledgments, etc. 387   for World’s Columbian Commission 928   for departmental World’s Fair reports 388   for paper and stamps 388, 929   for punishing violations of internal revenue laws 388, 929   for contingent expenses independent treasury 388, 929   for transporting silver coin 388, 929   for recoinage, etc., minor coins 388, 929   for recoinage, gold coins 929   for recoinage fractional silver 389, 929   for expenses, securities 389, 929   for expenses, public buildings 389, 930   for suppressing counterfeiting, etc. 390, 931   for coinage mint, Denver, Colo 931   for custody of lands, etc. 390, 931   for survey of lands in North Carolina 931   for supplement to Revised Statutes 890, 931   for compensation in lieu of moieties 390, 931   for expenses, local appraisers’ meetings 390, 931   for expenses, contract-labor laws 390, 931   for enforcing Chinese exclusion 390, 932    immigration service to be organized 391    payment of acting customs inspectors 391   for Alaska seal and salmon fisheries 391, 932    joint commission on Ford’s Theater disaster 392   for Ford’s Theater disaster 932    report, etc., on explosives 392   for grading Massachusetts avenue extended 392   for Francis Wharton 933    regulations for sampling lead ores 933    transfers of autographs, etc., to     James D. McBride 938    disposal of useless papers 933   for sugar bounty 933   for Emile M. Blum 934   for quarantine service 392 934   for preventing epidemics, etc. 392, 934   for surveyor, etc., District of Columbia 935   for printing and binding 419, 959  deficiency appropriation for recoinage of silver coins 3, 637, 846   for national currency expenses 2 1415  deficiency appropriation for assistant custodians 15, 420, 478   for freight, mints and assay offices 16, 429   for contingent expenses, Independent Treasury 16, 41, 425, 478, 482   for transporting silver coin 17, 636   for Independent Treasury 637, 847   for collecting customs revenues 17, 94, 470, 483, 848, 870, 874   for fuel, lights, etc. 17   for compensation in lien of moieties 17   for quarantine service* 17   for Chinese exclusion 41, 479, 637, 846   for inspector of furniture, etc. 42   for suppressing counterfeiting, etc 58, 482, 846   for engraving and printing 59, 847, 870   for mints and assay offices 59, 870   for printing and binding 61, 868   for contingent expenses 425, 636, 845, 870, 874   for furniture, public buildings 426   for care of lands, etc. 426   for Sam Yuen 426   for North American Commercial Company; S. Foster & Co 426   for steamer Octavia 426   for Charles W. Foster 426   for J. G. McCoy 426    payment to customs officers, etc., holding over 426, 844   for internal revenue 427, 477, 482, 937, 848, 870, 874   for Revenue-Cutter Service 427, 479, 483, 848, 871   for Life-Saving Service 427, 479, 483, 486, 849   for lighthouse establishment 427, 479, 483, 486   for public buildings 428, 478, 482, 846, 847, 870, 871, 874   for Philadelphia mint 429   for Helena, Mont., assay office 429   for additional judges, Oklahoma 429   for Oklahoma 429, 849   for Utah Commission 429   for Industrial Christian Home, Utah 430   for Idaho constitutional convention 430   for claims certified by accounting officers 477, 870   for Coast and Geodetic Survey 477, 848, 871   for Smithsonian Institution 477, 482   for repaying importers 479, 483, 870, 874   for salaries, Washington Territory 482   for recoinage, etc., minor coins 637   for recoinage, gold coins 637   for assay office, Boise City 637   for temporary clerks, Auditor for Post    Office Department 845   for refund, C. B. Strohn 845   for Donald Mat-master 845   for J. A. Belyea 845   for paying California Indian war bonds 845   for Southwest Pass Light Station, La 846   for Joseph and Eliza J. Redfern 847   for Denver (Colo.) mint 848   for freight on bullion and coin 848   for government in the Territories 870   for lighthouses, etc. 871   for Dick Emmons 871   for Peter Martin 871   for quarantine service 874  accounts to be examined by Auditor for Treasury Department 206  allowance of expenses, internal-revenue, etc. 845  designation of Auditors, changed 205  offices abolished; Comptroller created; salary, etc. 205  duties transferred to Auditors 206  forms, etc., of accounts to be prescribed by Comptroller 206  accounts to be examined by Auditors 206  certified balances; effect; revision 207  time for issuing warrants 208  vouchers, etc., to be kept by Auditors 208  decisions by Comptroller 208  change of designation not to create new offices 208  division of Bookkeeping and Warrants created; duties 208  duties of Register, modified 208  issuing requisitions and warrants 209  submission of monthly and quarterly accounts; report 209  examination of judicial accounts by Attorney-General’s office 210  judges, etc., to be paid monthly 210  annual detailed report of all receipts and expenditures 210  certificate of drafts unpaid to be signed by Secretary 210  certifying transcripts and copies 210   authentications of copies, etc., to be by Secretary or an Assistant 809  customs accounts to be sent to Auditor 210  settlement of accounts pending October 1, 1894 210  regulations to be made for new system 210  settled claims not reopened 211  new system of accounts in effect October 1, 1894 211  annual report of Treasurer’s accounts abolished 47  assistant Secretary to act on board to consider bids for supplies, Executive Departments 34  bonds and records may be bound in 622  domestic trademarks to be recorded in, for customs use 548  opening bids tor supplies 33  partial payments may be made on vessels building for; restrictions 582  payment to officers whose terms expired, etc. 844  unexpended appropriation for Wolf Trap Light available for Solomon’s Lump, Ya 16 Treasury Department, Auditor for (see Auditor for Treasury Department), Treasury Notes,  authority to purchase silver to be paid for in, repealed 4  taxation of, as money, by States authorized 278 Treaties (see also Conventions),  agreement with Russia for protecting fur seals 1202  with Norway, extradition 1187  number to be printed; distribution 609  fur seal regulations applicable to provisions for protecting seals, etc., in 85 Trees,  on free list, for nursery stock 543 Trent River, N. C.,  appropriation for improving 349 Trickey, Mary E. (widow),  pension 997 Trieste,  appropriation for consul at 146, 831 Trimble, Mary (daughter),  pension 1006 1416 Trimble, Nathaniel W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 452 Trimmings,  duty on flax, etc. 530   dress, wool, etc. 531 Trinity River, Tex.,  appropriation for improving 353 Trinity Shoal, Gulf of Mexico,  light vessel to be discontinued 375 Tripoli,  on free list 545 Tripp, John H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Triquet, Albert E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Trout, Frank E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Trout, Samuel B.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Troy, N. Y.,  appropriation for public building 913  deficiency appropriation for public building 847 Truesdell, George,  deficiency appropriation for interest, judgment of Court of Claims 452 Trumpler, Ernest H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 463 Trusts, etc.,  in restraint of import trade void 570   penalty 570  proceedings and jurisdiction of circuit courts 570   summoning additional parties; forfeiture of goods 570  suits by persons injured; damages 570 Truxillo, Ruatan and,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Tryon, J. Rufus, Surgeon-General, U. S. N.,  may accept decoration from Venezuela 990 Tualiton River, Oreg.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Tubes,  duty on boiler, iron or steel 517 Tuckings,  duty on flax, etc. 530 Tug Fork, Big Sandy River, Ky.,  appropriation for improving 354 Tulalip Agency, Wash.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 878 Tide River Agency, Cal.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287   for support, etc., of Indians at 304, 893 Tully, Carson J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 467 Tully, John C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Tuning Hammers,  duty on 534 Tunstall,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Turin,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Turkey,  appropriation for minister 141, 815   for secretary of legation 142, 816   for interpreter to legation 142, 817   for steam launch 143, 817   for interpreters, etc., consulates in 150, 824   for marshals, consular courts 150, 824   for keeping, etc., prisoners 150, 824   for rent, etc., prisons 150, 824  deficiency appropriation for steam launch 844 Turkey Red, Oil,  duty on 510 Turmeric,  on free list 543 Turner, Eduard W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Turner, Thomas S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Turner, William J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Turners Cut, N. C.,  preliminary examination of to be made 367 Turpentine,  on free list, Venice 545   spirits of 545 Turrell, Swan,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Turtle Mountain Band, Chippewa Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 302 Turtles,  on free list 545 Tuthill, Emmett C.,  honorable discharge to 994 Twenty Per Cent Additional Compensation,  deficiency appropriation for, War Department 871 Twine,  duty on New Zealand hemp, istle, etc. 529  on free list, binding 538   manila 538 Twine, Postal Service,  appropriation for 105, 691 Two Bush Island, Me.,  appropriation for light station and fog signal 375 Two Rivers, Wis.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 345 Type Metal,  duty on lead in 520 Types,  duty on new 520  on free list, old, worn out 545 Uintah and Ouray Agency, Utah (Consolidated),  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 878 Uintah Indian Reservation,  commission to negotiate for cession of lands, etc. 337 Uintah Valley Agency,  appropriation for support, etc., of Indians at 304, 893 Ulsters,  duty on wool, etc. 531 Ultramarine, Blue,  duty on 511 Umatilla Agency, Oreg.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 878 Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oreg.,  appropriation for Indian pupils, Kate Drexel school 311  time extended for constructing irrigating ditch 37 Umatilla Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 303, 892 Umatilla Irrigation Company,  time extended for constructing ditch, Umatilla Reservation, Oreg 37 Umatilla Reef, Wash.,  appropriation for lightship 916 Umber and Umber Earths,  duty on ground, in oil 510  on free list, dry 542 1417 Umbrella Ribs, etc.,  duty on iron, etc 519 Umbrellas,  duty on 536   sticks for 536 Umpqua River, Oreg.,  appropriation for light station 376  preliminary examination of, to be made 367 Uncompaghre Indians, Utah,  commission to allot lands in severalty 337  unallotted lands open to entry; mineral claims 337  commutation of agricultural entries 337 Undertakings,  executed by security, etc., corporations, may be accepted by Government officials, etc 279 Union Agency, Ind. T.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 878 United States and Mexican Boundary Survey  payments to members of commission legalized 424 United States Courts,  appropriation for justices of the Supreme Court 203, 805   for marshal, Supreme Court 203, 805   for clerks to justices 203, 805   for circuit judges 203, 805   for circuit court of appeals; judges 203, 805    for clerks; returns of costs, etc 203    appointment of clerk Illinois northern district 204, 806   for expenses court of private land claims 204, 805    additional to dispose of business 204   for district judges 204, 806   for judge, Indian Territory 204, 806   for retired judges 204, 806   for judges, etc., court of appeals, District of Columbia 204, 806   for judges, supreme court, District of Columbia 204, 806   for compensation, district attorneys 204, 806    marshals 204, 806     allowance to officers, Washington, Montana, North and South Dakota 204     allowance to officers, California, Washington, Montana, North and South Dakota 806   for expenses, Court of Claims 205, 806   for expenses of 415, 956   for fees, etc., marshals; provisos 415, 956   for marshals’ expenses protecting property in receivers’ hands 416    for D. T. Guyton 956   for district attorneys, fees; mileage allowance 416, 957    special compensation 416, 957    regular assistants 416, 957    special assistants 416, 957   for fees, clerks 416, 957    commissioners, etc., conditions 416, 957    jurors 416, 957    witnesses 416, 957    military prison, Fort Leavenworth, to be United States penitentiary 957   for support of prisoners 416, 957    United States penitentiary 957   for jail, Guthrie, Okla 958   for rent of court rooms 417, 958   for bailiffs, etc. 417   for bailiffs, etc., attendance 958   for miscellaneous 417, 958   for additional judge, eighth circuit 417  appropriation for expenses court of appeals, D. C 417   for expenses Pacific railroads suits 417   for supervisors of elections, Lynchburg, Va 417   for Indian Territory, new courts 966   for editing digest of laws relating to officials 975  deficiency appropriation for fees, witnesses 42, 61, 443, 478, 483, 596, 639, 861, 870, 875   for pay of bailiffs, etc. 42, 444, 478, 483, 486, 861, 875   for miscellaneous expenses 42, 444, 478, 483, 486, 862, 870   for expenses Pacific railroads suits 42   for fees, marshals 61, 442, 478, 483, 486, 860, 870, 875   for fees, jurors 61, 443, 478, 486, 689, 861   for district attorneys, fees 61, 442, 478, 483, 862, 870    special compensation 61, 443, 478    regular assistants 61, 862    special assistants 61, 443, 478, 483, 486, 862, 875   for Alexander and Chalmers 443   for Richard W. Young and C. S. Varian 443   for fees, clerks 61, 443, 478, 483, 862, 870    commissioners 61, 443, 478, 483, 486, 862, 870, 875   for rent of court rooms 61, 444, 478, 483, 862   for support of prisoners 61, 443, 478, 483, 486, 639, 861   for attorney and marshal, middle Alabama district 442   for judge, Indian Territory 442   for marshals, expenses protecting    property in receivers’ hands 442, 860   for deputy marshals, Georgia 444   for Edwin Walker 444   for Patrick H. Winston 445   for Indian Territory courts 478   for judgments in claims 476, 868   for supervisors of elections 478, 483   for salaries, marshals 482 870   for excess of deposits 483   for Noble C. Butler 862   for N. R. Peckinpaugh 875  accounts to be examined by Auditor for State, etc., Departments 207  accounts with vouchers to be sent Attorney-General 210   salaries of judges to be paid monthly 210  additional judge authorized, seventh circuit 643   eighth circuit 115   ninth circuit 645  appeals to circuit court of appeals in all injunction proceedings 666  appointment of commissioners for public lands business in the Territories 744  blanks, etc., to be printed at Government Printing Office 624  circuit court jurisdiction of trusts, etc., in restraint of import trade 570  digest of laws relating to officials to be printed 975  district of Utah established; assigned to eighth circuit 110  division of South Dakota district 5  divisions created, Michigan eastern district 67  eastern division established, Mississippi southern district 114 1418  fees, etc., marshals, attorney, and clerks, North Dakota, to be same as in Oregon 642  fees permitted to be retained by clerk, Indian Territory 9  jurisdiction of circuit courts of claims for Indian allotments 303   in suits on bonds of security, etc., corporations 280   in violations of sealing regulations 54   over Yellowstone Park assigned to Wyoming judicial district 73   to prevent trusts, etc., in restraint of import trade 570  offenses in Minnesota to be tried in division where committed 102  record of liens in State county court not required if Federal court has open permanent record 813  repeal of jurisdiction in State election eases 36   power of circuit courts in Congressional elections, etc. 36   appointment of special deputy marshals for Congressional elections 36   appointment, duties, etc., of chief supervisors of elections 36   penalties for neglect of duties by supervisors of election and special deputy marshals, Federal elections 37  terms, Aberdeen, S. Dak 5   Bay City, Mich 67   Bismarck, N. Dak 642   Blackfoot, Idaho 5   Boise City, Idaho 5   Columbus, Ga 504   Deadwood, S. Dak 5   Devils Lake, N. Dak 642   Elizabeth City, N. C 275   Fargo, N. Dak 642   Fort Scott, Kans 806   Grand Forks, N. Dak 642   Hastings, Nebr 221   Indian Territory 693   Jacksonville, Fla 117   Lincoln, Nebr 221   Meridian, Miss 114   Montpelier, Vt 99   Moscow, Idaho 5   Newbern, N. C 275   Norfolk, Nebr 221   Omaha, Nebr 221   Pierre, S. Dak 5   Raleigh, N. C 275   Sheridan, Wyo 75   Sioux Falls, S. Dak 5   Utah 110   Wichita, Kans 806   Wilmington, N. C 275  three districts created, Indian Territory 693   jurisdiction of courts in Arkansas, Kansas, and Texas over Indian Territory repealed 697   court officers Indian Territory to continue until new appointments made 974  transfer of counties, northern to southern district, Mississippi 114   northern to southern district, Florida 117   western to eastern district, North Carolina 274 United States Express Company,  deficiency appropriation tor 17 United States Notes,  may be taxed as money by States 278 United States Penitentiary (see Penitentiary, United States), Universal Postal Union,  convention of Vienna, July 4, 1891 1078 University of Mississippi,  lands granted to State for uses of 94 University of Utah,  lands in Salt Lake donated to, for site, etc. 117 Unlawful Assemblages,  proclamation commanding, in Illinois to disperse 1249  dispersing, obstructing mails and interstate commerce 1250 Uranium,  on free list, oxide and salts of 545 Urbanna Creek, Va.,  appropriation for improving 349 Urian, Charles A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Uruguay,  appropriation for minister 141 816 Useless Papers,  disposal of all, in Executive Departments 933 “Usual Number,” Congressional Documents,  orders to print, to signify; quantity 608  distribution of unbound copies 608   bound copies 608  disposition of reserved sets 609 Utah,  admission of, as a State 107  election of delegates to convention; qualifications 107  apportionment 107  election of delegates 107  registration by Utah Commission 107  canvass of returns, etc. 108  meeting of convention 108  adoption of Constitution of the United States 108  constitutional provisions; civil rights 108   religious toleration; polygamy prohibited 108   disclaimer as to lands, taxes, etc. 108   assumption of Territorial liabilities, etc. 108   maintenance of public schools 105  day for voting on constitution 108  canvass of returns; certificate 108  proclamation of admission as a State 109  to have one Representative 109  election of officers 109  lands granted to; support of common schools 109   public buildings 109   university purposes; additional for agricultural college 109   five per cent of sales for school fund 110   educational fund not to be used for sectarian schools, etc. 110   donations in lieu of improvement, and swampland grants for; irrigating reservoirs 110    insane asylum; school of mines 110    deaf and dumb asylum; reform school 110    normal schools; institution for the blind; miners’ hospital 110    penitentiary; no further grants 110    selections 110  to constitute one judicial district 110   appointment of officials; terms; attached to eighth circuit 111   jurisdiction; duties of officers; fees 111 1419  transfer of pending causes 111   cases in Supreme Court of the United States; mandates, etc. 111   succession of State and Federal courts 111  appropriation for convention expenses 111  convention may provide for full State government, etc. 111   in abeyance until admission 111   election of Senators 111  laws to be in force 112  repeal provision 112 Utah Commission,  appropriation for salaries and expenses 186, 787   for election officers, etc. 186  deficiency appropriation for contingent expenses 429, 870  duties at election for constitutional convention, etc. 107 Utah Territory,  appropriation for salaries, government in 186, 787   for contingent expenses 186, 787   for legislative expenses 186   for Utah Commission 186, 787   for expenses 186, 787   for election officers, etc. 186   for surveyor-general, clerks 199, 800   for contingent expenses 199, 800   for incidental expenses, Indian service in 304, 893   for expenses Territorial courts 414, 956  deficiency appropriation for Territorial courts 60, 441, 860   for repairs Industrial Home 430  extra rates allowed for surveying certain lands in 638  lands for university location 117  limit, of indebtedness allowed Salt Lake City 38  personal property of Mormon Church restored for charitable uses 980  proclamation dispersing persons unlawfully obstructing mails, etc., in 1250   granting pardon to Mormons 1257  survey of hinds authorized to complete grants to 395 Ute, Indians, Confederated Barnts of,  appropriation for fullfilling treaties with 300, 890 Ute Indians, Southern (see Southern Ute Indians), Utter, Joseph G.,  charge of desertion removed 990 Vaccination of Indians,  appropriation for 306, 879 Vaccine Virus,  on free list 545 Vailt, Paul D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Valentine, James R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 463 Valentine, Kimball E.,  deficiency appropriation for services 865 Valerian Oil,  on free list 542 Valonia,  on free list 545 Valparaiso,  appropriation for consul at 145, 820 Van Alst, Abraham,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Van Antwerp, Edwin H.,  appropriation for services 938 Van Baren, Ark.,  construction of bridge authorized across Arkansas at 39 Van Baren, J. H.,  deficiency appropriation for 867 Van Dunden, Ernst,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Van der Wilt, A.,  payment to 993 Van Dyke, William M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475, 475 Van Holden, David L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Van Vliet, A.,,  payment to widow and children of 993 Van’Vliet, Evalyn N. (widow),  pension 1036 Van Wynen, Albert,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Vance, Zebulon B., late a Senator,  appropriation for payment to widow 418 Vancouver, Wash.,  time extended for bridging Columbia River at 488 Varian C. S.,  deficiency appropriation for 443 Varnishes,  duty on 511   alcoho1, additional 511 Vases China, etc.,  duty on white 512  decorated 512 Vaults, Safes, and Locks, Public Buildings,  appropriation for 374, 915 Vedder Dollie E, (widow),  pension increased 1022 Vegetable Ivory,  on free list 541 Vegetable Pathology Division, Department of Agriculture.,  appropriation for pathologist, assistants 266, 728  for investigations 267, 730 Vegetable Substances,  on free list, crude, not specially provided for 542 Vegetables,  duty on, not edible, refined, etc. 509   prepared, etc. 523   not specified 523  on free list, not edible, crude 540 Veilings,  duty on flax, etc. 530   wool 531   silk, etc 532 Vellum,  on free list 643 Velvet Carpets,  duty on, and tapestry velvet 531 Velveteens,  duty on cotton, etc. 529 Velvets,  duty on cotton, etc. 529   silk 532 Venetian Carpets,  duty on chain 531 Venezuela,  appropriation for minister 141, 816   for secretary of legation 142, 816   for expenses, arbitration 508  convention submitting claim against, to arbitration 1183   with, for claims commission 1053 1420  convention with, extending time for exchanging ratifications 1064   further extending time for exchanging ratifications 1067  recommended to submit to arbitration boundary dispute with Great Britain 971 Venezuela Claims,  accretions to fund to be credited to new awards 635 Venezuela Steam Transportation Company,  convention submitting claim to arbitration 1183  appropriation for expenses of arbitration 508  deficiency appropriation for expenses of arbitration 843 Venice,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Vera Cruz,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Verdigris,  on free list 545 Vermicelli,  duty on 522 Vermilion Red,  duty on, and others, with quicksilver 511   made of lead, etc. 511 Vermillion, Ohio,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 Vermont,  deficiency appropriation for fish hatchery, Saint Johnsbury 430 Vermont judicial District,  terms, Montpelier 99 Vermuth,  duty on; alcoholic strength 526 Vernon, Conn.,  attached to Hartford collection district 222 “Vesuvius,” Dynamite Cruiser, U. S. N.,  change into torpedo cruiser authorized 140  time penalties remitted 141 Vessels (see also Shipping),  duty on iron or steel forgings for 517  materials for building, in foreign trade admitted free 548  limit, coastwise trade 548  foreign-owned, not allowed coastwise trade 548  materials for repairs, foreign, etc., trade, admitted free 548  imports to be in domestic, or of country of origin of goods; penalty 550   not applicable unless similar rule exists 550  goods from abandoned sunken, may enter free after two years 551  copy of manifest to be mailed Auditor on arrival at port having no naval officer 808  deductions from gross tonnage for crew, machinery, etc., space 741  partial payments may lie made on, for Treasury Department 582  proclamation putting in effect, March 1, 1895, regulations to prevent collisions at sea 1250   suspending effect of act to prevent collisions at sea 1259  punishment for destroying, on high seas 233  rules to prevent collisions at sea extended to harbors, etc. 672  rules to prevent collisions on Great Lakes, etc. 645  shipping articles for crews in coastwise, Canada, Newfoundland, West Indies, and Mexico trade; limitations 667 Vessels, American,  deficiency appropriation for services to 482, 873 Veterinary Surgeons, Army,  appropriation for pay 236, 657 Vice-President of the United States,  appropriation for compensation 169, 772  for secretary, messenger, etc. 162, 764 Vicksburg, Miss.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 343 Victoria,  appropriation for consul at 146, 820   for clerk hire 149, 823 Vidalia, La.,  appropriation for improving Mississippi River at 357 Vienna,  appropriation for consul-general at 145, 819   for clerk hire 149 823  convention of Universal Postal Union concluded at 1078 Vinegar,  duty on; standard 525 Vines,  on free list, for nursery stock 543 Vineyard Haven, Mass.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 339 Virginia Military District, Ohio,  patent issued to Mace Clement’s survey No. 386 76 Virginius Indemnity Fund,  distribution of interest accretions, etc., to beneficiaries of original fund 223 Vitriol,  on tree list, blue 538 Volt,  established as unit of electromotive force;   definition 102 Volunteer Soldiers’ Home,  appropriation for expenses 408, 951  deficiency appropriation for 871   for States, etc., homes 853 Volunteers,  appropriation for arrears of pay, bounty, etc 412, 955  deficiency appropriation for arrears of pay 853   for Mexican war 871  copies of military history of regiments may be furnished States, etc. 788  time extended for applying for removal of charges of desertion 814 Volusia liar, Fla.,  appropriation for improving 351 Von Dreele, George H.,  payment of judgment, Court of Claims to 464 Vosburgh, Harriet T. (mother),  pension 997 Voss Elizabeth (widow),  name of husband corrected 1011  error corrected 1019 Voting,  repeal of penalties for illegal, Congressional elections 37 Voting, Federal Elections (see Elective Franchise), Vought, Thomas W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Wabash Ind.,  appropriation for Indian pupils, White’s Manual Labor Institute 311 1421 Wabash River, Ind, and Ill.,  appropriation for improving, above Vincennes 356   below Vincennes 356 Waccamaw River N. C., and S. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 Wacker, John W., alias Walker,  charge of desertion removed 982 Waddington, N. Y.,  preliminary examination of harbor to be made 367 Wads, Gun,  duty on 534 Wafers,  on free list, unmedicated, not edible 545 Wages Government Printing Office,  maximum; night work 607 Wagner, William M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Wagon Blocks,   on free list 546 Wahpeton Indians,  appropriation for per capita to 300, 889   for scouts and soldiers, distribution 889 Wales Philip S., U. S., Navy,  credit in accounts directed; condition 826 Walker, Edwin,  deficiency appropriation for legal services 444 Walker George H.,  deficiency appropriation for services 865 Walker, John G., Rear-Admiral, U. S. Navy,  may accept decoration from Venezuela 990 Walker, R. Pollard,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 467 Walker River Indian Reservation,  appropriation for support, etc., of Indians on 304, 893 Walker, Thomas J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 456 Wall, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Walla Walla Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 303, 892 Wallace, Elbert,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474, 475 Wallace, John T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Wallace, Maurice J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Wallaceburg,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Waller Brothers,  appropriation for cows furnished Indians 899 Walnut Bend, Ark.,  examination of Mississippi River at, to prevent, damage to Saint Francis River 582 Walnuts,  duty on 524 Walsh, Philip J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Walsh, Stephen D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Walsh, Walter J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Walters, Joel A. (son),  pension 1005 Walworth, John E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Wapukoota Indians,  appropriation for scouts and soldiers; distribution 889 Wappoo Cut, S. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 War Department (see also Army),  appropriation for Secretary, Assistant, clerks, etc. 186, 787    annual report of contracts and purchases, repealed 787   for clerks, etc., Record and Pension office 186, 788    regimental histories to States 788    adjutant-General’s office 187, 788    Inspector-General’s office 187, 788    Judge-Advocate-General’s Office 187, 788    Signal Office 187, 788    Quartermaster-General’s Office 187, 788    Commissary-General’s office 187, 788    Surgeon-General’s Office 187, 788    Pay master-General’s Office 188, 789    Office of Chief of Ordnance 188, 789    Office of Chief of Engineers 188, 789    Office of Rebellion Records 188, 789   for postage stamps 188, 789   for contingent expenses 188, 789   for stationery 188, 789   for rent 188, 789   for office Public Buildings and Grounds, clerk, gardeners, watchmen, etc. 188, 790   for State, War, and Navy Department building, clerk, engineers, watchmen, etc. 189, 790   for heirs, etc., of persons killed in Ford’s Theater disaster 932   for civil expenses under 400, 941   for armories and arsenals 400, 941   for buildings and grounds, D. C 401, 943   for military posts; parks 403, 945    number of assistant surgeons changed 403    payment to discharged clerks for unused leaves of absence 403    transfer of military records of the Revolution 403   for river and harbor improvements 338, 404, 946   for national cemeteries 404, 949    Gettysburg battlefield 405    Antietam battlefield 950   for survey, northern, etc., lakes 405, 950   for commission on deep-water channels Great Lakes to the Atlantic 950   for transporting maps, etc. 405, 959   for artificial limbs, etc. 405, 950   for appliances for disabled soldiers 405, 950   for Providence Hospital, D. C. 406, 950   for Garfield Hospital, D. C 406, 950   for expenses of military convicts 406, 951   for Rebellion Records 406, 951   for artillery school, Fort Monroe 406, 951   for infantry and cavalry school, Fort Leavenworth, Kans 406, 951   for New York Harbor 406, 951    permanent appropriations for militia not to lapse 406   for military prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kans 407   for National Home for Disabled Volunteers 408, 951   for aid to State or Territorial soldiers’ homes 412, 955   for back pay, bounty, and commutation of rations 412, 955   for printing and binding 419, 959   for Military Academy 151, 627   for fortifications 212, 704   for the Army 233, 654  deficiency appropriation for repairs, old Ford’s Theater 2, 42, 59 1422  deficiency appropriation for New York Harbor 59   for sale of land, Pittsburg, Pa 433   for Record and Pension Office, rent 433   for Army 434, 479, 483, 484, 853, 871, 874   for military prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kans 434, 853   for State and Territorial homes for volunteers 434, 853   for Military Academy 434   for Minnesota, arms to militia 434   for public buildings and grounds 478   for Fremont’s Mounted Riflemen 479   for First Michigan Cavalry 479   for California and Nevada volunteers 479, 871   for collecting, etc., volunteers 479   for recruiting 479   for improving Manatee River, Fla 480   for Marietta, Ga., National Cemetery 480   for Army and Navy Hospital, Hot Springs, Ark 480   for refund to States 480, 871   for horses, etc., claims 480, 484, 871, 874   for Oregon and Washington volunteers 480, 484, 871   for Rebellion Records 483, 853   for Engineer Department 485   for Signal Service 485   for arrears of pay 853   for removing snow and ice 853   for Galveston Harbor, Tex 038   for Indian River Inlet 853   for Volunteer Soldiers’ Home 871   for 30 per cent 871   for volunteers Mexican war 871  accounts to be examined by Auditor for War Department 200  employees injured at Ford’s Theater disaster relieved from sick-leave restrictions 577  condemned cannon donated to Allegheny and Pittsburg, Pa 907   Burlington, Vt 972   Grand Army encampment 973   Oregon Soldiers’ Home 972   certain Grand Army posts 971  opening bids for supplies 33 War Department, Auditor for (see Auditor for the War Department), War of the Rebellion (see Records of the Rebellion), Ward, Edmund,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Ward, George E.,  payment to B. D. Greene as surety of 1012 Thomas H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Ware River, Va.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Wareham, Mass.,  resurvey of harbor ordered 339 Warehouses, Bonded,  manufacturing, articles for exportation without tax, made in 548   spirits not included 548  smelting works may be made, for imported metals 551 Wares, Imported (see Tariff of 1894), Warm, Springs Agency, Oreg.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 878 Warm, Springs Indian Reservation, Oreg.,  northern boundary fixed 86 Warm, Swan A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Warner, F. R.,  deficiency appropriation for services 427 Warrants and Bookkeeping Division,  established; accounts to be kept by 208 Warrants, Treasury,  to be countersigned by Comptroller 209  appropriation to be specified on requisition or certificate instead of 209  requisitions not required on audited accounts, etc. 209  record by Register of, abolished 209 Warrior River, Ala.,  appropriation for improving 351 Warwick River, Md.,  appropriation for improving 349 Wash Blue,  duty on, containing ultramarine 511 Washers,  duty on iron or steel 519 Washington,  appropriation for surveyor-general, clerks 199, 800    for contingent expenses 199, 800   for support, etc., of D’Wamish Indians, etc., in 302, 891   for incidental expenses Indian service in 304, 893  deficiency appropriation for incidental expenses, Indian service 479, 483   for pay, etc., volunteers 484, 871  admission of articles for Interstate Fair duty free, etc. 224  allowance to court officers 204, 806  extra rates allowed for surveying certain lands in 638  jurisdiction of courts in violations of sealing regulations 54  proclamation dispersing persons unlawfully obstructing mails, etc., in 1250  survey of lands authorized to complete grants to 394  time extended for proving claims, “Oregon donation act” 122 Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Electric Railway Company,  may lay tracks, etc. 494  use of tracks by Falls Church and Potomac line 498 594  to extend tracks to Arlington 499  granted right of way, Arlington Reservation, Va 593 Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company,  to pay half the cost of widening Fourteenth street extended 250  to build station near Aqueduct Bridge; tracks to be extended, etc. 493 Washington and Great Falls Electric Railway Company,  charter amended, route changed, etc 492 Washington and Marlboro Elect via Railway Company,  may construct street railway in District of Columbia 717 Washington Aqueduct, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 253, 752   for improving receiving reservoir 253, 752    supervision of Col. G. H. Elliott continued 752   for protecting conduit; bridges 253   for cleaning conduit 752   for raising dam at Great Falls; Gen. T. L. Casey, consulting engineer 752   for testing tunnel conduit, new reservoir, etc., report 752 1423  sale of lands adjoining, to William H. and Georgi-Bobinger 1027 Washington Asylum, D. C.,  appropriation for expenses 258, 760   for new hospital ward 258  deficiency appropriation for 851 Washington College,  payment to, for property destroyed 1039 Washington, D. C. (see District of Columbia), Washington, D. C., Post-Office,  appropriation for construction 373, 913 Washington Gas Light Company,  deficiency appropriation for lighting Capitol and grounds 438 Washington Monument,  appropriation for care and maintenance 402, 944  use of grounds by Knights of Pythias 576 Washington Sound, etc., Wash.,  appropriation for lighting 377, 918 Washington Territory,  deficiency appropriation for salaries, etc. 482 Washington Volunteers,  deficiency appropriation for pay, etc 480 Waste,  duty on wool 530   not specified 536  on free list, for paper stock 542 Waste, Wool,  on free list, yarn, card, bur, stubbing, roving, ring, etc. 546 Watches, etc.,  duty on 520 Water Department, D. C. (see also Washington Aqueduct),  appropriation for salaries, revenue and inspection branch 261, 763   for distribution branch 261, 763   for contingent expenses; water-rent books; fuel 261, 763   for interest and sinking fund water stock 261, 763   for interest, increasing water supply 261, 764   for sinking fund, increasing water supply 262, 764    transfer of surplus general revenues 262, 764   for interest and repayment, 48-inch and Fourteenth street mains 262, 764   for high-service system 262, 764  deficiency appropriation for additional pay engineers 852   for contingent expenses 853   for additional pay engineers, 1892–93 853   for William Forsyth 853  connections with lots abutting streets being improved 44 Water Mains, D. C.,  assessment of connections 248  assessments on abutting land for laying 275   corner lots; payment of pending charges 276 Water Supply, etc.,  appropriation for gauging, etc., to determine 398, 940 Waterbury, Holly D.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Watered River, S. C.,  appropriation for improving 350 Waters, Charles C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Watertown Arsenal, Mass.,  appropriation for brick shed 215   for railroad; machine tools, carriage plant 706   for testing machine 400, 943 Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y.,  appropriation for completing south wing 213   for machine tools, etc. 705   for turbine station 215   for water supply; balance available for paving 400   for fire protection 943 Watson, Thomas E.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 448 Watt,  established as unit of electrical power; definition 102 Wattles, George,  Court of Claims to determine persons entitled to spoliation claim due administrator of 487 Watts, G. F.,  acceptance of painting, Love and Life, donated by; acknowledgment of thanks 117 Waukegan, Ill.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 War,  duty on manufactures of 535  on free list 545 Way Letters, Postal Service,  appropriation for 106, 693 Weare, Por us B.,  appropriation for cows furnished Indians; proviso 307 Wearing Apparel,  duty on linen, etc. 530   wool, etc. 530   woolen, knit 531   silk, etc. 533  on free list, of persons arriving from abroad; restriction 545 Weather Bureau (see also Signal Service),  appropriation for Chief, assistants, etc 272, 736   for fuel, lights, and repairs 273, 737   for general expenses 273, 737   for inspectors, forecast officials, etc 273, 737    promotions 273   for maps, bulletins, etc. 273, 737   for transportation, etc. 273, 737   for instruments, etc. 273, 737   for telegraphing, etc., rates 273, 737   for rent, etc. 273, 737   for coast telegraph lines, etc. 273, 737   for flood reports, etc. 273, 737   for storm, etc., signals 273, 737   for cotton-belt reports 273, 737   for hurricane reports 273, 737   for supplies for State stations 274, 737   for soil, etc., investigations 274   for climate investigations; publication 274, 737   for stations, Point Reyes, Cal., and Tatoosh Island, Wash 274   for printing and binding 420, 960  control of printing office 605  printing annual report; distribution 613  printing of reports, etc., authorized 623  issuing counterfeit weather forecasts to be a misdemeanor 274, 737   punishment 274, 737  weather signals on mail trains, etc. 274, 738 Webber, Frederick H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Webber, Louis A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Webbing,  duty on cotton, etc. 529   wool, etc. 531   silk, etc. 532 1424 Weber, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Webs,  duty on flax 529 Webster, Jane (widow),  pension 1041 Weed, George F,  entry of quarter section, Yuma, Colo., confirmed 599 Weeds,  duty on refined, etc. 509   manufactures of 535  on free list; crude 540 Weeks, Julia (widow),  pension increased 1033 Weights and Measures, D. C.  regulations respecting 811 Weights and Measures, International Bureau,  appropriation for contribution 144, 819 Weights and Measures, Office of Standard,  appropriation for salaries 178, 779   for incidental expenses 178, 779   for attendance, international committee 178, 780 Weights and Measures, Standard,  copies to be furnished States, etc., to replace lost, etc. 383 Weil, Benjamin,  deficiency appropriation for expenses, Mexican claim 19 Weiler, Joseph L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 450 Weineeke, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 474 Weir, James S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Weiss, Frank P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Welch, Hannah (widow),  pension 1014 Wellenkamp, Edward,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 455 Wenatshapam Fishery Lands, Wash,  agreement with Yakima Indians for cession of, ratified 320  appropriation for carrying out agreement 321  ceded lands restored to public domain 321  allotment in severalty to Indians 321  distribution of purchase money 321 Wessells, Caroline E. (widow),  pension 1035 West, Braddock Bridge, Company,  may bridge Monongahela River, Allegheny County, Pa 57 West, Duluth, Minn,  bridge across Saint Louis River authorized between Superior, Wis., and 68 West Galveston Bay, Tex,  appropriation for improving channel 343 West Indies,  provision for shipping articles; trade with 667 West Point (see Military Academy), West Virginia,  appropriation for repaying direct taxes; deduction 974 Westendorf, Charles H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Western Cherokee Indians,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451  payment to John T. Heard for services to 1009 Western Shoshone Agency, Nev.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 288, 878 Western Shoshone Indian Reservation, Nev,  appropriation for support, etc., of Indians on 304 Westport, Conn,  survey of harbor directed 369 Wetherel, Charles H., jr,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Wetmore and Brother,  payment to 988 Weymouth, River, Mass,  appropriation for improving 346 Whale Oil,  duty on 510  on free list, of American fisheries 542 Whalebone,  duty on manufactures of 535  on free list, unmanufactured 545 Wharton, Francis,  appropriation for balance due estate for supplement of Digest of International Law 933 Whatley, Martin W.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 448 Wheat,  duty on, and wheat flour 522 Wheeler, Edward,  military record corrected 1049 Wheeler, Lucinda C. (widow),  pension 1003 Wheels,  duty on, fitted with axles 519 Wheels Railway,  duty on iron or steel 519 Whelan, John J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 Whetstones,  on free list 541 Whipgut,  on free list; unmanufactured 539 Whips,  on free list, wood cut in lengths for 546 Whisky (see Distilled Spirits), Whistanee, John S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 White, Andrew D.,  reappointed Regent, Smithsonian Institution 579 White, Augustus,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 White Earth Agency, Mimi,  appropriation for Indian agent at 288, 878 White Earth Indian, Reservation, Minn,  right of way through, to Duluth and Winnipeg Railway Company 504   Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway 112 White, Eugene E.,  appropriation for credit in accounts 308 White Fish River, Mich,  preliminary examination of, to be made 366 White, Frederick F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 463 White House (see Executive Mansion), White, J. Kenneth,  appropriation for services 306 White Lake, Mich.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 344 White Lead,duty on 511 White, Nathaniel W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 452 White River, Ark.,  appropriation for improving 353  preliminary examination of upper, to be made 364 White River, Ind,  appropriation for improving 358 1425 Whiting,  duty on dry 511   ground in oil, putty 511 Whittaker, George,  granted honorable discharge 1032 Whitman, Charles S.,  deficiency appropriation for legal services 875 Whitney, George W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Wichita, etc., Indians, Okla.,  agreement for cession of lands 894   ratified 897   compensation 897  appropriation for allotting 897  disposal of ceded lands; price, etc. 897  sections reserved for public uses; payment for 897  receipts from sales 898  claim of Choctaws and Chickasaws 898  payment of amount due Luther H. Pike 898  submission of claim to commissioners 899 Wichita Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 301, 891 Wichita, Kans.,  terms of court 806 Wick, Adam P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Wickersham, Morris,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Wickford, R. I.,  survey of harbor directed 371 Wicking, Lamp or Candle,  duty on cotton, etc 529 Wicomico River, Md.,  appropriation for improving 348 Wilerue, Cadmus M.,  deficiency appropriation for judgment against District of Columbia to administratrix 852 Wildey, George E.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Wiley, William H.,  payment of Court of-Claims judgment to 469 Wilfong, Charles G.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Willamette River, Oreg.,  appropriation for improving, below Portland 359   for improving above Portland 359   for light and fog-signal station, mouth of 376   for lighting 377, 918  survey of, directed 371 Willapa River, Wash.,  appropriation for improving 360 Wille, Harry A.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Willets Point, N. Y.,  appropriation for engineer depot, expenses 241 Willett, Robert,  deficiency appropriation for 850 Willett, William J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 456 Willey, Emory P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 468 William H. Tarbee Post, Grand Army of the Republic,  condemned cannon donated to 972 Williams, A. H. A.,  deficiency appropriation for contested-election expenses 448, 866 Williams and Company,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 452 Williams, C. L.,  deficiency appropriation for 450 Williams, Caroline R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to executors of 451 Williams, Frank M.,  appropriation for heirs of, killed by Ford’s Theater disaster 932 Williams, John M.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Williams, Jahn V.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Williams, Levi T.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 452 Williams, Louis L.,  payment to 983 Williams, Mary R. (widow),  pension 1034 Williams, Milton L.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Williamson, Alexander,  pension increased 1046 Willoh, John P.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 468 Willow,  duty on, prepared, etc. 521  on free list, braids, etc., of, for hats 538 Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company  may bridge Contentnea Creek, Grifton N. C 489  time extended for bridging Contentnea Creek, Grifton, N. C 596 Wilmington, Del.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 341  deficiency appropriation for public building 847 Wilmington, N. C.,  appropriation for marine hospital 914  terms of court 275 Wilson, Albert A.,  deficiency appropriation for 850 Wilson, Angus V.,  military record corrected 1046 Wilson, Charles V. S.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 451 Wilson, Howard,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Wilson, R. T., and Company,  subtreasury to receive from, amount due Cherokee Nation 579 Wilson, Theodore D.,  deficiency appropriation for 437 Wilson, Thomas F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Wilson, William H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 469 Wiltberger, Howard,  deficiency appropriation for 867 Wilton Carpets,  duty on 531 Winder Building, Washington, D. C.,  appropriation for repairs 373 Windmill Island, Pa.,  appropriation for removing 404 946 Window Glass,  duty on common unpolished 513 Windows,  duty on stained or painted 514  on free list, stained or painted for presentation, etc. 546 Windsor, Ontario,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Windsor, Nova Scotia,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Wines,  duty on champagne and sparkling 525   still; ginger; vermouth 526 1426  duty on still; alcoholic strength 526  no allowance for breakage, etc. 526 Wines, Pure Sweet,  addition of wine spirits to fortify 568   grape must and crystalized sugar permitted; limit 568 Winnebago Agency, Nebr.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 287, 877 Winnebago Indian Reservation, Nebr.,  right of way through, to Eastern Nebraska’ and Gulf Railway Company 95 Winnebago Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 806, 891  payment to Henry W. Lee for services to, authorized 1013 Winnebago Indians, Minn.,  may convey, etc., lands 679 Winnebago Reservation, S. Dak.,  appropriation for additional claims of settlers 899   for reimbursing settlers 899  disallowed claims may be tried in Court of Claims 899 Winnebagushish Indian Reservation, Minn.,  right of way through to Northern Mississippi Railway Company 489 Winnipeg,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Winston and Winston,  deficiency appropriation for services 859 Winston, Patrick H.,  deficiency appropriation for legal services 444 Winters, George,  deficiency appropriation for 450 Winyaw Ray, S. C.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 341 Wire,  duty on rods 517   iron or steel 517   iron or steel manufactures 517   nails, wrought-iron or steel 519   lead 520  on free list, tinsel 545 Wiscomb, Walter,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 450 Wiscomb, William W.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 450 Wisconsin,  authorized to place statue of Pere Marquette in Statuary Hall 12  homestead settlers in burnt districts granted time to complete entries, ent timber, etc. 634  lands added to Red Cliff Indian Reservation 970 Wisconsin and New Duluth Bridge Company,  may bridge Saint Louis River 711 Wisconsin River,  deficiency appropriation for flowage damages, improvement of Fox and 477 Witherby and Gaffney,  examination of claim to be made 1037  appropriation for amount found due 1037 Witherite,  on free list 538 Withlacoochee River, Fla.,  appropriation for improving 351  preliminary examination of, to be made 365 Witnesses, United States Courts,  appropriation for fees 416, 957  deficiency appropriation for fees 42, 61, 443, 478, 483, 596, 639, 861, 870, 875 Witt, John G.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Wobbe, John,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 456 Wolf River, Tenn.,  preliminary examination of, to be made 368 Wolf Trap Light-House,  unexpended balance of appropriation available for Solomons Lump light 16 Women,  investigation of work and wages of, directed 587  may be appointed on board of school trustees, D. C 693 Women’s Christian Association, D. C.,  appropriation for maintenance 259, 761 Wood,  on free list, logs, firewood, bolts, etc. 545   timber, boards, etc. 546   hubs, blocks, etc 546   laths, pickets, shingles, etc. 546   unmanufactured 546   cabinet, rough or hewn 546  duty on, etc., from countries laying export or stumpage tax 546 Wood, and Manufactures of,  Schedule D, tariff of 1894 521 Wood, D. C.,  inspection, etc., of, purchased; proviso, Navy Department 808 Wood Pulp,  duty on manufactures of, not specified 536 Woods,  duty on, for dyeing, refined, etc. 509  on free list for dyeing, crude 540   for paper stock 543 Woods Holl, Mass.,  appropriation for repairs, harbor of refuge 948  survey of harbor, directed 370 Woods, Margaret A. (widow),  pension 1014 Woodson, Daniel,  payment to 580 Woodstock,  appropriation for consul at 147, 822 Woodward, Charles,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Woodward, James H.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 476 Woodward Land District, Okla.,  proclamation establishing; office 1236 Wool,  on free list, on the skin, etc. 546   noils, waste, etc 546 Wool and Manufactures,  Schedule K., tariff of 1894 530  duty on flocks, shoddy, waste, etc. 530   roving, etc 530   yarn 530   knit fabrics 530   blankets, hats, flannels, etc. 530   dress goods, etc. 530   clothing, etc., not specified 530   cloaks, etc. 531   webbings, cords, laces, etc. 531   carpets 531  to take effect January 1, 1895 531 Wool Dutch Carpets,  duty on 531 Wool Grease,  on free list 545 Worcester, Mass.,  appropriation for public building 913 1427 Work and Wages of Women and Children,  investigation by Commissioner of Labor directed 587 Works of Art,  on free list, of American artists 546   for presentation to societies, etc. 546   for temporary exhibition 546    bond for payment of duty if not exported, etc. 546   for permanent exhibition 547    bond for payment of duties if sold 547  penalty for infringing copyright of 965 World’s Columbia n Commission,  appropriation for cases for medals awarded exhibitors, etc. 928  names of persons to be printed on diplomas awarded 928  electrotypes or photographs of medals to exhibitors and periodicals; payment 928 World’s Columbian Exposition,  appropriation for reports of the Departments; limit 387   for removing Government building to Atlanta Exposition 421  acknowledgments tendered to Governments participating in 13   to be communicated by the President 13  appreciation to countries participating to be signified by the President 387  articles exhibited at, may be transferred to Interstate Fair 224  diplomas to designers, inventors, and expert artisans 575  exhibits acquired by Columbian Museum, Chicago, released from duties 13  investigation of French losses by fire to be made 387  model battle ship “Illinois” transferred to Illinois as naval armory 14  removal of foreign exhibits to California Midwinter Exposition authorized 1  transfer of imported exhibits to Prize Winners’ Exposition authorized 9   imported exhibits to Portland Exposition 600   Columbus caravels to Columbian Museum 842   exhibit in La Rabida, etc., to Columbian Museum 843 World’s Eair Prize, Winners’ Exposition,  articles for exhibition to be admitted free of duty 8  removal of articles from Chicago Fair 9  sale for delivery at close of Exposition 9  duties to be paid, etc. 9  employment of foreign laborers permitted 9 Wormgut,  on free list, unmanufactured 539 Worsted (see Wool), Wrapping Paper, Postal Service,  appropriation for 105, 691 Wrecking,  proclamation permitting Canadian vessels to aid wrecks, etc., in United States waters 1220 Wrecks  international agreements authorized for removing, etc., in North Atlantic Ocean 13  provisions for duties, etc., on goods saved from, continued 569 Wright, Alpha,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to executors of 474 Wright, M. B., late a Representative in Congress,  deficiency appropriation for widow 865 Wright, W. F.,  deficiency appropriation for services 447 Writing Paper,  duty on embossed, etc. 532   not specified 533 Wyandotte Indians,  appropriation for purchasing lands for absentee 391, 908 Wyoming,  appropriation for surveyor-general, clerks 199, 801   for contingent expenses 199, 801   for incidental expenses Indian service in 304, 893  extra rates allowed for surveying certain lands in 638  part of Fort McKinney Reservation granted to 938   Fort D. A. Russell Reservation granted for fair grounds 946  proclamation dispersing persons unlawfully obstructing mails, etc., in 1250  punishment of offenses in Yellowstone Park 73  survey of lands authorized to complete grants to 394 Wyoming Judicial District,  to have jurisdiction over Yellowstone Park 73  appointment of circuit court commissioner, Yellowstone Park 74   powers and duties 74  terms of court, Sheridan, etc. 75 Xylander, Adolph J.,  payment of Claims judgement to 456 Yachts,  bonds for license abolished 625  violations of revenue laws, etc., prohibited 625   penalty; remission 625 Yakama Indians (see Yakima Indians),  appropriation for support, etc., of 303 Yakima Agency, Wash.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 288, 878   for support, etc., of Indians at 303, 892  agent to distribute proceeds of ceded Wenatshapam Fishery lands 321 Yakima Indian Reservation, Wash.,  right of way through, granted for irrigation canal 118 Yakima Indians,  appropriation for support, etc., of 892  agreement with, for cession of “Wenatshapam Fishery” lands, ratified 320  appropriation for carrying out agreement 321 Yallabusha River, Miss.,  preliminary examination of, to he made 366 Yam Hill River, Oreg.,  appropriation for improving 359  survey of, directed 370 Yams,  on free list 547 Yankton Agency, S. Dak.,  appropriation for Indian agent at 288, 878 Yankton Bridge Company,  time extended for bridging Missouri River at Yankton, S. Dak 78 1428 Yankton Indian Reservation,  agreement for cession of unallotted lands 313   ratified 319  appropriation for purchase; distribution 319   for payment to adults 319   for paying claims of scouts 319  disposition of proceeds of lands sold 319   per capita distribution 319   trust fund; interest 319  proclamation to issue, opening ceded lands to settlement 319  price of lands; entries limited; patents 319  qualifications of settlers 319  regulations to be prescribed 319  patents to Charles Picotte, Felix Brunot, and W. T. Selwyn 319  sale, etc., of intoxicants prohibited; penalty 319 Yankton, S. Dak.,  deficiency appropriation for expenses, post-office 863  time extended for bridging Missouri River at 78 Yankton Tribe Sioux Indians,  appropriation for fulfilling treaty with 300 Yaquina Bay, Oreg.,  appropriation for improvement of harbor 346  preliminary examination of bar to be made 367  board to examine bar authorized 948 Yarmouth,  appropriation for consul at 148, 822 Yarns,  duty on cotton 527   jute 529   flax or hemp 530   woolen or worsted 530   silk 531 Yazoo River, Miss.,  appropriation for improving 352   for improving, at mouth 352 Yellow Fever,  appropriation for preventing, etc., spread of epidemic 392, 934 Yellow Metal,  duty on, fit only for remanufacture 519   of copper, etc. 519 Yellowstone National Park,  appropriation for improvement, etc. 403, 945   for salary of commissioner 403   for commissioner; building, etc 945  under sole jurisdiction of the United States 73  service of State process 73  assigned to Wyoming judicial district 73  punishment of offenses under Wyoming laws 73   prosecutions not affected by repeal 73  hunting, etc., of birds and animals prohibited 73  fishing by seines, etc., forbidden 74   by hook and line permitted; limit 74  regulations for care, preservation, etc., to be published 74  evidence of violations; penalties 74   seizure and forfeiture of guns, traps, etc. 74  commissioner to be appointed; jurisdiction; duties 74   appeals; process in felony cases 74   bail; service of process; summary arrests 75   limit of authority 75  deputy marshals; terms of court 75  compensation to commissioner, etc. 75  payment of costs and expenses 75  appropriation for jail, etc. 75  existing laws not affected 75  leases authorized for hotels, etc., restrictions 222 Yellowstone River, Mont.,  construction of bridge authorized across, at Glendive 688 Yonkers, N. Y.,  port limits of New York extended to 73 York, Pa.,  deficiency appropriation for public building 429 York River, Va.,  appropriation for improving 349   for lighting 377, 918 “Yorktown,” U. S. S.,  appropriation for remitting time penalties 842 Young, Charles C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 466 Young, Charles R.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Young, George J.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Young, Henry C.,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Young Men’s Christian Association, D. C.,  property exempted from taxation 999 Young, Richard W.,  deficiency appropriation for 443 Young, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 452 Young Women’s Christian Home, D. C.,  appropriation for 762 Younkin, Mary,  homestead entry in Washington allowed 981 Yuba River, Cal.,  appropriation for improving 358 Yuma, Colo.,  entry of land by George F. Weed confirmed 599 Yuma Indian Reservation,  agreement for cession of lands 332   ratified 335  appropriation for allotting to Indians 335   for surveying, etc., lands 335  right of way to Southern Pacific Company 335  sale of irrigable lands 335   disposition of proceeds 336  depredation claims not to be deducted 336  disposal of other lands 336  construction of irrigating canal by Colorado River Irrigating Company 336  water rents 336 Yuma Indians,  lands ceded by, California; allotments 335  allotting lands to 335 Zabriskie, William,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 475 Zaffer,  on free list 547 Zante Currants,  duty on 524 Zanzibar,  appropriation for consul at 821   for interpreter and guards 150, 824 Zech, Theodore,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 473 Zehner, Louis F.,  payment of Court of Claims judgement to 464 1429 Zinc,  duty on oxide of, etc 511   in blocks or pigs 520   in sheets 520   old and worn out 520 Zona Libre, Mexico,  transit in bond to, suspended 973 Zoological Park, National,  appropriation for expenses 383, 924 Zundt, Alexander,  payment of Court of Claims judgment to 464 Zurich,  appropriation for consul at 147, 821   for clerk hire 149 823 APPENDIX.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. 1 LIST of the CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS. 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 3 4 16 17 17 17 17 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 21 21

APPENDIX.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS.

(By section 73 of the Act providing for the public printing and binding, approved January 12, 1895, it is provided that the pamphlet copies of the Statutes and the Statutes at Large shall contain all concurrent resolutions passed by Congress. On the 14th of January a letter was addressed to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, requesting authenticated copies of the concurrent resolutions originating in the respective Houses. The copies furnished by these officers appear below.)

 FIRST SESSION FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. SILVER COINAGE IN INDIA. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 5 August 18, 1893
silver coinage in india.

August 18, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Printing report on Coinage of Silver in India.
That there be printed and bound in cloth six thousand copies of the report of the commission appointed to inquire into the Indian currency, commonly known as the “Herschell Report on the Coinage of Silver in India,” with the accompanying correspondence and testimony, of which number two thousand shall be for the use of the Senate and four thousand for the use of the House.

Passed the Senate, August 17, 1893.

Passed the House of Representatives, August 18, 1893.
HEARINGS BEFORE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 5 October 17, 1893
hearings before ways and means committee.

October 17, 1893

. Resolved, by the House of Representatives, (the Senate concurring),

Printing hearings before Committee on Ways and Means.
That the Public Printer be, and is hereby, authorized to print four thousand copies of the Hearings before the Committee on Ways and Means, two thousand copies for the use of the House and two thousand copies for the use of the Senate.

Passed the House of Representatives, October 12, 1893.

Passed the Senate, October 17, 1893.
ENROLLING BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 5 November 1, 1893
enrolling bills and resolutions.

November 1, 1893

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Engrossed bills and resolutions to be printed.
That beginning with the first day of the regular session of the Fifty-third Congress, to wit: the first Monday in December, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, in lieu of being engrossed, every bill and joint resolution in each House of Congress at the stage of the consideration at which a bill or joint resolution is at present engrossed, shall be printed, and such printed copy shall take the place of what is now known as, and 5 6 shall be called the engrossed bill, or resolution as the case maybe, and it shall be dealt with in the same manner as engrossed bills and joint resolutions are dealt with at present, and shall be sent in printed form, after passing, to the other House, and in that form shall be dealt with by that House, and its officers in the same manner in which engrossed bills, and joint resolutions are now dealt with.
Resolved,

Enrolled bills and to solutions to be printed on parchment
That when such bill, or joint resolution shall have passed both Houses, it shall be printed on parchment, which print shall be in lieu of, what is now know as, and shall be called, the enrolled bill, or joint resolution as the case may be, and shall be dealt with in the same manner in which enrolled bills, and joint resolutions are now dealt with.
Resolved,
That the Joint Committee on Printing is hereby charged with the duty of having the foregoing resolutions properly executed, and is empowered to take such steps as may be necessary to carry them into effect, and provide for the speedy execution of the printing herein contemplated.

Passed the House of Representatives, October 26, 1893.

Passed the Senate, November 1, 1893.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 6 November 3, 1893
congressional record.

November 3, 1893

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Congressional Record.

Extra copies to members.
That the Public Printer be directed to furnish to each Representative, and Delegate fifteen additional copies of the Congressional Record during the first session of the Fifty-third Congress.

Passed the House of Representatives, November 3, 1893.

Passed the Senate, November 2, 1893.
SECOND SESSION FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. STATUE OF GEN. JAMES SHIELDS. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 6 December 6, 1893
statue of gen. james shields.

December 6, 1893

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Statue of Gen. James Shields.

Thanks of Congress to Illinois.
That the thanks of Congress be tendered to the Governor, to the Legislature, and to the people of the State of Illinois for the statue of General James Shields, whose name is so closely identified with the history of Illinois and of the United States, by his eminent services as a soldier, jurist, and statesman.
Resolved,
That the statue be accepted and assigned to a place in Statuary Hall (the old Hall of Representatives), and that a copy of these resolutions, signed by the President of the Senate and by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, be transmitted to the governor of Illinois.

Passed the Senate, December 6, 1893.

Passed the House of Representatives, December 6, 1893.
HOLIDAY RECESS, 1893–1894. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 6 December 20, 1893
holiday recess, 1893–1894.

December 20, 1893

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Holiday recess.
That when the two Houses adjourn on Thursday the twenty-first day of December present, they stand adjourned until Wednesday the third day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-four.

Passed the House of Representatives, December 20, 1893.

Passed the Senate, December 20, 1893.
HON. WILLIAM MUTCHLER. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 7 January 3, 1894
7 hon. william mutchler.

January 3, 1894

. Resolved, by the House of Representatives, (the Senate concurring),

William Mutchler.

Printing of eulogies ordered.
That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the Hon. William Mutchler, late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, eight thousand copies, of which number two thousand copies shall be delivered to the Senators and Representatives of the State of Pennsylvania, which shall include fifty copies to be bound in full morocco, to be delivered to the family of the deceased, and of those remaining two thousand shall be for the use of the Senate and four thousand for the use of the House of Representatives; and the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to have engraved and printed a portrait of the said William Mutchler to accompany the said eulogies.

Passed the House of Representatives, December 11, 1893.

Passed the Senate, January 3, 1894.
HON. J. LOGAN CHIPMAN. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 7 January 3, 1894
hon. j. logan chipman.

January 3, 1894

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

J. Logan Chipman.

Printing of eulogies ordered.
That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the Hon. J. Logan Chipman, late a Representative from the State of Michigan, eight thousand copies, of which number, two thousand copies shall be delivered to the Senators and Representatives of the State of Michigan, which shall include fifty copies to be bound in full morocco, to be delivered to the family of the deceased; and of those remaining two thousand shall lie for the use of the Senate, and four thousand for the use of the House of Representatives; and the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to have engraved and printed a portrait of the said J. Logan Chipman to accompany the said eulogies.

Passed the House of Representatives, December 13, 1893.

Passed the Senate, January 3, 1894.
BRIDGE, HUDSON RIVER. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 7 January 8, 1894
bridge, hudson river.

January 8, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Bridge, Hudson River.

Correction of enrolled bill.
That line 22 on page 2 of the bill (H. R. No. 3289) entitled “An act to authorize the New York and New Jersey Bridge Companies to construct and maintain a bridge across the Hudson River between New York City and the State of New Jersey,” as enrolled by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, consisting of the following words, namely, “And provided further, That nothing in this act,” which words were included in said bill by error in the conference report, be, and the same are hereby, stricken from said bill, and said bill is directed to be enrolled without said line and words.

Passed the Senate, January 4, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, January 8, 1894.
PERSONNEL OF THE NAVY. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 7 January 12, 1894
personnel of the navy.

January 12, 1894

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Navy.

Subcommittees of Naval Affairs Committees of both Houses to investigate personnel, etc.
That subcommittees of the Committees on Naval Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives, to be selected by each of said Committees are hereby directed to act jointly whose duty it shall be to fully investigate and consider the entire subject of the rank, pay, and all other matters relating to the personnel of the Navy; to have power to send 8 for persons and papers, sit daring the recess, if any, and during the sitting of both Houses, and to report at any time after it convenes as may be convenient to said Committees, what legislation, if any, is necessary in the premises.

Passed the House of Representatives, January 12, 1894.

Passed the Senate, January 10, 1894.
FISH COMMISSION REPORT. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 8 January 15, 1894
fish commission report.

January 15, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Fish Commission report.

Printing ordered.
That the Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, covering the operations of the Commission for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, be printed; and that there be printed 8,000 extra copies, of which 2,000 shall be for the use of the Senate, 4,000 for the use of the House of Representatives, and 2,000 for the use of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries; the illustrations to be obtained by the Public Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing.

Passed the Senate, January 12, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, January 15, 1894.
COAST SURVEY REPORT. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 8 January 15, 1894
coast survey report.

January 15, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the Rouse of Representatives concurring),

Coast Survey report.

Printing ordered.
That there be printed of the Report of the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey of the fiscal year 1893, 1,500 copies of Part 1 in quarto form; 200 copies for the use of the Senate, 400 copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and 900 copies for distribution by the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey; and 2,S00 copies of Part 2 in octavo form; 200 copies for the use of the Senate, 400 copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and 2,200 copies for distribution by the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Passed the Senate, January 10, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, January 15, 1894.
ETHNOLOGY REPORT. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 8 January 18, 1894
ethnology report.

January 18, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Ethnology report.

Printing ordered.
That there be printed at the Government Printing Office 8,000 copies of the Thirteenth Annual Report of the Director of the Bureau of Ethnology, with accompanying papers and illustrations, and uniform with the preceding volumes of the series, of which 1,000 shall be for the use of the Senate, 2,000 for the use of the House of Representatives, and 5,000 for distribution by the Bureau of Ethnology; the illustrations to be obtained by the Public, Printer, under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing.

Passed the Senate, January 12, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, January 18, 1894.
SMITHSONIAN AND NATIONAL MUSEUM REPORTS. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 9 January 18, 1894
9 smithsonian and national museum reports.

January 18, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Reports of Smithsonian Institution and National Museum.

Printing ordered.
That there be printed of the reports of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum for the year ending June 3d, 1893, in two octavo volumes, 10,000 extra copies; of which 1,000 copies shall be for the use of the Senate, 2,000 copies for the use of the House of Representatives, 5,000 copies for the use of the Smithsonian Institution, and 2,000 copies for the use of the National Museum.

Passed the Senate, January 17, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, January 18, 1894.
IMPORTED MERCHANDISE, 1890–1893. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 9 February 21, 1894
imported merchandise, 1890–1893.

February 21, 1894

. Resolved by the House of Representatives, (the Senate concurring),

Imports entered for consumption, 1890–1893.

Printing ordered.
that there be printed, of the document entitled “Imported Merchandise entered for Consumption in the United States during the years eighteen hundred and ninety to eighteen hundred and ninety-three with the rates and amount of duty collected,” prepared by the Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department, for the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, four thousand copies for the use of the House, two thousand copies for the use of the Senate and two thousand copies for the use of the Bureau of Statistics.

Passed the House of Representatives, December 11, 1893.

Passed the Senate, February 21, 1894.
HON. LELAND STANFORD. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 9 March 8, 1894
hon. leland stanford.

March 8, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Leland Stanford.

Printing of eulogies ordered.
That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the Hon. Leland Stanford, late a Senator from the State of California, 8,000 copies, of which 2,000 copies shall be delivered to the Senators and Representatives of that State, and of the remaining number 2,000 shall be for the use of the Senate and 4.000 copies for the use of the House, and of the quota of the Senate the Public Printer shall set aside 50 copies, which he shall have bound in full morocco with gilt edges, the same to be delivered when completed to the widow of the deceased; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to have engraved and printed at the earliest day practicable a portrait of the deceased to accompany said eulogies.

Passed the Senate, March 5, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, March 8, 1894.
HON. WILLIAM LILLY. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 9 March 20, 1894
hon. william lilly.

March 20, 1894

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

William Lilly.

Printing of eulogies ordered.
That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the Hon. William Lilly, late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, eight thousand copies, of which number two thousand copies shall be delivered to the Senators and Representatives of the State of Pennsylvania which shall include fifty copies to be bound in full morocco, to be delivered to the family of the deceased, and of the remaining, two thousand shall be for the use of the Senate and four thousand for the 10 use of the House of Representatives; and the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to have engraved and printed u portrait of the said William Lilly to accompany the said eulogies.

Passed the House of Representatives, March 5, 1894.

Passed the Senate, March 20, 1894.
STATISTICAL ABSTRACT, 1893. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 10 March 21, 1894
statistical abstract, 1893.

March 21, 1894

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Statistical Abstract, 1893.

Printing ordered.
That there, be printed twelve thousand copies of the Statistical Abstract of the United States for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three, prepared by the Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department; three thousand copies for the use of the members of the Senate, six thousand copies for the use of the members of the House of Representatives, and three thousand copies for the use of the Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department.

Passed the House of Representatives, March 19, 1894.

Passed the Senate, March 21, 1894.
HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 10 March 23, 1894
hawaiian affairs.

March 23, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Hawaiian affairs.

Printing of all papers and messages on, ordered.
That there be printed for the use of Congress six thousand (6,000) copies of all papers and messages sent to Congress by the President since January 1, 1893, relating to Hawaiian affairs, and the same shall be arranged, as nearly as may be, in chronological order, and shall be indexed; the arranging and indexing to be done under the direction of the Committee on Foreign Relations; of which number 2,000 shall be for the use of the Senate and 4,000 for the use of the House of Representatives.

Passed the Senate, February 21, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, March 23, 1894.
GEOLOGICAL REPORT. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 10 March 23, 1894
geological report.

March 23, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Geological report.

Printing ordered.
That there be printed at, the Government Printing Office, in addition to the number already ordered by law, 7,000 copies of the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Director of the United States Geological Survey, uniform with the preceding volumes of the series, of which number 1,000 shall be for the use of the Senate 2,000 for the use of the House of Representatives, and 4,000 tor distribution by the Geological Survey.

Passed by the Senate, March 20, 1894.

Passed by the House of Representatives, March 23, 1894.
PAN-AMERICAN MEDICAL CONGRESS. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 10 April 6, 1894
pan-american medical congress.

April 6, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Pan-American Medical Congress.

Printing of proceedings, ordered.
That there be printed and bound in cloth, of the proceedings of the Pan-American Medical Congress, held in Washington City, in September, 1893, under the authority of a Joint Resolution of Congress approved 11 July 18, 1892, 10,000 copies; of which 2,000 shall be for the use of the Senate, 4,000 for the use of the House of Representatives, and 4,000 for distribution by the Department of State; the same to be indexed under the direction of the Committee on Printing.

Passed the Senate, April 5, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, April 6, 1894.
COINAGE LAWS, 1792–1894. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 11 April 18, 1894
coinage laws, 1792–1894.

April 18, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Coinage Laws of the United States, 1792 to 1894.

Printing ordered.
That there be printed 0,000 additional copies of the fourth edition of the document entitled “Coinage Laws of the United States, 1792 to 1894,” prepared under the direction of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, with the appendix and an index to the same; of which number 2,000 copies shall be for the use of the Senate and 4,000 copies for the use of the House of Representatives.

Passed the Senate, April 10, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, April 18, 1894.
HON. WILLIAM H. ENOCHS. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 11 April 21, 1894
hon. william h. enochs.

April 21, 1894

. Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

William H. Enochs.

Printing of eulogies ordered.
That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the Hon. “William H. Enochs, late a Representative from the State of Ohio, eight thousand copies of which number two thousand copies shall be delivered to the Senators and Representatives of the State of Ohio, which shall include fifty copies to be bound in full morocco to be delivered to the family of the deceased and of the remaining, two thousand shall be for the use of the Senate, and four thousand for the use of the House of Representatives; and the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to have engraved and printed a portrait of the said William H. Enochs to accompany the said eulogies.

Passed the House of Representatives, April 18, 1894.

Passed the Senate, April 21, 1894.
HEALTH REPORT, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1893. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 11 April 28, 1894
health report, district of columbia, 1893.

April 28, 1894

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Health officer, D.C.

Printing of report for 1893 ordered.
That the Public Printer be, and he is hereby, authorized to print and bind in cloth twelve hundred copies of the annual report of the Health Officer of the District of Columbia for eighteen hundred and ninety-three, for the use of said Health Officer of the District.

Passed the House of Representatives, April 28, 1894.

Passed the Senate, April 20, 1894.
HON. RANDALL LEE GIBSON. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 11 May 9, 1894
hon. randall lee gibson.

May 9, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Randall Lee Gibson.

Printing of eulogies ordered.
That there be printed of the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the honorable Randall Lee Gibson, late a Senator from the State of Louisiana, 8,000 copies, of which 2,000 copies shall be delivered to the Senators 12 and Representatives of that State; and of the remaining number 2,000 copies shall be for the use of the Senate, and 4,000 copies for the use of the House; and of the quota of the Senators and Representatives from the State of Louisiana the Public Printer shall set aside 50 copies, which he shall have bound in full morocco with gilt edges, the same to be delivered, when completed, to the family of the deceased; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to have engraved and printed, at as early a date as practicable, the portrait of the deceased to accompany said eulogies.

Passed the Senate, May 8, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, May 9, 1894.
REPORT ON BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 12 May 11, 1894
report on building and loan associations.

May 11, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Building and loan associations.
That there be printed 40,000 additional copies in cloth binding of the Ninth Annual Report of the Commissioner of Labor, relating to building and

Printing of report of Commissioner of Labor on, ordered.

loan associations; 8.000 copies for the use of the Senate, 16,000 copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and 16,000 copies for distribution by the Department of Labor.

Passed the Senate, May 9, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, May 11, 1894.
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT, 1893. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 12 May 24, 1894
weather bureau report, 1893.

May 24, 1894

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Weather Bureau.

Printing of report for 1893 ordered.
That there be printed five thousand live hundred copies of the Annual Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau for the year ended December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, of which one thousand copies shall be for the use of the Senate, two thousand copies for the use of the House, and two thousand five hundred copies for the use of the Bureau.

Passed the House of Representatives, May 25, 1894.

Passed the Senate, May 24, 1894.
DAMS, ETC., MISSISSIPPI RIVER. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 12 June 1, 1894
dams, etc., mississippi river.

June 1, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Mississippi River.

Reports of surveys, etc., of dams above St. Paul, Minn., to be sent to Senate.
That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to transmit to the Senate the reports of any surveys, or estimates, that may have been made since his last annual report to Congress with reference to the construction of locks and dams in the Mississippi River between the Chicago, Saint Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway bridge at the city of Saint Paul and the Falls of Saint Anthony, in the State of Minnesota.

Passed the Senate, May 31, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, June 1, 1894.
EVERETT HARBOR, WASHINGTON. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 12 June 27, 1894
everett harbor, washington.

June 27, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Everett Harbor, Washington.

Survey, etc., directed.
That the Secretary of War is directed to cause a survey and estimate to be made of the cost of dredging the bar at Everett, in the State of Washington, so as to make a freshwater harbor in or near the river with the 13 greatest depth of water practicable: Provided, That if the information necessary to make such estimate is now in the possession of the Chief of Engineers it may be made without any further survey. The Secretary of War is directed to cause such estimate to be made and reported to Congress without delay.

Passed the Senate, June 20, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, June 27, 1894.
MINNESOTA RIVER. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 13 July 2, 1894
minnesota river.

July 2, 1894

. Be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Minnesota River.

Reports on improvement to be sent House of Representatives.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby authorized and instructed to transmit to the House of Representatives any reports that may have been received, since his last annual report pertaining to the improvement on the Minnesota River in the State of Minnesota.

Passed the House of Representatives, June 28, 1894.

Passed the Senate, July 2, 1894.
EDUCATION REPORT, 1891–92. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 13 July 6, 1894
education report, 1891–92.

July 6, 1894

. Resolved by the House of Representatives of the United States (the Senate concurring),

Education Report, 1891–92.

Printing ordered.
That of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for eighteen hundred and ninety-one and eighteen hundred and ninety-two there be printed five thousand copies for the use of the Senate; ten thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and twenty thousand copies for distribution by the Commissioner of Education.

Passed the House of Representatives, June 7, 1894.

Passed the Senate, July 6, 1894.
PRODUCTION OF PRECIOUS METALS, 1893. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 13 July 6, 1894
production of precious metals, 1893.

July 6, 1894

. Resolved by the House of Represents fives (the Senate concurring),

Report on production of precious metals, 1893.

Printing ordered.
That the report of the Director of the Mint on the production of the precious metals in the United States for the calendar year 1893 be printed: and that 10,000 extra copies be printed, 4,000 copies for the use of the House of Representatives, 2,000 copies for the use of the Senate, and 4,000 copies for the use of the Director of the Mint.

Passed the House of Representatives, June 20, 1894.

Passed the Senate, July 6, 1894.
TYPHOID AND MALARIAL FEVERS REPORT. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 13 July 9, 1894
typhoid and malarial fevers report.

July 9, 1894

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Typhoid and malarial fevers.

Printing of report ordered.
That, in addition to the “Usual Number,” there be printed four thousand extra copies of the Special Report made by the Select Committee of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia at its meeting June sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, on Typhoid and Malarial fevers, and other preventable diseases, of which three hundred copies shall be for the use of the Senate, seven hundred copies for the use of the House of Representatives, and three thousand copies for the use of the said Society.

Passed the House of Representatives, July 9, 1894.

Passed the Senate, July 6, 1894.
ADMISSION OF UTAH. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 14 July 13, 1894
14 admission of utah.

July 13, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Admission of Utah.

Correction of enrollment.
That the Committee on Enrolled Bills of the Senate and House of Representatives be authorized to strikeout the word “Fifty-third” where it occurs in sections five and nineteen of the enrolled bill (H. R. 352) “To enable the people of Utah to form a constitution and State government and to be admitted into the Union on an equal looting with the original States,” and insert in lieu thereof the word “Fifty-fourth.”

Passed the Senate, July 13, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, July 13, 1894.
ALBERT E. REDSTONE. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 14 July 18, 1894
albert e. redstone.

July 18, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Albert E. Redstone.

Request for return of enrolled bill.
That the President be requested to return to the Senate the bill (S. 1105) “For the relief of Albert E. Redstone.”

Passed Senate, July 18, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, July 18, 1894.
PARIS ARBITRATION. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 14 July 25, 1894
paris arbitration.

July 25, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Paris Tribunal of Arbitration.

Printing of proceedings, etc., ordered.
That there be printed, under the direction of the Department of State, 6,000 copies of the official proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration created in pursuance of the treaty of February 29th, 1892, between the United States and Great Britain, including all documents, papers, and agreements presented officially to said tribunal by the agents of said Governments, respectively, and also including the written or printed arguments and the oral arguments of the counsel on behalf of each of said Governments made on said hearing at Paris, and the opinions of the arbitrators, respectively, delivered in said tribunal in conformity with its order admitting the same to constitute a part of said proceedings; of which number one thousand five hundred shall be for the use of the Senate, three thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and one thousand five hundred tor the use of the Department of State.

Passed the Senate, July 6, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, July 25, 1894.
SAUGATUCK HARBOR, MICHIGAN. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 14 July 26, 1894
saugatuck harbor, michigan.

July 26, 1894

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Saugatuck Harbor, Mich.

Estimate of improvement to be furnished.
That the Secretary of War be requested to furnish the House with an estimate on the probable cost of completing the improvement of Saugatuck Harbor, Michigan, under the project of eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, as modified in eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, eighteen hundred and seventy, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and the improvements recommended in the report of the Chief of Engineers for the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three. Appendix M. M.

Passed the House of Representatives, July 18, 1894.

Passed the Senate, July 26, 1894.
REPORT NO. 227. COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 15 July 27, 1894
15 report no. 227. committee on foreign relations.

July 27, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Report No, 227, Foreign Relations Committee, Hawaiian affairs.

Printing ordered.
That there be printed six thousand copies of the report of the Committee on Foreign Relations, Numbered two hundred and twenty-seven, with the additional views of members of the committee and the testimony, two thousand copies for the use of the Senate and four thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives.

Passed the Senate, March 5, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, July 27, 1894.
MESSAGES OF THE PRESIDENTS. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 15 July 27, 1894
messages of the presidents.

July 27, 1894

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Messages of the Presidents.

Printing of compilation ordered.
That there be printed and bound in cloth six thousand copies of the complete compilation of all the Annual, Special, and Veto Messages, Proclamations, and Inaugural addresses of the Presidents of the United States, from seventeen hundred and eighty-nine to eighteen hundred and ninety-four, inclusive, two thousand copies for the use of the Senate and four thousand copies for the use of the House. The work shall be prepared under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing.

Passed the House of Representatives, June 11, 1894.

Passed the Senate, July 27, 1894.
ARREDONDO GRANT, FLORIDA. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 15 August 7, 1894
arredondo grant, florida.

August 7, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Arredondo land grant, Florida.

Suspension of opening to settlement requested.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, requested to suspend the opening of the lands in the Arredondo grant of twenty thousand acres in Columbia County, Florida, to entry under the land laws of the United States until the close of the present Congress, unless there is further legislation with reference thereto before that time.

Passed the Senate, August 3, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, August 7, 1894.
ILLUMINATING DOME OF THE CAPITOL. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 15 August 8, 1894
illuminating dome of the capitol.

August 8, 1894

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Capitol.

Illumination of Dome permitted.
That permission be and is hereby given to the Citizen’s Committee Knights of Pythias encampment, of which Chapin Brown is chairman, to illuminate the Dome of the Capitol on the nights of August 27, 28, 29, and 30, 1894, under the control and direction of the Architect of the Capitol.

Passed the House of Representatives, August 8, 1894.

Passed the Senate, August 8, 1894.
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION REPORT. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 15 August 16, 1894
civil service commission report.

August 16, 1894

. Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Civil Service Commission report.

Printing ordered.
That twenty-three thousand copies of the Tenth Report of the United States Civil Service Commission be printed, of which one thousand copies shall be for the use of the Semite, two thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and twenty thousand for distribution by the United States Civil Service Commission.

Passed the House of Representatives, July 12, 1894.

Passed the Senate, August 16, 1894.
ADJOURNMENT, 1894. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 16 August 24, 1894
16 adjournment, 1894.

August 24, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives,

Adjournment of second session, August 28, 1894

.
That the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives be authorized to close the present session by adjourning their respective Houses on the twenty-eighth day of August, instant, at two o’clock p. m.

Passed the House of Representatives, August 24, 1894.

Passed the Senate, August 24, 1894.
THIRD SESSION FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 16 December 11, 1894
superintendent of documents.

December 11, 1894

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Appointment of superintendent of documents.
That the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills be and are hereby instructed in enrolling H. R. 2650 “providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents” to omit in Section 60 the words “the Joint Committee on Printing shall designate to the Public Printer a competent person, to be appointed by him, as superintendent of documents, and shall fix and regulate the compensation to be paid by the Public Printer to the person so designated and appointed”—and insert in lieu thereof the amendment agreed to in conference between the two Houses in the following words: “The Public Printer shall appoint a competent person to act as Superintendent of Documents and shall fix his salary”

Passed the House of Representatives, December 10, 1894.

Passed the Senate, December 11, 1894.
REPORT ON SLUMS OF CITIES. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 16 December 20, 1894
report on slums of cities.

December 20, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Printing report on slums of cities.
That there be printed and bound in cloth eight thousand copies of the Seventh Special Report of the Commissioner of Labor, relating to Slums of Cities; one thousand for the use of the Senate, two thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and five thousand for the use of the Commissioner of Labor.

Passed the Senate, December 12, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, December 20, 1894.
STATUE OF JOHN STARK. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 16 December 20, 1894
statue of john stark.

December 20, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Statue of John Stark.

Thanks of Congress to New Hampshire.
That the thanks of Congress be given to the people of New Hampshire for the statue of John Stark, illustrious for military services, being especially distinguished at Bunker Hill and as the victorious commander at Bennington.
Resolved,
That the statue be accepted and placed in the National Statuary Hall, and that a copy of these resolutions, signed by the Presiding Officers of the Senate and House of Representatives, be forwarded to His Excellency the Governor of the State of New Hampshire.

Passed the Senate, December 20, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, December 20, 1894.
STATUE OF DANIEL WEBSTER. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 16 December 21, 1894
statue of daniel webster.

December 21, 1894

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Statue of Daniel Webster.

Thanks of Congress to New Hampshire.
That the thanks of Congress be presented to the State of New Hampshire for the statue of Daniel Webster, a citizen of that State, illustrious for historic renown and for distinguished civic service.
17 Resolved,
That the statue be accepted and placed in the National Statuary Hall in the Capitol, and that a copy of these resolutions, duly authenticated, be transmitted to His Excellency the Governor of New Hampshire.

Passed the Senate, December 20, 1894.

Passed the House of Representatives, December 21, 1894.
HOLIDAY RECESS, 1894–1895. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 17 December 22, 1894
holiday recess, 1894–1895.

December 22, 1894

. Resolved That by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Holiday recess.
That when the two Houses adjourn on Saturday 22d day of December, they stand adjourned until 12 o’clock meridian on Thursday the 3d day of January, 1895.

Passed the House of Representatives, December 21, 1894.

Passed the Senate, December 22, 1894.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 17 December 22, 1894
report of committee on banking and currency.

December 22, 1894

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Printing of report of Committee on Banking and Currency.
That nine thousand five hundred extra copies of the Report of the Committee on Banking and Currency, together with the views of the minority, and Hearings before the Committee on the bill (H. R. 8149) be printed in one volume, five thousand copies for the use of the House of Representatives, two thousand five hundred for the use of the Senate, and one thousand copies for the use of the Secretary of the Treasury and a like number for the use of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Passed the House of Representatives, December 19, 1894.

Passed the Senate, December 22, 1894.
PROCEEDINGS UPON ACCEPTANCE OF STATUES OF STARK AND WEBSTER. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 17 January 11, 1895
proceedings upon acceptance of statues of stark and webster.

January 11, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Printing proceedings of acceptance of statues of Stark and Webster.
That there be printed and bound in one volume of the proceedings in Congress upon the acceptance of the statues of the late John Stark and Daniel Webster sixteen thousand five hundred copies, of which five thousand shall be for the use of the Senate, ten thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and the remaining one thousand five hundred shall be for use and distribution by the governor of New Hampshire; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to have printed engravings of said statues to accompany said proceedings; said engravings to be paid for out of the appropriation for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Passed the Senate, January 11, 1895.

Passed the House of Representatives, January 11, 1895.
PENSION TO MARIA DAVIS. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 17 January 29, 1895
pension to maria davis.

January 29, 1895

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Maria Davis.

Request for return of enrolled bill.
That the President be requested to return the enrolled bill H. R. 6186 entitled “An Act to pension Maria Davis”, for the purpose of having corrected the company and regiment in which the soldier served, his service being erroneously designated in said enrolled bill.

Passed the House of Representatives, January 28, 1895.

Passed the Senate, January 29, 1895.
PENSION TO RICHARD R. KNIGHT. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 18 February 4, 1895
18 pension to richard r. knight.

February 4, 1895

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Richard R. Knight.

Request for return of enrolled bill.
That the President be requested to return to the House of Representatives the enrolled bill (H. R. 5377) entitled “An Act to pension Richard R. Knight,” for the purpose of correcting an error in the text.

Passed the House of Representatives, February 2, 1895.

Passed the Senate, February 4, 1895.
CHICKAMAUGA PARK. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 18 February 9, 1895
chickamauga park.

February 9, 1895

. Resolved by the House of Representatives, (the Senate concurring),

Chickamauga and Chattanooga Park.

Acceptance of invitation to participate in dedication ceremonies.
That the invitation of the Honorable Secretary of War be accepted and that a joint special committee of fifteen members is hereby created, nine of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House, and six by the Presiding Officer of the Senate, whose duty it shall be to prepare and report to their respective Houses for consideration a plan for the proper participation of Congress in the dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, on September nineteenth and twentieth next.

Passed the House of Representatives, February 1, 1895.

Passed the Senate, February 9, 1895.
ENROLLING BILLS. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 18 February 12, 1895
enrolling bills.

February 12, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Enrolling by writing permitted during last six days of the session.
That during the last six days of any session of Congress, the engrossing and enrolling of bills and joint resolutions by printing, as provided for in the concurrent resolution adopted by the Fifty-third Congress, first session, November 1, 1893, may be suspended, and said bills and joint resolutions may be written by hand when, in the judgment of the Joint Committee on Printing, it is deemed necessary.

Passed the Senate, February 11, 1895.

Passed the House of Representatives, February 12, 1895.
CONDEMNED CANNON DONATED TO GRAND ARMY POSTS. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 18 February 20, 1895
condemned cannon donated to grand army posts.

February 20, 1895

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Donations of condemned cannon.
That in the enrollment of the Joint Resolution (H. Res. 209) entitled “Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver condemned cannon to Asher Gaylord Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, and to Eckley B. Coxe Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Freeland, Pennsylvania,” the Clerk of the House be authorized and directed to enroll the title thereof so as to read as follows;

“Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver condemned

Enrollment of title amended.

cannon to Asher Gaylord Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Plymouth, Pennsylvania, to the William H. Tarbee Post. Grand Army of the Republic, of McGrawvilie, New York, to the Eckley B. Coxe Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Freeland, Pennsylvania, and to the R, Carpenter Post, Grand Army of the Republic, Chelsea, Michigan.”

Passed the House of Representatives, February 19, 1895.

Passed the Senate, February 20, 1895.
DEATH OF HON. ISAAC P. GRAY. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 19 February 22, 1895
19 death of hon. isaac p. gray.

February 22, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Isaac P. Gray.

Thanks of Congress to Mexico for honors paid memory of deceased minister.
That the Congress of the United States has learned with high gratification of the special honors paid to the memory of the deceased, by the Government of Mexico upon the occasion of the death of the Hon. Isaac P. Gray, late Minister of the United States, near the Republic of Mexico.
Resolved,
That in token of the appreciation of the same, the Secretary of State be requested to forward to the Mexican Government an enrolled copy of this resolution.

Passed the Senate, February 21, 1895.

Passed the House of Representatives, February 22, 1895.
HON. GEORGE B. SHAW. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 19 February 28, 1895
hon. george b. shaw.

February 28, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

George B. Shaw.

Printing of eulogies ordered.
That the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the Hon. George B. Shaw, late a Representative from the State of Wisconsin, be printed as required by law.

Passed the Senate, February 27, 1895.

Passed the House of Representatives, February 28, 1895.
HON. FRANCIS B. STOCKBRIDGE. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 19 March 1, 1895
hon. francis b. stockbridge.

March 1, 1895

. Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Francis B. Stockbridge.

Printing of eulogies ordered.
That the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the Hon. Francis B. Stockbridge, late a Senator from the State of Michigan, be printed as required by law.

Passed the House of Representatives, February 28, 1895.

Passed the Senate, March 1, 1895.
STRIKE REPORT. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 19 March 2, 1895
strike report.

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Chicago strike.

Printing report of arbitration commission.
That there be printed of the Report on the Chicago Strike of June and July, 1894, of the United Suites Strike Commission, appointed by the President, July 26, 1894, ten thousand five hundred extra copies, in paper covers, without appendices, of which number two thousand five hundred shall be for the use of the Senate, live thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and three thousand for the use of the Department of Labor; also five thousand extra copies of said report, with appendices, in paper covers, of which number one thousand shall be for the use of the Senate, two thousand for the use of the House and two thousand for the use of the Department of Labor.

Passed the Senate, February 11, 1895.

Passed the House of Representatives, March 2, 1895.
COTTON REPORT. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 19 March 2, 1895
cotton report.

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Cotton report.

Printing ordered.
That there be printed five thousand five hundred copies of the Report of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry on Cotton, this day submitted, of which five hundred shall be for the use of the said Committee, two 20 hundred for the State Department, and two hundred for the Bureau of Statistics, and one thousand live hundred for the Senate, and three thousand one hundred for the Douse of Representatives.

Passed the Senate, February 28, 1895.

Passed the House of Representatives, March 2, 1895.
BRIDGE, OBION RIVER. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 20 March 2, 1895
bridge, obion river.

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring),

Bridge, Obion River.

Correction of engrossed bill.
That the Clerk of the House be authorized and directed to make such changes in the engrossed copy of the bill (H. R. 8873) entitled “An act authorizing the Dyersburg and Mississippi Railway and Improvement Company to bridge the Obion River in the State of Tennessee, and for other purposes,” as will cause said engrossed copy to conform with the said bill as it passed the House of Representatives.

Passed the Senate, March 2, 1895.

Passed the House of Representatives, March 2, 1895.
BRIDGE, DUPAWVILLE, N. Y. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 20 March 2, 1895
bridge, dupawville, n. y.

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Bridge, Dupawville.

Report, etc., requested.
That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby requested to transmit to this House a copy of all correspondence, evidence and reports of the Engineers, now in the possession of the War Department relating to the construction of a bridge on the line of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad near Dupawville in the county of Jefferson, State of New York, if not incompatible with the public service.

Passed the House of Representatives, March 2, 1895.

Passed the Senate, March 2, 1895.
HON. PHILIP SIDNEY POST. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 20 March 2, 1895
hon. philip sidney post.

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Philip Sidney Post.

Printing of eulogies ordered.
That the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the Hon. Philip Sidney Post late a Representative from the State of Illinois, be printed as required by law.

Passed the House of Representatives, March 2, 1895.

Passed the Senate, March 2, 1895.
HON. ZEBULON B. VANCE. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 20 March 2, 1895
hon. zebulon b. vance.

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Zebulon B. Vance.

Printing of eulogies ordered.
That the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the Hon. Zebulon B. Vance, late a Senator from the State of North Carolina, be printed as required by law.

Passed the House of Representatives, March 2, 1895.

Passed the Senate, March 2, 1895.
HON. MYRON B. WRIGHT. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 21 March 2, 1895
21 hon. myron b. wright.

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Semite concurring),

Myron B. Wright.

Printing of eulogies ordered.
That the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Myron B. Wright, late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, be printed as required by law.

Passed the House of Representatives March 2, 1895.

Passed the Senate, March 2, 1895.
CHICKAMAUGA PARK. Concurrent Resolution 28 Stat. 21 March 2, 1895
chickamauga park.

March 2, 1895

. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

Chickamauga and Chattanooga Park.

Arrangements for participating in dedication ceremonies.
That the Congress will participate in the dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Pardon September nineteenth and twentieth next, through the presiding officers of the respective Houses; the Joint Committee on Park Dedication; such Senators and Representatives as served in the campaign for Chattanooga, such as may be named by the presiding officers of the respective Houses as Representatives of other armies and the Navy, or as speakers to represent Congress at the dedicatory exercises. The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate is hereby directed to make suitable arrangements for such participation, the expense of the same not to exceed five thousand dollars, to be equally divided and paid out of the fund of twenty thousand dollars appropriated by act of Congress approved December fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, to be audited and paid by the Secretary of War upon certificates signed by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, and said sum as aforesaid is hereby made available for said purpose; and a report of the dedicatory exercises shall be made to Congress by the Joint Committee on Park Dedication.

Passed the House of Representatives, March 2, 1895.

Passed the Senate, March 2, 1895.